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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-17
ANOTHER MAN MAKES AFFI-
DAVIT.
Regrets Saying Anything Detri
mental to the United States
Government

Below is another affidavit given
by resident of the county, to the
effect that he regrets ever having
said anything against the U. s..
government. Understands the situa-
tion between the United States and
Germany better now. Slowly but
surely, all those who did not see the
light, are seeing it now. Loyalty
doesn't contain a $3.50 clause. A
citizen of these United States has
to be 100 per cent loyal American.
The corners of that loyalty standard
cannot be Clipped either
DEBORAH, Iowa, July u, 1918.
i, Peter limp, make the following
statement of my own free will. III |
have ever said anything detrimental
to the u. S. government regret it.:
ii have not in the past done my
part in war activities, / promise to do
SO in the future:
In the inception of,the war 1 did
not understand the situation as fully
as do now. | was born in this
country, have lived here all my life
and have been reasonably successful.
/ intend to stand right by my govern
ment. and TO use every influence
possible with the German Americans.
I hereby voluntary subscribe for
$500 of the Third Liberty Loan; SIS
to the Red Cross; and have donated
pig TO the Red Cross Pig Club.
PETER TIMP.
Witness
10 j. Wefser.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-17
To Those who Buy Bakers Products.

The Food Administration rules
that six pounds of wheat per person
per month is all that may be eaten.
If bakery products are used thisl
must be taken into consideration for
the maximum amount of -four that
any one person may consume, from
bakery products or home baking, or
any other source is six pounds per
person per month.
c. j. WEISER,
Food Administrator.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-17
To Our Patrons.

Altho it is little early to talk
Fall and Winter clothing, we wish %
say that we have bought all our
goods for next fall and winter many
months ago. Prices have gone up
very much since that time. but we
are going to give our patrons the be-
nefit of our early purchases. and
feel that we shall be able to sell our
goods this fall and winter at very
reasonable prices, and shall at all
times try to sell goods of the very
best quality obtainable, at the lowest
possible price.
S. LARSEN.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-17
First baptism in New Church.

The honor of being the first child
to be baptized in st. Benedict's new
Catholic church in this city fell to
the baby daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Oscar Jaeger. The child was bap-
TIED last Sunday by Father Hogan
and received the name of Ruth I'M
elda Jaeger. Mr.. and Mrs. L. r..
Schrempf were the ehild's God
parents.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-17
Hard on DeIinouent subscribers.

A Dakota editor refuses to spell the
names of delinquent subscribers as
they should be. In other words, he
reverses the letters and spells their
names backwards. Thus, if Bill John
son who owes $1.50 or s3.5C on his
subscription, happened to make .
trip away from home, the editor re-
cords it this way: lib nosnhoj
made business trip to Moand City
last Monday" This has tendency
to hasten Mr.. Johnson to the office
to square accounts. for the home
folks know the reason his name was
printed backwards and he loses
standing in the home community
right away.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-17
Corn 81 Inches High.

Last week we published an item
about corn 50 inches high on the
West Side. in the fifth ward Now
comes a good patriot from the first
ward, Oscar Jaeger, and he informs
us that he has got the fifth ward
corn beat city block, as his corn
last week registered 50 inches high.
Next.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-17
This Family We'll Represented.

Mr.. Henry Defining, of Pleasant,
was determined to see to it that his
family shall be we'll represented as
members of the Winneshiek County
Pig Club. There are four subscri-
bers, Mr.. Defining himself, two sons,
and son-in-law in the family This
is unusually fine, and Mr.. Defining
is showing the right spirit.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-17
Wheat Must Not be Fed to Hogs.

Wheat, barley, and rye cannot be
fed to hogs and other live stock.
Cecil Barnes. head OF the United
States Grain Corporation. a branch
of the Food Administration, has
wired to the Administration for
Indiana as follows: Barley and
rye are cereals good for human con-
sumption and should not be fed 20
animals where other grain is avail
able. Food administrators Deems
Of Iowa has ruled that wheat must
not be fed to hogs in this state dur
ing the year 1918.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-17
Chas. Reed Locates i'm Tacoma.

Charley Reed, son of NJ. and Mrs.
Elias Reed of this city, who was To-
Gated at Raymond, Wash. for num-
Der of years in the real estate and in
surance business, sold out his bust
ness recently and moved to Tacoma,
whe-e he has taken up clerical po-
sition in the ship building yards.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-17
Third Liberty Loan Payments.

The Third Liberty Loan payments
are due on july IS. Make your pay
ments at any of the banks where. you
purchased your bond.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-17
Notice.

During my few weeks absence
from the city, on my S5th trip to
New York, beg to say that my work
as treasurer of Winneshiek County
Red Cross chapter will be attended
to in my Office in the store.
Very respectfully,
BEN BEAR.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-17
Christian sclence Services. =,

Freeman building, 2d floor, July
20, 1917.
Sunday lO:45 A. NJ. Subject
Life"
Wednesday evening Testimonial
Meetings O'Clock p. M.
Sunday School, IL o'clock
Reading rooms open every day
from two until four, excepting sun
day.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-17

Food Administrator j. F. Deems
OF Burlington has notified county
food administrators that If they feel
there is necessity for the service Of
extra meals to threshers. or for pro-
viding of extra quantities of -four in
specific cases, they are authorized to
use their judgement in such matters,
and issue special orders accordingly.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-17
adnd blythe Man Who stands by You

An exchange very truthmlly says:
Give yeur trade to the merchants
who keep store the year around. Buy
of the man who stands at your side at
the tax collectors counter. Buy of
the man who is your neighbor, your
acquaintance, your friend. Buy OF
the man who is a factor in the town
you i've in, who helps to make mar
ket for the things you have to sell.
Buy of the home merchant who adj
vertises IN the newspapers.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-17

Dress straw hats. soc TO $500.
Panamas $500, $500. $500. Field
straw hats. sc, 10c, 25c, soc.
S. LARSEN.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-17

NINE QUARTER SHEET
ing, full bleached and fine
quality, yard
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-17

CRASH TOWELING, eight
cen inches wide, while ii lasts,
yard
e 49,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-13

Buy homes. Pay taxes-add them to
the Local and State Taxes which Armour
pays and help provide yourself with
better streets, better parks, better schools,
a better place to live and to bring up your
families.
Do your trading where you make your
money. Enable your grocers, butcher,
hardware or dry-goods store, furniture
dealer or other retailer with whom you
do business, to carry better stock for
you. Help him increase his volume so
he can sell you better values at fair prices.
By doing these things, you serve your
own best interests.
Armour pays the producers of this Sec
tion for cattle, sheep and hogs S750OO,-
600 annually-money which is brought
into this territory from every part of
America. The producers who spend
their share of this money here at home
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-13

and recognize this more and more as
their natural market center, will make
this community still more prosperous.
Do not overlook the fact that every dollar
of your own income that you spend here
plays very direct part in helping to at
tain this end. You cannot expect others to
trade here and make this district better
place for you to live in, if you who earn
your living here, fail to make it your own
trading place.
This is not merely disinterested advice.
Armour's interests here are similar to
yours. Armour and Company have a
huge investment here in plants, machin-
cry and equipment and do yearly bust
ness locally Of around S84,0OO,OOO. The
more of this eighty-four millions year
that stays in Omaha trading territory the
more stabilized does our investment here
become. The principle works out for us
exactly the same as for you.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28

convention was held AT Newborn In An
gust, iTT4. The meeting of the colonial
legislature, which followed. practically
endorsed the radical Views of the con-
yention, which was proclaimed by the
governor 70 he anarchy. The result was
thnt the legislature was dissolved and
the governor took refuge on ship of
war IN Cape Fear river.
In May TITS, the people OF Meeklen-
burg county had II convention, and
they took occasion, nearly IA months
before the Declaration Of Independence
was issued at Philadelphia, to say
that
Ringing Declaration.
"We declare ourselves free and
Independent people; are and Of right
ought TO be sovereign and lndepen-
dent self-governInE association, under
no power than that Of our God and
the general government OF congress,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28
RECOGNIZE VALUE OF WHEAT
Shortage Has Shown Us the Wonder
full and Unique Qualities Contained
In the Grain.

AS absence makes the heart grow
fonder, so does scarcity of wheat In
vite attention to its wonderful and
unique qualities as food. We have been
eating wheat products all these years
as matter of course, and it never oc-
Cured to us that we might ever be-
called ON to go without them. Now
that 1t Is necessary to use wheat sub
stltutes, we have discovered that use
full as they are there is nothing that
really takes the place of wheat -four.
The magic of the wheat lies in Its
gluten-whnt the baker refers to as
the binder" He must have a certain
proportion of wheat -four to furnish
the binder, or his oatmeal bread or his
rice pastry crumbles. The substitutes
have the same nourishment as the
wheat. But they lack the quality of
the wheat flour crust. There is moth
ing in them to imprison the gases lib
Grated by yeast, and so they refuse to
rise like wheat dough. Bread made of
the substitutes is heavy and soggy I'M
less there is enough wheat dough
mixed in to give it life.
Without wheat we go without
bread, without cake, without pie, with
out strawberry shortcake. No affec-
ton for corn pone can make it sub
stitute for all these stand-bys of the
table. If it is necessary for the sake
of the war, we shall cheerfully go
without. Any deprivation we may feel
is as nothing to what our associates in
arms already have undergone. But we
shall look forward to the happy days
when there will be an abundance of
wheat once more!-Kansas City Star.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28

thority OF the British crown was eNhlh-
ited only during those few TINES when
CORVALLIS made his ventures with
more or less varying success on the
territory OF the colony.
North Carolina was the first % the
colonies TO have an English settlement.
the first 10 shed blood In the war for
independence, and the first 10 give ut
teranee in explicit form to that indie.
pendence Nor was the declaration Of
the people Of Meckleuhurg the sole
manifestation OF the sentiment In the
matter. At Fayetteville, on Cape Fear
river below Southern Pines, another
Declaration Of Independence ante
dated that of Philadelphia. The peo-
pie In Cumberland county. of which
Fayetteville Is the capital. ISSUED their
statement in June Of IT'S, insisting
that resort to arms was justified, and
pledging each other to sacrifice life
and fortune 10 the freedom and safety
Of an oppressed people. In April, 1T76
still before the Philadelphia Declare,
ton Of Independence, the provincial
congress OF North Carolina appointed
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28

post was the first place in the United
States to be named for Washington
and that its existence antedates by
years Washington, d. @.
When General Washington was in
Carlisle during the whisky rebellion
hes with Alexander Hamilton, wor-
SHIPPED in the "Old Presbyterian Meet
ing House" on the public. square in
Carlisle, and it was in this identical
meeting house, on July II, 1874, year
before the Mecklenburg declaration, a
public meeting of patriotic citizens
gathered from the town and surround
ing country, condemned the act of the
British parliament and urged vigorous
measures to correct the wrong. Col.
John Montgomery was the presiding
officer. James Wilson was present and
was appointed one of the members of
the committee to meet with other com.
mittees to take action. He was later
member of the Continental congress, a
signer of the Declaration and justice
of the Supreme court. Wings history
states, sand when in the Continental
congress he received instructions from
his constituents In Cumberland county
to advocate an entire separation from
the mother country. This was prob
ably the first utterance of that senti.
ment of the country"
Bancroft's Tribute TO Wilson.
Bancroft says of Wilson: ''He was an
ardent patriot, like many other emf
nent men of that day-not at first
avowedly in favor of severance from
the mother country, but he desired it
when he received definite instruction
from his constituents"
Bellman, writing of~the potency of
this meeting held in the "Old Meeting
House" on July u, 1774, says: "The
influence, therefore, of the meeting, or
of subsequent Instructions to which 1t
gave rise, seems to have determined
the action Of Pennsylvania in that
great crisis which men even like John
Dickinson We're too timid or too cow
ardly to meet"
!, The vote of James Wilson deter
mined the vote of Pennsylvania. Had
| Pennsylvania failed to accept the reso-
luton we today would be under an
other flaS.
Philadelphia may be considered "The
birthplace of American liberty" but
| its conception in the "Old Presbyterian
Meeting House." in Carlisle, Cumber-
land county, Pennsylvania, made it
possible to be born.
The Scotch-Irish part in the Revolu-
tionary war and the events preceding
1t is becoming more apparent and Inn
portant. and the actions taken in the
Presbyterian meeting houses through
out Pennsylvania are vital to historic
recital.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28
RECORD BELONGS TO SIRIUS,
Small Vessel Was the First to Cross
the Atlantic Wholly Under It's
Own Steam.

This spring marks the eightleth an
niversary of an important event in
modern history-the voyage from Cork
to New York of the Sirius, the first
vessel to cross the Atlantic wholly I'M
der its own steam. All that remains
of that stanch little craft is number
of brass paper-weights made from the
metal work after 1t was wrecked in
Ballycotton bay In 1S47. Captain Rob-
erts, commander of the 412-ton Sirius
on its maiden trip, was later trans
ferred to the President, which went
down with all on board. Thus both
the Sirius and her master met with
tragic end.
The Sirius made the voyage from
Cork in 10 days, reaching New York
only a few hours before the Great
Western, another steamship which
had sailed from Bristol. The latter
made the best time, crossing the
ocean in Is days. The Sirius had
passenger list of seven on its initial
voyage, the youngest of whom was
Vincent e. Ransome, then four years
old, who was reported living a few
years ago in Wiltshire, England,
where he was long the rector of a
parish church.
The Sirius was a schooner-rigged
ship and was 178 feet over all, with
a beam Of Is feet and depth of 1S
feet.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28
London,s Tea Houses.

The death OF Sir Joseph Lyons re-
minds us what a modern institution
the teashop is. You need not be very
old to remember the time when prac-
tically the only places where cup Of
tea could be obtained in London were
the old fashioned coffee houses, with
their boxed-in compartments and mar
row, uncomfortable seats.
The customers were exclusively men,
and If woman required light refresh
ment she had to search for confec-
toner's shop. where tea and coffee
We're sometimes grudgingly served, at
famine prices, at little round marble
tables tucked away in dark corners
London Chronicle.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28

Next to Washington. Nathaniel
Greene was the most potent force In
our struggle for national Independence.
He was born on May ~, 1T42, in lit,
tie farmhouse in Rhode Island. His
bOyhOod was spent like that OF the
other youth of the neighborhood. Prob.
ably 1t was n little less exciting, for
his father was strict Quaker and
pastor OF church at EsHt Greenwich
He was also a captain of industry" a
thakperlod' With his fiVo brothers, he
owned forge, grist mill, sawmill,
as well as a store for the sale Of gen
eral merchandise.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28
MILITARY POST
THAT WAS.NAMED
FOR WASHINGTON
Carlisle, Pa, Claims to Have Had
Within Its Limits a Station of Inn
portanee That Antedates the Nation
al Capital by Many Years-Made
First Move for American Liberty.

- ARLISLE, Pa, claims to have
III had within It's limits the first
Va A place (Washingtonburg) In the
United States to be named for
George Washington and to have the
oldest meeting house west of the Sus-
quehanna. wherein the germ of Ameri-
can liberty was conceived.
Access to hidden records and facts
long buried in state archives is re-
writing history and lately discovered
"Uncompleted Paper" by the late
Christian p. Humrich, Esq, discloses
the fact that on the present site of the
United States Indian school at Car
Isle in personal---very. times was an
establishment of 'gecognized impor-
lance, and of great historical interest"
known MS Washingtonburg.
No record is found in state or coun-
ty of its existence, but research shows
that 1t was quite an important place
and more than suburb of Carlisle.
1t was a national and not state es-
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28
PrlnoipIe Must Be Adhered To.

One of the statesmen who fashioned
this government upon its broad lines
that have endured left us the guiding
words that eternal vigilance is the
price of liberty" and we should hold
fast to that in all our future; that
vigilance which shall make us pre-
pared in peace for possible war, pre-
pared in war for promised peace, and
watchful both in peace and war for
the principles and the policies which
have safeguardeG the constitution and
which will save, if anything viii save,
our republic till nations are no more.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28

no the mainte-
nance Of which in
dependence we
solemnly pledge
TO each other our
mutual cO-opera-
tlon, our lives,
our fortunes aud
our most sacred
honor"
The convention
that adopted such
startling reSOlu-
tlons OF iudepcn-
tlepce undertook
to lay the founda-
ton for a govern
mcnt for North
Carolina untll a
suitable and sta
hlc form could he
provided by con.
gress, and from
that day the au-
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28

a committee to prepare civil constl.
tuition, and 1t was done so well that
the document served some 60-years as
the organic law of the state. And so
Il was that North Carolina opened the
road that led up to the creation of the
most progressive nation on the face of
the earth, and the one whose influence
has done most for the advancement OF
mankind.
Some Tory Sentiment.
All Of this section Of North Carolina
was not enthusiastic In the Declaration
of Independence. A portion of the set
tiers We're ardent Torles-so ardent,
In fnct, that 1t was not until the war
Of 1872 that the Scotch of Cape Fear
valley finally turned away absolutely
from the royal standard.
The story Is one Of singular misfor-
tune. The Cape Fear valley was set
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28

tied largely by
the adherents of
the Stuart family,
which met with
such disaster mt
Culloden that
many Of the fol-
lowers OF the Pre-
tender were ban
ished to America
for taking up
arms against the
British crown. Be
fore these people
were permitted to
sail they were
sworn ON a bind-
ing oath to be
loyal henceforth
to the English
king. When the
settlers around
them In North
Carolina were riS-
ing against the
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28

fht governor with soldiers, proceeded
seuinaE bard 81 men calling them
selves Regulators aud a few miles
north ~ Southern Pines battle was
fought n which more than 100 casual
ties occurred on both sides, nearly two
score being killed This was the first
bia0dshed In the Revolution. The In
malicious governor, whose force was
victorious, aroused further hatred on
the part Of the people by hanging a
number OF his prisoners. Herman
Husbands, the leader OF the Regula-
tors, escaped and went 10 Pittsburgh,
where he settled. dying later Dt PhiIa.
deiphIa.
The feeling was famed by the ex,
treme acts OF each side, until a state
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28
put His AmerIeanlsy, Flrst.

"You must remember" said he who
first came to us as Marquis de la Fay
cite when he was asked by what title
he preferred TO be addressed when he
was last on these shores, shat am
an American general"
He had renOunced meanwhile one
of the proudest patents of nobility in
France that he might feel stronger
within him the call of freedom. The
reply is characteristic of his whole
outlook of life.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28
Coal Used lndustrlaIIy.

Or, Charles +. Hines of Dickinson
college writes ut was, too, an up-tO-
date. or rather, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
establishment. at least in regard to
fuel employed, for anthracite coal from
WilkeSbarre region was floated down
the Susquehanna and hauled in wagons
from Harris Ferry (Harrlsburgl to
this point. This was the first use Of
such coal, on such scale, and for in
dustrial purposes" Evidence of the
large force of workmen employed is
found in meat bill, dated February Z,
lIS1, for $50 head OF beef cattle to
supply the artificers and Others at
Washingtonburg, at the Continental
works near Carlisle"
The contention Is that this military
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28
Tssaalt n the city,
Ia the quaint old Quaker town

governor IL n Il
made the officer
take oath that he
would not at.
tempt 60 enforce
the use o.
stamps. A year
later the stamp
net was repealed.
But North Care
lima had found
that she had q
power when the
people arose and
{ h 9 English
crown WAS never
again sure IL It's
ground Ia the col
uny.
The people as
serted the right
Of free ass,rn.
blaee after that,
aud the assulap.
ton led 10 uunsr-
Gus clashes with
the governor un-
I'll In May. 1TTt.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-28

royal governor, declaring indepen
dence, refusing 10 pay stamp taxes,
making new constitutions aud fighting
against the king, the Scotch settlers
were in arms under the British flag.
Their oath and their bitter experience
before migrating 10 America prompted
them 10 keep away from any further
rebellious acts.