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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-30
The Dusk and Stars.

The rain had ceased falling softly
through the dusk. A cool green wind
flows through the deeps of air. The
stars are as wind-whirled fruit blown
upwards from the tree tops. Full
orbed, and with pulse of flame, the
moon leads a tide of quiet light over
the brown shores of the world. But
here ] stand upon the brown shores
Of the world, In the shine of that quiet
flame where. full-orbed, the moon up
lifts the dark. I think only of the
stars as wind-whirled fruit blown up
ward from the tree tops. l think only
of that wind that blew upon the tree
tops, where the whirling stars spun in
a may dance, when, at last the rain
had ceased falling softly through the
dusk. o wind-whirled stars, o secret
falling rain.-Fiona Macleod,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-30
PIFFLE FOR CALLOW YOUTH
Advice Handed Out by Successful
Business Men Is, to Use Slang
Phrase, Bunk.

A successful lumber merchant has
been giving a newspaper interviewer
a few of the mental wrinkles that in
fiuenced him in the making of money.
Here are some of them:
IF your initials spell a word 1t
means you will be rich.
IF, on the other hand, you mend a
garment while wearing it, you will al
ways be poor.
If your right hand itches it is a
sign that you will receive money. II
your left hand itches you will spend
it. This is because right begins with
r and r stands for receive while L
stands for let 60.
when you see a shooting star you
should say money AS many times
as you are able to say the word du-
ring the fall of the star, so many ex-
ira dollars will you have in your
pocket as a result"
Helpful words, aren't they? Well,
they are no better and no worse than
the bulk of the talk handed out by
successful men for the guidance of
their fellows-that is, in the matter
Of making money. The rich or sue
cessful business man doesn't disclose
his real secrets-if he has any
though he often attends club lunch
cons or dinners and makes a speech
pretending to do so.-Philadelphia
Record.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-30
NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT.
In District Court State of Iowa
Winneshiek County, SIS.

In the matter of the estate Of
John C. Klinkenberg, deceased.
To the Treasurer of State, E. Fl.
Hoyt, and Marie Klinkenberg,
James Klinkenberg, Peter A.
Klinkenberg, Jennie Johnson,
Anna M. Johnson, Hattie Joseph
son.
You, and each of you are hereby
notified that the undersigned, duly
appointed and qualified appraisers of
property charged, or sought to be
charged, with the payment of a
Collateral Inheritance Tax
will, at 1890 o'clock a. M, on the
7th day of August A D. 1876. at the
Office of the Clerk of the District
Court, in said county and state, pro-
coed to appraise the property of the
estate of said decedent subject to
the Collateral Inheritance Tax, as
provided by law.
Please take notice and govern
yourselves accordingly.
Dated June Is 1920.
G. W freeman,
l.. c. Christen,
Luther Reed,
{, 25-4. Appraisers.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-30
Unfortunate Sermons.

A prison chaplain, new to his duties
congratulated his audience in the
prison chapel upon the largeness Of
the congregation. Still another prison
chaplain, known for his bluntness Of
speech, began his address--it was care
fully typewriter and had been deliv-
cred in federal prison in southern
stately apologizing for his absence
the Sunday previously, stating, 81 was
busy performing the last Offices to a
person who occupied place In this
congregation a few weeks ago. but now
has passed away. via the chair, to the
presence of his Maker"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-30
MARVELLOUS IS HUMAN MIND
Five Hundred Million Brain Celia Re.
sponsive to the Call of Ruler
of the Intellect.

On rough estimate, the brain con-
tains 50O,000,OOO cells, each having
consciousness of Its own. Your self
consciousness, your personality, should
be the master of all these willing
slaves.
They are the genii Of the mind,
humbly waiting to do your bidding;
guardians Of the vast stores Of ideas
that you, more often than not without
realizing 1t, have gathered along hfe's
highway. Are you one Of the reck-
less kind, who have mo idea," or are
you in the ranks of the sensible, who
summon the spirits Of the intellect to
their aid?
How is this done2 Nothing more
simple. Get the problem fairly and
squarely into your head, and then for
get II! The little genii Of the brain
refuse to be coerced; humor them,
however, and there is no limit to what
they can, and will, do for you. You
have to make a decision. Turn the
problem round and round In your head,
till you are giddy, you will get no near
er to the solution. Put 1t away from
you. Don't force your thoughts; leave
them alone, and behold, suddenly,
when you least expect 1t, the idea you
have been searching for will jump into
your mind, to be instantly recognized
as the idea you wanted.
The magicians of the brain would
appear to be more amenable to femi-
nine than masculine rule, for the prov
erbs Of all nations agree that women's
best ideas are her first ones, while
man has to wait for second thought If
he would act rightly.
Our search for ideas, too, must be
systematic IL we want to get hold OF
useful ones.
According to the Platonic philos-
ophy, ideas are the universal types OF
which individual specimens are the
more or less imperfect copies; so that
we need not be downhearted II we
cannot carry out our ideas In practice
exactly as they occur to us In the
mind.
Thought grows SNOWFALL fashion, and
Is the opposite to money.
The more We spend the more we
have.-London Answers.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-30
Garry Photo Messages In Eyes.

Spies, engaged in life-and-death
business, have devised extraordinarily
ingenious methods of concealment
since history began. No means could
be more remarkable, however, than that
used by the Russian bolsheviki for
getting messages through the enemy
lines. The inside skin Of an eggshell
is pasted on glass, and reduced with
a microtome knife to almost impalp-
able thlnness. It is then sensitized,
and microscopic message photograph
ed upon 1t. Removed from the glass,
It is spread with brush on the spy's
eyeball, under the lid. 1t does not
inconvenience the carrier, and being
quite transparent 1t is practically In
yislble.-Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-30
Good Causes and Poor Tunes.

Mr.. Bernard Shaw, who has fallen
foul of 1.-THE Red Flag" which he re-
CARDS as an air that would ruin any
movement, seems to forget that many
q good cause has been supported by
q poor tune. The Belgian national an
them Is a remarkably inane melody
but that did not impair the resistance
of Liege. And neither the words nor
music Of "God Save the King" are
particularly uplifting. The air OF
"Lillibullero," that is said TO have
whistled James II off the throne of
England, cannot have been very dis
tinguished one, for nowadays no
one seems TO know what ii was On
the other hand the Russian national
anthem was easily one of the most
stirring examples Of Its kind in Eu-
rope, but 1t did not save Russia from
collapse. If the soviets have provided
substitute for 1t the result would
probably please Mr.. Shaw as little as
"The Red Flag" which he considers
should be rechristened 1.-THE Eternal
March of a Fried Eel."-Manchester
Guardian.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-30
Thinks Earth win Last Many Years.

In a recent lecture Sir Oliver Lodge,
the eminent English scientist, an
nounced that the earth would prob
ably continue to exist for 20,OOO,O00
years more. These are, of course,
round numbers. Some scientists esti-
mate that the earth will live for ten
times this age. There have been ami
mails of one kind and another on this
planet for fully this length OF time.
The dinosaurs are believed to have
lived through some such period. The
age of man, which is probably only
few thousand years, seems the merest
trife by comparison. When we con-
slider how man has developed during
recorded history, which is less than
ten thousand years, we may hope
that he will evolve to an infinitely
finer type in the future.-Boys' Life.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-30
MEMS SEVEN SHOPPING AGES
Periods of Life Which All Statesmen
Recognize as Interchangeable as
Natures Laws.

Merchants divide their customers
into seven classes according to age.
First there is the toddle age when all
articles of wear are selected without
consulting the personal taste of the
wearer. Then comes the teen age
when the chief concern is to find
clothing made of some fabric that will
resist the rough surfaces Of cellar
doors, tree trunks, outbuildings, and
other prominences on which small
boys and girls will climb in spite of
all attempts In educating them other
wise. Third is the sweetheart period,
when boys and girls first find that
they shouldn't scratch each others
eyes out. II Is at this time they be-
gin to take a first interest in clothes.
The tendency is toward loud ties.
striped socks, fancy dresses, etc., to
the delight and profit of the mer-
chants. Fourth, comes the counting
age during which each sex is looking
for his or her life mate. Each dresses
with the chief purpose of pleasing the
opposite sex. Candy merchants, flow
er shops and theaters reap rich
harvest from the folks of this period.
Fifth stage is the early-wed. The
young folks are becoming established
In home. They first learn the real
value of money and the joy Of citizen
ship. Sixth, the practical age. In
80 homes out of 100, the problem dur
ing this period is economy. Conse-
quently sales of all kinds appeal to
the mothers of this age. Seventh and
last, the sunset age, that glorious pc
riod of life rich in its experiences and,
friendship. Comfort is about the only
appeal that statesmen can make to this
period Of life.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-30
Film Quickly Developed.

Sixty rolls of Photographic film han
died In ten minutes actual working
time Is the claim made for a system
of glazed stoneware developing tanks
now on the market. according 10 Pop
ular Mechanics Magazine. The tanks
are sold In sets of three, one for
developing. one for fixing and one for
washing. Each has concave bottom.
terminating in brass drain cock.
The last, or washing, tank is fitted
also with an overflow connection, to
permit continuous water circulation
from bottom TO top.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-30
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.

Notice Of the appointment of an
administrator, of the estate of John
&. Klinkenberg, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that the
subscriber has been duly appointed
Administrator of the estate of John
C. Klinkenberg, late of Frankville
Township, in the County of Winnie
shiek, State Of Iowa, deceased in
testate, and has taken upon himself
that trust by giving bonds as the
law directs. All persons having de-
mands upon the estate of the said
deceased are required to exhibit the
same; and persons indebted to said
estate are called upon to make pay
ment to
ALBERT ATKINSON,
Administrator.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, June 8,
1920.
WILLETT & NELSON, Attorneys.
Pa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-30
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.

Notice of the Appointment of an
administrative Of the. estate Of
Charles l.. Topliff, deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that the
subscriber has been duly appointed
administrative of the estate Of
Charles l.. Topliff, late of the City
OF DEBORAH, in the County of Winnie
shiek, State of Iowa, deceased in
testate, and has taken upon herself
that trust by giving bonds as the
law directs. All persons having de-
mands upon the estate of the said
deceased are required to exhibit the
Sd me; and persons indebted tc said
estate are called upon to make pay.
ment to
IDA M. TOPLIFF',
(. Administrative.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, May 20,
1920.
e. P. SHEA, Attorney.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-30
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.

Notice of the appointment of an
executrix, of the Estate of James
Curran, deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that the
subscriber has been duly appointed
executrix of the estate of James
Curran, late of DEBORAH, Iowa, in
the county of Winneshiek. state of
Iowa, deceased, testate, and has TAX
en- upon herself that trust by giving
bonds as the law directs. All persons
having demands upon the estate of
the said deceased are required to
exhibit the same; and persons in
debted to said estate are called up
on to make payment to
BRIDGET CURRAN, Executrix.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, June z,
1920.
FRANK sAYRE, Attorney.
23-4.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-30
Scholastic Failures Must Pay Tax.

Scholastic Failures Must Pay Tax.
Boston. -Massachusets Institute Of
Technology has placed a tax on
scholastic failures. Hereafter stud
ents who fail or show deficiency in
a study must pay So for each short
coming. The rule aroused protest
from the undergraduates, who are
supported by some members of the
faculty.
Leonard M. Passano, professor of
mathematics, taking the side of the
students, wrote a formal communi-
cation to the executive committee in
which he argued that professor and
student are Jointly involved in such
failures. He suggested that instruct
be fined with students for each fail
ure in their class, if the rule is to
hold.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-30
Do II Now!

Who would imagine that Sir Walter
Scott, the great Scottish poet could
sometimes feel lazy? Yet he says that
he often found the beginning of the
days labour as distasteful as "plung-
ing into. cold water" 1--WE SILVER on
the brink" said he, ''but once in, are
full of yigor and energy. If the morn
ing hours are squandered in idleness,
we are apt 10 think the rest of the
day is too short to trouble about, and
so the precious time passes away with
no achievement" Such a thought as
this makes one inclined to obey the
advice of another philosopher, who
said, "Don't wonder when to do a
thing, but do II now!"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-30
His Girl.

During visit to a girl friend of
mine in another city / was kind to a
half witted fellow there, and he i'm
mediately conceived great liking for
me. Several months later while visit
ing there again / attended dance,
when this fellow came up TO me dur
ing dance and in loud voice, easily
heard all over the place, said, 30, !
know who you are; you're my girl"
and proceeded TO follow me around
the rest Of the evening.-Exchange.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-30
NOTICE IN PROBATE.
To whom it may concern:
4.

To whom it may concern:
You and each OF you are hereby
notified to appear at the Clerk s Of
flee in the court house in .Winneshiek
county, Iowa, on the 10th day Of
July 1920, at 900 o'clock A. NJ. to
attend the probate of an instrument
supporting TO be the Last Will and
Testament of B. j. Geving, late of the
City of DEBORAH, in Winneshiek
County, Iowa, deceased, at which
time and place you will appear and
show cause, If any, why said will
should not be admitted to probate
In testimony whereof l have here
rnto subscribed my name and affixed
the seal of said office, this Sd day
of June 1920.
s. j. MOORE,
Clerk of District Court
BY C. r. SELLAND Deputy
WILLETT & NELSON, Attorneys.
23-4.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-30
Consolation.

It's a mighty good thing that you
amt great enough to set the river on
fire. for in that case what in the, world
would the fishermen do for a place to
loaf the time away?-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-30
1axlnn the Alien in Italx.

Under the Italian laws foreign
resident in Italy pays an income tax
solely on income derived from Italian
sources. He is not taxed on income
derived outside Of Italy.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-30

Many Plants Contain Sugar.
1t is an interesting fact that sugar
exists not only in the cane, beet-root
and maple, b'::: also in the sap Of
about one hundred and ninety other
plants and trees.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-30
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New-York tribune., 1920-01-20

tended the sale, but was unable to pur-
chase the entire feet on such short
notice.
"We feel that we have been unfairly
New-York tribune., 1920-01-20
Fraud Is Charged
In Whisky Sale
Officers Of DistilIing Firm,
Accused Of Dodging
Legal Tax; Plant Seized

LOUISVILLE, Jan. 1e-R. E. Wathen.
president, and William Knebelkamp,
general manager, of r. F. Nathen &
Co., Louisville distillcrs, surrendered
to Federal authorities late to-day on
warrants charging them with attempt
ing to dcfraud the government out of
taxes on distilled spirits Both men
pleaded not guilty and were released
on $4,000 bond for preliminary trial
next week.
The affidavits on which the warrants
were based charge that Wathen. as
principal, and Knebelkamp, as acccs-
sorry, illegally removed 5000 cases of
bottled in-bond whisky, tax paid at the
rate of $3.50 a gallon for medicinal use.
but sold it for beverage purposes, which
requires an additional tax of 1920 q
gallon.
The alleged illegal removal of the
whisky and evasion of tax, the govern
ment asserts, took place during the
first fifteen days Of this month. The
affidavits recite that it was taken from
an export bonded warehouse and re-
moved to a free warehouse where it
surreptitiously was offered for sale, ac-
cording to the governments allegation,
at S130 case.
Knebelkamp is charged with three
violations of the wartime prohibition
law, involving the sale of 3i0 cases Of
bottled goods. Wathen also is accused
of selling liquor without q license.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-20
German Workers Vote
With Company Directors

BERLIN, Jan. 10 (By The Associated
Press The shop councils bill, other
wise known as the "exp!oitation law"
one of the most radical pieces of eco
nomic legislation since the war, and
which was passed by the National As
sembly yesterday, affects all places
where more than FIVE men or women
are employed. excepting newspapers, in
which business the councils are not
permitted to dictate.
The five or more employees elect a
steward, who will confer with the en-
ployer on the relations with the work
crs and the general conduct of the busi-
ness. The number of stewards varies
proportionately to the size of the staff,
whose representatives now will be given
the privilege Of attending directors
meetings., where they will be active vot-
ers although not shareholders.
A foreman or department chief may
be forced to quit, regardless Of his SER
vices to his employer. This feature was
stubbornly fought by the big business
interests. One of the last notifications
of the bill prohibits an employer from
discharging woman and substituting
. male employee for reason of sex
alone.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-20
Monkeys in Pulpit Used
To Assail Darwin Theory
Boys Tossing Peanuts Excite
Minister'S Illustrations for
Evolution" Sermon
Special Correspondence

Spec1G Correspondence
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 1e.-To empha-
size his sermon on Evolution and
Man." the Rev. James Small took into
his pulpit at the Hyde Park Christian
Church last night three monkeys.
"Jacquo," the bicycle riding ape of
circus now here, Immediately sensed
the fact that the carnival season was
over and, being the leader of the trio
in the cage. demonstrated his resent
ment by fantastic maneuver5, much to
the merriment of the congregation.
When several small boys in front
rows threw peanuts at the animals
they became enraged and made threats
through the wires. 1t was q splendid
example for DR.. Small, who was argu-
ing that Darwin was all wrong.
He said monkeys were firm believers
in monogamy, declaring they stick to
their mates as long as they live. When
the mates die, he said, they seek
another. always before mar
riage." he said, "the male whips the
female and forever after the male is
master of his household" He said he
believed this forceful illustration of
the point he wanted to make, that men
did not come from monkeys.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-20
Goes to Prison Fearing
Comrade He Sent There

Rafaelo Danielo, Brooklyn gunman
who shot George Buess, Of Hoboken.
last summer, when the latter asked
him not to crowd Buess's little daugh-
ter in Coney Island train rush, went
to Sing Sing prison yesterday auaking
with fear. Judge McDermott, of the
Kings County Court, had denied his
plea not to send him to the prison
where Alesandro Vollero. his former
gang leader, who was convicted on his
testimony, is serving life sentence.
"Vollero has vengeance in his heart"
pleaded Danielo, who has been known
as "Ralph the Barber" in social circles
OF the gunner, and if you send me to
the place where he is IN never come
out alive"
Judge McDermott ordered him incar-
cerated in Sing Sing for five years,
with a provision that he should pass
an extra day there for every dollar he
failed to pay Of 81 900 fine which was
also imposed.
Vollero was leader Of band of gun
men who were declared to have com
mittcd twenty murders in BROOKLYN
and to have held the Italian quarter in
state of terror. Danielo was arrest
ed with him in connection with a mur-
der two years ago, and to save himself
turned states evidence, whercupon
Vollero, put away for life, vowed to
get even."
Danie!o, fearing violence at the
revolver, and shot Buess three times
when the latter protested against his
thrusting the little girl aside in a
scramble for seats on a crowded Coney
Island train. He pleaded guilty Of
felonious assault.