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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03
SCHOOL ,TANGLE AT AMEs.
Town Gets Mixed Up in Trying tc
Build a New School.

Ames, Ia, Nov. 30.-An election is
being held here to-day on a proposal
to issue bonds in. the sum of $12,500
for the purchase of a site and the
erection of a school building. The
result means tn. solution or further
tangling of the problem now con
fronting the school board, according
as the proposition carries or loses.
Two elections have already been
held in the proposition. 1t won in
the first and lost in the second.
Now the charge is brought that tht
ballots used in the previous election
were not the prescribed form and
that therefore the election was lille
gal Whether it is true or not, the
charge prevented the sale of the
bonds. Parties who were otherwise
willing to purchase the bonds ask tina
the issue be guaranteed by this cleo
ton.
Meantime the site has been pur
chased, drainage provided and ;
building two-thirds erected. If thu
proposition to-day fails to carry ,ques
ton is bound to arse regarding tn,
building. In such case the 'boart
win take steps toward iegaiizing Tn,
previous election by legislation. Al
gument is now being made that tn
election to-day will be illegal becans
the board failed to give proper nc
tice.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03
GOOD AND ENTERTAINING.
Such is the Course Of Lectures Being
Given in Congregational Church.

The Koehne lectures now in pro-
gress at the Congregational church
are attracting much attention. The
lectures form the best church series
Of talks upon any subject that have
ever been delivered in this city. The
lecturer has been at work during a
period of twenty years upon the sub
ject matter given to his listeners and
he is continually adding to and re-
working them, giving the subject the
results of careful and continuous
study from any source he can dis
cover or command.
The lecturer has wonderful array
of fact placed In the argument of ev-
cry lecture, but it is so organized
and delivered that it is accepted by
the listener without effort. The lee
lures are certainly worth the time
and attention of every thinking per-
son in the city.
The talk last evening was upon
the subject of miracles. 1t was a
careful analysis of the man Christ
and His work in the line of the mirac-
ulous and the logical deductions to
be made therefrom. The entire lee
ture was carefully and closely follow
ed by a large audience of interested
listeners.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03
DECEMBER TERM.
District Court Opens December I
With Judge Scott Presiding.

The bar docket for the December
term of the district court is being
distributed among the members OF
the Mahaska county bar. The term
opens Tuesday, December 1, with
Judge John It. Scott presiding.
The term will be quite busy one
especially in point of probate mat
tiers. There will be a large number
of guardianship cases wherein re
ports are due, and final reports of es
tates to be made. All of the cases
that have been on the, calendars fol
a number Of years are ordered report
ed upon and this makes the probate
calendar of greater volume than II
has been for many terms past.
The calendars show the following
number of cases: Probate, LAT; law
and equity, 255; garnishments, 10;
criminal, 7; total, 419.
There are only twenty-six divorce
cases on the calendar this term, and
the criminal docket is unusually
small unless there happens to be big
business done by the grand jury dur
ing it's session. One of the most i'm
portant cases on the criminal docket
is that of the State VS.. Chas. Taylor,
charged with incest.
The term of court that has just
closed was quite busy one and
many little affairs in court were dis
posed of by Judge w. G. Clements.
The gentleman kept grinding away
at the docket and insisted upon ac-
tivity among the attorneys until ev-
erything that could possibly be
reached had been brought before the
court in some form or other. Judge
Clements is making an excellent rec.
ord as district judge and no where in
the district has this been exemplifled
to better advantage than in Maaaska
county during the October term of
court. "
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03
THE FREMONT BUDGET.
News of a Good Town Scissored
From the Gazette.

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. M. L. Phil.
lips, at four o'clock Saturday after
noon, Nov. Fl. 1903, an eight-pound
girl.
To-day wednesday, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. Well are entertaining houseful
of friends and relatives in honor OF
their flftieth wedding anniversary.
Lou Hodson had shooting match
out at his place Tuesday in which
large number of our sportsmen took
part. A wagon load of ducks was
soon gotten rid Of.
Mrs. Josephine F'leak shipped her
household goods to Brighton last
week and left Saturday night for that
place which will be her home for the
present at least.
J. N Endicott, Jr, attended the
fine stock sale Of J. l.. Burton, near
Ottumwa, Thursday and purchaser
two thoroughbred Poland China hogs,
one of them costing him $500.
Mrs. A. E. Nash left Wednesday
for Peoria to spend Thanksgiving
with son at that place. She will
be gone couple OF weeks, spending
a portion of the time with another
son at Monmouth.
Miss Mildred Heinzman returned
Tuesday noon from an extended visit
with her sister, Mrs. L. G. Fell, at
Breckenridge, Mimi, and she will re.
| hnr MI ~, &c
deputy.
Mrs. Robt. Ingersoll went to PARK
Rapids, Mimi, Monday night to join
her husband, who has been there
few days. 1t is possible that Mr.. and
Mrs. Ingersoll will buy property and
locate there.
The Rebekahs and Odd Fellows
had blow out" Tuesday evening
to which number of friends outside
the lodge were invited. The amuse-
ment program was given in their hall
and the banquet served in McKin-
ney's hall. Everyone had an enjoy
able time.
Geo. w. Alderman and Chas. Dean
sold the Chas. Broadnead Iarm of 40
acres, 7 miles northeast of Fremont,
to e. McClosky, for $1,640 The
same day they also sold the e. B. Nc
Vey farm of SIS acres In the sans Vi
cinity to e. Broadhead for $4,000.
Tom Lappin, a tile ditcher who has
been around these parts the past two
years, was taken before Judge Glenn
ents at Oskaloosa Saturday and by
him sentenced to stay one year in the
dipsomaniac ward of the insane asy-
lum at Mt.Pleasant. This is the first
person to be sent to the jag house
from Fremont, but Marshal Phillips
says it may not be the ls%t, as he has
his weather eye on one or two 9TH
ers who will have to- brace up consid-
erably or go over the same road.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
lnf1amed condition of the mucous lin
ing of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is infiamed you have a rum
bling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed, deafness
is the result, and unless the inflamma.
ton can be taken out and this tube
restored to its normal condition, hear.
ing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out Of ten are caused by ca
tarrh, which is nothing but an In
famed condition of the mucous ser
vices.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
culars free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03
almost directly in front of the City

almost directly in front of the City
Hall:
"On this Spot stood the First
Boston Public Latin School. This
School has been constantly main
tanned since it was Established
by the following Vote of the
Town: At General Meeting up
on Public Notice it was agreed
that our Brother PHILEMON
PORTMORT shall be entreated
to become SchoolmasLer for the
teaching and nurturing of Chill
dren with us, April 10, 1886"
For two hundred and sixty-eight
years this school has been in exist
ence, and some of the most illustri-
Gus men of the day have been among
it's graduates. Benjamin Franklin
was a pupil of the school, anu when
he died he left fund, the income of
which must be used for the purchase
of silver medals for certain num-
Der of boys who should stand highest
in the graduating class of the school.
Seven medals were awarded this
year, and the first of them was won
by boy of sixteen years named For
rest Ford Harbour. He also won the
highest prize awarded in the school,
which is a scholarship in Harvard
college. A prize for superior excel
lence in classics also fell to his por-
ton, SO that he honorably earned the
right to a place among the hard-work-
ing prize winning schoolboys of the
past year. His preliminary examina-
ton for Harvard resulted in "honors'
in number of his studies. He did
not miss single Gay, nor was he
tardy but single time in the four
years he was a pupil Of the school.
This means an excellent record for
good health as we'll as for good work"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03
STATE INSTITUTIONS,

The statement made up at the of.
flee of the state board of control for
the past month, concerning the condi
tons, financial and otherwise, of the
state institutions, indicate there is a
constant increase of all classes OF
the state institution population with
the exception of inebriates, whose
numbers are falling off.
There were 70 inebriates in the in
situations at the close of October, as
last month, showing the number has
a tendency to increase as the cold
weather comes on, but as compared
with 119 at the same time last year
the number shows a decided falling
off. This may in a measure be due
to a decreased activity of local au
thorities in enforcing the law.
The total number of insane at the
state institutions is 1922, an increase
of 126 over last year, and an increase
Of six over last month.
The number of convicts shows ar
increase Of 38 over last month ant
of IL over last year. There is a to
tai convict population of $50.
The industrial school population
shows an increase of one for tht
month and 16 for the year.
In their biennial report the board
of control has recommended a mum
Der of changes in state institutions
Among them is one placing under the
care Of the board for purposes of in
spection, ETC., buildings and places II
which friendless children are kept by
associations and corporations.
Allowing the institution for feeblg
minded children to receive feeble
minded women under forty-six years
of age.
Increasing the support fund at the
industrial school for boys.
Providing for the retention of in
mates at the industrial school fol
girls until they reach the age Of
twenty-one years.
Allowing the board in exceptional
cases to discharge inmates from both
Of the industrial schools.
.ShohoLh5 kAC vi LuS oIdJC
hospitals.
Providing for a per capita at Cher
okee state hospital.
Making the escape of prisoners
while inside the penitentlary walls
or working outside the walls a felony
Authorizing the employment Of
prisoners at places outside the, prIs
on walls.
Allowing the state architect his
travelling expenses when away from
home on official business.
Permitting the adjutant, quarter
master and surgeon of the Soldiers
Home to occupy, free Of rent, houses
belonging to the state, and the state
to furnish them with light and water
free.
Providing for the commitment Of
inebriates to state hospitals and theil
parole in certain cases.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03
What to Do This Month.

AS the cold weather approaches
persons with weak lungs are in dan.
ger of serious lung disease being fas.
tened upon them. To prevent this
they should early commence the use
Of Foley's Honey and Tar. It soothes
and heals the lungs and strengthens
them against serious attacks. Per
sons who have once suffered from la
grippe should not fail to use this
remedy. Be sure that you get Foleys
Honey and Tar when you ask for 1t
Green q Bentley Drug Co.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03

Two years ago, observes the New
Sharon Star, Iowa democrats nomi-
mated a gold democrat on a free sill.
yer platform for governor and ne was
defeated by little over $4,000. This
year they nominated a free silver
man on gold platform and he was
defeated by nearly $4,000. Two years
ago their, candidate could not make
an intelligent speech and this year
their nominee was one of the most
polished orators Of the state, yet re.
suits are not materially different.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03

The cold wave to the west and
southwest has developed a fairly act
i've demand for all-rail hard coal,
says Black Diamond. Retailers
throughout the west report a good
run of orders and during December
will be in the market again for in.
creasing shipments, which is taken
as good Indication for the future
Prices are being well maintained and
very little Speculative" coal is offer.
ed even in the Chicago market at
present, while at other points it is
scarcely ever heard OF at this time.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03
Bronchitis for twenty Years.

Mrs. Minerva Smith, Of Danville.
Ill.,writes: II had bronchitis for TWEEN.
ty years and never got relief until I
used Foley's Honey and Tar which is
a sure cure" There is no other
cough medicine so popular. Contaias
no opiates or poisons and never falls
to cure coughs and colds.
Green & Bentley Drug Co.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03

What has become of the council
committee appointed to look after the
changing of those enormously placed
name plates on the crossings Of G
avenue? If the committee acts with
the same promptness with which the
error was discovered by the authori-
ties, the unborn babes of the COM
munity will become oldest inhabi.
tants" before the mistake is rectified.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03

Where athletics occupied the at.
tention Of the students Of the Ores.
ton high school last year, music and
literature have taken their place this
year. There are now in the school
boys glee club, a girls debating
club and girls glee club. 1t is ex'
pected that the three musical and lit,
erary organizations will. give con-
certs at the surrounding towns this
winter. NJ.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03

The Sioux City Journal suggests
that the coming legislature will have
a good deal easier task in letting the
school for the deaf and dumb remain
in Council Bluffs, than to attempt to
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03

Considerable talk is being indulg-
Ell in concerning reyiving the oska-
loosa Eisteddfod. Better contests
were had at the Christmas carnival
Of song held in this city than nave
ever been possible since the dissolu-
ton of the Oslaloosa association.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03

The "wisies" of the Iowa press
who have had so much to say about
who would succeed Judge Shiras, it
seems do not know much more about
it than We do, and we only have one
guess coming. Do you want us to
name him2
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03

The lady editor OF the Iowa Cit
liens home department confesses
that "a woman can afford to give her
husband more presents than he can
her because she charges them all to
him."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03

Would that Iowa had more men
like Senator Maytag, Of Jasper coun-
ty, in the state senate. He is one Of
the truly strong men of not only the
Sixth district, but Of Iowa. In the
language of Uncle" Dick Clarkson,
Keep your eye on Maytag"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03

Divorce seems to be getting it
on all sides just now. The Lutheran
church has just declared it to be "a
crime against God that can not be
mitigated by any defects OF the civil
law"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03

The supreme court has directed
that in making up the docket for the
January term of the court all cases
shall be included which were filed
prior to Aug. last This shows that
the court has been making progress
in gaining on it's work.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03
Never Ask Advice,

When you have a cough or cold
don't ask what is good for it and get
some medicine with little or no merit
and perhaps dangerous. Ask for
Foley's Honey and Tar, the greatest
throat and lung remedy. 1t cures
coughs and colds quickly.
Green q Bentley Drug Co.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03

Editor belong, of the Eddyville
Tribune, mentions a long list Of
things for which he is thankful this
year. Close and careful reading, how
ever, fails to find any mention of the
turkey. Surely our brother must
have overlooked the bird.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03

"A farmer near Des Moines sold
$500 worth of cucumbers from an
acre of ground. wouldn't that
cramp you?" pertinently asks the
Rockford Register.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03
A PRIZE WINNER.

The old time folk of Oskaloosa and
Mahaska county who knew and loved
JEFF Harbour as boy, and who have
watched with pride his career in the
literary life Of the country, will be
interested in knowing that his SON
boy of sixteen, has just won one OF
the Ben Franklin medals for scholar
ship in the Boston schools. They
will also be interested in hearing the
promise renewed that Mr.. Harbour
will as time may permit, write a ser
les of letters for the Herald, the pa
per that nursed his earliest illusions
The note from Mr.. Harbour and
the extract from "The Boys World
which tells of his sons success are
appended:
Dorchester, Mass, Nov. 24.-My
Dear Mr.. Hoffmann:-I haven't for
gotten my promise to send you some
letters for the Herald, and you shall
have some this winter if can sit
still long enough to write them.
am trailing all over New England
with BLESSED Be Humor," and am of
to New York for six nights Mex
week.
The Authors Club of which l an
member, will have very interest
ing meeting soon and will certainly
send you some account Of it.
have very happy memories of my
visit to Oskaloosa year ago and an
hoping that it may not be another
fourteen years before l see that goot
old town. am likely to go to Cali
fornia next winter and If I do it ma,
be my good fortune to again visit Os
kaloosa.
You will, am sure, come to SCI
me II, you fare Bostonward at an,
| time
The enclosed clipping about one o
my young hopefuls may interest you
Most cordially yours,
j. L. Harbour.
Another Prize Winner.
IF the boys who may read thi
should ever visit the beautiful city o
nnafnx, thar x,ytIl A,.d -. GO, 49,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03

The Eddyville Sand Co., with Geo.
H. Carbon, president, c. F. Funk, sec
rotary and general manager, ana
Maggie Watkins, treasurer, have filed
articles of incorporation. The bust
ness of the company Will be the pro
duction of sand, gravel,stone, crushed
stone and ice.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03

Iowa is making steady progress as
fruit growing state. The census of
1890 reported S,140.5S8 apple trees
growing within her borders. In 1900
the number had reached s,sse,5ss.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03

The Eagle Grove Eagle thinks:
1T may be well for man not to
save up SO much as to be compelled
to do the camel-needle-eye act to get
into heaven, but he should save
enough so he would find it equally
as difficult to get into the poor
house."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03

IF the Abba Republican and the
Abba Union were to form a merger
we are sure it would be much enjoy
ed blythe patrons and readers Of
these two journals.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03

All the parties who were burned
out in the big fire in Abba will go In
to business again. The owners of
buildings will also rebuild.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03

Isn't it about time to indulge in
the annual smallpox scare? We are
surely not going to miss that trade
destroying piece OF roolishness this
year, are we?
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03

kind information. tried whole lot Of things
before wrote to you. gentleman told me of
your medicine, and how it cured his wife.
Thought would try bottle of it. Am now
glad that did, for do not know what should
have done had it not been for DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery"
The sole motive for substitution is to
permit the dealer to make the little more
profit paid by the sale of less meritorious
medicines. He gains; You lose. There
fore accept no substitute for rGolden
Medical Discovery"
The sluggish liver is made active by
the use of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03
StOInaehS on SlIIIS.

The man who puts on stills does not in
crease his actual stature by the breadth of
a hair. He feels taller while he's on the
stills, and when he's off them he feels
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03
AT the telephone:

Patron: Hello! Hello!"
Telephone Girl Hello! Number
please?"
Patron: Give me No. -. Mr.. Is
Office"
Telephone Girl: They're busy
now" ..
Patron: well, what does
he say? 1t is not hello, but it has
the same letters in it,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03

The Cedar Rapids Republican
says that iowa is poorer in almost
every department Of its life. now that
General Drake is no more.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03

What Cheer Patriot: The school
board at Charlottesville, over in
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03
Another Prize winner.

IF the boys who may read this
should ever visit the beautiful city of
Boston they will find on School street
in the heart Of the business center of
the city, this tablet on a stone post
Evening journal., 1903-09-21
FACTORY INSPECTORS
REPORT DISCUSSED
Delegates of Central Labor
Union Say 1t Is Ridicul-
ously False Statement

The report recently made by the
factory Inspector or Wilmington was
discussed at a meeting OF the Central
Labor Union yesterday. After talk
ing the matter over the chairman was
asked to appoint a committee Of nve
to get up another report
one delegate stated that'the factory
Inspectors report was the most redlc-
ulously false statement that he had
ever read. and said that In the factory
whore he worked the report gave the
number OF girls working IN the institu-
tion as ten. when the real number Is
over one hundred many Of whom dc
not even know the alphabet.
Another delegate reported factory
where nearly a hundred little children
are working long hours that Is not ever
mentioned in the report. The delegate,
think that the report they propose C
get up will be revelation TO the pub.
lie.
The union decided not to make th'
disposition OF the Huber bakery dis
pute public at this time.
owing 70 recent occurrences in labo
matters Il has been made apparent 4
the Central Labor Union that there &
great need for pure food law In thl
State end committee OF five was ap
pointed to draft set OF resolutions 4
be presented az the next meeting.