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The Arvada enterprise., 1923-03-29
Had Money Enough.

Twenty years ngO Or M there used
10 he II story Of negro boy who re-
fused to carry u grip uptown for n
travelling salesman. olive you u
quarter" offered the salesman. II
got N quarter, boss" The same little
darky, now grown. WIS encountered
by u Kansas City man on n dark
street the other night. Az there wn.
no one about, the knnsns CITY insn
SHE'D 10 the edge of IN" sidewalk,
giving the dnrky plenty Of room,
New mind. mister" the dnrky ns'
surcd him. II nin't Comm hold you
up. ! got as much money ~ you
have"
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-03-29
SHE DYED A SWEATER,
SKIRT AND CHILD'S COAT
WITH "DIAMOND DYES

Each package Of Diamond Dyes" con.
tains directions 70 simple any woman can
dye or tint her worn, shabby dresses
skirts, waists, coats, stockings, sweaters
coverings. dnperies, hsngings, everything
even If she has never dyed before. Buy
Diamond Dyes"-no other kind-then
perfect home dyeing Il sure because Dia.
mcnd Dyes are guaranteed not to spot
whether the material you wish to dye d
wool o. silk, or whether il IL linen, cotton
or mixed observation-disclosures
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-03-29
losplv,nu Interest,

1T took me n long time 10 yet the
opposition editor out home To print
thut extract from my speech" mnr.
INJURED Senator Sorghum.
How did you manage NJ
Wrote II In II letter addressed 10
somebody else. hut apparently put into
the wrong cnvel0p" nnd marked II
conspicuously. Not for Publication
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-03-29
LESSON FOR APRIL I
THE WALK TO EMMAUs

LESSON TENT-I.uke 2&:la-Sl
GOLDEN TENT-Why seek ye the
living among the dcad7 lie is not here.
but is riscn,-Lukc 2&:6-6
REFERENCE Observation-Disclosures
Sl-lo, Acts :;22- 80; Corinthians i6: -
20, Colossians 3:l-&
PRIMARY TOPlC-A Walk with
Jesus.
JUNIOR TOPlC-Jraus as Com
panion.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
lC-Lifc with the Risen Lord.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
lC-What Christs Resurrection Means.
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-03-29
ch,na's New Air Maj, Service.

A number Of Chinese students are
undergoing II special course OF train
ing to equip them for plotting the air
planes that ARE used in the ncwly'cs
tablixhcd mail route In Chinn between
I'eking. Tsinunfu and Shanghai. Al
first Il WIS necessary to employ for
eign pilots.
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-03-29
An Ovsrsioht,

Daugl,-r-iioU do you Ike my
new evening gown. fnih"rf
FBthcr-My dear glrl you surely
aren't going out with hnl' Of your
back cSpOsedi
Daughter docking In 'nirror) On.
IT'S that stupid dressmnker's fault |;
she forgot 10 cut on the other hnIfi
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-03-29
r~.o,y.vss,.o,d Scarlet Fsv., Germ

Thut hs had traced mn outbreak Of
scarlet fever to bOok used ~ years
ngO by n fever patient and never Hxain
used by the family was stated by
the medical on,css at B.Ichninp. 10
ee1. Enxisnh
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-03-29
conelssness In sos.klco.

Every man should study c0nciss
ness IN speaking; II is u sign Of ignor
nnce not 10 know TINT long spteches
though they mny plense the ynhAktr
nrc the torture Of the hcnreT. Cisai,.
ham. Z " 2
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-03-29
IOWA AUXILIARY HELPS MANY
Relief for Disabled, According to Re.
port Of Committee Head,
Reaches Nearly 5000.
Woman relatives Of former service
meN. banded together us members of

the Iowa aux
Hilary of the Amer
lean Legion, have
a remarkable rec
ord for relief work
completed among
disabled soldiers.
Nearly 5000 was
spent by the mem
bers of the organ
lzation. according
TO reports Just
made publ, \
Mrs. w. A. Quinn,
head Of tie wei.
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-03-29

Foreman. one Of
the founders Of
the American Le-
Cion. claracteris-
tically d e 8 or ibe
his action near
Maucourt. France.
on November 4,
1918. for which
he has Just been
awarded the D.s-
tinguished Service
Cross, one OF the
highest Of United
States war deco
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-03-29
PanaeeA.

The Boy Ito the plumber)-Oh
have you hurt your finger7 Wait n
minute an I'll get mother to kiss It
well.
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-03-29
Safe Both Ways.

You can no longer put u man In Jul:
because he owes money. For that
matter, you can hardly put him in
Jail II he has money.-Norrlstow
Times.
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-03-29
Like Old WatseaV.

Persons extremely rys'yv srS lp
old cnnIncled wntA'A a'ig' hhd
painted covers that hirAcrc'E your ~"
Ing what o'clock. 1t wns! -wsfpo'r
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-03-29
FOR THE VETERANS BUREAU
MAJ. William Wolfe Smith. National
Press Club Post, Appointed
General Counsel.

National Press Club Post, No. 20.
Of the American Legion has Ind the
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-03-29

, mans memory serves him well
~ II enables him to forget the
~, he doesn't care to remember.
s...,ssiou OF II return ticket never
- M make one a little more extrava-
u his vacation.
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-03-29
SERVICE CROSS FOR FOREMAN
One OF Highest U. S. War Decora.
tons Goes to Ono Of the
Legion Founders.

was mad as hi at the enemy"
Ihus does Brig. Gen. Milton ].
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-03-29
unpopular Invention

Unpopular Invention.
A New York man has invented a
machine which he says will tell my
wOman's age. He's going to M ahont
as popular as a snake Mt q lawn SO
cial. ...
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-03-29
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nrRUvt1 UidfORM INTERNATIONAL
Sl119}daySclool q
Lesson

t6y REV. p. d. FlTZWATER. D. D.
Teacher OF English Bible In the Moody
Bible Institute Of ChicaRoJ
Copyright. ls?a. western Newspaper Union.
The Arvada enterprise., 1923-03-29

| Smelly.
bar of "HaH ~
!. Even ''uk
bed hair STAY
|,yle you llA
|Iaed combA
natural Ei~
to your hair
dress both ,
occasions
.,,,Ir.Grooa'
air because I"
Falp. ,hsrefe. s,.
II md pliaA
one can ~
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1923-01-17
WON BIG TRADE BY ADVERTIS.
ING
Webster City, Iowa, Merchants Find
Big Business.

Webster City, Iowa-M rchants
are rounding up the figures Of what
has been the most prosperous bust
ness season in the history of the
city.
More cash has rolled into the
money tills of the different stores in
the past four weeks, than has ever
been there since the town was incor-
porated. Every bank reports the
week before Christmas the most ac-
tive in their history.
A trade extension plan was put
into operation beginning with Lee.
/, whereby old accounts were clear
ed up with astonishing rapidity.
One large clothing store reports that
for the first time in the thirty-three
years history Of the concern, 1t Is
practically without old accounts.
1t is estimated that about Sl9O,OOO
in cash was spent in the city be-
tween Dec. and Dec. "a.
No especial Christmas features
were used to attract the people TO
this city, but more advertising was
employed than ever before in early
December. The idea was formed
and put into usage by the chamber
of commerce, which is in superb
condition.
Fifty eight merchants Of the city
united in one common purpose, that
of attracting shoppers 70 this city
by skillfull advertising, not by rea-
son of bargain sales, but by at
tractively worded ads so widely
distributed by newspapers that ev-
cry person with a mail box in the
counties, received them.
Local daily papers sent out spe'
cial weekly numbers, and the ad:
of these fifty-eight merchants giver
prominence.
The plan has brought the mer
chants together into a closer rela
tionship than ever before, and fol
lowing the annual invoice, loca
business men are anticipating al
era of prosperity unequalled in for
mer years.
The chamber of commerce, whicI
is responsible for the success Of tn
December business is this wee
undergoing a complete reorganiza
ton and revivification.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1923-01-17
Beer and Home Brew

The highest medical authorities
and records of the hospitals, bear
testimony that no man can drink
beer safely, that it is an injury TO
any one who uses it in any quantity,
and that its effect on the general
health is worse than that of whisky.
The physical effect is not the worst
feature of beer consumption, the
most pernicious thing is the demon
alizing, brutalizing influence ON those
who habitually use it.
The "Home Beer" problem con-
fronts the federal enforcement Off
ers. The National Prohibition Law
reads as follows: at shall be unlaw-
full to advertise, manufacture, sell or
possess for sale, any utensil, con-
trivance, machine, preparation, COM
pound substance formular direction,
or recipe advertised, designed, or in
tended for use in the unlawful man.
ufacture of intoxicating liquor"
The so-called home brewed beer,
manufactured in the home is, under
the construction of the law by the
Bureau of Internal Revenue, "ls
jllegal and the sale of materials for
the purpose of such manufacture is
likewise Illegal,
Commissioner Krames says, 1.-The
man who makes home brew In his
northern home is just as much a
Jaw breaker as the nloonshiner in
the mountain Businesses Of the
south"
Moral-Help to enforce the pro-
hibition law. p,
Press Com. of DEBORAH W. c. I. U,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1923-01-17

American Exp. Co., express 49, l2.13
Reed & Hanson, exp. TO Creseo. 800
r.. Lennon & Co. mdse. $3.50. 1920
Haiues' & johnson, insurance . 3.2s
Motion by Lange, seconded by lstad.
the resolution of the Finance Com
mittee be adopted. Roll call vote, all
members voting aye. Carried.
Motion by Dale, seconded by Ander
son. Milk Ordinance No. 1872 be placed
upon its second reading. Roll call vote,
all members voting aye. Motion was
read the second time.
carried Milk Ordinance No. 1872 was
Motion by Willett, seconded by Dale,
that Ordinance No 1872 as read be
termed its second reading. Roll call
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1923-01-17
ORIGINAL NOTICE
Tn District Court of Iowa, in and for
Winneshiek County. Feb
ruary Term, A. ID.
1923.

Mary Lee, Plaintiff
VS..
Frank Lee, Defendant
To the foregoing named defendant,
Frank Lee:
You are hereby notified that there
is now on file in the office of the
Clerk of the District Court of Iowa,
in and for Winneshiek County, the
petition in equity, duly verified, OF
the plaintiff, Mary Lee, claiming
that YOU and the plaintiff are hus-
band and wife, and asking that she
may be granted a divorce, and that
the bonds of matrimony now exist
ing between you and the plaintiff,
be severed, on the ground of deser-
ton as by statute provided, also ask
ing that the plaintiff be given the
custody of the minor children born
to you and the plaintiff as the issue
of the said marriage, and for general
equitable relief.
You are further notified that un-
less you appear and defend before
noon of the second day of the next
term of said court, commencing at
the court room, in the court house,
in the city of DEBORAH, Winneshiek
county, state of Iowa, on the 18th
day of February, A. D. 1928, de-
fault will be entered against you ano
Judgment and decree rendered and
entered in accordance with the pray
er of the said petition.
b Dated DEBORAH, Iowa, December
goth, 1922.
c. S. BOICE,
52-4w Atty. for Plaintiff
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1923-01-17

was carried
Resolution making the assessments
for paving on Hill street was read. Mo-
tion by Willett, seconded by Dale, the
resolution be adopted Roll call vote,
all voting aye. Motion carried and the
resolution declared adopted.
Resolution making the assessment
for paving in Luther College grounds
was read.
Motion by Reed, seconded by Istad,
the resolution be adopted. Roll call
vote, ayes, no nays. Carried The
resolution was declared adopted.
II was moved and seconded to add
journ. Carried.
f. NJ. HUGHES,
City Clerk.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1923-01-17
States Entry Into Union.

Two states, Georgia, on the ID,
17SS. and Connecticut. on the 9th Of
the same year. ratified the Constltu-
tion in the month Of January. Michi-
gan on the 10Th. 1897; Kansas, on the
2sth, 1861 Utah. on the 4th, 1895, and
New Mexico, on the 9th, 1912, we're sd
nitted 10 the Union in January.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1923-01-17

December 20, 1922.
The adjourned meeting of the City
Council was called to order by Mayor
r. W. Conover.
Members present, Reed, Lange, Istad,
Anderson, Bernatz, Willett and Dale.
The members of theby9RtheysH.0yy
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
Resolution of the Finance Committee.
Whereas, the following claims have
been examined and approved by the
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1923-01-17
No HELD,

Jud Tunkins says the camera has be-
come great power. hut people never
yet elected man to Office simply be-
cause he took a good Photograph
Washington Star.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1923-01-17
Through Tourist Sleeper to California

On November Ia and rs, Deem,
Der IL and &c, and January and
23. a high class tourist sleeper Will
be operated from Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, to Los Angeles, California over
Ry. to Kansas City, thence Rock
Island Lines Golden State Limited
Especial seetion). Car leaves Cedar
Rapids 9:O5 P. NJ. on above dates
arriving Los Angels 1:lo ?. NJ
following Friday noon--only three
nights en- route. Golden State" d1n-
ing car meals. The pest On
WSeeIs" at most reasonable prices.
For complete information and berth
reseryations call on or write
L. r. SCHREMPF,
Agent, DEBORAH, Iowa
C. C. Gardner, Gen. Agt:, Pass. Dept Sp.
500 United Bank Bldg 40 p Ss
Moines, DIVA. ~
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1923-01-17
Woman and Art"

THE average persons idea of art"
saws Weimer. lis woman with no
cIothes on" But the first artful WON
an put clothes On herself.-Virginia
Pilot.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1923-01-17

meet with the city council at a meet
ing to be held Jan. 10th, at 1880 p. m.
Motion carried.
+. NJ. HUGHES,
City Clerk.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1923-01-17

Hanson & Altfillisch, engineering 1870
John Dahl. fire chief 800
DEBORAH Fire Dept, services. - 1900
n. Teget, sewer contract 80. 2555.76
Fred Carlson, paving contract 100000
F.. l.. Amundsen, Agt., insurance 1000
c. A. Selland. sewer insp. . 5000
John Lewis, st. Com. ......... 5000
r. Tillapaugh, labor ......... $50
F.. Christopher. labor ....... $50
+. NJ. Hughes money paid out. 6.64
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1923-01-17

Finance Committee, therefore be it
Resolved, that they be allowed and
the money necessary to pay the same
be and hereby is appropriated and the
mayor and clerk are directed TO issue
orders on the city treasurer as follows,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1923-01-17
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

The regular meeting OF the City
Council was called to order by Mayor
F. W. Conover.
Members present-Reed, Lange, Is
tad. Anderson, Bernatz, Willett and
Dale.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
Report of the City Treasurer was
read and ordered placed on file.
Resolution of the Finance Committee.
Whereas. the following claims have
been examined and approved by the
Finance Committee, therefore be it
Resolved, that they be allowed, and
The money necessary to pay the same
be, and hereby is appropriated, and the
Mayor and Clerk are directed TO issue
orders on the City Treasurer as lob
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-01-23
THE HALF ALIVE
By H. Addington Bruce

TT OW often one hears this judgment passed
II on people who, surrounded by gay as
49, sociates, refuse to take part in the few
erish diversions to which those associates
habtually devote their leisure:
what poor simpleton that fellow Is. He
doesn't seem to know what a good time means.
He's not more than half alive. VIII he never
wake up?",
Actually, the chances are that the ones most
in need Of waking up, the ones not even half
alive, are these same exuberant critics, prid-
ing themselves on themselves on their high
spirits and abundance of energy. Whereas the
persons at whom the criticism is directed, de-
spite all their inertia as regards the favorite
activities of their critical acquaintance, may
be more truly alive than the latter will ever
be.
To be truly alive remember, something more
Is needed than the possession of high spirits
and an abundance of energy.
Above all there must be keen appreciation
Of the Importance Of making the most of ones
possibilities as thinking, feeling, and doing
human being to whom mental and physical
powers have been given for useful purposes.
The unthinking, no matter how amiable and
vivacious, do not really live. They merely
exist. So with the lazy, the unproductive, and
especially those so unimaginative that they
lack sufficient human sympathy to aspire to
be as helpful as possible to their fellowmen.
"He is most alive who most loves human.
kind" is the way one sage has put it. Though,
to be sure, there is the further requisite that
the love for humankind must be no more
theoretic love but must lead to action Of a
truly beneficial sort.
And since the needs of humankind are mani
fold the possibilities for beneficial action are
as numerous as there are human occupations
Hence the truly alive, whatever their occupa-
ton, buckle to it in earnest. They know that
it gives them their best chance to render help
full service, and helpful service is what they
yearn to render.
Rest and recreation, of course, they take in
due proportion. But they do not make rest
and recreation main objectives-as do the half
alive. And they draw from life satisfaction
forever unknown by the half alive
Yet the half alive can themselves become the
truly alive, to their incalculabIe gain.
They can become the truly alive if they will
but shift their center Of interest from them
selves to their comrades in this world meant
as a world of high endeavor. Self-interest
self-attention, selfdesire are in truth the
| forces which have devitalized them, making
them men and. women to be pitied rather than
envied, however fortunately situated they may
seem to be.
(C0nUripht y
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-01-23
Copyright, 1927
MY FAVORITE STORIES

In the old boom days at Virginia City James
Fair, the famous silver magnate, was sitting
one. day in barroom. 1t will be recalled
that Mr.. Fair, despite his lack of book-learn-
ing, amassed great many millions of dollars
and became leader in several lines of en-
deavor.
AS he sat there the barkeeper, who was
writing letter, called out to him, asking him
how to spell the word "bird.''
"B-U-R-D," answered Mr.. Fair.
That's the way 1 thought it was" said
the letter-writer.
An educated gambler who had overheard
this conversation bided his time On the fol-
lowing day, finding Mr.. Fair in company of
group of mining men, the gambler offered
to bet him hundred dollars that he could
not correctly spell the word bird.
BIRD" said Mr.. Fair, reaching for the
stakes.
my Lord" exclaimed the loser, "You
didn't spell it that way yester LAY"
Son." answered Mr.. Fair softly, there
wasn't any money up on it yesterday"
Copyright 1929
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-01-23
MY STARS
BY BERTON BRALEY

CAN astronomer has come forth with
the theory that stars are the result of
mating between masculine and feminine
elements in space.)
a COMET whirled through the realm
n of space,
n A shining wake behind him,
He travelled along at dizzy pace
With nary tie to bind him;
Till once, as the comet went whizzing by,
gay little Pleiad lamped him.
She winked at him with bold bright eye,
And gaily indeed she vamped him.
q o the comet paused in his headlong
flight
~ To flirt with the cleaning Pleiad.
bright,
And finally asked, would she add
Her starry charm to his speed and force
In an astronomical tether?
"And thus he said, "we will round
course
Through the furthermost stars togeth
err"
TN HE Pleiad nodded a shy assent,
So off on the trail they started.
- And over the armament they went
And never again were parted,
But little comets and Pleads came
From this joyous amalgamation,
And thus the heavens began to flame
Copyright, 1929
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-01-23

me about from childhood began to torture
me, and L saw myself as I was, a married
woman running away with another man.
No matter what the cause, no matter how
hardly [ had been driven to it, the fact re-
manned that I was making of myself a So
cial outcast and for a man that I liked
and respected, but did not love.
Panic began to rise in my heart. I tried
to stifle 1t, to crush it down, but 1 could
not, and all the while we were speeding
along a fairly deserted road, on and on,
and every revolution of the wheels was
carrying me farther and farther away from
the past and nearer to future dim and
vaguely terrifying.
Why had done this thing? And even
as l asked myself the question, the answer
leaped into my mind. I had done it in
order to obtain peace Of mind, to have
done with the heartaching experiences of
the past weeks I had thought to put the
past behind me, and in that way to find a
certain peace If not happiness, but what a
fool l had been. I glanced at Herbert sit
ting crouched over the wheel, his eyes in
tent on the road, and a little shrek rose to
my lips. Herbert was no longer the kind
friend, the understanding pal; he was the
other man in a sordid triangle, and he was
carrying me away from my husband. Gone
was the recklessness that had been gath
ering in me for many days, gone was every
thought in my mind but the desire to turn
back before 1t was TOO late wanted TO
scream out, to tell Herbert that I couldn't
go on with it, but when I opened my lips
the wind robbed me of breath and felt
as though I were strangling.
In my desperation I reached forward an
c1utched Herberts arm. If I hadn't been
half crazy with terror I should have known
better, for we were going at breakneck
speed, but at the time I did not think Of
that The car swerved sickening1y, there
was grinding, tearing noise, and then
blackness.
Next "What Happened" and "Herbert's
Plan"
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