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Milford chronicle., 1917-09-07
HAVE YOU WEAK LuNGS7

Do colds settle on your chest or in
your bronchial tubesl Do coughs hang
onl Do you have throat troubles?
You should certainly take Scott's
Emulsion of pure cod liver oil which
peculiarly strengthens the respiratory
tract and improves the quality of the
blood while the glycerine in Scott's
soothes and heals the tender men,
branes of the throat and lungs.
SCOTS is prescribed by the best
specialists. Get it at any drug store.
Scott & Bovine. Bloomfield n
Milford chronicle., 1917-09-07
Embarrassing.

do you ever see the president?"
asked Willie OF his uncle, who lived in
Washington.
"Yes. nearly every day" was the re-
ply.
'And does he ever see your" queried
the little fellow.-Chicago News.
Milford chronicle., 1917-09-07
sxmpathN.

The drying up OF a single tear has
more Of honest fame than shedding
seas Of gOre-ByrOn.
Milford chronicle., 1917-09-07

Some one wants what you have to
selll Then advertise it 1 the Chron-
lele neIt week.
Milford chronicle., 1917-09-07
size of It.

"send me a ton~of coal"
"What sizef"
"Well, a 1900 pound ton would suit
me, If that's not asking too much
Life.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05
What the Young Folks at Lamont
Have Planted

The young folks in the gardening
work are beginning to see the results
of their efforts. All of the planting
has been done and large part Of
the gardens are in good shape in
spite of the heavy rain of the past
week: The total amount in rows of
paintings in the gardens is as fol-
lows:
Hillside Gardens (Boys) Navy
beans, 2S1s4 feet of rows; pop corn,
651O feet; sweet corn, $50 feet;
Irish potatoes, $500 feet; sweet po-
tatoes, $50 feet; cabbage, 26 plants;
pie pumpkin, 500 feet: peas, 100
feet; cucumbers, 80 hills
Central Gardens tGirls) Beans,
1850 feet of rows; pop corn, 1775
feet; sweet corn, 210 feet; Irish po-
tatoes, 1850 feet; tomatoes, 500
plants; carrots, 100 feet; beets, so
feet; cucumbers, As hills; pole beans,
80 feet OF rows.
As the above data shows navy
beans take the lead in the amount Of
vegetables planted In fact the COM
hined planting of both gardens would
make row of beans over seven
miles long.-Lamoni Chronicle.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

A farmer writing of the new dog
law, says: ! admit that there are a
great many dogs which are useless;
so are there men. | have been a
farmer for fifty years and l think
that there are worse, things than a
dog. Take the rats and mice. Look
at the millions of bushels of grain
which they destroy. Rats in this
section are very bad. l have fox
terrier that is usually with me on my
trips around the farm. He is hunt
ing rats and mice wherever he goes,
and he finds them if they are around
anywhere. When he locates one un-
der some rubbish he barks and with
a little help soon has the rat. / have
known dogs to follow plow all day
long killing the field mice as they
were plowed out. A good dog on a
farm is the best protector against
chicken and grain thieves. | think
that when woman keeps a dog for
company instead of a child it ought
to be taxed 500. Dogs are a great
help in lots of ways. But the town
dog or Ioafer is nuisance Let the
smart men find some sure way OF
getting rid of the rats and mice that
do nothing but destroy, and then 1t
is time to legislate the dog out of
existence
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05
Hedge Fences are Dead.

is confronted by dead hedge fences
on every turn of the road They are
winter killed The weather was too
cold and the roots were frozen and
the hedges did not leaf out this
spring. The farmer, who waited un-
til the hedges leafed out this spring
before planting his corn would not
have it planted yet.
Of course the farmers will be conf
PEELED in time to replace the dead
hedge fences with a different sort Of
fence which will entail an expense
many of our farmers were not ex-
pecting. Yet, after all, we believe
the hedges diving as they did is a
and in the long run will be money
saver to him. The hedge fences were
planted in an early day when this
country was new and when fencing
material could not be had. The pio-
neer farmer did not realize that
hedge fences would be such drain
on the fertility of the land as it is,
else he probably never void have
planted that sort of shrubbery
tile fields 1t is we'll known fact,
however, that hedge fences absorb
the moisture and vitality from the
soil for a rod or two on either side
of it. 1t is without doubt the most
expensive sort of fence to keep up
after all. We predict that there will
not be many tears sned on the part
of the farmers that have lost their
hedge fences by the cold weather of
last winter
Many farmers have already up
rooted their hedge fences and replac-
ed them with wire or board fences
for the reasons we have given above.
1t<makes a lot of expense to pull a
hedge fence and it will cause the
farmer some expense to get rid of
the dead brush of the old fences now,
but there is one thing sure, they will
not sap any more life from the fields.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

Arthur Marshall, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. M. l. Marshall. of this city, was
visiting with his parents last Thurs
day, going from here to Des Moines,
as he enlisted in the navy short
time ago, and had orders to report
at Des Moines on Saturday. When
he. reported at Des Moines Saturday
ne was sent to Newport, Rhode Is
land, to the training station Arthur
has been working for the past few
months for the Mt. Ayr Electric
Light and Power Co.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Fl. sharp, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. w. Hoffman and Mr. and Mrs.
J. r. Bowsher, of Leon, and Mr. and
Mrs. John Vail, of Garden Grove,
motored down to Glasgow, Mo-, last
Thursday to enjoy few days fishing
on the big farm of S. H Covington.
There is club house on the farm,
and they took a colored man and his
wife from Garden Grove to do the
cooking, so were anticipating a very
pleasant outing, expecting to catch
all kinds of big fish.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

Ed w. Farquhar could not fina a
house to suit him which was for rent.
SO he proceeded to buy the fine new
residence in north Leon, owned by
Lew Gillian and occupied by Mr.:
and Mrs. Joe Culp, and will install
his bride in a home of her own just
as soon as Mr.. Culp can secure an
other house
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

Mrs. Israel Post and daughter,
Mrs. o. G.. Teller, of Davis City,
came Monday and visited over night
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Morris
Gardner in this city, Mrs. Post COM
ing to install the new officers of the
Rebekah lodge Monday evening. De-
ing which refreshments were served
and fine time is reported by those
present
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

Mrs. Fred Teale returned Thurs
tended the wedding of DR.. Lawyer, a
prominent dentist of Iowa City to
Miss Mayme Sporleder, of the same
city. The bride is quite we'll known
in Leon. having been a frequent visi-
tor at the Teale home, and has many
friends here who extend their con-
gratulatiOns.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

John w. Beavers, of Carlton, Neb.,
came in Saturday morning for few
DAYS visit with his brother, James s.
beavers, of Woodland, and many old
time friends in this vicinity. 1t was
the first time he had been here for
nine or ten years. He says out in
his country they lost all their winter
wheat crop, but other crops are do
ing we'll. Mr.. Beavers had been to
st. Joe with a shipment of hogs
from his farm.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

Mrs. Georgia Still and son, F. E.
Still, went to Omaha, Neb., Saturday
to visit her son, Will Still, who was
terribly injured few days before at
his home near PETE, Colorado. He
was riding moving machine when
his team became frightened and ran
away. throwing him under the now
cut off, and one foot and leg badly
cut, his injuries beng so serious that
he was taken to hospital at Omaha
for treatment.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

George Lille, of Shenandoah, was
visiting the past week at the home of
his mother, Mrs. Chef Pullin, in this
city. He had enlisted in the Shenan--
doah company of the Iowa National
ders to report for duty and left at
once, and expects to be sent to France
in the near future.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

George Lloyd returned to his home
at Grand River Friday, having visit
ed couple of days with his son
Ralph, who is a patient in a Leon
hospital, recovering from broken
ankle received some weeks ago in a
runaway accident near urand River.
Ralph is getting along as well as
could be hoped tor, but will be Grip
pied for life
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

If you desire to greatly please a
volunteer soldier write him a nice
letter and pack it at the bottom Of a
box of good home made candy. The
from home. Don't fudge on the boys
but fudge for them.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

Mrs. Orr Sang and Miss Mamie
Ullery, who came from Los Angeles
last week to visit Mrs. Sang's sister,
Mrs. II. R. Layton, in this city. de-
parted Monday for Lake Okoboji,
where they will occupy the Layton
cottage at Camp Leon during the
summer, being joined later by DR.. and
Mrs. Layton
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

Mr.. and Mrs. George Hadley, Of
Novinger, Mo-, who had been here
Mr.. and Mrs L. H. Ride, went to
Gainesville, No., Thursday for a few
days visit with relatives and friends.
Mr.. Hadley had been Laid up for sew
eral months with broken foot re-
ceived in the mine at Novinger, where
he was emDlOVed
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

Seven young Irish-Americans, all
sons of Dennis Mc1igue, of Palo Alto
county, registered in one township
in that county on registration day.
Another son, old enough to enlist,
was not old enough to register. The
McTigue family formerly resided in
Sac county The Emmetsbrrg Dem
ocrat declares that it is not likely
that any other family in the country
can equal the McTigue record.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

Mrs. A. e. Allen and grandson,
Robert Kelley, who had been here
for several months visiting at the
home OF her brother, James Grand
staff, departed Friday for their home
at Denver, Colorado, their departure
having been delayed a few days on
account of Roberts illness.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

Mrs. Geo. L. Jackson, of Kansas
City, came Sunday morning for a
visit at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
F.. harvey and with her sister, Mrs.
Walter Osborn, in this city. Misses
Florence and Helen Harvey, who had
been visiting at the Jackson home, in
Kansas ity for couple of weeks,
returned home with her. Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey driving to Lineville to
meet them.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

Mrs. j. r. Beardsley and her SON
in-law, Dick Roberts and wife, motor
led down Sunday from Leon, Iowa,
and visiteu at the home of the form
ers sister, Mrs. Giles G. Smith, just
west of Albany, Mrs. Beardsley going
on Monday to st. Joe.-Albany Capl-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

An information was filed before
the insane commission last Saturday
against Mrs. Emma Davenport, and
she was ordered taken to the hospital
at Clarinda for treatment, being TAX
en- there that afternoon by deputy
sheriff John Osborn ana Miss Lulu
'CrajpO
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

Mrs. Laura Asbury returned Mon
day evening from Sioux Falls, S. D.,
where she attended the wedding last
week OF her son, Vernon B. Asbury,
to Miss Elizabeth Zuroff, a popular
young lady of Sioux Falls. Mrs. As
bury visited with relatives at Glen
wood on the return trip
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

T.. j. Sankey buys and sells land
on commission, makes farm loans On
approved security at the best rates,
and does a general real estate hitsi-
ness. Has had 20 years experience
in the business. Office upstairs at
northwest corner of Main and Com
mercial streets. Leon, Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

Mother LaGora, Of Ottumwa, who
had been visiting at the home Of her
sister, Mrs. John Barry, of southeast
of Leon, went to Maryville,. Mo-, Sat
urday for a few days visit before re-
turing home Mother LeGora is Sis
ter Superior of the Catholic convent
at OttllmWa
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

Nj. |. endricksen, of near Pleasan-
ton. was a business visitor in Leon
last Thursday, and told us that the
ct pheasant which lived with their
chickens last year, but disappeared
several months ago, returned a few
days ago and seems to be perfectly at
home again
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

:" Give until it hurts, is the motto
of the patriotic women Of Canada. In
this country a lot OF grownup men
squeal as ii hurt the first time they
are asked to give records the Des
Moines .egister.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

Lost-Some time since June Goth
a large garnet breastpin, with chain
and stick-pin attached. rrized by
owner as a keepsake. A liberal re-
ward will be paid for it's return to
The Leon Reporter office.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

The Red Cross is your servant, do
ling what you would do if you bent
over mangled men and walked the
hospitals where pain and agony
reign and mems lives are at stake. AS
John II. Finley puts it the Red Cross
spirit is your arm stretched out to
su ffprinC
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

For Sale, Easy Terms-S0 acres
improved farm on main travelled road
about 21a miles from Corydon No
brush, Fred Teale.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

WHY suffer from headaches when
properly fitted with glasses will cure
you of them by taking away eye
strain. Eyes examined free. c.
Butler and see better.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

Mrs. Perry Reynolds was taken
suddenly ill last Wednesday suffer
ing from gall stones, and was taken
to the Leon hospital that night and
operated upon, and is getting along
nicely
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

For Sale-Two Chester White
sows, to farrow in August.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

We can use some choice first mort
gage farm loans. Farmers & Trad
ers State Bank, Leon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

There was never a lottery or land
drawing in which interest is so uni
versai as the big drawing that is to
be made to decide who shall go to
danger and who shall stay in safety.
The CONSUMPTION lottery carries the
ultimate stake
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

One hundred and twenty-four pair
of birds nest and raise their families
on the average farm of los acres in
the northeastern states.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

If you have any of our. ice cream
packers at your home please tele.
Dhone US and we will call and get
diem. Walker Ice Cream Factory.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

Wanted-A quantity of spring
wheat for for seed. Biddison Coal q
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

Wool Wanted am in the mar,
ket to buy your wool this year, and
will pay the highest market price.
see me before you sell. w. H. Shields.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

For Sale-My Maxwell Special
touring car. Fine condition. Will
sell at a bargain, and give time on
part to responsible party. o. e Hull.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

If you want good insurance and
fair treatment in case of loss, have
Pease & Pease write your insurance
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

Lost-In Leon Saturday evening a
lady's brown gauntlet glove. Finder
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

For RENTAL or part, OF my house
furnished Mrs. Harriet Camp. 41-tf
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

Money to loan on some good farms
Leon Savings Bank.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

For Sale-At public auctlon at De-
catur City, Saturday, July 18th, team,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

EssenKay lends tire trouble" Nc
punctures. No blow-outs. See w
ii. Wait, Agent. 47-2t.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

For Rent--5 room house. close in
46-2t Mrs Anna Beneiel
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

Pease & Pease write all kinds OF
insurance, and protect their policy
holders.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05

For Rent-Good house with plen-
ty of water. Mrs. ii. l.. Pease. 29-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05
80 Bowshsr's

stove 37-tf
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-12-26
PUBLIC WARNING
FROM j. S. ATTORNEY
Attention of Public Called to the
Matter of Filing Affidavits in
Support Claims for
Exemption.
FALSE STATEMENTS WILL
CONSTITUTE GRAVE MENACE
All Persons Should Take Due Warn
ing Not to Sign an Affidavit That
Does Not Truthfully Present
the Facts.

The attention of the public is
specifically called to the matter of
filing affidavits in support of claims
for exemption, or deferred classifi-
cation, under the new selective SER
vice regulations.
In the selection of the first Nation
al Conscript Army it developed that
persons, towit, relatives and friends,
were unusually free in signing affi-
davits in support of claims for eX-
emption. AS we enter upon the i'm
portant task of classifying all avail
able men under the new selective
service regulations | desire to give
warning to all persons, that affida-
Wits filed in support of any claim for
exemption, or deferred classification,
will be closely scrutinized, and if any
materially false statements are made,
or statements which distort the facts
only slightly for the purpose of Sc
curing the exemption of a person
within the Selective Service Law,
prosecution will follow.
False statements in support Of
claims for exemption, or deferred
classification, constitute a grave men
ance to the fair and equitable enforce
ment of CONSUMPTION. Therefore all
persons should take due warning and
do not sign al affidavit in support of
any registrant that does not truth
fully and to the letter, present the
facts.
l appeal to the patriotic impulses
Of all persons to cooperate with the
Local Boards, Appeal Boards, and
other officials in administering this
most important law.
F.. A. O'CONNOR,
United States Attorney.
New Hampton, Iowa,
December IS, 1917.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-12-26

Ruth Law the aviatrix has been in
Washington seeking a commission as
a flyer il the Amer can army. She did
not see Sec. Baker, and he would not
say how he views the proposal to
commission her.
She is very much in earnest, and
after filing her application she said:
eff / am successful and am order
ed to France, / will take my husband
(Charles oliver, who is experienced
in the construction and repair OF air.
planes, and two expert mechanics. /
was in France for six months and
made numerous flights over the
trenches and observation flights with
British and French officers. / have
been flying since 1912, SO there can
De no doubt as to my experience.
She holds the American nonstop
fight record and has participated in
liberty loan drives by dropping
bombs" in many cities. She wore
regulation officers uniform
under special permission said to have
been granted by the war department.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-12-26
SUPT. MADDEN PATRIOTIC.
Former DEBORAH Boy Gets His Men
Interested in Liberty Loan
Movement.

The following article from a De-
catur, Illinois paper will be of inter-
est to Decorahians. E. B. Madden is a
grandson of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Madden of DEBORAH, and is the SUI
perinte2dent of big factory in De-
catur. Following is the article:
At the Pan-American shop "a big
interest is being developed in the Lib
erty Loan movement. V. e. Edgren,
vice chairman of Mr.. Borchers' COM
mittee il the Twenty-sixth district,
called on Superintendent E. B. Mad
den at the main factory building
Saturday morning and asked him if
the matter of getting subscriptions
could be presented to the men in
such way that the men would take
up the canvas themselves.
Mr.. Madden said:
Sure, l will call the foreman in
here"
In two minutes nine men were in
the office. In another minute it was
explained to them that the Liberty
Loan committee thought they could
get the subscriptions better than any
one else. They agreed, took the
blanks, and said that every man in
the shop would be given an oppor-
tunity to subscribe and report made
to the committee the first of the
week.
In half an hour more the foremen
had had session among themselves
and all decided that each would take
bond and besides that they would
jointly take bond, each contribut-
ing share, and present the bond
to st. Mary's hospital. The foremen
and everybody in that enterprising
factory are gettigg intensely inter
ested in the proposition.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-12-26
james ID. Boyd Dead.

The remains of James Cumming
Boyd were brought to DEBORAH last
Saturday for burial in Phelphs GENE
terry. He passed away Dec. 20, at the
home of his daughter. Mrs. VIM.
Madden at Fargo, N. d., where he
had made his home for several years
past. His death was due to the in
firmities of old age. as he was in his
eghty-sixth year. The remains were
accompanied here by his daughters
Mrs. Madden of Fargo. Mrs. G. r.
Cove, of st. Paul, and Mrs. Geo.
Kelley of Minneapolis, and sons
Theodore Boyd OF Wendell, Mimi,
and Frank of ST. Paul. One other son,
Henry, of Los Angeles, was unable
to be here. The deceased was a pi-
oneer resident of DEBORAH, but for the
past few years had made his home
in the west. He had many old friends
here who will be grieyed to hear OF
his death, and the sympathy of all
is extended to the bereaved children
in their loss.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-12-26
Young Woman Husks More Than 100
Bushels of Corn Daily.

Storm Lake, Ia, Dec. 24-Mlss
Rosena Hesia, the daughter OF Al
drew Hesia, one of Buena Vista coun-
tvs wealthiest farmers, has made a
remarkable record on her fathers
great farm this fall. She has husked
as high as 125 bushels OF corn IN
day and can easily average 100 BUSH
els a day in corn that will average
forty to sixty bushels al acre.
Zero weather has not interfered
with Miss Hesia like it has with
many farm hands. She has donned her
oyeralls daily and gone into the
field and has stayed until she had her
loads. She says she expects 10 COZ
tinue with the work until all OF lhe
corn is out of her fathers heia'
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-12-26
German Peasant Women do Work OF
Horses.

Horses.
What American women may ex-
meet If Prussian Kultur is not stamp
ed from the face of the earth is
gathered from the observations OF
an American bicycle tourist who
left Germany shortly after the out
break of the war. says the January
Popular Mechanics Magazine in an
illustrated article. The spectacle OF
women doing all manner OF heavy la
Dor was never particularly unusual
in Germany even in pre-war days, but
the sight Of four women harnessed
like horses and pulling a pillow was
distinct shock to the traveller who
Witnessed this scene along the road
side in the state of Hesse-Nassau.
The tourist stopped that night at
nearby inn and there, in coaversa-
ton with number of German peas
ants, expressed surprise that women
cbould he driven to such drudgery.
The neasants were much astonished
when informed that women in Amer
lea seldom work at any task heavier
than household duties or light fac-
tory or Office toll.