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The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-22

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Without regard to advice they have
gone ahead and the result is that on
that second morning they feel worse
than they ever felt before.
The hardest type of man to deal
with is the lat man who is nervous.
1t is not only that he is 1ard type
Of the nervous man, personally, but Is
hard to fit his exercises to his needs.
With a lean man who is nervous we
may go slow in exercise and build
him up; with the fieshy man who is
nervous he must work enough to
sweat and tear down, and yet not tear
down too fast.
recall a case of a lean nervous
man who eight years ago was advised
Ty his physician in Chicago to hurry
cut to Colorado because of mis- lungs.
The man did not want to leave the
city, and he came here in lieu of the
move. Today he is big and hearty,
and he is one Of our indefatigable
workers in the gymnasium. He took
his exercises slowly, according to his
strength, and built up steadily.
Business Men Cure Nerves"
Nest business men VINO come for
the benefits of training have suffered
from their nerves. They have had in
/. digestion, have been wakeful at night.
and their appetites have been bad. A
lack of simple exercise, is the trouble
in most such cases. They respond
readily to the course In the gymnas-
ium. First the patient discovers that
| his appetite is better than it was
then his sleep is sounder, and he
wakes up in the mornings refreshed.
He has got some suggestions as to.
dieting and his stomach does not trou-
Bile as it did. The first thing he
knows he is feeling unusually well in
every way, and when he realizes that
exercise has done it all he becomes
the most ardent advocate of the gym
/ nasium.
| There are Chicago men of business
who will say that they have not the
time for gymnasium work, and who
yet spend an hour over an elaborate
/ luncheon at the club, and taking food
into their stomachs which they not
only do not need, but which is a detri-
ment to their well being. There are
great possibilities for some Of the
worn, nervous types who will sacri-
nee the midday meal and take to the
stall bar, and the basket bali, and
| the calisthenics of the gymnasium
Chicago Tribune.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-22

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he has an organic defect of the heart
he can not enter the class. If his
lungs are doubtful he may come in,
for they can be helped and put in good
condition. The man with the bad
heart, however, is too great risk.
In the course of year over per
cent of the applicants for gymnasium
work are turned away because of vi
tai weakness, but when man is ac-
cepted as fit for the course, dieting
becomes one of the first considera-
tions. What does he eat, how often
where, and how, and why? Each man
will be law unto himself in these
things. The things that one man may
eat with impunity might kill another.
From questioning we try to get a
mans measure.
Drink Too Little Water.
OneIcf our beliefs here is that mcst
| people eat too much food and drink
too little water. Where a man comes
to us seeking to reduce his weight we
| ask at once that he cut out the mid.
day luncheon. This is a double hard
Snip to the man who may have taken
| pleasure from it for years. Not only
does he miss the pleasurable sensa.
tions of eating, but going back to his
work in the afternoon he may suffer
from headaches and even NAUSEA for
a short time before his stomech gets
accustomed to the new regin g and a
drink of water CT some fruit will give
| him relief Yet we nave many bust
ness men here who have left off the
midday meal and who would not &C
back to the custom under any circum
stances.
AS a rule, however. the man who
would like to reduce his weight is 8
hard proposition for us. Ordinarily
he is close to 40 years old before his
flesh becomes troublesome. At tha,
age he has grown more or less me
i thodical in his habiIs and with mis-
growth of fat, his muscles ordinarily
weaken and are indisposed for exer
else. His own will frequently is moi
enough to prompt him to keep to the
dieting and the hard work of the class
and he drops cut after few weeks
or a few months.
Yet some of the best men evel
knew at the work were fat men.
have in mind a lawyer several years
ago VINO came in weighing Just 21S
pounds. He went into the work with
enthusiasm and he worked at it con
scientiously for full year. One
morning he stepped on the scales ant
called to me to see. He weighed just
218 pounds to an ounce! But what 3
different man from the fiabby persor
who had come in a year before Mus
cles had replaced the incubus of fat
and as man he was feeling in health
such as he had not known in twenty
years.
About the same time that the law
4 yer came in we had another applicant
4 who tipped the scales at $50 pounds
He was not promising, but he stayed
with us and at the end Of the yeer-ha
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-22

1eff IN tYunnW lace. She wore a
nair ,EhaanAsSouof diamonds and car
ried bouquet of bride roses. The.
groom is Professor Miller, formerly
Of Penn college, now Of the chair of
geology of Bryn Mawr college. He is
a graduate of the Kansas State uni
versity and a finished student of three
years work at Johns Hopkins college.
The excellence of his work at Penn
college and the personal worth Of the
man attracted attention in many di-
rections and he was offered and ac-
cepted a very desirable place in the
Bryn Mawr faculty. Mr.. Miller has
a legion of friends in this city and in
the Friends church in Iowa VINO ex,
tend sincerest Of well wishes and con-
gratulations. Mr.. and Mrs. Miller
went to Kansas to visit briefly at the
former home Of the gentleman. They
will then spend some time at the St
Louis Fair. They have also planned
trip on the Great Lakes, going down
the st. Lawrence and the scenic lakes
of the northeast and the Hudson river
to New York and Philadelphia
Guests present at the wedding from a
distance were Mr.Miller, father of the
groom, and Miss Miller, sister, from
Sabetha, Kansas; Mr.. and Mrs. Dave
Meredith, Mr.. and Mrs. Jefferson Mer
edith of Lynnville; Mrs. o. G. Mere
dith and Fred Meredith, of Newton;
John Hiatt and Mrs. Clara Meredith
Hiatt, sister Of the bride, from Whit
tier, Calf. The young couple were
handsomely remembered with wed
ding offerings by hosts of friends from
near and far.
RAMSAY Joseph Ramsay was
born in Blayden Burn, Durham coun
ty, England, sept, II, 1849, the son Of
VIM. and Ann Ramsay. He was the
sixth child in q family of seven broth
ers and two sisteS& Two brothers
died in early life and the two sisters
passed away number of years ago
Richard died in Illinois, and Wm.Tay
lor died in this city March 21, 1901
Two brothers survive him, John and
George, residents of oskaloosa
In 1869 he was married to Jane
Hughes, at Coal Valley, Ill. Five chill
dren have come to bless the home
one son, Albert, who died in De.
Moines eleven years ago, and foul
daughters, all living and present a
this time: Mrs. Margaret Butler, O
Des Moines; Mrs. Nellie Cutler, o
Chicago; Mrs. Ann Rockwell, of De-
Moines; and Hazel who with thu
faithful wife have ministered to the
sufferers needs in his last sickness
Mr.. Ramsay came to this country witt
his mother at the age Of IA, and Il
Illinois in 1863 Twenty-three years
ago he came to Oskaloosa and be
came superintendent Of the Old Ex
celsior mines located near this place
From mere he went to Angus, and lat
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-22
Why the Business Man
should Exercise Daily

Assistant Physoa director, Chicago Z. M G. A.

Within a radius of a mile of the
Central Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation in Chicago are over 10000 bus
mess men who would be vastly i'm
proved in health and capacity for bus
mess life by a steady course of train
ing in its gymnasium, Yet the bust.
ness mems classes at 1915 and 5 o.
clock in the afternoon show total
Of only S25 business men, with an ay-
erage class attendance of forty-five.
The business man of today does not
realize the conditions of his everyday
life and how much they have altered
since he first went into the whirl of
business life at the Chicago tension.
With his head he is doing the work
perhaps of four men, but his body has
not the exrcise necessary to keep one
man in condition. Likely enough he
lives in apartments or If he lives in a
city house it offers scarcely more op-
portunity for outdoor life. He rides
to his work. He rides from the
ground floor Of the Office building to
the floor level of his office. At his
desk the telephone does the walking
of miles upon miles that once would
have been necessary for some one.
He does not even write, but dictates
to stenographer. He is wearing out
his brains and nervous energy while
his body is rusting.
Requires Sound Body.
Yet the old Greek idea of sound
mind in a sound body holds as good
today as ever it did. The sound
mind can not exist long in an unsound
body, and the one first necessity for a
sound body is exercise. Dieting, rest,
sleep, and the observance of santa
ton will do much for many men, but
exercise is essential to them all.
The opening paragraph in this arti-
Gle may be taken to indicate that
campaign of education among busi-
ness men in Chicago is needed on this
one subject of exercise. If 100000
men are suffering from the lack of ex-
ercise, perhaps 250,O00 are needing it
N more or less degree But how to
lake this exercise at time not to in
,erfere with business, and at the same
line to get the maximum of benefit
rom it becomes an interesting prop
osition. st Jl.s
There are business men VINO sud-
ienly awake to their need of exercise
Who have allowed themselves to go
90 far to avail themselves of the ne
'essity The first thing exacted of
he applicant in this class is that ne
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-22
ROSE HILL.

Fay Lister returned from the
worlds fair at st. Louis Monday.
Remember Lutte Billicks sale on
the 2Sth, and Lafe Cables on the
2Sth.
Mrs. B. c. Hawley and son Deward,
w. l.. Rowland and daughter Zella
left Tuesday for st. Louis fair.
We were lucky here on Monday
night. We had no wind that did any
damage to buildings about town.
7 I. w. Bump and James Eisiminger,
of near Ponca, Oklahoma, came in on
Monday for a visit of few weeks.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-22

er to Des Moines, where he made his
homr for number of years past until
few months ago when he came
back to Oskaloosa, here to wait with
remarkable patience till death should
give him relief from mis- long suffer.
ing. Mr.. Ramsay followed the coal
mining business from early manhood
until his sickness compelled him to re-
linquish all labor. In this his chosen
field he was considered man OF
ability, capable and efficient, and
above all he was known by his many
associates as a man of exceptionally
strong character. He was a good hus-
band and kind and affectionate
father. He was for many years a
member Of the Ancient Order of Unit
ed Workmen. a member of the Mason
Ic lodge at Ripley, Iowa, and of the
Roya Arch ChapSer and of the Com
nandery of KnigRG Templar at Per-
", Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-22

:" HRNOTJ@ JeseDh AfnSs - on OF
Jesse and Mary Arnold. WasssSrn at
Arba, Wayne county, Indiana, April
1, 1882, and died in LynnviIle, Iowa,
September Z, 1904.
He removed with his parents to
Henry county, Iowa, where Salem
now stands, in the year 1899; later to
jefferson county and in 1S43 located
in Mahaska county, where his father
took a homestead on the first day
lands were thrown open to settlers,
two miles east of the present city OF
Oskaloosa. In the spring of 1851 ,hav-
ing learned the carpenters trade OF
his father, he migrated to Lynn Grove
where he assisted in building what
later became the town of Lynnville.
His father followed in 1852 and pur-
chased the Touring and saw mills.
Joseph was engaged with his father
| in its operation and remained in busi-
ness with his father until his death in
| 1865 and continued the business there
after with his brothers. In 1853 he
married Tacy Smith, of Palmyra,
Warren county. Six children blessed
! this union, two of whom are deceased.
| Tacy Arnold, his wife, died at Oska-
loosa in January, 1869. In 1870 he
married Sarah E. Hawkins, of Oska-
loosa. To this union were born three
children, who were all present during
mis- last illness. Joseph Arnold was
a birthright member of the Society
of Friends. He was recorded a min
lister Of this church in 1864. In this
capacity he served the church the re-
mainder of his life, travelling exten-
sively at his own expense and often
under physical affliction.
WHITMORE.-- Died, at her home
near the Whitmore mill in Madison
township, Thursday evening, Sept, Is,
1904, Mrs. Anne E. Wnitmore, aged
ga years.
Deceased was the wife of John
Whitmore, proprietor of Whitmore's
mill, and lady beloved by all who
knew her. Death resulted from the
rupture of a blood vessel that occur
red about a week ago. Mrs. Whit
more was native of Indiana but had
lived in Iowa many years. She leaves
her husband and four sons to mourn
their loss. The funeral will be held
on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the family residence.
ECKROAT. Died, at his home in
Scott township. Friday, September 16
1904. at lao p. M. from complica-
tion of diseases, John Eckroat. aged
i GA years, months and days. Flu
neral services will be held Sunday at
one o'clock at the Eckroat home. In
terment will be in Rochester ceme
terry.
John Eclroat has been resident
of Mahaska county since a lad of 1C
years, or more than half century
WILLIAMSON Died, OF paralysis
at the home of A. Williamson, Satur
day, Sept II, 1904, at $3.50 o'clock p
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-22

reduced his weight to 1913 pounds.
And he is keeping it there, year after
year, by Systematically applying him
self to the work of the gymnasium.
Not only is he freed of an incubus of
unbecoming fat, but he is in better
health than he ever was, he is clearer
headed, sleeps better, and in general
"feels" good.
This is the philosophy of the Young
Mems Christian association gymnas-
ium. 1t has never advocated the pill
ing up of big muscles as the thing to
be sought. 1t has taught exercise as
the thing necessary to health and
when a man has taken the exercise
that is needful to keep him in the
best of condition, we consider that lie
has enough. Ordinarily the business
man in the gymnasium spends half an
hour there. He may go when he
likes, however. When he has left the
gymnasium he goes downstairs for
his bath, dresses, and may be in the
street within fifty minutes of his
coming in.
Men in our business mems classes
are between the ages of 25 and Al, for
the most part, though one OF our most
enthusiastic men is sixty-five years
old. Coming to US for the benefits OF,
exercise, we find that the business
man is not the easiest of patrons to
manage Naturally he has ideas of
his own. In most cases he has the
entirely erroneous idea that we are
to try to put him through a thorough
course of physical medicine, over
which ne is expected to make wry
face. Just the reverse is true. One
of our greatest difficulties is to have
him understand that we want him to
find pleasure in his exercises: that
the element of play must be put into
it Some of our members never knew
what play was when they were boys,
and it is hard to teach them now. The
course will do little good, however, to
the man who makes work of it and
nothing else. He must develop in
terest. eu,
Beginner Liable to Overdo.
Again there are men who go in too
strong on the play idea, who take up
a game that gives them the sport but
not the exercise: Ordinarily for
man with soft muscles who comes
here at 40 years old or more, five or
six minutes at the lightest calisthen-
les is his first work. He is disappoint.-
ed frequently. If he is hard head
ed business man he insists upon more
and suffers for it. Sometimes such a
man will continue for the full half
hour and the next morning will be so
sore in every muscle as hardly to be
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-22
o. II. S. Notes.

Will Martin and Harry Charles old
students of o. H. s.. were visitors
Friday.
Catherine Drinkle and Laura Jones
old students OF o. H. s., were visitors
Friday.
The Nonpareil Literary society held
a meeting Friday evening for the pur-
pose Of electing officers.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-22
BIRTHS, DEATHS MARRIAGES
MARRIAGE LIcENsEs


MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Following is the list Of marriage IL
censes issued by the clerk since our
last report:
NO. NAME. RESIDENCE. AGE.
e.ae John Miller, Buxton SO
o | Clara Sneed, Buxton 81
eae, 4 Reuben Wymore, Rose Hill. AZ
M Florence o. Hunt, Rose Hill 36
sAeo j George Hughes, Givin .-. %
margaret Reed, Givin ..- 19
essz Esadore Brigneaux, w. City. %
| Jessie Baker, White City.,,...19
e4es VIM. Baker, Norwoodville ....-21
Pauline Brigneaux, WhiteC City1s
eseo Marion I. Sayles, Oskaloosa. 80
w tHelen Wood, Oskaloosa .,.,,,.. 80
e.zo r. l.. Plaisted, oskaloosa,. %
W Belle Q. Vance, Oskaloosa---~
MILLER MEREDITH. - Married,
Thursday evening at seven o'clock,
September Is, 1904, at the residence
OF the brides parents, No. 701 North
p street, Miss Mary A. Meredith, of
this city, and Mr.. B. L. Miller, of
Bryn Mawr, President A. Rosenber-
ger officiating
The ceremony was performed in
the parlors of the Meredith home
which had been beautifully decorated
for the occasion, and was said with
the ring service. Miss Mabel Hill of
Earlham, presided at the piano. The
bride was waited upon by her sister,
Miss Lucille Meredith, and Mr.. Claude
Lafferty attended the groom. About
seventy-five guests were witness to
the happy event and showered con-
gratulations and best wishes upon the
happy couple. A wedding dinner
served by the Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Friends church followed the brief So
cial season. that followed the ceremo-
ny of marriage, and Mr.. and Mrs. Mil
Ter departed via the Rock Island west
bound at 9:15. p. m. The bride is a |
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mer-
edith Of this city, and is an accom-
plished and most .estimable young |
woman. She is a graduate of Penn
college, class of 1896. The scholar
ship of the young lady during her
course was Of degree enabling her
to claim the i1onors of scholarship
at Bryn Mawr. She completed her
post graduate work there and return.
ing home, contributed to the excel
lence of the Oskaloosa public schools
by almost year of service. The lady
resigned this work for year of trav.
el and study in modern languages and
a tour of Europe and the Holy Land.
She returned to accept the chair Of
modern languages in the. Penn college
faculty and during the past year gave
most acceptable service in that insti-
tuition, resigning the chair at the close
of the spning term. The high grade
of the lady's work and a charming
personality have endeared her to al e
arge circle Of friends who extend her !
every wish for future welfare and
happiness. The bride wore a we'd I
ling gown of mousseline de sole made r
IN train and the waist with a .rI@s J.,
) 49, L.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-22

rael A. Dean will be held from his
home on South 18th street at 10 a. m.
Sunday, Sept. 1S, and interment made
in Forest cemetery.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-22
MONSTER CONSOLIDATION,
Biggest Banking Deal Ever consum'
mated In Iowa.

Des Moines, Sept 20.--At the close
of banking hours yesterday, the entire
deposit business Of the Security Trust
& Savings bank, amounting to more
than one and one-third million dollars,
was transferred to the Des Moines
Savings bank, and will hereafter be a
part of the business of that institu;
tion. This consolidation is the larg-
est single banking transaction ever
consummated in Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-22

DEAN.-The funeral of the late l
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-07-12
Hospital Money Dispute.

President Pinkham of the Board Of
Health submitted to Acting Governor
Atkinson a scale of pro rata distribu-
ton of the appropriation of s21,O0O for
medical treatment of INDECENT patients
in hospital. Taking as a basis the num-
bers of such patients in the institu-
tions respectively for eleven months
past, President Pinkham allotted the
Queens Hospital s1250, the Home for
Incurables $3.50 and the Kapiolani Ma
ternity Home $3.50 a month. While con-
sidering the basis adopted correct one,
the Acting Governor did not concur
in the principle of a monthly distribu-
ton of the fund. His opinion was that
the money should be paid out as the
occasion required, ION the approval Of
the President of the Board of HEALTH"
as the Act reads Otherwise he feared
people able to pay for treatment might
endeavor to get 1t free on the strength
of the appropriation. Mr.. Atkinson re-
ferred the question to the Attorney
General.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-07-12
MINIATURE COALj
YARDS DEVELOPING

Miniature coal yards are springing
up in the slips in the Eva end of the
harbor, where Japanese sampan and
boat owners are dumping coal dragged
up from the harbor bottom by nets.
The coal is deposited on land near the
lumber yards. dried out and then sack
Oceanic dock, the Naval docks and
wharves where there is considerable
waste in coalng vessels. At fifty cents
a bag the japanese make considerable
money.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-07-12
GOING MUM ON
HIS WAR RECORD

With Insurance so high that a fun
cargo is now a luxury, the steamship
sha line, arrived at Honolulu yesterday
at noon with only $50 tons of merchan-
disc for this port, and but 800 tons for
san Francisco. The high rate of in
surance makes 1t almost prohbitory for
the vessel to- obtain much cargo, as
shippers do not care to add to expenses
in that connection. The fact that the
America Maru is Japanese vessel,
liable to capture by Russian war
ship-although that is remote pos
siblllty-preyents the Maru from doing
much business at present, Her sister
ships the Nippon Maru and Hongkong
Maru are srin used as army transports
and are armed us cruisers,
captain Going formerly of the Nip,
pom Maw, .is tu command NJ tho Amerl-
ea Mau This tup. uu tho return of
tho Nrssrl Co Yokohama no viii be re-
ifypd hy Captain Flwer formerly of
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