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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-09-29

cal effOrtwas made to bring the business of the
country and the life of the country down to regu-
lar previous primary standards and quotations.
We are at your command with regular Ford effici-
ency in service and eagerness to fill orders.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-09-29

1.-THE FORD MOTOR CAR COMPANY makes
these reductions in the face of the fact that they
have on hand immediate orders for 1905 cars
and tractors. The company will suffer tempo
rary loss while using up material bought at high
prices. They are willing to make the sacrifice in
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-09-29
Chronic Catarrh

Our manner of living makes US very
susceptible to colds and loathsome
disease with which it is estimated that
ninety-five per cent of our adult pop
ulation are afflicted If you would
avoid chronic catarrh you must avoid
colds or having contracted cold get
rid of it as quickly as possible. Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy is highly re-
commended as a cure for colds and
can be depended upon.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-09-29

COUPE with Starter and Demountables
SEDAN with Starter and Demountables
TRUCK with Pneumatic tires.
TRACTORS
Add S25 to Touring Car Price with Den
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-09-29

TOURING CAR Observation-Disclosures. S440.Ot
TOURING CAR WITH STARTER. ......... S510.0l
RUNABOUT /. Z. .....................$ 395.Ot
RUNABOUT WITH STARTER. ............ .S465.0l
CHASSIS ...........4.... $36O.Ot
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-09-29
County Humane Society

On Monday night, October 4, State
Humane Officer a. E. Friedrich plans
the organization of county humane
society for Vernon county. A public
meeting will be held in the Court
House at Viroqua, at 8 O'Clock in the
evening. There will be number of
cation viii be perfected, officers and
a board of directors elected, and plans
made for the Incorporation of the so
ciety. The public of the county is
generally invited.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-09-29
First publication Septesnber Is, 1925
PROBATE NOTICE

Hearing on VIII.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, VERNON COUNTY,
IN PROBATE
han. deceased.
On reading and fling the petition Of Joseph
Spears. praying that the viii Of William Pull
han be construed and an order be made and
entered assigning said estate TO such persons
by law entitled 70 the same
II is ordered. that said petition be heard az
regular term Of said court in the City of
ViFoqua IN the said County, on the 5th day OF
October. 1890. at the hour of IL o'clock II the
forenoon Of that day
II i further ordered that notice Of the time
and place OF said keaxing be si9en TO al per-
/ sons Interested rs mailing hSeopy 81 this OF.
der % ssch of the hesrssscf said William PM
han. at their last snewrl pcstcthce acdress, AZ
least two weeks prior 70 said hearing.
Dated this eth day of Sept. 1890.
By the court. d. o. MAH0NEl. C. Jndge.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-09-29
First Publication September goth. 1928.
PROBATE NOTICE
CnIfRr M pRnRATE

STATE OF WlSCONSlNs sfEfhNON GOUN1t
COURT. IN PROBATE.
Notice for administration and notice 10 cred
itors.
In re estate Of Laurella johnson, deceased
Notice is hereby given. that at the regular
term of said court to be held on the first Tues.
day of November, A. p, 1920, at the court
house in the city Of ViroQua, County Of Yer
non, and state of Wisconsin. there will be
heard and considered the application of Der
nard W. Johnson of the city Of Viroqua. In
said county, for the appointment Of an adj
ministratcr of the estate of Laurella johnson
late of the city of Firoqua in said county. de
ceased.
Notice is hereby further given, that at tbs
regular term of said court to be held at said
court house. on the first Tuesday of February
A. D. 1921, there VIII be heard. considered
and adjusted. all claims against said Laureils
johnson. deceased
And notice IS hereby further given, that al
such claims for examination and allowances
must be presented TO said county court at the
court house in the city of Viroaua, in said eoun'
~ and state. on or before the 9th day OF Jan
uary. A. ID. 1921. or be barred
Dated September 2Tth, 1920.
By the Court. D.O.MAHONE1, County Judge
A. Heinz, Attorney.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-09-29
Read What u. S. Department of Ag-
riculture Says About What Two
Rats Can Do

According to government figures,
two rats breeding continually for three
years produce $50, 700, 482 individual
rats. Act when you see the first rat,
don't wait. RAT-SNAP is the surest,
cleanest, most convenient extermin-
ator. No mixing with other foods.
Drys up after killing-leaves no smell.
Cats or dogs won't touch it. Sold
and guaranteed by o. E. Davis and
Sauer Hardware.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-09-29
Keen well and Be Happy

If you would be happy you must
keep your bowels regular. One or
two of Chamberlain's Tablets taken
Immediately after supper will cause
a gentle movement of the bowels on
the following morning. Try it.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-09-29

order to bring the business back to a going condi-
ton, quickly as possible, and maintain the mo-
mentum of the buying power of the country Hen
ry Ford says: ''The war is over and it is time war
prices were over" There is no sense or wisdom III,
trying to maintain an artificial standard of values.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-09-29
Lest You Forget

List Uu IUTBtI
Let US remind you that Chamber
lain's Tablets not only cause gentle
movement of the bowels but improve
the appetite and strengthen the di-
gestion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-09-29
PatroImen Wanted

Vernon county is in need of several
patrolmen. Send in your application
to Highway Commissioner Alex Ris-
tow, Viroqua, Wis. 31-tf
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-15

- I00
and Children's Furnishing
t. Genuine cut prices or
= needs al nraat eauiran
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-15

A Word to the People
e enormous European demand. together
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-15

The Reason for this Sale
Our reason for this sale is simply this
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-15

~ ~
4 big legitimate Moneys
# every description. o.
everything in the store.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-04-15

nN MNInr0V h,rn,;
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-05
TINE sAMf rW,ss fxparsssp DIFFERENTLY.

The Cedar Rapids Republican pub
fishes editoriany a letter which It
says is from a university head and
person highly honorcd IN this
state. Withholding the name OF the
writer. In this letter. OF which the
Republican approves, and which does
contain mnch OF sensible discussion
its writer asserts.
Personally am not a proh!oi-
zionist, do not believe IN II. would
have killed the damnable institution
OF whisky another way. The state has
right to deal with institutions like
the saloon. II has no right to deal
with personal habits"
Question: II the state has no right
TO deal with personal habits we may
assume that the Harrison law
against narcotics and morphine Is
unjust; that the state has only to
do with the dispensers OF morph!a.
heroin and coke. TO shut the drug
stores but must not Interfere with
the manufacture and use OF opium
and its derivatives and cocoaine for
personal use Of the home nanufact-
urer and his guests,
However. the state does and has
always interfered with the personal
habits and addiction Of citizens I'M
der organized government, where
such habits and addiction threaten
the welfare Of others. II has inter
tered with the personal "sleighrid-
ing" OF the coke field. broke the sleep
and disturbed the visions of the
opium sater, breaks IN upon the nil
arity OF the druukard and "truns him
N" TO appear before the police court,
4 tnterferer with filthy personal
habits. forces a certain sanitation
and cleanliness. Personal habits that
affect the state and the community,
that create crime and poverty and
tend 10 destroy or weaken the race
are the business of the state. II al
ways interfered with them. It is like
ly to go farther in such interference.
1t IS the old personal liberty plea,
stated IN the diction Of a university
president but elementa!ly not diff
ferent from mo beer no work ban
ners OF New Jersey parade.
1t all rests on the personal deina-
ton of liberty and license. And that
Is all the difference that exists be-
tween the government Of the United
States and the government OF Rus
sia.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-05
the WET Anp paY CAMPAIGN ISSUE.

Wet and Dry" will be an issue
in the coming campaign, II 1t can
possibly be injected into it and con-
siderable injecting Is going on at
present. Governor Edwards only
claim 10 any sort Of recognition as a
presidential candidate rests on his
fight against prohibitory enactments
and his championship of liquor as a
beverage. 1t is TO be noted also that
this comparatively obscure governor
OF New Jersey has become n charac-
ter upon the issue he has raised and
by reason OF his championship of
booze. vi course notorIety Is
not q synonym for popularity
but certain political popu-
Larity is gained ~ cham p.oasA!P
OF the stuff that makes men wear Old
clothes, especially among those
voters whose wives and children
wear old clothes for the good and
sufficient reason that politically ana
economically booze comes first in
their program There is no doubt
that a wet issue viii find its follow
ers and supporters. That element
always votes wet. II IS the para
mount issue to them. The poli IN
Iowa where Edwards won in a demo-
crat newspaper poll is significant or
at least as significant as those polls
ever are. II the strategy is TO COM
bine the wet vote and the pro-
Wilsonian league Of nations vote in
a hope of party success thru the
combination things are due to be
very EN- barrassing for the ministerial
and prohibition voter who is willing
to swallow the league whole az a
gulp. It will check his enthusiasm
when he asked to add light wines
and beer'to that issue and gulp the
prescription. However II he is will
ing to have committee at
Geneva declare war for the United
States and send armies abroad TO
settle boundary disputes consistency
It seems should induce him to sub
nit TO the ruling of a Geneva con-
ference as to that other domestic
problem of wet and dry.
There isn't any manner Of doubt
that the wet appeal will be made to
catch votes and that 1t will find the
usual response from the element to
which the appeal is made But the
strength OF that element has been
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-05
AN EDITORIAL N TINE MARKETS.

Frequently the market reports, like
deeds which speak louder than
words, contain editorials upon the
pace which we are living that any
man can read as he runs. From the
current market reports on the finan-
cial news page Of a metropolitan
newspaper this week were clipped
the following market news items:
Raw silk advanced from $3.50 per
pound to $3.50 and silk shirts will
soon be selling from $50 to s25, ac-
cording TO local dealers who say that
q fair part Of the demand for this
class OF merchandise comes from the
workman while the man Of wealth,
who formerly wore them, refuses to
pay the price"
Furniture dealers hold out little
hope for relief from the present high
price peak. Business has thrived at
the increased prices and the install
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-05

nsnt AeuseA snDscially. appear -
have enjoyed greatly stimulated bus
mess by the demand for costly fur
nishings"
The United States viii consume
at least one-haif an automobile tire
per capita In 1890. according to the
Akron chamber Of commerce."
Occasionally reports win Be ssnt
broadcast over the land that .
$4,000 salary now was worth only
$50 in 1914 but nobody ever read
In the market reports OF pre-war
times that section hands and hod
carriers were buying silk shirts or
that tho thriftless wage worker who
buys furniture on the installment
plan was demanding the costly stuff
and never In the pre-war age did
any market report chronicle the Joy
riders demanding half tire per
man, woman and child for his anto-
mobile that had not yet met Its war
tax. The cost of living. that is the
cost OF pre-war living, has advanced
about TO per cent. according to the
computations OF the United States
department of commerce and labor.
but II is the cost OF present day silk
shirt installment house, Joy riding
living that makes a $4,000 salary look
like $50 The fact that such living
Is now being INDUCED by the masses
Ia evidence that the average wage
has been boosted more than the cost
OF pre-war living. For a few of the
classes this is not true. but the de-
mand for goods shows that the aver
age person is flush with money and
demands the best of everything.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-05
Topics Of the Times

The president 10 anxiousiy inQuir-
ing OF his physicians as to when he
will be able to play golf. II that's
politics it's mighty good psychoiog-
teal politics. II gets next to lot OF
people who are splitting On their
hands while they wait.
What is intoxicatingY' asks the
Des Moines Register. Depends
largely on the consumer. For In
stance. the Register seems to have .
Woodrow Wilson jag on.
Looking over the United Statss
army advertisement will convince
one that there's considerable a man
may learn In the service.
Those parties with the pulmotor
are going to have mighty tough
job getting old Mr.. Barleycorn on his
feet again.
udi sugar piiS0 AhQuhS 10 Acl
likely to sweeten Mr.. Pslmer's presi-
dental candidacy.
A Chicago physician did a rushing
business in prescriptions for whisky
as cough medicine until the rev.
enuers nailed him. There are lot
OF communities that would sound
like u dog pound If doctor like that
were TO move in with his blanks
and fountain pen.
Just what Mr.. McAdoo said to his
father-in- law isn't made public. but
it seems to have brought results.
There's more need of a college Of
psychologists, mathematician and
historians on the income tax than
in that celebrated encourage which
went to Paris on the George Wash
III EtUn.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-05

STEADILY AscrsAsins a. ~ attsnSs
to change the current - DsAais
thought and purpose q Tie Ss',s vsn
probably fail II viii fAil surely is
the temperate element arousss and
does its political duty matter In
which Il II often ders,iot but who're
the liquor element nsvsr fails to poll
Its full vote.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-05
Ripping Rhymes
By WALT MASON
FoRGoTTEN.
By WALT MASON

how
There narshang OF
filed with golden hope
the hangTnan with MS rope walk
in
Of toll and has proiteer
oil? We the lesser scaps 10
swping Of kale or onins
machines and flown to ro afar
left
prices make I've prc:sees in
all in the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-05
Sc|kBabyQIieIC7

TAeee = - - ~ - Neai VITA ~ e1t6n
sssl 9:ssssSHhSzgk. l:essseS 20:
e ,s sssa U :sO 81 - g
I9SlSSSO61sssSSkssA ssss saA -
o.. SooE .cars q lssy cAiets. esss, - >
Ree4npl q 0srncacas = Ihs - ss1st essSs2scs,
G sIrans sAs SF1 H1Tra Ut 70 S Con- n.s
Nome, m. mot acsss ofwhite disyrhoeaiu three
yssn"-Rslph wnrstS Erie, Pa. .iavs sU chicke
nov yc ~ end e. :s ;, sss go e si ~.
York ~fvO vesks steer wo startea hat sGri1evc
tSrss 70 "a ekicks dead. heighhor pms = next
- eesnssoss and we ere nov sure q we Asd -
NJ. !. sSs,sssS. ssrsnsos' "a
.ny hens havsn's quit laying an summer and
my chicks aid better thaA ever before, thauks 20
Gernssoae"-Nrs. Magic PsrktnA CAllaa Ne.
..Gsrpo.e.s ;sysa my mock $500 e go sHlcm ~ q
lost but chicks out OF 2is"-Ray A. Irwin, Chase,
Mich. II know 0ernosone Is apreventiye. Hays
not lost chick from bowel trouble"-Mrs ]. a.
Fleming Cassyille "; Va; u have never osSer s
ssen sacA neefny chick. %onid se Sy sfiss
Beuna Vista, 10 ~ never would hare believed T.
A hcslshir bunch, now, yuu never cav - U
Le1ke, Earv0 ~. d. Prevents all the ~ tAas
chicks are Ssir tO"-A. o. Peanimas. Fort ocsts,
CERMoZoNE ss.s s. ss.ss. s:, si:..s g.
esN, dogs, Rabbits or other pes or domestic sock
Il 10 preventive - well - curative. which y tan
timss better. u y used most extensively forroup
80 hsaA. sorea. wounds. isss o. fur e festhsrs
Sc. 55c. ti.So pkes. at dealere O postDaid.
GEO. H LIE 90. Dept MT CnsAas ~.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-05
DIRECTORY
-oF THE
MASONIC TEMPLE


nARsHALL LODGE NO. 10: 4.
r. IA Ar. Friday. March ., az
s,c,ccr sharp. THIRD desree. c. C.
ysnninRs, w. NJ; John w. weiis Sec
rotary.
eIoNEr CHAPTER No. s., X. =.
~ Monday. Feb. IA 1850, susine"
conyccation. Frank T. Nokes' H. -
John w. Wells. secretary
VINO SOLOMON Council No
"A stated assembly Monday. Fen. 10
h,,s,ness session. O. c. Fox, MASTER
John w. Wells. recorder.
coNclAvE ST. ALDFMAR COM
wANDFRy No. - X. II. Tneso,N'
March ., 7:so o'clock. The Ternp'e'
c,yd. II stewart commander: John
- wells. recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81 q. y,
- snec,sl meeting Monday, Marcn
~ school OF instruction at So'
,r,+4,tion a. 7:sp, dinner AT $50 Mrs,
W r Richards, W. NJ; Mrs. Areoei
walton. secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-05
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

Again there is a great outcry
against the divorce evil The case is
not we'll stated" says the Burlington
Hawkeye. Divorce is but the
means provided by law which enable
people to escape from indescribable
evil. To stop divorce would mean IN
told misery for the mismated."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-05
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN
EGG.
ChaDter "

THE AUTIB1OGRAPHY OF AN
EGG.
Chapter v.
At last, full OF years and honors,
not to mention the chronic gastric
trouble from which he was suf-
ferer, my master died. draw a veil
over my own grief. l will merely
say that, my pallor accentuated by a
touch of black crepe. l was perhaps
the most prominent and at the same
time pathetic figure at the funeral.
reposing as did upon the top Of
marble column At the head Of the
casket 49,.
My master was. indeed. . public
spirited citizen. BY the terms OF his
will which sent tremors thru every
financial mart on earth, I, the one
perfect and complete egg remaining
in the world, became the ward OF
this great museum Here you see
me nested on my purple velvet cush-
ion beneath this crystal dome. the
sole object exhibited in this vast and
classic chamber. Tho my internal
organs may not be all they once
were, my exterior beauty Is unim-
paired, as millions Of awe stricken
visitors have testified. Hero hope
to remain, meditating upon my own
career, until the crack Of doom.
My faith IL serene. I now live only
for the sound of Gabriefs trump.
And at that summons. firmly be-
lieve, the downy wings denied me in
my childhood. viii spring from my
sides and carry me straight to my
niartyred mothers breast.
(All over, folks. Come up for ARD
The bolsheviki, By . long open
season and disregard of game laws,
have apparently practically ruined
noble shooting in Russia. Grand
dukes, we hear, have practically dis
appeared and even the common long
haired count 10 growing scarce and
timid.
Already, w ieakn, Lenine and
Trotsky are beginning to wake up.
now it's too late, and deplore the
rapid decrease in what was for
time the national sport Of the social
reyoiutivnistS.
When we consider the price we
pay for the near beer and remember
what the fluid they strive to imi-
tate cost us, We could, and some
times do. weep.
THERE'S HOPE FOR Him.
He may frighten little children just
to watch them scream and flee
He may soak his ancient grandpa
with the heaviest Of bats
But when they start TO pan him.
speak this word In sympathy
He has never
f Never: never
Worn spatsi
The New York man who was
charged SIS for a ham and $40 for
four loaves Of bread probably under
stands far better than most OF US
why ham sandwiches are selling at
their present quotation.
Haven't we stod enough from the
weather men? Isn't 1t time that their
individual attempts to furnish the
world with weather are co-ordAaat-
ed?
We stand for a league OF weathof-
men. we do. .Of course, our first Se-
mand will be-
Open winters openly arrived at.
3. + w
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-05

Msy-applsf
II. what prsys upon rabbits'
III. Why will birds sonstimes
fsign lamsassof
Answer 70 Ysstsrday's ousstisn.a
/. Are domestic animals ~ well
sroomsd a. wild animals?
Il II Interesting TO see how vel
wild creatures are groomed-svsfy
hair IN its place ana shining a. II u
had been polished. This Is true OF
nearly all wild creatures. Domesd-
cation changes all this; domestic
animals become dirty and unkempt.
The half-tame gray squirrels In the
parks have little OF the wild grace
and beauty of the squirrels In the
woods. Especially DO their tails de-
teriorAte. and their sylvan airhssS
and delicaoy disappear.
II. Are male spiders afraid Of the
female sptdsr?
IN eating up her lover after he has
served her purposa, the female
spider seems to be carrying domestic
sconomy 10 unwarranted lengths.
Yet generation AFTER generation OF
male spiders court the female. tho
often with obvious signs OF hesi-
fancy and trepidation. Love over
comes the lovers fear Of the ferc-
cious Jaws OF his mistress.
III. What will ducks do on mo
approach Of an eagle or a ducH
hawk?
II il said that when nock OF NAL
lards. or of black ducks. while feed
ing upon the water. see an eagle. OF
certain large hawk coming. they
take to the wins, knowing that they
can out-distance their enemy, out
that when they see a duck hawK
coming. they hug the water inc
closer knowing we'll that their saiey
is not in fight, but in diving ne
reath the surface.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-05

II Attorney General Palmer doesn't
quit saying prices are falling he is
going to make himself out a liar"
asserts the Perry Chief.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-05

The Webster City Freeman-Jour-
nal says: People who think that At
torney General Havner will not have
strong support in the primaries for
governor will find after the event
that they were mistaken. Regard
less OF the many criticisms being
showered upon the attorney general
nobody questions his courage. and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-05

tosancil Dluffp N0nparsnl
Never. sxclaims an exchange. we're
pseltlcs1 coalitions % unsettled thrVs
months bcSsrs the national conven-
tons - thsy ass today. That fellow
h troubss1 WIN = short memory. Con-
dilitioas se1ay ere much nearer .
focss and there y lees bitter feeiing
In the cssntxy than IN any previous
year a eur rsoent history. This II
largely aus to the fact that everybody
with oven = little vision knows what
the result OF the nsxt election win
be.
THE COLLEGE ATMOSPHERIC.
lIowa City Republican,.
Henry watterson says OF Wilson
ne = temperamentally pcdagogic."
Living In = college town people In
Iowa City can really appreciate what
q scathinE remark this really Is.
TAfD MUST HEAL.
Mason City Globe Gazettel.
A Texas editor wants a Texan for
president. Wen have 10 forget Bur-
Lesson first.
Grape seeds have been found to