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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-07-05
BONDS FOR sEwER SYSTEM.

Gcddes. s. D.. June 2S.--On Satur-
day. July :, the town council OF this
place viii open bids for the sale of
bonds In the sum OF $4,000. which were
recently voted for the construction Of
sewerage system. only twenty-t three
votos were cast against the issuance
OF the bonds The bonds will run
twenty years and will draw per cent
interest
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-07-05

One OF the natural curiosities OF South
Africa IL the ''sneczcwood" tree. which
is so-called because one cannot cut II
with saw without sneezing. as the
fine dust has exactly the effect OF
snufY. Even In planning the wood II will
sometimes cause sneezing. No insect
or worm will touch IL; u In very bitter
TO the taste. and when placed I'm water
AZ sinks
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-07-05

Items I'm the first greet athletic
meeting held In China. which took
place at Canton. were arithmetic races
Pupils from schools carried states and
pencils. and In the course OF the race
they encountered n blackboard con-
tanning n sum To be solved. The boys
were lined up rs they reached the goal
and those whose calculations were
wrong were then eliminated. The first
three left In the line were counted
winners
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-07-05

The king OF England has In Asia more
that 800. ooo. 900 subjects: In America.
$500. 900: IN Africa, about 43.e00.0o0; I'm
Australasia. over 5000. 900. and I'm Eu-
rope over 100000. Classifying them
broadly by religions. there are EOS
po0. 900 Hindus. $4,000. 900 Mohnmmedans.
$4,000. 600 Christians. $4,000. 900 Buddhists
and %. 600 OF various pagan or nom
Christian religions
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-07-05
RAMBUNCTlOUS ISLE.
Senator Dick. Of Ohio, Would Have
Temporary Government Provided
for Isle OF Pines.

Washington. June "a joint resolu-
ton providing for "A temporary govern
ment for the Isle OF Pines was today
introduced In the senate by Dick.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-07-05

When the wife dies first. the husband.
on an average survives nine years:
while II the husband dies first. the wife
survives eleven years. according TO In
surance statistics, states an English
Dapgr.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-07-05

The deepest lake In the world IL be-
iieved tn be Lake Baikal. I'm Siberia.
Nine thousand square miles In area, or
nearly as large as Lake Erie. II In 1000
Co 5000 feet deep. so that u contains
nearly as much water as Lake Super
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-07-05

Gcncva--A swlEs uclsaaI .rH.H 6g. .
g. suing a parry % tug'l.sE o.. star.4..
an avalanche which G,. gI.. ." d 3D.. .
his sheep "a thu wJJaga.Es. .'..". sye ..I.
that the tuGrs;S were singing be. ..r o..
OF their lungs. aud t.g. 60. u.tar ....,.
the STONES AMI aasU N..su '..a ....v ..
dock.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-07-05

Certain perfumes are said 10 aid
health by destroying disease Microbes.
or thehe thyme. lemon. mint. lavender.
most useful.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-07-05

me Chinese pen Is n brush made OF
soft hair. which IN best adapted for
painting the curiously fogyned keexters
OF the Chinese alphabet.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-07-05

Ia Belle Otero. the famous continent
tai dancer. takes no chances OF loss
through the twisting OF nm ankle. as
each OF her feet IL Insured for $40 600.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-29

suit and so charming was he with the
sweetfaced little woman whom he
found waiting to receive him, that
the Wooing was not long a-doing "
and after Il fortnights association
during which they found in each other
congenial friends and companions
the arrangements were made and the
ceremony performed.
1t was Witnessed only by the closest
friends of the bride and the family
of her first husband, with whom she
has always been on terms of the clos
est affection. AT present she is set
Ting up her business affairs in SYRIA
cuse and expects shortly to return with
her husband to Mason City, accom-
panied by Mrs. Thurston.
Il am Il very lucky man. said Mr..
Wopschall last evening to a Herald
reporter. Il shall be proud to take
my bride home and my children are
waiting to welcome their new mother.
And Mrs. Wopschall looked as ii she
thought that IL her bridegroom was a
lucky man, she was also a lucky wo-
man.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-29
WHAT 1T MEANS TO YOU.
Few People Realize tho Importance o
Good Dioestion Until IL is Lost.

Good Digestion Until It is Lost.
Many people suffer from dyspepsia
and do not know 1t. They feel mean,
out of sorts, peevish, do not sleep we'll,
do not have a good, keen appetite. do
not have the inclination and energy
for physical or mental work they once
had, but at the same time do not feel
any particular pain or distress In the
stomach Yet all this is the result OF
poor Digestion, an insiduious form OF
dyspepsia which can only be cured by
q remedy specially intended to cure
1t and make the digestive organs act
naturally, and properly digest the food
eaten. Bitters, after dinner pills and
nerve tonics will never help the trou-
BILE: they don't reach it. The new
medical discovery does. 1t is called
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets and is a
specific for dyspepsia and Indigestion.
It cures because it thoroughly digests
all wholesome food taken into the
stomach, whether the stomach is in
good working order or not.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, by di-
gesting the food, instead of making
the worn out stomach do all the work,
gives it much needed rest and cure
Of dyspepsia is the natural result.
When you are nervous. run down
and sleepless, don't make the common
mistake of supposing your nervous
system needs treatment and fill your
stomach with powerful nerve tonics
which make you feel good for a little
while only, to fall back farther than
ever.
Your nerves are all right, but they
etc rf fond
Nourish them with wholesome every
day food and plenty of it, well di-
rested, and you can laugh at nerve
tonics and medicine.
But the nerves will not be nour-
ished from weak. abused stomach,
but when the digestion has been made
perfect by the use Of this remedy all
nervous symptoms disappear.
Who ever heard Of a man or woman
blessed with a vigorous digestion and
good appetite being troubled with
their nerves?
Good digestion means a strong ner-
vous system, abundance of energy.
and capacity to enjoy the good things
OF Mfe.
stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will GER
tainly set your stomach and digestive
It because they nourish the body by
digesting the food eaten, and rest the
stomach.
You get nourishment and rest at one
and the same time, and that is all the
worn out dyspeptic needs to build him
up and give new life to every organ
and an added zest to every pleasure.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are
god-send to the army of men and
women with weak stomachs and
nerves and justly merits the claim Of
being one of the most worthy medical
discoveries Of the time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-29
MAY COMPROMISE CLAIM.
Hamilton County Supervisors Endeav-
or to Adjust Trouble.

or to Adjust Trouble.
Webster City, Jan. 2S.-The Hamil-
ton county board of supervisors are
attempting to make compromise set
Element with the Northwestern Rail-
road company over the amount of dam
ages to be allowed that corporation
in the matter of the Johnson drainage
district in the southern part of the
county. Attorney George T.. Hise of
Des Moines and A. w. Merrick, n
Northwestern civil engineer from the
same place, are representing the rail-
road in the controversy. The claim
put in in the first place by the COM
pany was 100000 but it seems very
likely that compromise for about ST.
$40 will be made.
The Johnson drainage ditch lies west
of Stanhope, and crosses the line of the
Northwestern at two points. 1t was
urged by the Northwestern company
that the crossing of the ditch would
necessitate the construction of two
steel trestle work bridges and that the
damages would be all of $4,000.
1t was out of the question to pay any
such sum as this. The petitioners for
the drain would have been compelled
to abandon the plan should any such
damages as this be allowed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-29
Remarkable Test Made in Web
ster City For Comparison
With Sixty Years Ago
SCHOOLS BETT
MODERN
Questions Submitted in School in
Massachusetts Sixty Years Ago In
Examination Given Pupils at Web-
ster city-Tney Were Easy for Even
the Lower Grades.
to Tlmes-Republican.


Webster City, Jan. 29.-An interest
ing test has just been made by Sup
erintendent Ford of the city schools ana
the result indicates that the criticism
sometimes heard to the effect that the
pupils of the public schools nowadays
are not as thorough nor as far advanc-
ed as pupils were years ago is wholly
refuted The Springfield, (Masso Re-
publican recently unearthed list OF
test questions given the pupils IN the
Boston high school in arithmetic, spell
ing and geography in the year 1876.
Prof. L. II. Ford of this city got hold
of the list and has just completed a
test of the questions on the pupils OF
the Webster City schools. The test
demonstrates that the pupils of the
grades. from fifth to the eighth inclu-
siye, are far superior in their education
to the high school pupils in Boston in
the year 1886
In the tests to the grades named.
questions propounded to each grace
were those which pertained to the work
of that grade. In the fifth grade out
of thirty four pupils not one missed
problem in arithmetic, whereas IN the
Boston schools sixty years ago over
so per cent of the pupils missed on the
same problems.
Of the other problems two pupils
missed two and one seven, as against
a record sixty years ago where only
seven out of eighty-flve high school
pupils solved them.
In the seventh grade the record IN
Webster City showed that 16 out OF 81
pupils had perfect standing, and three
missed, against the same record above
where seven only out of IS solved the
problems In the eighth grade over 90
per cent were perfect as against but 80
per cent sixty years ago.
In the spelling tests 81 per cent Of
the old Boston high school students
missed II or more words, their average
age being more than Is years. The
average ages of the pupils in the
grades named in the local schools are
from nine to fourteen years, and but
IL per cent of them missed II or more
of the words-an Improvement of ten
per cent over the schools sixty years
ago. No tests have yet been given in
arithmetic The tests thus far given,
however, demonstrate clearly that the
schools of today are far superior to the
schools of sixty years ago.
The twenty words in the spelling test
were as follows: Accidental, Accessi-
Bile, baptism, Chirography, characters
tic deceitfully descendant fierceness |
feignedly, ghastliness, gnawed, heiress,
Mysteries imbecility, inconceivable, in
convenience, inefficient, irresistible.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-29
TELEPHONE co. CHANGES HANDS

Charles Johnston Heads New Syndi
cate-lines in Franklin and cerro
Gordo County.
Special to Times Republican.
Iowa Falls, Jan. 29.-The Peoples
Mutual Telephone Company that oper-
ates toll lines and exchanges between
and at several towns in Franklin and
Cerro Gordo counties has been sold
to new syndicate headed by Charles
F.. Johnston, a former member of the
years deputy internal revenue collec-
tor in this district. Associated with
Mr.. Johnston in the new deal are e.
N. Egge. OF Rockwell and c. M. Eel
land, of Joyce, Iowa Mr.. Egge will
be the new manager of the company
and the headquarters will be moved
from Hampton to Sheffield. The towns
connected by this system and MAIN
tanning exchanges are Chaplin, Lati-
mer, Coulter, Alexander, Sheffield
Rockwell and Thornton.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-29
"skI" CONTEST NEAR wAukoN.

Iowans Enjoy Witnessing Sport Which
Is National Pastime in Norway.
Special to Times Republican
Charles City, Jan. ga "ski" con-
test was the novel feature of amuse-
ment held at the John Larson farm,
five miles from Waukon.
Quite crowd assembled at the con-
test. John Obergard, recent arrival
from Norway, where this sport Is the
national winter past time, carried off
the honors, jumping forty-two feet
with skies on. while going down a steep
declivity. 1t is said he has a record
in the old country of jumping Sc feet.
After the next fall of snow another
contest will be pulled off.
Skies are long wooden shoes, some
thing like a sled runner and are worn
on each of the feet. They are different
lengths, some of them as long as eigh-
teen feet In the old country the Nor
Weg1ans become experts in their use,
and they aid in getting up and down
snow-covered mountains, and by means
of them most any ordinary stream can
be crossed without any other conyey-
ance.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-29

Farragut.
w. B. Clark, who lives southeast OF
town. purchased the David Turnbull gu
acre farm last week, paying s145 an
acre for the same.
South English.
Miss Myrle Shaffer fell down the
stairs at her home Tuesday night and
was seriously injured. The small bone
in the wrist was broken and one was
fractured; all the ligaments We're torn
loose.
Boone.
The annual banquet Of the Railroad
" NJ. C. A. to the business men was
held here. The program included
toasts by Superintendent Whalen OF
the Northwestern, State Secretary Nc
Gee of the Y M. G. A. and Secretary
Bailey of Nebraska.
Atlantic.
Harry Whitfield, the boy who some
weeks ago met with horrible acct
dent. as a result of which he lost both
legs. has been taken to the home OF
grandparents, j. @. Greenleaf, and wife,
he having gotten quite strong after the
terrible ordeal through which he pass
ed.
onawa.
bill. Wise, who was indicted by the
last grand jury for maintaining nui-
sance "by selling whisky in tent in
Lincoln township, Monona county, has
been finally arrested and will probably
be arraigned on Thursday, January 25.
when Judge Gaynor will hold court for
a day or two.
Charlton.
The great Benton township skunk
case was heard last Saturday and the
defendants, Upton and Emery Sims,
charged with breaking and entering a
smoke house on Aaron Hupps place
and taking therefrom twelve skunk
hides, were found guilty. The jury
returned the verdict about ten o'clock
Saturday night. They were sentenced
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-29

this afternoon to serve six months in
the penitentiary.
Missouri Valley.
Frank Beckley is minus one finger on
his right hand and sections Of several
other digits as result of too close
contact with buzz saw. He was at
work saving wood, when his glove in
some manner caught in the teeth of
the saw. His hand is in serious con-
dition and he may lose another finger.
Des Moines.
Pile driving has been resumed on
the foundation for the six-story ware
house of the Neutrality-suspicious.
company building at Third and Jen-
nings streets. On the start piles
twenty six feet in length were driven,
but quicksand was struck and a new
lot of piles thirty-four feet in length
were ordered. One thousand Of these
will be driven.
Iowa City.
The third fire in the business dis
trict in the past few days occurred
when the building occupied by
the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany, was damaged. The blaze.
which was a small one, was dlscov-
cred by the night watch and the
alarm turned in at once. It was ex-
tinguished by the use of a small
amount of water and a Babcock.
Sioux City.
Joseph Thierkield, aged 6s years, an
old river character, who had been i'll
at the Samaritan hospital for week,
was found dead in hic he'd hv mrs a
recently. The old man was
suffering from dilated heart, one
side being enlarged, and it is supposed
that he attempted at some time In the
night to get UP, with a fatal result.
Uncle Joe" had been here since 1870,
and had been an habitue Of gambling
houses most Of that time. He was a
particular protege of Stub Wilson
when the latter was the leader of the
gambling fraternity, In the days when
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-29
|. j. Bruer, Formerly of Ban
croft, Was Passenger on the :
Steamer Valencia
NOTHING HEARD FROM HIM
AItho Bruer's Name Does Not Appear
On Passenger List, Message to His
Family in Minneapolis the Night Be-
fore Steamer Sailed, Stated He
Would Be a Passenger On 1t.
Special to Times Republican.

Bancroft Jan. 29.-There appears to
be no doubt that a Bancroft pioneer
merchant citizen, l. j. Bruer, lost his
life in the wreck of the steamer
Valencia, off Vancouver. Mr.. Bruer
had written his family at Minneapolis
the evening before the Inflated steamer
left, that he would sail on 1t. Though
his name does not appear on the pass
enger list it is feared that he was on
the steamer A long distance telephone
message from his brother from Mime
apolis yesterday stated that nothing
had been heard from him and grave
fears are entertained by his family that
he was lost.
Mr.. Bruer was an old-time business
man of this place, but during the last
few years has been at Minneapolis.
where he was in the lumber business
with his brothers, Jake and H. N.
Rruer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-29
A Modern Miracle.

"Truly miraculous seemed the re-
coyery of Mrs. Mollie Holt of this
place" writes j. o. R. Hooper, Wood
ford, Tenn, "she was so wasted by
coughing up puss from her lungs. Doc
tors declared her end so near that her
family watched by her bedside forty
eight hours; when, at my urgent re-
quest DR.. Kings New Discovery was
given her, with the astonishing result
that Improvement began, and contin-
ued until she finally completely re-
covered, and is healthy woman to-
day." Guaranteed cure for coughs and
colds. so cents and $1.00 at Mcdonald
& Manhood, druggists. Trial bottle
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-29

and 10 o'clock. Seven homes have thus
been visited and the women of the
neighborhood are in constant terror of
this mysterious man who taps upon
their windows AT one place the man
of the house was lying in wait for him
and when his daughters scream an
nounced the appearance of the crazy
man, he dashed out after him, but after
a lively chase lost all sight of Jazz
who possesses great sprinting ability
He is described as being very tall,
slender and slightly stopped. Thus far
he has baffled the officers and all their
efforts at CAPTURE.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-29
FROM ALL OVER IOWA

, the town was young. "Uncle Joe" was
a resident Of Covington in it's palmy
days.
Clarion.
A deal was closed, last Saturday,
whereby S. A. Middleton comes into
possession of the Herman Turk farm.
near town. The consideration is $85
per acre, possession to be given
March 1, when Mr. Middleton will move
from Troy township to the Turk farm
to make his home. BY the addition of
this quarter section the Middleton farm
now comprises $40 acres. This year he
expects to put in $50 acres of corn and
200 acres of oats, but it is his intention
to eventually make it stock farm-a
| place for fattening large number Of
steers for the Chicago market.
Elliott.
Wayne Bell, young man we'll
known here, was held up and MUIR
dered at Rock Creek, Kentucky, jan
uary s. The news first reached Elliott
one day last week in letter from
Chas. T.. Osborn, of Beatrice Neb..
written to Ed Hully. Nothing further
than this is known at the present time.
Bell worked for Ed Reed during the
| summer of 1904 and 1905, and was in
Kentucky for the purpose of visiting
his aged parents. While here he join
ed the Woodmen lodge and carried in
| surance in that order to the amount Of
$1,000. his parents being the benefici-
! aries. He left a little while before
Christmas with the intention of return
Ing in the spring, having left horse
and buggy and a quantity OF clothes at
Mr.. Reeds where he expected to work
next summer. He had about 5000 with
him when he left here and it is thought
that the murder was committed for the
purpose of robbery.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-29
HoLD-uP MAN ARRESTED.
II. A. GulIick Held at #. Madison
plaintiff Also in Jail.

II. A. GuIIick Held at Fl. Madison -
Plaintiff Also in Jail.
Special to Times Republican.
Ft. Madison, Jan. 29.-John Risbau,
presumably of Dallas City, ILL.,, who
claims that two men held up and
robbed him, is in Jail here, being charg-
ed with intoxication. Gullick was ar
rested as one of the holdup men and
was identified by Risbau. The other
man escaped. Gullick was bound over
to the grand jury here some time ago,
for cutting the engine loose from c..
B. & @. passenger train near Viele.
Owing to the engineer on the train
being i'll at the time the jury was in
session. Gullick's case was continued.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-29
IoWAN AMONG HEIRS.
II. L. Booth, Burlington, Has One
Thousandth Part Claim on $20o,000,-
000 Estate

Burlington. Jan. 29.-H l.. Booth. of
this city, is one of the one thousand
, claimants to the greatest estate UNI
settled in this country, which it is de-
clared embraces $200,000,000 Mr.. Booth
! retired from business about a year
ago, but is not worrying about this
vast estate
1T is the estate of a cousin of George
Washington, named Joseph Ball, who
was ship owner and II bachelor. Al
the time Of the naval war between
France and the United States. Mr.
Booth explained. Bail sold out his
sixteen vessels, some of them of good
size, to the United States government
with the result that he received good
large sum of money in return.
He invested the money in property
near Jersey City. Philadelphia and
elsewhere. with the result that 1T has
increased in value greatly all these
years."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-29
SUING FOR INSURANCE.
Case Of b. c. MeIoy Now On Trial at
Fort Dodge.

Fort Dodge.
Special to Times Republican.
Fort Dodge Jan. 29.-The case of ID.
c. Meloy against the Northern 1nsur-
ance Company of London, is now on
trial in the district court. This is the
second case brought by Mr.. Meloy
against the insurance companies, who
refused to pay him the insurance mon
ey due him, because of the fire which
destroyed the Furlong and Meloy dry
goods store in December, 1904. The
other case was almost complete VIC
tory for Mr.. Meloy, but the other COM
panies still refuse to settle.
Mr.. Meloy. the plaintiff, was on the
stand for over twelve hours Friday and
Saturday. He was placed on the stanl
Friday afternoon, and again Saturday
morning, and was still being crossex-
amined when the court adjourned for
the day.