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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-18
MRS. ERICKSON
IS LOCATED
Heir to a Norwegian Estate Is
Found to Be a Resident
of Quarry
KNOWN AS BERTHA JOHNSON
Vice Consul Gust N. Swan, of Sioux
City, Notified and Will Look After
the Woman's Interests in the Settle
ment of Husbands Estate-Son Is
Foreman of Quarry Company.

The publication In the T.-R. a few
days ago Of an article Stating that in
formation of Mrs. Bertha Erickson
was wanted by Vice Consul Gust n.
Swan, of Sweden and Norway, head
quarters Sioux City. has resulted in the
location of Mrs. Erickson at Quarry.
A number of communications in an
swer to the inquiry have been received
by the T.-R., and Rev. NJ Londahl, who
was instructed by the vice consul to
ascertain if possible the woman's
whereabouts, has notified Mr.. Swan of
the facts.
Mrs. Erickson has been living at
Quarry for number of years, but has
been known by the name of Mrs. Bertha
johnson. Her maiden name was Refer
son, and she has u brother, Gullick
jefferson. living at Quarry, Another
brother, Nels Reierson, lives at Jewell
Junction. Andrew b. Anderson, fore
man for the LeGrand Quarry Com
pany Quarry, is son of Mrs Erlck-
son, and she has two other sons, one
living in Chicago and another in Ala
bama.
Mrs. Johnson, as she is now known,
has been married three times. Her
last husband was Andrew Erickson, to
whom she was married. in Webster
City, in 1880. Mr.. Erickson recently
died near Stavanger, Norway, and in
the settlement of the estate 1t becomes
necessary to establish the fact that the
wife is either dead or alive. The con-
sular department communicated to vice
Consul Swan concerning the matter,
and Mr.. Swans information was given
the T.-R. in the hopes of locating the
woman
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-18
a Farmer stra,ah.ened Out.

"a man living on farm near here
came in short time ago completely
doubled up with rheuma tism. l handed
him a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain
Balm and told him to use it freely and
IL not satisfied after using it he need
not pay cent for it." says c. p. Ray
der, of Pattens Mills, u. Y. "A few
days later he walked into the store as
straight as a string and handed me a
dollar, saying: Give me smother bottle
Of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. want 1t
in the house all the time, for 1t cured
me-" For sale by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-18
FRANK FLEMING KILLED.
Former Travelling Man of This City
Dies at Frisco as Result of an As

The dispatch published in the teie-
graph columns of the T.-R. a few days
ago, telling of the death in San Fran
cisco hospital of one Frank Fleming,
referred it has developed. to former
resident of this city. Mr. Fleming will
ne remembered by many as a travelling
man of this city, having made his home
lere, with his wife ans little son. for
two or three years. Mr.. Fleming was an
Iowa man, his home for many years
having been at Upton, where his father
was in the hotel business for years. His
death was due to injuries sustained in
fight with rootpads, by whom he was
assaulted Mr.. Fleming was travelling
for the Pacific Coast Rubber Company
at the time OF his death.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-18
Too Great a Risk.

In almost every neighborhood some
one has died from an attack of collie or
cholera morbus. often before medicine
could be procured or physician sum-
moned A reliable remedy for these dis
sases should be kept at hand. The risk
Is too great for any one to take. Cham
berain's Collie, Cholera end Diarrhna
Remedy has undoubtedly saved the
lives of more people and relieved more
pain and suffering than any other medi-
cine in use. 1t can always be depended
upon. For sale by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-18
TROUBLE WITH SOFT TRACK.
Iowa Central Experiencing Old Difficult
ties With Operating Trains.

The Iowa Central is again having
considerable trouble in operating trains
south OF this city, between New Sharon
and North Skunk. Soft track is again
bothering, and Saturday afternoon
many trains were held until the SOFT
spots could be bolstered UP. A small
bridge had been taken out, and earth
filled in. The ground began to settle,
and lowered six feet, allowing the track
to warp and spread badly. Trains NOS
SO. 81 and SIS We're held at New SHARON
for several hours, and Nos. II and 10
from the north, at Searsboro. NO. 20
had been standing since 10 O'Clock FIJI
day night. Trains that did get across
were moved with smaller engines, IN
sections, in order to keep the excessive
weight from the track.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-18

Nellie A. McLennan, fifth grade 1850
Elsie Mendenhal, fourth grade 5000
Florence Miller, second grade. 5000
Harriet Miller, first grade 5i.5O
Mildred Moffatt, first grade 5000
Martha Nelson, fourth grade 5000
Ella Olson, third grade 5000
Mayme Il. Parkes, fifth grade 42.50
NJ Ginevra PIERCE first grade. $3.50
Nellie Pemberton. third grade 5000
Gertrude NJ. Powell. fourth grade 1880
Alma Savage, third grade :. -. $500
Nellie l.. Smith. second grade =. $3.50
Jessie Stanley, first grade 500
Nellie Stewart fifth grade $3.50
Edna Stone, sixth grade ;. -. $500
Bess G.. Streeter. first grade :. $500
Anabel Thompson, second grade 5000
Della WINERY, sixth grade 49,. $500
Harriet NanDerveer fifth grade 5000
Evangeline Wildman, third grade $500
Louie *. Willis, Hartwell =. 1850
Tax Levy Voted.
The annual tax levy for the coming
year was voted, and with the $4,000 for
school house purposes. already voted
at the last election, will create fund
OF $4,000. Thirty-five thousand dol
lars We're voted for the teachers fund,
land $4,000 for the contingent fund.
This amounts to practically 81 mills as
against 80 mills last year, of $56,502.14
The teachers fund will be increased
about $4,000 to meet the demands, that
amount being available next fall from
this year. Upon the motion of Mr.
Nicholson, of the committee on finance
and accounts, the boards action was
ordered submitted to the board Of SUI
pervisors.
Janitors are Elected.
The janitors for the coming year We're
also elected the present force being
retained with the exception of one.
that of the Abbott building, which was
left open for the present. j. G.. Carter
janitor OF the high school and First
ward building. was made supervisor
of janitors, and was made supervisor
a summer pantor, to have charge
of all the buildings, seeing that repairs
are kept up, and that grounds and
buildings are in good condition. The
other summer janitor will be Jesse
Painter, of the Woodbury. school. MIR.
Carter will receive $50 during the sum-
mer, or vacation months, and Mr..
Painters salary was fixed at $50. Mr..
Carriers regular salary for the school
months was placed at s125, an increase
OF SIS over what he is now receiving.
e. N. Beatty, of the Rogers, Jesse
Painter, of the Woodbury., and A. Dix
on, Of the Arnold, were reelected at
$50; e. F. Moon, of the Click, and
James Charne, of the Arson, at $4I.50.
Will Ask Barrett's Opinion.
The school board is going to look into
the matter of the>removal of the school
house in Linn township, east of the
city, from the portion that the district
acquired by the city election in March.
to Il point directly across the road. and
outside OF the annexed territory. The
school building was moved the day
before the election, and the board is of
the opinion that it can compel the board
of that township to replace it, or col
lect an amount equal to what the build
ing is worth. 1t was voted to secure
an opinion from State Superintendent
OF Public Instruction r. c. Barrett on
the matter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-18
NO MATCH FOR LOCALS.
High School Team Has Walk Away
Saturday at Waterloo.

AS was expected the locals had no
trouble in disposing of the West Water
loo team on the Iatter's grounds Satur-
day afternoon. They defeated the ag-
gregation by the lopsided score OF IL TO
g. This city's nine started the thing
going from the very first and had the
home nine on the run from the first
crack of the bat One Of the features
of the game was Kent's home run when
the bases were full, scoring all. This
makes the fifth victory for the local
nine, which has won every game eX-
cepting the one against Grinnell Col
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-18
Missouri Pacific

Short line via the Pueblo Gateway to
Utah and the Pacific coast
Observation parlor cafe dining cars
(meals a la carte), Pullman sleeping
cars, electric lights and fans. reclining
chair cars (seats free), and up-to-date
coaches Also thru Pullman tourist
cars. For rates, etc, address Bissell
D. P. A., Missouri Pacific rail-
way, Ill Adams street, Chicago, Ill.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-18
GREATLY ALARMED
BY a Persistent Cough, But Permanent
Iy Cured by chamberlain's Cough

neneuy.
Mr.. II. p. Burbage, student at law,
in Greenville, S. c., had been troubled
for four or five years with a continuous
cough which, he says, greatly alarmed
me, causing me to fear that l was In the
first stage of consumption" Mr.. Bur-
bage, having seen Chambarlain's Cough
Remedy advertised, concluded to try 1t.
Now read what he says Of it: Il soon
felt remarkable change and after US
ing two bottles of the 25-cent size was
permanently cured" Sold by all drug
riStS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-18
Euriuu 32nhsasr nmu 3omdap 5ap u.s. 1903

what will be done with the plant. The
Lennox people have two ideas undes
consideration. One is to convert the
factory into the use of their furniture
department, which is demanding more
room, and the other is to engage in the
dray manufacturing business. de-
cison will probably be arrived at with
in q week.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-18
From q Cat Scratch

On the arm to the worst sort of burn.
sore or boil, DeNVitts Witch Hazel
Salve is quick cure. IN buying Witch
Hazel Salve be particular to get De-
is the salve that heals
leaving a scar A specific for
blind, bleeding, itching ei.d protruding
piles.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-18
BUYS KURTZ FACTORY.

Lennox Machine Company Acquires the
Wagon Factory of kurtz Bros.
| The Lennox Machine Company has
| purchased the building, machinery and
stock of the KurtZ Wagon Company,
| situated near it's place of business. 1t
has not been definitely decided yet
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-18
FLIRTING WITH DEATH.
Diavolo's Great Act of Looping the
Loop on BicycIe-Some Interesting
ln{orr, alton


IAN enumeration of the chances that
men take with death in order to enter
tain the great amusement-loving pup
lie, would be very incomplete without
the addition of that latest and greatest
sensation viz: the looping OF the loop
on a bicycle" said Mr.. James ID. De-
Wolfe, one of the agents of the Fore-
paugh- Sells, Circus, which is scheduled
to show here tomorrow. Mr.. DeWoife
gave some very interesting statistics
concerning this great act, which ne de-
clares is "the greatest sensation pre-
sented anywhere, at any time. In the
course of conversation he said: 1t Is
difficult to conceive how man OF
sound mind can be tempted by money
to so ardently f1irt with death. The
cost of this act is $1,000 per week, and
1t consumes just six seconds OF our en-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-18
For Over Sixty Yeara.

Mrs winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children while teething,
1t sooths the child. softens the gums,
allays all pain. cures wind collie and is
the best remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty.
five cents bottle.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-18

Total :. :. SO
A. D. MEEKER,
Chairman County Central Republican
Committee.
G. A. MOTE, Secretary.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-03-10
ROMA
Ell trabajo fennenino

Siempre que las iniciativas femeninas
tienen por objeto proporcionar un bien
a la sociedad, proteger al debil v cubrir
con el manto de la caridad al necesitado
son hermosas y dignas de ser tenidas en-
cuenta para divulgarlas.
Las damas romanas nos presentan
hoy un ejemplo bellfsimo.
Mas de trescientas sefforas han diri-
gldo una peticion q los crandes sastres
y modlstas, para que el trabajo de las
oDreras no pase de seis horas, que el
domlneo sea de reposo absolute.
La imposition de las parroquianas
sera, sin duda, mas atendida que Ia sd
plica 8 Ia huelga de las obreras; ' con-
suela yer que la mujer que habita en-
los palacios Sc preocupa por Ia suerte
de Ia mujer que traLaja.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-03-10
POSTALES
Para Carmen Belen Barbosa.

did OdfHiCil DCCll DalDUSds
No, Carmen no 10 dudes; muchos dfas,
o por mejor decir, muchas mafianas
He descubierto en- tn admirable m1sica
Co no ell ljoma puro de las almaS,
Llenando e corazon cor sus dulzuras,
Llenando el corazon con sus nostalgias,
Notas que besan y el amor encienden;
NotaS que fnjen una voz que canta. Is
Para Elsa Meltz.
81 70 pudiera como te darfa
-Porque eres bella prodigiosamente-
La corona immortal de la poesfa
Para adornar tu frente! Sbcs
L ob!CS ~
81 ,".-- 2b!cs
~n Para Carolina Acosta. |.
&ss::sss soiqc 2b!cs
siOh, yo os dire cuando os encuentre sola
que so1s, SeguraiGente, Carolina, -
Mas bella que una ondina
;. Vestida con la espuma de una ola. sg sg
ii bJ)In "a
=. 8 - - ]. PEREZiLOSADA.
A Carmen Irene.
(Menene.)
Pizpireta, pizpireta,
mujercita charladora;
va sc 20 10 del rubito
que enreda, juega, y retoza
en- casa de Pedro G1usti
echandolo todo bronaa;
el de los ojitos vivos
y la cabelera blonda,
aquel, que cuando tu pasas
a la ventana Sc asoma
y te dice Ell zalamero:
inif1a mona, nina mona!
va sc que te vas a Espafia
en- la primavera proxima
ypara el viaje te han hecho
vestido de larga cola;
cuando llegues dira Eudosio
viendo a Miguel con su tropa:
Sc ha traido de Puerto Rico
su mujer y su cotorra.
]. A. DAUBON.
Mario, 1903.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-03-10
Para Elsa Meltz.

ST 70 pudiera como te darfa
-Porque eres bella prodigiosamente-
La corona immortal de la poesfa
Para adornar tu frente! SblCs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-16
Battle of Bar Harbor.

After nights of ceaseless vigil and many dances the New England coast has been saved from the ravages of a cruel and implacable foe. Each night our gallant nayee, engaged in the de. fense of our devoted New England coast, came ashore at Bar Harbor to dance. and to have rewards pinned On in the shape of boutonnieres, or En- glish words to that effect The word "posy" would not, however, sound well in connection with the patriots en- gagged in the dangerous task of pa- trolling the rugged New England coast.
 The desperate nature of the con- test Is shown in the manner h which the battleship Massachusetts, com manded by the gallant Manning, clam bered onto a ledge of rocks near Bar Harbor. Her forward bullzheads soon filled; her plates were cracked, but thanks to the locking of her stable or compartment doors, she was able to creep back to Bar Harbor, consid- erably down by the head. The bat tleship Indiana and the gunboat Scor- pion could not bear to see her go back to Bar Harbor alone, and they, too went back, and the dance that night was well attended. 1t was the sue cess of the season. This ends the great struggle for the occupation of the Maine coast. The three ships will hold out as long as the fair maidens stay at Bar Harbor, and then they will be in a receptive mood for orders to sail to Newport or Sagamore Hill, or some other locality at which ths enemy may appear and maidens lin ger. The nations honor is secure, and no distressing news from the i'm PSiAiiSo So"S1 hSSu hOW bo CApccteu. Secretary Root may now resign, and stocks may slump, and Mother Jones may march her army eastward, but the country is safe, and it's gallant de- lenders are the heroes of the season all the way from Bar Harbor to New port. The gallant tars will tell to their children how the Massachu- setts tried to climb a rocky ledge goat-fashion, and they will then pro- ceed to collect and imbibe their pen sion money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-16
SUCCESSORS OF THE APAcHEs.

Charles r. Loomls in Out West.
 . Among simple frontiersmen who knew little of history, the Apache was wont to pass for tolerably Bad Medicine. The most savage and unmitigated Indian the world has ever known, he used occason- ally to peg out his victims under an effi- cacious bonfire. But the Apache was a tenderfoot. He didn't know the A, B, c of devilment White American citizens have roasted more human beings at the stake in the last three years than all the helish Apaches have roasted since his tory began. And with depth of fiend- ishness the Apache must take off his hat to. The Chiricahuas are long ago done with human broilers. They are now steady, industrious farmers. No people alive continue the old Apache industry except American voters "Americans' burning Triggers" at the stake; skinning them, hacking them, carving home chunks of man-meat for relics in Ameri- can households! "Americansw Bah, They are not even dogs, Neither in morals nor in brains
 For what they think they do to the negro individual they are in fact doing to themselves, and to their own children and to their children's children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-16
There Is no more mercy in him than there Is milk in a male tiger.
 --CorloIanus.
DeIeuates to the National Convention

The day for selecting national dele gates is several months away, but it is none early to say that the people of Alabama expect to select their own delegates in primaries. Heretofore such delegates have been selected by bosses and court house cliques, and the rank and file have had no choice but to support the men thus put upon them.
 But that time is history now. The people are in the saddle now in this state, and they should see that no eff fort is made under one excuse or an other to revive the dead and gone convention system. Many pleas in avoidance will be urged by the bosses, big or little-expense, trouble, loss of time and all that, but the people pre- fer to stand all that, and it Is the peo- ple's business. The boss who comes between them and the selection of national delegates will wish he hadn't.
 Nominations for judicial and county officers can be made when national delegates are selected, and in that way no extra trouble or expense would be incurred. But as long as the people are willing to meet the added trouble and expense, the bosses need not worry over either. Their solicitude for tie peoples welfare and convenience is very touching, but the latter will see that the former do not name the delegates that are to represent Ala bama in the democratic convention tDat will name the next president.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-16
All for Atlanta.

It now appears that the real philos- ophy of the Rock Island and Frisco deal has been misunderstood. The esteemed Atlanta Constitution makes the underlying and somewhat hidden secret plain. It gives away the entire mystery.
 It appears fin the light of the Consti- tution's exposition that Atlanta is "the practical junction of the great sys- tenn" This is a little difficult to un- derstand when it is known that the Frisco is the connecting link, and it ends at Birmingham. The Frisco sought Birmingham as a bee seeks honey, and it never sought Atlanta at all, the tonnage of the latter being comparatively insignificant. How ever the Constitution has said it, and every Atlanta drummer has seconded it, and so it shall be.
 Atlanta, the Constitution goes on to explain, is ito become at once the main center-pole of so magnificent Q system" When only 2000 miles of the system lies east of Atlanta and 15,000 miles west of it, the center pole will be sadly out of place with no ton mage to speak of to steady it. The | tonnage or the Birmingham district is four times that of the cotton bales of year, and Atlanta's tonnage Is a mere trife in comparison-so light in fact that when the general superin- tendency of the western district of the southern railroad was moved from Chattanooga the offices were located in Birmingham, and the claims Of At lanta were never even considered. The superintendent of the Atlanta divisions will report to Birmingham after October 1. Atlanta may be the center-pole of the Rock Island system, but this district will furnish nearly all of the tonnage east of the Mississippi Finally we are told by the Constitu. | tion that the Consequences" of the Rock Island merger will be "the cen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-16
ISLAND JEWELLERS OF CHAD.

From the N. Y. World.
 Colonel Destenave, the French officer deputed to explore the Lake Chad region in Central Africa, sends back curious re- ports of the island dwellers in the lake. who were amazed when the first steam boat ever seen there puffed it's noisy way among them.
 Lake Chad is roughly triangular in shape and about one hundred miles on each of its sides. At no point is it more than about thirty feet deep, and it is a perfect maze of islands.
 The islands are long and narrow, and all lie in a north-northwest and south southeast direction. The uniformity is to the current from the Shari river and in part to the prevailing winds.
 Many of the islands are fairly well wooded and no difficulty was experienced In supplying the steamer with fuel Among the trees is one which Is lighter even than cork, and the natives some- times use it for canoes and also as a float in crossing the lanes of water which separate the islands Usually the canoes used by the natives are made of reeds, but not infrequently a native transfers his family and f1ocks from one island to another by simply swimming across. The cattle become accustomed to this mode of changing pasturage.
 Colonel Destenave estimates that the number of inhabited islands is about eighty, supporting population of about 90 GOO people. There are some 10000 or so. 900 head of cattle on the islands, as well as a number of horses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-16
Trolley Service.

"I am not one to grumble at anything which aids in the development of our great city but I believe the wisest and ablest of us stand In need from time to time of counsel and friendly criticism, and that the Age-Herald's columns have done incalcuable good in bringing about stronger appreciation of the most pressing needs of our municipal govern ment, and those things which go to make a busy, attractive and well-ordered city," remarked dweller on the North High lands. Tt should be the desire of every citizen and corporate interest to make sacrifices If need be for the material prosperity of the city, the increase of trade, the enhancement of values and the cultivation of civic pride
 q think that corporations which derive large profit from their business, such as the Birmingham Railway Light and Power company, should extend the con veniences of its service to all sections of our city I do not think that 1t has done it's full duty in extending and operating it's lines of electric railway upon the North Highlands a section which is building up rapidly, and has a great promise for the future as a residence sec ton of Birmingham. The Powderly line is operated up to Twelfth avenue north, on Twenty-fourth street, and from there to Twenty-slxth street, with twenty minutes schedule. The North and South Highland car goes straight out Nine teenth street, and the North Birming- ham car straight out Twenty-sixth street. Now, what the residents of North High lands want is for the Birmingham Rail- way, Light and Power company to have the South Highland loop car or other quick schedule line to make loop on North Highlands, thus affordlng better service by giving a quicker schedule and coming in contact with a larger area of population. We trust word to the wise is sufficient