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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

Tho busy fall season will soon be
upon us and we hope that every retail
merchant who reads these lines win
make it special time TO do some
good advertising. And there is a
great deal Of significance attached to
that word good, as bad advertising is
so very plentiful these days that real.
ly good advertising stands out like a
green palm in desert. Try to i'm,
prove your advertising. use liberal
space in your local papers, but look
at Il as a business investment and
try to do the very best advertising
that you can. 1t is the most import
ant investment that you make. 1t
should have your very best attention.
Iowa Commercial Review.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

ward. But there are startling losses
SHOWN in tie accounts Of the two
BOARDS that nave Christian education
in view, and all the other boards are
left marking time just where they
have been for years. 1t is, indeed,
rather sinister fact that church
which within single year increased
its membership two and half per
cent. increased in its. gifts the same
time only about four-ffths Of one per
cent"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

As has been suggested by one Of
the principals in the political battle,
Nellie Brewster will be pleased with
the result in the Sixth district wheth-
er the republicans or democrats win
In explanation, the democratic candi-
date for congress, S. A. Brewster, of
Ottumwa, has a daughter Nellie who
is a musician of note. and Major La
cey's daughter is now Mrs. Nellie
Brewster, Of San Francisco.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22
in summing up the result Of t

In summing up the result of the
great Chicago strike, President Don
nelly says: ut has been a losing fight
for us, in way, but believe the final
results will be for good. Our men
have learned that they were not ON.
nipotent; that they could be beaten.
From now on they will be more con.
sentative. There will be less of the
spirit of dictation that has appeared,
we all know too well from time to
time"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22
In oppersition onto pa

In oppersition onto pa
An workin' fur the candydate
On t'other side, an ma she kicks
Jes' like q steer, an sure as fate
She went right into politics!
We have no family prayers now,
But pa an ma they'll set till late
An chaw the rag plottin' how
To knife the other candidate.
An they have TUX a solemn oath
To beat him doin' dirty tricksi
It's tough on any kid when both
His parents gifts in politics.
James Barton Adams in Denve
Post.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

The base ball meeting at Ottum,
wa developed the fact that while
Boone gave the Parker Amusement
Company free streets. free water and
other things, Waterloo secured 40 per
cent of the proceeds for permitting
the carnival to come to town. The
Waterloo Base Ball association engin.
eered the scheme and cleared about
$1,000. Oskaloosa kept still in the
meeting but did whole lot of think.
ing.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

-Centerville dedicated its hand
some new court house on the 18th.
Chief Justice Deemer, of the Iowa SUI
preme court, delivered the principal
address.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

Along with the dispatch announc-
ing the birth Of an heir to the throne
OF Italy came the announcement that
the Queen of Roumania had sent a
poem to the mother. That must be
what the editors term made to order
poetry" We hope it is not shop
worn or left over stock.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22
IN POLITICS.

There seemed to somehow come a
change
At our house that bothered me-
Things got to be queer-like an strange
An difrent, too, they use to be.
Mas face got on look as cold
An hard as any OF red bricks
An she done nothin' much but scold
When pa got into politics.
Then ma she heerd the other day
About neighbor woman's jaw
A workin' in a savage way
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22
1.-THE duties of peace are with u

THE duties of peace are with us
always, those Of war are but occa-
sional; and with a nation as with a
man the worthiness of life depends
upon the way in which the every day
duties are done. The home duties
are the vital duties."- President
Roosevelt.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

The Sioux City Journal thinks
tho Russian decision to divide Kuro-
patkin's army must be based on the
theory that two small armies can run
twice as fast as one big one"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

"A Des Moines man has sued for a
divorce on the grounds that he want
ed to join the Odd Fellows lodge, but
his wife insisted upon being present
at the ceremony, and raised such a
strenuous objection that he was COM
PEELED to forego the process of riding
the goat.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

The Waterloo Courier suspects
that Uncle Henry Gassaway will find
that the $4,000 given to Tom Taggart
to help along the democratic cam
paign is the worst investment he has
ever made. .......
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

The Methodist Episcopal church
at Statesboro, Ga, demands that all
its members who participated in the
recent fiendish lynching at that place
resign from the church or make pub
lie expression of penitence.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

The democratic candidate for con-
gress in the Eighth district is John
V. Bennett, and he is said to be
prosperous farmer. If ne is wise he
will drive the bee out of his Bennett
and save his farm.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

The biennial elections PROPOSE.
ton seems to the Sioux City Journal
to b. losing friends about as rapidly
as a man who has dropped his wad in
a wheat corner
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

"A Waterloo lady deposited 1925
in a drawer of sewing machine and
thus played into the hands of a light
fingered thief. She ought to have pa
tronized savings bank.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

"A Chicago university professor
has started for China where he will
spend three years hunting for a race
of white men and studying them when
he finds them. The Des Moines News
pronounces this good idea. 1t holds
that any ioea that takes Chicago
university professor out of the coun-
try for three years is good.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

The Boone Republican contends
that the light vote cast on the bien-
NAL elections proposition four years
ago is evidence that there is no gen.
eral demand for a change. q.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22
The Wall Lake Blade draw,

The Wall Lake Blade draws a
moral from the fact that there is a
man serving six years in the Anamosa
penitentiary for stealing chickens and
an Iowa Falls banker has been SEN
fenced to eighteen months for EN-.
bezzling $4,000. The moral is:
Young man, don't steal chickens"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

- In Davis county twenty-nine
school boards are still in quest of
teachers. This lends new strength to
the prediction that the "Hairy Ma
ton" will go republican this fall.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

The republican vote in Maine in
creased Is per cent over the result
in 1900 The Pine Tree state does
not seem to be alarmed by Parker's
prophesies of evil. ..
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

Tt was the labor vote that gave
the big republican majority in Yer
mont the other day." declares the
Davenport Republican, "and it is the
labor vote that is going to put Theo-
dore Roosevelt in the white house by
a plurality in the popular and electo-
raj votes that has not been equalled
since the time of Abraham Lincoln"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

Waiter-''Will you have table d.
hote or a la carter"
Hiram Hayrick-"Wal, bring me a
little of both and see that they're %Sasiir
done. Elk.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

-Ottumwa has a case that will at
tract some attention if it ever comes
to trial. w. w. Briggs, a colored man
of Buxton, has sued J. l.. O'Brien, an
Ottumwa restaurant keeper, for $4,000
because Briggs was refused board at
the restaurant.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

The gross earnings of railways of
the United States for the first three
weeks of August were $21, 7S6,327, a
gain of Ia per cent over the same
time in 1903. All business interests
of the country seem to be moving
along in the same way.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

That's good advice from the New
Sharon Star: Have your chimneys
overhauled, thoroughly inspected, be-
fore cold weather arrives. 1t may
save you home or a place in which
to do business
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

Vice President Nominee Fair
banks will speak in Iowa some time in
October. That has been definitely de-
cided upon by the republican national
managers, The city selected will
likely be Davenport.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

$50 far as Iowa is concerned"
says the Manson Journal, ''there is
no need of single speech in the
state, unless the democrats are fool
ish enough to want to stir up trouble"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

The Register and eLader declares
the Missouri Laundrymen's conven-
ton was wringing success despite
the mangled newspaper reports which
took all the starch out of the pro-
ceedings.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

If a change of pastures is good
for sheep, how will the following eff
feet the vote for Mr.. S. A. Brewster?
The following official democratic tick
ct is reproduced from the Times-Jour-
nal:
a Congressional Ticket.
IN Congressman 9TH District,
s. A. BREWSTER
OF Ottumwa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

AS noted by the Times-Republi-
can, the only man who really realizes
how close the present campaign is go
ing to be is the collector Of campaign
assessments.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22
The Fort Dodge Messenger is cor

The Fort Dodge Messenger is con-
WINGED that "any man. who dissipates
or indulges in recreation that detracts
from his work is not a safe risk, and
is not safe man to have carrying the
firms money around in his clothes,
where it is at his disposal at any time
the occasion demands it."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

-Mahaska republicans never had a
better ticket up for the peoples en-
dorsement and it shuld be elected
with an increased majority.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

Sioux City had $4,000 people on
the grounds, on the second day of her
county fair. In the memory of our
race meet that reads like romance
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

- About twenty-five thousand
square feet of new cement work is
under contract to be finished in the
city before freezing time this fall.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

The largest presidential vote ever
poIled was 14,O7O,oOO, cast in 1896. In
1900 the total was 1S,967, 900. 1t may
reach 15,000,000 this year.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

An interurban through the coal
fields will be equal to doubling the
population of Oskaloosa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

The Russian Baltic fleet is start.
ing forth boldly. 1t is still twelve
thousand miles from trouble,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

Zone Of the great needs of Chris
tianity is sunny people, and lots of
Them" says the Burlington Hawk-Eye.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

Talk is necessary to make people
hear Of things. Tell about Oskaloosa
and her home talent goods.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

The crowd in attendance at the
band concert Saturday evening was
something immense.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

do you wear suspenders? If so,
be sure that the next pair you buy
bears the 0skaloosa label.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

Port Arthur is getting ready for
another tumble
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

Boost Oskaloosa and Oskaloosa
made goods all the time.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

Are you a smoker? If so, Oska
loosa cigars should be your favorite.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

The cornfed philosopher was in a
reminiscent mood and after lighting
his cob pipe, began: These church
doin's Amt what they used to be;
there's too much style about 'em.
When l was a boy people went to
church in their homespun and paid
some attention to what the preacher
said He expounded plain gospel, too;
no mincin' matters nor compromising
with satan. But la! how times have
changed. Now a preacher must be
certain of a big salary before he feels
call to preach; and instead o.
preachin' the gospel pure and simple,
he talks about the Y. M. c. A.. the
w. F. M. S. and the philosophy of be-
in good. An people go to church
nowadays more to show their neigh
bors their good clothes than their re-
lgion. No; faint what it used to be-"
And the philosopher knocked the
ashes from his pipe and proceeded to
refill it.
AT the cemetery the minister was
moved by the grief of the husband
whose wife was to be buried and
sought to commiserate him in the fol
lowing manner: My brother. I know
that this is great grief that has oy-
ertaken you; though you are COMPEL.
ed to mourn the loss of this one, who
was your companion and partner in
life, would console you with the as.
surance that there is another Who
sympathizes with you and seeks to
embrace you in the arms of unfailing
love-" To this the bereaved man re-
piled by asking, as he gazed through
tears into the minister's face, WHATS
her name?"
This story is told Of an old bachelor
who bought a pair of socks and found
attached to one a paper with these
words: Il am a young lady of twenty
and would like to correspond with a
bachelor with a view to matrimony. /"
Name and address were given. The
bachelor wrote back and in a few
days got this letter: Mamma was
married twenty years ago. The mer-
cnant you bought those socks of evil
IDENTITY did not advertise or he would
have sold them long ago"
she was a sweet young thing and
they had found a coy corner in the
shadow of one OF the tents in the
park during the carnival. AS his arm
stole around her mousseline de sole
waist she murmured: "Am the first
girl you ever hugged?" He was a
newspaper man and therefore could
not tell lie, SO he replied: mo
sweetheart you are the third edition
have put to press tonight"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-22

Wtuperated by every It's II x
isee in New York, even e. ~ eSS yame
that they called on the people to place
Croker over and above him.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-12-11
WOMAN FALLS TO HER DEATH.
Trying to Escape from Hotel Room
She Meets Terrible End,

SuS MSSlS Emu
Chicago, Dec. apparently fear.
ing prosecution because she had no
money to pay for her room, a woman
who registered under the name of Mrs.
c. NJ. Norris, at the Revere house, at
tempted to slid down an inprovised
rope from a fifth story window today.
When rescue was at hand she either
lost her hold or deliberately loosened
her grip. She fell four stories, land
ed head first on the brick pavement
and was instantly killed.
The woman's death was witnessed
by a crowd of about a hundred per.
sons who gathered below. Above her
out of windows leaned attaches, and
guests of the hotel, shouting to her to
climb back to safety,
She started upward, bracing her
when she fell.
She was about 81 years of age.
The rope by which the woman had
tried to escape had been made by her
out of sheets and blankets torn into
strips. She seems to have believed
that her desperate expedient would be
unnoticed because her room was at the
rear of the hotel above an unfrequent.
ed alley,
The police say the woman's correct
name was Myra deLaroe. The name
was found in her card case.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-12-11
RUSSIAN OFFICER Is ARRESTED.
Naval Captain Criticised Grand Duke
Alexis and Goes TO Jail.

Naval Captain Criticised Grand Duke
Alexis and Goes TO Jail.
st. Petersburg, Dec. 10-The arrest
of Captain Clado yesterday evening
by order of the Grand Duke Alexis, the
high admiral, for critIcising the grand
duke and admiralty is treated very
quietly in the morning papers which
merely print the official text of the
order.
The Novoe Vremya which has been
printing Clado's articles which led to
the governments action makes no COM
ment on the arrest but presses the
question of opening the Dardenelles,
the closing of which it characterizes
as can unnatural arrangement and
piece Of antiquated diplomacy and re.
views Clado's own argument that the
convention closing the straits should
be modified. Other papers while 81.
lent on the question of the Black Sea
fleet, urge the Strengthening Of Admir-
al Rojestvensky' squadron. The Russ
in long article declares that the
formation of third squadron would
occupy months but says that at least
the battleship Admiral Senehiran and
the cruiser Otchakoff could be dis.
patched on the tim eto catch up with
Jopestvensky's somewhere in the Indi
an ocean.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-12-11
Torpedo Boats for Russia.

New York, Dec. 10.-Nine torpedo
boats built at Perth Amboy, N. j., for
the Russian government, have been
completed and will leave the yards to-
day. They have been taken apart and
loaded on barge 20 be towed to New
York and shipped as merchandise on
a liner.
The tenth boat will cross the ocean
under its own power. The crew of
18 is already aboard the boat, which Is
80 feet long. Below deck 1t Is not pos.
sible to stand erect for there is only
five foot space. Should the passage
be stormy the crew will be almost as
effectually bottled up as if in sub
marine. The only entrance to the CON-
partments below deck is through
coming tower, from which the boat Is
navigated.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-12-11

Albuquerque, N. M, Dec. 10.-Dis.
trict Clerk W. E. Dame, of the second
judicial district has announced that
Judge B. S. Baker, of this district and
associate justice Of the New Mexico
supreme court, had received an order
signed by the attorney general inform.
ing him of his removal from Office,
by order of the president.
The message was perfunctory and
contains only the order of removal.
Judge Baker, SO his close afriends say,
is thundrestruck by the order, as,
while he knew that charges%were pend
ing against him in the department, he
did not know them to be of serious
nature. Judge Baker declined to see
newspapermen, announcing that he
will leave today for Washington.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-12-11
PRESIDENT REMOVES
NEW MEXICO JUDGE
Numerous Complaints Had Been
Filed In Washington.
DID NOT ENFORCE THE LAWS

New Mexico Judge, in the Opinion of
the President, Was Not Vigorous
Enough in His Jurisdiction in Trying
to Maintain Law and Order.
Washington, Dec. 10.-Judge Benja-
min S. Baker, of New Merico has been
removed by the president as the result
Of complaints filed with the president
regarding the affairs in Bernalillo coun-
ty. The president decided that a more
vigorous and strict judge was needed
TO remedy the evils complained of. The
following official statement of the case
was given out at the department of
justice today:
'The president has removed from Of
fee Judge Benjamin S. Baker, of New
Mexico
Numerous complaints were present
ed and thorough investigation was
made by representative OF the depart
ment of justice.
ut was found that in Bernalli coun-
y AA "AANh @aADuquCA AuS IA SAIu1CC0
political and official affairs generally
are in bad condition; that improper
jury commanders were being appoint
ed; the selection of jurors tampered
with; the Sunday law was not en-
forced against gambling and saloons
and that Judge Baker was not doing
what a judge should do to remedy the
evils.
1T was considered that a more vigor.
GUS and strict judge was ihnperatively
needed in his place.
''It was for these reasons that
change in the judgeship PAS concluded
upon and not because Judge Baker
was deemed dishonest or corrupt.
Judge Baker was fully examined and
his statements taken down for the
information of the president, but SO
far as the reasons for his removal
are concerned, his explanations were
not deemed sufficient to prevent a
change of judges"
Delegate Rodey, of New Mexico,
called at the White House today to
urge the president to give Judge Ba.
ker hearing, but learned that Baker
already had been removed and that
the case could not be considered fur.
ther.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-12-11
In REGARD to Peace Conference.

Toxic, Dec. 10-Noon.-Th foreign
Office has issued the following state
ment on the position which the Jap.
anese government has taken in regard
to the proposed international peace
conference
can invitation from the president Of
the United States of America having
been received by the government OF
Japan at Toxic on Dec. /, to take
part in the proposed second interna.
tional peace conference, the govern.
ment at once replied to the effect that
being fully alive to the urgent necessi.
ty for more exact definitions and uni.
form practices than now exist in re-
spect to some of the questions about
to be submitted to the proposed con-
ference anG finding that the fact that
the nation is now engaged in war, is
not sufficient reason why it should not
ikea part in the work of the confer.
ence it has been decided upon the
part of the Japanese government to
accept the invitation.
This action is taken, however, with
the distinct reservation that the pro-
posed conference shall not assume to
adopt any measure which will, in any
way, affect the present conflict"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-12-11
FINE TRAINS FOR MEXICO.
Quick Time Will Be Made from New
York to Mexico Capital.

Quick Time VIII Be Made from New
York to Mexico Capital.
San Antonio, Dec. 10.-The Nation.
al Railroad of Mexico in conjunction
with the international and Great
Northern, Texas and Pacific and Iron
Mountain route will, on Jan. 8, 1905,
put in service two record-breaking
trains between Mexico City and St.
Louis, reducing the running time Ii
hours for one train and 20 hours fof
another. Both trains will handle
mails, and letters will reach Mexico
City from New York and Chicago just
20 hours earlier shan heretofore. In
every respect the new trains will be
first-class, with the finest equipment
including dining car service.
Vice President and General Mana
ger Trice, of the International and
Great Northern road, has just returned
from Mexico City, where in a confer
ence with President Brown and other
officers of the National railroads the
schedules for the new service were
arranged.