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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21
STARVING IN PERSIA
need of Assistance by the Nil
aries and Natives In That g
try-America Appealed To

washington, Dec. 1s.-United
Minister Bowen in Persia, infor9
state department that great q
prevails in Persia in consequence.
nigh price of bread. He says the
lion is growing worse every da
tnat the prospects are that the
Wiii be face to face with starvatiq
ing the entire winter. America
sionaries cannot obtain bread s
Ior their servants or for the sche<
hospitals under their care. "
Bowen asks that the situation be
known to the American people, "
suggestion that contributions Of s
De sent by draft on the Imperial
Persia at Teheran, made paya s
the order of Rev. Lewis F. Ess*
senior American missionary, v
use 1t for the relief of the SUI
poor.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21
A Prophesv.

lt shall come to mass m;er,
s0arS tnat the oskaloosa college novv
so forsaken, shall be TRANSFORMS a." -
70 city hospital. Because of tho
heaithful situation and the ora.t as1's -.
:. hospital, the enterprising citizens
"hu especially the physicians will 90
operate In this movement Ara e.
snermore that because of the progress
SiVe and tolerant spirit of th. comina
age, 1t shall come to pass that oi5
methods and means of bealinn 49,
SICK shall be granted each patient @ -
Iney desire. And it shah also CORE
TO pass that the various beneyoIart
societles and churches shall endow
'ne oeds or provide the means tbns
the poor the comfortino.
that they will be cared for ;n
8lme OF sickness; and also MANY who
nave means shall be better cared for
% a hospital than in the home Tbrs
= Shali come to pass that the money
'pept by inValids of our CITY in the
hospitals or Chicago or Des Moinos
VIII be used in our own city Tbero
man be one mind not only in tbe citv
'ut IN the county, concerning the ad,
.antage OF hospital, and benca
armonious effort to bless SUFFERING
as well as occupy the place
beautiful for situation'' and mallo
more beautiful.
NJ 9 nrnrrn.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21

The time for deciding Ihe fate OF
the proposed water franchise is near
at hand. On Tuesday the the voters
Of oskaloosa viii say whether the
same will be confirmed Or rejected.
We ask every citizen % study the
the matter carefully ana decide it
upon it's merits, being fair alike to
the city and the water company. The
proposed franchise is no hindrance,
but in reality steppingstone toward
municipal ownership. lt is also in
the opinion of six members of the
city council the best proposition that
has been made to them In the year
thev have been wrestling with the
question. If it suits you, vote for it.
and if not declare your opposition,
but before you vote either way, think
the matter over carefully.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21

Senator Mills has thrown a new
bombshell into the democratic camp
by announcing, in recent Interview
at San Francisco, that be is an ex-
pansionist, and is''in favor Of holding
onto the Philippines, il Ne can adjust
conditions to our form Of govern
ment." Add Mills to the long list of
democrats, including AcLaurin, of
South Carolina, Morganrof Alabama,
Berry, of Kentucky, Wheeler, of Al
ALBANIA, Black, of Illinois Fitzgerald,
of Massachusetts, Kingd New York,
Grace, of New York, Gallery and Nc
Henry, of Louisiana, ,LindSa!, of Ken
lucky, Gray, of Delaware and host
of others, who refuSedtogetonto the
silver-populist-anti-ezpansion plat
form which Bryan and isfollowers
are now trying to patchtogsther, and
the outlook for demOcraic success is
extremely dubious.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21

The withdrawal of Col. Temple
from the speakership race, with a
tender of support to DR.. Bowen, of
Allamakee, is taken as indicating the
union of the Gear forces on Bowen.
The State Leader, commenting on
this movement, says the Gear forces
claim SO votes favorable to their cam
didate, and concede 20 to Eaton, 10
to Blake, of Fort Dodge, and 10
doubtful
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21
THE HERALD is sorry to note tn,

THE HERALD is sorry to note the
decline and death of the Knoxville
and New Sharon fairs. There is
nothing in community that brings
the people closer together and instills
in them a better brotherly feeling
than well managed county, district
or state fair. The Mahaska fair will
be continued as usual and every per
son in the county should be interest
ed in it's success.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21
MODERN METH)N

~ INs
Clinton Age.-The Caa, Rapids
Republican has a four Dags adver-
tlsement OF the Denecse { Yetter
dry goods house. undoubtably
the largest and most conDghensive
advertisement everissusd by an Iowa
business firm, A dozen wears ago
this hrm began businessiD Cedar Ra.
plds. When it opened ri. business
there there were a half qolsp dry goods
tsa houses ssasl IN the !. city, all gong along in
1ne ruts' If a newspape bad sug-
gested such a thing as ! ~ month
contract the solicitor vonId have
been pitched into the aosst or the
proprietor of the store saald have
dropped dead. suob oD D.,.onbe
never occurred, becsu.s : -. Nv ever
thought of such a cont,,s ''8 Rut the
new firm went into advs.s , s.,as an an
extensive scale, and o' = mueh
GROWING es t the old firms h,5 3 do one
~ 81 o"t Two I'M 1nlngs' meet the eonpstition
or get out of business. s,,',s %n oot out
and nfhnpa puIuc SVN
Sndn hnd osners ea y metths competition. No
Dooga Dooy now SaI thinks Of condrtipg dry
gooos house there vim. having
out from $500 to s5oa 'u' l,ats Il, for
trus 'papss :, tss advertising. as lb,ssne is
sn,s n !. = tsns sns Clothing 81 stoas The re-
times as much in the vs,.. ..lns >. Goods
and clething sales !, !, sssds o = 9Th. tbe
o1 iasnioned way Of dom. ss.Iuess.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21
Insane over New Century.

Lost Nation, Iowa, Dec. I9. Henry
Barber, a local mathematician of
prominence, has become insane
through constant study of the prob
lem. when does the twentieth
century begin?" To-day he walked
about the streets swapping at various
objects and marking the figures
.s19OO'' on fences and bin boards. He
was locked up.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21
Profitable Sabbath Service

The Rev. w P White preach
tae United Presbyterian church.
moraing and evening 20 large al
tere "a audiences In the after
! h ares-ed the Y M. .. A. Al
n In the morning he spo
- al Christians. as seen i
O So He emphasized paS
lars as a Bible mark OF "cI
Cur ian, 'protracted babyhd
n sermon was most searching
AMI many went away feeling thai
had not grown strong in the u
work as they ought to have dom
the evening he spoke on the rel
ness of earthly profits Hearts
touched by the tru h and sonls
cept-d Christ as A personal So
In ne aftern on he spoke on
Cnlre, f" and more than one MAJ
brought TO think that perhaps be
making just such choice as
made, selfish and Goddess. s.
cholce did not pay Lot, nor will
any o h~r man. Lot saw the des
elon OF his property. the ruin q
family and the result OF his owIs
He had been giving attention q
mess and not to God. In SodoH
interests of the true religion,
are always the interests of dec
were sacrificed to the interes
money getting, and the Bible re
world knows the result. A 8
cause will produce similar effs
day
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21

-NewSharon Star. County Chair
man Walling was up from Oskaloosa
one day last week, looking after busi-
ness matters and greeting his many
friends. Mr.. Walling is a genial gem
tleman and good politician and is
handling the Office of county chair
man to the satisfaction of Mahaska
Republicans. He ispopular with the
masses and effective with his work" "
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21
Building Notes.

In the annuai round-up of The
building improvements that hove
been make in the city duringtba nast
year the HERALD finds the follow;uo )
work recently completed or in pro-
gress about the city and not prev;ors-
ly mentioned in these columns
| John Pendray has commences the
erection of pretentious story md .
half residence on South Second a.
Immediately north of his present re-
sidence. 1t will be an eight room
house and of modern style and con-
venience. 1t viii not be finisbod mn
til the spring season. Mr.. pendrav
is doing the work himself assisted
by a small force.
A. L. Howerton has about aom-
pleted a neat five room cottao. ont
on South Second street., east side He |
superintended the building of the |
same.
e. s. Lindermal, on the conn.act-
ing road between Second and sepautb
streets, south of the city has rpp,od-
eled a building and has comfora able |
residence property of the same, The
work was done by Gatewood.
Henry Coontz erected a small Lat.
tage home of four rooms On the ysast
side of South Second strees. The
work on the place was done by I'm.
Hawkins
The recent inclement weather has
with the building opkra-
tions on two cottages of five msmsl
each that are being erected hy kbe Is
Acme Manufacturing compsny 2ou Al
the power house grounds west ofAhe z
factory building. They will be km s.
pleted as soon as the weather kiI! = J,
permit and will be occupied by In !. :
lies of the employees. s
j Frank Clark has enclosed 4 i've e.
room cottage on First Avenue. Asst p1
Of | street. 1t will be eompleteN ss es
soon as the weather will permit.
j. w. Spencer is putting in Ahe or
foundation for neat cottage ne !"
On South G street near the ek = I,
Island tracks.
Will Burtchby who was burbed&utl nj
several weeks ago has a new cot 8ee NJ,
nome stand on the site of the bd
,lace. 1t is small home but ~ re,
md neat in appearance se'
Reuben Hill has removed his se pa
rom his old lot west of the Gel Is sio
racks on Q Avenue West and ~
lew location a half block west yaI
le will make improvements and /"
Iitions. tioI
Ira Kellogg has about comp IA yol
! 81 800 cottage out at the NORTH "a dis,
t / street nor d Of the air gro p epo
: is six room residence and G
fter the )plans Of W b R tchie q a. ths
Kellogg built smaller cottage sup
outh of his home earlier in the j.
on tbe g1le
E B. Newser of the Iowa CeS8s com
as commenced TO 9uild neat : .ona 4
n < Avenue West, near street ii adm
I'LL cost in the neighborhood Of s'oa. aoa
90 gran
The unfavorable weather is d. upon
~ the work to a con4iderable matt
sHL. Tht
IL
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21
HOLIDAY PAPERS.

A number of our exchanges have
come to our desk during the past few
days in holiday and elaborate attire.
They all bear evidences ofiprosperitJs
and despite their political affiliations
are a unite in declaring that their
local business men are enterprising
and successful.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21

state superintendent ~ Barrett says
70 psr ssses cent Of the 5'4,9sa 9s pupils At.
tendino - school in Iowa are under
r,asniny mar those who have not special,
nV@4S :, f,tte5 tbemselYes for the work BY
,,ornosI = school training This state,
,,ant ne s Incidental to the plea for the
establishment ofmoFs ~ a;us ual schools.
r. T'I,' neffer facilities for tfaining teach
arc !, will better the service Iowa can
AFFORD to provide for tlen' and os-
sn1ooso 49, sbonld have oneofthe normal
schools to be establisosu.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21

by a misplaced comma says
the Kansas City Journal, "a paper
IN Greeley county raised dickens
of row." 1t said: 1.-TWO young
men from Leoti went with their girls
to Tribune to attend the farmers in
stitute, and as soon as they left, the
girls got drunk. The comma belong
ed after the girls"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21

The Dubuque Times says, accord
ing to custom Senator Gear will re-
commend the successor to Judge
Woolson. The appointment is not
likely to be made till after the SEN
atorial election.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21
.sssunny Ttaly,, has haan bav;r

Sunny Italy" has been having a
taste Of weather during the week. A
dispatchifrom Rome Gays:
The dreadful snow storms are
continuing everywhere In Italy.
Street car and cab traffic at Genoa
hiss been suspended, many ferry boats
have been wreck and one man died
from the cold.
Guess we'n stay in Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21

The Knoxville Journal wants to
trade the state home for the blind
located in that town for state nor
NAL school. We have no trade to
make but we want the normal school
Just the same.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21
IN MEMORY OF JOINS $. wooLsoN


IN MEMORY OF JOHN S. WooLsoN
BY S. H. NJ, BYERs.
at-dead? and the courtliest man
OF all,
The knight with his armor on;
The gentlest soul, if in hut or hall,
The prince of all kindness gone?
What brought they him on his shield
al last,
The battle but half begun,
The light gone out that had burned
so fast,
And the day of his work not done?
Yes-into the room where the lilies
stand,
And there where the mourner goes,
Aye, him they brought of the iron
hand,
And him of the heart of rose.
.'Dead dead,'' they said, and they
gazed the while
With eyes that were growing dim;
et,slanding there, they could almost
smile,
For they knew it was well with him.
OF thanks for a life that had not
stain,
For the chivalrous soul now gone;
OF hark o hear, like sweet refrain
Is the voice not sounding on?
o. never a sun like his went out,
Or faded behind some hill,
But the lingering sky shone all about
With the JOY of its radiance still.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21

-Chauncey NJ. Depew has furnish
cd the rallying cry for the Repub-
lican compaign next year in the eu-
phonious words: "Gold and Glory" !"
With Mckinley rs a representative
OF sound money and q soldier from
the late war as his running mate, the
people win rally 30 the cry as never
before.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21
IN 4 LTqg-->

NAIER Fnr
According to the E.s,.e aels a,a,.,ney
her mo,Sss laay ,da PLAYED a ,asIjots on
allv ovss fonna recently. ST. sscidsnt-
ther had w,;t.O' : .,OOSe-lstts d hsr ta-
snels 1 halcyon days :, ~ ss'.I nola'ls % She
tuting her oS,,, .s . hss uoler, substi-
lover. rhs D,..a = usne sadbslOi ber
and stamped osns' -. raPsdgItb anger
bisding her a., dssioa loot d dseust, for
thing la1, more to do witt y h'Is - sSO
iesl stun nil's se 'sss = ''i''... - .'s..a.
ana aniat sas .s house bsosaas a'sr s,saly : 1ssy
ing IN the back var. @s ass' gov
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21

IF Senator Mason is ashamed of
his country he should get out of it.
There are whole lot of people who
are ashamed of him and would not
weep to see him go.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21

- re-state executive council has
de-. Ito follow the letter of the law
az public an itemized state
1T of all warrants issued by the
state and all money paid out of the
state treasury This will be done
this year as soon as possible after
january 1.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21

The Iowa State Register does not
issue Holiday paper but about that
time each year its adds another year
to the successful conduct of the paper
under the Clarkson ownership, and
that is glory enough for one paper
While the Register is as conservative
in some lines as it is radical in others
and while its editor is abused more
perhaps than any other man in iowa
it still remains great and prosper
Gus newspaper, and has lived to weep
at the funerals of hundreds of lesser
organs that have roasted it in the
past. The Register is to be COM
mended for its fearlessness and its
combativeness, and while there are
those who would like to reconstruct
it, if they will but pause moment
they will have to admit ''that with ALI
its faults it gets there just the same },
-
The Richland Clarion came out in
Green and red. While it may be re n
all over there is nothing green about
IFS makeup. 1t was printed on good
paper and contains good descrip-
tion of the p ople. the business
houses and the various industries of
of the good town it represents.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21

Philadelphia is long way from
home to so to convention, but as a
good cause and the certainty of re-
nominating Kinley are the induce
ments, the Quaker city will have to
build an addition to accommodate
the enthusiastic republicans who
gather there next summer.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21

The football team of the Iowa
University is said to have earned ST.
1si above its expenses this season.
They lost one killed and several dis.
1ahled.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21

The Pope has deereed that the
Goth century begins Jan. 1, 1900.
Other learned men hold that the date
should be Jan. 1, 1901. This is an
other case of doctors disagreeing.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21

Iowa soil crops for 1898, S193, ,2O7, :
202, exceed worlds silver output in
1892, sl32, 1856, 900, or worlds gold out
put in 1894, S1S1, ,510,1 100
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21

-Marshalltown, station on the
Iowa Central, SO miles north of this
city is preparing petition to con-
gress to have a government building
located there.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21

Hedrick journal: 1t is strange
that some one does not win fame and
fortune by staging South American
revolution. He would only need three
men and boy and four bread knives.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21

Eddyville Tribune: In Chicago a
green grocer has married a grass
widow. The verdant things.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21
BURIAL OF MAINE DEAD.
sDanie @ the President and Cabine.
IN be Present During Cere-
monies at Arlington.

), ,aashington, Dec. 1s.-Assistant Sec
i s'ssy : Of the Navy Allen, having select
., .ne place where the dead of the
,,rss .e are to be buried, is now making
.tsssIgss1m saIgements for the reinterment, sub,
iolo,il on the same lines as those
lieti, ea n the case of the Santiago
sill = Ihe remains of Maine victims
s.etls $ !. brought by a special train di-
Ass ,l rom Fort Monroe to Arlington.
WIN be carried through Gen.
knts ~ ~ gate and placed in hospital
ssest tpsnuing the burial services. each
t;s covered with an American flag.
Asuhss Apeeted that the president, the
m s 81 the presidents cabinet,
ssl,;na sne army and naval officers in
ass w;I, & 'pn' and a large number ofper-
8 6ns1 = present at Arlington when |
sy H. M lntermeut takes place, prob
- sast week in December
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21

The New Sharon Star appears in
bright red cover, with big Santa
Clause head for a front piece. The
editorial and news columns are run
ming over with interesting and good
things to read, and the advertisers
of that town evidently know a good
thing when they see it.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21

DIR. B t. Shambaugh of the State
University, is preparing an elaborate
and complete history of Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21

a story is going the rounds that an
ola church member died, of whose
goodness there was some doubt but
VINO was regarded as a pillar by the
pastor, who posted on the church
window notice in these words:
brother Johnson departed for heav-
en- at 4:30 this q. M, = and then an
hounced the funeral. Underneath
1hls newspaper man tackled tele-
gram blank with these words: "Heav-
en-, 9:40 p. M, Johnson not arrived.
Great anxiety"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21

The Muscatine Daily Journal is
sued a monster forty-page Pearls
and Prosperity edition. y While the
varied industries and advantages OF
the city are given due attention espe,-
eial stress is laid upon the pearle
button business, that has recently
sprung up there and is making Mus
catine famous. There are now 25
button factories in operation, en-
ploying 1900 people and paying IS, QUO
weekly in wages.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21
Hoffman, Brothers
Editors and Proprietors.
Official County Paper.

subscription, Two Dollars per Year,
PAYABLE in Advance.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21
hal<es Good he 20.

snhVn,s - tAAC AoBss
49, .s Nyo., Dec. 1o.-It is Off
pso:e :eso'lnced that in the robbery of
of ny express Office here the pack
d Ia ey en- route to Fort Russell
j TIA paymaster's Office in Denver to
ien - as1oops stationed there was
sksps asre was over $500 in the
led tb. ne express company has
amount over to the paymas-
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21

The Saturday lobe of this city is
sued fine numberin magazine form
1t is done in colors and we'll arranged.
a credit to the shop it represents.
The Times also of this city issued a
double number which despite MIR
Burke's calamity talk showed tha
the merchants of Oskaloosa are pros
pering anyway and are disposed to
share part of their earnings with
him.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21
VOL. so. NO. 81.
THE HERALD

Published Weekly on Thursdays at
Oskaolosa, Mahaska County, Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21

An exchange tells OF how a lady
VINO has a great horror for the tobac-
90 habit got on a car the other day
ana said to the passenger next to her:
10 you chew tobacco, ,sir?" "No,
ma a'am, don't, was the reply shut
l can you a chew if you want one. -
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-21

A duel was lately fought in Texas
oy Alexander Shott and John S. Mott,
Mott was, shot, and Shot was not. In
thls case it is better TO be Shott than
Mott. There was a rumor that Mott
was not shot, and Shott ayows that
ne shot Mott, which proves either
6hat the shot Shott shot at Mott was
not shot, or that Mott was shot not.
outstanding. Circumstantial evi
aehce is not always good. 1t may be
made to appear on trial that the shot
Shott shot, shot Mott, or as accidents
with firearms are frequent, it may be
possible that the shot Shott shot,
'hot himself, when the whole affair
would resolve itself into it's original
elements, and Shott would be shot,
and Mott would be not. We think
1oWeVer, that the shot Shott shot,
'hot not Shott, but Mott, anyway, it
s hard to tell who was shot.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-10-25

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