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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-04-01

Gravengaard, who was then pastor
OF that church. They moved ON a
farm following their marriage and
by hard and constant work have ac-
cumulated considerable wealth.
Some ten years or more ago they
built their beautiful home which
they now occupy. and named their
farm Sunny Slope, which Is con-
sidered by ali as one Of the finest
and best improved farms in south
western Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson are the par
ents Of hve bright children. Har
old Nelson, the eldest Is married and
resides near the old home place.
The other four. Lester, Florenses
Myrtle and Lawrence are still 1t
home. They have but one grand
child, Bernice, the daughter Of their
Oldest son. The family has been
extremely fortnnate in that they
have never had much sickness and
all Of them are enjoying the best Of
health.
MI. Nelson has ave brothers. A.
! Al. Nelson, Senator ia. Nelson and
L. h. Nelson 81 Atlantic. Gilbert
Nelson Of Dee Moines and y. n. Nell
SON who resides Just across the
road. He also has four sisters, 6rs.
Harry Traum Of Brayton and Mrs.
Evans .MarQuosen. Mr.. Clyde Keith
and Mrs. Chas. Nels0D Of this city.
The guesta brought Mr.. and Mrs.
Nelson many valuable presents a.
tokens OF the esteem in which they
are held. All Of them will unite
with the Republican n wishing both
many years Of happiness and pros
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-04-01

At meeting Of the Republican
county central committee held in
this city recently, A. n. Edwards Of
Douglas township was selected
county chairman to AL the vacancy
caused by the death of the late II.
W.. Wilson.
Other business before the commit
tee was the appointing Of party conn
mitteemen from several Of the town
ships whore vacancies had occurred
during the past two years. The
following committeeman were ap-
pointed: Audubon township, Geo.
Graham: Leroy township, + G.
Miller: Oakfleld township, John g
Nelson; Sharon township, G, W.
BoyBen; Viola township, w. Q. Ow-
en-; town Of Kimballton. Thos.
Thompson.
The other members Of the central
COMMITTEES are: Extra township, ].
ID. j. Lohner: Douglas township, A.
III. Edwards; Hamlin township, r.
wv. Millinger; Greeley township,
Fred Reynolds; Melville township
w. #, Hoyt; Lincoln township. G.
A. Detwiler: Cameron township. r,
K. Anderson.
All meeting u the entire mem
bership Of the central committee the
matter Of an. additional committee
man for Leroy township viii tbe
brought mp for decision.
The Law provides for party com
mitteeman for each voting procinct
In the county. Since Audubon hal
passed into q city Of the second
class II became neceysas3 Ia diyid(
the city INTO TWO wards and o616U
lishing = voting precinct IN SeQn
one. III doing 30 Leroy toWAslxiy
was also divided. It now devolopl
that thsetownahip with it, increased
population makes an additional
committeeman imperative q ths
work involved y too great for only
one.
In order to comply with the Law
ana to better facilitate party mat
tern It IL deemed advisable to make
ths selection Of an additional com.
mitteemaq soon. The 1890 cam.
paign will soon be In full blast and
II d absolutely essential to party
success to have no lees than Onl
committeeman from each voting pre'
cinct IN. the county 90 provided b.
law.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-04-01

Hundreds Of people visited both
places during the opening hrours-
TOO to 1000 D.. M, and all were
more than satisfied with the excel
lent manner in which they had been
treated. At both places the pro-
prietors and clerks We'd with each
other to show their guests every
courtesy possible. It was great
day for Audubon people, and the
great regret is that the weather
was not more favorable so that the
folks from the country could have
shared in the hospitality.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-04-01
MERCHANTS HOLD
INFORMAL OPENING
sTORE ROOMS PROFUSEI.Y DEC
GRATED FOR SEASONS
GREAT EVENT

Two Of Audubon's leading dry
goods stores held their spring op-
enings by inviting the people to
their places Of business on Thursday
afternoon and evening Of last week.
For several days every clerk and
q special decorator were busy at the
Alderman store preparing for their
third annual spring opening. The
manager, J. A. Lougheed, had the
large double store room handsomely
decorated with flowers and other
suitable decorations. The second
floor was also decorated and pre-
scented q most pleasing spectacle.
The inclement weather prevented the
farmers attending the opening. but
the town people availed themselves
Of the opportunity Of spending the
evening In seeing the handsome
goods that were on display.
All OF the latest styles In dry
goods, and ladies' ready-to-wear
were In plain view Of the hundreds
who visited this busy store. The
entertainment feature included mus
ic by the High School Orchestra and
vocal solos by Mr.. Schneider Of Du-
buQue, all Of which was highly APP
preciAtod. Punch and waters were
served BY bevy Of young ladies.
The opening was q grand success and
ELECTED much favorable comment
from the people who visited the va
rious departments. Manager
Lougheed Is to be congratulated for
giving the people Of the community
such q pleasant social evening. The
MANAGEMENT was disappointed in
not being able to furnish carnations,
as had been their custom in years
gone by. The flowers failed to ar
rive on time, but they were put to
good use on Saturday when they did
coma.
The dry goods store Of Halvorsen
q Co., was also handsomely deco
rated. The master hand OF H. J..
Halvorsen was easily seen in the
window and store decorations. He
/ Is past master at the art. The
windows were the admiration Of all,
and the splendid line Of new dress
goods and ladies' ready-to-wearwere
closely inspected by everyone who
| visited Audubon's newest store.
K This arm has been operating but 9
| rev months. but has already gained
much favor With the people Of the
Icommunity. Their flrst spring Op-
ening was pronounced BY all . great
Isuccess ana gave the people Of
ehe community an opportunity Of
seeing what Z wonderful stock had
been assembled for their inspection.
4 Flowers and drapings Of every de-
Iscripifton were used to make the
tstore room attractive. They were
used to ouch good taste that people
woFe aet0nished. The stock EN-
/ 1gSoSa all that Il new and nifty ~
2JBpnS. CoGee an65 1880
3Sl4Go noe1&1 which ware gre ~
lpFeciatsd - the evening ~ coal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-04-01
BOTH VERY Low

Just as we 60 to press We learn
that VIM. s. Owen IL very low at
the home Of his daughter. Mrs.
Chas, Higgins. He has been In
poor health for several months past
but the past few days he has been
failing fast and It Il not expected
that he can recover.
The condition Of Mel Graham y
also quite discouraging. For
time It seemed that he would inn
prove, but the past few days his
condition d not quits 80 promising.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-04-01

Mo- ou1io Rucker Who re6re-
aeake9 IL a. n. s. n NJ district
dec1ametory contest hAl1 at Tabor
last Tyl1ay svening wonspeond place
In tho humorous class.
This yNar y the hrgt time that the
Audubon schools havo been repre-
sented IN : distriet contoQt and the
credit q due Miss RuekeT. She won
|1ret plaoo In to contest here and a.
% 1r1t plaoe In the sub district con-
toot Held &c Dexter. An regret that
no could not have won further hon
oFo. but - toko eecou0 p1aoo n COM
ro1it1ou With a schools = : GOOD ~
|oCgG - itnGM. Tia po0r1o a. Az.
m ~ ~ TgoaIa a ~ Shlli11 ana
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-04-01
R. D. HAWKS IS
ELECTED MAYOR
ENTIRE CITIZENS TICKET WAS
ELECTED MONDAY BY SAFE
MAJORITIES

There was quite good deal OF
interest in the city election last
Monday. Three tickets were in
the field, the Citizens, Peoples and
a councilman in the second ward ON
an Independent ticket. A large
vote was recorded, there being 169
in the first ward and 253 in the
second ward. The election was
good natured affair throughout.
The principal interest conferred In
the mayorafity race. Following IL
the vote:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-04-01

The race between, Mr.. Hawks and
Mr.. Taylor was close. Neither Of
the men were exceptionally anxious
to make the race but feeling an in
terest In the town consented to
run. Now that the election ia ov-
er every man, woman and child
should give the new Officers their
united support to make Audubon
the cleanest. incest and best town
or earth of her inches.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
r UVENAL opened ono of his
satires with a resonant hexam-

n UVENAL opened ono of his
satires with resonant hexam-
etcr which, freely translated,
Is as follows: "All lands which
lie between tho Ganges and the Gates
of Hercules are Roman"
The frontiers of the greatest empire
of antiquity lay in regions shadowed
under the mists of speculation AMI
myth. AS one closes Professor Fred
erick j. Turner's The Frontier in
American History (Hcnry Holt G. Co.),
he will realize with thrill if he have
the Roman civilization as back
ground, that the United States is in t.
degree the modern replica of Rome III
the features Of frontiers and their
shiftings and extendings. Professor
Turner shows clearly how inelastic,
how without the continued lure of the
unknown beyond were and have been
the frontiers of all the modern Euro
pean states.
The Frontier in American History
ls one of the breveted books of his
tory of 1920. 1t is without question
the most scholarly and readable work
on this fascinating phase of our ns-
tional story that it covers. 1t is diff
ticult to compress ones review into
tight quarters, for each chapter of this
book opens up vistas for the imagina-
tion and establishes new mctes and
bounds for study and research. The
photography, wisely scattered as
footnotes marching with the text. is a
granary Of riches.
We obtain from this book many
dramatic pictures Of men moving in
masses. Sketch for yourself the from
tiers of the seventeenth century, strag-
Cling lines of Colonial hamlets a few
miles west of Boston, New York and
sections to the south, clnging to the
waters edge. Beyond those picket.
lay the forests, the hills, the rivers of
terra incognita, from which emerged
at times bands Of hostile Indians.
Now leap one hundred years and wit
ness the trails of adventurers going
West, marching from New England
over the old Mohawk Trail to the Mo-
hawk Valley and then on to the heart
Of the Seneca district and the shores
OF the Great Lakes, the early ripples
of the tide of men from fields east of
the Berkshires who were to push on
ultimately to the wheatlands of the
Northwest. Further south Scotch
Irish and Germans, progressing by way
of Lancaster, Pa, and Bedford to the
forks of the Ohio and the Mononga-
hela, were to meet the pioneers Of
MASSACHUSETTS, drifting down the Ohio
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
A Republic on the March
Story of the American Frontiersrnan Told in
Dramatic Pages

to found Marietta, the first town Of
the State of Ohio
Still further south, through the
Cumberland Pass and trickling over
the hills Of the Carolinas, the men of
the rife and the buckskn were taking
and holding the areas of Kentucky and
Tennessee, with. the great central basin
of the Mississippi just at their finger
tips.
There came a day when the cry that
gold had been found in California rang
through to the Atlantic coast. Then
the frontier became, suddenly, a thing
of mist, wavering, receding, as prairie
schooners toiled to the Rockies and
over them to the gold region that
faced the Pacific. The day of the set
tlement, the conquest of the vast in
terror of the United States, was at
hand. The story of the American from
tier at once became one of organized
establishments of villages and towns
in the plains between the Mississippi
and the Rockies, to be followed by
chapters on agrarian years, mining
years and the dawn Of an industrial
era in the heart of North America.
We have but hintcd at the high
lights of this book, so splenddly, Wv
idly American. Read it and know what
it is to be a citizen of republic al
ways on the marck.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14

matte method of thinking. He sys-
tematically undermines the founda-
tions of the old philosophy by analyz-
ing its dubious origins, the spurious
quality of it's values and sanctions He
Is frankly skeptical about the exist
ence of the ultimate TRUTH" which
philosophers are apt to claim as the'l
own peculiar property. Philosophy. in
his opinion, has a more useful If
humber function than to lose itself in
the bottomlcss depths of metaphysical
speculation. So he Declares:
PHILOSOPHY which surrcnders it's
somewha. barren monopoly of deal
,ngs with ultimate and absolute reality
VIII find compensation in enligrten-
ing the moral forces which move man.
kind and in contributing to the as
pirations of men to attain to more
ordered and intelligent happiness"
Professor Dewey breaks boldly with
several long accepted views in his
discussion of ethical standards. He
SO'iiPiCeCly IcJeClS tNe conception OF
absolute moral laws, binding the in
dividual under all circumstances. On
the contrary, he contends that eaci
separate phase and expression O
human conduct must be Judged on its
own merits, that the individual must
find the solution of his moral problems
in his own reason and conscience
rather than in any externally imposed,
immutable rules. Of course this idea
found a very strenuous champion in
Friedrich Nietzsche, although it seems
incongruous to recall Nietzsche's
fierce, passionate, tragic iconoclasm in
the presence of Dewey's mildly respect
able liberalism.
The author does not believe in set
ting up the attainment of any quality
as the supreme end and goal of human
life. He argues that man must find his
highest satisfaction in the harmonious
pursuit of many ideals:
at has been repeatedly suggested
that the present limit of intellectual
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14

upon the supernatural. 1t is no longer
an accident or miracle if doctor
cures patient, or if the sun suffers
an eclipse. Professor Dewey Justly
mentions this increasing sense of the
value of normal experience as an i'm
portant factor in the making of prag-
matsm:
Reason, as a faculty separate from
experience, introducing US to supe-
ror region OF universal truths, begins
now to strike us as remote, unintcr-
csting and unimportant. Reason, as a
Kantian faculty that introduces gen.
erality and regularity into experience,
strikes us more and more as super
fluous-the unnecessary creation Of
men addicted to traditional Journalism
and to elaborate terminology. Con-
crete suggestions arising from past
experiences, developed and matured in
the light of the needs and deficiencies
of the present, employed as aims and
methods Of specific reconstruction and
tested by success or failure in accom-
plishing this task of readjustment,
suffice"
Students of philosophy will be in
tensely interested in this comprehen-
sve statement of Professor Dewcy's
own viewpoint The layman will find
in the book an unusually simple and
understandable analysis of modern
philosophical tendencies.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14

wn'l' he is preparing ts, -.
he is concluding it and ~ ~
actually going on. Ys. g .'''
were a little less cleve, .' 'ss
more kindly we might b.
than glad when the so.,
written. "ssi:S
Mr.. Street has no syn,..
central figure and exnse,' ps''' q
the reader. a. He carries H. s.a asa, !
Journalist, advertising ens;ai a q
professional egotist. th,ons. s''''
0reviated chapters without 81 a. "a
one redeeming feature in IT, ''' =
ter. Perhaps H. Bell Brow, ~ s..:s' =
appeared more human If !. .'sa
vealed a single soft spot !, ~
paled when a woman s..a HI
listened attentively to tbs 'ssa''
gray kitten. But Mr.. Street a..'. ssH !
sllp-up in mis- iron-clad ta' ss'a'
depicting a contemplate b.,. .sa'
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14

reconstruction lies in the fact that it
has not as yet been seriously applied in
.,e moral and social dsciplines.
Would not this further application de-
mand precisely that we advance to a
belief in a plurality exchanging, NOV
ing, individualized goods and ends, and
to belief that principles. criteria,
laws, arc intellectual Instruments for
analyzing individual or unique situa-
tions? ?"
Professor Dewey is neither an opti-
mist nor q pessimist. He labels his
creed meliorism-the belief that the
present evils of life can be gradually
mitigated and cured by the proper
functioning of science, reason and good
will. In social science, as in other
fields Of thought. the author is averse
to sweeping generalities and un-
changing principles. He believes in
attacking problems as they arise with
out being bound by preconccived
theories Of the nature of human So
ciety. He protests vigorously against
the Helcgian method of prostituting
philosophy for the purpose of justify
ing the established social order.
Human Mind More Self-Rcliant
The scientific discoveries of the last
century constitute most important
development in the liberation of the
human intellect from it's dependence
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
The New Freedom Of Women
Its Growth Is Well Illustrated in Louis Couper-
ous's Novel

finds in her life with him an ideal
quality of which there was never even
CLINT in her stormy life with her
husband.
In this air she grows clearer-minded,
even Intellectual. She even becomes q
figure in the feminist world by the
force of her writing. And all the
while she grows as we'll in emotional
subtlety and potency--until in her
combination of freedom and restraint
she presents battling figure to the
young Italian prince who falls in love
with her and is rebuffed.
Her life seems set in new and flow
ing lines, when suddenly she meets
again her husband. He is lieuten-
ant of the hussars, a bully, who had
degraded her by his brutality and
coarscness. Nevertheless, at the first
crack of the whip from him her new
world falls in ruins about her. At the
first manifestation of his will over her
she renounces all her dreams and re-
turns with him abjectly. She fore
sees no happiness with him, she knows
herself to be degraded by him, but he
exerts a power over her by sheer
force Of his masculine virility that
leaves her no will of her own, no
choice.
The Inevitable is in that sensitized,
artifcially-heightened key of. eroti-
cism, that close, indoor, wholly urban
atmosphere of studio and drawing
room. which the French knew no nall
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
ODERN fiction, at least Con-
tinental fiction, has recently
discovered that woman is

HO iOnEcF passive AEcUL
in love, and in eager pursuit Of that
formula is turning out a quantity of
novels in which the romantic adventur-
ings of women are as wide and az
various, or a trifle more so, as those
Of its heroes have ever been. Not
large part of this fiction is deeply in
formed with inspiration or genuine in
sight into the nature of women, but a
good deal Of it is interesting and at
least fair approximation of truth.
Of this sort of revealing of the
modern woman is The Inevitable
(Dodd, Mead & Co.., by Louis Copper
Gus, whose skill in the craftsmanship
of the novel is perhaps a little greater
than the common. His heroine is a
young woman, a divorcee, who has
gone to find in the antiquity and
beauty Of Rome some solace for her
establishment. Here she does not
find precisely that austere comfort for
which she believed herself to be
searching, but lover, a young fellow
countryman, Dutch artist residing in
Rome. He is fine fibercd and gentle. an
ldealist who comprehends her desire to
be free and self-respecting, and she
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
A Tribute From Clemenceau

Speaking of John Graham Brooks's
work, published by the Macmillan Com
pany, M. Clemenccau said:
, "Labor's Challenge to the Social
Order is very remarkable work. l
have read the book and shall rcread it.
For the faith and the will to present
the truth as it is to both sides, to olsen
gage this ore of truth from its matrix.
there is needed the highest degree of
clear-sightedness and impartiality as
well as serene simplicity in the expo
sition. Of all this Mr.. Brooks has
given wonderful proof"
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
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Rarely doe. Gregory perpetra,e a false
line: never a false or undramatic idea y
he has the main thing, which is a Big
Truman Emotion, strongly presented.
The most picturesque Of the Gracchi comes
through the tragedy as 'Convincingly as
Shakespearian Character *
what the San Francisco Bulletin says of
"Caius Gracchus," by Odin Gregory
All booksellers. Boni & Liverisht, Pub
fishers. New York. 81 net.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
Reason and Conscience the Guides
Columbia Professor Challenges Many Classical
Theories of KNOWLEDGE

r Ohm DEWEY'S Reconstruction in
Philosophy (Holt) is bold
challenge to many long estah-
lished theories of philosophical
knowledge. From Plato to Hegel
thinkers have generally invoked some
tSanscendental authority for their sys-
TENS of belief. There have been
skeptics and empiricists; but their
voices have been vague and confused
The increasing prestige and impor-
tance of science in modern life, how
ever, has contributed powerfully to
the rise of new school of philo-
sophie thought. Among the most emf
nent exponents of this school are
Bergson, James and Dewey
Pragmatism Explained and Defended
Professor Dewev's work is at once a
history and justification of the prag-
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
A Long Short Story
Julian Streets Hurnor
Makes Another Good
Yarn

UNBEAMS, INC. is long short
story by Julian Street, made
~ much more readable published
in book form Doubleday, Page g. Coz
than when pursued originally through
the latter pages of a magazine. Mr..
Streets cynical type of humor does not
stop with mere HUMOROUS idea and
situation. He continues to be funny
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
SJohn Dewey Denies the Existence of an Absolute

to project. Coupcrous has mastered
the French idiom Of writing, though he
himself is Dutch The relation Of
this sort Of writing is closer to litera-
turc than to life.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14

"Odin Gregory . has achieved
big, arresting thing, Rugged
and Ruthless utterancc of the TRUTH" is
what EdDin Markham says Of "Caius
dracchus," by Odin Gregory. All book
sellers. BYni & Liverisht, Publisher. New
York. 81 net.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14

"Odin Gregory ha. done the I'M
dreamed-Of, Unhoped-For Thing.
Here the impossible has been done. and
done wondrous well, is what Richard lie
Collienne says Of "Caius Gracchus," by
Odin Gregory. All booksellers. Boni &
Liverisht. Publishers, New York. 81 net.