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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25
zoe and
Her Problems


j II had always been the custom
| in Zoe's home to do the weekly
washing on Monday. Not to do
so wos considered shiftless and un-
systematic. But her conversation
| with, Mrs. Corliss changed her
Ipoint of view and gave her ano-
! Their line of thought. She was
strongly tempted to follow her
friends example and break away
| from the old custom. Mrs. Corliss
was considered a model housekeep-
er and her reputation had not suf-
fered from the change. No one
thought of accusing her of shift
lessness, and what relief 1t would
be.
The conditions in her household,
which Mrs. Corliss mentioned as
Iexisting before she had broken
away from the set rule were identi-
cal with those of her own. Her
house was always more or less in
disorder after Sunday and the dis.
carded Sunday garments must be
brushed and put away. There were
no leftovers for Mondays dinner;
everything must be freshly pre-
pared. There would be plenty to
do without the washing. On Tues
day she would have more time for
! it.
| Thought of relief from the over
exertion of previous Mondays APP
pealed to her and common sense
won. After alp she thought,
"what,does it matter what Others
think so long as my own family is
satisfied"
That was more than a year ago
and Zoe is still doing her weekly
washings on Tuesday. Her work
is still heavy, too heavy, but she
has learned to conserve her strength
by dividing up her work as evenly
as possible giving each day its re-
quisite tasks. She has recovered
much Of her cheerfulness and youth
! full elasticity, and her family
no longer look forward with dread
to wash day. Best of all "blue
Monday" no longer visits their
home and Zoe feels that she has
solved another of her problems.
Mrs. Sarah Ba!!ou Of Saskatche-
wan, Canada, visited at the home
of her deceased husbands brother,
Frank Ballou from Saturday until
Monday. From here she went to
visit sister, who lives near Des
Moines.
Ernest Everts of Audubon, a.
son-in-law of Frank Ballou and
wife, was taken to the Carroll hos
pital Monday, where he was opera
ted on for appendicitis. At last
rem, srtS he was Going fine.
A general slaughter Of dogs thru
the poisoning method took place
Monday night and Tuesday morn
ing seventeen dogs had breathed
their last and several others were
very i'll.
Mrs. Sam Jones and two daugh-
tiers from Lake Preston, South Da-
kota have been visiting at the Jake
Engle home. They came Thursday
from Cedar Rapids, where they had
been visiting with Mrs. Jones' par
ents, and remained until Monday.
Mrs. Jones is niece of Mr.. Engle.
Sam Dutler and two daughters
Of Audubon visited with Mr.. Dut-
ler's sister, Mrs. Jake Engle and
family between trains Monday.
Dave Dutler Of La Porte City is
visiting his relatives here through
the holidays, having arrived here
two Or three weeks ago.
Arthur Heath Of Whiting, Iowa,
is visiting with his brother, Hiram
Heath and wife this week.
| Walter Minerman is home from
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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

Dave Dutler Of La Porte City is
visiting his relatives here through
the holidays, having arrived here
two Or three weeks ago.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

Mr. and Mrs. Kimin> ana family
Of Guthrie County Visited with Mr..
Kimm's uncle, Jake Engle and wife
Saturday: Their son, Willie, is
staying at the Engle bone and at
tending our public schools
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

Walter Minerman is home from
Ames spending the holidays with
his parents.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

Arthur Heath Of Whiting, Iowa,
is visiting with his brother, Hiram
Heath and wife this week.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25
Ask Any Doughboy Who
Was lover There

and he will tell you that American railroads are
the best in the world.
He saw the foreign roads - in England and
France, the best in Europe ~ and in other Con-
tinental countries - and he knows.
The part railroads have played in the develop
ment Of the United States is beyond measure
American railroads have achieved high stand
ards of public service by far-sghted and courage
investment of capital, and by the constant
striving of managers and men for rewards for work
we'll done.
We have the best railroads in the world we
must continue to have the best.
But they must grow.
To the $20,000O0O, 900 now invested in our
railroads, there will have to be added in the next
few years, to keep pace with the nations business.
billions more for additional tracks, stations and
terminals, and engines, electric power houses
and trains automatic signals, safety devices, the
elimination OF grade crossings - and for recon-
struction and engineering economies that will re-
duce the cost Of transportation.
To attract to the railroads in the future the in
vestment funds of many thrifty citizens the direct
ing genius OF the most capable builders and man
ayers, and the skill and loyalty Of the best work
= In competition with other industries bid
ding for capital managers and men - the railroad
industry must hold out fair rewards to capital to
managers and to the men.
American railroads will continue to set world
standards and adequately serve the Nations needs
if they continue to be built and operated on the
American principle Of rewards for work well done.
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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

Wiley HarrzeI and friend are
here from IndianoA visiting VITA
the formers parents.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

Genevieve and Merle Kline were
guests from Friday until Monday
with their sister, Mrs. Theodore
Nelson.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

Miss Marie Madsen, kinder
garten teacher in the Minneapolis
schools, came Saturday to spend
the holidays with heg parents.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

Sam Dutler and two daughters
of Audubon visited with Mr.. Dut-
ler's sister, Mrs. Jake Engle and
family between trains Monday.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

Mr.. Norman Lewis is in the city
for a holiday visit with his mother,
Mrs. P. A. Jessen.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

Phil Foley and family Of Audu-
bon spent Christmas with her
parents.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

Mrs. Lenice Herricl1 arrived here
last week for visit with her child
rem, who are staying at the home
of their grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herrick is attending Univer-
sity in Wisconsin.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25
1EAuTnas irrian.
resides

III
Mrs. I. resides
tic S led here Sat-
md da .e Tor her mother. Mrs.
$. Lev .ly May, who is very sick.
nc y Mrs Ray Faust accompanied her
'e ana sister, Mrs. Mary Friese as far as
The Atlantic Tuesday enroute to Guth-
ce OF RE Center to visit her parents. Mrs
eel rail Friese resides in Audubon.
Ralph Mrs. Jane Porter departed last
Vlsiu Friday for Sterling Colorado, and
own will make an extended visit with
Bert her daughter, Mrs Edward Me-
nom Nary and family.
es. Miss Ina Anders returned to
M. n Omaha, Friday after Christmas
show visit with her parents.
Miss Marie Madsen, a kinder
ils garten teacher in the Minneapolis
- schools, came Saturday to spend
Berni the holidays with heG parents.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Fulton are
: naw preparing to leave here in a few
e. days for California to make their
future home.
Mrs.
wee The bazaar and supper given by
ltlc the ladies of the Thursday Club
Richa last Saturday yielded a net profit
sting of approximately $3.50 to go to the
rents, library fund.
derlo Mr. Norman Lewis is in the city
sting for holiday visit with his mother,
!. Mrs. P. A. Jessen.
5. R.
load Mrs. Hocamp has received word
i, the of the marriage of her brother, John
Chris w. Chase to Frances G. Smith, at
l. lie Gravette, Arkansas, November 25.
nrovi Mr. Smith recently spent sometime
here with his sister. Congratulate
q ~ tions
sht al
ganlzt George Kline of Massena visited
Mrs from Wednesday until Monday with
ling relatives.
Marvin, youngest son of Mr. and
w.. Mrs. Evart Kline was taken SER
inc iously last Thursday with stomach
icy to trouble. He is improving at this
to pc writing
icy ac
) chel Phil Foley and family of Audu-
! feel bon spent Christmas with her
e the parents.
pleas
Ke5 Genevieve and Merle Kline were
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

Mrs. Hocamp has received word
Of the marriage Of her brother, John
w. Chase to Frances G. Smith, at
Gravette, Arkansas, November %.
Mr.. Smith recently spent sometime
here with his sister Congratula-
lions.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

The Eastern Star Club held a
very interesting meeting at the
home of Mrs. Mary j. Riley, last
Friday afternoon.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

The bazaar and supper given by
the ladies of the Thursday Club
last Saturday yielded net profit
of approximately $3.50 to 60 to the
library fund.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

". - g~o at LONE EXPECT you
h1sS y s&aEAaS 10 TELL EN- ALL ABOUT
cgisSns's III FL zggs q vl +
iu=xiiiiafaiing 8uFlesque;; Vaudeville
etags AIwnys Filled with Pretty Girls Funny Clowns.
eorueous EqupaJe Brilliant Scenic Environment.
LE3lES' lsME FRATIkEE EVERY WEEKDAY
Everybody Goes: Esk Anybody
tLgAIs TIE 8lGeEsT AND eEsT SHOW SEsT OF cRlcssR
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

Marvin, youngest son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Evart Kline was taken SER
iously last Thursday with stomach
trouble. He is improving at this
writing.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fulton are
preparing to leave here in few
days for California to make their
future home.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

Mrs. Sam Jones and two daugh-
tiers from Lake Preston, South Da-
kota have been visiting at the Jake
Engle home. They came Thursday
from Cedar Rapids, where they had
been visiting with Mrs. Jones par
ents, and remained until Monday.
Mrs. Jones is niece of Mr.. Engle.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

George Kline of Massena visited
from Wednesday until Monday with
relatives.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

Miss Myrtle Peppers, who has
been clelking in the j. S. Small
store, has resigned her position,
quitting work Wednesday. Mrs
Small and Esther Esbeck will haze
charge Of the Dry Goods Depart
ment.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

Walter Hockenberry has again
purchased the restaurant in Oak
land, which he recently sold. He
took possession Immediately.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

MRS. Minnie Sipe, Home Mission
airy Secretary Of Iowa Adventists,
came Monday to remain during
the holidays and visit her daugh
ter, Mrs. Pearl Gregg.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

A general slaughter of dogs thru
the poisoning method took place
Monday night and Tuesday morn
ing seventeen dogs had breathed
their last and several Others were
very i'll.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

Mrs. Mary May has been ser
iously sick the past week and was
moved Saturday to the home Of
her daughter, Mrs. Frank Meuers.
Her host Of friends hope she may
recover soon.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

Led here Sat-
4e Tor her mother, Mrs.
ny May, who is very sick.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

Ernest Everts of Audubon, a
son-in-law of Frank Ballou and
wife, was taken to the Carroll hos
pital Monday, where he was opera.
ted on for appendicitis. AT last
reports he was doing fine.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

Mrs. Jane Porter departed last
Friday for Sterling, Colorado, and
will make an extended visit with
her daughter, Mrs. Edward Nc
Nary and family.
Miss Ina Anders returned to
Omaha, Friday after Christmas
visit with her parents.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-12-25

S. E. Hockenberry, Harry Hook
enberry and family, Andrew Jensen
and family spent Sunday at the
Scott Hockenberry home.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-18

AMONG the many peoples whose pros
A poets for the future have been en-
tirely changed by the world war stand
the natives of the former German
colonies in Africa and the South Sea
Islands. The story of the barbarity of
the Hun as colonizer has been often
repeated during the last four years,
and has shown that the treatment of
the Belgians was not { sudden out
burst of passion, but was characters
tic of a scientifically developed system
of atrocities practiced on the black
subjects of the imperial government.
While the statesmen of the world are
concerned with the disposition of these
countries, and speak of their value
in terms of economics in peacetime
and of strategic position in wartime,
the question presents itself to many
people who are interested primarily
in human nature; What are these
natives? What are their habits, their
customs, their religion? What was
their "culture' before they met with
the "kultur" of the Germans?
To answer these questions, the Uni
versity Museum has arranged a large
exhibition of articles from the former
German colonies, which will be shown
there through the spring and summer.
1t is the human side of the colonial
question, which is thus presented by
objects from which the imagination can
readily construct a picture of their
daily life.
The culture of the tribes differs one
from another, and an interesting part
of the exhibit is the section devoted
to British, Dutch and German New
Guinea, each of which is quite dis
tinct. For instance, the British had
fat carved weapons, looking like
ebony; the natives of the Dutch
colonies carved around figures, which
were seldom painted; the people of
German New Guinea used a great deal
of paint and decorated their idols by
gay coors The idols and totems gen
orally have the appearance of human
caricatures. The faces are painted in
conventionalized designs of red, blue,
yellow, white and all colors, and are
so gruesome it is easy t. imagine them
presiding over the most wild and fear
some dances and orgies.
1t is in New Guinea that we find evil
dences of primitive wireless appara-
tus in the large wooden drums, cylin-
drical in shape, four or five feet long
and two or three feet in diameter
Along the top is a narrow slit, through
which the makers skillfully scooped out
the wood inside. The outside is painted
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-18
German Colons Glad for Freedom From righhlAless

and straw, and a very expensive one
would be worth as much as three or
four dollars. The natives often made
models, which served the purpose of
pictures. They could thus send model
to a friend in a distant tribe, saying,
This is my house"
Mount Vaea, Samoa, the former home
of Robert Louis Stevenson, where his
grave and a monument to his memory
are, was taken from Germany by the
Australians during the war. The ma
tiVes there had once a unique and in
teresting system of navigation. One
of their old charts OF the South Sea
Islands, made of small pieces of fexi-
BILE wood, held together with shells,
which was owned by Stevenson, was
presented to the University Museum
by John Wanamaker, and is now one of
the most valuable possessions in the
South Sea Island collection. Some of
the lines indicate currents, but not even
the natives of Stevenson time under
stood the meaning Of all the lines and
curves by which their ancestors had
been guided in navigating among the
islands.
How Germany treated the natives is
a story which is now as familiar as it
is tragic. The details of the atrocities
committed there, revolving to the point
of nauseation, were aired in the
Reichstag before the war by the Social
Democrats, and have been told during
the last few years by Allies who have
learned of German barbarities from the
natives who have survived the whole
sale slaughter common there. 1t was
not the cruelty of few INSCRIPTIONS
leaders in the case of the Germans, but
the policy of the government and the
complete failure to understand how to
successfully manage human beings
which lay at the root of the failure in
colonization.
The official policy to be carried on in
Africa and the South Sea Islands was
announced in the Koloniale Zeitsch lit
in the early days of German expansion,
after the acquisition of one of the colo
MES 1--WE have acquired this colony"
it was written, mot for the evangeli-
cation of the blacks, not primarily for
their well being, but for us whites.
Whosoever binders our objects we must
put of the way
"Put of the way" a translation of
their own phrase, aptly describes what
they did. They put them out of the
way" by wholesale massacres. in punt
tive expeditions against virtually I'M
armed natives in which they would kill
20 900 men, women and children, as
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-18

in the Majimaji rebellion; as In the
case of the Hereros, who were driven by
thousands into the Kailahari Desert and
left to die of thirst by abuse of power,
which gave to DIR. Karl Peters, pro
tector' of the Land of the Tana, the
nickname Mkono- wa damu, "the man
with the bloodstaned hands" by system
attic slaughter which reduced the Here
ros of German Southwest Africa from
10000 to 1870, the Hottentots from
10000 to 9781 and the Bushmen from
10000 to 1881.
They put out of the way" their
captives, by making them virtually
slaves through a system of enforced
work, and by allowing the owners to
fiog them to death and otherwise kill
them for minor offenses They put
them out of the way by failing to
make allowance for the natives lack of
development in their system of SO called
justice, by enforcing the laws which are
common in highly developed civiliza
ton and then increasing the punish
ment out of all proportion to the crime,
by such ancient forms of torture as
branding with hot irons, fogging with
the sjambok, starvation, heavy shackles,
and hanging by the thumbs. They put
them out of the way" by taking the
men away from their home communi-
ties for forced labor, and thus decreas-
ing the birth rate. They put them out
of the way" by driving them in throngs
into miserable, dirty, unventilated, YER
min infested huts to sleep, where they
met death from many diseases.
1t is little wonder that the people ara
rejoicing at their liberation from Ger.
man tyranny. Yet the problem con-
fronting the government which now
takes charge of them is difficult one.
No longer are they the simple minded
savages who loved to deck themselves
out in the masks and other articles
shown in the University Museum ex-
hibition. They have been cowed and
hardened by their treatment at the
hand of the Hun. They have learned
to hate and to fear with a new iny.u.
sity. They have been taught few Of
the Christian virtues" and MANY Of
the vices of material civilization.
German science has overcome some Of
the native diseases, but others have been
introduced. The savage in his print
tive stage may have been immoral; the
German has taught him to be immoral.
Once rich in the possession of land,
cattle and horses, and free to live the
lazy and comfortable life Of the tropics,
he is now bereft of property and Of
personal freedom.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-18

in designs of many colors. Beating on
these drums with a wooden stick, the
people could send message three and
sometimes five miles. They placed them
a few miles apart, and then evolved a
code Of the same type as the telegraphic
code. In this way a message could be
sent from drum to drum over distance
covering many miles, and the tocsin
could be sounded calling the people to
assemble for war, or an invitation to
dance or other festivity could be de-
livered far and wide.
Masks for the ceremonial dances are
another class of objects which contain
much gay decoration. These masks
are made in grotesque semblance OF
the human face, and there are often
long boards or vests-call them as you
will-which are made of straw and
extend to the waist. The weaving
shown in the ILLUSTRATION of the cere
monial mask is also to be seen in bags
and other articles which are of inter-
The black hair and beard look like
black wooden fringe, which has many
uses. 1t is to be seen on the ancestral
skulls which decorated tn houses of the
natives. They needed no archives to
tell Of their grandfathers and great
grandfathers, for they kept the family
skulls in a conspicuous place. The
skulls were covered with clay, which
was modelled into the shape of the flesh,
They were then painted in gay design,
and the artificial black wool hair was
placed on the back of the head. Shells
and beads we're used for eyes, and some
times beads also fastened on the hair.
The Caroline Islands are known as
the Land of the Stohe Money. This
money had no purchasing power, but
was intended merely to indicate the
wealth of the owner. As it was so hot
that clothes were unnecessary, and there
was plenty of food to be obtained from
fruit trees and other cultivated sources,
there was little occasion for money as
a medium of exchange The possession
of a vast amount of money, Clipped out
Of stone, showed that a man had many
people to work for him, and great
wealth. Sometimes he would have a
great heap of these little pieces of
stone, each one of which represented
considerable labor, piled up in front of
his doorway, as evidence of his pros
perity. There was feeling Of rivalry
among them in regard to the size of the
pieces. which sometimes were several
feet in diameter. The houses of the
Caroline Islands were made of wood
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-18

who was the queen Of the home town.
But he didn't dare ask her to marry
him. When it came to women he
didn't have any more sand than jack
rabbit. So he went and asked John
Alden to go and see Priscilla about it.
Alden was his friend, and did so. When
Alden saw Priscilla, he asked her."
''Is that all?" asked Amos quickly.
mo- replied Hotchkiss. !''There was
a double play that neither Standish nor
Alden had expected. When Alden
stepped up to the plate to make the
sacrifice hit for Standish, Priscilla
pitched him one that he had to hit
good and hard. She caught it, and
Alden was out"
"Out?" asked Amos.
"Sure. Any man Is out when he
is married, amt he? Well, that's
exactly what happened to Alden. When
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-18

"Joe?" bawled Hotchkiss. "What
do you mean, Joe?"
The damage had been done. Amos
had unconsciously spilled the beans.
He realized dimly that he would have
to protect his friend, and decided he
would Ne out of it.
ooh, nothing" he replied. IT guess
III be going now, and
wait a moment" commanded
Hotchkiss. He could read the minds
of most people. Ball players were his
specially. "What is it about Joe?"
"Well-a-" began Amos, stalling
for a good plausible inspiration.
II have known you long time,
Amos, and you have never lied to me.
You couldn't if you wanted to. You
have got something on your chest. Out
with itv'