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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27
PEOPLE We KNOW
They are Missouri Valley People,
and What They Say is of
Local IntareSt

When an incident like the
following occurs right here at
home, it is bound to carry
weight with our readers. So
many strange occurrences get
the rounds of the press, are
published as facts, people be-
come skeptical. On one sub
ject skepticsm is rapidly dis
appearing. This is due to the
actual experience of our citi-
zens and their public utterance
regarding them. The doubter
must doubt no more in the face
of such evidence as this. The
public statement of a reputable
citizen living right here at
home, one whom you can see
every day, leaves nogrcund for
the skeptic to stand on.
w. H. Berry, carpenter, Of
l12 Ninth street, says: "When
| have gone out of my way to
recommend Doan's Kidney Pills
procured at G. S. Osborne's
drug store it certainly shows
that l entertain a very high
opinion of the remedy. The
treatment regulated the action
and condition of the kidney Sc
cretions, toned up my system
and in other ways positively
proved that they can be de-
pended upon for any ailment
due to either weakened or over
excited kidneys. | know they
are an excellent remedy, hence
my very emphatic endorsement
For sale by all dealers. Price
Soc. Foster-Milburn Co., Buff
falo, N. Y, sole agents for the
U. S. Remember the name,
Doan's, and take no substitute
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27
The first .Y.,ax In TRADE.

Perhaps the most notable instance on
record OF the feminine street trader Is
that of the White Widow" otherwise
tho Duchess Of Tyrconnell. the Frances
who. Mt the time of the revolution In
1888. according TO Horace Walpole. "be-
ing reduced to absolute want on her ar
rival In England and unable for some
time to procure secret access to her
family. hired one Of the stalls under the
Roynl Exchange and maintained her
self by the sale Of small articles Of
hateldnshery. She wore white dress
wrapping her whole person and white
mask. which she never removed, and
excited much interest and curiosity."-
london Chronicle.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27
The Firnt wedding Rina.

The wedding ring. according to Henry
SAsturne of the seventeenth century,
' st designed by Prometheus and
ned out of adamHnt and iron by
Hx,al Cain. lie says that 1t was
lven by Adam TO his son to this end
that Herewith he should cspouse
wife" Men were. as all women know,
decetvers ever, and some of these un-
scrupnious creatures We're wont to wed
with rings made Of rushcs, imagining
them to be less binding than strong
and valuable ring. The bishop of Sails
bury. however. stepped in and forbade
this practice in 1917.
Silver was more frequently used than
gold for wedding rings. and they were
made In NIL kinds OF shapes, some
twisted. like two Joined hands. or q
pair OF hearts stuck together with an
arrow. Often they were adorned with
precious stones nnd had 'posies"-that
Is, scraps Of verse-inside. such as:
Fortune doth send you. hap It we'll or in,
This plain gold ring to we'd you to your
Hill
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27
A Few Mere z avs.
Little Sioux, Iowa.

Is all the little folks will have
to wait before the coming of
Gentry Bros. Famous Shows
United. The little people, who
have become SO familiar with
the parade and performance of
Gentry Bros. Shows, will find
many novelties introduced this
season. The street display is
exactly twice it's former size
and every department has been
enlarged and augmented for
this year. The date of exhibit
tion is Friday, Aug. %.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27
Little Sister. netoinder.

Out in the east end is young woman
whose little sister Is much inclined to
ask numerous questions and though she
is sometimes little slow about under
standing things In general, she IS as
quick to see "a point as most little girls
of six. The other day Little Sister
asked Big Sister the direction to the
home of new .acquaintance. Big Sis
ter tried her et to mako the way
plain to 20 avail, and tlnaNy becoming
exaspemted, exclaimed:
"Oh. follow your nose Nan, and you
will finally find the place"
We'll. II you ever follow your nose,"
came the quick retort you will go up,
and up, and up. and be an angel by and
By. which you're not now"
Which reference to nose inclined to
be pug ended the conference.-the
burg Gazette.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27
Food nnd Character.

A scientist has recently been invesu
gnting the effect Of food, particularly
vegetables. OH the human character
He nftirms thnt diet of carrots ameli-
crates hnrshncss Of character and re-
duccs nervous irrttability; peas create
joyousness. while turnips have de-
pressing influence. Cabbage is good
for pulmonary complaints. while lettuce
acts MS sedative upon the human
frame owing to the opium contained
in its milky Juice.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27
Sunshine and Happiness.

There are very few people in
the world who know the value
Of sunshine but they are con-
stantly weighing their burdens
and misfos ,unes. Sunshine and
happiness should be cultivated.
Nature has endowed us with the
faculty of enjoying this privi-
lege of life. How harmonious
would the days pass by if a few
sunbeams were permitted to en-
circle our pathway. How few
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27
RED BEERS PROPHECY.

The sun was sinking in the west Its dying spendor fell
Upon the winding river and the prairie sreachng far
And rested Oh the verdant hills and lit woodland del
Where bands of hostile Indians wagng bloody
Two hunting parties of the Sioux and Omahas had met
Upon the cherished hunting both tribes long had
claimed,
The fight commenced sunrise ended when the sun had Sc
Upon field of glory that has never yet been named
When fell the mighty king of day in glowing al NOR bright
Above the dark and deadly fray there cept the shade of night
The last bright golden unay had vanished from the sight,
His braves then heavy hearted bore their chiefan from the
The strife at last over and the Omahas had
The beaten Sioux retreated by the darkness we'll concealed
TO camp at foot of yonder hills until the morrows sun
That night chief grew weaker and about the break of day.
ne called his noble warriors fo N to hear his last behest
While on his brow the dew of death and lines of suffering lay
The mornings earliest sunbeam stole upon that brow
y fellow braves that dare to face the of the foe
That dare to tread the rackes wood where have been
before,
Come listen to my dying words for all of you must know,
I'll soon be gone lands beyond and speak you
When am dead I'd have you with the Omahas make peace;
You both have in common which you know not of to day;
The number of the white in this county, shall increase
And drive your daring children from this Paradise away
81 then Shall lie upon the hill with others of your dead
And through this valleys mighty length the iron horse will
How could my ashes lie in peace within their earthly bed
III could hear te snolis and pufs OF this the white steed
1Ah9 before my Burning eyes the morning m'st arise
Forwhe towering epee tops propped against the
skies,
white mans thriving village has been builded in the night
"Just ocr the great Missouri still another village stands
While from It's fires thousand smokes curl up TO dim the sun
They lii ghosts that bccken with their white and ieecy
hands
To happy lands up yonder where go when life is done
Nov from the green hills summit mighty eagle down.
above the village posing till he finds himself perch,
Upon the talle3l taoee top and for fitting cyow4
lie spreads his wings to balance gives sudden urch
When the eagle spreads his pnons the early sunbeams fall
An unmotste Jerking lies the dec no hand can tame,
But there will stand city that will triumph overall,
And valley and the river shall unite to form it's name.
His words spoken and the face of each whom he addresd
a grim determination and forboding i'll expressed,
While like the child that's uled to sleep upon its mothars
breast,
The chieftan back exhausted sank into eternal rest.
The sun is sinking in the west It's parting gances fall
Upon the winding river, and land of wheat and corn.
1t shines upon that city that will triumph aver all,
A city, yet an infant, in its golden tinsel morn.
BASH, BlAlN BAssETT
Little Sioux, Iowa
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27
ILLINOIS CEDlRAL R. R
of interest to
STOCKHOLDERS.
Free Transportation to Attend thc
Annual Mcctia9 at ChiCaSo.


Public notice is hereby given
that the regular annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the
Illinois Central Railroad Com
pany will be held at it's offices
in Chicago, Illinois, on Wednes-
day, October 81, 1903, at twelve
o'clock noon.
To permit personal attend
ance at said meeting there will
be issued to each holder of one
or more shares Of the capital
stock of the Illinois Central
Railroad Company as registered
on the books OF the Company at
the close OF business on Tues
day, September 29th, 1903, who
is of full age, a ticket enabling
him, or her. to travel free over
the Company's Lines from the
station ON the Illinois Central
railroad nearest to his or her
registered address to Chicago
and return, such ticket to be
good for the journey to Chica-
go only during the four days
Immediately preceding, and
the day of the meeting, and for
the return journey from Chi
cago only on the day of the
meeting, and the four days inn
mediately following, when
properly countersigned and
stamped during business hours
that is to say, between 8 a.
m. and 5 p. M. in the office of
the Assistant Secretary, Mr..
w. G. Bruen, in Chicago. Such
ticket may be obtained by any
holder of stock registered as
above, on application, in writ
ing, to the President of the
Company in Chicago. Each
application must state the full
name and address of the stock
holder exdctly as given in his
or her certificate of stock, to-
gether with the number and
date of such certificate. No
more than one person will be
carried free in respect to any
one holding of stock as regis
tered on the books of the COM
pany. A. G. HACKsTAFF,
Secretary.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27
! A baker,. Dozen.

The expression bakers Dozen"
Which is in point OF fact thirteen, has
u history. For baker In the olden
times to give short weight In bread ex-
posed him to considerable penalties, and
thus the custom arose OF adding an
extra loaf to the dozen as compensa-
ton for any possible deficiencies IN
the rest OF the batch. The extra arti-
Gle was originally safeguard to avert
the chances OF heavy fine
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27
A center of Attroction.

II shouldn't be surprised IL our child
should be II great statesman. with ex-
traordinary talents for llibusterlng,"
said the futher
why. he can't even talk yet" said
the mother
''That's true lie hasn't anything to
say. and yet look MT the time and ut
tcntion he can monopolize. Wash
ington Star.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27
CA5ToREA
Bears the l,Ihe Kind You Have Always Bougt
''s,;,''' !; lzf47zzzx
iSotiCe Is Pay Up.

AS we are closing up ali of
our overdue book accounts we
ask all who know themselves
indebted to us to call immeG-
lately. We must have a settle
ment of some kind Immediate
ly. All accounts not paid with
in the next few days will be
placed in the hands of a co.,
lector. If you are indebted to
us call and settle Immediately
rs we must have our money!
Dimmick & Pagan.
Someone caught one of j. A.
Burns cats last Monday and
doped it with some kind of acid.
The cat to relieve it's suffering,
licked some of the stuff off and
swallowed it. The poor dumb
animal has been in an almost
dying condition ever since. 1t
was a cat which Mr.. and Mrs.
Burns had taken in and given a
home, and whoever is mean
enough to punish a poor dumb
animal in that way should be
classed with dumb brutes. The
town needs a Band of Mercy.
Persia Globe.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27
~ Excursion Rates

Will be in effect from all points
on the Chicago & North West
ern Railway for the occasions
named below:
Deadwood and Lead, S. d. Sept
9TH to llth, International
Mining Congress.
Ogden and Salt Lake City, Utah
Sept. 18th to 18th, National
Irrigation Congress.
Baltimore, Md, Sept. 21st to
26th, Sovereign Grand Lodge
|. O. O. F.
Denver, Colorado Springs,
Pueblo, Oct. 7th to 18th,
Brotherhood of St. Andrew.
Fremont, Nebraska, Street
Fair and Carnival, Aug. 81
Sept. 5th. Rate, one and one
third fare, rs miles.
For information as to dates,
dates of sale, ETC., of these or
other occasions, call upon the
ticket agent of the North West
era Line.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27
The Editor. Fear.

English Magazine Editor-1 am
afraid
Assistant-Y
English Magazine Editor That we
are not labelling our humorous depart
ment plainly enough. Unless we make
the titles less ambiguous half our read
ers will not know the articles are
funny. Baltimore American.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27
Prlle q,

vo porker Aren't you satisfied with
that antenupual settlement?
Lord Grafter-No, sir. don't want
to lose my self respect after marrying
by having to run to your daughter for
every thousalld.-Life.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27
Tho An.iauatie. Were out.

A traveller recently inquirlng at a
feudnl castle in England whether he
could see the antiquities Of the place
received the simple answer from a
servant, Il am sorry, sir; my lady and
~ daughter have gone to town."
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27
The Difference.

what is the difference between a
woman's whist club and mans poker
club?" -
"Why. in one you get home to din
ner and in the other to breakfast
Detroit Free Press.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27
Editorial Notes.

The Mcnscn Democrat tells
a solid truth in the following
remarks:
"The recent consolidation of
so many weekly papers in coun-
try towns is only foreranner
of what will happen inside of
the next ten years. Iowa has
far too many small newspapers.
A whole lot of them are pub
lished in small towns and are a
burden and q hold-up to the bu-
siness mon. Many of them are
published whore there is no
room for a second or third pa
per. They publish very little
news and what they do publish
is merely a arehash of stuff from
the larger and more progressive
newspapers. Fewer newspapers
means better newspapers and
the present tendency toward
consolidation means the survi-
val of the fittcst in newspaper
dom"
The order was issued by the
Postmaster General yesterday,
authorizing baggagemen to ham
die newspaper mail. Every pas
senger train will now be a mail
train, so far as newspaper mail
is concerned.
A terrible wind storm struck
Sandy Hook yesterday, and for
a while it looked like hundreds
of excursion steamers would be
wrecked. The Shamrock III
had a narrow escape from being
run down by an excurrs:on
steamer.
If this kind of weather keeps
on we will have roasting ears for
Christmas.
We are after that five dollar
prize. We suggest that the fair
ground be graded up eleven feet
and a ten-inch tile be put in ev-
cry four inches.
If a fellow had gone to rails
ing frogs two years ago in this
country he would have been a
millionaire. by this time.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27
Fathers Shortcomings.

'"rhe trouble with father" said the
gilded youth. 'is that he has no idea
Of the value OF money"
You don't mean to imply that he Is
spcndthrift2"
mot at nll But he puts his money
away and doesn't appear to have any
appreciation Of all the things he might
buy with t"-IIxchnnge.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27

Spend not oil you have. believe not
oil you hear aud tell not oil you know.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27

IIfe Is a calculations; the happy man
ID he whose calculation is correct.-
cloppy.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27
Alph.be,icai Lovemok,nr

she-Are you fond Of tea?
He-Yes. but like the next letter
Setter.-Modern Society.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27

Ms. 1. q 4. 4. 5. will atop on signal for pass
enzeH holding tickets for points beyond Omaha
or for Minnernotis. 1T. Paui nr Chicago.
N,e. 81. :32 ~ and ~ run between 1T. D.sig.
and thupci Bluffs except Hnnday.
Couptn tickets can be procured on one "r tw.
days notice.
rh-.'s Cochran. Agent
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27
If a fellow had gone to rails
ing frogs two years ago in this
country he would have been a
millionaire. by this time.

AS showing the effect of the
continued wet weather, A. Edg-
comb, of the Valley Mills, this
morning, said that by this time
last year they had bought 100000
bushel Of good, home grown
wheat, while this season they
have only bought two loads, and
both of them badly damaged.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27
Notice.

Every family of the M. E.
church not yet having made
their subscription to Missions
and Benevolences will receive
"a blank pledge and statement
this week. Please sign and re-
turn at once. Conference year
closes Sept l6. This is very
important. The "World Wide
Missions" will be sent free of
charge for one year to every
person who subscribes S1.00 or
more.
j. M. Williams, Pastor.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27
Jeffries won s3333, 700 bY whip

ping Corbett, at San Francisco
last Friday night. He only train
ed four weeks for the event,
and it took HIM half an hour to
make the fight. 1t would take
the best preacher, or college
professor in the country several
years to make s33, 700. 1t GER
tainly pays to be a champion
prize fighter.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27

DoCH Ol lHelll Dauly damaged.
Emperor William, of Germa-
ny, this week, purchased anoth-
er new residence for $50O,O0O.
This makes the fifty-fourth res
idence William has. Looks like
it would keep Kaiser Bill busy
to tell where he is "at home"
1t looks like the Omaha Gro
GERS and Butchers were Hoo
docs.
This is a great season for
duck epecially on the Missouri
and Boyer bottoms.
Upton may not win the Yacht
race, but he will have the salts
faction of knowing that the peo-
pie of the United States are
fine people to meet.
The National Association of
railroad clerks are going to urge
the passage Of a law making
disabled postal clerks, postmas-
ters in the towns where they
reside. They claim that a pos
tai clerk is thoroughly compe-
tent to fill the position of post
master, as they are ''up' in the
postal laws.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-02
DASHED OUT OF THE HOUSE.

up their two children, and dashed out of the house into the snowstorm, at tired only in his nightdress! The children were likewise thinly clad. Finhart, stung by the cold and fearful for his little ones, ran barefooted through the storm and the snow to a neighbor's house, quarter of mile away. There he left the children and was given some clothes.
 Refusing any attention for himself, he started back home, the blood still running from the >gashes on his neck and his feet and hands numb with the frost. When he came within sight of the house it was in flames. Mrs. Fin hart had set fire to the structure in sev- eral places, and the blaze was spread ing rapidly. 7#a s@
 Dashfng into the fire, Finhart sought to rescue the crazed woman. He could not penetrate far and was forced to retreat. The house was destroyed.
 Then he saw his wife on the road, making her way, wailing and moan ing, toward the house of Chris Nelson, about half mile distant. Finhart ran after her and found that she was fear fully burned. >
 Her fit of insanity seemed to have passed and she was taken to the house where her children were. She will die. Besides being badly burned, her feet were frozen. III health is said to be the cause of her mental collapse. The Finharts are we'll to do and respected in the comm unity.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-02
.sPRETTY PEGGY :"

Before packed houses at Polls the ater yesterday afternoon and evening, Miss Grace George, the charming wife of illfan1s A. Brady, made her debut on the local stage as star. If the amount of applause which Miss George and her fair supporting company re- ceived is any criterion by which one may go, her debut was most successful Miss George is not brilliant actress, yet at times she is most charming. She has a certain fascinating manner which pleases. She is lovely, happy hearted girl. whose heart is full of gaiety and mdrth until she discoveres the man to whom she was engaged had played fast and loose with the heart of an- other: Love then changes to scorn, Joy to sadness, mirth to melancholy. Miss George is entirely changed. Her acting at this point was terrible in it's intensity. The audience does not like to see Pretty Peggy suffer, and it is with feelings of relief and joy that they witness the reunion of the happy cou- pie near the end of the last act. The last act is somewhat unique. It is a stage within stage. A box of the theater is occupied by two of the actors, while others appear in the or chestra aisles and shout and I1oot at the actors; but Pretty Peggy knows how ], to quell such an insurrection, and does. The play was nicely staged and was well presented
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-02
COMING EVENTS

Jan Volunteer Fire Dept ball.
 Jan 2.Washington Hill A. c. club dance. ssa ~| 0 Jan North End Athletic club so- ciable t' Jan 7-11- Simonsville S. c. fair. Jan S-American band promenade concert - Jan s-Prof McCormick's opening reception. Ian 9.--song recital by Francis Ar chambault.
 Jan Waterbury Military band promenade concert ;! . ..f. Jan 12-"Joan of Arc" at First Con. gregational church.
 Jan 14-Star s. C., sociable and dance Ian 15. Waterbury Military band promenade. Naugatuck.
 Jan 16 Scovill Aid association. en- tertainmert and sociable.
 Jan 21-St Thomas Cadets concert and promenade.
 Jan 23-St Mary's T. A. society 9th anniversary.
 Jan 30-Bartenders' local 254, con- cert and ball.
 Jan 30.-Liberty circle of Foresters sociable and dance.
 Feb 13-23-St Thomas's church fair.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-02
Left-Han ded Ping-POng.

A southern girl gave left-handed ping-pong party which proved the jol- Hest sort of extravaganza. The game was, of course, ping-pong but played with the left hand instead of the right. What difference it made! The crack ping-pongers were reduced to the level of the veriest tyros and ones most strenuous efforts resulted in absurdly low scores. It so fell out that the town champion in ping-pong received the booby prize. The prizes were little silver pins in the shape of racquettes, with box of ping-pong candy as boo by. Supper was served upon table decorated in Japanese style, the favo~s being Japanese dolls filled with sweets. Ice cream took the form of the balls used in the popular game. Sandwiches were cut with sharp tin cake cutter the form of racquette, with small olives pressed down into the break to give the effect of balls.-N. Y. Sun.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-02
A MIDNIGHT TRAGEDY.
Farmer Reused from Sleep by Maniac
 Wife to a Struggle for Life - OF Death.

stealthily hiding a large kitchen knife in the folds of her nightdress, Mrs. Otis Finhart, wife of a farmer living two miles northwest of Grand Meadow, Minn., retired to bed the other night. In the middle of the night the woman suddenly attacked her husband. She hacked his neck with vicious blows, while he struggled in a frenzy of fear. to overpower her.
 She chung to him with furious strength, but his efforts were effect ual in diverting the blows she aimed at him. Suddenly wrenching himself free, he sprang from the bed, snatched