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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-16
BOUT NUTHlN'.

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Bout nuthin
Amt no use Nv fussin'
Bout nuthin'.
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SSomethin' that ez with atta;nr,
IL forever jest eomplainin'
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Amt no use NV sighip.
Bout nuthn.
Amt no use NV cryin'
Bout nuthin'
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An yeh needn't start to grum5i.
Cause it amt no use to y, Iruo's
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Amt no use to jaw
Bout nuthin.
WHAT'S use OF settin raw
Bout nuthiu'i
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han Jest settin' back an c,,,,,,.
Better be at work than s;ob;1'
z. z. Buell.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-16
SOME LEADING EDITORIALS.
JAPAN MUST NOT Re GREEDY.
(From the Cleveland PLAIN Dealer.N

There be, and apparently is good Japanese
denial OF American claim to prior right in Marcus island
which has been settled aud formally Japan but
which private American expedition has gone from Hawaii
10 seize There is however for doubt the legal
claim OF the United States Wake island further than
Marcus island and to the Midway islands still to Ha-
wall They long formally taken possession of in
the of the United States and the government
record of island possessions Wake island figured in the
discussion OF routes for telegraph cable Mid
way islands,
Reports that Japanese have squatted the islands result
cd in orders for proceed thther
and Japanese settlers found there investigation will be
made to the OF their reaching the and b
what authority they took up their residence there Ii il
should be found that the Japanese governments encouraged
their enterprise with view laying claim the islands
there will be Something doing The islands may
not be worth much present but they might be
at some time and Japanese friends can
be permitted to wander about picking up any lutte island we
may have lying around loose.
1t will be recalled that Japan supposed to have cast
covetous the Hawaiian islands their annexation
to the United States FASTENED by suspicious Japanese
intentions toward them Ii Japan allowed 10 reach so
lar eastward to seize island possessions it might some
day take the notion shorter distance south and
the Philippines But President Roosevelt can he de-
pended on to say through Secretary Hay Hands Off,"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-16
Advertising.
Louisville Courier ourna

The manager OF Detroit food company says that wishing
to create demand quickly for his goods he decided to adj
yertise only in the city dailies Samplng had been over
done demonstration served only TO feed people who visit
store bboards worthless for the people we wished 10
reach newspaper readers The results OF his news
paper advertising better anticipated
ne day newspaper be says is growing force,
and has practically killed all other means OF advertising
Even for reaching the farmers better than any other
agency This IS especially true .egons like that sur
rounding Louisville where rural delivery greatly
extended the circulation Of the city daily among the farmers
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-16
Tom Green county Celery

San Angelo Press, ii, rcsz |,
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tenderness crispness and favor, se .sr hsreoa,
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on accouu, of color mere matter ~ KS ben
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c. J. PALMER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Vice President
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-16

Catered al The Posoee az Houston Texas Second Glass
Mai M1er.
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OFFICE OF PUBLICATION,
Nos. 1901, 1903, 1905, 1907 and 1909 Franklin Avenue
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CORRESPONDENCE Of ony description ,lhtiher n
ieGcd f9r ne Business o. Ednora! Department stoaa p
sdaol aad oil checks drafts W0Be-0defS. e made f1J
nbif 10 THE HoUsroN PElNuSG CcMPASr
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08

sight. Nothing but broken boards and
timbers remained of the house, barn and
sheds. Furniture and farming imple-
mSnts were scattered all over the farm.
Not tree was standing or timber of
the buildings left in place. The wheels
of the wagons and buggies were cleared
of all the spokes, among them bran
new wagon, which was crushed and torn
asunder like paper. The tire and rim of
one of the wheels was found mile and
quarter away. The threshing machine,
plows, etc., were torn to pieces and
scattered to the winds. Dead pigs and
chickens were lying around, many of
the chickens being torn apart, some
picked clean of their feathers and few
survived but lost many feathers. The
field to the north was filled with broken
boards, many of them driven into the
ground so far man could not pull
them out. The ground looked like it
had been swept by flood for a heavy
rain came with the cloud. A farmer
who was half mile away told us the
cyclone made terrible noise, about like
fifty threshing machines all running at
once. Mr.. Williams loss is heavy one,
being total on his house, barn, sheds
and machinery, while wire fences were
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08
The Storm at Woodburn.

The following account of the storm at
Woodburn is taken from the Record:
About $50 Thursday afternoon, after
heavy rain and an electric storm, a
funnel-shaped cloud approached from
the southwest with loud buzzing
sound. This was readily identified as
cyclone and as 1t approached it was seen
to be full Of all sorts of debris. 1t passed
WOODBURY. on the northwestern edge
and so did not do as much damage as if
it had hit the heart Of the town.
Mrs. Uriah Garris sustained severe in
juries about the head. She happened
to be out few rods northeast of the
house when the wind came. A tree was
blown down to which she was holding.
DR.. Walker pronounced her injuries
rather serious. 1t is not known just
how she was injured. So far as known
there were no other persons injured in
this vicinity, although it is reported
that few were injured in the vicinity
of Weldon.
The damage to property and stock in
WOODBURY. and vicinity was great: At
this writing we have only attempted to
obtain general account of the damage
done. Reports are still coming in of
damage in the country.
A. L. Alexander's barn, about five
miles southwest, was completely de.
stroyed, two of his horses killed and
chickens blown away.
A. II. loves house, two miles south
west, was moved twelve feet on its toun-
dalton and spread so that it will have to
be rebuilt. All his outbuildings we're
destroyed.
Grant Lowe, one mile south of town,
lost all his fences, cribs, granaries and
workshop.
]. r. Benn's outbuildings, in the
southwest suburbs, were badly injured.
About the first place in town to be
visited was I. w. Holloway's where a
chicken house was carried off and shin
giles blown off the house. Right across
the street the cribs of Hurlburd 4 Co.
were blown over and mashed consider.
ably.
John Terhune's summer kitchen was
completely demolished.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08
A DISASTROUS CYCL0NE!:
ACenune Twster Visits Decatur and Clarke coun-
ties Destroys Farm Houses. Barns and Other
Buildings and Kills some Stock.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

A genuine cyclone created terrible
havoc across a strip of country 20 miles
long in Decatur and Clarke counties last
Thursday evening, wrecking houses,
barns and outbuildings, and it is a
miracle that there was no loss Of life.
The cloud formed about three miles
south and a little west Of Van Vert at 5
O'Clock Thursday evening, first appear
ing mile south and west Of Harry
Trauple's farm, which is due south of
Van Vert. The atmosphere had been
murky and exceedingly sultry all after.
noon and it was ideal cyclone weather.
Numerous persons were watching the
storm clouds which were coming from
both the east and west When the
clouds met what looked like Il small
whirlwind seemed to drop from the
clouds toward the earth, revolving rap
dy and drawing the clouds from all
directions into the vortex. 1t grew rap
idly and started off in a northeast di-
rection, hanging down almost to the
ground and twisting and whirling like
great serpent. Wherever the end would
touch the ground great clouds of dust,
which looked like smoke, would arise
and then the cloud would rise again for
q short distance before striking the
earth again. 1t appeared to be about
100 yards in diameter. although at some
places the track it left was wider and
again some narrower. The first place 1t
struck was at Harry Traupel's where a
corner of it hit the roof and tore of some
shingles. The next place where damage
was done was at Ed Blair's, where the
barn and sheds were demolished, the
lumber being scattered quarter of
mile away. Will Blair's fine maple
grove was ruined, sheds destroyed and
the chimneys and roof of his house
damaged.
The orchard on the old Maxey farm,
mile east of Van Vert, where Bert
Easter lives, was riddled and many
trees broken and uprooted, the storm
passing few rods west of the house and
barn
Continuing northeast to the Uncle
Ben Easter farm, on the east side of the
Osceola road, the twister demolished his
old barn, sheds and grove, missing his
new barn and house by only 20 to 80
feet.
Here the cloud jumped across the
road east to Harry Chapman's, where
the north half of the roof of his barn
was picked up, whirled around the
house without striking it and left the
wreckage on the north side of the house.
1t then went straight north along the
road, tearing down fences until it reach.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08
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gies and wagons were torn to pieces.
Every tree in the orchard was either
twisted of OF torn out by the roots and
it will take weeks of work to clear the
orchard and premises of the broken
trees. Mr.. O'Hair is only in moderate
circumstances and had no insurance.
His loss will be several thousand dollars,
but he has the grit and says he is very
thankful that all of their lives were
spared. The good people of the neigh.
borhood have started subscription pa.
per and are raising him quite neat
sum to assist him in rebuilding. The
Hollingshead school has been dismissed
for two weeks and the family have
moved into it until home can be Sc
cured.
Part of the roof Of Joe Brechtels barn,
quarter of a mile north of the O'Hair
place, was torn away and carried half
mile away.
The storm then continued little east
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08

his home was destroyed by fire about
three years ago, and here it destroyed
in an instant what had taken Mr..
Williams years to accumulate. He was
on his way home when the storm struck
his house being on top of the hill a
quarter Of mile south of the house
when it was struck. Mrs. Williams and
her three children were in the house
when the cyclone struck it, and in an
instant the house was torn to kindling
wood and scattered over the fields for
almost mile. Mrs. Williams was
carried about 100 yards away and the
baby which she had in her lap about so
yards. Hazel the four year old girl was
also carried quite distance and quite
badly hurt receiving deep cash across
her left eye and a circular cut five inches
long on the head and badly bruised.
Louise, l6 months old was cut across the
kidneys making wound about five
inches long and scratched and bruseda
Mrs. Williams was also badly bruised
and it is feared is injured internally.
The boy who was Is ears old crawled
out from under mass of debris unin-
jured. Neighbors soon reached the
place and the family were taken to the
home of James Yates, DR.. Mitchell Of
Weldon being called to attend them.
When the REPORTER editor visited the
scene Friday morning it was terrible
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08

of north, crossed the X. & w. track
without doing any damage and contin-
ued on to the farm of Charles Tabler,
mile west Of Weldon, just across the line
in Clarke county. His corn cribs and
were torn down, barn
twisted off the foundation and the house
partly unroofed. Mr.. Tabler's family
were at Weldon at the time.
From Tapler's the storm went north
east to John MitchelPs blowing down
his cribs, sheds and many trees. Then
to Porter MitchelPs, where it caught his
barn and chicken house, tearing them
to pieces, and just missing the house.
Here it picked up wagon loaded with
corn and no trace Of it has yet been
found. North of Mitchell's there is
heavy timber and the course of the
storm over the hill can be traced, the
big trees being twisted off and uprooted
like corn stalks. Over the hill it dropped
to the small creek in a deep valley just
south of Monroe Williams house, where
it was terrific, the road being filled with
big trees and the iron county bridge be-
ing torn out bodily. Half way down
the hill south of the bridge j. D. Hicks,
who lives 81 miles south Of Osceola, was
caught with his team and buggy.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08

Andrew Adams house was moved
about six inches off Of its foundation. 4
Mrs. Hines house was cracked andH
spread.
J. R. Felger's house was considerably
damaged. The windows were broken
out, doors and shutters broken and 20
feet of new sidewalk taken away.
Jess Cline's house, near the public
school building, was completely demol-
lshed and is total loss This property :
was just purchased yesterday by Mr.,
Cline for $500 and was known as the
Boggs place.
The schoolhouse was moved few
inches on its foundation, the west win
dows broken and much of the plaste
Jared off The shingles were torn from
the west side.
AT Uriah Garris' place a string of new
fence was blown down, the roof torn
from the barn and many fruit trees
ruined.
The cyclone went from here to Otta-
wa. At Charles Sweeney's considerable
damage was done to the house. At Rob
Carson's the fan of a windmill was4
twisted into the wheel. The Ottawa
church was badly shaken and will have
to be replastered. John Ba1ton's house
was unroofed and otherwise damaged.
The last damage accounted for was at
Fox's, about four miles northeast of
Woodburn, where a barn was torn up.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08

blown clear across the field, and the loss
will be several thousand dollars. He
had $500 in cyclone insu -ance.
From Williams place the twister went
north to the WATSON farm, owned by
Sam and John WATSON, their sister, Mrs.
Bell O'Brien, keeping house for them.
The men were in the house and saw the
cloud coming and tried to run out of
house, but before they got away it
struck the house and tore it to pieces,
but both men escaped injury. Mrs.
O'Brien was north of the house and
started for a ditch, but gave out and
took refuge in an old log house used as
chicken house. The storm struck it,
tore it to pieces, but, strange to say, the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08

Mr.. Schaeffer ran to the house. The
door was slammed shut after him, clos.
ing out his son, Pearl. He forced his
hand through the glass and caught him
just in time to hold him. The wind
made sort of whip.cracker of him, but
this thoughtful act probably saved the
boys life. The house was weighted
with heavy oak stills, and was banked
with dirt. The wind could not raise it,
but showed it four feet off its founda-
ton, breaking out one side and smash
ing out the windows. A smoke house
and chicken house were demolished,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08

ed the new HollIngshead school house,
which it had to cross to get at. The
building was picked up bodily, turned
half way around and carried 80 feet
southeast of the foundation, where it
was left without being damaged in the
least beyond the chimney being blown
off. Not single window was even
broken.
Across the road east and a little north
stood the brick house on the old Hol.
lingshead farm, which was purchased
and occupied March LIST by James
O'Hair, who moved from "a farm six
miles north of Osceola. Here it is i'm.
possible to describe the destruction
wrought The house was story and
half, built of brick. and stood in the
center of big grove, while east Of it
was an orchard of very large apple
trees. The south and east walls of the
house were blown out and the entire
structure left tottering SO that it was
necessary to pull it down the next
morning. There were eight persons in
the building and, strange to say, none
of them were killed, Mr.. and Mrs.
O'Hair, four children, his brother-in.
law, G. w. Bevans, and Mrs. O'Hair's
mother, Mrs. Ann Bevans, who is n
years old. Mrs. Bevans was injured
the worst, her right arm being fractured.
Mr.. Bevans was cut about the face and
his back and shoulder wrenched,
Mrs. O'Hair was badly bruised and the
balance of the family escaped with
slight bruises and scratches. The men
folks hurried from the field when they
saw the storm approaching and put the
horses in the barn with the harness still
on, and went into the house just as the
storm struck it. The barn was entirely
blown away and two of the three horses
killed, the harness and brides being
torn from them, leaving the bits still in
their mouths. The horse that escaped
was standing between the two that were
killed. All of the farm machinery, bug.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08

Horses, buggy and man were picked up
and carried through the timber for a
couple of hundred yards, the buggy be-
ing torn to pieces and left hanging in
the trees, the horses being badly cut up
and found under a big uprooted tree.
Mr.. Hicks says he was picked up bodily
and carried through the air a consider
able distance and the first he remembers
was being on the ground churned up
and down by the wind. He was struck
on the head by large limb of tree
and scratched and bruised all over.
Then apparently gathering force the
cloud swept up the steep hill to the fine
h ONE of Monroe Williams, story and
lhalf frame building which stood where
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08

woman crawled out from under a pile
of logs unEurt. The orchard and cribs
were destroyed and field northeast of
the house is literally covered with
boards and sticks so it will have to be
cleared like brush land. The orchard
was uprooted and the limbs stripped of
their bark. A bin of oats was carried
away, but their corn crib escaped, only
losing the roof. In the field were new
Deere riding pillow and Buckeye mower
and both were broken and twisted so as
to be useless. About 200 chickens and
geese were killed here and their bodies
scattered quarter of mile away. The
twister sucked all the water out of a
large pond. In the house was an organ
and it was carried completely away. A
pasteboard box Containing about l,5OO
in notes was also carried away and none
of the papers have been found. One of
their horses, which was in the pasture,
was struck by something, breaking it's
leg, and it had to be killed. The Was
sons had no insurance, hence their loss
is heavy.
From the WATSON place the course
was northeast across high land until Mr..
Leech's place was reached. His barn
and corn cribs were wrecked and consid.
cradle damage done to his home. A lot
of corn was taken out of his cribs and
hay was destroyed. He carried insur-
ance.
Albert Turks residence was on hill.
He and his son were putting their teams
in the barn when they saw the storm
clouds coming. They hurried to the
house and helped get the family, wife
and five children, in cave just as the
timbers began to fly. Mr.. Schaefer, a
half mile northeast, says he saw the
wind take Mr.. Turks house 100 feet in
the air intact, but all of sudden 1t
burst and was scattered in small pieces.
His barn and cribs were badly wrecked,
but not blown away. Four horses and
bull were in the Barn. Large timbers
fell down on all sides of them. penning
b EN- up, but fortunately none were
injured. Mr.. Turks house, orchard,
furniture, stoves, implements, poultry,
etc., is total loss, besides the extensive
injury to his barn. His heating stove
was blown 100 rods into field. He
had $500 insurance on the house and
$3.50 on household goods, but it is a
small amount in comparison with his
loss.
The last place where injury was done
by this twister was at George Schaefer's
An eye witness who saw it travelling a,
distance said he saw the cloud dissolve
north of Schaefer's. Another witness
saw this and says the cloud that struck
WOODBURY. was formed about the same
time but was independent of this.
At Mr.. SchaefIer's the barn was UNI
rooted and wrecked but not blown down
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08
Sunfiower Camp.

Opens June LIST at Manitou, Colorado.
Located 100 yards from Ute Iron.
Springs. A Colorado Summer" is a
fad, perhaps, but it is necessity. All
railroads this year put on excursion
rates June LIST. Lowest prices, best
crowds, jolliest times in the west. Write
for Especial Offer" and all information
desired to Mrs. L. L. Corbett, Emporia.
Kan, or see @. M. Ketcham, Leon, Ia.
Slot. &
The salary Of Postmaster Ledgerwood
has been raised from $1,000 to $l7OO per
annum, the increase being the result Of
an increase in the receipts of the office.
License to Wed.
The following marriage licences have
been issued by Clerk Keller since our
last issue:
L. r. Arnold ..... :. :. ......... q
Eva Bennett ..,........ ~
M. j. Cooper 81
Letta Armstrong %
A handsome little daughter arrived at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mann
ing Sunday evening, and the many
friends of this popular young couple are
extending their congratulations
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08

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The Minneapolis journal., 1902-04-26
The First Letters From,
a Group Of Dutch Girls.


too great number, divided classes We
to- learn French the elementary school
German learn from first, English the
ond term at high school, English
nearly three like your language best Of the three
perhaps because think it easiest by French do
not like at all but have nice teacher
theess enjoy the lessons much sha you
anslchtenI do not know the English word for ths-o
Utrecht then get idea our village
where live de Bilt situated hours dis
tance from Utrecht Every morning by tram
N summer this is very pleasant for then there open
tram wagons that have delicious every
day
The extract here given is from letter by Marie
Verspyck to Janet De Haven of North High School)
30 All the studies we have compulsory we can not
choose They Dutch French English German history
geography arithmetic drawing sewing,
tory ana drilling curious know you do for your
English literature do also read English writer's and
poets or only American ones? We do both it very
much. Some weeks "The Courtship of Miles
Standish, by Longfeow thought it very beautiful
What a funny idea take your to school
never heard of it before, but English
IT was IN England also the habit You asked we
have in Dutch word equivalent to Sandwich
tell you we have not We also sandwich Only
we never take lettuce something the between it