davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-11-17
OLD ENGLISH CUSTOM
WAIVED FOR AMERICANS

thiGtN> lNinud ~ iflaN, scotland.
NDv le cnrfpsiuudtncc of ihc AZ
tfNiata iirefl The Time halipWee
custom ~ ,inrihN 't"d .+HNs ihr kinR
~ ihe eNnr iueAon of eteff formal
lNifirh tri"munA WAS hinktn Ai ihn
funefAi srfleee lari Friday ~ thr
Amefran foiairfs Who lost ihcii iiv'a
with inH sinking ~ the ifnnHpui -
iantn. ln c"sslou oi ihe scottish coast
wiie Wf tHiiirir
~ N4huie tp thc American sol
UiNts tlricu side Nr eide WITH the nn
sou eiflteiA and mon from the wgceked
l'riHsu trHusroft, ne fi*iish NATIONAL
anthem was followed los Nh lnsins of
lhe Siai Srnhg.ea tsnrrf' in which
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-11-17

tnng 10000 Iron Crosses ~ The
FIRST class have hecn awarded up 20 the
present. ana over l5oooo0 81 the se
ond class 10 civilians $500 Iron
Crosses have been granted Hesid
the kaiser field MnrshAis won illn
donburg and yon Maekensen, rrlner
Leopold of Bayaria and General
Ludondord wear me Grand Cross Of
the Iron Cross The Bluechcr Cross
is woru only by Field Marshal Won Hln-
denhurg.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-11-17

MILWAUKEE Wis. no, lG- Ring
stars from The Great Lakes Nuvai
tfaininp station Will furnish "a, bulk
90 the competition ia the Cenigu 4 a.
~. hoxinr championships 70 he de-
cidvd here Nov u.s., ana ~
There are enough "gohs' 10 nlnkc
a crrdiianle showing m IAN divisions
and i.ieuicnauf lack Kennedy who
developed boxing Slt the station. is
cNnfidrp' that saihf- wii annev al
lelse TWO tules Tho station VIII ne
represented Us tcum Of twcnty live
future sfutts of the ring
t'hieage also wl' sen flock of
amatcuF % contest for the champion
shipt hnd other cities Us The central
department Of Che a. r. as win
hr represented
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-11-17

alr- Lenia n KING, wire 81 = cap.
iaih la the tnlied States neaieal
corps. is this euunlrys first woman
itallic Cop She has been assigned
ia Washington 10 a busy corner and
in cnse her hadge and official uni
form are NOT respected she can use
the buslnessitc siNshooier dangling
from her hcit Her ir~l appearance
az her post stopped traffic temporarily
instead of speeding II, bur Washing
ton ia these Gas quickly becomes ae
cuslpmcG 90 ilie noyoi.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-11-17
VOLUME i.

isiued from Tins 90 firms undcf tho
direction Of The cemmtraiai Asaocla
ton.
c{ficr and Hoon1s. Ntst 20 Poat o.
Zee. Starr Street.
Momb1r 81 tho chnr,bsi 81 commerce
Of the United States.
nGEfrEpr
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-11-17
TRADE AZ HOWE

hrrf OpcrtN uWeHl nHiis ee
h pontft intua 5. Na 8
There size 4Nr uiafh0d BID htinsH4
iHia Hi"rf fiisH io r1Heff ffH FNhf ~
i. tnfzine 0t elp 'rn nln
IN fHIaer
seefi thou q man 1iligcnt r his bus
mess. he shalt sta1d hefoi naa.-
Proverbs.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-11-17

NOTICE or TRUSTEES SALE or
REAL ESTATE
Whereas. GA Aprl q. 1913 "a. 81
Tay Ter executed his certain convoy
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-11-17
sems y .ae ...-n.I- v. 80

Lake down tie sld rs,'e,s aua clean
Dcar Window
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-11-17

irsesi ~ ia lp aor Ciassfira cai-
g.9ns Y sop want Aufe fe4 ~lsa.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-11-17

Aa N o 81 p
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-03
AS to Remarkable Longevity.

We have all read of Thomas Parr.
who lived to be one hundred and fifty
two. Likewise of the countess OF Des-
mond, one hundred and fOrty-fve /;
Margaret Patten, one hundred and
thirty-seven; Thomas Damme, one
hundred and sixty-four; John Royin,
one hundred and seventy-two; and Pc
ter Torton, who reached the age of one
hundred and eighty-five. But these
cases of extraordinary longevity lack
proof.
In the days when those persons
lived no accurate chronological records
were kept, and dates of occurrences
were usually fixed by associating them
in memory with other events believed
to have happened about the same time.
A mans identity was liable to be con-
fused with that Of grandfather of
the same name.
Nowadays nobody lives to any such
ages. Why imagine that the extreme
limits of longevity have shrunk within
the last two or three centuries?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-03
CAUSED BY WEIGHT OF SNOW
Simple Explanation Of Odd Shapes of
Trees, That Has Been Mystery
to Many.

To the person who is not versed in
forest lore the grotesquely bent tree
trunks that are to be found in almost
all woods are mystifying, and wonder
is often aroused as to TIE cause, re-
marks the Popular Science Monthly.
Foresters will tell QuestiOners that in
the case of trees in mountainous coun-
try and other sections where the snow
fall is heavy, the weight of snow is re-
sponsible in most instances for the
queer twists they assume, When a
tree is young the weight of snow that
falls on its branches often bends the
trunk over until it is flattened to the
ground. Sometimes it is buried under
six or eight feet of snow and held in
that position so long that when warm
weather comes the tree fails to spring
back into its normal position. The
summer sun causes the tip Of the young
tree to turn upward and if 1t manages
to withstand the weight of the snow of
the next winter, that portion Of the
tree WILL as a general rule, continue to
grow in normal way. "Hairpin" bends
and other odd shapes result.
A curious tree stands on the top of
Tunnel hill, Johnstown, Pa, about four
miles from town. 1t is a sugar maple
about one hundred years old which has
prolonged it's own life by grating a
branch into a much younger tree.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-03
BECOMES IRKSOME AT TIMES
Occupation, Its Routine Will Oc-
casionalIy Weary.

Are there times when your work be-
comes intolerably irksome? Yes? Well,
don't jump at the conclusion that you
are in the wrong place when this hap
pens once in awhile. That will be true
whatever work you choose. No matter
how well adapted you are to your occu-
patton, there will come times when
your thoughts will wander, and the
routine will weary you, and you will
feel that any other work would be
preferable 10 that which you have
chosen. One of the best-known woman
writer's of the last generation wrote
an imprisoned warning to literary as
pirants, telling them to do any work,
even scrubbing floors, in preference to
taking up literary career. Undoubt-
edly she wrote at time when her
chosen work seemed unspeakably irk-
some, but If she had been cornered,
she would probably have acknowledged
that the profession of authorship has
considerable to commend it when COM
pared with scrubbing floors.
This occasional Impotence with our
vocation is inevitable. No matter how
congenial 1t Is, there are times when 1T
viii seem burden. The people who
change their occupation every time it
begins to bore them, are the tramps Of
the business world.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-03
How to Tell Age Of Eggs.

There is simple method of ascer-
tanning the age Of eggs, based upon the
fact that the airy space at the broad
end of the egg increases with its age.
Now, when the egg is placed in a
tumbler of water Ia which any amount
Of common salt IS dissolved, it will,
with increasing age, tend ever more TO
assume position with its longitudinal
axis in perpendicular direction. A
fresh laid egg will lie horizontally on
the bottom of the vessel. An egg from
three to four days old will rise with Its
broad end, so that its longitudinal axis
forms with its horizontal axis an angle
of 20 degrees. At the age Of eight days
the angle increases to As degrees, at
the age of two weeks to 60 degrees,
and at the age Of three weeks to about
Is degrees. When the egg is more
than a month old 1t will float perpen-
dicularly on its small end.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-03
Attlia,s Hoard Never Found.

Alaric the Goth plundered Rome
and got together vast amount of
treasure. When he died, the legends
relate, this loot was buried with him
at the bottom of the Susento river,
and all the captive slaves who were
forced to build his tomb were slain.
so that the Romans might never find
his resting place. The rich spoils OF
Attila, the story runs, were buried In
a cave. Neither hoard has ever been
discovered.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-03
Winters Discipline.

He who marvels at the beauty Of the
world in summer will find equal cause
for wonder and admiration In winter.
1t Is true the pomp and pageantry are
swept away, but the essential elements
remain-the day and the night, the
mountain and the valley, the elemen-
tai play and succession, and the per-
petual presence Of the infinite sky. In
winter the stars seem to have rekin-
died their fires, the moon achieves a
fuller triumph, and the heavens wear
a look of more exalted simplicity.
Summer Is more wooing, more
versatile and human, appeals to the
affections and the sentiments, and fos-
tiers inquiry and the art impulse. Win
ter is Of more heroic cast, and adj
dresses the intellect. The severe
studies and disciplines come easier in
winter. One imposes larger tasks upon
himself.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-03
Germans Want No Mothers Left.


Letters found on German prison
ers throw even more light on the
German practices in bombing civil
populations. 1t is confessed that
such practices are for the purpose
of killing off as many of the French,
especially women and children as
possible, before the war is over, to
the end That France may be kept
crippled IN population. 1t may be
recalled that Won Ludendorff, who
has been regarded as the most civil
ICED of their leaders, in an open
interview to the desirability of kill
ling even little girls for, so he argu-
ed, they may be the mothers OF the
fltture-and France must have no
mothers left so that the French
race may not be perpetuated. To
think that men should think such
things and write them down in let
ters and in diaries. How astonish-
ing it all is.-Cedar Rapids Gazette.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-03
HARRY MCLAIN TELLS
Abdul KILLING HUNS

in the trenches we heard the Ger
mans coming over towards our lines
so we sent out patrol of 80 men to
meet them, and the patrol met them
alright. There were 200 of. them.
Our patrol killed 81 that we know
of and the boys are sure that they
wounded as many more. We only
lost one man and had one man
wounded. l don't think that was so
bad for the number that was against
us do you? Well mother l was
lucky enough to get letter from
you while l was in the trenches this
time. l also got one from Bernice.
| was glad to get them. / got let
ter from each of you yesterday, 10
days on the way, not so bad. 1 am
almost too tired to write today, as
l have been all in since I left the
trenches, this time. I wish we would
get more rest when we come out,
but only get 4S hours. 1 didn't
have my shoes off all the time / was
in this time. You see we were on
duty 10 hours out of "a. We were
supposed to get about five hours
sleep, but how can a man sleep with
all his equipment strapped on and
one eye and his ears open. About
the time We would get to sleep
someone would holler gas, then we
would have to put on gas masks and
sit around until it was all over.
Oh its a gay life if you don't weaken.
Well mother think Twill close for
today.
Love to all, your son,
HARRY McLAIN.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-03

ing less than ten centa.
SECOND HAND-Ford Cars bought
and sold McCall's Garage.
27-tf.
FOR SALE-Team horses, suitable
for farming purposes, 8 and IL
years old. Lewis Monson, De-
corah, Iowa. 27-tf.
FOR SALE--Hup 20 Roadster at
s175. Gust E. Haugen garage,
DEBORAH. 27-tf.
PRIVATE SALE--Household Goods
Call Saturdays or .forenoons. 402
West Broadway, 27-1w-pd.
FOR SALE-A mower and hay
rake. Enquire o. H. Melaas, De-
corah. 26-2w-pd.
FOR SALE--six cylinde. Stude-
baker car. Owner having en-
listed, will sell at bargain. En-
quire OF 4. G.. Christian G Co.
... 24-tf.
n Or RENT-Partially modern fat,
centrally located. Apply to I. H.
Conigisky, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
24-tf.
FOR SALE-Pure Scotch Roam
Bull, ready for service. En-
qui:e Crawford Bros, Frank
vile, Iowa, R. 3. 24-tf.
FOR RENT-Upstairs fat. En-
quire Mrs. ]. G. Lamm, East
Water st, DEBORAH. 20-tf
FOR SALE OR RENT-The Dr..
Swezey summer home, large gar
Gen, pasture and orchard, also
furniture. 1S-tf.
MONEY TO LOAN-On first real es-
tate mortgages. E. II. McMasters.
DEBORAH, Iowa. 15-tf
FOR REST-SiX room brick house
in good neighborhood now oc-
cupied by Ed. Stoddard at sos
- East Main ST., City gas, electric
light, city water, new paper and
paint. Newly cemented cellar,
cement walks and curbing. All
recently repaired and put in first
class condition. B. H. Adams,
Agt. Phone No. 13 or Blue 2S5.
lift.
FOR SALE-Used Ford car. Run lit
tie over 5000 miles. Bargain If
taken at once. Call at O'Neil &
Olson blacksmith shop. Att
FOR RENT-Dr. Swezey's Office of
several rooms, suitable for house
keeping. 1S-tf.
FOR SALE-Three speed Harley
Davidson motorcycle and side
car, 1915 model. B. z. Bucknell,
DEBORAH. 21-tf.
WANTED-Bookkee by well
established local firm. Must be
accurate and reliable. An ex-
cellent opportunity for man
with ability to eventually become
head bookkeeper. Apply in own
handwriting, stating age, ex-
perience and salary wanted.
Address Box 81, Public Opinion.
23-tf.
A RAPIDLY-growing business con-
Germ requires the services of a
capable, energetic stenographep.
This is an excellent opportunity
for the right person. Apply in
own handwriting, stating age,
education and experience.
Address Box IA Public Opinion.
23-tf.
FOR SALE--or rent six room
brick house, electric lights and
gas, we'll and cistern, garage and
barn. Inquire at this office.
23-tf.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-03
S5;S

Glasses correctly fitted will re-
lieve 75To of headache.
My business is to fit you correctly.
We have the best equipped optical
shop in N. E. Iowa. .-"
M. E. KAUFMAN, Optometrist
Successor to E. H. McMasters, De-
corah, Iowa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-03

Corns Simply Can't Stop us, We use
''Gets-It"!
in the face and red in the toes. No
more for me. Use "Gets-It." 1t
never fails. Touch any corn or cal
lus with two drops of "Gets-It,"
and "Gets-It' does the rest. It's a
relief to be able to stop cutting
corns, making them bleed, wrapping
them up like packages and using
sticky tape and salves. 1t removes
any corn clear and clean, leaving
the toe as smooth as your palm. You
can wear those new shoes without
pain, dance and be frisky on your
feet. It's great to use "Gets-It."
"Gets-It," the guaranteed, money
back corn remover, the only sure
way, costs but a trifle at any drug
store. MID. by E. Lawrence & Co.,
Chicago, Ill.
Sold in Decorah and recommen-
ded as the worlds best cern remedy
by r. A. Engbertson AID E. ]. Par
imam. s,,s 4 ~, &
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-03
TIE Booster Spirit.

Tie Booster Spirit.
III you think you are beaten, you
II are;
If YOU thiak you dare not, you
If you'd like to win, bu: you think
you can't,
It almost a cinch you won't.
If you think you'll lose, your lost,
For out OF the world we'll find
Success begins with a fellows will
It's all in the state of mind.
If you think your outclassed, you
You've got to think high to rise.
You've got to be sure of yourself
before
You can ever win prize.
Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man;
But soon or late the man who wins
Is the one who thinks he can
From S. w. Magill, Nashville
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-03

Try Our Want Column.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-03

TRY Our Want Column.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-03
WANT COLUMN.

Rates-One Cent per word Nots
ing less than ten centa
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-03
Step Lively! Corns
Quit with "cets-It"
The Great Corn-Loosener of the
Age. Never Fails. Painless

Watch my step? What's the use!
/ go along fright side up without
care" even with corns, because l use
"Gets-It', the painless, off-like-a-ba-
nana-peel corn remover. / tried
other ways galore, until l was blue
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-03
Needs Less Food.

A few minutes day in an electric
cafe giving frequency waves enables
a man TO get along with less food, ac-
cording 70 a Paris scientist.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-25
railroad employees. "

Not only is there this huge total
ef killed and injured, but the damage
losses, consequent upon these preven-
table accidents amount to about $780,
100000 a year in five-year period.
TDis is an appalling record, and yet
when the causes are looked into it
rs found out that there is nothing
sinister in these accidents, since it
is proved that they are of a character
that the most improved mechanical
devices will not prevent, being due
in lact to those human lacks which
make every one injured and killed an
objecl lesson as to the greater need
of universal training in self-control.
II is this general slouchiness, this
heedlessness, that is Indifferent to
discipline that brings about this ex-
traordinary record of losses which
make human life seem cheap indeed.
For, of course, these railroad casual
ties are only the record of one in
dustry. Too many Their industries
have their black record of avoidable
accidents, while our fire losses reach
an almost incredible amount annual
ly, despite all influences to the con-
trary Perhaps, however, with mil
lions of men now under discipline in
the army and with the civilian pub
lie also more or less viewing life
more seriously and engaged in self
searching duties we may in the fu-
ture be able to reach those whose al
most criminal Indifference has made
our casualties of peace too often sur
pass those incident to war. If a
stricter sense of duty and discipline
can but be set up as result of the
world war we shall all be the gain
ers. for all are agreed that there is
annually terrifying waste of life and
property in peaceful pursuits that
should stop
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-25
THE SUPPLY BEARERS.

Over in France of late they have
been decorating men who have gone
to the rescue of their comrades with
munition supplies when they had been
cue off from direct contact with their
regiments. Isolated with their ammu-
milton exhausted.
For without these supplies these
men would have been overwhelmed
by the attacking Germans and amir
Inflated
Every one of these munitions bear
ers took their lives in their hands,
Every one was willing to pay the
price if need be.
And not one of them faltered They
went through.
Today we have something near g.
100000 men scattered along the fight
ing front. They too must have am
munition. Their supply must never
be permitted to become exhausted.
If it should they too would be in
just as great danger of humiliation
at the Hun hands. For of all the men
in the allied trenches the Hun most
dearly loves to kill an American.
And you, Mr.. Man, and I, and every
other stay-at-home; We are the bear
ers for that three million.
1t is our job, our duty at what
ever cost, to see that the men at the
front have ammunition, have clothing,
and food and everything else that goes
to make them the best fighters in the
world.
Not one of US will have to risk his
life in performing this duty.
Not one of us will get decoration
for the part we may do.
But each of us will get a certiti-
cate of citizenship in every Liberty
Bond We buy; certificate of which
We may and will be proud in the
years to come.
Get your certificate.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-25
THE BIGGEST VICTORY.

When we look back over the war
hereafter, we may conclude that our
biggest victory was won on Sept. II.
Certainly the registration of our en-
tire man-power is the biggest step
we have yet taken toward adequate
preparation for victory, and the big
gest blow we have yet dealt to Ger
nan hopes.
With 23,0O0,OOO men now listed and
classified for war service, and the as
surance that as many millions of them
as may be required shall be sent to
carry the war into Germany while all
the rest perform the necessary war
work at home, every American, every
ally and every sane German, Austrian,
Bulgarian and Turk cannot help rec
ognize that there is nothing left for
the Central Empires but inevitable
and complete defeat.
The act of registration, though a
mere preliminary detail of the pro-
gram, already proves powerful
force for victory. The mere knowl-
edge of it weakens the enemy's NOR
ale When the forces it has loosened
are ready tc strike on the battlefield,
the effect will be overwhelming In
the enrolment of 100000 Ameri-
cans for military purposes, in addi-
ton to The original 100000, Ger
many reads her dGcm.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-25
THE CASUALTIES OF PEACE.

The casualties of war, unavoidable
and regrettable as we all know, are
surrounded with the glory of volun-
tary sacrifice in the cause of humanity
that place them on a plane far above
the ordinary accidents of life. No
such glamour surrounds the amazing
casualties of peace that occur in GER
tain industrial pursuits, and which
every one knows are quite prevent
able and represent, for the most part
an involuntary sacrifice to careless
ness and to needless acts, rash and
foolhardy, which seem to be our be-
setting national sin. For instance, at
the National Safety Council, in session
in St. Louis, the manager Of the safe
ty section of the United States rail
road administration was compelled by
the facts to make this melancholy
confession.
at seems almost incredible that in
the peaceful operation of uur railroads
there is such an enormous loss of life
and limb. In the five-year period
ended December 81, 1917, there was
a total casualty list on our American
railroads of 9SO,565 Of this, 4S,SO2
we're deaths and 931, 764 injuries
During this period 1891 passengers
and persons under contract were
killed and 55,SS7 injured; 1852 EN-
ployes were killed and S15,S97 injur-
ed; 32,S79 other persons were killed
and 6O,08O injured. In 1915 in train
accidents alone one employe was kill
ed every three and one-half hours;
one employe was injured every ter
minutes. You can readily see how
vitality interested in accident proven
ton railroad employees should be
Thirty per cent of all the killed ant
80 per cent of all the injured on the
railroads in the United States are