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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-31
HORSES cREMATED.
Twenty-seven Head Burned in a
Perry Fire.

o o o o o
Perry, Ia, March &c. w. L.
Knowles livery barn at this place
was burned at 3 o'clock this morning,
and in it there persisted twenty-seven
head Of horses. Many OF the horses
belonged to doctors and private par
ties, and among the number were
some of the best animals in town.
Altogether there were thirty-five head
in the barn, but those VINO arrived
early on the scene of the confiagra-
ton succeeded in liberating few
horses nearest the doors. John Her
ron, the hackman, lost his teams and
also brand-new $500 bus. The only
vehicle saved from the barn was a
valuable hearse. Two young men
who were sleeping in the Office mar
rowly escaped with their lives.
1t is the general supposition that
the fire was caused from the electric
light wires. Mr.. Knowles had $4,000
insurance on the barn and also some
on vehicles and harness. 1t is esti-
mated his total loss will reach $780,
600.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-31
The CONDITION OF BUSINESS
LITTLE CHANGE rs NOTED FOR
THE PAST WEEK.
Spring Trade Still Backward, Yet the
Outlook Is Bright-Labor Con-
troversies Increase.

New York, March 26-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review of trade says:
Little net change in trade conditions
is noted for the past week. Storms
and floods did much damage to proper
ty and threatened agricultural pros
poets at the start, but subsequently the
weather improved and The outlook
frightened. Spring trade is expanding,
although still backward to. some ex-
tent, and new labor controversies have
added to the number of unemployed,
despite an amicable arrangement OF
the sheet and tin plate scale. Build
ing operations would be vigorous If
employers and wage earners could adj
just differences. Inquiries for structural
material are out OF proportion to new
permits, which is probably due to the
fact that there is much resumption OF
postponed work. Railway earnings in
three weeks March are only IA per
cent. smaller than year ago, and far
in excess of any preceding year.
Trifiing advances in several depart
ments of the iron and steel industry
indicate that there is less pressure to
sell and more readiness on the part of
purchasers TO place orders that have
been held back since the OPENING Of
the year. Yet the market is extremely
irregular, and the future contains
many elements of uncertainty. The
soft coal situation is no longer disturb
Ing.
Failures this week numbered 226
in the United States. against 214 last
year, and II in Canada, compared with
20 year ago."
Bradstreet's says: Better weather
has helped retail trade, thereby
strengthening the tone of wholesale
and jobbing business, hitherto rather
pessimistic because of backward spring
demand. Distribution as a whole,
however, is not up to year ago. Ad-
ditional favorable features are the I'M
questionably better winter wheat con-
dition, due to general rains throughout
the southwest, and evidences of fur
Their activity and strength in the iron
and steel trades. Weather conditions
also have allowed of increased outdoor
activity, notably in building, but signs
of increased tension in labor matters
constitute drawback at several large
centers. Country roads are bad and
collections are source of complaint.
Railway earnings tend to improve as
transportation difficulties are surmount-
ed, and the outlook is that gross re-
ceipts for March will show slight in
crease over year ago. Lack of cars
is still a subject Of complaint, particu-
larly in the coke producing districts.
The averting Of the strike in the btu
minous coal industry is a strengthen
ing eature to general business through
out the west, but prices, which had aG-
Vanced on the fear of a conflict, still
show considerable steadiness."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-31
COOPERATIVE STORE.
} Miners of Iowa Will Sell Their
.spooS uMo

o o o o o o 30 o
Des Moines, March ga sensa-
ton was sprung in the convention of
miners late yesterday afternoon when
a special committee Of which Samuel
Cooper of Hines, Iowa, is chairman,
reported in favor of establishing a
big cooperative store at some central
point in Iowa.
1t is proposed to raise between $780,
600 and 100000 by popular subscrip-
ton to stock. This sum is to be put
into a store, which shall be run on
the cooperative plan. The store Is
to be in some central Iowa point and
is to have branches in the several
mining centers of the state.
Any person may buy stock in the
concern to limited amount, it being
the intention that no person or clique
shall be able to acquire suficient
stock to control the business.
If the plan as now proposed goes
through, it will be hard blow at the
big company stores at Iowa mining
camps.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-31
FLoATER is SEEN.

Body of An Infant May Reveal Hid
den Crime.
Harvey, March 2S.-The nude body
of an infant was seen floating down
the Des Moines river near Harvey.
A gang of men at work on the Rock
Island bridge made every effort to re-
cover the body but were unsuccessful.
From what little they saw of the body
they believe it had not been in the
water many days, and leads many 70
believe that foul crime has been
committed not many miles away
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-31
HORSES BURNED.

New Hampton, Ia, March 2S.-Fire
at Alta Vista last night destroyed ].
j. Ries' livery stable. the Stard Lum-
Der companys lumber yard and a
dwelling house of Mrs. Bauhs. Four
teen head of horses, two cows and a
lot Of buggies, harness and feed went
with the stable.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-31
OUR COLORED SOCIETY
ms and Outs Of the Local Colony
and Its Friends. -

4
Quite a number of our yoqng PEG
pie met Thursday evening FOR the
purpose of organizing home Galent
minstrel company.
Geo. Neal was in town this weelaI
and has accepted situation with thsS
j. G. Oppenheimer family and will be-
gin work Monday.
Steward Bingham, of Buxton, was
a business visitor In the city this
week, and reports business in the
grocery line tiourishing.
Mrs. Robt. Franklin entertained
small company Of friends in an In
formal way Thursday evening in
honor Of Mrs. Henrietta Underwood,
of Abba.
Mrs. Della Neal Pasker, of Center
vile, spent Monday in the city among
friends. She was EN- route to Monte
yuma to spend few days with rela-
tives and friends.
The Masons have changed the hour
of their service from 1880 a. m. TO
D. M. Mr.. w. Perno is sparing no
pains to make this grand meeting.
Easter afternoon at Shorter A. M. E.
chapel.
Miss Edna Sanford, who was called
to Des Moines some two weeks ago
on account of the serious illness or
her mother, returned home this week
and reports the lady's condition much
improved.
Mrs. Helen Downey, Of Ottumwa,
president of the Iowa Federation or
Colored Women's Clubs, will lecture
before the New Century Club of this
city, on April IA, and the club is ar
ranging to make the occasion an in
teresting social affair.
The patriotic drill given by Mrs.
Lizzie Green and young ladies was
grand affair. A goou audience wit
messed the concert and many were
the expressions of compliments. The
program was as follows:
Prayer-Rev. Geo. w. Slater.
Solo-"Truest Blue Miss Lulu
Franklin.
Address-"Red, White ana Blue,
Rev. Geo. w. Slater.
Instrumental Solo Mrs. Under
wood, OF Abba, Iowa.
Patriotic Drill and Pantomime~
Leah Barquette Anna Jones, Naomi
Kimbrough, Mabel Green, Luella and
Jessie Franklin, Babe Bucknsr and
the Misses Hart. Miss Ethel Taylor
presided at the piano.
Recitation-Miss Ada Fields.
Tableau. (This was most beaut:-
full scene)
Mrs. Phoebe Jones, of Keokuk.
grand matron of the grand court -
Iowa, Heroines OF 5ericho, visited the
court in this city Thursday and de-
livered very interesting lecture be-
fore that body. She was the guest of
the E. E. Jones home while here and
departed Friday morning for Cedar
Rapids. The order here is in a very
prosperous condition and bids fair to
become one of the leading courts in
the state. New members are coming
in right along and only last Sunday
the court, working under a special
dispensation, initiated large class,
most of the applicants being from
Muchakinock. 1t is to be hoped that
the interest will continue and that
the lodge will give the ladies' thar
support and encouragement which
their work and efforts are entitled 90.
If they do, the Masonic order in t1is
city will take on new life and become
again the leading factor in the social
life Of the city.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-31
DISEASE AMONG HORSES.
Maladie Du Colt Breaks Out in Van
Buren, county--ls Rare.

Des Moines, March 25.-Dr. Paul
Koto, state veterinarian, made known
last night the breaking out of mala-
die du colt among the horses of Van
Buren, county. The federal govern
ment is sending a representative to
look up the disease. There has been
only two previous outbreaks Of this
disease among American horses.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-31
SEED CORN is BAD.

Variety Of Conditions Last Season
Tended to This Result.
Ames, Ia, March 25.-Prof. P. G.
Holden, of the department of agron-
omy at the Iowa State college, has
just returned from Illinois, where ne
has spent the last week purchasing
first class seed corn for the Iowa
Corn Dealers association. He bought
up $50 bushels of Reeds Yellow Dent
corn, which will be given out to the
elevators over the state for distribu-
ton to farmers. The action was
made necessary because of the utter
lack of good seed corn in Iowa
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-31
CARD OF THANKS.

Through the columns of THE HER
AID wish to thank my friends and
neighbors for their sympathy and
kindness to me during the Illness
and death of my mother.
GEO. JONES, Bolton, Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-31
BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGE,

DARLAND.--Rev. w. l.. Darland
died at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. j. N. Laughrey, in Blackwell,
Okla. Territory, Saturday, March 26,
1904, at o'clock a. m.
JONES. Died, at 2:30 p. m, on
Thursday, March "a, 1904, after 4
months illness of blood poison, at
her home in Bolton, Mrs. Mamie
Jones, aged 20 years.
Tbs lady was born in England and
for the past sixteen years has been
a resident of Iowa. She leaves one
son, George, and two daughters. The
funeral was held Friday, March %,
at p. m, at Bolton, with interment
in Beacon cemetery.
LAUGBLIN.-Died OF complica-
ton of diseases and old age, at the
home of his daughter, Mrs @ A.
Coryell, near Oiivet, at 7:25 a M, on
Thursday the 18th of March, William
Laughlin, aged "a years.
The funeral will be held from the
M. e. church at Olivet at 11:00 a. m,
on Saturday the 10th of March. b.
sides the wife he leaves two sons, j.
r., of this county and G.. H., of
HahsRtonka, Missouri, and two
daughters both OF this county, Mrs.
o. A. Coryell and Mrs. Lou Norris.
Two children, Joseph and Emma are
dead. The gentleman was born in
Pennsyl ,anis but since '6s has lived
in Iowa In 1881 he was married in
Ohio to Miss Eliza ]. Taylor.
WOoDS.-Mrs. Martha Woods dieo
at her home near Rose Hill, Iowa, on
Sunday morning, March IS, 1904, af.
ter an illness of over three weeks.
| she was born June II, 1874, and
was married to Silas Smith Woods,
March s, 1864. To them were born
eight children, three of whom have
preceded her to the better land. The
five remaining were all with her in heI
last sickness. Sister Woods was a
| woman of remarkably sweet Chris
tian character, fully exemplifying the
religion of the Lord Jesus Christ. She
was fully conscious that her end was
near and made all the arrangements
for her funeral, telling her pastor that
death held no terrors for her, and
that she was ready to go and be al
home with Jesus. Her casket was
covered with beautiful flowers, show
ing the estimation in which she was
held in the community in which she
had lived for over thirty years. She
was loved by all who knew her. Ar
ter a brief service at the White Oal
church. she was laid to rest in the
beautiful city of the dead at White
Oak. She rests from her labors ant
verify her works do follow her.
CARD OF THANKS.
Through the columns of THE HER
AID wish to thank my friends ant
neighbors for their sympathy ant
kindness to me during the Illness
and death of my mother.
GEO. JONES. Bolton. Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-31
Death Rate in New York and chicago

$3.50" $3.50 - wv tSiN alid Sh'SdSS
During November and December,
1903, one-fifth OF the deaths in New
York and Chicago were from pneu.
monia. Foley's Honey and Tar not
only stops the cough but heals and
strengthens the lungs and prevents
pneumonia,so do not take chances on
a cold wearing away when Foley's
Honey and Tar win cure you quickly
and prevent serious results.
Green q Bentley Drug Co.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02
As EASY
Needs Only a Little Thinking.

Needs Only a Little Thinking.
The food of childhood often decides
whether one is to grow up we'll nour-
ished and healthy or weak and sick
ly from improper food.
It's just as easy to be one as tho
other provided we get a proper start.
A wise physician like the Denver
Doctor who knew about food, a &C.
complish wonders provided the pa.
Nent Is willing to help and will eat
only proper food.
Speaking Of this case the Mother
said her little four year old boy was
suffering from a peculiar arrangement
Of the stomach, liver and kidneys and
his feet became so swollen he couldn't
take a step. I'VE called a Doctor who
said at once we must be very careful
ms to his diet as improper food was
the only cause of his sickness. Sugar
especially, he forbid.
$50 the DR.. made up a diet and the
principal food he prescribed was
Grape-Nuts and the boy, who was very
fOnd of sweet things took the Grape
Nuts readily without adding any
sugar. CDR. explained that the sweet
in Grape-Nuts Is not at all like cane
or beet sugar but is the natural sweet
of the grains.)
I'VE saw big improvement inside a
few days and now Grape-Nuts are al
most his only food and he Is once
more a healthy. happy. r~osy-cheeked
%youngster with every prospect to
grow up into q strong healthy man."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
The sweet of Grape-Nuts Is the Ma
ture-sweet known rs Post Sugar, not
digested in the liver like ordinary
sugar, but pre-digested. Feed the
youngsters a handful of Grape-Nuts
when Nature demands sweet and
prompts them to call for sugar.
There's a reason.
Get the little book The Road to
Wellville" In each pkg.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02
Irrigation In Kansas.

Great state. Kansas! There IL
neither a mountain nor a marsh in all
her length and breadth OF $4,000
square miles. One-third Of her area 10
almost a barren steppe. owing to lack
of rain. Irrigation will make the dry
prairies a veritable garden Of the
west" raise the Kansas corn crop to
300, 900 geo bushels and increase her
live stock valuation TO $3.50, 600, 000.--
New York Press.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02
FREE TO TWENTY-FIVE LADIES'.

NEE ~ VIEW uHIIvC IAOtESs
The Defiance Starch Co. will give
rs ladies a roundup ticket to the st.
Louis exposition 70 five ladies in
each of the following states: Illinois,
Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missou-
ri who will send in the largest number
of trade marks cut from a 10-cent, 16.
ounce package of Defiance cold water
laundry starch. This means from your
own home, anywhere in the above
named states. These trade marks must
be mailed to and received by the De-
fiance Starch Co., Omaha, Neb., before
September LIST, 1904. October and No
vember will be the best months to
visit the exposition. Remember that
Defiance is the only starch put up 16
OF. Ga full pound) to the package.
You get one-third more starch for the
same money than Of any other kin31
and Defiance lever sticks to the iron.
The tickets to the exposition will be
sent by registered mail September 9Th.
Starch for sale by all dealers.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02
Steam Turbine for Pumps.

The steam turbine principle has
been adapted to a centrifugal high
pressure pump. The action IL Q
versed, however the water entering
at what would be the exhaust end.
gradually ac%celerating as 1t passes
through the several fixed and nova
Bile vanes. until 1t acquires a high
velocity at what would ordinarily be
the outlet end.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

Last spring Governor Odell met an
old friend Of his up in Newburg, his
home town, and Immediately asked
how he was getting along OF the air
ship he had been working or for
years. The inventor had become dis
gusted with his mechanical progress,
and when the governor asked IL the
machine was a complete success he
replied: We'll, not quite yet. |
have two things to accomplish before
| can say 1t u.s." What are they?"
asked the governor. 81 have to find
out how to get my machine up in the
air and how to keep it there
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

/. did and lived. The pain in my back
was so bad that I could not sleep at
night. | could not ride a horse, and
sometimes was unable ever to ride
In a car. My condition was critical
when ! sent for Doan's Kidney Pills.
| used three boxes and they cured me.
Now l can go anywhere and do 40
much as anybody. sleep we'll and
feel no discomfort at ALL"
A TRIAL FREE-Address Foster.
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale
by all dealers. Price soc.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02
MANY Children Are SickIy.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children,
used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's
Home, New York, cure Summer Complaint,
Feverishness Headache, Stomach Troubles,
Teething Disorders and Destroy Worms. At
al Druggists, CSC. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. lie Roy. N. Y,
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02
less Than Half to st. Louis and Re
turn via Wabash r. r.

Tickets sold Tuesdays and Thurs
days in August; rate from Omaha
$3.50. Daily round-trlp rate $3.50.
Correspondingly low rates from your
station.
The Wabash is the ONLY line land
ing all passengers at its own station
main entrance Worlds Fair grounds,
thus saving time, annoyance and extra
car fare. All Worlds Fair maps show
Wabash station, main entrance. For
all information address Harry e.
MNores, G. A. P. d. Wab. r. R., Oma.
ha, Neb.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

Don't you know hat Defiance starch
besides being absolutely superior to
any other, II put up Is ounces In pack
ages and sells at same price as IL
ounce packages OF other kinds?
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02
Instead Of Wedding Cake.

instead OF VaN0'
In place Of wedding cake In Hoi
land wedding sweets are given
"bruidzuikers" they are called. They
are handed round by children and are
served In flower-trimmed baskets.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

Harry Lehr overlooked the chance
OF a lifetime while the Igorrotes
were visiting President Roosevelt in
not securing their attendance at a
dog dinner" in Newport.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

by the way" asks the Boston
Globe, whats the duty on Guatemala
ants2 Do they come under the head
of farming utensils?" Wild animals,
more likely.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02
Earrings Indicate Nativity.

Tho earrings worn by Italian organ
grinding women indicate the part Of
Italy the wearers come from. Tho
longer the earrings the farther south
the original homes Of the women. In
the far north the ornaments are quite
short.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

Hundreds of dealers say the extra
quantity and superior quality of De
fiance Starch is fast taking place of
all other brands. Others say they can
not sell any other starch.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

That Washington goat that is
charged with swallowing two sticks
OF dynamite" should be able to make
a strong rebutter.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02
T~ORTURING PAIN.
Half This Mans sufferlngs Would
Have Killed Many a Person, But
Deans Cured Him.

A. c. sprague,
stock dealer, Of
N m a |, ILL.,,
writes: FOR
t W o W b o ! o
years I was do.
ing nothing but
b r%i.
cines to cure
my kidneys. I
do not think
that any man
v e suffered A
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

Somebody has discovered that there
are no r~ed-headed dolls. Like the
taste for olives, the admiration for
red hair seems to be the result of cul.
tivation.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

AS there is a law against burying
In the city of Albany, the bishop had
to have a special act of the fegisla-
ture to be buried in the cathedral.
He was successful in having the act
pass the lawmakers, but his friends
were astounded and worried when
they read it's text. 1t began with the
usual verbiage. The ending was
something like this: I'VE do grant
that Bishop Doane DO buried within
the precincts of the city of Albany.
This act to take effect Immediately"
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

News from the far East says Japan's
mosquito feet is busy. New Jerseys
mosquito feet is also in action, and
invariably puts the enemy to rout.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

Doubtless the Harlem woman who
soothes and sustains eighty cats has
a kind heart, but lacks neighbors pre-.
pared to swear to this.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

According to a feminine expert the
average woman's idea of being real
devilish Is to order broiled live lob.
ster.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

American soda fountains are being
introduced in England. Gradually
that country is advancing. The time
may ever come when they will be eat.
ing cor on the cob in England.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

Lewis" Single Binder" straight sc cigar.
Made OF ripe, mellow tobacco, SO rich IN
quality that many who formerly SMOKEY
1Oc cigars now smoke Lewis "Single
Binder" Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

Edward Atkinson has not reached
the summit of happiness unless he
has learned to expel smoke through
his lose and blow rings.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

The wicked generally get what they
deserve in this world, but not always
what their contemporaries think they
deserve.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

The technical journals tell us that
alcohol made from sawdust is al
ready a commercial success" II
seems almost impossible to fail to sell
alcohol.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

The prize monkey at the Philadel.
phia ZOO is learning to write. 1t is
expected to fit him eventually for a
place as society reporter at Newport.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

There is said to be a shortage III
the broomcorn crop this year. Evi.
IDENTIFY the broom handles will have to
be made longer.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

A New Jersey professor has re,
signed his position to go on the police
force. Means to hitch his wagon to
a star, evidently.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

Storekeepers report that the extra
quantity, together with the superior
quality OF Defiance Starch makes 1t
next to impossible to sell any other
brand,
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

Dealers say that as soon as a Gus
toner tries Defiance Starch it is i'm
possible to sell them any other cold
water starch. 1t can be used cold or
boiled
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

A man may often thank his lucky
stars that he can't take the woman
who Is presented to him.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

The first wireless dispatch has been
sent from Nome city in Alaska, and
1t isn't a hard-luck story, either.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

Anybody can afford to buy an auto.
mobile, but few of us have money
enough to pay the repair bills.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

Russell is So. and working harder
than ever. Uncle Russell should
learn to control hat inordinate appe.
tite of his.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

A Boston doctor states that com.
mon soda is "as good as whisky for
srake bites" or course he meant ''as
effective"
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

Women divine that they are loved
long before it is told them.-Mari-
aux
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

Women never weep more bitterly
than when they weep for spite
Ricard.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums, reduces In
nammation, allays pain, cures wind COLI. Csc . bottle.