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, fiTF. unr-.n. usimeyer ui oiuu "kJ,
Wiw n Homer visitor Wednesday of
last week.
Atrx Geo. Hates of Snlem, attended
Farmers' Institute both days. .
- Mrsv J. T. Grnhnm, Mrs. J)onorbcs
nud Mr-?. S. A. Mason of Dakota City,
wore Homer visitors Thursday at the
Farmers' Institute. .
' Mr. Alexander and Mr. Hoj;ora, ot
Kioux City, told us a lot a bout ch ck-
am at the ! armors Institute last
week. , , ii
Mm. Almedn Heain has been quite
sick with
:k with stomach trouble. .
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Ilulene, Merril and Viva Blacketer
were passengers to bouin cloux 't club at her home Tuesday evening.
Friday evening to visit in the Hal i)urjnR the evening n two course
niacketer home. Their parents. Air, luncheon was served.
and Mrs. John B lack c er, and little A , f f ,cnd 8Urpr,8od Mw.
? t0rCd UP SUnUny l ' H n,!l??i 'Mullen in her J.ome Saturday
Vllitl javtw ,
Albert Bristol of
Sioux wiy, viaii,-'to
cd his parents here between trains
sununy.
Forrest. Butt er and wife, who arc
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mautng oioux vjity ui iiuau.ju...
ters just at present, visited Sunday
at the K. S. itedden home. The In
dies are sisters. ... J home at Omahn Monday after spend-
Mrs. Frank Church, principal Ung over Sunday In the Dr. Mngirl
me numer atiiuuin, . .,,. ...-...--
list the first of the week. Prof. Ja-
cobv being ,n me nospnai, mcrw w
no sessions in the high school Mon
AHinrt Probst, of the Kettler &
ProlJst hardware firm, has returned
from Alton, "owa, where he was at
the bedside of his wife for several '
it nni ii .
J.'rr.fl Wilktns
returned batuniny
from St. Loui&. where he had been ir
the government hospital. '
Mis. Grover Davis returned ironi
Uochester, Minn., Monday, where she
had been for the past six weeks.
Prof. Jacobv. wno is. in a Sioux
City hospital being treated for stom
ach trounie, is reporieu newer.
The opera house being out of com
mission, Monday night's lecture course
program was held in the M. E. church.
A omall boy, with n small con
science and r. small r,un, shot the
neighborhood, squirre we kuwu
netted h m (the squirrel! anu oveu
him. Why do parents allow boys to
limm trilna?
Harold Allaway of So Sioux City
was a Homer caller Sunday.
Hubert Allaway was on the sick
list last week.
Mrs. ftnchel Kinnear is quite low
being sick for (he past three years.
Mrs. H. A. Monroe of South Sioux
City visited ber aunt, Mrs. Ilachol
,Kinncar Tuesday.
Mrs. Merril Braslleld is a guest of
her sister, Mrs. John Rockwell, at
'(jjrofton, Neb,
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Anna Mogcnscn -vas In the city op
.Saturday. ' ,, .-
W. Harty, W. tovlff Mrs. M, Jlur
,ley and daughter Mary, wdrc,inloux
City Wednescny.. -' -
George Timlin, D. C. Heffernan and
'Emll Young were In Dakota City hn
business last Thursday.
Sine Rnsmiissen, who teaches the
Bell school, was an over night visitor
in her home here Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hartnett, Mrs.
George Hayes and Mike Hurley vere
in. Sioux City last Thursday.
Joo Hartnett shipped hogs to the
Sioux City market I art Wednesday,
- Mrs. James Wators of South Sroux.
City wiw n week-end visitor nt the
Uhii HeU'ernan homo mil in the Emil
Young homo.
,, 'ihw Goort. and Biedu families iao
tOr'de to thu city 'iiesday
. Anna Blanche Evans was homo from
Wayne fw a week-end visit with her
uareniH, ntr, uiiu jurn. j. vi. wiui.
'iMuncurot It. Hartnett was a Sioux
City shopper Saturday.
,Alr. and MrK. Joe Lcuilnm nnd
grandson, and E. Story motored to
nf,Mf v w Pounds. I
Omtoo Timlin was a business call-
W In tho city Monday.
Alice Hartnett nnd Katherino Ev
ans were home from Wayne for n
'week-end visit with homo folks,
t "Ray Cullen was entertained at th
Will Evuns homo for Sunday dinner.
-Kutherlne Long and Margaret Hart
nett of South Sioux City visited over
Sunday hero with thuir parents.
The Chrlstensen family motored to"
tho city Tuesday.
Tho Emll y-ounir family visited ntiiuisiiurff.
the Chas. Young homo near Dakota
City Sunday.
ln.,.i.Vt r'l.HlolmtuAn nf Wntftflfllrl
visited hero Sunday with his parent
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Mr. and Mrs, fc, Chrlstensen.
Charlotte Hartnett of Jackson vis
ited the week-end at tho John Hart
nett home hcre.
Mrs. Fred Renzo returned home on
Sunday from Rochester, Minn.
Services as usual in tho Lutheran
church next Sunday, Fob 19th. Sun-1
day school at 1:15, and church at 2:30.
Yqu ore all invited to nttend these
services. Rev. Gilnuin, Pastor.
Tho Hubbard school house was do -
stroyed by fire of unknown origin on
Monday morning.
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'John Ryan has installed a- now
wish registei In his .Uore,
-A number from here attended a
dance at Hubbard lait Friday even-
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Mi-o M U I tn I .c ilnnnrtnil Slt Iti'lluV
livening ipr O'Neill, Neh to spend
tho week In the Will Uiglln liome,.nny frosted combs found. Recently
(imi atso visit tier sister Anna, wno
teaches at I'lainvlew, Neb.
Rev, Fnthor O'Tnola of Sioux City
spent last Wednesday with Rev. Fr.
I-ellx McCarthy.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Moouev. Felminrv .'i. u son.
Vera. Mleri Invited a number of
her school nuiles to her homo Tui"
dny.nftor.M'hool tn u Valentino party,
Each guoet brought a valentine. Ai
.tlalnty luncheon wiw torved by the
'hostess iit tho close of thu afternoon.
fMr, and Mrs. Curl Johnson, of St
J'aul, tMInn were oaled here last!
tnvctk Hy 'the lines-Wl deatbof tJcJr
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I mother, Mrs. Ida .lohneon, who passed
juwov n-t her home hcre wIth'pneu.
monia.
Joe jeennn ), entered St, Joseph
hospital, Sioux City, for trent.nent
fnl. ,.. tmnlilo.
jonn jlusm nnj fan,iy lmVe moved
to s,oux Ct whcre thuy wjn makc
t)t!il. home Their son, Will Rush,
nn(i wjfe( 1)nve movel jnt0 the Old
Homestead.
j)au Krmnper, who attends school
, ft.ncturcd nnd dislocated his
rIght Brm Mondflv afternoon while
cranking his Ford. lie was return-.
ln tn A. hnma non wn0 ,i,on th
accident occurred.
tii.1. iiiuiiu (iLiatii cua
Beatrice Jones enteitnined the card
'UVUlUIIKi XI1U I1UU1Q wuiu uuvuicu
to music and cards. The occasion
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,Mrs Funena birthday annivers-
iary. An attractive luncheon was.
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Mrs. W. S. Frist has been on the
3lck list the past week.
uconaru auiion returned to ins
noniL.f ,ns mother, Mrs. IS. Sutton
UCC01 panic(i him homo for ,ow
few
weeks 'visit
Mrs. II. W. O'Neill was called
to
Wayne, Ncb last Thursday by the
death of her brother, Thomas Ioran,
who passed away quite suddenly of
apoplexy. Mr. Aiorr.n find noen
tatlon );ReM for thp 'ci Stf' P M.&
0. at Wayne for the past 40 years
The funeral was held from the Cath
olic church a4. Wayne on Saturddy
mornincr
Mrs. .las Sutherland is substituting
teaching at St. Cnthe.'ine Academy
the past two weeks on account of ill
ncss of Sister M. Felicia, who has
1,?U C ' ,,Ut ,S "0W mUch '""
Th 'tnfnnt hnh nr Mr nn,i Mr.
Ralph Maurique has been very sick
the past week.
Mrs. Will Hayes and little son
ueorge Julwnrd, of Hubbard, spent
oycr Sumlny ,n the , of .
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ELK VALLKY
From the Allen News.
E. J. Way hn'tl u round with the
grippe a few days ago, but is back
to "normalcy" again.
Somo of our farmers have been
marketing their stock. Sam Knox
shipped 204 lambs via auto truck to
the. Sioux City market. He struck a
good market. His lambs brought
him $13.15 per hundred within a
nickel of the tap for tho day. Sam
figures that ho got $2.50 for the corn
fed to them. He has something
over 400 head yet to market. Amos
binateltcr was on the market the
same day with a carload of hogs,
Thuv broutrht him 8.40. Thv w7oT.
till bIJU lllill lUl bllw
spring pigs, but u Jittlertoo hevy t
lop tno marKet. uew bieric was an
other farmer that shipped h6ga last
week.
The annual meeting of tho Farm
Bureau was held at the church on
tho 24th. Mr. C. It. Young, county
agent, was present. In tho absence
of John Foliar, tho president, Martin
Beacom was called, on to preside
The business of tho evening w'as to
elect officers for the year. The elec
tion was by ballot, and created a
good deal of good natured rivalry.
Several ballots were taken on sumo
of tho olfices. The rc&ull was:
Martin Beacom, president; D. A.
Woods, vice president; Mrs, Alfred
Mogonseh, secretary; Mr. John Fuller
and Mrs. D. A. Woods, directors
W. E. and Mrs. McAfee went to
Sioux City last Friday to visit Andy
Mankel. who was In the hosnitnl for
treatintnt.
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WAT tilt It I THY
From the Allen News.
G, A. Herrick was in the citv on
Thursday.
Miss Flosslo Chase and Miss Two
hig were chopping in the city Satur
day, i
Thore was a party last Saturday
night in tho Mora Cleveland home
In honor of Jolt', It being his 21st
birthday,
D, O. Sayre, Mrs. A. D. Green and
Airs, itiggins and lainlly spent bun-
day in tho Ed Casey homo near AWr-
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A block of ground, free Carl S.'hrie-
,ver - l"lotn City, Neb.
WACII UY LAYING IN.XS
This is the time of the venr when
hens urn apt to discontinue egg pto
ductioii so suddenly that one won-
liters what occurred to cause the
slump One of the most 'common
causes is frosted combs, says tuo&tato
Agricultural College poultryman. In
a well constructed poultry iiouso
j there will be few If any frosted or
1 frozen combs in temperutures that do
not go lower than fifteen below zero.
(This fact is well brought out by an
! investigation of conditions of the
thirds at this time in dllferent types
'of houses. In houses that aro not
wldor than twelve to fourteen feet
many frozen combs and wattles are
found. This is especially true If
tho house lacks ventilation. Or. tho
ot",,' hand in houses that aro well
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freedom from draft there aro few if
ninny nozep combs have been found
in hen houses throughout the stnto.
"With prnctlcnllv no exceptions rhesn
I occur in hous.es that aro twelve to
fourteen feet wide and in which the
ventilation Is Inadequate. On iho
other hand wlioio (locks have been
found with not a single frown : nth.
In every case tho houses Wero at
least eighteen feet wide nnd tho von
tilntlon was good, Proof of proper
ventilation will ho shown by the ah
pence of frot on the rafters, win
dows, mid uround me nail head:, in-
side, and by dry, dusty Utter on tho
floor. , - ,,q.
DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD
RUSSIAN FAMINE'S
WORST SINCE
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Lfkely to Be Greatest Catastro-
phe in World History Says
McBride.
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Dy ISAAC McBRIDE
XT OT since the "Ulitck Death"
1 swept Europe In the Fourteenth
century, taking a toll of 25,000.000
lives In a single year, has such a Jior-
r,,,Ie t.uluilly threatened the world as
ow s tukf form , te ,,,,.
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btiicken regions of the WKa vnlley
,n llssIfI Twenty-five mlllk
Hon puo-
I' nre facing starvation and experts
'be ground estlmnte they will die
literally by the millions unless aid
la speedily forthcoming,
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most gIlMlIy catnslroI)he , worl(I ,.
tory. Not only will millions die of
lnri but typhus has tniuln Its np-
peurancc In the faiiilne region, and,
unless checked, this dread scourge
may spread to other parts of Kussla,
and even to neighboring tuitions, and
kill additional millions.
The dlstrlets of the Volga valley
where acute famine pievalls comprise
(S00 000 square miles, or an area com
parable to the total urea of the states
of Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa,
North Dakota, South Dakota and
Kansas. The Volga valley hns a popu-
lutlon of UJi.OOO.OUO and Is the great
grain growing region of Itiissla. The
situation hi Kussla Is much the saui(
as it would be In America If practical
ly all the crops of the great agricul
tural stntes of the Middle West were
totally destroyed by drouth.
Land Parched by Drouth.
iM April, lfl'20, a severe drouth af-
fo0tC(, ,llL, wllolo Volga rPgIoil Tlu,re
was practically no rainfall for seven
months. The excessive heat and the
,WK m moisiure ieit uie lanu piireiieu.
All vegetation was burned up, and In
the few fields where any grain ap
peared the sparse and stunted plants
were carefully cut, one by one, and
what few grains of wheat, rye, or
barley they bore harvested by hand.
War has been almost continuous In
Iliissln since the outbreak of the
European con'lllct In 1014 a period of
more than seven years and this, with
tho economic blockade which has ex
isted since 1017, has affected the fam
ine region with peculiar severity. One
military expedition after another was
launched against Russia after the
armistice in 1018 which served ,to com
plete the work of destruction which
the war had begun.
Over the Volga valley In 1918 and
1010, and as laic as tho spring of 10'JO
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""! '" 'lr.mes ioi gut ami destroyed
'julldlngs, fanfl innchlnery, farms, rail-
ivii.tyf minus, water tankSv-bridges and
TEN MILLION CHILDREN TO BE FED
Report! of American relief workers in Russia say there are 10,000,000
children to be fed over there, otherwise they will die in the next two months.
greatly damaged means of communica
tion. Draft animals were seized nnd
carried away nnd wherever grain could
be found this too was carted out of
the valley by the retreating armies
under Kolchak, Donlkon and others.
The unprecedented drouth then put
the finishing touches upon the devasta
tion wrought by seven years of war
mid this explains why millions in ihls
valley are facing slow death by xtnrvu
tlon, Eat Mice and Locusts.
In August a cry went out to the
world thnt millions were actually
starving, living from day to day on
acorns, locustN, field mice, grass, hark
from the trees and the sun-parched
clay of the earth, and that if help
were not Immediately forthcoming the
famine of the Volga valley of Russia
would in the hhort space of Mx or
eight months take a greater toll of
human !lfo than the World war.
Tills acute condition was called to
the Immediate attention of the govern
ments of tho world nnd the I'nlted
States government sent a mission to
Russia with n corps of workers to re
Hove some of the distress. Colonel
Haskell, who Is lu charge of tho Amer
ican relief work in Russia, said: "Two
weeks ago the children In the Volga
valley were dying by tho thousands;
today they ar dying by the tens of
thousands and tn a mouth more they
w III he dying by the hundreds of
thousiinds."
The Amerlenn Relief t'onmillon Is
feeding at present somewhere lu the
neighborhood of 1,000,000 children In
the Volga ' alley, but there are 10,-
llJw11', '
cheuted.
000.000 to he fed If death Is to be
Jhe United Suites governweut )um
BtSSHMdCJUM
AWFUL TOLL
'BLACK DEATH' EPA
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Th! Ih Hiv flrot of n ofrifn nf four artlrlrx
tm the lliiaolaii fnmlnr xlluiitlon by Imtnn
.Mcllrltle, rll knuwn Ainrrlmii writer nnd
lrrurr. nnr of li llrt Ar.irrlrann Id enter
Nn If t HukkIii aflrr the iilllril Intertrntion
mill liliirkiKlc. Ilr Hjirnt right urckH In
KumilH, trntrlnl S.nnO mllr, Islleil ninny
Milium mid tllr lllrgf cltlrH, limprctnl the
vrlinilx, rnrlnrle nnil Imltiftlrlrs, Inlrr
tlrueil pnirtlrnlly nil nt the rtrnmrnt
nfflrlnM ami lenillnir pultllc men, ntfil rnppeil
hi experience hjr pemllnir three week In
the flciit Kith the Kel nrmy. Mr. .Mrllrlile
wrote, upon liU return, for the Internntlonnl
Newt Herilrr. nnil nrtlrlm liy.blm on Itumlu
hImi nnpenrei! In the ChrlKtlmi Srlrnre -Monitor,
the I.nioii Pally Neun, AMn muRrt
line mill mnny other publlrntlon.
appropriated $20,000,000. Grain lias
been purchased jrnil some of It Is
already on Us way; but even this
amount will feed but 20 of tho
stricken people.
With the hunger of these people
has come the ley blasts of winter with
the thermometer dropping many de
grees below zero and a blanket of snow
and ice covering the whole region.
American Committee Organized.
Tho American Committee for Hus
sion Famine Relief was organized to
help meet this emergency. The gov
ernment appropriation of $20,000,000
is admittedly Insufficient and although
other relief organizations on the
ground lire doing heroic work, they
are .only rescuing very small propor
tions of the famine sufferers in the
Volgn valley. The district Is zoned
and the American Relief commission
and the Quakers do not even touch
parts of the territory. It was for this
reason that the American Committee
for Russian Famine Relief has decided
(o distribute directly through the nus-
shin Red Cross which has local units
organized lu every section of the fam
ine region and can get supplies to the
people quicker than any other agency
without the necessity of building up
an expensive organization.
The Russian Red Cross is organized
exactly as the American Red Cross
and has the same International stand
ing, it wns recognized at the Inter
national conference of the Red Cross
In Geneva, which certified that It ad
ministered relief without the distinc
tion of sex, faith or political opinion,
thus satisfying the essential require
ments which must be met by every
national Red Cross society. All money
raised by the American Relief Com
mittee for Uu--.siiiii Friuiinc Relief is
being used to pun base" supplies In
side the I'nlted States. These sup
plies will he shipped directly to Rus
sia and Uie United States shipping
board has made a special rate for
this purpose. The American commit
tee reserves the right to supervise the
distribution of these supplies.
Ten I'nlted States senators, many
rciiresentatlv.es hi congress, 11 western
iiimllllllMf ,11. .... Mtf .ll.kt t tll.t IllMllll
HIM 1 I. II. P, ,.!., ... .1 . ,IM'.3l 1., till' (Hlftl, I
western cities, more than lf bishops
of several denominations, lending cilu. '
caters and prominent business, and
professional men mid women from nil
walks of life regardless of race, cived,
color and politics comprise the Com,
nilttee for Rusblaii Famine Relief nm
are tuklr-g tin active part In (his work
The committee lias opened headquar
ters at 40.V400 Stelnway building Cbt.
cago, mid is rapidly completing state,
organizations throughout the MlddU
West. Local committees will be or
ganized lu every city uud town In thu
country.
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OJOIU JO
COOKIES Fresh baked in Sioux City per lb. ..20c
HEBE Tall cans per can J)c
ilE BE Small cans 3 cans for lie
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CABXATION Tall cans per can ...' :J2c
CA K.N ATI OX Small cans 4 cans for .:...... .25c
31ACAHOXI or SPAUKTTI 3 pekgs 'for -...,', .-?.?2r)c
3 STAB Outs 30c Package .....:.... .21c
lA'NA SOAP 10 Bars for '.:,'.'.... 14c
PEACH KS- Blue Ribbon dried rind peeled
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"IT PAYS ITS TO TBEAT YOU HI0HT"
Phone No. 31. Dakota City, Neb.
Public
Havipg decided to quit farming nnd movo to town, I will ofFer nil
my personal property at public auction on the farm known as the
Chas. Ostmeyer farm on the Meridian road, 1 mile east and 3 miles
north of Homer, 2 miles west and Smiles south of Dakota City, on
Thursday, February 23d
rum: i.rxcii at soon.
5 head of Horses
1 black gelding, 0 years old, wt. 1100; 1 hay gelding, 9 yenrs old.
Wt. 1400; 1 hoy mare, 7 years old, wt. 1200; 1 sorrel mare, 8 years
old, wt. 1200; 1 roan gelding, 10 years old, wt. 1200.
12 Hesvd of C settle
8 good milk cows, all giving milk; 1 thoroughbred, coming 2 ear
old lied Polled hull, nnd 3 small calves. '
17 head of Hcgs
12 good brood sows, bred to farrow in April, 5 fall pigs mid one ''
thoroughbred Duroc Jersey bonr.
Fartxi Machinery, Etc.
One G-foot cut Planb binder; 1 Jone3 mower; 1 McCormick hay rake;
1 Hoosier seeder; 1 .disc; 1 corn plnnter with 80 rods of wire; one
2-row Bailor cultivator, nearly new; 1 P. & O. riding cultivator; one
tongueless cultivntor; 1 Beggs wagon nnd grain box; 1 wagon with
hay rack; 1 wagon with Waterloo manure spreader boxv2 top bug
gies, one nearly new; 1 Emerson 16-inch sulky plow; one 16-inch
walking plowj 1 hand corn sheller; 1 hog waterer; 1 tank heater;
one li horse, Wisconsin gasoline engine; 1 power washing mnchine;
one 8-gnllon barrel churn; 1 bob-sled; 1 feed hunk; throw boards;
wire cribbing and hog wire; 1 garden plow complete; one GO-gallon
coal oil barrel; 1 hog oiler; 1 V hog house; 1 Dairy Moid Internation
al cream separator; 3 sets of work harness; and mnny other articles.
1200 bushels of Corn in crib. GOO bushels'of Octs in bin. 1 straw stack
10 DOZEN BARRED ROCK CHICKENS.
TERMS- All sums of $10 and under, Cash; over that amount 9
months time at ten per cent interest,
WILL BRADY
RAYMOND D. GROOM, Auctioneer. Security State Rank, Clerk.
Westcott's Undertaking;
Parlors
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SIOUX CITY, IOWA
Old Phone, 42G New Phone, 2067
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