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BIG LEAGUE GOSSIP
By
Christy Mathewson,
Former Star Of Giants and Manager Cincinnati Rsds

a certain number and you couldn't
tell whether he was talking about hts
batting average or the size OF his
collar. This remark was made last
season while Demaree was still with
the Phillies and l was yet with the
Giants. Al had Just put our boys
away.
The claim soon spread around the
league that every time Dcmaree
started at home he had the right kind
OF the background In the centre field
bleachers and that the spectators in
that section should get equal credit
with him whenever he won, because
his style OF pitching blurred into that
background eNccllcntly
Now ! have been looking at pitchers
and studying pitchers a long time, and
want TO say something about Al
Demaree. When Al first came 10 the
Giants, McGraw remarked; who
shipped this bird TO met lie hasn't
anything but his glove and a lot OF
cigars" lie Is as great a smoker as
he is a persistent pitcher
But Demareo Just went to work
determined to make good, and every
chance he got ne took Old Opportunity
by the pompadour. II was persistence
and gamcness that kept him going,
and he got to winning ball games with
the beaten boys always hollerng:
I'VE should have made a million
runs out there to-day. That fellow
hasn't anything but IA prayer and his
glove. You can't even see his curve
ball bend"
After departing from the Giants Al
took particular delight In dump
ing his old gang, and the walls were
loud and angry. They couldn't un-
derstand why this pitcher without
anything" was beating them. so II
has always been with Dcmarce--and
ball players. The twrlers that beat
them haven't anything
can tell you something about H.
| II Al had the stun Marpuard carried
whom he first came TO New York and
! the Domaree noodle, he wouldn't
/ have lost game yet In my opinion
/ This pitcher. OF whom II ia common
/ ly believed in the National League hC
/ has gone along on nothing. uses the
most valuable asset Of any twirleI
| stantly-namely, his head. In the
pinches you can count on DemareC
working a batter right. or course
any hitter is liable To hit any bal
safe any time, but no won't bust on,
where he doesn't like II az far or a.
hard as ono In HIS groove. Al Is
| great example of what IL plugRer cai
| do, a fellow who follows the eXampl,
OF the postage stamp and sticks I,
one thing until he gets there.
Copyrighted. 1917, by tho Rel syndicate Inc.
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teered, and scores moro win follow
when called out 20 work In the train
ing camps. This will be chance for
skilled glovo men to do more good
than they could. individually, on the
hghtlnE line. II II better TO turn out
q hundred skilful fighters than to
have one expert fighter and ninety
nine noyices. In England Driscoll,
Wilde, Burge, Wells, Summers and
scores OF other well-known boxers are
being used as instructors In tho train
Ing camps and at the front
Waterloo was won on tho cricket
fields OF England. said Wellington.
Tho Great War may be won in the
boxing rings OF America.
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WATER CARNIVAL WEEK
PLANNED FOR CITY ISLAND.

A series OF sports-rowine. SWIM
ming and motoring races--have been
arranged by tho City Island Welcome
Association. to be held at City Island
during tho week OF June 80 until July
Ith. inclusive. The opening event OF
the water carnival week will be held
on next Saturday when a mile canoe
championship race will be featured
Other events that ought TO furnish
thrills for the spectators are the 220-
yard rowing race, In which two men
will handle each boat and the 44O-yard
boat race Tho following day. Sunday.
swimming will outstand. A diving con-
is open to amateurs only. Prizes will
be presented to the winners OF each
contest,
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Fistic NeUs John p Pollock and GOssiD

Jack Doherty, the Providence pro-
moter who conducts tho National A. c.
OF that city. has arranged the cards for
his next two shows. on Wednesday
night Young Cardell OF Newark and
Johnny Drummie of Jersey City, and
Young Zulu KID and Young Montreal
clash in twelve-round bouts. while on
July 2 Willie Jackson. who boxes
Johnny Dundee in the Rink next Fri
day night. meets Eddie Shannon of San
Francisco.
While rumotor Eddie Pitts q Denver is will
Ing to put up a purss Of $4,000 for cham
TIoushtp battle between Benny Leonard and
Johnnie Knbane at Denver on Labor Day. the
Indications are that Pitts Is only wasting hh
tine, as Matt Hinkel Of Cleveland has already
offered a purse Of S2S 900 for the scrap, while
Promoter John wssmlntel Is villins to post
81, coo TO hAW these men come together at
hL dub.
FrNnkis Buns. the Jersy City bantamWelght
who has won sixteen b1uts In succession since
oct d d last year. will make his appearance
again to-night In a contest 10 be staged at the
Clermout A. O. OF Brooklyn. His opDoneat will
! he lhuch bFaAdt, tIe lNt Aln h"'7 A'NNN'sH
fgh,er. The boSs have already fought two close
battles &C the battle to-nlght Ia expected % DO
a hummer. as both boys are on edge.
match was arranged to-day between Albert
padoud Of France. who V the wetwweght
chamfSon q EIrOpe, and Joe Eagen the hard
hitting Bostoa hghtu They were signed mp to
meet in a twelye-rolnd bout to a decision 1t
lbQ p.,unds rinasids at a boxing entertainment
IN he brought Of Al Lawrence, Mas. On next
Thursday night.
I've nroadway 8. G, Of Broodyn win stage
two attractive tenEound bouts for It's fight
patrons tonight. In the star bout Irish Paiscy
| Cine Of Harlem viii take on Young Rector Of
Jersey City, while in the other bout Hay West
will book up with Bamey Adair, who has i'm
rCoved considerably in hiA Last iew batuea,
Jack Dillon. the IndtanaQOlis Light heavy,
weiTAt and Len ItoSlands who halls from MIL
V,ukee hATS been matched TO meet In an eight
r,lnd bout 10 a decision at Memphis Tenn,
On Monday night RowlAnds was roently de-
| feated IN a bout with Jack McCArua in the
sAue city few weeks ago. but as hs fought
hard aud made a good slowing Promoter Hack
nromptiy NmAtohed him TO 90 against Dillon,
Two tsn round bouts and scVonl good rre-
iminahes make up the card OF contests which
will DO fOugalt tOuisfN at tho FaLmont A. @,
OF the Bronx Miche Dunn q Harlem and
Frankie Bsown q the east side will battle In
one OF tho ten n.roundess. Whls IN the other eoa-
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Phenomenal Time Trials
Make Brooklyn Handicap
Big Puzzle to RdcegOers

tough on paper from a speculative
standpoint
Lord Rosebery, the celebrated Eng
llsh sportsman, is sending his extern
siVe racing string to this country.
Quarters have been engaged for the
shipment on the steamship Mime
haha. Frank Hartigan, Lord Rose
bery's trainer Is coming along with
the horses, and his brother, Capt.
Hubert Hartigan OF the Royal Irish
Volunteers, Will be on the same boat.
Lord Roscbery is one OF the most
successful racing men In England. he
has won three Derbies, with LadRs in
1894, Sir Vista in 1895 and Cicero In
1905. lie befriended the American
Jockey Danny Maher when he went
abroad first, and 1t was on the Lord .
horses that Maher won most Of his
success on the English tracks. Lord
R0sebery's horses ars coming here
because tnere - no racing In England
at the present time.
George Smith, the handicap horse,
which runs in tho colors Of John San
ford, shocked all the sure thing" boys
to their finger tips when he failed -
run in the money in the Bronx Han
dicnp. Here was horse that couldn't
lose, and nine ont OF ten Of the handi-
cappers and otherwise expert race
goers, felt that IL was just like put
ting II down and taking II up. George
smith simply couldn't or wouldn't run
"A lick. The veriest selling platter
could have beaten him, After the
race tho players needed cooling out
moro than the horses.
Willie Shields remarked before the
Bronx Handicap that he had the
gray in real society but that he
ought to be second, Nylon, that was
what Shields meant by the gray. ran
a fine race, finishing a good second. II
MCGraw on Garbage had made any
mistakes XyloL might have won.
Willie Travers, the ex-jockey, who
has the rich owners who start horses
too Cheaply badly scared because OF
his run up proclivities, saw his colors
borne home in front for the first
time yesterday. Starlike was the
winner, one which Travers claimed
from John Sanford the other day for
81 900, TroNler got Starlike away in
front and the further he went the
further he won. At the end, TroNler
was easing up the colt in front OF
Sandstone which ran in Sanford's s
colors The victory OF Starlike must
have been jarrng to the millionaire
owner.
Morton Schwartz's Thistle Is running
very consistently these days Yester-
day she made a show OF her field in
the final -ycar-oli cyont, beating
ont at least two good things.
B@ss5EpHAM To-pyAYH' ssmss' fiT't ESgTs
phlA. Polo Grounds. AdnYsiOn 6Oc,-7Adyt.
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test George Mas ard Frankie DAILY O, s,,,.,
Island will swap Punches.
II Tommy Tlohey n Pnterson. n J. 3.
fortunate enough To defeat Leo Johnsor ,bo
eolofed fighter. In their ten-rornd battle Al ,bs
Harlem s. Q. on Monday night. Matebmsher
20" RAYMOND Will try to Gscue a bout Zoe sIu
dut early ueIt month,
Jack Carey. flzht ptomoter IA oD.. -
manager ID the AiTdume A. c. OF Ro.hss,.,
~ l. Dan McMahan. who held this no.itior
'% long time. has rendered his Eeslms,ion
which was accepted by the club official, IT,
The future Cary Will arrange all the Rms. -
mat club It Is most likely that hen MAJ.
SuaoeEs a. . matchmaker for he "A tbo-,,,,., =,
( acquainted With the boxing game and Ina,,',
what hghtSU to uss. A"'"'
"aH~ lAureu whR Farmer Sullivan a,
Sr cue "neF sporting OluA next Tuesday pt,ht
poess'rck has promised 10 match him
~ 49, ue winner OF the Soldier Fairfield. .MILa
ppoNt match at the Ge.mont ni,L ,,I,',,
,akos place NEXT Thursday nlgb, - "Ni'h =, a
sullivan both hail from ta west "a. ,ns .''l m
keen dvah. ~na ere
Fhil hioom Of BFoohyn and Johnnt. ~,
2
ms % jersey City have signed articles OF sgr,,.
u'ent auihs Tor them TO meet in a ten ro,,nd
b0ut at the Harlem s. @. at Hammsl, s,,,,e1
ho'Sa"ay Beach, on the night Of July q A,
me same club on ne1t Tuesday nigbt Ana
0%t'1 Will take on We We barton ths ,olo-s,
lighter. and B!ly Fi,Gdmny5na viii gn sy,In,
Terry Martin u Providence. II. l.. both ,sn'
round bouts. NH'
The New YORK Athletic Club win boja IN ,s.,,
gymnasium. m Monday syouinS an Ama,su
boxing tournament, who're they will have twsIy,
OF thirteen bouts. and some OF the hest lov. n
tho Me'ropolitan Association will coupet. sncl
as A. Walker. J Doon. W. T. Gilday A
schwogler. A, HLschberger, NJ. schwar,i y
Zellner, s. Foley, 7. Mcmahon, G. Friedman
A. Stollach, c. JAolnan. +. vAraao. T. "a.
, sidy and OthoS.
Freddy Reese, whom Beuny Leonard claim, 4
entitled 10 much OF the credit Tor getting hin
into the woudcrful chaps he wac in for IN.
Welsh b0ut, being his steady spaHing partner
] meets Red MclSnad at BroSua PaT RoakaWal
Club on july on the card with Ratner an
Silent Martin
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Jersey CITY at p,cLmnn own.

The Jersey city nine. with Jimmy
Clinton pitching, meets the Kingsbrldge
Athletics, with Andy Coaldcy in the
box. at Dyckman oval. near Dyckman
Street subway station. tomorrow at 3
o'clock. Both men are former major
league stars and pitching duel is
looked for. Jersey CITY has rccentiy
beaten the Giants and Yankees.
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EgEers and Morwnn noI Draw.

BOSTON, June 23.-The referee
called the twelye-round bout between
Knockout Eggers OF New York and Joe
Morgan OF Manchester, n. H.. at the
Commercial Club last night, draw,
although fans thought the Gothamite
entitled TO the verdict.
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BASEBALL TALK SCARCE
"McCraw Has Had His Chatterscope Shot Away and Is
Wearing His Jawpiece at Half Mast"-"The Giants
Instituted Early Lead Against the Braves, but
Couldn't Validate It."
BIZ Arthur ("Bugs") Baer.


HE aryngeal gymnastics National League
MGraw has had his chatterscope wearing his
wpece half He vocabulary drydock
have the barnaoes
and the incident closed tighter than the Dardanees
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"A OF MAKING ATHLETE OF
EVERY SOLDIER IS NEW.

But this was all spasmodlc sort OF
athletics, bringing out few winners
and doing little for the soldiers who
didn't have natural athletic ability or
former experience on track and field.
our new army athletic system. de-
signed TO make fighters OF the draft
troops In the shortest possible time,
patterned partly upon the Canadian
system invented by Capt. Tom Flana-
gan. is altogether different Under
this system every man Will bo made
into an athlete-And developed TO the
extent of his capabiltty.
The Canadian officers say that the
German troops are becoming afraid
Of the British fighters, who come
charging up kicking n football ahead
OF them as II In a game, To the
Atolid, hard ruled Germans this looks
like n species OF insanity. They don't
know what TO make OF IL, or or the
fighting men VINO pay more attention
10 a football than 10 German bullets.
What will the Germans think when
a million or more American athletes
take up the game, and play II with
even more enthusiasm?
Boxing, according 10 Commissioners
FoAdlck IL TO be one OF the most I'M
portant sports turned 20 army use.
Boxing develops the qualities most
needed In a soldier. II makes a man
quick with hand and foot gives a
good idea OF the way TO avoid a blow
or a hayonet thrust, develops cool
self-contrul and teaches one 10 hit
effectlvely Bayonet tghtlng has been
remodelled 20 follow the movements
OF boxing, which alone woulc make
boxing the most important sport fol-
a soldier 10 become expert in,
Our army Is 10 have the beneht o'
coaching by a great number OF th'
best boxers ever developed In this
country. Many have already volua'
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GREATEST OF ATHLETIC TEAMS .
WILL Be IN THE j. S. ARMY.

More Than Million Men, from All Fields Of Sport Will Soon Be
in Training Here-Canada Has Shown That Good Athletes
Make Best Of SodiersBoxng Most Important Of Exercises
to Be Turned to Army UseChance for Skilled Goved Men to
Do Their Bill for the Flag.
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Fabrique. shortstop of the Brooklyn
team, who early In the season was re-
garded as real find" has been re-
leased outright 10 the Toledo Club OF
the American Association,
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u. rr~r New Etnins
athletic the world
X training here in milo
men-jumpers walkers players football players
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reliable method transporting merchandise cabbage leaf
twers scrambled the dope yesterday
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Regret Works Distance in
$50 2-5, Pennant in Isl 3-5
and Omar Khayyam in
1925, the First Mile in
i.SS.
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boxers. wrestlers. grenade throwers.
bayonet fencers.
Imagine over a million men. un-
der the best coaches in the coun-
try training hard every day under
discipline and restriction more
rigid than at any college training
table in the land. You could pick
a hundred Olympic teams from that
bunch-a hundred teams any one
Of which could walk away with tho
greatest set OF Olympic champion
ships ever held since Greece was
a wilderness peopled by rovini
tribes.
Up in Canada they have been de-
ing over 100000 to date. l believe
,yer l00, 900 from n population OF only
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MooswTener skrmish something sOoordsor
close GLOWING
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veoping understanding 100000 TO date believe
Canada did wonderfully well getting 100000 from population
and ali olunteer at hat
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The Reds running into lot OF efforts 10
first sticking to the scent
hooeUer clipped little percentage The
Reds have transferred their nter franchise summer aud
WInnn0 games the afternoon
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variety
While bubber
a
ardnes
players decisions a
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verify the Phls
maced the Robins yesterday The Phy
Dodgers had their famous batting
Brooklyn standpoint
atbush
ing five to three, with the Robins guey
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The Giants instituted early lead against the
validate It,
Odfed while
Mciraw
three victory
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Morton Schwartz's Thistle Is running
very consistently these days. Yester-
day she made a show OF her field in
the final -yoar-oli event, beating
out at least two good things.
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Two tsn round bouts and scyenl good rre-
liminares make up the card OF contests which
will bo fougslt tOuisha at tho FaLmont A. O.
OF the Bronx. Miche Dunn q Harlem and
frankie BTown q the east side will battle in
one OF tho ten.roundeaS. While N the other con-
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1000, ,000-and all volunteers at that.
The Wholesale athletic scheme was
started in Canada. picked up in Aus
Ialia and adopted by England. Now
Il is to be adopted by the United
States. and no doubt. Yankee fashion.
we'll be able TO add a few new wrin-
kles that none Of the others have
thought OF.
Chairman Raymorl j Fosdlck OF the
Commission on Training Camp Activ-
tiles is the gentleman chiefly in
charge OF army athletics. This army
athletic idea Is not entirely new In
the United states. For many years
we have had regular army champion
ship athletic meets. In which the sol
diers OF the Regular Army competed
The United states Army has had some
pretty fair athletes In its time. There
was Tommy Connect. holder OF the
worlds one-mile amateur record Of
4 minutes Is 3-5 seconds. After max
ing the record Tommy went into the
army and did some good running In
the army meets. And there was While
Jackson OF the University OF Cali
VINO went into the United States cav
airy for the fun OF fighting In the
Philippines. Willie didn't have n
chance TO take much OF part In army
athletics. lie was shot between the
eyes in his first battle.
Fasteners will remember Dutch"
Arnold, the wonderful hurdler and
middle distance runner, who went 10
the Pan American games. the ma
tional championships held at Buffalo
years ago. and won a hurdle cham
pionBhlp although he had never run
the distance over the sticks before In
his life. On that same day, II re-
member rightly. Dutch" won the
half mile, lie had n thirst Just before
that race started, for II was a very
hot day and he had been in a couple
Of events. He ran from the track e
a cafe IN the fair grounds several hun.
dred yards away and drank three oI
four schooners OF beer. Coming back
he saw the athletes out on the start.
ing mark, ready for the gun.
from the gate 10 the track reached
the starting mark Just as the plsto
Was fired, and 20 the amRzement o.
his lead and won the championship
from a field 90 the best middle dis
tance runners In America. Some tim,
afterward dutch" went into tn,
army. where he became quite tn
most famous athlete In the service
winning event after event In ever,
set OF games held where his regimen
was In camp. Sometimes Dutch
won nearly the whole programme. ~
was n wonderful natural athlete.
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tough on paper from a speculative
standpoint
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-30
CLAY HILL.

May rs, 1917.
Mrs. Ben Stortz and daughter
Vivian of Franklin Prairie spent last
Tuesday with her mother Mrs. Grie-
bel.
Mrs. Sam Geotleman visited with
son and family in Franklin Prairie
last Thursday.
Rev. Sholler of Cresco called at
the Seegmiller home Sunday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs Herman Logsdon of
Trout Run called at the j. ]. Rosa
home Sunday afternoon.
About II of Mrs. Geo. Rastetters
friends and neighbors spent very
pleasant afternoon with her last
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Limbeck and
daughter George of OsSian came
Saturday to spend couple of days
with the latter's parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Griebel of De-
corah spent Sunday with the form
er's parents here.
Lucy Collins spent Sunday with
her mother Mrs. Oscar Miller in De-
corah.
Quite a few ladies and girls at
tended a shower on Mildred Glover
Tuesday afternoon.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-30
OSSIAN

May rs, 1917.
Miss Luverne Billiard entertained
a number of her friends at 500 We'd
nesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Buchanan of
Castalia visited at the d. Weitgen-
|ant home Thursday
Mr.. ald Mrs. r. w. Addison and
daughter went to Minneapolis Thurs
day to spend the summer.
Mrs. Chas. Dewey entertained the
Art Cub at her home Thursday af-
ternoon.
Rev. Freidamann returned Fri
day from La Crosse, after visit with
his mother.
DR.. Wagner went to Dyersyille
Friday to visit his sister.
Rev. dollhouse of Beuna Vista
spent a few days of last week with
relatives.
Mr.: and Mrs. Henry Klisart re-
turned to their home from Dubuque
after attending the wedding of their
son Edward to Florence Willing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sweebach of Gale
donia, Mimi, are visiting at the
Philip Wagner home.
L. A. Meyer and family autoed to
Castalia Friday evening.
Mrs. Harry Billiard entertained
the Embroidery Club Friday after
neon.
Fred Figge, Tony Bohr, Cornell
Riveland and NJ. j. Klein attended
the Bankers convention at New
Hampton Wednesday and Thursday.
Mrs. j. w. Never and children re-
turned to their home in Dubuque af-
TT a two days visit with relatives.
Mrs. McAloon and daughter
Elain, came from New Hampton Fri
day to see her sister Anne Cooper.
Mrs. Henry Ettledorf went to Mil
waukee Thursday to see some
| friends.
Rev. NJ. j. Thiltgen went to
Walker, Iowa, to attend the funeral
of his uncle.
Mrs. Frank Elwood, Mrs. Reed
Elwood and son of Elma visited at
| the Ed. Dowd home last week.
Mrs. Kaupel and daughter, Mrs.
Chas Glass, went to Cresco today
to see their son and brother, Joe
Kaupel and family
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-30
SfILLVILLE.

May 2S, 1917.
Joe Tuchek was down from Cres-
co last Tuesday visiting his parents.
A. F. Swehla took passengers to
Calmar Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. j. Cooper and
daughter Irene autoed to DEBORAH
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Doubek of
Charles City returned home last
Sunday after visiting relatives here
and at Fort Atkinson.
Robt. A. Klimesh autoed to CAL
mar Wednesday.
Frank Poshusta is making pre-
paratioas to build house on the lot
he purchased recently.
G.. F. Heuser, j. j. Haug, Mrs. J.
Fl. Haug, Pauline and Henry were at
DEBORAH last Thursday.
Mary Swartz of Cedar Rapids ar
rived Tuesday for a visit with home
folks.
A dance will be held at Fishers
hall Thursday, June Z. Music will
be furnished by Fishers we'll known
orchestra. Everybody is invited to
attend
Frank Soukup was a business cal
Ter at Calmar Tuesday.
Mrs. j. j. Sbiral and daughter
Lulu were at Calmar Wednesday
shopping.
Fl. J Cooper, wife and daughter
visited at Calmar Thursday after
noon.
Mrs. Albert Frey and Mrs John
B.oomingdale left for Mason City
last week to visit with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Godlove Lukesh of
Protivin, were guests at the A. G..
Fisher home Friday afternoon.
Chas. Frey purchased new Buick
car of A. F. Swehla.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Busch au-
toed down from Calmar Friday.
Announcements were received
here last week of the marriage of
Chester Hauser, formerly Of this
town, now residing at Cedar Rapids
to Miss Anna Wirsich.
Clemence Herold wife and daugh-
ter Lena and Mrs. Helen Shevik au-
toed to DEBORAH Friday.