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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-05
LIVED MANY CENTURIES AGO
Skeleton of Giant Wombat, Recently
Found in Tasmania, Believed to
Be 10000 Years Old.

A complete skeleton recently discov-
cred in the Mowbray marsh. on the far
outskirts of the wild marshy regions
of Northwest Tasmania confirms the
existence 10000 or 10000 years ago of
a giant wombat Zone of the pouched
animals peculiar TO the ,Antipodes).
The discovery was made by Mr..
LOvett. farmer. who was digging a
drain into the swamp.
The skeleton lay buried in six feet
of decayed vegetable matter resting on
sand that was once the bed of lake.
Mr.. Scott of the Launceston museum
examined and excavated the skeleton
and expressed the opinion that the
animal had lived perhaps more than
10000 years ago, says the London
Daily Mail. 1t is the only specimen
yet discovered In life the animal
would be bigger than a mule, with
four elephantine legs and head very
much like a bulldog. Experts believe
1t TO be a smaller species of a gigantic
marsupial approaching In size the
Brontosaurus (Which weighed so to 30
tons). 1t has long. bearlike tusks and
probably lived on herbs and was slow
Of movement.
The present-day wombat is bur
rowing animal from two to three feet
long. with a short. thick body, short
legs and very little tail.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-05
SCHOOL CHILDREN
IOWA CLEANEST
Best Instructed in Health Habits oi
Those of Any State in Union
QUARTER MILLION IN
CRUSADE MOVEMENT
Nearly 10000 Enlisted as knights
Banneret for Habits of Cleanli-
ness and Performing Health
Chores

Iowa's school children are the
cleanest and best instructed i'm per-
feet health habits of those of any
state in the union. according to an
official announcement made by the
National tuberculosis Association
headquarters at New York.
More than 243 900 school children
of Iowa are enrolled in the modern
health crusade movement, conducted
in Iowa by the Iowa tuberculosis
Association under direction of Miss
Theresa Dansdill, and of these 90
coo are listed as knights banneret in
health ehivalry, indicating that they
have all regularly brushed their
teeth, washed behind their ears,
stood up straight, taken regular
baths and performed all the other
health chores prescribed for the
attainment of this high degree.
This showing gives Iowa the first
leg on the national silver health cup
offered by the national association
and the largest number of knights
hanneret in proportion to the school
enrolment of any state in the union
&c credited to the Iowa youngsters.
Six Iowa schools were winners OF
banners or first prizes in the Field
OF the Cloth of Gold tournament for
fcalth merits conducted from jan
nary to June of 1920. Only ten ban
ners were awarded to the entire
United States.
The winning schools in Iowa were
Sacred Heart school, Pocahopeas;
grade 4, Greenwood school, Des
Moines; grade 3, Jecond avenue
school, Council Bluffs grad
Webster school, Oskaloosa; grade Z
Second avenue school. Council
Bluffs; and grade u, Sacred Heart
Ligh school, Pocahontas.
The modern health crusade cam
paign will be continued in Iowa in
1920 and 1921, with steadily in
creasing membership.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-05
The Biu Caiiber Man.

The man who profits by the expert
.nce OF Others and by his own mis-
takes. who applies proven principle
20 the solution Of his problems, will
be better than the average-he will
succeed The keen-minded man. the
fellow who really FORCES ahead. Is
he one who realizes that he must pre-
pare himself for greater OppOrtuni-
les and larger responsibilities II he
* TO win success. He first of all
adds 70 his store of knowledge. He t.
a "A caIlber man. The average man"
remains 30 because he will not make
the effort required 10 lift himself
above his fellows. He Is 90 callber
chap.
Are you n A or a I'D: Analyze
Yourself and see what you can do to
improve yourself. Pick out your weak
spots. and then make an effort 20
strengthen theme. $. r. in the San
Quentin Bulletin.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-05
MINSTRELS' WORK IN WORLD
Troubadours Led Mems Thoughts to
Gentleness Amid the Ferocity OF
the Middle Ages.

The troubadourS, called trovatOre in
Italy. originated in Provence. France.
These MINISTRIES of the middle ages,
together with the practice of chivalry,
helping To keep the world human at a
period when fighting and bloodshed oc-
cupied the minds of men. The trou-
badOur was received with open arms
in the castles of great mobiles and at
the courts of kings. He always knew
there would be a place for him at the
table. that he would have a generous
portion OF fowl roasted on the spit
and a. many goblets of wine az his
thirst demanded. One can imagine
the great hall lighted here and there
with torches in scenes. the huge fire.
place ablaze; the lord Of the castle
with his family I'm rich attire spark
ling with jewels. and i'm the midst OF
all. the most important figure for the
moment, the slender young troubadour
with his harp. He sings songs, words
and air Of his own composition. Some
NJ them are odd folk tales gathered
up and put into verse. legend of sur
passing feats of valor, Of miraculous
Drowess. Or they may pulsate with
the heart thr0bs of that old, old, yet
ever new. subject Of love, and perhaps
the young minstrel may steal an occa-
sional glance ar his lordship's pretti-
sst daughter meanwhile.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-05
PRESS DAY, TROUBLES.

There Is trouble in the print shop
No language can express,
For Wednesdays rolled around again
The day we go to press.
The compositors are hustling fast,
Each has dirty proof.
The makeup man is cussin'
In way to raise the roof.
The devil pied the galley
OF solid nonpareil,
The foreman saying things TO him
That makes the birthstone smell.
The stenographer is jawing about
The ink spot on her dress;
Any gol-darned fool can tell
We're trying to go to press.
Everything is all ''balledup,"
The forms are In a mess.
And now the old mans asking
When we're going to press.
Through the room there rings aloud
A piercing hell-born wall
The Office dog is yelping. cause
They've stepped upon his tall.
The pressman now is ready-but
The id old form won't lift
So he whites out a 'dutchman"
And gives his quid a shift.
The forms are on the press at last,
The press is running great
But we've got to take them OF again
Forgot to change the date. ef,
They're on again; the motors down
We're running swift and slick s,ss
But a papers on the roller now, 'as
And you bet is there TO stick.
The whole d--n bunch is mad as SIN
An eussin', more or less,
For hell breaks loose son "Wednesday
When the paper goes to press.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-05
REFUSED TO SIT AND MOURN
Elderly Lady Shining Example OF
Those Who Can Rise Above
vicisstudes of Fortune.

There is a whte-haired old lady in
this city. totally blind and partially
deaf. notes the Minneapolis Journal.
In her earlier years she was a police
matron. one of the uplifting, cheering
kind. that take more than jailer' $
interest in their wards. But i'm her
later years she lost her eyesight.
1t il generally supposed that about
all that is left for mortal bereft Of
sight after middle age, is to sit and
mourn out the remnant years, cared
for by those blessed with all five
senses.
But not so with this woman. She
learned that the state gives adult
women four months of training in
handwork at Faribault. She took the
training in basket weaving. Now in
her small apartment she makes bas-
kets rapidly, enthusiastically, artist
cally; and lives hopefully and COM
fortably, adding to the worlds sum
of cheer instead of subtracting from
it.
More than half the worlds popu-
lation can claim exemption from full
days labor by reason of physical in
ability. A large proportion do beg of
and shift the load to others. There
is deal of grieving and self-pity
among the physically imperfect; and
the world always Tugs load of the
leaning ones.
But who with good eyesight can
much complain, when those doomed
for life to grope. keep on smilingly
self-supporting in the dark?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-05
She Wanted TO Know.

A travelling man the other day was
telling Of one Of his customers, hard
ware merchant in one Of the smaller
places in the state. who enjoys the
game of pool a diversion after
business hours. Frequently after clos
ing his store he drops in a poolroom
next door and enjoys game or two
before going home. His little daugh-
ter. who often waits ON him while in
dulging in his pastime, one evening
after going home said 10 her m1Ther
"What kind of "A game is that daddy
-pIays when he takes a stick and hits
81 ball, then says, oh h7l'T'-San
FRANCISCO Apgonaut.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-05
Thoroughly Anglicized.

"The Mortons are bit too English
FOR MS" remarked Elkinc '"They take
the London papers exclusively, talk
mainly about chesterton and Shaw.
and even have their windows stained
Hoggy so that when anyone looks out
through them the streets appear like
those In London. However, that isn't
why my wife and stopped calling
there. When their Anglomania de
veloped 10 such degree that they
kept large wastebasket standing IN
the hallway. that settled IL.
Il don't see anything English about
that" said Badger What was 1t
ror!"
ooh, visitors were expected TO drop
their his in II on entering the house
Boston Transcript.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-05
NO SPORT IN HUNTING SEAL
Gathering in of the Helpless Creatures
Simply Evolves Itself into a
Merciless Slaughter.

Hunting the seal from the ley
storm-swept coast of Newfoundland
is not sport; il is toll. whereby in
part the Newfoundlander wins his
scanty measure of bread. says Spare
Moments. The hunt is dull and hid
eous slaughter, scurrying pack and
the swinging and thrust of an iron
shod gaff, merciless raining OF
blows, with a silent waste Of ice all
splashed With red at the end of it.
any fear of hurt for the seal pleads
and whines like child even while
the gaff is falling; but the chase is
beset with multitudinous and unfore-
Swallowed perils. The wind gathers
the ice into foes and jams ii up
against the coast. an Unreasonable.
jagged eNpanse of II interspersed with
plains; then the Observation-Disclosures
takes his food and his goggles. and
sets out from his little harbor, start
ing at midnight that he may come up
with the pack at dawn. But the wind
which sweeps the ice in inevitably
sweeps 1t out again without warning
in an hour, or day or a week; nor
does II pause to consider the situation
OF, the men who are 20 miles off shore.
It yeers and freshens and drives the
whole mass, grinding and heaving, far
out TO sea, where it disperses it into
its separate fragments.
The lives of the hunters depend up
on the watchfulness of the attenuated
line Of lookouts. from the women on
the headland to the first sentinel with
in signaling distance.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-05
Sugar Cane.

Sugar cane requires an abundance
81 sunshine and water and deep fer
tile soil In planting the stalks are
laid iengthwise In burrows, and each
Joint sends up shoot. which later
produces suckers. When ready for
harvesting field of sugar cane re-
sembles corn field. but the plants
are somewhat larger and there are no
tassels and no ears. The stalks at
this time have been growing about II
months and have changed from green
to reddish I'm color, while most of the
lower leaves have fallen away. They
are cut by hand with long knife,
stripped of their leaves and carried on
carts or small cars 10 the sugar mill.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-05
sugs EGG
Enects of the House shortage.


Formerly there were in most
places a plenty of houses or apart
ments to rent. Many good houses
would stand vacant a long time. But
as the result of lack of building, the
shortage of dwellings is now esti-
mated at from one to several mil
lions, and great numbers of people
are at their wits end to find COM
Portable home. Some young people
who have left to live in distant
places, have encountered discomforts
they did not anticipate.
Many people solve the problem by
living with relatives and rooms in
boarding and lodging houses are
eagerly sought after Multitudes
live in one or two rooms and do light
housekeeping, with some meals at
restaurants, and lot OF canned and
package stun. 1t is not usually a
good substitute for a nutritious
home table.
Whether the boarding and lodging
house element ever can develop
home and family feeling, seems
doubtful. Children must spend more
time on the street, and separations
and divorces must become more COM
mon.
OF course bright and ingenious
people always find a way to meet
difficulties. The pioneer ancestors
lived in one room cabins. and de-
yeloped "a fine type of citizenship.
In the matter of space, the little
family living in a tiny apartment is
back pretty near TO the pioneer
basis.
People can get along on small
space if they give up trying to sur
round themselves with luxury. They
can get along with but few things,
and live comfortably and inexpen-I
siyely. Wonders can be done with
cooking on oil and gas stoves. But
husbands and wives and children
must love each other. or their
cramped quarters will mean con-
slant friction. sa< ggels
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-05

The Mediterranean iiy (karaiit CAPT
tata) has for several years caused
considerable damage In Greece 10 the
fruit and vegetable crops. Oranges
apples, pears. peaches, apricots, plums
and tomatoes have been especially af-
fected. No remedy has yet been dis
covered, but there Seems TO have been
little attempt 10 prevent the spread
Of this pest.-Omaha Bee.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-05
Invention Due to Poverty.

Poverty Is responsible for the In
veution Of the blanket. Years ago a
man In England lost all his wealth
ana became very poor. one cold win
ter night I'm 1910 he used Il piece of
rough. unfinished cloth for bed cover
ing 10 keep himself warm, aud from
this makeshift bed covering he in
vented the blanket. The name of this
man was Thomas Blanket, and the
new kind of bedding has been known
under the name of blanket ever since
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-05
WANT COLUMN.

Rates-One Cent per word Moth
ing less than twenty-five cents.
LOST-A plush belt between Ridge
way and DEBORAH. Finder leave at
this office. 1-1-pd.
LOST-Somewhere on Water street
Sunday night a IS bill. Finder
please leave at this Office. l-1-pd.
FOR SALE-One and one-half lots
in south part of DEBORAH, out of
flood district. Good location. Call,
phone or write. Gus Gilbertson,
Phone L. 495. Address r. 6. De-
corah, Iowa. 1-2-pd.
LOST-Tan leather hand bag, con-
tanning purse, and fother things.
Finder please leave at this Office.
Ii.
FOR SALE-Registered Chester
White boars. j. +. Lannon, r s,
DEBORAH, Iowa. 1-1-pd.
FOR SALE-Six calves, two to six
weeks old. Edward Ulen, r. 8,
DEBORAH, Iowa. IL.
FOR SALE-Barred Plymouth Rock
cockerels. H. S. Smith, R. 8, De-
corah, Iowa. 52-2-pd.
WANTED-To trade full blooded
Chester White boar for similar
hog not related to my. herd.
Archie Hoyt, R. A, DEBORAH, Iowa.
52-tf.
FOR SALE-or rent. Well improved
$50 acre farm, nine miles east of
DEBORAH. Enquire of John Syslak,
East Broadway, DEBORAH.
52-3-pd.
LOST-A, little spotted Pat Terrier
dog last Monday, Dec. 20. Enquire
or write A. /. Rehwinkle, DEBORAH.
Iowa r. on The Burr Oak road.
Liberal reward Tor return.
FOR SALE-Pure bred Shorthorn
Philip r. Seelye, Burr Oak, Iowa.
52-4w-pd.
FOR SALE-Large flat desk, nearly
new; top buggy in fair condition;
four sizes rotary corn grader near
ly new; two incubators 175 and gao
egg size, also Smith Premier
wide typewriter ribbons. Mrs.
Jno. A. Jewell, r. s, Decorah, la.
FOR SALE-HouSe, barn and two
lots. Enquire Aston Arneson, at
DEBORAH Postepy 5l-tf.
FOR SALE-Nine Poland China
boar pigs. iegeable to be recorded,
and 16, gifts. S25 or $50. Enquire
H. S. Herbenson, DEBORAH, X. 4.
Stiff
FOB SALE-1O room brick Hotel
doing fine business and a money
maker. Will sell cheap if taken
at once. Will pay to Investigate
this. Address Bert Daniels, Prop.
Tel. Sis Ridgeway, la. Stiff
FOR SALE-Duroc Bears. We have
only three full blooded pedigreed
Duroc bears unsold. Your choice
$500. All guaranteed, or money
refunded. Paine & Werhan, Pine
Crest Farm, e miles southeast
of DEBORAH. 51-3.
FOR RENT-K. w. Knutson black
smith shop, after Jan. LIST.
51-2-pd.
FOR SALE-Few pure bred Tou-
louise Geese and ganders, $3.50
each. Arthur Hoyt, R. 4, DEBORAH.
5l2-pd.
0. Lomen, DEBORAH, Iowa, r. /.
ol-Z-pd.
TAKEN UP-Chestnut mare, white
face, white right hind foot, weight
about 900, carries halter, Moen
Bros. r. /, DEBORAH. 5l-2-pd.
FOR SALE-Ford Truck in good
condition. Enquire at this Office.
Soft.
WANTED-Lumber saving, move
any place, twenty years of ex-
perience. /. II. Hughes, Frankville.
via Postville r 8. Nordness phone.
48-l2-pd
FARMS and FARM LANDS-In
the James River Valley in the So
Eastern corner of N. ID. in the corn
belt and artesian District from
$3S per acre up. Go out and pick
up some OF these snaps before the
land jumps to the same price as
the Iowa lands. Ed. X. Hovden
Decorah, Iowa. 23-tf.
MONEY TO LOAN-on first real es-
tate mortgage. Yfnneshiek coun-
ty mortgages for sale. Z II. Nc.
Masters, Wfnneshiek Hotel Bldg
1Q-ff
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-05
Strangers In Language.

All men are strangers. There are
no Two men on earth who speak the
same language. Each places his owa
Individual meaning in his words With
!he self-same words, men talk Of quite
different things. And cannot be Ger
tail, how my words viii be Interpreted
by bin TO whom they are addressed.
That is the reason all aged people
talk 10 themselves: Il is the habit Of a
lifflpng experience Mabel Johnson
Lflanfs Translation of Arne Gar
bprgs The Lost Father"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-05

The most recent researches into pei
Iagra, just published in the form of a
report from the United States pub
lie health service. make 1t clear that
deficiency of milk and fresh meat In
the diet is the principal cause of the
disease.
DIR. Joseph Goldberger, 10 whom the
world owes most of Its knowledge of
pellagra, urges that more cows be In
troduced into those regions of our
Southern states in which pellagra Is
most prevalent. and that all-the-year-
round fresh meat markets be 'estab.
lisled.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-05

The word Canada Is derived from
me Huron-Iroquois Indian word. Kan
slta,~ meaning collection OF huts.
In jacques Carriers time the territory
on the north side OF the 81. Lawrence
river. from Hochelaga. now suburb
of Montreal. TO the gulf. was appar'
emily divided into three Districts
Hoche,agn. Canada and the saguensy.
II Il here for the first time we meet
the lame now borne by. the Dominion.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-05
Nothing More.

II wish my wife would do a little
sewing for me-"
"Give her a gentle hint. Bring home
ia package of needles"
"Pshaw! She thinks needles are In,
tended TO play graphophones with
Louisville Courier. Journal.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-05
East Indian Farmer. Exploited.

Although 80 per cent OF the East
Indians are agriculturists, only per
cent OF these farmers are free from
debt. Every season they borrow for
filling, harvesting and for marketing,
30 that they always work on borrowed
money. The farmer does not sell In
the market. but the produce is sold
BY money lenders. The establishment
OF many industrial institutions by
missionary societies Is proving q
practical solution TO me problem.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-05

Little Mary (busy doing home les
sons) Mother. IL II right TO say
"Girls Is OF "l,tfis are?''
Mother are" Of course.
sfattle Mary-fsut then. mother. 4
doesn't sound right 10 say: Girls
are my hat on straighty'
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-05
Busy With the FIiyyer.

What has become Of the oId-fash-
toned family that used to reach the
conclusion that Il would have to econ.
onlize f--Detrnit News.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-05

.She's sweet and simple"
"Sounds good. Stsll. don't think
csre 10 marry a simple girl.r-Louis-
Vile Courier-Journal.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-05

drops of "Gets-It" will lift you
right out Of your misery,
You viii laugh to see how quickly
your corn lets go its grip, how it
curls right up and dies so you can
lift il off with your fingers. It's folly
and nonsense to pare and trim a corn
trying TO ease its pain when Gets
tt will easily rid you of IL entirely.
"Gets-It'' is sold al, all drug stores
and costs but a trihe. Your money
back on request MID by Z. Law,
renee & Co., Chicago. Sold in De
corch and recommended as the
words best corn remedy by r. A
Engbretson, Wangler's Pharmacy.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-05

BLATcHfoRD's PRODUCTS.
Calf Meal, Lamb Neal, Pig MeA
and Egg Mash for Poultry.
THE ADAMS SEED COMPANY.
Distributors,
Decorah, Iowa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-05
SAL-TONIK

The natural method Of keeping
HORSES, CATTLE. SHEEP and
HOGS in good condition.
THE ADAMS SEED COMPANY
Distributors, DecOrah, Iowa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-05
For COrnS
Little or
Big--use
"GetS-lt"

Stops Corn Pain Instantly and Re
moves Them Completely.
Whether your pet" is on top or
between the toes, no matter how big
or how small or how tender three
The Keota news., 1921-07-01

polished verses. Al eight Louis de
bourbon. prince OF Conde. was a per
feet Latin scholar; three years later
he published q work ON rhetoric. and
at seventeen he was appointed gov
ernOr OF Burgundy. FenelOn displayed
80 much precocity that he won fame
as a preacher Of rare eloquence when
he was but fifteen years Of age. Pas
cal wrote treatises on acoustics st
twelve and at sixteen he published his
treatise on comic sections, which Des-
cartes refused to believe was not the
work Of a great master.
OF more recent and familiar fcats
Of precOci.y It may be sufficient to
mention that John Stuart Mill was
studying Greek at three. had prnctical
~ mastered the language ut seven ana
a year later was acting as schoolmas'
ter to his younger brothers and sis
ters: while. to give but one other ex'
ample. John Ruskin actually produced
a manuscript work In three volumes
before he reached his seventh birth
day.