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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-31
GIRL DEcEIvEs MONKS
CARRIED as Man, Young Woman En-
tiers Dubuque Monastery.

Special to Times Republican
Dubuque. Aug. 31.-Miss Mary Chan
ming. of Pittsburg, Pa, dressed in
mans clothes two days ago and, OBJ
tanned entrance to the monastery OF
the Trappist monks, twelve miles from
here. She is said to be the only wom-
an in the world who has ever entered
the sacred precincts Of such an instl-
tuition, forbidden to womankind since
the establishment of the order centur-
les ago.
Miss Charming Is stopping at the
Julian House. The solitude of the
monastery appealed to her when she
visited the grounds several days ago.
She begged to be allowed to enter the
clustered retreat, but was refused. She
sought the help Of influential men of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-31
SHELL INJURIES CLERK.
Cartridge in Sioux City
Store Almost Kills Two.

Store Almost Kills Two.
Special to Times Republican.
Sioux City, Aug. 31.-With force suf-
ficient to shake the floors of the big
Knapp & Spencer warehouse on Third
street, a shell in box of ammunition
exploded yesterday afternoon, filling
the face of Glenn Middleton, 1920 Fifth
street, with fine particles OF lead. pieces
of nails and splinters, and giving him
the closest escape from death which he
will probably ever experience.
Bert WEIGH, an order clerk, who was
working near Middleton's bench, had
narrow escape and received q jolt
from a flying board in the back of the
neck, and a scratch across the cheek
from a piece of scattering lead.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-31
WOMEN BURY THE RATCHET.

Opposing Factions Of Iowa w. G. Z. ".
Finally Become Reconciled.
Des Moines, Aug. 31.-The two fac
lions in the Iowa w. G. T. U. which
have fought each other for two years,
have finally buried the Ratchet. Wom-
en- fight hard when they fght, and the
w. c. T. U. wars have become motor
ious in Iowa temperance circles be-
cause of the intensity and bitterness
displayed. It is now announced that
all is again serene, and they will hold
a joint session at Council Bluffs, oc-
tober 9 to II.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-31
DR.. RICHARD soTsFoRD DEAD.
Lake City Physician succumbs in Fort
Dodge Hospital.

: IVUy0 TT0SPFSo's
Special to Times Republican.
Fort badge, Aug 3t.-Dr. Richard
Botsford departed this life at the city
hospital yesterday. He had been OPP
Grated on in the evening and survived
but few hours. He was brought to
this city from his home in Lake City
few days ago for surgical attention
his acute illness being due to gall
stones. 1t was known that his condi-
ton was serious and the best surgeons
obtainable were secured. 1t was as
certained in operating that his case
was seriously complicated, there being
adhesion of the intestines, and his life
was despaired Of The doctors pro-
nounce that he could not possibly have
lived two weeks.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-31
PocAHoNTAs MAN LEAVES.
II. 3. Mcehee Ships Clothing Stock K
Eariham.

Special to Times Republican.
Pocahontas Aug. 31.-H. B. McGhee
packed his stock of clothing and
shipped same to Earlham, iowa, where
he will continue business.
At the Rolfe carnival the ball games
were as follows: Rolfe 0, Pocahontas
2: Plover 6. Humboldt 2. The crowd
was not very large.
The c., R. I. & P. railroad is put
ting in cement crossings in place of
the old wooden ones. All our wooden
walks are being discontinued as fast
as the workmen can put In cement.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-31
MISTAKES ACID EoR WHISKY.
As Result Sioux City Man, Nelson
Swanson, is Dead.

Swanson, is Dead.
Special to Times Republican.
Sioux City. Aug. 31.-Mistaking a
bottle Of carbolic acid for a flask Of
whisky, Nelson Swanson, contractor,
took his last drink yesterday. He arose
shortly after o'clock, walked into the
kitchen OF his home at 1919 Fourth
street. took half pint flask from a
shelf and drank. He sat down on
chair and his wife came and saw the
empty bottle. She called to her son
who Immediately recognized the empty
bottle as that which had contained car
bolic acid.
IF you had given him some whisky
or alcohol at once you might have
saved his life" said the physician who
was called 700 late to be of assistance.
Swanson died within half an hour after
drinking the poison. There was only
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-31
oscEoLA COUNTY COURT.
Two Important State Cases On Docket
for Next Term.

for Next Term.
Special TO Tlmes-Republican.
sibley, Aug. 31.--The September term
of the Osceola county district court
convenes at Sibley next Monday, Sep
TENDER O. There are sixty-six cases
on the docket for the said term, two OF
which are state cases, twenty nine old
cases, tWenty-three new cases, twelve
probate cases. The state cases are
against Ed Anderson for assault and
John Greff for obtaining money under
false pretenses, this case being trans
ferred from plymouth county on
change of Venue
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-31
Is YOUR SLEEP
REFRESHING?

REFRESHING?
Or do you get up feeling just about as
tired as when you went to bed? Nine
times out of ten you can blanc it on
the stomach and bowels, but when
there is one sure remedy for all such
ailments and that is
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-31

"Trenton. Mo-. May rs, lso7-To any
one IL, need Of a competent auctioneer,
Il would most heartily recommend Col.
NJ. NJ. Kendall, Of Marshalltown, Iowa
have watched Mr.. Kendall both In the
school room and at sale yard conduct
ing real sales, while attending the
Missouri Auction School. We found
him to be honest, Industrious and sober.
He is a man with very pleasing ad-
dress while on the block and will make
( s., I'd" wherever an opportunity Is af-
forded. i Respectfully,
4 w. B. CARPENTER"
President Dunlap State Bank.
Also President Missouri Auction School.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-31
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS

1t will strengthen the stomach, open UP
clogged bowels, induce refreshing sleep
and cure Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Poor
Appetite, ccstiveness orsFsmale Ills. :
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-14

LII lOOLA OoIhc1A AhN1 tAAO
nurse after the manner Of her kind,
was wailing and moaning, and Mrs.
Davis, knowing her husbands nervous
nature, tried to quiet her, that she
might not add to his suffering.
"Catharine, you must stop that
screaming! You must stop that
screaming!" she said.
Mr.. Davis opened the door and said,
LET her scream" Then he turned
back to his solitary walking, wishing,
perhaps, that he, too, could vent his
sorrow and tighten his burdens in
some human way.
We stood near him at the grave.
Mrs. Davis Madonna face was white
and drawn with all mothers suffer
ing, but Mr.. Davis seemed to me the
very personification of grief, agony,
and pain, without one outward sign, a
tear, the quivering of muscle even.
All about him mourners were Sob
bing for his grief, and the sound of the
James river dashing over the rocks
came up to us in the golden flashing
of the setting sun. There were great
many children, all bringing flowers,
and each with bunch of evergreen.
There was one little girl with an
apronful of white violets. She went
directly to the gray haired man stand
ing so still and erect by the grave and
said to him:
"Joe and I were watching these
violets coming out all last week, and
I've picked them, every one, for him."
Mr.. Davis bent over, lifted her in
his arms, held her over the grave and
whispered to her. She opened the
apron and let the white violets fall up
on all that remained of little Joe AS
he set her down and stepped back, Mr..
Davis drew his hands slowly across
his eyes. His burdens were almost
greater than he could bear.
Less than year later we were sit
ting in st. Pauls in the midst of COM
munion service, when a letter from the
secretary of war was handed to the
president. I think we were all watch
ing him. How could we help it in
that terrible hour? We saw him read
the letter, then calmly rise and leave
the church with all the dignity that
was always his. But We knew. Dr.
Minnergerode instantly began fer
vent prayer, and our sObs and cries
went up with it. We knew that some
great calamity had thrown a black
veil across the sunlight of that beauti-
full morning, and were not surprised
when we learned later that the letter
from the secretary of war had an
nounced the impending fall of the
capital.
Civil war brings with it conflicting
entanglements. One of the men
whom Davis most highly esteemed
was President Lincoln. They were
born the same year and within few
miles of each other in the same state.
In childhood one was taken north, the
other south, leaving the world to won
der what the result would have been
in history had they each taken an op-
pos1te direction-so much depends up
on the accident of environment. But
their whole lives were interviewer.
At the opening of the Black Hawk
War General Scott sent Lieutenant
Davis to Dixon, Illinois, to muster the
state troops into the service of the
nation nnd tho 1yo,,ncr
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-14
this evenin.
with me in


not because, = as my night, but be-
cause it was the last time that ever
saw real happiness in the thin, earnest
face. | had good look at it, too, for
Mr.. Davis and his wife were presented
imediately after the generals family.
He was just free, gallant gentleman
that night. AS he said, he had come
to enjoy. But clouds, public and pri-
vate, were gathering, and soon enough
there was no longer the possibility to
forget. I saw him often in sadness
and suffering after that, but never
again with a look of real happiness
lighting his face.
The power Of Mr.. Davis sympathy
was perhaps his greatest charm. All
who knew him in those days saw and
felt great deal of that. On March
"a, 1864, the park at the Capitol
grounds was filed with emaciated, hol-
lowed eyed, restless men, our returned
prisoners, and the friends who had
come to meet them. Mr.. Davis spoke
to them, not as president addressing
his people, or a commander in chief
his soldiers, but precisely as a father
welcoming back his children who had
reached home again out of great peril
Never had the tones of his wonderful
voice been more tender and heart
moving than that day. But his voice
was always, like himself, something
unique; possessed of a charm that
he ~
Years later my little boy, after listen
ing to Mr.. Davis during call, asked:
Mamma, what has Mr.. Davis got
in his throat that makes his talk
sound so musiky?"
His Penetrating Voice.
1t was so soft that it could hold
no1ing that would jar on the most
sensitive ear, yet he found no diff
Guilty in filling spacious halls, as some
who still remember his burning elo-
quence in the United States senate can
testify. But those who realized that
music best were the friends to whom
he came in the great crises of life
We can never forget the music that
CHIllIcu US Ill CuOS0 IuOu10uCS.
On May 10, during the heavy bur-
dens of the last year of the war, the
saddest company gathered in the pres
ident's mansion, attending the funeral
of little Joe, the fathers favorite, who,
in perfect health, had fallen from a We
randa to the brick pavement and been
killed. It was Sunday morning, and the
president was called from the church
In time Of service to receive the sad
news.
There were four children Three of
them were as unmanageable as chill
dren could we'll be, but little Joe work
ed like hero to be balance wheel
One evening when the president was
holding cabinet meeting in the IL
brary and Mrs. Davis was giving a re-
ception, the children were romping up
stairs in way that proved wholly be-
yond both Joe and the nurse and Joe did
what many a hero in difficulty has
done before. He knelt down and
prayed:
''Dear Lord, do take hold and help
me manage the children! Father and
mother have got the Confederacy and
society on their hands and they
haven't any time, and I can't do it by
myself"
ApO+hor ovan;po xrybo ON "a x,,oz III
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-14
Memories Of Jefferson Dtslls.
BY LA sALLE coRBELL PIcre oF.


There was no pomp or strut in his
movement, neither was there anything
uncertain. His walk was wonderful.
1t was poetry, music, grace. 1t was
just what presidents walk ought to
be, but seldom is. Often on Sundays
after that watched him at st. Pauls
church, and whenever I saw him on
horseback I was fascinated by the
beautiful unaffected harmony and
grace of every motion.
He took Gen. Pickett's left hand and
pressed it, laying it gently down on
the arm of the chair to avoid Earring
him, as he seated himself, asking,
"How soon will you be able to go
back? We need you in the field"
81 should like to go tomorrow" re-
piled the general; at which the presi-
dent shook his head.
He gave the general brief account
of the fighting which had followed the
battle of Gaines Mill, praising his
brother, Capt. Charles Pickett, who
had been wounded by carrying the
flag on foot after his horse had been
shot under him. I remember how his
eyes flashed as he said: 81 am too
much soldier to keep out of it in this
way. I wanted to be in the fray. I
would much have preferred to fight in
the fields rather than in the council
chambers. I had gone out to consult
with the generals, when the artillery
duel between Jackson and Franklin
began. I barely missed being acci-
dentally killed, and they carried me
off, may say, by force"
Then they began to talk of years
before when they fought together in
Mexico
Meeting Him "OfficiaIIy."
I never met Mr.. Davis Officially"
till the evening of September 16, 1863,
the night Of my wedding reception. OF
all who came to greet the child bride
of the beloved general, Mr.. Davis and
his cabinet were almost the only ones
who wore civilians evening dress. In
those days the men were all soldiers,
and the women were all sacrificing
everything to help. Very little, in
deed, was to be had even for money,
to eat, drink, or wear. Through the
kindness of friends at the north, my
wedding dress had been smuggled
through the lines for me, and it was
something so unusual that after greet
ing me Mrs. Davis remarked:
Dear me! Where did you get those
clothes?"
Turning to the general, smiling, Mr..
Davis said:
Where did you get the little lady
who is in the clothes?"
The editor Of The Richmond Exami-
ner was standing across the room. He
had been mercilessly assailing the
president and the administration.
Mrs. Davis called her husbands atten-
tion to his presence there, but Mr.
Davis instantly replied:
''Let us not look that way, my dear
We have come tonight to look at
beautiful things and think pleasant
thoughts
The generals sister suggested TAX
ing the president and his wife to the
dining room.
"Have you really something to eat
there?" Mr.. Davis asked; for in truth
1t was no longer expected. "Cold water
haI1S' had hacOmo tho r111n Whon che
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-14


of cannon, the cheering and applause,
and suddenly there flashed across the
sky in flaming letters the two names,
Jefferson Davis and Franklin Pierce.
Across the sky Of my memories one
of those two names still flashes with
dazzling brilliance.
History has done it's worst, and it's
best, for Jefferson Davis, just as dur
ing his life Fate did for him her best
ahuSwoast / have no wish or will to
,discuss che political issues which sent
- SheI 4 luent orator, the brilliant
stV. IS, j, the noble man, out of the
Il r1sinFere Destiny was calling him
toShigS SSr-to the highest heights. I
have ftrgotten them. His aims and
an1nlHdhs, garbled perhaps and often
= assly misrepresented, are borne
la%&. upon the tide of history. Only
= Aracter, the man, live in my
ygo9Sg, ygow9Sg, something as much revered
- in that long ago when had
80 fortune to see much of him
hNw him we'll. And of that, of
q Aersonal memories of Jefferson
d. bT am always glad to speak.
OF that first memory, only one Incl
dent remains-a curious incident I
had been told that Mr.. Davis had lost
an eye, and when they took me to see
the great man. in real flesh and blood
after the letters of fire I only remem-
ber looking most eagerly at his face
and experiencing a sense of surprise
at not being able to discover that an
eye was missing The disappointment
of expectation, however, was more
than balanced by the pleasure it gave
me to see that earnest, soulful face
which won my childish trust, as it won
the admiring confidence of older
people.
When Three Were Crowd.
When next saw Mr.. Davis, it was,
at the time, with a feeling of mex
pressible vexation. He was president
of the Confederacy then, having been
elected to the Office by a single vote
over Robert Toombs. 1t was in July,
1862, just after the battle of Gaines
Mill. Gen. Pickett, to whom I was en-
gagged, had been severely wounded and
"1O oI hA0 IOLAO III AbAShInOAOs WIS
returning from school in the care of
that noble, self sacrificing, but most
unfortunate clergyqmen, Parson
Brownlow, and was so eager to see the
general that his sympathetic heart
yielded and he took me for brief call
on the way. had hardly taken a seat
by the man l loved when President
Davis was announced, and I saw the
precious minutes slip away while he
occupied my chair and I sat in cor
ner beside the generals sister,
In spite of the very green glasses
through which l looked, I could not
help seeing the man and forming a
mental picture of him which through
life and death has grown ever bright
er, more vivid and revered. His very
entrance into the room captivated me.
He was tall and extremely thin but
there was a dignity and grace about
him which is inexpressible. He was
type of the old south, cultivated, re-
fined, a brilliant conversationalist.
His eyes were clear and of blue gray
color, his forehead high, nose straight,
lips thin and compressed, chin point
ed, and cheek bones high. Deep inter-
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-08-29
An Appreciated Kindness.

Being oyerrun with Job work
with four extra pages to the New
Democrat and 1900 copies, with ,
diminished Office force, we were com
PEELED to call on the Crittender
Record Press office, at Marion. foi
help, which was readily given Us and
Tor which We place ourselves under
lasting obligations to the genial
popular 5. NJ. jenkins, the editor,
who sent US one Of his best men.
Vernon Oakley.
This is not the first time that
Mr.. jenkins has rendered us assist.
ance, no wonder the Record Press
is one of the best aud most popular
papers in Kentucky. 1t could not
be otherwise with such man at the
helm. -Sturgis News Democrat.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-08-29
Boy Orator.

Cmphrey Lee addressed about SOC
people at the Tabernacle lat Thurs.
day night He spoke 90 temperance
For one Of his age, be was well ny
on his subject and spoke with auency
and ease. He is fourteen years Of
age aud is accompanied by his father,
a native Of Barren county, this state.
His father was a second cousin Of
Gen. X. T.. Lee.
After singing and a prayer by
Rev. II. y. Smith, Umphrey wa in.
troduced in az eloquent little speech
by Lieut.. Stanly BAssett A nice
sum was dropped into the basket at
the entrance as the people passed in
to the auditorium. The Electric
Light company charged the young
orator almost nothing for lighting N
the building. We learn that young
Lee is on the platform for the pur.
pose Of raising money with which to
90 to Palestine. -Hopkiusvillc Ken.
tuckian.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-08-29
HEALED OF SEVERE MALADY
Lady tlghb-Tvo Years Of age Does her
own Work and was Cured BY
Christian Science
From Henderson Gleaner.)


Editor Daily Cleaner:
1t was my pleasure few days age
to entertain for a day Mrs. Olive Par.
ker, of Chicago, I'll.
Mrs. Parker will be remembered as
the widow of the late Asa Parker and
mother Of Mrs. Fannie Walker aud
John Parker. with whom she makes
her home.
Mrs. Parker states that five years
ago she was healed of a severe malad y
under Christian Science treatment
and never uses medicine of any ma
terial remedies now. Does not feel
weak or debilitated at all does her
own washing because she can do il
better than the family laundress
churns, bakes pies, etc, because It
is a pleasue to work. Mrs. Parker
also says that she eats three meal,
per day, anything she desires and as
much as she wishes and sleeps well
all night, every night and never ha.
an ache or a pain Of any kind
Mrs. Parker uses glasses aud la,
slight defect in her hearing, sits
erect and walks rapidly with ease IN
heg old patura! manner Her y0SS
is a. firm and clear, her mind as &C.
tive as when | last met her, twenty
five years ago.
Mrs. Parker has nursed several
eases OF consumption and he malay
Of which she was healed through
Christian Science was an advanced
chronic catarrh, also cough that
was so severe a. to keep her awake
almost all night and other ailment'
which required the constant use q
medicine. She now stays well, is
active and feels young At cighty-tvo.
The prayer Of faith shall save the
sick aud the Lord shall raise him Up,
and II he hath committed SIN tley
shall be forgiven him. james l5
Sincerely
:. Isabel Ward.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-08-29
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6aIsn DIXON "Sturnsd. -

Last Tuesday night, Aug. 20. a
merry party Of boys and girls storm.
ed Galen Dixon. The party va.
given IN honor Of Miss Mary Louise
Myers, o. Cnder, who j. visiting
MIS- Marion Clement. Mr. Dixon
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~ the guests arrived they were
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by Mis- Allie May Yates. They
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Misses Mary Louise Myers, OF
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Dixon and Orlin Moore, Homer
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Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-08-29
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