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(Tune—Gee, But It's Great to Meet
I & Friend.)
Gee, but it's great to 'have your
I (home to this old town.
iWhat difference iif tih-e mercury be
up or down
Other cities thoughi there be,
Bxiraj to the plaice lor me.
OW gee, but it's great to have your
hlome in thtis old town!
(Ask Thieo. Patty to sing it.)
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EXIRA WILL CELEBRATE
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At th\ lt*t meeting of the Com
mercial Club, by a unanimous vote
it was decided to again celebrate
The Glorious Fonrth of July in the
Shady Nooks, of the Babbling
B®ooksj of Exira, The City Beauti
lul.
Thie finance committee has about
gontlliudied its labors of solicitation
and found, a ready response fr,om
all that were visited. Enough money
has been paid In and promised to
imiakiejt one of the besit, if not the
best, enjoyable ocoassiors ever held
la the county.
Thie practical Experience of the
oomimittees In charge, assures us
that nothing will be left undone
that will contiibute to the pliea
Bures of tihe day.
That Exira wiilil welcome you on
that duy is a forgone conclusion.
Boys and Girls. Call up the com
mittee of sports and practice the
games you wish to enter whethle#
its pitching horseshoes or running
In the races, while you are resting.
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On tihe hiiil west of town, on Uiie
£. C1. Wilson l'arm can be seen a
field of twenty two acres of Alfalfa
ittnat is good to look at. This patch
IWas sJwui three years ago and thie
first y^ar it was r.Uhier discourag
ing for a cro :, but an application,
of Sweet Clover spores dug from
tihe way side, and sown broad-cast
over the field and a ear of crushed
lime stone so win by the seeder got
into the soil just wliu it needed to
make alfalfa or clover too for tiluat
matter, grow profusely.
Last year three cuttings was
made while scores of hogs' lived
a,nd flattened on, its foiliage.
Ait parent the crop covers the
ground and stands sixteen indues
high' and ready for tine sickle and
this ini spite of hundreds of liogs
(Bating iit in preference to corn.
Every farmer should sow a few
acres.
ID SMUNTNNS LIVE
5*1"LITTLE VAILEI'
(Extract from our Little Valley
•sS|| Correspondent)
On account of sickness, Mr. Ottoi
Petersen was behind with his farm
lllln'g. The neighbors decided it would
%iie S, kind and neighborly deed if
"ft thiey would givie him a boost with
work. Saturday aftiernoon eight
•H«aien wttth their teams and five
,11 gang plows and three sulkies drove
,|1sintQ Mr. Petersen's field and put
pfi in the afternoon breaking corn
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groumd for him, for wlhiah Mir. Pet
\r |4 ersen was very thankful. W,e oon
'fi ilpldier a kllnd deed but let us
not Corgiet thiat there are othier
-I'VV. good deeds all around us that we
,'M may be able to boost. Let us watehJ
for them and do all the good we
IS®
in ail th*© ways can.
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THE BEST LETTED IS
You may write a thousand letters
to the madden, yoiu adore,
And declare in every letter that you
Jove hier more and more,
You may praise her grace and beau
ty ioi a thousand glowing lin.es
And compare her eyes of azure
with the brightest stars that sihine.
II you had the pen of Bryon you
would use it every day
la composing written worship to1
your sweetheart far away
But the letter far more welcome to
an older, gentler breast
Is thie letter to your motther from
tbe boy she love® the best.
She will read iit very often when
the lights are soft and low, j|J|
Sitting in the sanie old corner wlief
she held you years ago.
And regardless of i:ts diction, oir its
spoiling or its style,
MK/VIKAIPA
a n'O
hler boy away from home
—Frank M. Vancil.
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ALFALFA FIELD
M':ss Mary Powell, daughter of
•Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Powell, former
residents of Exiia, is one of four
young ladies who have been nomi
nated for May Queen at the Kan
sas State Una-, eisity wihere she is.
giaduaUnj this ye^r. The article
b.low taken from a Kansas paper,
was handed us re.ently by friends.
La wienie Kas., April 24.—The
May fete wiill be the big "stunt'' at
the Univeis^ty of Kansas this year.
Four girls were nominated for May
Queen, thie big honor of the year,
and one was elected at a vote o(
the senior coeds. For once in their
lives the girls are keeping a secret,
for no young man student in tii(e
lsclnoo'1 knows who is to be queen,
he votes have been sealed up and
p|ut in safety deposit vaults.
And although its composi.t on *ould jginaL ik,a. The Ohautauquas should
provoke a critic's smaie,
In her old and trembling fingers it
becomes a work of art.
Stained by tears of joy and sadness.
as slhe bugs it to her heart.
,Yea, the letter of all letters, look'
/wherever you may roam,
Is) the letter to your mother from
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EO FOR MAY QUEEN
May fete will be an old Englisiln
pageant. It will be staged on the
natural arena, a hall bordering Pot
ter lake. The queen, from her
throne, wilil preside over the gamt
bols of Robin Ho' and has bund,
and all the dharacters in
English
fairy stories. She will name her
(Robin Hood from the throne.
ATLANTIC TO HAVE
SOCIABILTY RUNS
Atlantic, Iowa, May 15. Thje
C|qmimeir|cial Olub Off this city h»s
arranged to repe(ait this yea.r the
Sociability Runs to thie surroundiiag
territory which were so popular a
compile of years ago. Thie arramgie
nietnita flbtr the runs a/re not entire
ly perfected buit the tentative plans
ptrovide far garbing everyone wiio
Igtoief? o|n) tlhje runs in a linen duster
atnid hjajt of some unique design, thie
(piaji^y eaxtfi day to be acooimpaniied
Iby iai baind aind miairch' up tJh!& nualnj
strieefc to be made in each town vis
ited. Thje ladies of tihe Womens'
'Olty Olub (hjaive been enlisted to ae
{sislt wd'thr the eptjerpriise this year
',a|n|d| it is expected tfhlalt thiey wd,lil
«aild largely in perfecting 'thje ar
rangements. The program for each
jdlaQr twill include stops in tihJe vari
ous towins 'visited atnd some unique
and attractive entertainment
Alll be furnished at each
place. The Runs will be hJeld some
tlmtej in June, the exact dates to. be
announced later. The Atlamtic Club
is renewing Its activities amd hias
a number of projects under consid
eration.
JLyle Siebert visited the fore part
fotf last week with friends In thie
country.
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Boost For I£:x_ir(a, Tiie City:Beaiatifu.!'
Ihere is a movement foot to'
bring the Chautauquas up to a
point where tlney will more com
pletely embrace the idea conceiv
ed by the late Rev. Dr. Vincent, the
Sounder of the plan. Dr. Vincent's
idea was educational. Tllne modern
•Ohautauquas are descending toward
tihe level of mere vaudeville shiowsi.
The educational feature is neglect
ed and the entertainment or "show"
fleature magnified. If this statement
is doubted or Challenged its truth
can be pirovein by reference to the
advprt sement or announcements
of alim'.st any of the Chiautauquas
lueltd in this state in tflie past five
om ten years. The fault lies, not
wiifih the local managements, but
wholly with the lyeeum and lecture
bureaus which furnish the programs
Tihe patrons of the Ghiautauquas
wiouid we'eome a return to the ori-
be tiha peoples' universities. The
patrons thicuOd be given the oppor
tunity of hearing w/Jat the great
til inkers and leaders have to say
upon the live subjects under dis
cuss'on by tihe American peep!©. Tihe
rum sC ould be thrown open to de
Ibate, for one thBo®. By discussion
iWle arriie at t. tnu:ih. Tlieire is
p.em of '"t l3i.t" to be had to pre
sent both sides o£ any question And
•thena surely is interjeet enough iin.
the many problems of the day to.
insure even greater crowds at the
gate. ImagiLne the drawing powier
of jo'int delates upon su-ch subjects
as "Unionism, Open Sttitop,"
''Slli^u'ld Wo.ir.en V'o.e?" "Socialism
VB Democn cy," "Frohiibition vs.
Regu at'or." Armr ment Oir Peace
treaties' High Tariff vs. Low
fariff" and so on down tlhie gipeat
liS't, with real, recoil zed national
or state or even local au-tliorities
Xa
pa\is.er«t eacQv side fairly. A. man
or woman who attended a Chautau
qua ,.there such subjects wire dis
ilss'd
U'ld
29 YEARS OLD EXIRA, IOWA, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1915 $1.00 PER YEAP
LEI OS HAVE A REAL A
LIVE CHAUTAUQUA
go home at the end ot
the week \vitih the feeling tiiat t)n«
time h- been well spent. Of course
thera would have to be entertain^
ment features and plenty of good
music but Wie educational aspect of
the piograni should not be made se
.•ondaiy to me en ertainmi-jit.
Professor Perry Gl Hoiden of the
International! Harvester Company
has been appointed to help grant th
awards in Education auid Social E
couomy, at the Panama Pacific Ex
position. Ti.e Professor wall be re
membered .n this county on two oc
casions. Once when he preached the
gospel of good' seed corn and how
!to procure it, and again when hie
ran for Govenor aaid was so igiuomt
ious defeated. That defeaft drove
the good man frcm tihe State.
Herald says:
"Professor Perry G. Hoiden, direc
tor of the agricultural department
oi
tihe International Harv^ater Co.,
has been appointed on tihe interna
tional jury of awards, department
of education and social economy,
of the Panama-Pacific Exposition.
Professor Hoiden is national author
ity on agricultural nad educational
matters. He became noted throngiii
out the United Staites by his corn
work in Iowa. He has done field
jwfcrk in nearly every state in the
Union.
urns ncmc
The teachers of the. Audubon
High School and the Exira Higtti
School enjoyed a pleasant day here
last Saturday in the Milliman woods
eouth of town.
The day was fine and an enjoy
abde time was had. All kinds of
o,utside amusements were particlpat
ed In and they had1 a real sociable
timleu -J.
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Mr! and Mrs. Knud D. Petersen
residing on Madison St. celebrated
next ioor to Mr. and Mrs. Petersen.
'Rev.. C. O. Kloth pastor of tilile
Lutheoan church here, of which Mr.
Petersen and wife are faithful
memlbfersi conducted the semce at
Ihe church at 2 o'clock in the pre
sence fpf a large audience. Mis. L.
A. Petersen furnished the music
for the exercise.
Tha church, and home hlad been
beautifully decorated with flowers,
Joliage and tinges of gold through
out. Immediately after the service
the procession went to the Thomas
Jessen home in the southeast part
of town to attend the reception.
All were treated to a cup of hot
coffee (the day bging quite cool)
a: delicious ci kes of all kinds.
After lunch, P. Thuesen took sev
eral pictures of the crowd and Rev.
K.oth gave a brief address. A num
ber of the guests gave a few short
talks wihich were quite interesting.
Various selections of hymns were
siurg after whichi conversing in gen
eral was enjoyed, until it was sup
per time. A largte tent. hJad been, se
cured to accommodate the crowd
and one could not wish for a better
place at that hour than be seated
jet
one of those long tables (.and
there were three) laden, so heavily
with' the best of thliings to eat amd
•plenty to satisfy the appetites of
225 guests.
After supper1 the church choir
gave a number of selections wihicih
were much appreciated as well as
the solos and instrumental music.
A light rajn fell in the evening
scattering the crcwd somewiliiat. The
youn£ .veofrle played games ivud
erj yert thie f. sivities to the limit.
A 1 together a fine time was had.
The honored couple are getting
qu'te old, but are ab'e to be a
:ut the house ali the time. Mrs.
r"eterpen lies been in frail' health
for a long tin e, but Mr. Petersen
rs real active and spry for a man
who his ic ed t'-e 81st. year. Mr*
Pe is 72 yeais old. Although
1 fe is not judged by the length of
it, as some people measure it, but
by the al they aim at. for no, man
(is. greater than lids aim, nor is he
sm, Hi thaa t'lie sk he sets him
self to accomprsli.
Mrs. Petersen's maiden name w.as
Christina Boy
sen, born in Garn
e'.by, De rk Mcy 11, 1845. In the
^Hxrii'ng of 1S65 she was united in
marriage to Mr. Petersen. They re
sided in Visby 7 years when tiliey
co o'.uded to go to America. They
arrived in Chicago April 4, 1872,
where thiey made their home for 2
years. From there they went to
Clinton, la. where the lived 8 years
and came to Audubon Co. where
they have lived 17 years
Mr. and Mrs. Petersen have
form'd many acquaintances and
warm friends wherever they have
Of Bum, tihe Sunday Omaha World liven and are now aged and retir-
ed citizers of Elk'i'orn.
All their children except the two
f'rst mentioned were present at the
veidi li,g. Jim Petersen, Omaha,
Mrs. Ole Petersen Watertown, S. D.
Mrs. Soren Faaborg, Elkhorn, la.
Mrs. Thomas Jessen Elkhorn, la.
Mrs. Seth Coffin Monmouth la. Mr.
Jhhr.ey Peteisen, Omaha and Da tin
iMcrs-'n, Omaha.
f.'.e guests brought tlie old cou
ple two excellent rockers, Siiver
iware, Curtains, Liniiium for one
floor and many other useful and
valuable articles and a purse con
taining nearly a hundred dollars in
gold aa a token of friendship and
remembrance.
May they long be spared for tlie
e^mfoit of eaclhl other and their
children and an Inspiration for the
coning generation.
Tlie little nephew of Mr®. Willis
who has been here visiting and
who left here this week for his
home, narrowly escaped a serious
accident. He was stepping from the
sidewalk to the bus when he miss
ed his footing, landing on the curb
ing between the bus and the walk.
The bus backed up to the walk
and in some way just missed crush
ing thie lad, who had fallen dowm.
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HANSEN-CHRISTENSEN
their 50th wedding anniversary on Miss Anna Christensen, daughter of
Friday afternoon May 7th. 1915 at Mr. and Mrs. Peter Christensen,
thie home of their daughter Mrs. were joined in marriage by Rev. P.
Thonjas Jessen and family, living C. Larsen, pastor of the Oakfield
and Correction GVove Bap't church
es, May 5j 3:30 p. m. in, the Dan
ish Lutheran church of Exira, the
use of which was kindly granted foi
the occasion.
Emanuel Hansen, oldest son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ne's C. Hansen, and
The bride had on a wihits crepe
dechene and carried white carna
tions.
The chiurch was beautifudly de
corated with ferns and flowers, and
filled with people.
The handsome couple'marched up
the cliiuirch aisle to the strains of
the wedding march, played by Miss
Carrie Petersen if Exira.
Rev. Larsen preached a short ser
mon, and read the ceremony unit
ing the couple in the holy bonds
of wedlock. Congratulations follow
ed. Then the most of the audience
^vent to the hospitable home of the
(bride's patents a few miles west of
town, where over 200 people set
down to sumptuous supper, around
3 long tables, in a big tent, erect
ed for the purpose, and enjoyed a
Bocial time. The bridal couple re
ceived many valuable presents.
They are prominent youmg people
tof Oakfield twp., and will settle,
Immediately north of the home of
(thii groom's parents, in a nice
house recently built. The good
wishes of a host of friends go with
them.
BIRTHDAY PARTY AT
IHE BAIEUOME
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I'he children and friends of Mrs.
Fred Baier gathered at her pleas
Ant country home I s' Sunday May
9th., to help thd good lady cele
brate her 53rd 1,1 rt day.
Tho.-e present were: Mrs. Will
Baier and wife. Dan and Bertii(a
Baieri Mr. ali"d Mrs. Louie Baier
and daughter Kath.eiine of Exira.
Mr. and .Mrs. L. F. Posse 111 and
sons, Fred and Loyal. Mi-s. Oh.as.
Leitt, Mrs. Fred Trennmel, Mrs. Cha
Kleaver and Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Baler of W'iota. All returned to
their homes in tie evening
porting a pleasar.t time.
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101 TEARS UD Alio
Hi NEVER HIED
Piincuis ZatuOove, who never wor
ried, died Monday at the age of
1|0U./ yearsi and seven (months. Hiis
home was in New York city. On Ju
ily 5, his birthday, Mb four child
ren, thirty-four grandchildren and
fifteen great grand children gath
ered at his home and, despite Ills
years, .Pincus. Zatuloye was the life
of the partly.
Total abstiineme from worrying,
long walks, plenty of fresh air and
moderate indulgence in tobacco and
liiquor made up Mr. Zatulove's long
life recipe. Hie was born near Kiev
Russia, and come to tlie United
States 35 years ago. Until twelve
years ago he was engaged in tlie
manufacture of shirts. At that time
he retired from business. His wife
died fourteen years ago-
The new electric siguu in th|e
front window of the Farmer's Na
tional bank lis attractiing consider
able attention. The sign is equip
ped with a merles of letters os that
any wording desired may be used.
L«aet "week it was saying, "Taxes
now due, pay at this bank." We are
thimkinig some of borrowing it and
putting in the words, "Subscription
now due, pay at this otffioe."
—AureMta, Iowa, Sentinel.
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INVITATION TO PARTIC
IPATE ERIDAY EVENING'
A special meeting of the Com
imiencial, club will be held in. the
Danish. Brotherhood Hall Friday
evening May 14 at S p. m. for thes*
purpose of discussing the mteresta^'i
of "the fourth of July celebration,.,
All persons interested in making th*
fourth of July one of the best if
not thie very best Exira has evefA
had are heartilly and earnestly
invited to come and have your say.
There will be no fee attaahed.
Come and boost for "the OitjKV
Beautiful."
WOMEN ARRANGE FOR
E DISPOSAL-
Atlaaitic, Iowa, Maiy 15. Thie
Wamepl'6 City Club of this city
has taiken a long step forward in
its wtork by providing a method tor
disposal of the garbage which coin
lects in the city, and hawe arramgted
for a garbage man to make regular
*rips to gather it up. This aaTatn®
pn&nf. is tihe work of the Garbagia
(CfomimitJteei off tlhfe Cliuib and is. oinn
of thie many beneficial things that
thie lajdiee aire doing for the city
of Atlantic.
REV. R.
Ju returning iroui dinner Mon
day noon we tound in tne doorway
a piece of paper on whiich was writ
ten the name L. B. Carpenter, Scran
itm Iowa. In a very early day, in
the middle seventies, in Cameron
township the gentleman who bears.
this name, and tl:e writer were near
neighbors (.for that datei living 3
miles a,part. Mr. L. B. Carpenter
was as fine a gentlemaui as one
oared to associate with, His influ
ence wws ever for good in the
neigiliborihieod, and he enjoyed to do
his neighbors a kind act. Early, hie
devoted hiis ei:eigy to tiie Master's
Cause and later coiuiuded to ac
cept a calil to preach. Some little
rime was devoted in preparation at
the 'Simpson M. E. College at Ind
ianoto, if we remember right. Since
that time lie lias been in the minis
try and is at present located at
Serantcn Iowa.
We are indeed sorry that we
were absent when he called Mon
day and trust that we may meet
gi-iii' st no' d.sta: duy. Call again
(Reverend.
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The six grt.de rooms ot the Ex
ira Public School wiill guvie a var
ied program at the new building
on Tuesday eveaing May IS.
All the friends of the school are
invited to be present. It is the first
grade prografi of this kind to be
given for some time.
The proceeds will be used to
purchase grade libraries.
Admission 15 & 25 cts.
PROGRAM
Instrumental Solo—
Pauline Spoo Room 6.
Festival of the Daisies—Room 1.
Sweeping Song— Gttrls Room 2.
Exercise— Room 1.
Maypole Drill Room 2.
iRedtation—Elsie SStsmussen No. 1.
Instrumental Duet
Anna Hansen, Pauline Hensley 5.
Play—Tihe Fairy Garden room 3.
Indian Drill and Lullaby
Girls room 6.
A Jolly Student Song Room 5.
Ghost Drill —Boys Room 4.
Instrumental Solo—
Marylea Hunt Room 6.
Mrs. Fred Baier and son Fred
autoed to the city Sunday morning.
They returned immediately accom*
panied by her friends, Mrs. Ohtaa.
Kleaver and Mrs. F. Trammel wftjoi
spent t£e day at the Baler home.
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