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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-04
Sausage Makers Repartss.

An old story which is being, revived
nowadays concerns two rival sausage
makers. They lived on opposite sides
of q certain street In London, and one
tlay one of them placed over his shop
the legend, '''We sell sausaEes to the
gentry and nobility Of the country"
The next day, over the way, appeared
the sign, 1--WE sell sausages to the gen
try md nobility Of the whole coun-
try" Not to be outdone, the rival put
up what he evidently regarded as
final statement, namely: eve sell sau-
sages to the king" Next day there
appeared over the door Ofs the first
sausage maker the simple expression
of loyalty, "God save the Eng.''
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-04
BEDFORD, IOWA.
Especial to the Bystander.)

Especial to the Bystander.)
We are glad to welcome the absent
ones of few of the families in Bed
ford again in 1917 at our Christmas
gatherings. 1t seems like oil dtimes
to meet them once more. ~, 4
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Keene had
quite an enjoyable gathering at their
residence, all of their daughters being
presen tat family dinner on Wednes-
day, December 26th. Those present
were Mrs. Laura B. Stark, Mrs. j. A.
Ashford, now living in Bedford, Iowa,
Mrs. C. A. White Of Red Oak, Iowa,
Mrs. Daisy Martin and son Of Red
Oak, Iowa, Mrs. Maud Brown and hire
two little sons and Miss Theo. Moore,
all of Red Oak, Iowa. None of the
sons were able to be present at this
time.
Mr.. Green Lucas also had very
pleasant time with the ihgathering of
his children around the fireside once
more. Both of his boys being present
at this time and four of his girls, Mr..
William Lucas of Cheyenne, Wyo., Mr..
Bud Lucas, living in Bedford, Mrs.
Burtie Baily of Buxton, Miss Gertie
Lucas, teacher in one Of our Iowa
schools, Miss Helen Lucas, who is
home from college to spend Christ
mas, also Miss Alice Lucas. All are
having a lovely time meeting old
frineds at home once more.
Mrs. Winnie Robinson had the pleas
ure of entertaining one of her daugh-
tiers. Mrs. Ada Dunkin, from st. Jo-
seph, Mo. ~
All the rest of the Afro-Americans
living in this vicinity seem to be we'll.
The Mission Circle met at Mrs. D.
Prices. Everyone seemed to enjoy
themselves.
On Christmas eve the Second Bap-
fist church gave a Christmas wheel,
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-04
Cats Standing in Rome.

In Rome the cat gave the hrst evil
dence of predatory instincts and MS
value as mice destroyer. Agathlcus,
whose pet partridge had been killed
and eaten by cat, denounces him as
one of the devouring dogs of Actaeon.
Pliny and Palladlus praise him for his
destruction of mice and rats while
Caesars soldiers carried the faces OF
cats emblazoned on their banners.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-04
4innlest of Cements.

Condensed milk applied to the edges
of the pieces of broken china Will Keep
the article as intact rs the majority
Of cements on the market today, writes
Edwin w. Ely in letter to the Elec-
trical Experimenter. Mr.. Ely ADDS
that he has mended saucers that have
withstood washings in hot water. and
has mended telescope lens OF fairly
hrge size with this unique cement.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-04
MASON CITY, IOWA.
Especially

Miss Irma and Mr.. Alonzo Caldwell
entertained Miss Alma and Mr.. Alvin
Donegan at dainty 6 o'clock dinner
party Christmas day at the home of
their mother, Mrs. Rebecca Caldwell,
AIS Massachusetts, avenue. All spent
an enjoyable time and at an early
hour in the evening departed for the
theater.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-04
Fat.

II admit that it is much Of an EFFORT
to keep your spirit from growing TAT
as to keep your body from growing
fat" says Margaret Deland in the
WOman's Home Companion. 1T
means making sacrifices; you Will givt
up potatoes to keep your body light
you vii! have to give up faultfindint
and gossip to keep your heart light
But the effort pays"
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-04
olffscuit Achievement.

My young friends" said a member
ef the board of trustees, who was ad-
dressing the school. ''let me urge upon
you the necessity of not only reading
good books, but also of owning them,
20 that you may have access to them
1t all times. Why. when was
young man I used frequently to work
all night to earn money to buy books,
and then got up before daylight and
read thcm.''
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-04
Exaggerated.

When we reflect upon the white OF
an egg that has been sitting around In
the refrigerator, apparently waiting
to be used up in something, almost
ever since we can remember, we think
that all this talk about the American
housewives reckless extravaganza Is
somewhat exaggerated after all-Co-
luE,bus (Ohio) State Journal.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-04
Giving Happiness.

-e Giving Happiness.
To give happiness and to do good 10
our only law, our anchor of salvation.
our beacon light and our reason for
existence.-Henn Frederic Amiel.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-06-20
LADIES' DRESS SHOES

Selby shoes for ladies when they want the best.
No shoe on earth is made more snappy or has more
honest value in them than the Selby Shoe. Come
in and let us convince you of this-we can do it.
Dark brown kid with serge cravennetted top, is
priced at $3.50. Russia calf with calf top priced
at 5000 Black kid shoes with trench heel priced
at $500 the pair.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-06-20
MEMS WORK SHOES

Many kinds of work shoes for men in all sizes
and feathers. Mems army duck shoes with a heavy
vucanzed sole priced at $2.75 the pair Mems
light weight warm weather shoes, viscalized sole,
priced at 1885. Mems Outing shoes black or tan,
priced at $500 the pair Mems dry weather split
leather shoes priced at $1.95 the pair. Mems full
double sole full vamp chrome tanned priced at
$500 the pair.
YOUR KIND is HERE.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-06-20
LADIES' WHITE SHOES

White shoes for dress is the most stylish shoe
for summer We have all kinds of them IN canvas,
Nubuck and kid White canvas, low or high heel
shoes priced at 1885, $500, $3.50, $500, $500 and
Ct IN the nnair White Nubuck shoes with mill
tary heel priced at $500 the pair. White kid with
Louie heel priced at $3.50 the pair A new tone IN
canvas is this champagne shoe very neat and dill
ferent, priced at $3.50 the pair.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-06-20
WODIEN'S COMFORT

If your feet trouble you this warm weather
come and try on pair of these comfort shoes; you
will enjoy the feeling we'll that you Will buy
them right there A Conger kid with flexible sole,
rubber heel, plain toe and seamless upper, priced
at $3.50 the pair A French kid, flexible sole, low
heel and cap toe, priced at $500. Several kinds OF
juliet priced at $3.50 to $3.50 the pair DON
COLA slipper soft toe low heel priced at $35 the pr
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-06-20
BOYS SHOES

Here is boys Buster Brown shoe that is
marked $1.O0 under the present value We bought
them last fall and they just came in last week so
you get last falls prices on them. A good Gun
Metal Butcher with half double sole and made the
Buster Brown way. 81 to 10, priced at only $285
1917 to g. priced at only 1925.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-06-20
The Value Of a Shoe


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The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-06-20
PARENTS ATTENTION

EDUCATOR SHOES for the childs feet. You
owe it to your children to let them wear Educator
shoes why insist upon them wearing any kind of
shoes just because they cost 25c less than good
shoes. Educator shoes are so built as to let the
toes grow straight and keep the ball and instep in
insuring perfect foot when grown.
They cost but very little more than cheap
shoes and are worth many times more.
Priced according to size at from $1.75 to $3.50
the pair.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-06-20
BATHING SUITS

AS the summer days approach, the desire /
bathing increases so we prepared for your pie
All colors and sizes in wool or cotton.
Boys bath suits priced at ... soc to S1.25 ca
Mems bath suits priced at .$1.OO to $3.50 ca
Ladies' bath suits priced at 25 to $3.50 ca
Bath Caps priced at. .......... 25c to $3.50 ca
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-01-03
FEELING the Public Pulse.

A board Of trade or chamber Of com.
.merce can render vital service to a
community by aiding in the passage
Of laws which tend to make the com.
munity more prosperous. In that re.
spect the organization acts as an in.
terpreter, helping to translate the
needs. ami the desires Of the people
into laws that will encourage, rather
than discourage. business enterprise.
,--laGsstrisJ Conservation, NesO York.
Il hear you caught a 40 nound
catfish in your gill net"
I'VE did,"
Make much of a fuss?"
''Tore the net all to shreds.
For a while we thought we had
shared a submarine" f"
s~Subscribe fer the Journal.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-01-03
To Our Farmer Readers

We can highly recommend this
handsome dairy magazine to our lar
mer friends. Every man who owns
cows will find it w6rth many dollars to
hun Heye;is cur offer to farmers:
kimbalIs Dairy Farmer years. 30
Greenville Journal l year ........s1.00
Regular prize of both. ............sl.5G
For a limited time we will send both
one year to our farmer friends for
only 81 a5.
Journal, GreenVille o
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-01-03
II You Own Cows

Ii will not only be interesting but it
will he profitable for you to read that
little national dairy magazine. Kim
halls Dairy Farmer. 1t is published
semi-mOnthly at Waterloo, Iowa, the
huh of the great dairy region of the
central west. IL Is ably edited, well
printed on good hook paper and hand
somely illustrated by actua! photo
graphs taken exclusively for it. Its
purpose is educational and to the man
who would make his cows yield larger
profits, this little magazine is iudis-
pensable. Regardless Of how many
other papers the farmer may take, this
one is worth many times its price to
him. The subscription price is only
80 cents year, and the paper will
positively be discontinued at expira
ton. Send for sample copy.
Kimball's Dairy Farmer
Waterloo, Iowa.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-01-03
OUR CLUBBING LIST.

The following special offers are made
to both old and new subscribers to this
paper.
We cannot mail sample copies Of
any paper except the journal. Re-
luests tor samples Of Others must he
sent direct to the Office OF the paper
wanted, if we cannot supply you in
person at this office.
The figures show the price at which
the publication named and the Jour
nal will both be sent for one year:
Price of both
49, publications
Hicks " ord and WOrks..............,.....,. 1 SO
scientific American, New York. 90
NanSas ClIy SCaT rs
The Blade, Toledo ............. .....,... ,, IN
st. Louis Globe Democrat ....... ... ...,,,.l 80
Dayton Daily Herald ......... 81
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INCL hnaIl IO
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Daily Ohio State Journal(R r D only), 2 81
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Ihe American . q
our dunno AnimalS... ....., ,,,,, h(
klmball' Dairy Farm 25
Woman'S Home Companion. ............... 2 sc
OUo' AOp'CS... "a
7oooallt ...... 135
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-01-03
Every Family In

Ef0lJ / GULLY LII
Darke County should be
well supplied with good,
interesting and instrl7c.' !
tive reading. Just what
you want is the Green
vile Journal, which will
be sent to any address In
the county for S1.OO peY
year; six months 70 60
cents out Of the c,e' atVt
foe $l.16. Did you eve,
stop to think that in one :
year the Journal furnish.
~ two thousand, nine
Qundred an %w9've cob
IDDG r~s matter
And a * .u4y S1.CO---
less than two cente 2er
W kI Come in and give
your subscription. and
t you have a friend living
at a distance who would
appreciate thenews from
old Darke, you couldn't
do a better act than to
make him a present sot
the Journal for one year
Friends, give this matter
a careful thought.
% No subscriptions
taken unless Accompan .
led with the cash.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-19
Gutenberg Changes Name.

Gutenberg, Ia, June 17-This
little town now has a new name
or rather it has gone back to the
original French name-Prairie la
Porte. The city council, in session
Friday evening, acted favorably on
a petition of the people of the town
to have the name changed so as to
get away from the German" desig-
nation. The town has set a great
record in all lines of patriotic en-
deavor and the citizens felt it was
unseemly to retain the handicap of
a German name, imposed on the
village years ago when a German
settlement association, with head
quarters at Cincinnati, changed the
original French name.
So it's Prairie la Porte from this
time forth.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-19
Seized Ten Boxes Whiskey.

After waiting since last Satur-
day for someone to claim ten boxes
of quarts and pints of whiskey con-
tanning 100 quarts all told, which
has been shipped in violation of the
Reed bone dry law, from st. Paul
to Mason City, the police yesterday
visited the Wells Fargo Express Of
fee and seized the shipment. The
case has been placed in the hands
of U. S. District Attorney F. A.
O'Connor.
The shipment was such that it
could not help attract attention, as
being suspicious, even If the boxes
had come through intact. AS 1t was,
whiskey bottle broke and when the
goods arrived the Wells Fargo agent
notified the officers.
The whiskey apparently shipped
under fictitious names was billed
merely as five boxes of goods from
G.. Jones to A. Hollberg" and 1--we
boxes of goods from John Cavell to
r. G. Rowell."
Penitentiary sentence is the pos
sible penalty for illegal shipment of
whiskey into dry territory, the case
is being investigated at ST. Paul.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-19

and he was gathering in his oats,
cut for feed, which yielded over
three tons per acre and worth $50
per ton with the oats all in the
straw. He was hurrying to get the
crop removed and would irrigate
this portion and plant Immediately
to beans. His alfalfa yielded about
one ton per acre and is cut seven
times year. He told me that his
crop would bring him in from $3.50
to s175 per acre during the season.
E. w. Hoyt was with me, as it
was his neice we were visiting.
You will pardon this intrusion
and believe me
Very cordially your friend,
G. r. BAKER
81 North Maraposa Ave, Los
Calf.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-19
Bull Calf Brings s1o6,cc0.

The highest price ever recorded
for a dairy animal was paid for a
Holstein FrieGian bull calf, six
months of age, at Milwaukee a few
days ago when Champion Sylvia
Johnson, owned by A. c. Hardy
of Brockville, Canada, was bought
at auction for s106,3Go. He was
purchased by the president of the
~arnation Milk company of Seattle,
Wash.
w. B. Barney, state food and
dairy commissioner, who attended
the sale, said two millionaires got
to bidding against each other for
the animal and thus run it up to
this extraordinary price. j. S. Nor
ton, of Joy, Ill, son OF j. Sterling
Morton, former secretary of agri-
culture, and Mr.. Stewart, both want
ed the calf The auction was held
in connection with the annual meet
ing of the Holstein- Friesian associa-
ton 1t was attended by many
wealthy men interested in the dairy
business. When the bidding reach
ed 100000 pandamonium reigned
around the auction ring for several
minutes and then Mr.. Stewart bid
100000 and got the calf.
fThis was a genuine sale" COM
mented Commissioner Barney today.
There were eight or ten men in
the bidding for this calf until it
passed $4,000.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-19
This Boy a Patriot.

Friday night of last week the
rope on the new liberty pole
came off the pulley at the top, and
for a time it was a quandry how
it was going to be put back. The
question was solved by Carl Schultz.
A forty foot fire ladder was placed
against the pole and from the top
of the ladder Carl climbed the pole
and put the rope in place. A hat
was passed and $1,000 was con-
tributed to Cari, who generously
turned the money over to the Red
Fredericksburg News.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-19
G. R. BAKER WRITES
FROM CALIFORNIA
Former Ridgeway Resident Now
Resident of Los Angeles, Cal,
Writes Us an Interesting
Letter About California
Happenings
TELLS ABOUT EARTHQUAKE
OCCURRED NEAR THERE
Says i'm His Rambles in His Car
Finds Much of the Farming
Not Worthy of Attention
of Good Iowa Farmer

A letter from G. r. Baker from
Los Angeles, Cal. is printed below
and will be read with interest by
his many old Ridgeway and DEBORAH
friends. Mr.. Baker is brother
of F. H. and A. G. Baker, of this
city, and has made his home in
Los Angeles for some time, being
formerly resident of Ridgeway:
Los Angeles, Calf.
Innp 7~1Q12
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-19
From Our Boys at Contigny, France.

From Our Boys at Contigny, France
Storming seas has rolled between
You and me, my sweet Elyeene
When / lay awake at night
Thinking of the battles fright
Nothing e'er has stepped between
God and us, my sweet Eyleene.
Full many flower has bloomed,
Eyleene,
Since you and I strolled ore the
green.
Eyleene! Eyleene!<If could bring
My love to you on swiftest wing
My message speed from shore to
shore,
My sweet Eyleene, for evermore.
/ insist obey my country's call
| go Eyleene where brave men
fall. saE
! know Eyleene where we shall meet
Where faithful hearts as one
shall beat.
Whose blessed head, there to
caress
My true Eyleene from over seas.
oh Come again, Oh come again!
Those happy days through woods
and glen
When soft and blithe thy footsteps
fall
Where whispering lips babe me
farewell
The happiest days that we have
seen
May come again, Eyleene,
Eyleene!
My sweet Eyleen, my true Eyleene!
For what may come, for what
has been!
God be with you, my sweet Eyleene,
God bless you e'er, for what has
been.
Jno. A. Forde.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-19
portunity, it is also open to others

portunity, it is also open to others
interested.
Potatoes
Thirty million bushels of pota-
toes, the estimated surplus of last
years crop, must be eaten before
July l or they will rot. Potatoes
are cheap food now in most
places. At 2 cents a pound they
are equal in food value to bread
at cents a loaf. Every potato
eaten saves wheat.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-19

The DEBORAH Granite Works Of
fer wide selection of monuments
and markers having just received
two full car loads of stock.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-19

When eyestrain presents itself
you need special service, so to see
better, or more comfortably, better
see Kaufman, optometrist, sue
cessor to E. H. McMasters.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-19
Bad Habit Saves Boys Life.

Last Friday evening, Clarence
the three year old son of Mr.. and
mrs. Chas. Eiffier, was nearly
drowned under the culvert in front
of their home in West Elma. The
heavy rains of last Friday had filled
all the bitches with water. This
little fellow, in company with two
other small children, was playing
on top of small wooden culvert
between the road and the house
when he fell into the water and
was dragged under the heavy planks
where his body caught on some pro-
lection. The water then was level
with the top of the culvert. The
other children Immediately gave
the alarm. Mrs. Eiffler rushed out
of the house but could not find the
I boy. Neighbors came Immediately
and the planks were torn up, thus
releasing the. body which fioated
down stream short distance until
1t was picked up by Mrs. Clark. A
barrel was procured and willing
hands set to work to resuscitate the
boy and after several minutes of
vigorous work his breath was re-
stored. 1t is believed the little
fellow must have been in the water
fully ten minutes. He has habit
when excited or spunky, of holding
his breath and this probably &C
counts for his not drowning before
he was rescued.-Elma New Era.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-19
GLEANINGs FROM THE COUNTY
AGENT
BuckWheat

Sorghum and buckweheat cakes
go most splendidly together. A
large amount of sorghum is hoped
for this fall. A large acreage has
been planted to cane and mills
have been found and are being put
in working condition all over the
county.
Many a farmer will have a low
piece of ground which has been
injured by our excessive rain and
can just as well plant a bit of it
to buckwheat. Others will have
injuries due to insects or grubs and
will want to SOW buckwheat. This
will afford a golden opportunity
for many farmers. Secure some
buckwheat seed at once and make
preparations for that. piece of buck
wheat. 1t will be a mighty welcome
wheat substitute next fall.
Winneshiek County Threshermen
nolu COuNentlOn.
The U. s. Food Administration
is very desirious of assisting the
county in every possible way, in
the conservation of all our grains.
The manufacturers are cooperating
in assisting to supply parts needed
for repairs and mechanical assjs-
lance in putting our threshing mach
ines in proper working order be-
fore the threshing season opens
In order to better handle this
task, an experienced thresherman
from Texas has been appointed in
charge of this work with an Office
in New York. He has suggested
the appointment of a county thresh-
ing committee in every county This
committee consists of Food Adj
ministrator, County Agent and a
successful experienced thresherman
who do all they can to bring about
complete cooperation between the
thTeshermen of the county and with
farmers everywhere. They have
arranged for threshermen's con
vention to be held at DEBORAH, on
June 10Th in the basement of the
NJ. E. church. At this convention
they expect to have present, men
who will be valuable to all inter
ested in the work. While this is
a threshermens' convention and we
hope every thresherman in the
county will avail himself of this OPP
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-19

Ice Cream Sandwiches, cents
at Otto Andersons. 24-tf.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-19

The DEBORAH Granite Works Of
fer a wide selection of monuments
and markers having just received
two full car loads OF stock.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-19

Auto Windshields at Prast-
marks