davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune., 1918-12-26
Christmas i'm aris
Cloueled by Memory
OF Wars Heavy Toll
Cafes Close at Regulation
Hour and Usual Holiday
Celebration Is Subdued;
Dancing Still Banned
Nelo Yo,'A' Tribune
Special Cable Seruice

lcopSught. 1915 New York Tribune Inc)
PARIS, Dec. 25.-Paris, by common
consent, decided that the time has not
yet come to celebrate Christmas mer-
rily. The restaurants and cafes closed
last night at 9:30 exactly, instead of
remaining open as usual on Christmas
Eve and being crowded until 6 in the
morning with family parties of parents
and children at tables booked weeks
before France mourns the million and
half killed in the war, and mirth is
impossible while the whole richest
part of France lies a ghastly waste
and dcsolation.
The orchestras are not vet permitted
to play in the restaurants and cafes,
and there is no public dancing. The
cost of living is excessively high and
articles of the commonest household
consumption have been proved to have
risen over 112 per cent down to July,
and have gone vastly higher since
Prices are incredibly high in the
restaurants, which are patronzed al
most exclusively by foreigners, chiefly
Americans and British. The manager
of famous establishment stated last
night that only two of 200 people
dining were French. In many
places single apple costs a dol
lar, and the leading cafes ask
Pate de foie gras sells at shops for
SIS pound.
Hotel accommodations are at a pre-
MUM owing to the enormous influx of
people, official and otherwise for the
peace congress. A large proportion of
the hotels have been requisitioned for
various Allied services, so that it is
estimated the city is a hundred thou
sand beds below normal requirements,
while there is need for similar num-
ber of extra beds to accommodate the
excess number of visitors. One man
last week tried eighteen different hotels
without obtaining room.
PARIS, Dec. 25. The victory
Christmas celebration in Paris varied
little from that of the Christmas days
during the war. The authorities main
tanned the ban on the traditional mid
night supper, on the ground that it was
mere waste Of food and lighting ma
terlal' which could i'll be spared at
present. Some of the more EXPENSIVE
restaurants evolved a scheme for start
ing meal at $3.50 o'clock in the even
ing. and extending it we'll into the
night, but they were Informed that
policemen would be posted outside to
see that all the customers left at the
regular closing time of 9:3O o'clock.
There were scores of promenaders
along the boulevards, among them
many American soldiers and British
Colonial men on leave, but such rev.
elry as developed was Of the most sub-
dued order. The American mi1itorv
clubs, hospitals and other institutions
all carried out the Christmas festivi-
ties they had arranged
New-York tribune., 1918-12-26
Rockefeller Distributes Gold

TARRYTOWN, Dec. 25.-A five dol
lar gold piece was given to each tele-
phone operator and railway station
ermp1oye IN Tarrytown to-day by John
- hocKe1eller Nearly two hundred
persons received this acceptable Christ-
mast gift.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-26
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lot newspaper, not magazine
yet IT has the largest circula-
ton IN the world Its circulation re-
suits from its phenomenal popularity.
1t now resumes the name under which
1t became famous-the Pathe News.
1t is motion picture. 1t has educated
more persons to fondness for the Silent
Drama than everything else put together.
Eight years ago when the word "movies' was
used In contempt the great men of the nation
we're wont TO visit the theatres where it was
showing Through it the uneducated were
taught the personalities of the great men Of
the world; visited the great cities of the earth;
by 1t were broadened, educated; ceased to
be provincial and came to know the people
OF other lands
twenty Million Persons See Every Issue
1t is shown twice week in the best picture
theatres everywhere. Just as was the first of all
motion picture weeklies so it always has been
and now is, the best. Twenty-Five years of successful
picture making are behind it,
Now it promises and qpW attain an even wider
usefulness.
You should miss single issue Ask the
manager of your tavorite theatre the DAYS on which he
shows it!
WM PATHE EXCHANGE. Inc.
MM New York, N. Y.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-26

sTdE BIRMINGHAM LEDGER Of Birmingham Ala FRIDAY n
cember 3. issued this '
LEDGER" COLUMNS CLEAN
New-York tribune., 1918-12-26

yisOr collection of the
mendation:
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other 70 eeSs afssss ny
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asked me tlis was Tor cleaning stains replied
you Tan@ said ~but making any atsempt give Car
11e D1h u aSs@ @ Ins oo6 d 9e @ from the ss ON the % a
Gap'fq @ ID Tor cleamn gTease gg thai the CLERK ne% more
grease but excellent literally
taking 9 sesra sn oasS At had % @ s.53 s. .n @ 6uss Ss
d % fo one ] @ ~anIeS "n ] qs & 6s eSS & & d5 & Weiss 9a @
ounce Which the clerk asked cents vas d1mbstrack
price, "glycerinev wasn't
cent 1t syrup tasd ap
throat fssetis
all dissatisfaction IS the best yet
WAX promRed me to write This morning asked the clerk for
the counter and handed all wrapped up
tie pocket uptown PAPER
myself and
absolutely gross prohng There could
DeH amy y "st4ks & @ as to for asked for "a
nationally advertised and trade marked goods Without so
the matter for serious Consideration on the part
the person who brings the charge develops
not only has made the substitution but the has offered an
one & 9 q5y o % inferior to that requested that the tT2saca
we are oreed to conclude that such Weiss Pharmacy
~ So stick An envelope marked Futhymol Tooth
6 % oa'qne a hcoee st was handed ou and cents paid Tor IL
assured by the clerk that company
% the y 4 5 and aa the thing visit the fruit and canS
Pucnasea there or cent These sticks sold by their
l-cent sticks The clerks same
& cc Company S Itself n d1aSs s sp s6ap @ ns
ncl0n peween them The Y stick made primarily for the e
fectonery article Favored with cce and sold uner this repre-
manufacturers They are not to be compared
enalned for the Weiss Pharmacy take advantage this situation
nrably for position of prominence coats
New-York tribune., 1918-12-26


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rateo. Msaiei9e in Phi rubty TX osso9a6s
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way that honesty the policy has buTd
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the columns S S1ar@e 5e Eenng m % n2 % to 81 & @ @
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& that that @ KIND prGpsfy @ w EARNED out does @ 70 9Ts
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that they live up to their guarantee
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the STATE ST. & Of Minnesota after hearing before the Securities Com
ra danoee " Una" S''' nave mad '0sf @ " 90 business
New-York tribune., 1918-12-26
a DVlSOR: What you tell me as to the reliability
Shepard of Savannah. Ca?

We cant tell anything reliability tel
you considerable about his unreabiy omee'
aEels % under the names OF the Rev Shepard Right R
bshop T. Shepard He has also attempted under W
name OF Miss Ella Clayton Mrs Mary Shepard Mary S
re is an Old negro who have the hes
% aa n0 hoMse1 have sufficient proof Of has ability c0nvn p m
that OcWe
10 the Hon William H. Lamar, Depart
et aecree that ne could mails
Iurherance bis
New-York tribune., 1918-12-26
Doughboys Eat
Holiday Meals
With Germans

Continued from page /
New-York tribune., 1918-12-26

LETTER dated November 25 N P recommends the Weiss
Pharmacy AZ William Street. New York candidate the Ad
Visors collection of Offering the following for the recon-
New-York tribune., 1918-12-26

Patent Medicine Pub city, Questionable
Advertising Of Every Kind is Eliminated
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-11
bingham Dresses

If we were to leave these Dresses at
$1,000 and $12.95 you would no doubt
consider them big values. Made Of Fine
French Wolfe and Bingham, trimmed
with White Organdy Collar &C 40
and Cuffs. Sizes to "A spU. 90
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-11
Bozart Fiber RUGS

The neat borders in unique two and
three-color effects are. relieved with
plain center. Waterproof and durable.
August Sale prices are:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-11

Smart Frocks That deserve a higher marking
fectly at home in the best Of company. Every O
high grade materials and careful tailoring and the
and Solid Colors to draw upon, in Light and Oar
enthuSe over at this price.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-11

FlaXon WaistingS
These elegant White Weaves
are in Creeks. Stripes and o.
Figures. Yard LSC
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-11

Curtain Marquisette>
Grades that are usually loc
yard. 40 inches wide. 101/
will be sold at ...... lOiIoJ
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-11

Irish Dimities
Splendid selection in Stripes and
checks. that would be tn
cheap at Csc. for TIC
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-11

White Dotted SyYisses
Assorted dots and every picce
40 inches wide; worth 33c Or
yard. Monday LCC
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-05-13
Wielkie Powodzenie
Koncertow.
(Komunikat z biura Komrtetu Wyko-
nawczego ,,WychodztwO Ojczyznie W
dniu 3go Maja 1881

Jak to bylo do przewidzenia, kon-
certy kapeli polskiej Wronskiego Gle
sza sic wszedzie kolosalnem powo--
dzeniem. Hale, w ktorych koncerty tie
odbywaja sic W poszczeg6lnych mia
stach, p~rzepelnionc SO do ostatniego
miejsca. Starry i micdy spieszy, by u
| siyszeC muzyke i Spiew polski, vi
rzec taniec polski (mazur i kuja-
walk i usiyszeC niezrownanego pie
| sniarza polskiego, Tadeusza Wroh--
skiego, W jego ludowym repertuarze.
Kazdy koncert cory jest wy
sp1zedany, a ostatnio gl6wne biuro
Komitetu Wykonawczego W New
Yorku, kt6re sic mieSci PREY West
37mej ulicy mr.. II, otrzymuje wiele
:isIfw cd Komitet6w poszczeg6lnych,
ahv nagiiG nowy objazd koncert6w
Kapcl:.
Wiele m~iejscowoSci upomina sic o
koncerty i chce mice Je Roniecznie u
siebie, to tez Komitet WykonaWczy
zadecydowai przedluzyc ture koncer-
iowa i prosi, by ~wszystkie m~iejscowo-
sci. kt6re chca mice u siebie kapele
polska 2 Wronskim, natychmiast te-
Iegraficznie zawiadomiiy Biuro ko--
mitetu Wykonawczego w New Yorku
o tenn.
Jestesmy pewni, re wiadomost o
przediuzeniu o%bjazdow koncertowych
kapeli Wronskiego przyjeta zostanie
do wiadomosci Z radoscia przez ro-
dak6w i rodaczki i wnet kapela "a
vita do nowych ~miejscowosci W Sta
mach Zjednoczonych, w ktorych ma
81 bracia i siostry ME mieli ~jeszcze o.
kazyi slyszet dziarskich muzykoW l
Wronskiego.
Zgiaszajcie sic zaraz telegraticznie
Tub listownie.
KOMITET WYKONAWCZY,
IL West 37th Str, New York, City.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-05-13
Uroczysty Obchod Majo
wy W Whiting, Ind.
(Korespondencya Dziennik Chicago
skiego.)

Uroczysty Obch6d K%onstytucyi g..
Maja ~rozpocza} sic tn nabozenstwem
W kosciele Sw. Wojciecha B. i NJ. Pc
nabozenstwie uformowala sic Polo
mia do pochodu ma sale Auditorium.
Uformowanie dzieci i ich str6j W r6z-
ne kOlory amerykanskie i caiy po-
ch6d Polonii, kt6remu nieomal bezu-
stannie przygrywaia kapela Jordana
z So. Chicago, Ill. byf niezwykfym
komentarzem wSrod Amerykan6w
miejscowych.
Przewodniczacym obchodu ma sail
byf proboszcz miejscowy, X. Julian
Skrzypinski, kt6ry powolal ma pier
wszego NOVICE X. Jana Mard, wika-
rego tutejszej parafii. Nova tego Stu
gi Boga byia piekna i zarazem tchna-
ca mi}oScia Ojczyzny. Otto treSG jego
przemowy: w Gni2:h dZisiejszych
pdtrZymy ma karo rsszych trzech
ZDI odniarZy. - TIC kara BOA "a
xbrodnicze ich czyry, ktorych sic do
puSc:ii ma Polsce. : Kara spotyKa tie
narody, kt6rzyby :nt eli zaprotesto--
wac tel zbrodni, a jednak tego ME u
,cynili.
Blisko cztery !rta SWAT wysila
i: ably ma %gruzach j3j stworzyt nova
f;'ske. - Rok TEAM wstapii do W.:
ny najpotezniejszy wr6g wszelk:e]
nieprawosci, a to sd Stany Zjedno' 20
ne. Wystapiiy do walki ola ce!6w e.
dyn = szlachetnych, W obronie idea
low. W obronie s}usZnoSci wszystkiGt
narod6w. Prezydent Wilson ten mi
t,.&n'k wolnoSci, kt0ry moze stanac
ohoS W%ashingtona i Lincolna; pr
wicdzial W swej przemowie d. 22 sty-
cz, ia 1918 r, IL Stany Zjed. NJ.
schowaja MECCA do pochWy. az wsze.
kie parody, a z mimi i nasza PolSHa
nm ICwana bedzie wolna. Pomimo IL
90 zarewnienia, czy my Polacy sadzl'
nv. I; ojczyzne odbaGujemy ma Sd :
mych tylko obchodach? Mysmy po-
winni naszemi wiasnemi rekami o.
debrac z powrotem nasza Polske. -
Niema dis innej drogi ola odbudo-
wanna Polski. trzeba nam wziasc
orez do reki i iSG bic wrosa. Jezell
dzisiai nasza sprawl upadnie - co
nia dai Boze! - to upadnie ma dtu-
gle wieki. Powinnismy rzucit nasza
przybrana ojczyzne, kt6ra mas wy
chowaia i isc walczyc o wolnosf Pol
ski, kt6ra tylko twarda reka ofnie
RIA wyswobodzit mozemy. Pomimo
tylu usiiowan naszych przodkoW, "a
by wyzwolit Polske z petow ia kre-
puiacych, "a kazda raza upadli, DO
i'm brakio rak. Dzisiaj znowu mad
szedi czas ably pochwycic "a orez. Czy
go many chwyta6 ma to, ably upasc
powt6rnie?
CIV many znowu przelewaG krew
ma darmo? To cd las zalezy / od mas
samych. Powinnismy poiaczyt sic 2
ia armia wielka ma jaka SWAT sic
zdobyi 1 jak najliczniei wstepowac
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-05-13
Ma Palaca Egzeme

Tluste masci j smarowania ME powinny
bye uzywane, jezeli sk6ra ma pozostac W
dobrym stanie. w kazdej apiece "a $50,
lub $1.00 "a ekstra duza butelke, dostah
zemo. Uzyte podiug przepisu, skutecz-
ME usuwae gzeme, szybko usmierza swierz-
bienie i goi przypadiosci skory, a take
bolaczki, oparzenia, rany i odparzenia,
Przenika, czysciikoi. Zemo jest czystyn.
godnym zaufania j tanim, przenikajacym,
antyseptycznym plynem. Sprobui go, DO
sadzimy il mic u~zywancgo poprzednio ME
jest tax skuteczne i zadawalajace. .
The E. W. Rose Co., Cleveland, o.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-05-13

do Armii Polskiej, a zwlaszcza mlo-
dziez ,kt6ra tylko ola siebie pracuje
i niema zadnych icn krepujacych o.
bowiazk6w."
Szlachetny ten m6wca goracemi
sfowy zachecai do skiadania daru
narodowego, m6wiac, il niema szla-
chetniejszego czynu, jak ofiara ma
szpitale ola rannych zoinIerzy, ably
wskazat droge przykiadem, ziozyl
ma ten eel 500,
Nastepny z kolei m6wca byf p. N.
l.. Piotrowski prezes q. P. R. X.
~ tych wszystkich KRAKOW nawie-
dzionych wojna najwiecej wycierpia-
la Polska. Ably mice pojecie trzeba
tam iSc i zobacayc tie poobalane kos
cioly, miasta i wioskf. Trzeba nam
dotknaG sic wiasnemi rekoma tego
~zniszczenia, tego smutku tam panu-
jacego mic ME rozweseli, ME r~ozjas-
nj laden szczebiot dzieci. Tam ME
zobaczysz siwych starc6w, BIO wszy-
soy z trudow i wycienczen wymarli.
Wiele niewiast i dzieci wygine}o, pc
dzeni z miejsca ma miejsce, zmuszeni
opuszczac domy swoje i zostawiac
wszystko Pc "a SODA. Mfodziency i OF
cowie w bitwach W armiach nam wro
'gich. GI6d i nedza jest i'm towarzy--
SEEN. Dzieci / matkl ma pol odziane
i W lachmanach, proSza o kawafek
chleba. Wyswobodzic sic z niewoli
nigdy ME mieliSmy takiej spoSobno-
sci jak teraz. Nar0d Polski pc VIE
le ray chwytaf "a bron i wiele ra-
zy upada}. w zyciu naszem ciagle
zeSmy marzyli o wolnej Polsce. Ia
chwila, kt6ra przepowiedzial mistrz
Sienkiewicz, dzisiaj wiasnie nadesz-
la. C; co So wolni, MECH ME oglada-
ia sic ma mic, lecz MECH sic zapisuja
do Armii Polskiej. ably wojska pol
skie stad jak najpredzej pos}aC do
Francyi. CT CO ME moga sic zapisac,
powinni czyniG wszystko co NIGGA, a
zwlaszcza niewiasty przez ekonomie,
pomagac rzadowi W wygraniu dobrej
sprawy." 8.
Obszernie tl6maczyf dalej m6wca
potrzebe pomagania rzadowi / CODY
mas spotkaio gdyby sprawl nasza
miala bye przegrana.
Bardzo imponujaca move wypo-
wiedziaf sierzant j. Bloch z SO. Chi
cago, Ill.
Program obchodu odbyl sic W ma
stepujacym %porzadku:
/. X. j. Skrzypihski zagaja vice.
.. Spiew ,,Mazur trzeciego Maja"
i ,,All Hail to thee America" Choir
dzieci.
8. Nova X. Jan Mard.
4. Oar Majowy.
5. Solo parma Vogel, PREY axiom
paniamencie panny D. Mucha.
6. Nova p. n. l.. Piotrowski.
Z. Marsz Strzelc6w.
8. ,,Matka Boska", obrazek 2 CA
sow teraZniejSzych.
9. Deklamacya The Polish Ext
les' - T. Banaszak.
10. Nova sierzanta J. Blocha.
II. Spiew nProsba" Choir dzieci.
II. Spiew Star Spangled Ban
uer".
13. Spiew ,,Boze cos POlske'. -
Muzyka kapli X. JOrdana.
Jeden z %obecnych.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-05-13

lara dla zoinierzy W Armii Pol
skiej, dolara tygodniowo ma tyton ola
zoinierzy W Armii Polskiej, W uo.
piatek ziozyI swoja kwote i oprocz
tego ofiarowal 25c wiecej. DIE
kujemy.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-05-13

Wiecej wiadomoSci 0 w~czorajszych
wiecach i obchodach podamy W jul
t~rzejszych szrapnelkach.
Korpu inzynierski Armii Polskiej
roSnie. Z~g}aszajciesie do p6ki ME
zap0zno.
*
Me zapominaicie o obrazkach ru-
chomych 2 Armii Polskiej.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-05-13

Ma imieninach oh. Stanisiawa
Kwiecien W mieszkaniu pnr. 1918 w.
Huron ul., dnia ego maja zebrano ma
tvton dla zoinierzy naszych i ziozono
W Centrum No. > sumo $3.50. W
imieniu zolnierzy z Armii PolSkleJ
dziekujemy.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-05-13

Ma wczorajszej parable dzielnie
sic spisaIa dywizya rodzin ochotni-
k6w W Armii Polskiej. Zdaje sic, re
ME brakowalo nikogo z krewnych
przyjaci6i naszych dzielnych zuchow,
kt6rzy poszli bic Niemca.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-05-13

Dzielnie sic spisai W tym tygodniu
sierzant rekrutacyjny S. Wfosinski'
kt6ry W tym tygodniu z~rekrutowat
so ochotnik6w.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-05-13
ARMIA POLSKA WE
FRANCYI.
z Centrum RekrutacN.
= nego No. z.

DIS z Centrum NJ. 2 wyjechalo
do obozu przeszi0 100 o%chotnik6w.
N~abozesntwo i obiad pozegnalny Cd
byiy sic W parafii sw. Ptotra i Pawia,
ia Town of Lake. u ks. Koteckiego.
Ia wspanialy obiad Komiletowi %.
Z Town of Lake nalezy sic podzieko-
wanie. .. .
Ma wczorajszych wiecach m6wcy 2
Armii Polskiej pocili sic jak nigdy.
Organizator S. Krzywonos przema--
vial az ma pieciu wiecach i obcho-
dach. A zdaje sic, re i nastepna ME
dziela bedzie take obfitowac W VIE
&c.
Obywatel Jan Musiai. kt6ry 70
bowiaza{ sic placiG co tydzien pol do
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-15
THE HOPE OF THE WORLD
By HAROLD BELL WRIGHT.

THE hope of the world is not alone
that the armies of humanity will
be victorious, but that the spirit and
purpose of our warfare will prevail in
our victory. The hope Of the world
is in the Red Cross, because the Red
Cross is voicing this spirit and pur-
pose that must, through the force OF
our arms, triumph. Just to the de-
gree that we can evidence this Red
Cross spirit of mercy and brother
hood we will hold true in the dan
gerous hour of victory to the ideals
that have forced us into the trenches
in the defense of human rights and
human liberty.
The one sane and saving thought
in this delirium of death that now
possesses the world is the Red Cross.
Wherever the storms of battle
hell rage, amid the fires of ruthless
destruction, in trench and camp and
hospital, these soldiers of mercy with
heroism unsurpassed are carrying the
flag of the highest conceivable ideals
of humanity. The ideals for which
our armies have taken the field are,
by these unarmed hosts, proclaimed
to friend and foe, in that unmistaka-
BILE language of universal mercy and
brotherhood. In the terms of wasted
towns rebuilt, of broken humanity
salvaged, of dying children rescued,
of desolate families succored, the Red
Cross declares the cause for which we
war and proclaims the principles and
ideals that must and will in the end
prevail. Above the thunder of the
guns, the roar of exploding mines.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-15
Webster for Commissioner.

1t is the right of any Iowan to
seek any Office in the state under
the Iowa primary system, but
Charles Webster ought in rights to
be the only candidate for railroad
commissioner to succeed himself.
He is filling an unexpired term by
appointment of the governor, and
should be nominated unanimously
Tor full term in his own right.
Webster is made of the proper
qualities for this office. AS a bust
ness man for years engaged in the
shipping of lumber, grain and live
stock, he is peculiarly we'll fitted
to know the desires and rights of
shippers, and has had the proper
amount of backbone to enforce the
rights when they are properly pre-
sented. On the other hand, he is
eminently fair minded, and every
demand made must have just and
logical data before he arrives at a
conclusion. While he has sympathy
for the shipper in many of his con-
tentions, he believes in fairness to
the railroads, and when a PROPOSE
tion is put up to him it will find
him with an open mind, eager for
full information from both parties.
While geography should not
necessarily make any difference in
the administration of office, yet
northern Iowa, and especially north
eastern Iowa, ought to be and will
be for Webster almost to a man.
His neighbors know him to be a
clean honest, big business man,
and charming conrad in every
way, and in his recently wider ac-
quaintance because of his work as
railroad commissioner and fuel adj
ministrator, he has fulfilled all the
good things and the excellent repu-
tation his neighbors have said of
him and given him.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-15
Marriage at Ossian.

Miss Mary Becker of Ossian be-
came the bride of Mr.. Alphonse A
Schissel of Fort Atkinson, Monday
morning, May 6, 1918, the marriage
ceremony taking place in St. Fran
els de Sales church, Ossian, Rev. NJ.
j. Thitgen, ID. D., officiating. They
were attended by Miss Marie Holtey
of Ossian and Mr.. Elias Meyer of
Fort Atkinson.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs, Joseph Becker. Accom-
plished, refined and sensible, in the
true sense these words imply, she
will make for the man of her choice
good home. The groom is the son
of Mrs. Philomena Schissel of Fort
Atkinson. He is a fine young man
and one of the prosperous farmers
of Winneshiek county.
They departed for Dubuque, Mil
waukee and Chicago on their we'd
ding trip and will be at home to
their friends in Fort Atkinson about
June first. May their married life
be one of happiness and prosperity.
-Ossian Bee.