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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-05-02
GALA WEEK IN ST. LOUIS.
Good Roads Convention and Dedica-
ton of Exposition.

ton of Exposition.
ST. Louis, April 27.-St. Louis is be-
ginning to assume gala attire for the
festivities that will open with the ma
tional international good roads con-
vention and close with the dedication
of the Louisiana Purchase exposition.
Both events will be attended by the
number of men of national and inter
national reputation. Among those who
will address the good roads conven-
ton are President Roosevelt, General
Miles, General Fitzhugh Lee, Hon. An
drew Pattulo, member of the Canadian
parliament; William J. Bryan, and
Winston Churchill. 1t is estimated
that dedication day will find 10000
persons within the worlds fair
grounds. Preparations for handling
the crowds have been completed.
The real beginning of dedication
week was inaugurated Sunday after
noon, when the United States monitor
Arkansas, which has been blowing
against the Mississippi for many days
from the gulf, arrived in st. Louis
harbor. Thousands of people gathered
along the river to welcome the ar
rival of the warship. Tomorrow Com
mander Vreeland will call on Mayor
Wells, who later will return the call
on board the Arkansas and formally
tender the welcome of the city.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-05-02
Murder at Buffalo Humn.

Va hseVille. Idaho, April 30.-Word
Il ~ S.ought out from Buffalo Hump
cso,ss Killing of John Bishop by
Humn "as proprietor of a hotel in the
Ne NJ ruu Bishop was waiting on Ia
dous =, !. quarreled over the affec-
lsusa : :. uae woman who cooked for the
aug ever business matters.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-05-02
strangIed Girl to Death.

La Porte, Ind, April 27.-The evil
dence adduced by Coroner Carson
points almost conclusively to the fact
that Martha Lawrence, aged 10 years,
who was found recently, was MUIR
dered and that her murderer strangled
her to death. Truman Beam has been
arrested on suspicion.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-05-02
Kelly Not Guilty.

Butte, Mont, April %. = James w.
Kelly, the newspaper man accused of
the murder of DR.. Henery A. Cayley,
was found not guilty by the jury. The
Jury was out an hour.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-05-02
Presidents Sunday.

Grand Island, Neb., April 81
President Roosevelt's day in Grand
Island was quiet. His train arrived
early in the morning. 1t was run into
the yards and the president and his
party remained aboard. The presi-
dent attended st. Stephens Episcopal
church in the forenoon. The sermon
was preached by the rector, Rev.
Louisa Arthur. In the afternoon the
president went for horseback ride,
accompanied by Senator Dietrich.
They rode out to Taylor's sheep ranch
and then around to- the soldiers home,
where the president greeted the vet
Grams. The ride was about Is miles.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-05-02

Although a great many people board,
we do not remember TO have met any
one who liked IL
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-05-02

At Palo Alto, Cal, nineteen new
cases of typhoid fever has developed,
making a total of 1872. There are 80
cases at Stanford university.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-05-02

The art of glyptics, engraving on
precious stones, Is being revived in
France.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-05-02
PRESIDENT is IN NEBRASKA.
Capt. 5uIer invited to Accompany
Him--cowboy Show in South
Dakota.

Alliance, Neb., April 26.-President
Roosevelt completed a hard day Sat.
urday, with Is minutes stop at ALI
ance. Captain Seth Butler. superln.
tendent of the Black Hills forest re-
serve. who joined the president at
Gardiner, left the train here. Presi-
dent Roosevelt, who has great admira.
ton for Capt. Butler, invited him to
accompany him on his trip to the
coast, but Captain Butler was forced
to decline the invitation.
During the day the president trav-
eled in three states and made mum
Der of speeches, both from the rear
platform of his car and from stands
erected for the purpose.
Cowboy Show at Edgemont.
The demonstration Of the day that
undoubtedly pleased the president
was the cowboy show at Edgemont,
S. d. The demonstration was ar
ranged by the Society of Black Hills
pioneers, and consisted of exhibitions
of cowboy riulng.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-05-02
Largest Family Known.

In combating President Roosevelt's
race suicide theory Salt Lake paper
publishes the names of the family of
Lorin Farr a Mormon pioneer in Og-
den. Mr.. Farr was married six times.
ne is the father of 20 sons and 10
daughters. OF these 10 sons and -
daughters are living. He has 231
grandchildren and Sc great grandchil-
dren. His living descendants number
1926. Mr.. Fairs two brothers, Enoch
and Allan, have between them 38 chill
dren and 227s grandchildren and great
grandchildren, all living. This makes
.ne total number of descendants OF
the three brothers 553 souls. Lorin
Fairs immediate descendants are be-
lieved to comprise the largest family
in the world.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-07-23

that the bandits had entered the store
through the back door. Aside from
the jewelry, including some repair
work which amounted to about $100,
the robbers took with them SIS worth
OF tools belonging to Mr.. Millison.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-07-23
DOUBTFUL RUMORS.
And Still Scores of Oskaloosa Peo-
pie Accept Them as Facts.

The published statement of some
stranger residing in a far away place
may be true enough but iI is gener-
ally accepted as doubtful rumor
How can it be verified? The testi-
mony which follows is convincing
proof because it comes from res'-
dent of Oskaloosa.
Mrs. Ellen BeDillen, OF 31s NORTH
d street, says: 81 had pains in nay
back very severe by spells for sever
al years and my kidneys we're in an
unhealthy condition Doan's KID
ney Pills were procured from Blake-
lee Brothers drug store and took
course OF the treatment My back
soon became stronger and the kid
neys were strengthened, in fact there
was change for the better in my
whole system. ;,
Sold BY all druggiots. Price 50
cents. Foster lilbur1NCo., Buffalo,
~ Y, sole epts for the United
States.
Remember the name Doans and
take no substitute.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-07-23
DAYLIGHT BURGLARY.
Some Bold Sneak Thief Robs an
Abba Jewelry Store.

Abba, July 1S.-During the moo n
hour yesterday unknown bandits en-
tered the jewelry store of Cal Koontz
here, securing jewelry, tools and other
valuables amounting to SITS. The Of
ficers were at once notified of the
theft but all their efforts to get clue
to the identity of the robbers have
been fruitless.
This robbery was one Of the boldest
that has ever occurred in this city, be-
ing perpetrated in midday while peo-
pie were passing back and forth an
front of the building in considerable
numbers. Mr.. Koontz is at present
out Of the city on business trip to
Minneapolis and during his absence
his store is in charge of w. L. Milf
son. Yesterday Mr.. Millison left the
store during the noon hour and during
his absence the robbery was commit
ted.
1t is learned that Mr.. Millison was
absent from the store only about thir-
ty minutes. When he returned he i'm
mediately discovered that some one
had been in the store. A hasty exam.
nation of the place disclosed the fact
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-07-23
DIED OF BROKEN HEART.
A Sad Ending to the Romance of Lena
knechtges.

Charles City, July 1.-THE death of
Lena Knechtges, which occurred here
last night, ended romance which has
interested Charles City people for
eighteen months. Miss Knechtges
one of the most popular girls in the
younger society set of Charles City,
became engaged to Richard Blunt, a
wealthy young farmer, soon after the
young man came into his patrimony.
After the announcement Of their en-
gagement in February, 1902, Mr.. Blunt
started for Chicago to sell stock and
was instantly killed in a head-on col.
lision near Apple River, Ill. Miss
Knechtges was Frustrated by the
death Of her lover and her health fail.
ed rapidly. In few months her
friends were forced to the belief that
her mind was affected and she was re.
moved to the Independence hospital
for treatment and care, which failed
to- benefit her. A few weeks ago she
was brought back home to die, as her
trouble was nothing more than a case
of incurable melancholia.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-07-23

perfect and unfinished balls. The
larger variety were probably shot into
the building by the attacking party
The besieged party made the smaller
ones and were either killed or surren
dered before they were used. One OF
the large balls found is rough and
coated with that peculiar whitish sub
stance which persons of experience
say is sign of once having been in
flesh. Perhaps that bullet blotted out
the life of the person who alone would
have been able to tell of the conflict
and of the uses and purposes of this
early Iowa building.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-07-23

Makes this offer in good faith. He
will positively give 30 days treatment
free, (medicines excepted), to all who
call.
ANY chronic sufferer, whatever the
nature of his disease, may call upon
DR.. Stockdale and get the best aid
known to enlightened medicine at the
actual cost of the medicines. d.
sPEclALTIEs.
Chronic Catarrh, Diseases OF the
Hye. Ear, Nose, Throat. Lungs and
Kidneys, Dyspepsia, Constipation and
Rheumatism.
Men who are suffering from nervous
and physical debility, lost vigor, pre-
mature decline Of power, he positively
guarantees to cure. ..... ...
Free Consultation and Examination
He makes no charges for consu1ta
ton and examination, enabling you tc
investigate his methods of treatment
without cost.
All communications whether writ
ten or personal strictly private and
confidential. Call or address,
DR.. B. A. ST0CKOALE,
COUNCIL BLUFFS IOWA.
DR.. Stockdale will return to Oska
loosa every four weeks.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-07-23
FACTS ABOUT IOWA.
She is Really the Best State in this
Great Union.

Iowa has loo, 900 goats.
Iowa has 65s, 600 sheep.
Iowa has -, 600 negroes.
Iowa has 10. 900, 900 hogs.
Iowa has 400, 900 horses.
Iowa has 100000 chickens.
Iowa has 1900, 900 dairy cows.
Iowa has three state colleges.
Iowa has SIC, 900 foreign born.
Iowa has 1000, 900 apple trees.
iowa has $4,000 manufactures.
Iowa has 1875, 900 stands of bees,
iowa hogs are worth 81 so each.
Iowa raises 1s0, 200 acres Of fruit.
Iowa raise 9,so0,OO0 acres of corn.
> Iowa has militia of SOC, 900 men.
Iowa has So, $3.50. 900 acres Of land.
Iowa has 4, sos, 900 acrss OF oats.
Iowa has 500, 900 school population.
Iowa land is ss.5 per cent improv-
ed.
Iowa's annual rainfall 10 AZ inches.
Iowa raises 1,6ss,000 acres of
wheat.
Iowa's live stock Is worthss191 900,
OsO. aa
Iowa raises 1880 acres OF vegeta-
bles. a@E" 1} a#@& Ea.sl
Iowa farms are valued at $685., o0o,-
900. ., .,.. ,r ,-.s
Iowa horses are worth s4o.l0
apiece. .ga aE. III nE 4
Iowa has 81, 900 more men than wo-
man. 43
Iowa has furnished seven cabinet
officers. .-..s ..............
Iowa has 6e,O25 square miles OF
territory.
Iowa has 10000, 900 acres of i'm.
proved land.
Iowa farms are worth on an aver
age $4,000.
Iowa coal fields contain 1000
square miles.
Iowa farmers feed one.sixth oil
their grain.
Iowa insane Hospitals have 5000
inmates.
Iowa's voters are only 2.s per cent
illiterate.
Iowa raises $50, Zoo, 900 worth Of
hay per year.
Iowa's' annualstemperature is 47.5i
Pareinheit
Iowa National Guard contains Al
"oppanies.
CIowa's farm buildings are worth
SIP, 90 1000.
Iowa casts IaI vote for every 81
population.
Iowa has1 SO, 900 men engaged in
manufacturing.
Iowa farms pay fer labor 81 ,OOo, OOt
per annum. -
Iowa feeds 81 100000 to her stock
every year.
Iowa protests herl fish and game
by 2tO wardens.
Iowa manufactures have a capita
of s1O2, 1913 600.
Iowa has 6, 5000, 900 of poultry Other
than chickens.
Iowa farms, 65 per cent are operat
ed by their owners.
Iowa farms sell $500 worth of grain
each per annum. 4
Iowa produces S400, ZOO yearl!
in agriculture products.
Iowa's farm machinery could no
be replaced for $50, OOO, 900.
Iowa as a state cares for 1,100 or
phans, 9Os feeble minded.
Iowa's population is 20 per cen
engaged in manufacturing,
Iowa has thirteen charitable
penal and correctional institutions
lowa's criminal population is q
per cent less than in 1895 to 1900.
Iowa as a state teaches 148 blind
and 722 Inmates of industrial schools
Iowa contains a creator portion o
tillable land than any other state il
the union.
Iowa is one of the four states no
mentioned in the United States cen
sus report as having used fertilizer
on the soil. aaN
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-07-23
List of Letters

Remaining uncalled for in the post
office at Oskaloosa, Iowa, for tnF
week ending July 18, 1908:
4ENTLEMEN'S LIST.
Black, Geo Clegg, Tom
Garrett, M F Hunt, Chas
Macintosh, JD McSpadden, Sam
Peterson, Peter Pettiiohn, David
Peyton, w D Powell, Joseph
Rodgers, Burt Razor, Luthie
Robinson, Gilbert Stanton, FL l.
Wilson, Gilbert
ADDE'S -.
Baxter, Margaret Burrel, @ Mrs
Duncan, Maggie Killins, d d Mrs
Roberts, Mary E Tansey, Agg Mrs
Parties calling for letters from this
list will please call attention to ad
vertised list of this date. The above
letters will be held two weeks from
date and then sent to the dead letter
office
CHAs. v. HOFFMAN,, r NJ
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-07-23
More SQUIRRELS.

a pair Of young squirrels has been
added to the collection in the park.
This latest addition to the collection
was made by con OF o. P. Hedge.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-07-23

A household necessity. Dr.Thomas'
Eclectric Oil. Heals burns, cuts,
wounds of any sort; cures sore throat,
Group, catarrh, asthma; never fails.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-06-18
COULDN'T SCARE THEM NOW.

A young man employed in the patent
Office in Washington and living on
Capitol hill possesses two small sons,
from whom he exacts, or thinks he ex-
acts, the most implicit obedience. Last
year the youngsters heard that the
circus was coming to town and natur-
ally the future held nothing so dear
TO them as the prospect of seeing the
largest show on earth. Whenever
they We're unruly the father threatened
to keep them home from the circus
and the threat never failed to bring
them to time. The day after the cir
Gus they were playing about the room
while their father was singing their
praises to neighbor.
Il never have the least bit of trouble
in making my boys mind,' said he
proudly.
The older boy looked up at his
brother wisely.
Say, Jack" said he, pail have to
find some new way to make us mind
now we've been to the circus. There's
nothing he can scare us with now"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-06-18
THE TELEGRAM GAME.

This is simple little game, but it is
Instructive, for it gives boys and girls
practice in quick composition.
Give to each player a sheet of paper
and a pencil and then ask them in turn
to name letter of the alphabet until
ten letters have been so named. If
there are not ten payers some of them
may be asked to name twoletters each.
Each player writes these letters,
one after another, at the top of his
sheet of paper and is then asked to
write a telegram of ten words, the
words beginning with the ten letters
in their regular order.
Suppose, for example, that the let
tiers named are ], T, o, R, B,
H, A, S, d, l. Here is a telegram
that might be formed on them: John
ny tumbled off roof; broke his arm;
send doctor Immediately"
When the kilograms have all been
written-which should be done within
certain time, say within ten min
utes-the leader reads them aloud and
awards a prize.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-06-18
Four Years in Congress.

To. sum it all up received $40, 1000
in salary, $4,000 for clerk hire, $500 for
mileage, and $500 for stationary, or
s25,70O. | am now referred to in the
newspapers as the Honorable Blank,
ex-member of congress. l lost the
greater part of my law practice, but
can get that back and some more with
it, for my reputation in the district
has been increased, as a whole. by
my service at Washington. Financially,
| am several thousand dollars worse
off than | was before l was elected.
can get that back, too. The feature
that bothers most is that both my wife
and myself after our experiences at
Washington, are dissatisfied with the
humdrum life in our country town. We
had things and saw things at Wash
ington that are beyond our reach here.
1t is hard to settle down.-Everybody'
Magazine.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-06-18
THE WIDOWS COW.
sorrowfui Plant That Moved the Bank
Official to Cancel Note

Kansas City Journal:-At tba moot.
ing of bankers in CLAW Center Ias+
week F. P. Blake, responding to the
toast, Securities told of nrettv
young widow who got into financial
straits and borrowed from his hank
S2O on the security of a fine Jersey
COW. 1t nearly broke her heart she
said' to pledge the animal which was
almost as dear to her as her children.
lhen cane a long period in which
she renewed the note time after time
sometimes paying interest and some.
tlmes not, and always DISTRESSING tbe
bank officers with her sorrowfpl fall,
One day." proceeds the story. "she
showed up in more sorrowful frame
OF mind than usual, and with moro
tears and wetter tears also than usnal
announced that she had given nm tbe
struggle. The COW was dead and she
was wearing her life out under the
weight OF a debt unsecured and which
she saw no prospect of ever being
able to pay. She wanted it dis.
charged. The cashier took to the
woods, telling Blake that it was no
use for the bank TO monkey longer
with that paper; to treat the woman as
nicely as he could, making her burden
as light as possible, dry up the foun-
tain OF tears, then go over to the regis.
ter of deeds Office with her and have
the mortgage released. All of which
Blake did in his smoothest and most
gentlemanly way. Just as they were
going out of the court house curiosity
got the better of him and more as q
space filler than anything else. he
said:
Madam, now that this is all settled
when did your COW die and how did it
happen?'
She had wiped her tears away by
this time and was radiant and smiling.
poem in contradictions. Turning
to him, she said:
my dear boy, you tell that sweet
cashier of yours that the butcher killed
the cow two years ago.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-06-18
Mable's Estimate of Emerson.

Concerning the quality and rank of
his work there Is general agreement;
he has survived the reaction which fol.
lows the death of a writer of original
and individual force; the defects of
his prose, the limitations of his verse
are clear enough; but the depth of his
insight, the lift of his thought. the
freshness of his spirit, the felicity Of
his speech and its penetration, the
Wilderness and symmetry of his life:
these are far beyond the region of
questioning. He explained America to
herself in terms of the spiritual life.
he set man in his true place in the new
world, he has kept the conscience of
the nation and established for all time
the doctrine that the success or failure
of the new society shall be measured
by its service in the emancipation of
the soul, the exaltation of man.-H. W.
Mahie in Harper's.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-06-18

the sun. moon and stars. The sun is
believed to be an immense ball of yak
meat and fat, wherein the spirits of
departed ancestors are supposed to
feast, the light being caused by its
heated condition. The stars are por-
tons Of this immense feast. which
dropping to the earth give birth to
animals for the sustenance of suffer
ing humanity. The moon they con-
ceive to be less ball of similar tex
ture, in use while the larger one is
being replenished for the morrow, the
non-appearance of the sun or moon
on cloudy or stormy days being &C
counted for by the fact that the
deities are undergoing a period of
fasting and religious abnegation. The
parched and desert condition OF
sterile regions is ascribed to the fact
that many thousand years ago this
immense ball slipped from the hands
of its keepers, and, descending too
near the earth, scorched those parts
with which it came in contact before
it could be recovered.-Collier's
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-06-18
SlFANS OF TAlBET.
Worship Ancestors, and Believe the
Sun is a Sail of Meat and Fat.

The worship of ancestors is curious
" carried on among all tribes. Twice
a year their bones are dug up and
religiously washed, 1t being ludicrous
in the extreme to watch the pre-
ternatural gravity with which the
natives so about this stupendous
operation, carrying huge pots of water
to the open graves !, III religiously
Scrubbing the bones. When | first
saw this operation it struck me as
being remarkably funny. but to the
natives themselves it is an intensely
solemn and sacred ceremony. AS the
possession of large ''bonery" gives
to the fortunate proprietor great
power in the tribe. these bones are
seized upon for debt or on the in
auguration of feud. the persons or
family so deprived of their sacred
relics being stunned by the others
until the bones shall have been re-
deemed.
One of the most remarkable of all
the strange myths believed in by this
curious people is one pertaining TO
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-06-18
BABY HAS A COMPLAINT.

| am baby IL months old and near
ly worn out already. Please let me
alone!
| am not prodigy except to the ex-
tent that, not having anything to say, l
don't talk. Two big persons claim to
be my parents-why can't they let it
go at that? have never denied the
charge. l haven't much data to go
by, but don't think EN- either a ma
gician, trained pig or virtuoso. 1
don't banker for applause; so it will
be an appreciated favor if you won't
put me through any parlor tricks
If | have my wealthy old Uncle
Ezra's nose, congratulate Uncle Ezra,
but don't blame me. | may be a
kleptomaniac, for all know, but
can't help it.
Don't rattle rattles at me. They
rattle me. Don't goo-goo and ootsie-
kootsie me. I can't understand it any
better than can the English language
The pain | have is not in my
stomach, but in my neck. l don't
want to be entertained or mystified
or medicated or applauded. And if
you don't want me &c grow up to be
hypochondriac, a stamp collector, an
awful example. ping-pong enthusiast
or misanthrope, you just femme be,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-06-18
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The Children'S Corner.


great fort, carrying three tiers of guns.
After the work was well under way it
was discovered that owing to an error
of early surveyors the forty-fifth
parallel, then the actual boundary be-
tween Canada and New York, passed
just south of the fort. Work, Of
course, was suspended, until in 1912
the territory was restored to the
United States. The fort was dubbed
Fort Blunder," and although it was
finished after the boundary question
was settled by the Webster-Ashbur-
ton treaty, it has never been manned
by more than enough to keep it in or
der and never armed. At present a
sergeant of marines is stationed there,
whose only duty is to raise and lower
the flag