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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-11-08
Erwin Morrison Operated On

Erwin Morrison who entered the
Masonic hall at Garner Thursday ev-
ening to take his Master Mason's
degree, was in the hospital at Ma
son City before 4 o'clock Friday
morning for a surgical operation,
The two affairs had no necessary
connection, however. He was attack
ed with acute append citis, which
very rapidly. The opera
ton was successful, and the patient
is getting along nicely. Mr.. Morri-
son, who is the school athletic coach
at Garner, is the son of Mayor and
Mrs. Frank Morrison of West Union.
West Union Gazette.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-11-08
Monday Club Entertained

? The DEBORAH Monday Club enter
tanned the Postville Monday Club
here last week, and the members
say, it was day long to be re-
membered, and the Postville Herald
has the following to say about the
clubs visit here:
Last Monday marked another very
pleasant event in the experiences OF
the Postville Monday Club, when
seventeen members responded to the
very kind invitation extended by the
DEBORAH club to visit them, and
heatily enjoyed the privileges of the
occasion. 1t was an ideal October
day, rounded out by a delightful
moonlight evening. The guests were
received at the home of Mrs. Port
man at 2:30 p. M, where fine pro-
gram was given, introduced by music
and followed by three very interest
ing papers on
The Sea in Poetry...-..--...Mrs. Brunt
The Sea in Art .-..-...--..-..-.Mrs. Knight
The Sea in Music MFRS. Adams
At the conclusion of the program
the guests were escorted to the De-
corah park and on their return were
served a delicious three-course din
ner at the home of Mrs. Wilcox
One of the pleasure of the social
hour was the meeting of Mrs. II. e.
Miller of Cedar Falls, former men,
Der of both clubs. All in all it was
day long to be remembered, and
the Monday Club returned to their
homes with sincere appreciation Of
the kind hospitality that had been
extended to them.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-11-08
"Say il With Eggs Red Cross Slogan
in Butler County

Shell Rock, Iowa-Eggs are col
lateral in Butler county, at least dur
ing the period of the Red Cross roll
call. "Say it With Eggs" is to be
the slogan of the campaign.
Rev. C. G. Fort, of Shell Rock,
local chairman, reported to state
headquarters today, unique plan
for securing Red Cross memberships
in the county. eff you haven't 81 in
cash. contribute SIS worth of eggs.
Fort is going to ten the FARMERS.
Butler county has worked out a
plan for covering the rural commune
ties by school districts. Its city
schools are also to cooperate to the
extent of excusing high school pupils
to assist in the house to house can
vas.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-11-08
Every Dollar You Spend

are trade winners. The quality is
right and the price is very cheap
We absolutely guarantee every gar
ment you buy.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-11-08
Prussian Subject Arrested Here

Last Friday Marshal Tavener ar
rested fellow in DEBORAH by the
name of Conrad Feltman, who was
going about from house to house
begging. He said he was a Prus-
sian and not citizen of this coun-
try and didn't believe in this gov
ernment. Even so, he didn't hesitate
to come here and beg, and try to
get by without becoming citizen.
We understand that during the war
he was sent as a political prisoner
from Waterloo to Fort Ogeltrope.
He dropped into DEBORAH last week,
but won't drop out again for 80
days, as that was the santanca hand
ed him by Justice II. F. Barthell.
County Attorney Nelson has taken
his case up with the federal authori-
ties, with a view of having him de-
ported to his beloved Prussian home
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-11-08
City Water Purified by Chlorine

Cresco will soon be safe from con-
Examinations of city water. The new
Chlorine Control Apparatus has been
installed and is busy each day in
jecting chlorine gas into the city
water. The containers for shipping
samples to Iowa City for analysis
were ordered in time to reach here
as soon as the machine but did not
arrive until Saturday. Samples of
the treated water We're sent in Mon
day and it will probably be ten days
or two weeks before full report OF
the analysis can be given. In the
meantime the public IS using the
yaeer without official release from
the City Council and without any
seeming danger or unusual taste to
the water.
The chlorine gas is compressed in
to a tank in liquid form and forced
thru the apparatus which converts
it into gas again and distributes
about 21a pounds into a million gal
Ions of water not enough to be de-
tected in the taste but sufficient to
destroy all disease germs which may
enter the water from any source. A
A. Merrill the engineer is kind en-
ough to explain the matter to an!
visitors.-Cresco Times.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-11-08
Gettlng BY

When a lady who was burning up
the road on the boulevard was over
taken by a traffic officer and mo-
toned to stop, she Indignantly ask
ed "What do you want with me Z"
"You were running forty miles an
hour" answered the officer.
Forty miles an hour? Why, Off
Ger, | haven't been out an hour,
said the lady.
"Go ahead" said the officer.
THAT is a new one on me-"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-11-08
Attended Undertakes Convention

Mr.. Henry Ness, of the DEBORAH
Furniture Co. attended an under
takers convention at Waterloo last
week. A well known lecturer, of
Chicago, spoke on the latest methods
employed now in the business, and
much good was derived from the
meeting. The underakers all en-
joyed big banquet after the lecture.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-11-08
Be Sure

Be sure and don't forget to come
in and sample our Mammoth, New
York Cream Cheese on Cheese Day,
Saturday, this week. F. J. Rosenthal
& Sons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-12
OWN YOUR OWN ISLAND AND
 ESCAPE THE DROUTH

Prohibition and the airplane have brought about new kind of life for rich Americans with thirst. Sir Harry Bordeaux, governor general of the Bahamas, who recently passed through New York on his way to Canada, says Americans are rapidly "cornering'' small islands in the Bahamas, where the Anti-Ss- loon league, the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act can be safely ignored.
 Islands in convenient flying distance from the Florida resorts are most in demand. Amer tied liquor supplies are not cut off from se- ciety or business in dry America. Whenever they want to attend social function on the mainland or discuss business a swift hydro airplane will carry them to their destination and transport them back to the moist atmos. phere of the Bahamas.
 Even if one did not have a thirst and were not prompted by motive which is offensive to all 100 per cent prohbtionists, the life pie tured by Sir Harry appeals to the imagination. Who has not, at some time or other, dreamed \ nabob, cut off from the vexations &4d com plications of the work-a-day world? Robinson Crusoe enjoyed privileges denied to most of us who cannot escape from the thousand and one annoyances imposed upon us by close contact with neghbors.
 In these times, when radio makes it possible to communicate with our fellow man and keep up with what's going on in the world, no mat ter where we are-in the frozen north or traversing the remoter seas, and with the arr plane able to whisk us anywhere we want to go, existence on an individual island has many attractive possibilities. Unfortunately there is scarcity of available islands in strategic location.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-12
Coneeit is weakest bodies strongest works.
 Hamlet. x
A MoRNIN cPRAYER
RUNAWAY COTTON MARKET
 NOT ON PROGRAM

Unless all signs fail there is not going to he a runaway cotton market this fall The sellers are organized and will market cotton more economically than heretofore, receiving more of the net profit and giving less to the middleman. On the other hand, the cotton world appears to have fixed the value of cot ton around 20 cents and variation between that figure and a top one of 20 cents is gen. orally accepted prediction. The more cotton rises above the base line, the readier, it ap- pears, will be the disposition of the buyer to fall back while.
 There have been no great fluctuations In prices for staple articles since the recovery from low levels. Cotton has not varied as much as cents the pound since last Septem- ber The conditions now facing the cotton world have been realized many months The small carry-over has been analysed and mills are prepared to meet that situation.
 Cotton, having gotten business basis, will share the lot of other well organized busi- ness. Neither buyer nor seller can be stam- peded. The buyer IS no lohger Iisheeheo oy a comparatively small production and supply.
 The art of doing without has been impressed on the nation. Factories do not operate for the fun of the thing. Either there is net profit or the shop shuts up for a more favor able opportunity. The manufacturer has an eve on what the consumer will pay and the con- sumer has shown his ability to drop out when he must.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-12

greatness are being flouted. We see 1t in the attitude of capital and labor at the present moment. All true democracies designed for the greatest good of the greatest number, but we are getting away from that idea in the United States. Along with centralization of authority in Washington, which has made rapid strides in recent years, there is less re- spect for the law and for the government than ever before in the nations history.
 Nowaday the powerful interests who main- tain lobbies at Washington and exert tremen- dous influence on legislation don't ask them selves if law is just. They merely want to know if it will interfere with their own schemes, and in that case will fight it to the last ditch. If the law is passed over their protests they'll evade it or fight it in the courts with the help of highly paid lawyers
 Selfishness and greed are behind most of our disregard for law and crooked lawyers are helping to bring contempt upon our courts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-12
AMERICAN PEOPLE DO NOT
 RESPECT THE LAW

Speaking at luncheon of the American Bar association in San Francisco, George W. Wick ersham, former United States Attorney Gen eral, said that "No government resting on uni- versal suffrage can long endure without respect for the constitution and laws of the land, nor if the selfish interests of particular classes are permitted to contest the laws and facts of government" He was referring to the mas sacre of non-union mine workers at Herrin, III.
 Distinguished jurists and other men of prominence in all parts of the United States are alarmed by the growing disrespect for the law. It is becoming increasingly evident in younger people, but there seems to be law less spirit in all ranks of society and we are developing class consciousness which bodes ill for the country.
 The principles on which the American nation was founded and by which it has risen tc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-12
WHY NOT AN INTERNATIONAL
 BANK -UPTCY COURT?

A serious question before the larger na- tions is how far to go in collecting war debts. In the affairs of individuals there is the bank rurtcy court When man is utterly unable to meet his obligations it takes what little he has, distributes it among his creditors and wipes out the remainder of his debts. The bankrupt citizen may then go ahead with a Nclean slate and make new start
 Society realizes that the business man bear ing an overload is an obstacle to commerce and, therefore, when he is overloaded and cannot move, lifts that burden through the bar'-- -s' -- egr.i
 There is no radical difference between big business and little business. IT, principle s the same in each. The people who cannot pay in money and could pay in goods cannot manufacture the goods when debt paralyzes
 Sooner or later rai'o~ which Is really bankrupt will be declared so, because there is nothing else to be done. It would seem the part of common sense to have scientific apditirs made of the worlds debts and act on that finding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-12
WHERE BEANS COME FROM

Birmingham is eating pole beans coming exclusively from Franklin, Tenn.," said J. D. Baugh. "The daily cargo by express from that place is 300 to $50 bushels, and all is absorbed arrival. This has been going on for a month
 "The beans are picked fresh each day and leave Franklin in express cars at night They are in Birmingham next morning at o'clock. and Morris avenue houses are disposing of them as soon as they open for the day.
 "There is small local supply coming ii from nearby truck gardens, which are sold di- rect to the green grocer, but the real suppy comes from Franklin, Tenn. l am one of the shippers and know of what I speak.
 Coming to market within 12 hours after being picked the beans are fresh and succu- lent. Frankin's bean shipments are just one of the many examples of the business done in that section in fruits, vegetables poultry and the like.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-12
BELIEVES IN MILEAGE

"The Southern Traffic bureau managers have practically agreed on the basis of rates which will be submitted to the interstate commerce commission in Atlanta on September 14," said Charles E. Jones, secretary of the local bu- reau. "We have held many meetings and be- lieve we have laid good ground work.
 General base of the rates which we ask iz mileage, which is after all the only fair base So far as Birmingham is concerned, our situa- tion is such that we not only have nothing to lose under rate system based on distances between points, but much to gan This is a central point and is best off under applica. tion of absolutely fair ways of determining rates.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-12
LEG CUT OFF BY RADIO
From the Neptune News.

From the Neptune News.
 Think of the thrill in meeting with a man you had never slapped eyes on before and whose leg you had amputated! Some thrill, say you This was the experience of Dr. Will liam s. Irwin, surgeon the S.S. President Harding, of the United States Lines.
 About nine years ago Dr. Irwin was ships surgeon on vessel that ran between New York and Central American ports. Wireless had not reached the stage of perfection which it enjoys today, but the vessel on which the doc tor served was equipped with the most power ful apparatus then in use. One sleepy after noon, as they cut through the blue waters of the Caribbean, the doctor was summoned to the wireless room to receive message from Swan Island, setting forth the fact that the lighthouse tender on the lonely isle was in bad condition because of an injury to his leg.
 Swan Island had and has wireless station since the early days of radio. The population of the place at the time Dr. Irwin received the call for aid consisted of the lighthouse tender, his wife, the wireless operator and two other workmen. According to the message received by Dr. Irwin immediate medical attention was required Swan Island was then almost 800 miles distant from the ship. Dr. Irwin called for full details concerning the injured light house tender, and from his perusal of the de- tails which came to him out of the void the ships surgeon decided that an immediate amputation was necessary to save the patients life. Gangrene was developing in the injured limb and death seemed imminent.
 It was impossible for the steamship to reach Swan Island in time for surgical assistance, and realizing the acute state of affairs Dr. IT, win asked whether those waiting upon the in- jured man would attempt an amputation pro- viding they were furnished with the necessary instructions. Word came back that they were ready to follow instructions.
 Then through the ether went the instruc- tons and the amputaton was performed. One of the workmen who acted as cook for the little colony, acted as surgeon and used kitchen saw and butcher knife as his instruments. The severed arteries and veins were tied with silk thread. The operation was completed in the course of an hour. During the next day or two Dr. Irwin received reports that the patient was doing nicely.
 The years sped by and Dr. Irwin, now sur geon of the S.S. President Harding, came ashore short time ago to be greeted by one-legged man follows:
 'You don't know me, doctor, but you are the man who cut off my leg nine years ago."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-12
AS SHE IS SPOKE!

From the New York Telegram.
 George A. Colgan, dismissed city employe, who is having a neat little political row with Mayor Hylan, gave vent to picturesque bit of English the other day when he said:
 Hell not dare deny anything I've said. I'm not in the habit of playing this sort of game without an ace in the hole."
 How important is poker slang in our every day converse!
 "An in the holep Now, everybody knows what that means, and to the few who might mistake it for an expression from the links the illumination that it is just stud-poker talk will suffice to elicit a smiling "Oh, yesv'
 Modern English of the American variety is replete with such expressions In 25 years Mark Hanna's expression "We're standing pat" has required no diagrammatic elucidation for any of us. Neither has the opprobrious expres- sion sfour-flusher'' ever needed analysis.
 The Jackpot" is not a cooking utensil and "bob-tailed straight" implies no reference to the science of amputations.
 Plain English and poker talk are one and the same thing in these United States, and the who doesn't understand pokerese gets laughed at for admitting it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-12
IF LLOYD GEORGE TURNS AUTHOR

From the New York World.
 If Premier Lloyd George shortly publishes his memoirs he will only be following the fash ion His name is big asset and the oppor- tunity to cash in during his lifetime is apparent ly too good to be resisted. Foreign celebrities of much less magnitude have been turning their experiences into ready money and found an ex- cellent market in the land of dollars Who knows but the British prime minister may be induced to come to America and go on the lec- ture platform by way of turning an honest pen ny2 With nothing more in sight than the Irish question and German separations and foreign debt settlements and general elections, he should manage to spare fe wmonths in enter taining American audiences
 If Premier Lloyd George were to write with entire frankness he could tell great deal worth while. But will he and dare he? In the past, statesmen who kept notes of their daily doings thought it well to lay aside their pages for post humous publication. To be sure, Theodore Roosevelt issued his autobiography during his lifetime, but he was subject to no rules Lloyd George has not yet retired from public life, and when he goes it will probably be of his own voltion. In the meantime the task of authorship will bring him face to face with the perils of telling too much or too little If he goes too far he will raise up new enemies; if he stops short of the full facts it will be at the risk of having his testimony challenged.
 But dull book from Lloyd Georges pen is not to be conceived of If he is moved to tell his own story of the events in which he has shared, there should be no lack of volunteers to fill in the gaps that he may leave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-12
A STRANGE ROTARY CLUB

Jerusalem is religious almost motley indescribable, says John H. Finley, associate editor of the New York Times writing in the August number of "Our World" The re- ligious quarters" are strictly delimited
 There is Jewish quarter, a Russian quarter, an Armenian quarter and so on. On Satur- days the Jewish shops are closed on Sundays the Christian shops are closed While the people of the Greek church celebrate the birthday of the Virgin, the yelled women of the Moham- medan community look on at the festival. The Pro-Jerusalem Society which is striving to bring all clements together in the effort to make sanitary modern city of Jerusalem is composed of the mayor of Jerusalem. the Grand Multi of the Muslin Community. the Greek Patriarch, the Armenian Patriarch, the president of the Jewish community, the chair
 man of the Zionist commission and many others. It constitutes one of the strangest and most interesting Rotary clubs in the world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-12
THE WORLD REFORMED
From the St. Louis Dispatch.

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 Sirdar Rama Setti, an East Indian swami, having arrived at Los Angles, has gazed into the crystal bowl and beheld the reform of the world. The cares that oppress the day, he as- sures us, will presently fold up their tents, like MT. Longfellow's well-known Arabs, and quietly steal away. Among the first to go will be prohibition, whose dismal tenure will have ended, he says, in 1924. That same year is to mark the passing of the republican party and the return of the democrats.
 With those two prophecies fulfilled good many folks will be willing to waive the other beneficiaries which the Sirdar promises. Still, if Setti, while about it, can see his way clear to giving each of us a Rolls Royce and nice little oil well his candidate for President, who ever he is, will poll vote that will make the 7000 000 majority of 1920 look like Senator Reeds fragmentary margin. And as we charge the battlements of the millennium with song and feastng we shall hail Setti as the princeliest prince of India and also dash off an ode to the wonderful climate of Los Angeles which, we assume, inspired this vision.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-12

The British government doesn't propose to have Poincare assassinated while he is in Lon don. He is being guarded night and day by 50 men from Scotland Yard and 10 French se- cret service men. His meals are prepared in special kitchen of the hotel where he is stay ing.
 MT. Brisbane's description of Mr. Munsoy letting newspapers die in his arms for lack of nourishment because he wouldn't go out and get advertising for them is close approxima- tion to ''sob stpff..D
 A Chinese statesman who got his education in America and learned to play poker is be- ing heard from in China. With his equipment he was bound to be heard from, sooner or later.
 When it was announced that Mexican ban dits had captured wrestler from America the sentiment seemed to be unanimous for letting the Mexicans keep him.
 
 Jim Reed received an Ovation on his re- turn to Washington. Persons who had Sem ator Jim slated for the tomb will have to put up with him while longer.
 x x The candidate who spends all the money he has and all he can borrow in running for off, flee and then gets defeated is more to be pitied than censured.
 Perhaps Breckinridge Long of Missouri will recover sufficiently to look in on the next dem- ocratic national convention. T)s- -I-- L L Twain. In that case, there is some justifca- tion for the tonsorial monologue. Philadelphia is going ahead with her exposi- tion. Maybe by the time it's open for business we'll be back to normalcy. The progress of the Literary Digest's prohi- bition poll is marked by chuckles from the "wets" and shorts from the "drys.'
 
 After glancing over the price list next win- ter we'll understand why lump of coal IS called ''black diamond" Mir. Bryan's recent hair cut should renew the agitation to get the hair of bald-headed men cut at half price.
 k * Harold Mccormick and Ganna Waska ase married. Now, let's all sit back and watch the course of true love.
  It would be dreadful if the open door n Canada were slammed right in the face of the American tourist
 y By adding Swiss and Pole the Mccormick family will be thoroughly internationalized.
 * < When Texas sends republican to Con gross, the skating will be good in Hades.
 * x x Liquor boats now turk 12 miles out, just as matter of precaution.