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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-16
Married Last Saturday.

Last Saturday afternoon at four
o'clock in Glenwood township oc-
Cured the marriage of Mr.. Laurence
R. Ramsey to Miss Marie Amelie
Vikesland. The ceremony was per,
formed by Rev. Paul Koren. The
bride is a daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Simon Vikesland, and is
one of Winneshiek county's excellent
young women, one who enjoys the
friendship and esteem Of a host OF
friends here. The husband of her
choice is a son OF a prominent
hardware merchant of Twin Valley
Mimi, and is a young man OF
sterling worth and character. Both
Of these young people have a host
Of friends here and all extend con-
CALCULATIONS and best wishes to
them. -.... ~
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-16
Will Give Free Demonstration.

A free demonstration will be Civ
en- at the Red Cross Rooms in Decor
ali next Tuesday afternoon, April
%, at $3.50 o'clock. The demonstra-
ton will be of high pressure cook
er and will be demonstrated by Miss
Aiken, of Ames. The kettle is new
kind that will cook food in about
one-half the time used by the old
methods, and the demonstration will
be one that every woman in the
county should attend. Remember the
day and date and be on hand and
take this demonstration in.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-16

Subscribers will confer a favor upon
us by notifying us at once OF fall
ure to receive the paper regularly.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-16
Albert Larsen Leaves for Ohio

Albert Larsen, who has been one
of the efficient clerks at the DEBORAH
postoffice resigned some time ago
and left last week for Canton, Ohio
where he will take a position with
the American Securities Co. and
Southern Securities. doing business
credit, insurance, etc. Albert is a
fine young fellow and we know will
make good in his new position. He
was a most accommodating postoffice
clerk and will be missed by the pat
rons of this Office. His place will be
filled by Carl Meyrick, who is an
excellent young man.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-16

county agents where similar work
has been done, attention was called
to the fact that after Improvement
such channels tend to cut themselves
deeper and wider. This is to be ex-
pected, since the river bottom is
built up of soil deposited by the riv-
er. 1t is a fact that water moving at
certain rate will deposite q portion
of the sediment it may be carrying.
If the rate of flow is increased it will
pick up this deposit and carry it out.
Strengthening the channel increases
the flow with the result as mention
ed.-Waukon Democrat.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-16
the benefits derived.

Upon his return he called the petit
TONERS of the Iowa river project for
a meeting at New Albin. He placed
his findings before them and dis
played blue prints of the above
named streams, showing the old and
the new streams, and after careful
consideration of the same, the men
decided to go ahead with the pre-
liminary survey. Within a few days
an engineer will be secured to go
over the entire project with the
Board of Supervisors and the land
owners.
In recent correspondents with
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-16
First Half Auto Money Received.

The first payment of automobile
liscense money for 1919 was receiv-
ed by County Treasurer L. C. Chris
ten last Saturday. He received $3.50.
This money goes for the upkeep of
the roads, culyerts, etc.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-16
The Strengthening of the Iowa River

The Straihgtening OF the Iowa RIVER.
Supervisor Geo. Clark spent several
days recently studying the drainage
work which has been completed
along the Nodaway and Skunk rivers
in this state. He went over the work
with county supervisors, drainage
engineers and farmers who have
complied such projects. He finds all
the men who have completed such
undertakings very enthusiastic about
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-16
Sold Spriggs Residence

Albert Christen & Son, the real
estate men sold the John w. and
F. E. Spriggs residence property on
Maple avenue, West DEBORAH on Mon
day to Mrs. Annie NJ. McMullen. The
family will occupy it soon.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-16
Have Your Cisterp Cleaned.

/ clean cisterns without removing
the water. Leave your money with
home folks. Frank Savoy, DEBORAH
... 16-2-pd.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-16

The man who works himself to
death trying to accumulate afortune
only acquires a funeral pile.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-02-11
Aristocrats in Gutter.

We hear rumors of grand dukes and
other members of the old nobility of
Russia driving cabs and peddling boot
laces in Petrograd. This is no new
thing in Europe. In England the de-
scendants Of the great Plantagenets
have been found in very lowly occupa-
tions. A few years ago a lawsuit
proved that a genuine Bourbon was
then hawking vegetables in the streets
of Paris. A few years earlier a son Of
a cousin Of Empress Josephine, Ma
poleon's first love, was sent to prison
for petty larceny. In 1892 the Marquis
DeFoligne was an omnibus conductor;
the Comte de la Marche was a house
painter; the Marquis DeTorcey d'Etal.
linde kept a small Inn at Carnac, and
the Marquis d'Hauteroche, a descend
ant of the nobleman who, at the bat
tie Of Fontenoy, called out to the
English: "Tirez les premiers," was a
gendarme.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-02-11
DUBINSKY TAKES
ONE BACK TO The
GOOD OLD "LEGIT''

1t took one back to the good old
days when the civilian grabbed the
flaxen-haired heroine by the wig,
dragged her screaming down the
spiral stairway and was in the act
of binding her willowy form firmly
upon the log carriage, to be cut into
mince meat by the buzzing saw,
when the conveyed hero appeared in
the well-known nick of time, stabbed
said villain with the pen-knife, res
cued the leading lady from a horri-
Bile death and clasped her to his
manly BOSOM
Not that there was any saw mill
scene or any stabbing affray in the
Dubinsky show at the Sngg last
night, but there was some "meller"
and some "drammer" to it. Just
enough to put spice into the thing.
Also they put every line over the
footlights to the delight of a house
that was packed to the roof. 1t was
q good old '1egitg play and told the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-02-11

story of working girl, but she was
straight at that and lived with her
pal in a hall bedroom. Yes, her
dad had been wronged by his part
ner and died pauper, while said
partner waxed fat on the spoils and
sought to wrong the daughter.
In this end he was foiled by the
girl herself, aided and abetted by a
crook that she reformed. plus her
roommate and a street taking safety
razor salesman who was there with
bells on. There was Clancy, the de-
tective (they are generally named
Clancey), who wouldn't go crooked
for the villains bank roll and the
piece wound up with two couples
staging short-arm clinches up-stage,
and with Clancey leading the vii
lain, shackled, away to just fate.
The Hawaiian band made an i'm
hit, and deserved it. There
are four of them and they dispense
the real article of plaintiye music
that smacks of a sandy beach and
a moonlight night and maybe
Hula-Hula girl or two. Also there
was an eccentric dancer that set the
house fild with his comical antics.
The company, playing stock, will
be here for the remainder of the
week.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-02-11
ONE GOOD THING FROM WAR
Cocone Nut, Hitherto Considered Only
as Nuisance, Has Been Made Artl-
Gle of Commerce.

Before the war the cocone, which
grows freely in the Southern Ameri-
cas-, on large trees of the palm fam
lily, was literally such hard nut to
crack that its vegetable oil had no
place In commerce, and the tree was
Known chiefly as a botheratlon to
banana planters when they wished to
enlarge their plantations. Eighteen
hundred pounds pressure Is required
to crack the cocone nut, and there was
no machinery for doing 1t. Then gov
ernment experts said that nothing else
in the world would provide such good
carbon for gas masks as the cOcone
nut, and the United States financed
the creation of machinery for crack
ing it, thus starting a new and i'm
portant industry. Hereafter it will
be well worth while breaking the shells
for the vegetable oil inside them, val
liable for cooking, lighting, and the
making Of nut butter; and the shells,
happily no longer needed for masks,
can be used as fuel or in the manufac-
ture of gas. And so, out of an effort
to prevent the expansion of autocracy
by conquest, the Southern Americas
find opportunity to expand by COM
merce.-Scientific American.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-02-11
GOOD MONEY FROM BAD EGG
Jim Buckley Finally Proved Truth OF
Saying That He Was Fond
Of Repeating.

"Thar ain't nothin' In the world but
Is good fer somethin'" is one of the
favorito sayings of Jim Buckley Of
Bear Lake.
Buckley is thrifty soul. He farms
In summer and traps in winter and be-
tween wheat and furs he Is growing
rich. One morning his wife was cook
ing breakfast. She broke q rotten egg
into a skillet and was starting toward
the door to throw it away when Buck
ley stopped her.
woman. don't throw that egg
away" said Buckley.
"But it's rotten" protested his wife.
makes no difference" declared the
philosopher. THAR amt nothln in the
world but"
James Buckley" exclaimed his
wife, 1--WE heard that a thousand
times"
The wolf never shifts at the doors Of
the prosperous farmers of the Peace
river country. But foxes are different
animals-here is something you don't
know-rotten eggs are rated as an epi-
cureau tldbit In vulpine menus.
That night Buckley set trap In a
poplar grove near his home and baited
1t with the rotten egg. He hoped to
catch red fox or perhaps a coyote.
But when he went out to his trap next
morning, what do you think he found?
The biggest silver fox Buckley ever
had clapped eyes on. He sold the pelt
In Peace River the other day for $34G.
"A right nice lot O. money to hatch
from a rotten egg" remarked Buckley,
as he stuffed the money in his pocket.
I've alters allowed that thar amt
nothin' in the world but is good fer
methin'."-Chicago Post.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-02-11
Anthony in the TransvaaI.

A new body of antimony is reported
to have have been opened near the
Komati river, in the district of the
Stenysdorp gold fields, Transvaal. As
the ore is found to be valuable, min.
ing company is now carrying on smelt.
ing operations on the spot. Three
shafts have been sunk to a depth Of 90
feet, besides open workings. One is
continuous throughout. A furnace
capable Of smelling ten tons of ore
per day is in operation and 1t Is stated
that there is sufficient ore in sight to
keep the furnace working while devel.
opments are being made.-Scientifit
American.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-02-11
Roberts Predicted Foeh's Victory.

When Lord Roberts was in Canads
ten years ago at the dedication of tn,
Plains of Abraham park and play
ground he made this prediction: "1heJ
refuse to believe me, and we are
asleep under a false security, for dt
not hesitate to affirm that we viii
have a frightful war in Europe, ant
that Great Britain and France viii
have the hardest experience of theii
existence. They will. in fact, see dc
feat very near, but the war will finally
be won by the genius Of French gen
eral named Ferdinand Foch, professor
In the military school in Paris"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-02-11

lea back to her pre-war basis. They
have now cast off the robe of dis
loyalty, and are determined to help
feed hungry America and her war
worn allies Nests have begun to
overflow with eggs, poultrymen say.
Containers that had been empty in
the rear of local grocery houses for
many days, are filling.
AS result, prices on eggs have
dropped from GO or Is cents per
dozen to 80 or S5 cents per dozen.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-02-11
GRADY HENS BACK
ON JOB; STEP OUT
OF STACKER GLASS;

The Grady county Poultry family
is no longer Bolsheviki or :. w. w
members. Ehe strike seems to be at
an end
The hens have proved this by very
recent action. Until cen days ago,
they refused to "do their bit" to-
ward winning a permanent victory,
or even assisting in bringing Amer
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-02-11
Little Rivers Important.

In his war ode DR.. van Dyke re
mains loyal to little rivers" In hii
book, Little Rivers" he has already
made little rivers as interesting as tn,
little drops of water that make tht
mighty ocean. Freedom begins at thi
source. .,s., =.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-02-11

w nat CreQ1t D1Q
for Bill Jones
INCOME, A
within When he bought anything
MISFORTUNE OVERLOOK
acedhis
whe
EVERY ONE OF HIS CREDIT
comodated him goods needed until he
AMANS CLEAR CREDIT THE FAITH L
eof
Of the
for Keep wit your creditors
THE CHCKASHA RETAILERS ASSOCIATION ITS
beatth
ybeen
obligations
prnh
a n on to Spa umef
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-24
Many Mourn at Lowers Funeral

Hundreds of sorroWing friends OF
the late Private Ralph Lowers gath
cred at the Congregational Church
yesterday afternoon at o'clock to
pay their last respects to the dead
hero. The service was very impress
siye, full military honors being paid
to the soldier The pallbearers We're
six comrades of his company The
members OF the Home Defense
League Odd Fellows Lodge and
Woodman Lodge, of which he was a
member, attended IN a body The
funeral cortege which escorted the
remains to Riveryiew was a very
large one and was headed by the
Home Defense League band At the
grave short service was held and a
salute WAS fred as the casket was
lowered into the grave About sixty
comrades OF the dead hero from 10
liet, Princeton and Ottawa attended
the services and marched in the pro-
Ccssion Of the returned soldiers of
this city There were many beautiful
floral offerings.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-24
Local Notes.

Sergt. Davis Jennings and Corp,
Royal Allen returned to Camp Grant
Rockford last evening after spendins
Sunday in this city with their parents.
Charles Churchill OF Elkhart, Ind,
is visiting his brother, Vern Churchill,
OF this city
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Baker and Mr.
and Mrs Fred Baker returned to
their home in Kinsman after a several
days visit here at the home Of MIR.
and Mrs. John Albeck.
Mrs. f. P. Mnburn spent today in
Chicago.
Fred Chalet OF ottawa spent yester-
day al the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Johnson.
Charles Moyrello returned from a
several days visit with friends in
Chicago.
Misses julie and Clara Bossinnei Of
Ottawa spent yesterday here at the
home of Miss Anna Mae Quinn.
Miss Lila Erickerson Of Chicago
spent yesterday in this city at the
home OF Mrs. Frank Stone on Fair
view.
Miss Heath visited yesterday her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Marrow. in
Grand Rapids township.
Miss Anna Engel went to Chicago
today for few days visit with re.a-
tives.
Miss Cecilia White returned to her
home in Utica after spending Sunday
at the home of Miss Margaret Brew
stef
Mr., and Mrs Il. T. White and son
Leo and Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent White
spent yesterday in Utica at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. p. White
Mr. and Mrs. James Francomb re.
ceived a telegram yesterday stating
that their son Lester OF Company L.
129th Infantry, has arrived in New
York. He was confined in hospital
for several months.
Mrs. Frank ROlph went to kauka-
kee today, taking her niece. who has
been visiting here for several weeks, /
home
A, Kroehnke spent today in Chi.
cage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Corrigan Of /
Ottawa spent yesterday mere at the /
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-24
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Dear Dead Days


1T must have been grand to live in
the days OF chivalry." remarked Mrs.
Katon, as she steered the tea wagon
around the diningroom table.
why" asked katon, as he cndcav
cred to improve the ventilation I'll IT'S
pipe. I'D rather live now, There
were no really modern apartments in
those days. Every woman had TO do
her own washing. There was too much
metal in the suits people wore and not
enough in plumbing. There wasn't
any plumbing, as a matter of fact.
There were many inconvenience.
Even the people are lot nicer these
days. if may judge by the little |
have reao of the old timers"
Then you haven't read much about
Them" saiG Mrs, katon What do
you know about knights?"
Il saw ten o. them In a barroom
once" said Katon, cheerfully. "Or
were they the other kind of night?
And when it comes right down to
brass tacks, what do you know about
'em, Mrs katon?"
well. | picked UP book today
and ran across the loyelieat love
story"
Lovely Lowell"
1T was all about how one of the
medieval men made love to lady Of
that time. His proposal was The
sweetest thing!"
Was it lovely, too?'
you see, Beatrices father VS. OPP
posed to Godfrey, for some reason or
other, and forbade Godfrey to come
around.
such cruelty is greatly to be re-
gretted," said katon But maybe the
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-24

young man was tiah0rn sport, who
came there swashbucklins with all his
hardware on and it was 100 much for
her dad
1t was his proposal Geotfrcy's pro-
posal," went on Mrs Katon, dreamlly.
that caught my attention, II occurred
one night in June, He said as he
clasped her to his bosom; Beatrice,
NY own, long have i"
Throw on the brake. Enough,
Don't so any farther! | know what
he said-the very same thing | said"
Heavens, no! Neither you nor any
other modern man could say it. You
don't understand women. Why, even
a matter-offact girl of today wants a
lover sufficiently mad with poetry to
rave around the place, tear his hair
out, call on the moon. sun and stars
to witness his passion, and threaten,
if refused to dash for the other end
Of the world aad jump Off, Could you
10 that
NO, my dear woman, | coulu not
If were as dramatic as ell that the
chances are Id never have proposed
to you at all-tor the reason that We
never would have met. | would be a
Nat Goodwin achieving fabulous
wealth
Il never thought of that" replied
Mrs. katon. Maybe you're bet,a7 OF.
where you are.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-24
SAVING TO STABILIZE
BUSINESS OF COUNTRY
Systematic Buying and EIlmina-
ton of Waste Lead to Prompt
Payment Of Bills and
Happiness.

American thrift viii go far 70 save
the life of the world, TO bring liberty
and 10 make the pursuit of happiness
possible rn oppressed humanity Peri
odicalIy in the United States there
have come times of financial depreS-
sion: production has exceeded con
sumption: factory doors have closed: :
workers have found themselves with
out money and the retailers who serve
them have faced the gloomy alterna-
tive of refusing credit and going out
of business because of lack of trade.
or extending credit and going to smash
because of lack Of funds. The store
closes its doors and Immediately other
stores. even those competing, feel he
unWhule>ume influence Panic spreads
Just rs surely rs when there is a run
on q bank aud failure stares many
merchants in the face.
Now the more thrifty the people of
a community are the more promptly
they pay their bills. and the more
promptly bills are paid the more re-
mote becomes the possibility Of fail
ure. II every worker is Il systematic
sa,.er with SAVINGS made uossible by
..r.f,l irtaIligan+ huvinr and the
elimination of waste the hard time
will be safely bridged and will he ire
mendou>ly shortened, II Is. therefore,
rood business far tha retailer to ioin
In 4, ,ar,naion AGAINST imuulsiye buy-
in, and vast, The mechanic who. in
o,,.h limos buvs an unnecessarily
eIahorats article and who. in hard
Times raupdfgtss his hills is not as
Good 81 customer rs the one who used
ro.rrai,,t i'm his dav Of rrosperity and
had a r,oroin for tha rainy day. The
fo,.,,ar prdnr,ninas husfness-the lat
tor .toi.ili,os II
"a trd;.io,,, hu,or u.ho evercises
-. 49,. ,,,,,.,l,.,.,, also c,raf,r1, o,d
.,.,..,ta.,.i,,,.r,. ,,,.,+. hi. ,t,Iiootions
IN, ,, ,,t, ,t,r.,,., ,,o,,o, away
-. 49,, t.,,,., -, -, sor,,, a. ,,o,or"
~. b. or,n,,.. ~ ,,nod hnsinass
;, ,,t-.,.,,,.. - >,,,, vi, i,,.as.
-, e,,,,nd t,o+ I, nor con, ~ tho
oaa,onrs ~ ,be gorhora cans wos nor
f,..,,. ,..od faoas.,r Tho o,,ount NJ
-. } ,a,aniot aLaraonod IN tbis
~. a,.o.,. ,.aar o,,ou,ts N mil
,i.n, rrho ear,,or Ioo,os tho rlov m
rnst AWAY outside the barn all win
ter, the housewife overheats the
bousp. the factory worker throws good
material on the scrap heap. and all
those things make it possible that In
the United States today there are
I25O0OO people. whose working days
are over. deuendent upon charity. indi-
vidual and county. to the extent of
$4,000 600 year, dependent because
in their earning days they cultivated
habits of waste rather than those of
thrift.
Education in thrift must he an edu-
cation in values. That education must
extend past the WCfkerS of today 10
the workers of tomorrow. Hereafter
more of youths precious school
hours should be devoted 10 II conSid-
GRAFTON of the principles of how 10 live
how to take helpful and progressive
part in the problems of a workaday
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-24
SAVE IN WAR ON WASTE
Cardinal Gibbons for Savings.

An appeal for continued support of
the governments war savings cam
paign has been issued by Cardinal Glib
bOns.
I'VE should welcome the opportunity
afforded by our government said the
cardinal. "to continue the saving
habit TO buy war savings is the
clear duty of every American citizen,
young and old. l urge all our clergy
to promote this campaign by every
means in their power. l urge our
good people to give their heartiest
support, and from the splendid evil
dences of their patriotism shown in
the last two years am confident that
it will meet with great success
Try the Free Trader-Journal Want Ads
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-24

end Of five years Let the necessity
of redemption arise through illness or
hard times-he can have the ready
cash ten days after he applies for it.
In a certain great industrial plant
where 90 per cent of the employees
were regular buyers Of thrift stamps
the influenza epidemic was met with
the minimum of suffering. The men
had the funds available for doctor and
medicine and proper food. They met
their bills promptly and did not embar-
rass the merchants of the community.
1t would be hard today to get any of
these men to abandon the thrift habit
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-24
Same Old Bunch" Dance,

The Same Old Bunch vii. give
dance Friday evening, March Is in
the Home Defense League Hall John
sons Orchestra VIII furnish the
music
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-24
Hides and Wool.

Mink skins, S3-,5.
Horse hides, S..
Skunk skins, $l50-$6.
Coon skins, 2.50-$5.
No. hides, per d., l3c.
No. ? hides, per ID. l2c.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-24

Buy Victory Liberty Loan Bonds and
help finish the job it took 100000
lives to start.