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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-04
A Safe Investment

Have small amount Of Barbour
Vile and Cumberland Valley Oil
and Gas Co.'S. Stock for sale at csc
per share. Better write If wanted.
This Company has Is of the bes,
producers In Kentucky. Cos.
price raised from 40 to so per cent,
April Ist.
R. A. WATKINS.
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Box IS.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18
III rHEM 60 RAREEoor.

Burlington Hawkeye: Let the chill
dren go barefooted. 1t is crime
against the race to punish children
with shoes in warm weather. Nine
tenths of the nervous diseases now SO
prevalent, come from being insulated
from the life-giving magnetic currents
that circulate through the earth as
they do through animal bodies.
The race grew to its zenith of ply
steal animal development while shoes
were not known because the race de-
yeloped in tropical climates, and if
nervous people would take an every
day walk barefooted on the bare
damp ground, more than one-half of
the nervous diseases would be sured
without other treatment
Man and the lower animals never
have rheumatism until they are Instr
dated from the earth by sole leather or
rubber shoes, or wooden, or tile floors,
People with rheumatism are afraid
to, touch the earth while that is the
very act that will cure them. Water
cure people prescribe a wet blanket;
better remedy is to lie down naked
in ditch or furrow in good rich soil
and lie there from five minutes to an
hour.
Turn the children outbarefooted and
the race will grow stronger, less nerv-
Gus.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18
A SPRING PoME.

What queer things an editor will
see when he hasn't his scissors along!
To think of Norton of the Fremont
Gazette turning poet! Inthe absence
of the usual appliance, the following
was chopped out of the Gazette with
a meat axe:
"Tis now the honest farmers turn
few things to first hand to learn;
those peaceful quiet ways he priced
have gone a-kiting to the skies-the
hired mans been unionized.
Now when he goes the COW to pail
and says, Bill, hold her pesky tail,
William will haughtily stand still and
say, Il do not think will; it is not in
the union bill
"And when the clock strikes four
and some one hollers at the door,
Arise, dear William he will say, Not
at this time of day; go read the union
schedule, pray
When, as the sun is getting low,
the boss says, Pillow another row.
there'll nothing be to arbitrate, he'll
says SuSoo t11i IOW Cdu WdILt anu
for the house will pull his freight
When to the table they repair, IL
he gets tired of the fare he'll say,
This bill is rather shy; while I'm not
used TO livinghigh, the union schedule
calls for pie
THAT toll may softened be and
sweet the pillow must have cushioned
seat, and If the coupling sections benz,
for union blacksmiths they must Sc -
his trades to pillow and not to mets1 ~
when work is piling seye ~
high and rain clouds threaten rIn -,
sky he'll meet the farmer ~ .u'
trough and, with a most az sn'
cough, say, softly, This is mig an .N III :,
ooh, honest pusher of py u"y on
you're up against the reapr sne plo"
bow humbly to the will { mus now !.
the walking delegate" o. l"'e anu =.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18
HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP.
Democratic Caucus Saturday, Method
list Quarterly Meeting Sunday.

Peoria, June 16-The weather for
the past week has been just what the
farmers needed The corn is being
worked and in most places is in good
condition. The cool weather had been
favorable on small grain, which looks
splendid, and meadows and pastures
never looked better.
On Saturday the democrats Of this
township met in the hall and nominal
ed township ticket as follows:
Trustee-G, Nibbling.
Justice-Lis. Hull
Delegates. Timbrell, Alva Smith,
c. McCutcheon, John Warren.
The M. e. quarterly meeting was
held Sunday evening. Elder Willitts
was present and preached an excellent
sermon. Quarterly conference was
hS Monday morning at ten o'clock
TNs weeks more Of school yet.
Born, last Friday night, to G. Van,
derhart and wife, a fine son. This
makes ten boys and one girl Mr.. ".
seems determined to redeem Richland
from democratic rule.
Aunt Lucy Kinsman is quite feeble.
Peoriaite.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18
NO ALARM FELT.

Discussing the recent market furry
in New York stocks a correspondent
says the only satisfactory explanation
for the slump in prices is the forced
liquidation of class of over-confident
operators whose inexperience and sud.
denly acquired wealth had led them
into unsound enterprises, which have
quickly come to an improbable end.
Aside from the purely speculative
situation market conditions have GER
tainly been improved by recent liquid.
alton. According to the ordinary
standards of judgment unfavorable
influences have been amply discount
ed and the favorable elements are tenn
porarily overlooked. The two most
adverse features in the general stu
alton are the crop outlook and labor
difficulties. AS for the crops the
worst that can be said is they are late
and condition is correspondingly poor.
There has been too much rain in the
west and too little in the east. In the
west, however, the damage has been
confined to lands bordering the riv-
ers, and it is to be remembered that
floods never cause famine, but usual
ly leave the soil much enriched. The
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18

That conservative leaders in the
ranks of organized labor, as well as the
employers, are becoming alarmed at
the prevailing state. of industrial I'M
rest was evidenced this week at the
meeting of the Chicago Federation OF
Labor. Reports from various sources
showed that the conservative leaders
were fearful of the strike agitation
abroad 1t was declared that the new
unions were in the main responsible
for most of the labor difficulties-a
situation upon which the old-time Ia
Dor leaders look with apprehension.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18

New York, expressing Hearst's regrets
at not being able to be present. Some
OF the banquetters cheered the letter,
thinking they were showing respect to
Hearst. Hearst had no more to do
with writing that letter than Blue
beard had with writing the story Of
Eyangeline. One of Hearst's bright
men wrote it. And then talk about
Hearst for president The democratic
party must be hard up for timber If it
has to take everybody who comes
along. From Bryan to Hearst would
be long drop Let Hearst stay in
the newspaper business, but keep him
out of politics.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18
IMPROVEMENT BEGINS.
The New Hotel Downing Now in the
Hands of the Contractors.

Work upon remodeling and rebuild
ing the Hotel Downing was com
menced this morning, June 16. The
contractors, foreman and several men
arrived in the city yesterday from Chi.
cago and Immediately set to work. ,o;ef.
ting men and material that c.oi;Id be
secured in the city. Arch5tsct Fronly
Newell, Of Chicago, arrisad IN The citv
this morning and viii sunerintand tbe
work. The first work to be done was
ene eiec'lon u ia portico over the side
!, VAN yam. on tne r First street side of the
t nIuse ior THE protection Of pedes-
,.njH contractor, Caesare Gereau, is
oe|' Aimed at his home on account of i'll.
- 9ss in his family, but he will be in
the city within few days and will
personally conduct the work of the
contract. He has guaranteed that in
sixty days the new hotel will stand
completed and ready to turn over tc
the owners and the landlord, Jacl
HEN. The business of the hotel viii
be conducted without any interruption
during the progress Of the improve
ments and the changes.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18
ALEX. MILLER o,aHG

Woobip (TOHuoN IN FlENnois
,,o,, +o1-o 7,,I,ob .,tooIjD Democrat: Do
JoInb IIoors+ &C c,ok in William Ran
don+9 will CONC j candidate for presi-
hos ovor dono 80 rome tell us what he
hence? He inh Suon ~ o
,,,iros ord ~ elerited a lot of gold
Unonds he oo,,, Tmatter how much he
is ono 90 tbo lind not spend it all. He
c+otes h,virt -ichest men in the United
,oiros ond ,,LEue O. his inherited gold
,,o, ,rooIt, ct he is continually abus-
w., ,,,,,oh NIT probably does not make
~ him hrt;y difference what we think
econ onv up to date we have not
~, ~. 49, Every great evidence of abil-
hrioh+as+ th in him. He employs the
newsnon. smen in the world to run his
do ~ III Srs, hence their success. We
onuth;na hink he has an aptitude for
-,oro except to use his fathers
nra.iia, : Hearst may be nominated for
Yat haf, 1T, but it will be several weeks
~ h,, bre he lands the nomination.
see whipn Ser'e ~ a, Uoh 80 we'll oan,.
,uorth u 5eck of red apples, and they are
Cow. "a lot of money just now, that
,naLa sssman Wade, of Iowa City, will
IIoanss, more of hit in congress than
49,, 49, / with all his millions will. Ev-
san+ sek we get some fool editorials
M,,I,ss tut by his hired writer's, extolling
Pm Randolph Hearst. If he were
art man he would not allow such
a. Thorn proceedings to go on. We
ot need any assistance from him
49, hn i'm the Democrat. He may be a
p It and wise man, but we hold that
~ could not write an editorial on any
49, ect that would be read if it were
for his wealth left him by his faith,
Nv, AS matter of fact, he never
~, ote an article in his life. When
uelyi think you are reading anything by
co. csarst, put it down that it was writ
- IN by his hired men. He is in Eu
W Ipe now on his wedding tour, and dc
6u see any difference in any of his
81 apers? You wouldn't know that he
- yer was in the Office of any of the
Tg apers. At the Jefferson banquet a
2e Jes Moines, his hired man, Russell o.
rs the chicago American, read "a long ar
mt ticle that had been telegraphed from
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18
MAHASKA WOOL.
rifty Thousand Pounds Sent to East
ern Trade To-day.

Geo. T. Underhill, of Knoxville, Ia,
and Lon H. Stringfellow, of Rose Hill,
were taking in Mahaska county's wool
crop this week at the c., B. & Q.depot.
They shipped outto-dGy two large fur
niture car loads amounting to nearly
$4,000 pounds. ....s
Mr.. Underhill has handled the Ma
haska woods for the last fifteen years
and always pays the top prices for the
product He is very ably represented
in Mahaska Keokuk, Wapello and
Monroe counties by Mr.. Stringfellow
one of the best judges of wool inthis
part of the state. In this connection
it is not out If place to say that the
man by the same name who was men
toned in police courts this week IL
not the gentleman from Rose Hill.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18
IAN adaptable rural mail carrier q

AN adaptable rural mail carrier at
Carroll has Ibeen making portion of
his route by train. The bridges along
his afotiteCacross the Coon river had
been washed away. The carrier, John
Masters, carried the portion on the
one side of the river and returning to
Carroll took the train to Glidden,
whence he made the remainder of the
route. "The incident is significant
says a Marshalltown paper, "in show
ing how well man on an annual sal
airy of $500 may do work worth double
the amount of his stipend"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18
THE CHURCH KEEPS PACE.

When celebrating the two hundred
and fiftieth anniversary of the grant
ing of her charter, New York took note
that it's population in 1853 was 1, 120,
and in 1903 it is 100000; value Of
real estate in New York in 1868, $685.
O00,and in 1903, $4,000, 100000. Those
who wish to argue that Christianity is
falling behind, or that it is not doing
so, may be glad to have material for
controversy in what follows: In 1858
there was one Christian church, and
itsseating capacity was 212. There
were no Jews in the community. Elk
Guiding them now, one person in three
attended public Christian worship
when an actual count was made last
November. The value Of the one
church mentioned was 5000. The val
ue of the churches in New York to-day
is $133, 100000. Thissum does not in
clude many other millions invested in
education, in charity, and in social en-
terprises, all dependent on Christian
ity for existence and support, but
churches and their sites only. So
near as canbe ascertained, it cost con-
siderably less than $1,000 a year to
maintain the one church in 1853. In
1903 Christianity, in all it's varied
forms, costs New York, for mainten-
ance and extension Of its own enter
prises, and not including what 1T gives
to the rest Of America and to the
world, $2S, 100000. .."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18
The travelling. representative of

The travelling representative OF a
leading printers supplies company
said in this office yesterday that he
knew of at least twenty positions open
to reliable and sober job printers.
The supply is getting scarce because
boys do not take to trades like they
used to. They want to be business
managers or bank cashiers the first
year, and usually at the end of twenty
years are glad to get any kind of job
for which they are not fitted. The
printing field is an inviting one to the
boy who is willing to work and learn,
and it will always be so. The trade
in itself may never make him rich,
but it is afoundation on which many
a handsome fortune has been builded.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18
keep it in mind that all mistakes

keep it in mind that all mistakes
are ours. ugges the New sharon Star.
THAT God and nature never made
one. We must build beyond the reach
of floods If we would escape their de-
struction, and if our greed for gold is
permitted to cloud wisdom and distort
judgment, let us not be sufficiently
mean and cowardly to undertake to
shoulder upon God the responsibility
of our own miserable folly"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18
COMMISSIONERS HERE.
New Sharon Railroad Cases Argued
in This City.

An important case was argued be-
fore the Iowa railroad commissioners
in this city last evening. 1t was the
case of Barbour & Younlxin of New
Sharon VS.. Iowa Central Railway Com
pany. The matter was not determin-
ed at the session, but the case was TAX
en- away with the commissioners and
will be decided later.
Barbour & Younkin, citizens of New
Sharon, have large grain elevator
and a lumber business situated on the
west side of the Iowa Central property
and north of where the old railway
station formerly stood. The elevator
business has been in existence for the
past thirty years and the company
has during this time been granted
trackage privileges By the Iowa Gem
trail by means of switch.
When the changes in the Iowa Gem
trail grades through New Sharon were
made last season the Newton branch
track was placed where the elevator
switch had stood and the firm was de-
prived the privileges of switch. The
company correspondent with the Iowa
Central regarding the matter but were
unable to come to any satisfactory
agreement, hence the matter was re-
ferred to the railroad commissioners.
Finally the commissioners decided to
visit the locality and make personal
examination of the ground in question.
| They were in New Sharon yesterday
and canvassed the actual situation.
Barbour & Younkin, who have been
cut off since last fall, desire switch
for their business, which amounts
to several loads of merchandise week
| ly. They have proposed that the Iowa
| Central move the elevator west lar
enough to permit the placing of
switch by the side of the elevator as 1t
| was before. II the company will do
| this the firm will deed the railway
company the ground thus added to the
right of way. What will be done in
the matter is just now rather difficult
to determine. The case was argued In
the Office of General Solicitor Geo. W..
Sewers, Of the Central. Judge A. r..
Dewey and James B. Bolton appear
ed for the plaintiffs, and Geo. w. Seev-
ers and Chief Engineer Kelley, OF
Minneapolis, appeared for the railway.
The railway has taken the stand in
the case that it is impractical to
maintain a switch at the elevator on
account Of the cut made atsthis point
by the Iowa Central improvements
/. The track at the point in controversy
: is about eight feet or more lower
D than 1t was when the switch was
maintained at the elevator. From an
. engineering point of view they claim
J. it would BE practically impossible tc
t maintain the switch with the existing
conditions.
Another matter brought before the
commissioners was the placing Of via
I ducts across the Iowa Central at the
street Intersections in the town o.
p New Sharon. NO action whatever wa'
taken in this, however, as the work o.
! Improvement by the railroad COMPANY
a has not yet been completed and moth
t ing of a permanent nature in the way
Z of accommodations can be provided.
I'll The commissioners who were Il
q the city were David ]. Palmer o
Washington, E. A. Dawson, OF Ia
e ma coutny, and Ed Brown, of o'Briel
y County,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18
was in progress. The storm never
touched them"

I'm farewell address to the senior
engineers Professor Mortimer e.
Cooley, Of the University of Michigan,
advised the boys to put aside any pres
ent intentions of marriage, because a
family would take valuable time and
attention away from business. He adj
vised the young graduates to secure a
good business before marrying.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18

The Des Moines Register and
Leader says it has known Iowa for
more than forty years, and that it has
never yet known such a season as we
are now experiencing which did not
affect the imagination more seriously
than it did the crops.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18

According to the Richland Clar-
ion, the man who went out to milk and
sat down on boulder in the middle of
the pasture and waited for the COW to
back up, was brother to the man
who kept a store and wouldn't adver-
tise, because he reasoned that the pur-
chasing public would back up to his
place of business when it wanted
something. ~-.-.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18

-Sigourney's hospitality is thus il
lustrated by the Keokuk County
News: "a Sigourney family has been
entertaining so many visitors lately
that when they went out riding it was
necessary to hire hack to take them
all at once"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18

within a space of thirty days be
passed by the council. The matter
ended here, however, for motion to
adjourn was carried It is likely that
the problem will be brought up again
at the next meeting
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18

Henry G. Caldwell, the federal
judge of the Eighth circuit court, who
will retire from the bench on June 80,
is the only surviving appointee placed
on the bench by President Lincoln.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18
-"There are two things that appea

There are two things that appear
very certain in Iowa politics just now,"
says the Onawa Gazette. zone is that
Judge Anthony Van Wagenen will be
nominated by the democrats for gov
ernor; the other is that ne will not be
elected"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18
"A Grundy county teacher,

"A Grundy county teacher, Miss
Myrtle Lillibridge, of No. district,
Pleasant Valley, does not allow an or
binary cyclone to interfere with her
duties. A recent storm moved the
school house off its foundations, but
the class and Miss Lillibridge went
right along with the recitation that
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18

w. A. Hockett, of Clarinda, claims
the distinction Of being the Oldest ma
tive-born Iowan. He was born in
Henry county on June 21,1S3S, and his
been outside of the state but four
years
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18

"A Saint Louis woman is on record
as saying that she knows the postof-
fee department is dishonest. Last
week she sent 81 to New York matri-
monial bureau in answer to an adver-
tisement and she hasn't got husband
Nnt -
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18

For an exhibition of double-bar-
relied bliss" says the Des Moines Cap
ital, "just turn your lamps in the d.
rection of the sweet girl graduate
who is also June bride"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18

mo, the car line on North Market
is not any part of the Tama and Oska-
loosa electric, line, 1t is simply one of
the Carnival attractions. 1t may,
however, be an incentive for the T. G.
q -
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18
LOSES BOTH LEGS.
Ora Ball, Of Marshaiitown, Falls Un-
der a Northwestern Freight.

Tama, June 17.-Ora Ball, aged
about 16 years, a resident of Marshall
town, fell under a moving freight train
on the Northwestern here this morn
ing. Both legs we're severed from
the body, and there is no hope of saw
ing his life.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18

Its an eight-hour day for about
everybody now, isn't it?"
ooh, no; not for the employers"
"And why not for them?"
Because if they had been content
with an eight-hour day they wouldn't
have succeeded in becoming employ.
ers." Chicago Post.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18

The revivals in Ottumwa have
closed and the gambling joints which
had courteously closed to give the
evangelists chance have started up
again.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18

-Ottumwa will have band concerts
this season. They will be given by
the 54th ReCimental Band each Sun
day afternoon.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18

1t looks as though there was
something doing" now that the con-
tractors have begun paving. Let the
good work go on. There is plenty of
sand
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18
LOST HER TOP MAST.
The Reliance in To-day's Trial Meets
With an Accident.
.crinns.McRae Telegram.

Scripps- McRae Telegram.
Larchmont, ~ T., June 17,--Just as
the cup defender Reliance crossed the
starting line in to-day's race with the
Constitution and Columbia, she lost
her top mast.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18

drouth seems likely to result in a
scarcity of hay and fodder in the east
though this loss is easily compensated
for in other directions.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18

-Creston now feels assured of its
interurban line to Mount Ayr. Not
hot air, we trust, ..-
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18
THE HERALD

What is SO rare as a night in June?
Then if ever come perfect nights;
Ten million bugs sing their cheerful
tune,
And dance around the electric lights.
5--Des Moines Capital
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18

what has Waterloo? Fort Dodge
has a foIir-legged chicken. Oskaloosa
did have two-legged colt, but it died.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18

g-7The Keokuk Gate-City calls Ser
via the Kentucky Of Europe"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-18

It Cures Colds, Coughs, Sore Throat, Group, Inau-
enza, Whooping Cough, Bronchitis and Asthma
A certain cure for Consumption In first stages,
and sure relief In advanced stages. Use at once.
You win see the excellent effect after taking the
first dose. Sold by dealers everywhere. Large
bottles IS cents and 80 cents