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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

The What Cheer Patriot shows
commendable enterprise in iilustrat-
ing the scenes of the recent disas-
trous flood in that town. The Pa
triot says: "Our merchants appreci-
ate the generosity of the wholesale
houses who have come to their res
cue with extensions of credit and
every other courtesy a jobber can ex-
tend to customer"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24
PRESIDENT MITCHELL,

President John Mitchell, who's 9
good counsel prevented sympa-
thetic coal strike last week, is only
80 years old and is the youngest man
holding 30 high position in the
ranks OF organized labor. He is es-
sentially self-made man. Born in
Braidwood, H., in 1859, Mr.. Mitchell
was left an orphan at an early age,
his mother having died when he was
years old, and his father being ac-
cidentally killed when he was 9 years
lo'd. At 10 the boy was compelled to
enter the mines at Braidwood and
work for his living. His career as
official of the miners organization
began in 1895. At the annual con-
vention of the mine workers held in
Columbus, Ohio, in January, 1898, Mr..
Mitchell was elected vice-president
of the national Organization, which
Office he held until Sept. 10, 1898, at
which time the former president, M.
D. Ratchford, resigned, and Mitchell
became acting president. The miners
convention elected him president in
1899 and 1900 by overwhelming ma
jorities. He wields great influence
over the thousands who belong to
the army of mine workers.
Thus far the anthracite strike fur
nishes the following statistics:
Loss to operators in price
of coal (normal) -------.-.----..s22, SOC, 900
Loss to miners iu wages. 10000, ,0O0
Loss to employees, other
than strikers, made IDLE a
by the strike-,,.,.....,,. ..,,...,.. 2,75o, 900
Loss to business men in
region .,-........,..... -, -...,, $500, 900
Loss to business men out
side OF region. 4, ,425, 900
Cost of maintaining coal
and iron police ........--.----...-- $50, 900
Cost of maintaining nom
union workers. 15O, 900
Losses to mines and ma
chinery .................. 80. 49,. 1900, 900
O,21O, 900
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

questionably favored by at least two
out of three of the $4,000 voters of
this country. 1t is policy which Is
to be pursued, and which is to result
in greater good for the country than
even that which 10 foreshadowed at
the present time. The United States
have made Unreasonable advancesr
socially, industrially and politically,
in the five years which have passed
since the Republicans came into
power. On it's record since March
A, 1887, the Republican party can and
will win q grand victory in 1902.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24
PRAISE FOR LACEY.

in presenting the name of Con-
gresham Lacey to the convention at
Newton on Wednesday Judge j. O..
Mitchell, of Ottumwa said: Gentle
men, the sixth district has been con-
tinuously for years ably represented
in the house of representatives.
Major Lacey Is an active and trusted
counselor In the committee room and
an able expositor in the debate on
the floor. He has been true to his
friends, his party, to his state and
to his country. His ability, supple
mented by his experience, gives him
at important influence in national
legislation. We cannot serve the dis
trict, state, or country at large,
better than re.electing him. Let us
give him an increased majority at
the polls this fall, thereby rewarding
faithful servant and at the same
time emphasizing our approval Of the
Roosevelt administration.
-.
In his speech as chairman of the
convention Hon. Cal Manning said !;
she is tireless worker and spends
much of his time In the pension
Office looking after the claims lof his
comrades, and there Is not precinct
In this district but what has one or
more soldiers or soldiers widows
who have been beneficiaries of his
labor. He has been just, he has been
true, he has been abls, he has been
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

Chicago Inter Ocean: Recently q
man who had kept account of his
worries for q given number of years
declared that of the thousands Of
thingsiwhich had caused him anxiety
he could remember only two that
had any substantial basis, and that
these, viewed from a distance, we re
trivial. Phis man voiced common
experience of humanity. Worries
are in the vast majority of cases
unreal.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24
-According 10 q bulletin issued b

According to bulletin issued by
the census bureau there were $780,
657 farms in the United States in
1900 These were valued at 1884,
694, PAT. or this amount So, $50, 1893, l91,
or over 81 percent, represented the
value of buildings, and 13,1l4 ,4s2, !
056, or over IS percent, represented
the value of lands and improvements
other than buildings. The value OF
farm implements and machinery was
s761, ,261. $50, and of the live stock
So, ,07s, ,O5O,041.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

The plans have been made for the
new Carnegie librarylat Eldora. 1t
will be built of Eldors paving brick
and sandstone. kThe style Is Of the
Eiizabethan period land the size of
the building is 6ox55 feet. Accom-
modations for collection of $4,000
volumes have been provided, and the
buildings and grounds will represent
an outlay Of SIC, 900.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24
INCIDENTS OF FLOOD.

Webster City Tribune: "a. Bige
planted his potatoes shallow this year
must have had a 'hunch' from the
weather man. Anyhow he has a
monstrous crop in sight. Here and
there about the field large one lies
above the ground. The hot sun causes
these to turn green. The other day
so Mr.. Bige lsays-a stranger came
down the road in boat. or alsudden
he steered toward the patch, dove
into the water, Brought up huge
green potato and plugged it, think
ing it to be watermelon. Seeing
his mistake he tossed 1t to the other
end of the boat. The weight of the
tuber capsized the craft and the fell
low narrowly escaped drowning"
~
One of the most exciting expert
ences of the recent floods is reported,
from Richland, where the Central
operator and wife nearly met death
in attempting to ford the Richland
creek. They we're in water an hour
clinging to barbed wire fence, and
in momentary danger of being swept
away. They were finally rescued by
railroad workman. Mr.. Mason
lost purse containing sr00, and had
his hands badly lacerated.
~.
A man named Dollar was picking
cherries at What Cheer when draft
blew him out of the tree. He received
a check, however, when he hit the
ground, but when he went to protest
he found he was all over dew. His
injuries retired Dollar temporarily
from circulation, but he had cents
enough to hire the crop picked.
~.
Just as the street car tracks at
Mason City had been repaired after
the food so that trains could run
over them again, then a red COW with
a crumpled horn got onto. the right
of way and succeeded in creating
about as much CONSERVATION as the
overflow. A big motor was thrown
off the track and the service was
temporarily paralyzed.
~.
"The Des Moines Capital is redder
in the face than ever" ieers the
Sioux City Journal. Whereupon the
Capital answers: '.Well, perhaps
you would be If you had been pump
ing water out of our ONCE basement
for forty-eight hours, without even
taking five minutes off for refresh
ments."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

Iowa has foreign-born popula-
tion of 3O6 553; of Slavs-including
Russians, Poles, Hungarians and Bo-
hemians, 1919; of British -includ-
ing English, Irish, Scotch, Welsh and
English Can adams, 1864; of Teu-
tons-including Germans, Hollanders,
Swiss and Austrians, 39,316; of Scan.
MISUNDERSTANDING Danes, Swedes
and Norske, 72,6il; of Latins-in-
Guiding French, Mexicans, Spanish
and Italians, 1851; others, 1888.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24
On s saturday ",hs Mahaska con

-On Saturday ''the Mahaska coun-
ty Democracy in convention assem-
bled again declares unfaltering al
legiance to the principles of govern.
ment of, by and for the people, from
the highest to the lowest division OF
public organization. Such wide
open endorsement of the Roosevelt,
Cummins and Wray administrations
was hardly expected from that
course. We commend their good
judgment.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

Though the quarter is very
common coin no one thinks of it as
being unlucky. In the words "quar-
ter dollar are thirteen letters. In
the tail of the eagle are thirtee n
feathers, and in the shield are thir-
teen lines. There are thirteen stars
and thirteen arrowheads. "E Pluri-
bus Unum" contains thirteen letters,
and if you examine the bird through
microscope you will find thirteen
feathers in it's wing.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

Hon. B. F. Carroll of Bloomfield,
who received the endorsement of the
Republican convention of the Sixth
district for the nomination as candi-
date for the office of state auditor,
has secured his headquarters at the
Savery hotel in Des Moines, for the
convention which is to be held in
that city July 80.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

Cherokee Democrat: The "ankle
bug" is the latest thing in the east,
aud it promises to rival the "kissing
bug" 1t is partial to low shoes and
open work hosiery. If they ever get
out this way the editor of this paper
will have to suffer. He wears open
work hosiery. His darned socks are
full of holes.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

The Gfinnell Herald observes:
Think of it! Poweshiek lists for
taxation more moneys and credits
than both Polk and Scott counties
combined, in which Des Moines and
Davenport are located. What pow
stricken counties they must be
Judged from moral standpoint"
There is work for q tax ferret In
Scott and Polk.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24
ssr,c, Requlremenis

Ottumwa, July 22,-Csptain e. B.
Hill, of Company G, has received or
ders for the encampment OF the Fiji
tieth regiment to be held at oskaloosa
from August 5 to II inclusive. Several
new departures are seen in the regu-
lations; one requires that the COM
panies' bands and detschments report
for inspection Immediately upon ar
rival In camp, and another calling for
physical examination before the
soldier is admitted to camp.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

1t is announced in the Leon Re-
porter that Senator Claude Porter, of
Centerville, will not consent to be a
candidate for the democratic nomin-
alton for congressman against Colonel
Hepburn in the Eighth district. j.
B. Sullivan, of Oreston, is now re-
garded as the probable nominee.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

Kaiser Wilhelm's book of ser.
mons and prayers designed to make
soldiers and sailors absolutely obedi-
ent to any sort of commander may
be serious matter for other nations.
There have been no more terrible
fighters than Cromwell's psalm sing
ing and Bible-reading soldiers, and
Wilhelm's religiously subservient
warriors may be menace to the
future.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

After putting check on the
newspaper squabble Des Moines has
ordered 1000 barrels of lime to clar-
ify the town. Ii that sort of thing
keeps up the newsboys on the trains
running into the capital city are
likely to experience slump in their
smelling salts traffic.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

The non contiguous territory of
the United States now furnishes q
market for $50, 100000 worth of the
products of her people. This is
practically five times as much as the
exports to those territories in 1897,
when none of them except Alaska,
was under the American flag.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

Looking thirstily up the rising
stream the Keokuk Gate City re-
marks that "Des Moines was consid-
crate enough to add ice to the large
volume of water it is sending down
the Des Moines. Our Missouri neigh
bors can probably be depended upon
fol the other ingredients.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24


He NEVER BLAMED THE BOOZE
He took bottle up to bed,
Drank whiskey hot each night,
Drank cocktails in the morning,
But never could get tight.
He shivered in the evening,
And always had the blues
Until he took bowl or two
But he never blamed the booze.
His joints were full of rheumatic,
His appetite was slack;
He had pains between his shoulders
And chills ran down his back.
He suffered from insomnia,
At night he couldn't snooze;
He said it was the climate
But he never blamed the booze
His constitution was run down,
At least that's what he said;
His legs were swelled each morning,
And he often had swelled head.
He tackled beer and wine and whiskey
Auu IL LuOy uluu U iubcS
He blamed it to dyspepsia
But he never blamed the booze.
He said he couldn' t sleep at night,
And always had bad dreams;
He claimed he always laid awake
Till early sunrise beams.
He thought it was malaria,
Alas! Twas but a ruse.
He blamed it on to everything
But be never blamed the booze.
His liver needed scraping,
And his kidneys had the gout;
He swallowed lots of bitters
Till at last he cleaned them out.
His feet we're swelled with dropsy
Till he had to cut his shoes;
He blamed it to the doctor
Bat he never blamed the booze.
Then he had the tremens,
And he tackled rats and snakes;
First he had the fever,
Then he had the shakes
AT last he had funeral,
And the mourners had the blues;
And the epitaph they gave him was
"He never blamed the BOOZE"
HE RoEs.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

Iowa Republican: Oskaloosa is to
have all we'll water and Skunk river
liquid refreshments are to be retired
forever Possibly Skunk river water
is all right, but there is something in
the name which has made the en-
forcement of prohibition in Oskaloosa
a try ing task.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

persistent, in not only the great
things pertaining to his office. He
has cared for this district WE'LL. and
in giving him this nomination, we
say to him, that we will give him our
most earnest and active support at
the polls for reelection"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

I'm the matter of woman's rights
Abyssinia Is far ahead of Europe.
The house with all its contents be-
longs to the wife, and If the husband
offends her she turns him out until
he is fully repentent and makes
amends.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

-"Let us have compulsory arbitra-
ton to settle labor difficulties and,
prevent such immense losses" sug-
gests the Leon Journal, in speaking
of the hard coal strike. ST would
certainly be kindness to the labor
element and to their families -
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

The Eddyville Tribune in it's in
imitable way thus describes the re-
nomination: Convention hands the
package to Major Lacey without un-
tying it,"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

-Eddyville Tribune A Monroe coun.
ty farmer lost COW in a peculiar
manner. The animal in rummaging
through a summer kitchen found and
swallowed an old umbrella and cake
of yeast. The yeast fermenting in
the poor beasts stomach raised the
umbrella and she died in great agony.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

Instead of the American express
sion, least of clothing" the English
use "left off clothing f" In an Eng
lish newspaper an advertisement
stated that "Mr. and Mrs. Brown
have left off clothing of every deserip-
ton, and invite your careful inspec
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

John w. Mackay, who died in
London on Sunday, was the last OF
the Bonanza kings and almost the
last OF the big Forty-N Miners. OF his
associates in the Bonanza venture,
James g. Fair died in 1894, James O.
Flood in 1889 and w. 8. O'Brien In
1879
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

Members of the Iowa worlds fair
commission have decided to allot
$780, 900 of the States appropriation
for the erection of building on the
grounds.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

We are inclined to believe that
Brother Needham of the News is
more scared than hurt when he esti-
mates that the flood damage to Keo-
kuk county is already over one mil
lion dollars.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

Washington Press: No man is
really great unless, when sick, raft
OF M. DIS. bulletin him three times a
day, and the papers give pictures Of
all his family. A degree Of conspicu-
ity one step lower than this is to have
cigar named for You.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

This sort of weather is giving the
street sweepers and sprinkIers rest
they do not desire. The elements
have keps the pavements for the past
six weeks as clean as the proverbial
housewives floor.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

you bet, railroading is a snap
now," remarked an Iowa Central en-
gineer yesterday. 81 put in four
days and three nights pulling my
train 1870 miles, thirty-six hours OF
which were spent between Lacey and
Oskaloosa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

Secretary Pritchett declares that
If the rain spoils the horse races next
week he will turn the occasion into
swimming contest. "We are going
to entertain the people some way,
you can count on that"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

The Centerville Citizen defines a
Democrat as zone who is generally
opposed to things" The definition
would be still better If the word gen.
orally were changed to always.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

Mics Ellen M. Stone declares she
never gets worried. but then" adds
the Keokuk Gate City: "She never
tried publishing daily newspaper
during the dull season of the year."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

The Davenport Republican thinks
the Second district is perfectly ca
pable of selecting successor to Con-
gressman Rumple without the aid of
the Des Moines politicians and the
Republican is right.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

Water you givin' us?" Enquiries
the Sigourney News. "Wade till the
clouds roll by"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24

Man to station agent: "What
time will that train, THE funeral
will occur day after tomorrow.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24
THE HERALD

Published Weekly on Thursdays at
Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-07-24
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Editors and Proprietors.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-08
PARSONS MAN GETS IT.
George L. McClelIand Will Build
the New Asylum.

George L. McClelland, a Parsons con-
tractor, gets the contract for the cree
ton of the state hospital for the insane
at Parsons. The contract price for five
buildings will be SOS 900.
There were six bidders in all The
others were Armstrong & Co. Kansas
City: c. ". Goodlander. Fort Scott
Latimer & Berry, Kansas City; J. H
Petty, Paola, and H. Bennett, Topeka.
The original plan was to erect six
buildings, but the state board of chart
ties had figures made on each building.
so that if the bids were too high for
the appropriation available. some OF
them could be left out. McClelland's
bid for the six buildings was $4,000
This was the lowest bid. but it was in
excess of the appropriation. so $4,000
cottage was cut out of the plans until
after another appropriation is made.
Some of the bids were as high as $101,
GOO
Woik on the buildings win commence
within a short time, and it is expected
to nave them ready for use by next
winter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-08
CHARLES SUSTAINED.
Reform School Superintendent
Cleared on Cruelty Charges.

The state board of charities and cor
rections has investigated the charges of
cruelty against II. NJ Charles, superin-
tendent OF the boys Industrial school,
and claim that the boy who was pun
ished did not receive too severe treat
ment-
r. J. Allen. chairman of the board.
says the boy ought to have been sent
to the Hutchinson reformatory instead
of to the Industrial school. as he IS 16
years old and is a horsethief.
Tt will be pretty hard to make the
people believe that such brutality as
was exhibited by Superintendent Charles
in this case viii be conducive of good.
There are only a few old fashioned peo-
pie who believe in pounding reform
into children with a club Mr.. Aliens
justification is lame It does no credit
to his reputation for cleverness to give
such a clumsy excuse. Even if boy
did steal horse once in his life it
furnishes no excuse for the brutal ac-
zion of the reform school authorities
The name of the reform school has been
changed to Industrial school" which IS
& good thing There is little likelihood
that one VIII be reformed there