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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-08-15
Crime and Dreaming.

Murderers seldom dream, which Is
exactly contrary to the idea that a
man with a crime on his mind would
usually have bad Nightmares. OF 1875
murderers carefully watched and ex-
amined, 90 seldom or never dreamed
at all. The greater the criminal the
less he dreamed.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-08-15
Would Have Had It Come Double

Gertrude coaxed so often for dog
that she was finally promised one.
When her birthday came her wish was
gratlfied. She was asked how she
liked the dog. "Oh," said the young
ster, ITS fine, but | was hoping he
would be twins"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-08-15
A Handy Hammer Might Help.

A Chicago minister says ne doesn't
think a street corner masher ought to
be killed outright, as there may be
chance to reform him. HIM! AS the
late Sam Jones used to say, you may
be able to reform scoundrel but what
In the name Of God can you do with
fool?
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-08-15
TlIllna the Soil.

No race can prosper till 1t learns
that there is as much dignity in tilling
a field as in writing a poem. 1t Is at
the bottom of life we must begin, and
not at the top. Nor should we permit
our grievances to overshadow our op-
portunlty.-Booker T. Washington.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-08-15
Home for MIR. Woodpecker,

A hollow log with small hole made
about half way up from the bottom,
with top made of piece of bark and
q small platform nailed just below the
hole, will serve very well for the home
Of Mr.. Red-Headed Woodpecker or
Flicker.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-08-15
Oriuin of "Pauoda,"

The word "pagoda" is not Chinese.
1t is believed to have come either from
the Persian or the Hindustani, and
means "a white bone tower" As far
back as their history dates the Chi.
nese have always built lofty towers.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-08-15
When II Starts.

Not always, but almost always, the
beginnings of mental and moral In
feriority are in the home. Educate
parents to the supreme Importance Of
home training of children and the
problems of vice, crime and poverty
will be far on the way to solution.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-08-15
One Thinu After Another.

Widow Gubbons-"I be very sorry to
ask ZEE for help again, sur so soon af-
ter me poor 'usband's death--but an.
other pig died this mornin'."-Cassell's
Saturday Journal
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-08-15
Needs Trained Muscles.

The capacity to exert will power tC
make firm resolutions, to decide anG
to judge propositions accurately or
their merits calls for well-cultivatcG
and trained muscles. A flabby-muscleG
man Is apt to be weak-willed one
DR.. Lonard Hirschberg.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-08-15
Isn't IL SOP

Four-year-old Charlotte was having
trouble with her English, but she had
entirely passed her difficulties on one
point. II see how 1t is now, mother"
she said the other day. "Hens set and
lay; and people sit and lie, don't they
mother7'-Country Gentleman.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-08-15
Handmade SPRINGS.

Small springs may be accurately
formed by winding the wire tightly
into the threads Of machine screw.
This forms a spring as perfectly as a
handmade spring desired should be
used, to allow for the resllliency of the
wirs.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-08-15
Fine for Her.

"But your fiance has such small
income. How are you going to live
on it?" "Oh, we're going to econo-
mize. We're going to do without such
lot Of things Jack really needs"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-08-15
Good Natures Limitations.

"a good-natured man." said Uncle
Eben, "ain't allus to be relied on to
take an interest in other folks trou-
bles. If he was he couldn't keep bein'
good natured."
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-08-15

Headwear made of straw was In
use among the ancient Greeks, but
into use in Europe until about half a
century ago.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-08-15
"rhs Civilizations of weaIth.s

No matter If one has one million
dollars, If he Is able-bOdled he ought to
perform some useful service some
where, or keep away from the table
when the dinner bell rings.-Houston
Post.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-08-15
It's NOTHING to Brau About.

If you are wiser and keener than
other folks, you should be thankful,
not proud. You didn't make yourself.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-08-15

Hard Wheat MixedF per 90 ID sack 10 lS9 Lso
public
un
midnight.
pounds for each 10 meals
pounds
be had FOR
these regulations
strictly followed.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-08-15

Optimistic Thought.
True royalty consists not in great
pomp but In great SirtuS.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-01-09
TURTLE HARVEST BEGUN.
McGregor Becoming Noted For Its
Turtle Business Each Winter.

McGregor, Ia, Jan. IA wagon
load of live turtles was brought
across the ice to McGregor yester-
day aid placed in a cellar under a
large building near the Mississippi.
There were about 800 large sized
turtles in the lot They will be left
in the cellar requiring neither food
nor water until the lentel season
sends the price of turtle flesh soar
ing, when they will be killed, dressed
and shipped to Philadelphia.
This method of storing live turtles
for the winter has become quite a
common practice among fishermen
and fish dealers here. Sometimes they
are put in dirt pits dug in the river
bank They are taken out of the river
in November and December after they
have gone into alternating quarters
in the shallower waters.
Fishermen break through the ice
and fork them out of the sandy bot
tom. AS soon as they are put in Gel
lars or pits they bury their heads in
the dirt AID sit through the winter
requiring no care while their price
goes up.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-01-09

called before my company, or posi-
bly, the entire regiment, and reduced
to the ranks. AS Consequence l would
draw from the government hence
forth but SIC per month as a private,
instead of SIS as a corporal. l would
also be deprived of those two very
ornamental strips of cotton braid
which adorned the sleeve of my coat.
However, my enlistment for one
hundred days (the last call during
the war; had almost expired and,
having some good friends among my
superior officers, / was fortunate
enough to escape all punishment or
humiliation. However, as a result of
this experience, l could hardly be eX-
pected, as an old veteran of the Civil
war, to boast very enthusiastically
of my army record-now could l?
''At the time of my enlistment
was working, as foreman, in a print
ing Office at Marengo-the Office OF
the Democrat-and the company to
which | belonged was composed al
most entirely of printers. The COM
pany was formed at Davenport and
my second lieutenant was James
Wilson, whose father was sheriff of
Johnson county at the time and was
for many years publisher of The &C.
dar Rapids Republican.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-01-09
IOWA INSTITUTIONS OWE
100000.
Old Soldiers Home at MarshalltOwn
and Penitentiary Most Deeply
Indebted.

Indebtedness of Iowa's state insti-
tutions under the state board of con-
troll is given as $101, 900. Department
accountants have visited the several
state institutions for the purpose of
determining the total Indebtedness.
A report of the financial status of
the institution will be presented in a
few days to Gov. w. l.. Harding with
a view of securing legislative relief.
The two institutions most deeply
in debt, according to the board, are
the Old Soldiers Home at Marshall
town and the state penitentiary at
Fort Madison, the Indebtedness of
the former being $4,000 and the
latter $4,000. Three other institu-
tions are said to be financially en-
barrassed.
Anthony M. McColl, chairman OF
the state board, said that an increase
in the daily allowance for inmates OF
81 would be sufficient to cover the
Indebtedness and the increased cost
of supplies.
The per diem allowance for the old
soldiers and their wives and widows
at Marshalltown is SIS at the present
time.
THE expense at the Old Soldiers
Home has been greatly increased
this year., said McColl. At the pres
e1t time there are 800 in the hospi
tai at the Marshalltown institution
AS this institution grows older the
cost increases"
McColl said that dietary cost fol
all of the institutions averaged less
than 7 cents a meal.The dietary ex
pense for each meal at Fort Madison
averages 11.75 cents; Mitchellville
5.5 cents; Glenwood, cents; Sol
diers' Orphans home at Davenport
7.5 cents.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-01-09
KEEP YOUR BIDDIES TO HELP
u. s. WIN WAR.
Farmers I'm Midwest Urged to Con-
serve Hens Until After Laying
Season is Over.

n an effort to produce the greatest
possible volume of food from Amer
ica's poultry resources, w. F. Priebe,
head of the poultry division of the
food administration, expects to start
a campaign among American farmers
and poultry men to sell no hens un-
til after the laying season."
'In many sections of the country"
Priebe says, because of the high
poultry prices that normally come in
late winter, farmers sell their hens
just before the beginning of the
spring laying season. In our present
need for increased food stuffs, it
would be great mistake for this to
occur this spring. A good hen will
contribute approximately her own
weight in eggs and still be worth as
much for food herself as before she
began laying"
While the tendency of such move
ment normally would be to increase
sharply the prices of poultry on the
city markets, under the present con-
ditions it probably would result in
little more than decreasing the sup
ply of fresh fowls. For chickens al
ready have reached apparently about
the peak of prices that the consumer
will pay.
In the eastern states, where p0ut-
try raising is a business, the hocks
have been largely depleted by recent
sales. The high prices for fowls aid
the high prices of feed have made 1t
more profitable to sell the fowls than
to hold them for producing eggs
later.
In the great mid-western farming
states, however, where the cost OF
feeding poultry is not so closely COM
puted reports SHOVE that the house
wives, stimulated by high egg prices,
are holding on to their hens in the
hope of a great egg harvest at high
prices in the spring.
These conflicting conditions make
| it difficult to forecast the future or
the poultry and egg markets next
summer, and add to the problem OF
stabilizing prices on either fowls or
eggs.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-01-09
Cure Pork by Sure Method.

Home cured ham or bacon can be
made better than any packers pro-
duct if right methods are used. 1t is
not so much the method by the way
It is done. Two good recipes, one a
brine cure and the other a dry cure,
are recommended by the animal hus-
bandry meat expert at Iowa State
College.
For a brine cure, to each 100
pounds of meat use about II pounds
OF salt, 3 pounds of white sugar, 2
ounces of saltpeter and gallons of
water. Dissolve the saltpeter and sug-
ar in some warm water first, then add
the water AID salt and mix thorough
ly until the salt is all dissolved. Rub
some salt over each piece of meat
and pack in a clean, strong barrel,
not too tightly Pour in brine and
weight the meat down so that no
part is uncovered Set il dry place,
where the temperature is low enough
to keep the meat from spelling while
the brine is working in.
Overhaul at five days, 5 days and
80 days. Overhauling is simply un-
packing and repacking il a different
day in the same brine. This is i'm
portant, as it mixes the brine and
changes the position of the meat in
such a way that the brine gets to all
parts of it, 1t requires four days to
a pound of meat to cure fully, so that
the average ham requires about 60
days. Some in usual way.
For the dry cure use ounces of
saltpeter, IL ounces of white sugar
and pounds of salt to 100 lbs. of
meat Sprinkle the sugar and salt
peter on the face of the meat and
then rub the salt on the ends and
sides and sprinkle some on the face,
but don't disturb the sugar and salt
peter. Pack in a box or barrel and
keep in dry, cool place.
Overhaul at Is days and "a days
aad every 40 days thereafter. Just
use a little salt for each overhaul
ing. For hams leave four days to the
pound and for bacon two days to the
pound. Take out and smoke the same
as for brine cured meat.
Many people paint the meat or
wrap it first and then paint AID do
various other things. But to keep
the meat through a whole year, it
will be just as we'll to stick to the
above directions.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-01-09
CATCHES MANY RABBITS.
Indiana Hunter Scares Them With
Whistle.

This is true story of how an In
diana hunter operating in the poe
ket" counties Of southwestern Indi-
ana, is bagging more rabbits in a
day than any half dozen nimrods
combined. He uses neither gun, dog
nor ferret, but he brings home the
Dummies. His breath is his only am
munition. The name of the hunter is
Walker Long, who travels through
out southwestern Indiana.
The methods of this hunter are
simple, but remarkably effective. He
carries a piece of rubber hose, such
as is used in connecting up gas lamri
or gas stoves. This is fifteen or TWEEN.
ty feet long. In one end he fixes a
common tin whistle, well moistened.
When he comes to rabbit burrow
he slips the hose into the entrance
and blows the whistle. Instantly ev-
cry bunny in the burrow takes alarm
and makes a break for the big out
doors. 1t is the easiest kind of work,
Long says, to seize them or knock
them over as they come scrambling
out, popeyed with terror at the weird
noise made by the whistle. Long says
he has often caught as many as for
ty rabbits in a day in this manner.
He is thinking of substituting fife
or a fageolet for the tin whistle, as
he figures by playing Pop Goes the
weasel or a fox trot, he could scare
out even more Dummies.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-01-09
MEETS HORRIBLE DEATH.
Young Man Freezes to Death and
Feet Are Torn Off Under Train.

Washington, Iowa., Jan. l.
Even on the battlefields of Europe it
is doubtful if any soldier ever died in
a manner more horrible to contem-
plate than did young man who met
his death on a fast Rock Island train
Saturday. The whole circumstances
surrounding his death will probably
never be known.
His body was discovered at Eldon
on the wheel trucks of a passenger
coach on the Golden State Limited.
The upper and lower parts of the
body were frozen stiff and the feet
and part of the legs had been torn
off, leaving the ragged ends of the
limbs protruding from the torn
trouser legs.
Pieces Of flesh and clothing were
picked up along the track from
Washington to Eldon and trail OF
blood was left between the rails. Near
the local station there is spot of
blood which stains the snow and a
chuck of the mans leg was discover
ed near the coal chute.
From papers found on his body it
is co1jectured that the dead man
name was Gates and that he was a
resident of New York. He had kept a
diary in a small note book and one
entry indicated that he had been IN
New York Christmas day. He had a
cash fare receipt for transportation
from Gary to Chicago, dated Friday,
Dec. %. The man was about twenty
one years of age and was fairly well
dressed, and warmly clothed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-01-09
LIBERTY LOAN BONDS DELAYED.
An Unavoidable Delay i'm Delivery of
Liberty Bonds Explained.

The banks of DEBORAH have receiv-
ed the following communication from
the Federal Reserve Bank, of Chica-
go, which speaks for itself:
In view of the unavoidable delay
in delivery of Liberty Bonds, we feel
that you and your subscribers should
be informed of the present status
with respect to the several issues.
First Liberty Loan-31a %
Coupon-Orders delivered to date
with the exception of $50 deaom;na-
ton, which are backordered pending
the receipt of a further supply from
Washington.
gistered-Delivered up to and
including November IL. Interest
checks have been mailed direct from
Washington to registered owners
covering interest due December Is,
1917.
First Liberty Loan ConveEted-i %
Coupon-Deliverie have been
made with respect to requests for
conversion filed with us November 8
to u, inclusive.
(These bonds when received from
| w uSlilllSo WI bCul l"o coupons lldtui
| ing December Is, 1917, one of which
must be detached and Cancelled be-
fore delivery, necessarily retarding
the process).
Registered-None received from
Washington, but the Treasury De-
partment is arranging to mail inter-
est checks direct to registered own
ers, even though the actual bonds
have not been delivered.
Second Liberty Loan-4%.
Coupon-All bonds paid in full
during the campaign have been de-
livered Deliveries are now being
made with respect to bonds paid in
full November Is, where the allot-
ment notice was promptly returned
and properly executed. Deliveries are
being made by cities, alphabetically
The first three letters are disposed OF
except as to 500 bonds, and seventy.
five thousand pieces of this denomin
alton are needed to fill back-orders.
The order of deliveries with re
spect to December Is payments will
be alphabetical by cities but the Sc
Ique1ce of the letters will be deter
mined by lot and announced later.
Registered-No registered bonds
of this issue have as yet been receiv
ed from Washington.
1t has been estimated that more
than twenty million pieces are re
Iquired to make deliveries of bonds t
the FirstFand Second Liberty Loa:
subscribers including the A % bonds
of the First Liberty Loan converted
rNI
at a time when the facilities of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing a
Washington are heavily taxed be
cause of increased demands for cur
rency, revenue stamps, postage
stamps, war savings certificate
stamps, etc. Every effort is bein;
made to meet the situation and W.
count on your cooperation in per
suading subscribers to continue tn
IeXercise of patience.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-01-09
Huns Spend $50 Trying to Get Him


In a letter to his cousin, FRED
Page, of Dubuque, Ben Goodale, or
Marshalltown who is in the ambu-
lance service in France, says that the
Huns recently wasted $3.50 trying TO
"get" him.
Goodale says that he had a badly
wounded lieutenant, and was anxious
to get him to the hospital as quickly
as possible. He picked out road TO
avoid as many shell holes as possible,
and was spotted" by the Germans
from their trenches. Star bombs were
fired to locate the ambulance, where
upon the Huns fired ten shells at the
ambulance. One of the shells burst
so closely to it that the four tires OF
the car were bursted.
THE shells cost the Huns SD
each" says Goodale, "but they didn't
get me-"
Goodale says that the Germans
fire upon Red Cross ambulances de-
and as often as they get a
chance.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-01-09
We VIII Send i'm for You.

If you want Chicago daily paper,
the Tribune or Herald we will save
you money on your subscription.
Subscribe through us and We will give
you either paper for $3.50, with
Public Opinion $5.15. We are send
ing in lots of subscriptions, AID will
send yours in if you wish. tt
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-01-09
For Many Years the
Telephone Company Has
Paid No Dividends
For Many Years the

high and the loss OF our men
Blu having problems to solve
relief
remained almost steady
and our expenses laveadv II and bounds.
dividends stockholders tor many
wears operating than the get
70
last This
Growth great deal of from investors
profits When farmer
of pos
chant profits
When we telephone whether to install telephone or
highway additional investment OF new
n he business
We cannot indefinitely purchasing unless
nav interest ON that we havear borrowed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-01-09
Do You Want an Iowa Daily.

The Des Moines Register is one or
Iowa's leading daily papers. We will
take subscriptions for this paper at
the Public Opinion office, and will
save you some money. Both papers
one year for 1928 TT
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-01-09
School of Dressmaking.

Reduce the H. C. l.. by learning to
make your own clothes. For terms
apply to Miss NJ. Davidson, 404 JEFF
ferson ST., DEBORAH. l-tf
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-01-09

Sometimes a man has his own way
according to the diagram furnished
by his wife.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-08
BRUNSWICK TO LAUNCH
FIRST CONCRETE SHIP

Brunswick, July THE people OF
Brunswick, Of Georgia and of the
South will probably see the first con
crete ship ever built on the Atlantic
launched in this city next month.
though the definite da:e is not as yet
known. The ship in question is being
built by the Liberty Shipbuiloing coa.-
pany and the work is nov proceeding
rapidly
The occasion of the launching of
this ship will be made notable one.
Representatives OF the shipbuilding
board, of the navy and war depart
men's, will be invited, as we'll as other
government officials. while an in vita
ton will also be xetended to promi-
nent men in various states. An elab.
crate program will be arranged, to in
ciude one or two addresses by men of
national prominence.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-08
FEW CENTS DESTROYS
YOUR DANDRUFF AND
STOPS FALLING HAIR
Save your hair! Make it thick,
wavy and beautiful
try this!

Thin, brittle, colorless and scraggy
hair is mute evidence of neglected
scalp; Of dandruff that awful scurf
There is nothing SO destructive ia
the hair as dandruff. 1t robs the hair
Of its lustre, its strength and it's very
life; eventually producing feverish-
ness and itching of the scalp, which
if not remedied causes the hair roots
to shrink, loosen and die-then the
hair falls out fast. A little Danderine
tonight-now-any time--will surely
save your hair.
Get a small bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine from any drug store or toilet
counter, and after the first application
your hair will take on that life. lustre
and luxuriance which is so beautiful,
u will become wayy and fluffy and have
the appearance of abundance. M in
comparable gloss and softness; but what
will please You most will be after lust
q few weeks use, when you will actually
see lot of fine, downy hair--new hair
growing ell over the scalp.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-08
MRS. RODDENBEREsF AGAIN
NAMED POSTMTSTRESS
OF BROWNSVILLE OFFICE

Townsville, July. T. The reap
pointment of Mrs. J. Bs Roddenberry
as postmistress of the Thomasville
post office for four more vars has been
approved by President Wilson and oily
needs the confirmation, of the senate.
A telegram received by Mrs. Rodden-
bury this week form Congressman
Frank Park informed her OF the s.dte-
mont received by him form the Post
office Department in regard to the APP
pointment and she will no doubt re-
ceive her commission at an early date.
Mrs. Roddenberry is the widow of
The late S. A. Roddenberry, and has
been serving the office here for the
past four years. In spite of the fact
that several of the most efficient en-
ployees Of the office have gone into the
army tn office has been conducted as
usual and the public has felt no hitch
IN the service.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-08

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