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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-19

concrete base at sides and 6 inches
at center.
S. Tarvia double seal, nacadam
base 6 inches thick, wearing coat 21s
inches.
be and the same are hereby order
| ed constructed.
Be it further resolved, that the
City Clerk be and is hereby ordered
and instructed to advertise for pro-
posals for the construction Of the i'm
provements above described, the said
improvements to be constructed in
strict accordance with the plans and
specifications therefor prepared by
the City Engineer, and heretofore
approved by this council on the 9th
day of January A. ID. 1921; the work
TO be commenced on or before the
18th day of April A. ID. 1921; and to
be fully completed on or before the
LIST day of August, A. ID. 1921.
Payment for said work to be as
follows-upon completion of the
work fully described in said resolu-
ton Of necessity according to con-
tract and the acceptance of the
same by this council, the cost of con-
struction of same shall be paid for,
by Bonds, or Warrants drawn
against such funds of the City of
DEBORAH as can be by law used for
such purposes, and by Special
Assessment Certificates or Bonds,
drawn in accordance with
law, in anticipation of the
fund to be created by special
against the abutting ami
adjacent property, benefited by such
street improvement, to the extent
that the sameNare assessable by law,
said assessments to be made in ac-
cordance with the laws of the State
Of Iowa governing such special as
such certificates and
bonds drawing GO interest payable
all in accordance with the
law. Said payments to be made, and
laid securities issued as soon as by
law provided, and as soon as possible
after the completion of said contract
and its acceptance by the City Coun-
Gil.
Be it further resolved, that propos-
ais received for the construction of
said improvement will be opened by
this council at a meeting to be held
in the council chamber in said city
on the I'd day of February, A. ID.
1921 at 500 o'clock p. M, and acted
upon at said time, or at such later
time as may be then fixed.
Be it further resolved, that the
City Clerk of said city be and he is
hereby ordered and directed to adver-
Use for bids for the making of such
10 be received at the
lime and place hereinbefore speci-
led, and that each bid must be &C
in a separate envelope,
With certified check payable to the |
,rder of the Treasurer of said City, |
n the sum of SO of the amount of |
lis bid, as security that the bidder |
will enter into the contract with |
aid city for the doing of such work, |
md will furnish bonds conditioned |
or the faithful performance of his |
contract, in the amount and form |
provided by the specifications for |
aid work, which includes a provision |
'equiring the contractor and his |
to keep said improvement |
n good repair for a period of five
years from and after the completion |
md acceptance thereof.
Adopted and passed By the City
Council this 9Th day of January, A. |
D. 1921.
+. N. HUGHES, City Clerk.
Approved by me this 9Th day of
January, A. ID. 1921.
r. BUCKNELL, Mayor.
resented by Alderman Engbretson.
seconded by Alderman Reed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-19
Elenhants Killed for Iusks.

The tusk 81 the African elephant Is
the best and greatest source " the
ivory OF commerce, and il is estimated
that 5000 81 these animals are killed
annually for the purpose of securing
the rusks. Some tusks reach the
length Of min" feet and weigh more
than 700 pounds.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-19

rs It admissible az any time for
man to pay attentions to "a married
BOuanf"
"CcrtaInly, n she Is hts wife"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-19

Applications for domestic work in
New York City have increased 500
per cent over those of two months
ago.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-14

ings Of the seance room are concerned, the word visible may be accepted in d wider sense.
 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, one of the more aggressive apostles of spiritualistic thought, has hurled a warning at the established churches that will find a worldwide echo should Edison succeed in his determination to solve the problem of spirit communication. It would seem impossible for any human mind to grasp the full import of that success in that its consummation would demand a reconstruction of the varied forms of Chris tian creeds to conform to a universal ac- ceptance of, Cona- Doyle styles the new thought, "The New Revelation" In his opinion it rests with the church to accept a form of belief that revoIutonizes all age old teachings duty that must be per formed by the church authorities matter what sacrifices such may entail Those who are familiar with the varied forms of psychic phenomena can best understand the reason ing that stands back of the gifted authors strenuous defiance of the ridicule and abuse of those who have denounced all medium istically gifted persons frauds; that pur- ported manifestations by the dead" find their source in the devils and that he, Conan Doyle and his colleagues mem tally deficient the victims of ro-uery.
 The foregoing may serve to convey idea of the factorship of Edison's success in any
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-14

some interesting results have been obtained in the use of the electroscope by Dr. w. J. Crawford.
 "In seance rooms where tables are moved without physical contact" Dr. Crawford re- ported, "I found that after a sitting was well started i was always unable to charge an eIectroscope, even though I tried to do in a corner farthest from the medium. In order to charge it I had to take it from the room. I asked the operators Cntelligences directing things, apparently, in the seance roon1) if there was any power n the seance room so far away from the medium, and they answered in caps that there was By power I understood them to mean particles of matter taken from the medium.
 1'I took the electroscope to the table in the corner, then placed it in the circle near the medium. I asked the operators to touch the disk of the instrument very gently. They did this almost at once, the touching con- Sisting of metallic scraping upon the brass disk quite audible, similar in type to the im- tation of the floor being rubbed with sand raper, a phenomenon I had often observed.
 ''-Result-On examination | found that the eIectroscope had been completely discharged
 ''I took the electrOscOpe to the table in the corner of the room and tried to recharge it but found that I was unable to do so even after repeated trials. Accordingly l asked the operators to put back into the body of the medium the matter they had taken out (for the production of the sledge hammer blows) and to give a few raps when they had done so. In minute or two some very light raps were given, and when asked ii the process complete received no raps in reply at all, which seemed to indicate to that all the matter used for rapping hat been returned to the medium At any rate I found that I could recharge the cleo troscope; which done I placed it the floor as before in the circle and asked that the disc should be touched lightly. After a little time there was the same metallic scraping as
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-14
Will Edison Be Able to Solve Problem
By HARRY E. TUDOR.

ME interest occasioned by the visit of
 Sir Oliver Lodge and the publicity
 given to the theme of his lectures may be ikened to a breeze in comparison with the storm of protest and heated dis cussion that has marked the entry of Thomas A. Edison into the problematical and-as many would have 1.-the forbidden field of psychical research. The determined scepeic cares nothing for the fact that many of the more eminent scientists of Europe have joined the ranks of the believers in the possi- bll1ty of communication being estab- lished between those of this world and that other,' nor is he interested by reason that the European clergy in increasing numbers have professed their willingness to investi- gate the statements of the ''spiritualists.''
 To the student of the subject-either from the scientific philosophical aspects-the most remarkable feature of MT. Edison's an- nouncement in his emphatic attitude toward the published views of his European cons temporaries in the fields of science and who have asserted that the essential teachings of the orthodox creeds are to be found in this uitra-modern conception of the term i'm mortality and that "spiritua1ism;" as re- Egion, has it's outward and visible signs in what is scientifically classed as psychic phe- nomena." Where the meaning of the phrase may apply in so far as the physical happen
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-14

before, and on examination the electroscope was found to be completely discharged"
 The problems that immediately confront an investigator who is called upon to solve such problems this are the physical miracle itself and the nature of the inteIli- gence lying behind and directing or con- trolling the manifestations. This latter is purely psychological question, which though immensely important, does not enter into the physical problem
 Tt will be at once apparent" says pr. Darlington, that physical and electrical ap- paratus have played an important part in such investigations in the past and are cer- tainly destined to play far more important part in the future. These curious phe- nomena. like all others in our world, depend upon invisible forces energies for their production Those interested in electricity should realize. more than all others, the power of the invisible: and the fact that the invisible is the real. Anything We see con- sists merely in bundle of phenomena--of effects The real cause is always han.nd and is always invisible.
 There is nothing inherently absurd or inn possible therefore, in these odd manifesto - tions however bizarre and unusual they ap- pear to at first sight. An unusual combi- nation of circumstances might bring them about. Stones do not ordinarily fall from the sky. yet at times they do. Water does not usually rise above it's own level, yet it can be made to do The curious freaks of lightning are well known. There is noth- ing inherently impossible therefore, in SUD- posing that a table can be ieNltated into thS air under unusual conditions: it is simply the manifestation of an unknown energy of which doubtless there are many.
 An Open Mind Essential
 Tn Studying These Curious Forces
 we can manipulate and control the cleo tric current but we do not know yet pre- cisely what it is. Similarly. We can study the effects of many of these curious biolog:- cal forces without understanding their tru- nature. Above all, it behooves us to kear an open mind and not to cry impossible just because we have never seen such facts ot because they appear to to be innately improbable.
 Here as elsewhere, We depend upon hid den and unknown energies. Could we pI find energy common to the two worl Is the spiritual world and the material world should have here means of direct com. munication, possibly by instrumental means Delicate physical and electrical apparetu. may be the means, after all, by which sucf communication will ultimately be estabiishs5 ! At all events when subtle causes and forces are in oI eration, they doubtless are dur ing a seance, it is only natural to suppose that instruments far more delicate than ou senses should be the logical method Of ie tec,inS them, and yet such experiment. have rarely been attempted"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-14
ichine Invented by Dutch
 Scientists May Be Like Edison's

There is, at the same time. similarity in the deductions of the inventors of the "dy namistograph" and Mir. Edison in that the former contend that the spirit of dead human being is composed of molecules and that communication may be established where some method may be devised that will permit the gathering together of the myriads of invisible atoms and in thus hav- ing (assumedly) provided for the concen- trating of any mental or physical force that may be retained after the dissolution at tendant upon the process of death" permits it's manifestation through the medium of an instrument of the essentially delicate charac- ter necessary to assist and control the operation.
 This principle would seem. from the p:ib- lished description of the "dynamisto-raph." to have been given the fullest consideration and attention where the inventors claim that a cylindrical shaped chamber. part Of the equipment of the device. serves the purposes of concentrating the infinitesimally atomic particles assumed to compose the manifest ing entity.
 In the earlier stages of their experiment.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-14

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The Newark journal., 1921-05-12
THE COUNTRY PAPER

A noted educator addressing the Mississippi State Teachers Association at Meridian, Miss, last week, in the course of his address, said:
 Nothing like our weekly country press exists the world over The circulation of the press of a country is the measure of it's consciousness, it's conviction and it's capacity to act as one.
 "When the final ard equit- able distribution of honors for distinguished service in the winning of the recent war is made the country editor will receive no small recognition.
 T insist that every teacher should be a regular subscriber for the local paper. It is un- just that schools and teachers expect the weekly paper to give publicity to all their ac- tivities and space for every public notice and offer nothing in return. I commend those county superintendents who re quire every teacher in their county to subscribe for the county paper, providing com pensation to cover same. It should be the medium for the dissemination of the education al thought of the county.
The Newark journal., 1921-05-12
FL DORADO IS FAST
 BECOMING GREAT CITY

Little Rock, May 10.-"E, Dorado is destined to become a second Tulsa" declared May . or F. H. Smith of that city while in Little Rock yesterdas When asked why Fl Dorad had not been raised to city of the first class Mayor Smith said that they are so busy bringing in oil wells that they have not had time to take spec ial census. The city has in. creased in population in the last few months from a small town to about 18,000 popula- tion. The only cities of Ark ansas that are ahead of it are Little Rock, Fort Smith and Pine Bluff, and the Fl Dorado boosters are confident that they will soon pass the others and have only Little Rock as q competitor. There are now 46 producing wells in the Fl Dorado field, yielding daily production of 130,000 barrels. There are 230 wells drilled and it is almost a daily occur. enee for some new well to be brought in. So far only 1 dry holes have been struck, which is considered a most remark able record.
The Newark journal., 1921-05-12
6O,727 HEAD OF PURE
 BRED STOCK IN STATE

A live stock report for Arl- ansas, isued by the Bureau of Census, show that there are a total of 60,727 head of pure bred live stock of all kinds on the 15,475 farms in the state. Swine lead with 46,00O while the cattle, almost equally di- vided between beef and dairy breeds, number 13,486. There are 446 pure bred horses and 799 sheep.
The Newark journal., 1921-05-12
NOTICE OF.TRUSTEES
 SALE OF LAND

Whereas, N. A. Winston and Jetrue Winston, his wife, did, cn the 8th day of April, 1920, execute their certain deed of trust to Bud Sisk, as trustee, to secure a certain indebted ness in the sum of two hundred dollars, due and payable to J. M. Sisk, together with interest thereon at the rate of 10 per cent per annum, said deed of trust being of record in Record Book B 3, page TIT, of Deed of Trust in the Recorders Of flee of Independence county, and the said indebtedness being now past due and unpaid, and the undersigned having been duly appointed as substituted trustee under the provisions of said deed of trust and having been authorized to foreclose the same, now,
 Therefore, Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, as substituted trustee, will, on
 FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1921
 BeWeen the hours for judi cial sales, offer for sale at the court house door in the city of Batesville, Arkansas, the fol- lowing described real estate conveyed in said deed of trust and situated in Independence County, Arkansas, to-Wit:
 The northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 32, Twp, n, North, Range 3 West.
 Said sale to be for cash in hand for the purpose of satis- flying the said indebtedness due the said J. M. Sisk and the cost of this foreclosure.
 Given under my hand as such substituted trustee, this 23rd day of April, 1921.
 J. R. ALEXANDER. 3w3t Substituted Trustee.
The Newark journal., 1921-05-12
FORTY FARMERS WILL
 RAISE STRAWBERRIES

Forty farmers of Jackson County have signified their in- tention to form a strawberry association. The cry for cotton reduction has become acute and what to raise has been the problem of many who know nothing else. The seil of various sections of the country is well adapted, it is said to growing berries, and an association, with Dr. H. o. Walker chair man will seek to interest many in this department of agricul- ture. A meeting of the agri- cultural bureau of the Cham Der of Commerce has been called for at an early date, when the farm market bureau and shipping market will be taken up.
 There is food for thought Tn this for farmers around Newark.
The Newark journal., 1921-05-12
Floral with good attendance.
 w. T. JERNIGAN,
 County Superintendent
BIG WHEAT CROP

The government report on conditions of the present wheat crop indicates total yeild of 629.287000 bushels.
 The acreage to be har- vested is estimated at 1884 900 acres, which is a decrease of four per cent under the previous year. The condition of the crop is better than last year, and the report estimates the total yeild at eight per cent greater than the total yeild of 1920.
The Newark journal., 1921-05-12
STATE LIQUOR LAWS
 ARE NOT REPEALED
Amendment and Volstead Act Cumulative to State Laws
 Supreme Court Says

The Arkansas Supreme Court last Monday held that the Volstead act and the national prohibition amend ment do not supersede state prohibition laws, and that any person might be tried and con victed fer the violation of the state prohibition laws. The de cision was rendered in the cases of Rufus Alexander of Garland County and Will Decker and Abe >Blount of Randolph County, all Of whom had been convicted of the illegal sale of intoxicating liquor.
 The court in it's opinion quoted from the decisions of other state supreme courts, and also quoted the Volstead amendment i'll part showing that nc provisions were made for the repeal of state laws, except those in conflict.
 The case was appealed 10 the court on the grounds that the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act repealed all state laws in effect at the time of the adoption of the amendment and the passing of the act by the national Con- gress.
 The state took the position in the ease that the Volstead act was cumulative, and that it was a federal enactment in addition to the various prohibit tion laws of the various states.
 The court held that the Vol stead act was cumulative and and did not repeal the state laws in force in the various  states at the time of the pass age of the act.
 This contention was raised in all three of the cases which were appealed. The court con- solidated the cases, rendering the same opinion fer each of the three cases.
 This question is of particular interest to the various county officials, it is said, due to the fact that they have been ham dicapped because of the lack of an opinion from the supreme court.
The Newark journal., 1921-05-12
DIRECTORS MEETING

For the convenience of the directors, and others who are interested in the schools, di- rectors meetings will be held at the following places and on the following dates.
 It was thought that on ac- count of the busy season of the year these meetings could
The Newark journal., 1921-05-12

be better attended at night so the schedule has been ar ranged accordingly.
 Locust Grove, Friday May 13.
 Convenience, Monday, May 16.
 sandtown, Tuesday May IT.
 Cushman. Wednesday, May Is.
 Bethesda, Thursday, May 19.
 This brings these meetings in reach of the public in gen eral. We trust that the at tendance will be good and much accomplished by these meetings.
 Meetings have already been held at Pleasant Plains and at
The Newark journal., 1921-05-12

AXE the silky, tender leaves Of ~ A ehoicest turkish; blend them with the m pest Domestic tobacco that money can can pay- -6leaa them in the exclusive,
 can t-be-copled Chesterfield wavNz
 and you get smoke. " Yes and som sssplh4etthlhg more you get cigarette that honestly satisfies. N- e''S
The Newark journal., 1921-05-12

State of Arkansas, County of Independence, ss. I, T. M. Harrelson, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. Correct-Attest:
 C. M. EDWARDS,
 E. R. MOORE,
 E. w. MAGNESS,
 Directors. Subscribed and sworn to be- fore me this 7th day of May, 1921.
 SAMUEL C. KNIGHT,
 Notary Public. My Com. Exp. Mch. 21, 1922.
The Newark journal., 1921-05-12

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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-18

Humorous incidents in the distin-
suishedt guests life at the university
We're recited by, Dean Vernon p.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-18
STEFANSS0N
! GIVES fine
SPEECHHERE'
Famous Arctic Explorer is
Cues at Commercial Club
Membership Dinner.

t sa~9 ".tHshNN- EI.f - ... H ..'
"reminiscences Of early and mo-
mentous days while a student at the
University of North Dakota We're
given by Nilhjalmur ~Stefansson,
world famous. Arctic explorer, at a
dinner in the Commercial club last
night. ~ &
ii Old time members of the faculty,
and Mr.. Stefapsson himself related
how the distinguished guest and the
rules of the university conflicted, eN-
planned how he was expelled" and
blacklisted as a disturbing influence
III the life of the institution. and how,
despite handicaps. he received de-
grees from several other colleges n
has since become an international
figure. 7
q Dean Joseph Kennedy. with whom
Mr.. S~tefansson visited during the day.
presided, and credited the guest with
having been a brilliant student, but
sAidSthat either he was not amenable
to the rules or the rules not amenable
hr him.
q w. p. Davies. editor of The Herald.
on which paper Mr.. Stefansson once
Worked as a reporter, was the first
speaker called on to welcome the
guest. Mr.. Davies referred to the in
quisitive mind always manifested by
Mr.. ~Stefansson. and how this quality
led him to seek always to accomplish
the impossible. pointing out the in
esttmable' value to mankind of the
discoveries macs by him in the
Arctic regions. In this connection
reference was made to the discovery
that in the far north where it was
not previously believed that animals
could live. Mr.. Stefansson opened the
eyes, of the world to the untold pos
sibiiities of raising deer and other
animals for food.
SVelnpJorn Johnson. now attorney
general-elect of North Dakota, and a
student at the University when Mr..
Stefansson attended, told of his early
Impressions of the explorer, dwell
ing on the ability of the mar to over
come rules and obstacles. Mr.. John
son said the visitor had changed the
course of the universe, quoting a
leading publication on the assertion
that while the march OF progress had
previously been westward. Mr.. Stef-
ansson has turned it northward.
Dean Squircs Quotes Explorers
Poems.
Humorous incidents in the distin-
suishedt guests life at the university
We're recited by, Dean Vernon p.