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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-09
Wine Flowed Freely.

Marshaltown, Ia.-When a freight
train was derailed on the Chicago
Milwaukee & st. Paul railway near
Haverhill yesterday, a tank car con-
tanning 5000 gallons of wine sprung
a leak, losing about a third of its
contents. ...
Residents of the neighborhood
hurried to the scene with barrels,
pals and all sorts of containers to
save the precious liquid. Hundreds
Of gallons We're secured the rail-
road company making no effort to
prevent the liquor being carried
away. p
Last night, however, three young
men attempted to break into the
tank to get their supply and were
arrested. They were Roy Mulcany
and Fay Sawtelle of Melbourne and
Louis Tdel of Haverhill.
They were brought here and paid
lines of $25 and costs.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-09
DISEASE KILLS PIGS.
Strange Disease Taking Many Pigs
in Ida County.

Ida Grove, Ia.-Alfred and Chris
Jensen, two farmers residing east of
this place, have lost 80 pigs during
the past two days for some mysteri-
Gus cause, which three good veter-
lnarians have been foiIed in dag
nosing, all, however agreeing that
poisoning from some plant or weed
must be the cause.
The Jensen brothers have a herd
or 200 pigs, weighing from 25 to 60
pounds, and last Saturday several
were noticed to be ailing. In the af-
ternoOn, 10 or more were found
dead, and since that time the herd is
being depleated at the rate OF from
b to 10 a day.
DR.. II. w. Palmer, of this city, was
called after two other veterinaries
had been summoned and last night
he left with three of the dead pigs
Tor Ames, Iowa, by auto where they
Will be turned over to the state veter-
lnarians at the college to diagnose.
The remainder of the herd has been
quarantined and are being closely
watched.
Apparently healthy, eating Justify,
and in a few minutes a pig will be
seen to stagger, and in 10 minutes
after 1t falls, it will breathe its last.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-09
Canning Without Sugar.

In these days of high priced sugar
and then hard to get, it is possible
for the housewife to can her fruit in
the sour state and take chances of
sweetening them later on.
According to the home economies
department of Iowa State college the
place of the sugar syrup can be TAX
en- by hot water. To make a success
Ct the canning the fruit should be
put up the day it is picked If pos
sible. See that the jars are thorough
ly sterilized, as the fruit will tend
to spoil sooner without the sugar
than with it, since a syrup often
makes a concentration too heavy for
bacteria to work in. Pack the fruit
in the jars, pour boiling water on it
and then process in a boiler, if the
cold pack method is used. Seal the
Jars and put in the dark. Later on
when the fruit is opened up il can
he sweetened and will answer the
purpose of real sweetened fruit no
enc can tell the difference.
Farmers Bulletin No. S39 gives
full particulars for all fruit and can
be obtained free by anyone interest
ed
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-09
A Hen Guilty of Sabotage.

Independence, Kan.-F. l.. Ken
oyer declares he has discovered a
case of sabotage in the chicken yard
or, he says, it may be a hens di-
rect conservation or resources, with
cut consideration of the market price
OF eggs. Mr.. Kenoyer declared that
this particular hen daily flies to the
TOP OF the barn roof and after testing
there while, deposits an egg which
rolls down the roof and of course.
breaks when it hits the ground Then
the hen flies down and eats the egg
This has been going on for
some time. he said, "and l believe
finally have got a solution. I'm
going to clip her wings"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-09
FOrger Now a Thief.

Perry, IA parole from state
prison seems not to have reformed
forger George Klontz, a tailor, who
has been employed for the past two
weeks at the tailor shop of H. E.
Carpenter.
Klontz came here and was given
a job upon the recommendation of
q parole officer. He was a good work.
man, pleasant fellow to meet and
soon won the confidence of his en-
ployer to the extent that he was
given key to the shop.
Last night he disappeared and it
is charged he took with him clothes
and dresses valued at about $500.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-09
gnbIie 0piuiutl.
BY HARRY j. GREEN.
DEBORAH, IOWA JUNE 0, 1920.
Gets Lemon jag,

Chicago-Samuel Olson, an en-
ploye of the Moraine hotel, conceived
the idea of curing a cold with lemon
extract. He drank quantities of the
stuff and then cautiously tested the
efficiency of the treatment by exer-
cising his throat. Detectives from the
Chicago avenue police station found
him at Division and North Wells
streets, where he had been singing
for an hour or so in tho middle of
the street.
When he told Judge Frank H.
Graham about the cold and the cure
Judge Graham decided the expert
n Mt would cost a SO fine.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-09
Girl Killed BY Drag,

Washington, lathe 9 year-old
daughter of Amos Stout, farmer nine
miles from Washington, was killed
by road drag last night.
She was driving the team which
pulled the drag over the road and
was alone at the time of the acct
dent.
Screams attracted the attention
OF the mother. who, with other chill.
dren, rushed to the scene.
They found the girl on her face
in the road, the drag which was
made OF heavy railroad ties on her
neck and back.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-09
Tied Cows Leg With Chain.

Tama, Ia.-Samuel Chantland lies
IN precarious condition at a Mar
hhalltown hospital, following the
amputation of leg.
His injury was due to the vaga-
ries of milk COW.
She was kicker, and Chantland
followed the practice of tying her
leg with a chain, when he MIXED
her.
The chain became loose, she
started to run and the chain caught
his leg, causing injuries from which
poisoning developed, resulting in
the amputation.
1t is not at all certain that the
operation will save his life.
Chantland is 35 years old.
-O
No Change In Fish Hook Desiun.
Fish hooks have been made on ex-
actly the same design for a,sOO years.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-09
Peculiar Wedding Ceremony.

One of the most curious wedding
ceremonies in the world is that in
vogue among a certain race of dwarfs
inhabiting the Anaman islands. The
two parties climb two flexible trees
growing near each other, which an
old man then makes bend toward each
other. When the head of the man
touches that of the girl, they are legal
ly married.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-09
Powder Milk i'm Iowa

Waukon, lathe framework is
going up for the powdered milk fac
tory which d. ]. Murphy is erecting
on the fine building site opposite the
railway engine house. 1t will be 100
by IS feet in dimension, a portion
OF which will be 40 feet high. The
walls will be of brick and the floor
supports will be pillars of concrete,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-09
Teach More Latin in Iowa Schools

More Latin was taught in Iowa
high schools during 1920 than
during ls1S-l9 according to replies
to QUESTIONABLE sent out by the
extension division of the University
OF Iowa. This year 1922 high schools
taught Latin and last year the num-
Der was c11. Latin is the leading
language taught and the only one
to make gain from 1918 to 1919.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-09
Paper Costs More Than Moat

Buffalo, N. Y. The Lackawanna
JosrHal appeared this afternoon
printed on brown wrapping paper
with this headline across the front
page.
This paper cost us 141a cents a
pound, AZ cents more than the
meat they used to wrap in it,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-09
Painting and Decorating.

I am in position to do any kind of
Painting, high class interior decorat-
iEg, free hand border painting,
granting, ancient and modern. Drop
a card and l will call.
e. T. WEIGH.
Box los, DEBORAH. Iowa. Residence
COS Mechanic st. Phone Red 1872.
20-4.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-29
GERMANY BUYS STATE ROADS
Berlin Regime Pays 10000, 600 900
Marks for tho Federated States
RallWAys.

Berlin.-Forty billion marks $780,
000,O00,000 prewar value) is involved
in the governments purchase Of the
Federated States railways, which has
been approved by the national assem-
bly,. The annual interest incurred in
the nations huge investment is esti-
mated at 100000 marks ($4,75O,-
600 prewar value).
The government is not oversanguine
with respect to early returns from the
Investment, in view Of the dilapidated
condition Of the railways, the delayed
output from repair shops and contin-
ued demands by the men for wage in
creases.
Doctor Bell, minister Of transport,
described in the national assembly the
transaction as one Of the most gigan-
tic ever effected by any parliament.
The minister added that more than a
million employees of the railways will
be on the government pay roll. He ad-
mitted that the government had to pay
heavily for a final settlement with the
various states.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-29
BIG WHEAT PLANTING URGED
Federal Agricultural Department Asks
Farmers Not to Reduce
> Acreage.

Observation-Disclosures from the
spring wheat regions Of a plan for re-
duced acreage this year caused the
department Of agriculture to issue a
statement urging farmers to revise
their planting plans.
The normal requirements for con-
sumption and export are about $780,
100000 bushels. OF this amount only
483, 617 900 bushels Is indicated from
the winter wheat report this year. The
world demand, it was pointed out, will
be as great as usual and no shipments
can be expected from Australia, be-
cause Of poor wheat year, and disor-
ganized transportation conditions
make improbable the movement Of the
55,OOO,O0O bushels Russia has an
nounced she will have ready for ex-
port.
It was pointed out that the estimat-
ed 483, 617 900 bushels Of winter wheat
may be even less because Of winter
killed fields and indications that the
Hessian fly will be unusually active
through large areas. The grasshopper
menace, the statement also said, is
serious in a large part Of the great
plains belt.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-29
CHINESE KILL RUSS
Captives Are Shot to Death With
Reviewers.
First Make Victims Dig Graves, Then
Execute Them for the
BoIsheviki.

Amsterdam.-The correspondent Of
the Handelsblad, who recently re-
turned from a trip in soviet Russia,
gives the following account Of his ill.,
vestigations Of the activities of the
Chinese employed there by the boil
sheviki as executioners.
"Such horrible stories were being
told in Europe about these Chinese
that I thought it worth my while to
learn more about them. AS a joke, I
asked everyone who asked my opinion
Of the bolsheviki to show me some
real man-killing Chinese but always
was told they couldn't produce any
Just now because they had all gone to
the Denikine front.
II was told the Chinese, If COM
manded by their own officers were ex-
cellent soldiers, but they ran like hares
If their officers were killed. Execu-
lions are now very rare In Moscow,
but, in August, when thousands of
Observation-Disclosures were slaugh-
tered, it was carried out by the Chi
nese because the authorities feared
the Russian soldiers would refuse to
do the work.
"The Chinese do this work indiffer-
ently-like they do all other work they
are ordered to perform. They are
blind, constituencies tools in the hands
Of the men who feed them and pay
them and who raised them from the
position Of coolies in which they came
to Russia to the rank of soldier, of
the guards.
IF the 'boltsjak' (his name for boil
shevik) orders something, the Chinese
does it, and he does it in his typically
practical way. He first makes the VIC
tim dig his own grave and then shoots
him with his revolver. He is not cruel
about it, just practical.
"When boltsjak says kill, then he
kills with an unperturbed face. And
when boltsjak says, You may stop
now,' with the same cool face he lets
his victim CO."
The correspondent after some weeks
In Russia left when he was refused
permission to make investigations
freely as he pleased.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-29
DATA.SH0W RISE
OF FOOD COSTS
Startling Increases in Prices
Revealed by Bureau of
Labor Statistics.
ONION A STRONG CLIMBER
Potatoes and Sugar increase consid,
erabIy in Price Since january
Corn Flakes Only Article
s-....-----,..u.to Hold Firm.

Misunderstanding increases in
prices Of some foodstuffs in the year
OF 1919, from January, 1919, to Janu.
airy, 192O-an increase Of 12O per cent
In onions, for instance-and recorded
In chart prepared by Royal Meeker,
commissioner of the bureau Of labor
statistics Of the United States depart.
ment Of labor, which is published In
the Monthly Labor Review, the official
publication of the department.
The chart, which appears upon cas-
ual observation to be an illustration
OF the suns rays or an optical vision,
is found upon close inspection to be
hardly so harmless an apparition.
Forty-one articles Of everyday food
were kept track Of for the year, retail
prices for various cities in the country
being recorded. It was found that
twenty-five Of these forty-one articles
had increased in price; the others in
the main showed decreases, only one
article, package corn flakes, holding
firm for year.
Onions Strong Climber.
The humble onion-which, despite
its humbleness is the base Of many
foods prepared by the poorer Of the
foreign families-sold for Al cents on
Jan. Is, 1919; year later the price
recorded is 9 cents, an increase Of 12O
per cent.
Cabbage was next in line with SO
per cent ascent, while the other foods
which showed an upward trend, with
their percentage Of increases, we're:
Potatoes, SO; granulated sugar, IS !;
raisins, SO; prunes, A.; coffee, fl;
rice, 81 -four (wheaD, %; rolled oats,
18; canned salmon, 16; bananas, IL ;
oleomargarine and strictly fresh eggs,
10; bread, 8; fresh milk and corn
meal, 6; hens, butter, s; evaporated
milk, storage eggs, 4; lard, macaroni,
2; lamb, tea, l.
Hurrah! Beans Arc Cheaper.
The articles which showed de-
crease and the percentage Of de-
creases recorded were; Navy beans,
49,; plate beef, 26; bacon, IA; canned
tomatoes, IL; chuck roast, baked
beans, 10; pork chops, 8; ham, canned
corn, 6; round steak, s; rib roast, 4;
cheese, canned peas, 2; sirloin steak,
oranges, I.
Potatoes and sugar have increased
considerably in price, especially in
Chicago, since January, so that the
present comparative figures on those
two items would show appreciably
larger percentages Of increases now
than the federal record shows for
January Of this year.
Another tabulation in the same bull
letin lists percentage Of price increases
since 1913, the high lights Of which are
1O1 per cent increase for pork chops,
1O2 for lamb, 107 for hens, 121 for
lard, 1923 for strictly fresh eggs, 143
for storage eggs, As for wheat flour,
120 for corn meal, and last, but by no
means least, 238 increase in potatoes
and POI raise in granulated sugar.
There we're no items showing q de-
crease for that period.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-29
Assert Ancient Tribes
Did Much Irrigatinq

Albuquerque, N. M.-That
prehistoric peoples Of New Mex
leo did a good deal Of irrigat-
Ing Is indicated by the remains
Of canals and bitches found in
the state, as we'll as in other
parts Of the Southwest, accord
ing to 81. F. Robinson. head of
the Indian irrigation bureau
here.
The remains Of PIT miles of
bitches built by the Pueblo In
dams alone are to be found, and
there are evidences Of elaborate
water systems at the Salt River
valley in Arizona.
These bitches were all dug by
hand, according to Mr.. Robin
son, and clay banks and beds
were constructed where the way
lay over a sandy plain, while the
method Of blasting through
rocks was to heat the rocks,
crack them with large stones
and remove them from the way.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-29
Bee Is Blamed for
Automobile Tragedy

Salinas, Cal.-Clarence Cur
tbs, Healdsburg, was killed in an
automobile accident on a steep
grade near here because Of a
bublebee, according to his wife
who was injured in the same &C.
cident. Mrs. Curtis said she was
driving their car when her at
tention was. distracted by a bee
alighting on her husbands knee.
The next thing she knew the
automobile was overturned at
the foot Of an embankment, her
husband was dead underneath
and she was being picked up by
passing motorists.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-29
$1,000 FOR MOSQUITO BITE
Demand 10 Made by Sailor In Suit
Brought In Brooklyn Supreme
Court

New York.-The tale Of a ship beset
by swarms Of mosquitoes during a
voyage along the south Atlantic coast
was unfolded In a complaint flied In
the Brooklyn supreme court in a suit
for $4,000 damages brought by Hen
dricus De Raay, a sailor.
De Raay alleges that after he had
been bitten severely, officers Of the
steamship Gulfcoast, belonging to the
Gulf Refining company, refused to
give ointment to him.
The company has asked for a bill Of
particulars, denying that the officers
refused the ointment, and declaring
that mosquito bites were part Of the
assumed risk Of employment.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-29
LEAVES BRAIN TO SCIENCE
Dr.. Joseph Simms, Interested in Ana
tomical Research, Makes Novel
Request.

New York.-Dr. Joseph Simms, who
died at the age Of eighty-six, willed
his brain to science.
DR.. Edward Anthony Spitzka, who
has studied the brains Of many noted
men, removed Doctor Simms' brain.
He will preserve and study it.
Doctor Simms was connected with
the medical department of New York
university. He was friend of Darwin
and Huxley and much interested in
anatomical research. Seventeen years
ago he was Informed by Doctor Spitz-
ka that 1t was desirable from the view
point Of ANTAGONISTS that men should
leave their brains to medical institu-
lions.
Thereupon Doctor Simms drew up
his will and beQueathed his brain to
Doctor Spitzka. One provision Of the
will requested members Of his family
to notify Doctor Spitzka Of his death.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-29
ITALY MAKES OYSTERS SAFE
Removes Impurities by Keeping Them
In steriIized Sea Water for
Week.

Washington.-An Italian company
has perfected a process for removing
impurities from oysters, according to
q report to the bureau Of foreign and
domestic commerce.
On being taken from beds along the
Venetian coast the oysters are shipped
to Rome, the shells carefully washed
and thrown into great tanks filed with
sterilized sea water. The tanks are
constantly replenished and the flowing
water has been found to wash all i'm
purities from the oysters which, after
weeks ''treatment' are shipped to
the retailers.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-29
Use Discarded x-Ray
Plates as Windows

Detroit, Mich.-Discarded x
ray plates will glaze all windows
in the Detroit Municipal Tuber-
culosis sanitarium being erected
near Worthwhile.
These Photographic plates
cleaned Of chemicals will serve
the purpose as we'll as new
glass and will save the city $780,
OO0," said Health Commissioner
Henry F. Vaughn. "Plumbing
fixtures are coming out of the
Pontchartrain hotel and will cost
only 1920, as against $4,000 to
$4,000 for new.
Five hundred mahogany
door frames from the disman-
tied hotel will save the city $751;
co.," Mr.. Vaughn declared.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-29
Tom Cat as Security.

st. Joseph, Mo.-A mortgage filed
with the register Of deeds at Stock
ton, Mo-, to secure a debt Of $40 in
cludes as security one black tom cat,
with white feet, named Tom. As no
descriptions were listed with the other
articles pledged, it is evident the cat
was considered the most valuable part
Of the security by the mortgage.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-29
Eat While Home Burns,

Pueblo, ColO.-With firemen fran
tically fighting a stubborn blaze on the
roof Of their home, Mr.. and Mrs. J. G.
Nash, both deaf mutes, sat calmly
eating their breakfast. When, Nash
peered through the window and saw
water running down from the roof,
he decided it was raining sufficiently
hard to warrant wearing his raincoat,
and not until he stepped outside to
start for business did he discover the
fire fighters pouring streams Of wa
ter onto his burning home.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-29
Proof of Malice REQUIRED.

Raleigh, N. C.-Newspapers in
North Carolina in publishing attacks
on public officials cannot be penalized
for libel unless the state proves NAL
ice, according to a recent decision Of
the North Carolina supreme court.
The court holds that public policy con-
fers qualified privilege Of discussion
and criticism of public officials.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-29
TILL HUNTING LANDS
Spanish Socialists Suggest Their Pur.
chase by the Government for
the Poor.

Madrid.-Socialists introduced q
proposition in the Cortes demanding
that the government should purchase
from rich landlords territories utilized
for hunting and turn them into cult
waited land to help provide food for the
poor.
A suggestion was made that 20O,-
600 pesetas be expended for this pur-
pose.
No reply was received from the gov
eminent regarding the plan.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-29
Living Girl In "DeaI' Basket.

Denver, Colo.-When an undertaken
went to the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. B.
81. Rogers to get the body of Gerald
Rogers he mistook the boys sister,
who was unconscious from illness, for
the dead. The undertaken placed e.
len Rogers in his mortuary basket and
started to carry her out Of the house.
Mrs. Rogers discovered the CHASTITY
error and called the undertaken back
before the girl had been placed in the
dead" wagon.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-29
Curfew Rings for Faithful Fido.

Falmouth, Ky.-When night falls
here all dogs must be off the streets.
Falmouth is one of the few towns
where a law requires citizens to put
up their dogs at night and authori-
ties announce that all CANNES found
at large after dark will be impounded.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-29
Car on His Chest.

Paducah, Ky.-Harry Seibert, aged
twenty-seven, is not chesty but he is
one man who has held a freight car
on his chest and lived. Seibert was
under car when jacks slipped and
the car fell across his breast and
shoulders. .Seibert was not injured
seriously.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-29
Hash? It Just Grows,

Warren, O.-When Scout Executive
Ids asked a Warren boy scout for a
definition Of hash in an examination
or a cooking merit badge the scout
replied: Flash is not made; it just
accumulates."
He won the medal.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-29
One Wav to Keen Out of Jail.

One Way to Keep Out Of Jail.
Paris, Ky.-Jailer Thomas Taul re.
fused to receive a drunken man, who
paraded a suburb iourishing a live
skunk, and was "shooed" to the has,
tile. Marching the man to the limits,
but keeping a respectful distance,
Fred Link, chief Of police, ordered him
to "beat it."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-29
Home Bodies Meet

Danville, Ky.-Mrs. Nathan Poul-
ter Of Salvisa is here on a visit to her
brother, Walter Simpson. It was their
first meeting in 80 years, although
they had lived in adjoining counties
all the time and were in frequent CON-
munication through other relatives.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-05-29
MeIts AWAY Into Thin Air,

Knoxville, Tenn.-They were hold
ing a bottle of ''brew' as evidence in
a moonshine case. The cork blew out
and the "brew' decorated the ceiling.
Now they'll have a hard time proving
anything On D. Lobartinni.