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The Columbus journal., 1908-07-01
ALBION.

From the News.
George Flynn. of Columbus. visited
his uncle, VIM. Sullivan aud family last
week.
Ms. Hereford, who Vas operated
upon Monday by DR.. Evans OF Colum-
bus. and DR.. Burrus for appendicitis. is
doing as we'll a. could be expected at
this time. Her case has been very SER
ious and recovery will be slow at the
best.
The old settlers association Of Boone
county will hold their annual meeting
ON August 18th. 1t is expected that
Gov. Sheldon will be the principal
speaker for the occasion, he having pro-
missed to be here unless prevented by
official duties. The requisite for mem.
bership is residence in Boone county
Of twenty five years. Every such re-
sident should become a member.
MIR. and Mrs. A. Becker we're given
a royal send-of Monday morning as
they started on their honeymoon trip
to Iowa. Rice and old shoes we're very
conspicuous. Their baggage was also
placarded with the announcement that
they were just we'd. Hand bills Of a
similar nature we're passed through the
cars. Everybody was good natured and
wished the young couple q plessent trip.
Complaints we're filed in county court
Monday agains. James Haire and Bud
Stoneking charging the former with sell
ing cigar on Sunday aud the latter
with disposine of dish Of ice cream
and root beer the same day. These are
the first complaints 6le'i for violation Of
the Sunday closing law since County
Attorney Needhsm sent out his notices
that the Law would be enforced here.
The Columbus journal., 1908-07-01
ITEMS OF
INTEREST
CENTRAL CITY.
From the Nonpareil.

. From the Nonpareil.
Judge Hollenheck announced his de-
cision in the Chapman saloon case Tues
day aud it was favorable to year OF
irrigation in the town to the west Of us.
The cOnrt held the petition TO he good
and sufficient, the issue being over the
eligibility OF the signers.
The severe storm which visited Ne
braska Monday night did considerable
damage in this county. particularly
north Of town where q streak about a
mile aud half wide WAS devastated by
hail aud wind. The hail was not SO
heavy but the terrific wind which &C
companied it drove it with such force
that small grain was considerably in
jured. The worst OF the storm seemed
to center about eight miles north. The
house on ''Toot" Traver's farm, occupied
by J. Mack was unrOOfed and the interior
thoroughly drenched. The building was
also badly racked. At Jas. Reynolds
place mile west the house was not
damaged but thirty eight big cotton
wood trees were blown down and they
fell SO close to the house that neighbOrs
had to call the next morning and with
teams and saws clear way for Mr.. Rey-
nolds and family to get out. Barns were
blown down on the Lumadue. kennard
and Fish farms and on the Scudder place,
which is occupied by J. n. Johnston, q
corn-crib was demolished. 1t is estima-
ted that the wheat is damaged from one
third to one half. The corn was cut of
but is will probably not be seriously
damaged.
The Columbus journal., 1908-07-01
PLATTE CENTER

From the Signal.
W. n. Shea OF Columbus was renew
ing acquaintances in these parts Sstur-
day and Sunday.
Leo Hennessey arrived home from Co.
lumbus Monday evening. where he had
been the past week.
Mrs. Clarence Gerard came mp from
Columbus Saturday morning to spend q
few days with the home folks.
Mrs. Fred Ripp and baby came up
from Columbus Wednesday evening to
visit some time with her father, M. E.
Cloiher.
Will Maher arrived here Sunday eve
ming from TeutOplis, Illinois where he 10
studying for the priesthood. He is
taking two months vacation.
Miss Mable Davis of Fullerton was
called here last Friday on account of the
The Columbus journal., 1908-07-01
FULLERTON.

From the Post.
DR.. w. b. Barber had . narrow escape
from death today. Just - We 60 t.
press We learn that he took . dose Of
chlorform by mistake and but for quick
medical aid would have died. He is
said to be out of danger now.
Ms. McKelvey is packing her house.
hold goods preparatory to moving away.
Miss Marguerite McKelvey gill give up
her position 1t the telephone Office next
Wednesday and she and her mother will
visit relatives at st. Edwsrd for time.
From there they will 60 to Columbus to
make their home. They leave many
friends here who together With the tele-
phone patrons will greatly regret their
departure.
The seven year cid son of Mr.. aud Nina
Noah Ruff across the L0up, was badly
stamped by a mule Sunday. The little
fellow was playing up in the hay loft
and dropped his cat down into the stall
where the mules were. He climbed
down 10 get it and frightened the mule
SO that it kicked him, knocking him
down and then stamping ON his head.
He was terribly bruised when rescued
and the scalp torn SD that thirty-two
stitches were required. He did not re-
gain consciousness till yesterday and the
doctors consider his condition still very
serious.
The Columbus journal., 1908-07-01
Farm For Sale.

The Kerr estate. 90 IA 1883 west, six
miles due north Of Monroe. Gall on or
address Mrs. O. r. Watts. Monroe. Neb.
The Columbus journal., 1908-07-01
GENOA.

Miss Hazel From of Columbus is visit
ing Genoa relatives this week.
Mn. c. d. Williams has been in Co.
lumbus a portion Of the week.
William ROsenthail of Columbus was
attending to some business matters here
Tuesday. -...-... -.-
Mn. Nels Olson came hone from the
Columbus hospital last Friday. The
physician thought an operation was
necessary 90 she returned to the hospi-
tai Tuesday whore che expects to re-
main eeveral weeks.
From the Leader.
John VauRht went to Columbus Tues
day with his youngest child for MEDICAL
treatment.
Mn. Andrew Larson went to C0lum-
bus Monday last for the purpose Of
having surgical operation performed.
Ross Richards was thrown from q COW
which he was riding while bringing it
from the pasture Tuesday evening and
broke his arm between the elbow and
wrist.
Report comes from Prairie Greek to
the effect that Clarence Mclean &C.
cidently killed bis four year old boy
Monday. He was chopping wood when
tho little fellow ran under the AZ aud
received blow on the head that caused
his death.
A small sized cyclone passed through
upper Skeedee and Woodville the lsst OF
the week. Several small buildings were
wrecked and the Methodist church was
damaged on Skeedee and at Woodville
it moved . barn from ito foundation and
blew down several small buildings for
Joe Apsar.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1908-05-10
Editorial
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tention to the fact that it has just
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issue of May 3 is number Of Volume
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tablished the paper as medium
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ployed as a writer at the time. Dur
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and when it was brought back to Lex
ington from Cincinnati it has been
continuously published without sus-
pension or omission. We now express
the hope that it may never reach that
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PREPARED FOR DEATH.


published at Columbus there appeared
a pictorial representation of Phineas
Gardener Wright, said to be one of
Putnam county's richest men, and
withal bachelor. The picture shows
him sitting by the side of massive
marble monument which he has de-
signed and had made to be placed over
the spot that is destined to mark his
last resting place. On the face OF
the monument is carved the following
epitaph:-
'fGoing, but l know not where,
Never beat but by women"
The report also states that he has
had the interior of his tomb well
stocked with cigars and whiskey for
the entertainment of his friends when
the end comes, and we are told that
Mr.. Wright has said that all he now
has to do to be "holy" is to clay
down and die"
To many of the timid hearted this
may sound sacrilegous. And yet but
little wonder need be expressed.
There is nothing in death, save the
eternal separation from those we love,
that should bring terror to the heart
or fill the eyes with tears. Death is
but an eternal sleep and in the grave
we find a rest from the sings OF out
rageous fortune and the trials Of life
with which men and women are so
constantly beset in the world. Sat
isfaction with life would suggest
fearless encounter with death. The
consciousness of a human duty done,
of human work achieved. rob death
of all its fancied terrors and if he who
is to enter the dark portals does not
object, but actually insists that his
friends shall make merry, it is his
business and others have no right to
interpose an objection.
But how true, how beautifully true,
is the first line of that epitaphY Go
ing, but l know not where" Not even
the most devout Christian can tell why
he came here, where he is going to
and what he will do when he gets
there. He may proclaim his birth a
mystery, his life struggle and bat
tie, but his death is certainly a leap
in the dark
Thousands stretch forth their hand
grasping at a prismatic bubble BURST
ing on the crest of receding wave.
Life is the bursting Of bud. This is
the very essence of Freethought. Its
philosophy is the philosophy Of life:
Death comes in withered flower and
in this we see picture of Christi
anity. When the sun has reached its
zenith it must descend. So it is with
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That subscription blank is now long
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number not heard from.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-07
SUICIDE By SUGGESTION
Head Of State Anti-suicide Club
Takes Probably Fatal Dose
of Poison
WAS SALVATION ARMY WORKER
Bris.disr Scott Girard Takes Poison
Secured From Person Whom He
Dissuadsd From Destroying Himself
Writes Dying Emotions-Can Not
Recover.
Special to Times-Republlcan.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Sept AS result of
mental suggestion, physicians say.
Btigadier Scott Girard, head of the an :
ti-suicide bureau of the Volunteers Of
America, tried to kill himself by swal-
lowing fifty, strychnine pellets, which
had been taken from man diss,iaded
from suicide during the day, and turn
ing on the gas after closing all OPEN
ings.
While letter to his wife in Chi
cago lay sealed before him Girard be-
gan to write of his feeling as death
crept over him, and continued the NOR
bid study in death until he became I'M
conscious. He was rescued only when
wedding party of friends came for
him two hours afterward and was TAX
en- to a hospital. The doctors have lit
tie hope OF his recovery.
Five sheets of manuscript were de-
voted to describing his emotions. and
after he had written:
II feel my wife's arms about me. My
head whirls. Her lovely face Is turn
Ing to that of an old bag; the teeth
grow long. The flesh shrivels from
the skull; see every bone. know the
face 1t is the picture of death. I choke.
rise to inhale the gas from the open
let Devils crowd"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-07
CHERRY OLD COUPLE.
Find Grape Nuts q Blessing.

After one is seventy, the question Of
nourishment Is a. very delicate one.
When old age comes ON we do not
need 50 much food as during the more
active years, but the digestive organs
are very sensitive and care must be
exercised In its selection.
No food has the strength giving pro-
pea,ties and is so easy to digest by old
and young as Grape Nuts.
''For years have been troubled with
dyspepsia-for one period, eight years
writes our aged minister.
81 finally began using Grape Nuts
and have had no trouble with my
stomach since, feel perfectly well and
strong, and tho am II years old ] feel
like a boy.
"Then, too, my wife has been trou-
bled for years witch bilfousness and sick
headaches. Since she began to use
Grape Nuts, about eight weeks ago, she
has no further trouble.
"s,tle is quite we'll and strong, mucn
more CHEEKY and happy than in other
years, Grape Nuts and Postum occupy
an important place ON our breakfast
table. and in oar daily food. 1t would
be hard for me do tell what We owe to
Grape Nuts
There's ReasPn."
Name given by postum Co.. Battle
Creek. Mich. Read The Road to Well
VILE" in pkgs.
y EyAr read the abo letter! a new
onas -ppears from tin 70 time; They
interest.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-07
FROM ALL OVER IOWA

and one great grandchild. They are all
on the picture The children come from
the following families: John Mooty,
four boys, Tom Mooty, three boys and
one girl, John Copley, four boys and
five girls, James Miller, four boys and
one girl. Tom Copley, two boys and
four girls, ]. H. Long, of Kansas, two
boys and three girls, l.. M. Hostetter
one girl, Will Copely, great grandchild.
Story City.
Tosten Nicholson elder brother OF
Supervisor j. A. Nicholson and himself
in his earlier years a resident Of this
county died, Tuesday, Sept. 1, at the
home in Hamilton comfy northwest of
Story City. He was 81 years of age and
native Of Norway. He came to this
country and county in 1872 and resided
in Milford and Howard township until
1881 when he removed to Hamilton
county where he has since resided.
Eagle Grove.
j. Nc Donough of this city received
1892 from the United States Fidelity
and Guarantee Company Of Balti-
more, Md, to satisfy judgment in
his favor awarded by the federal court
at Fort Dodge. This case has an inter
esting history. Mr.. McDonough was
severely burned and scalded in the
Great Western shops at oelwein June
"a, 1904, by the explosion of a $50
horse power boiler.
Anamosa.
Two alarming accidents, with prac-
tically no serious results, occurred the
latter part of last week. While George
Schoonover was sitting under the sky
light in his library, the pull used to
raise or lower the heavy glass in some
way become entangled in his clothing,
and q shower Of sharp. jagged pieces
of glass at once enveloped him. One
piece pierced his clothing and pene
trated the flesh near the knee, and this
was practically the only wound, which
was astonishing, since about thirty
small pieces of glass were removed
from his hair. The other accident oc-
Cured at the reformatory, where Err
nest Brown, an inmate, fell from the
top of twenty-foot wall into the
pump house, striking in his descent a
2x12 plank and breaking it. and
alighted on one of the pumps. Physic-
ally, at least, he is a tough customer,
as not even bone was broken.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-07

doing him good turn by helping him
get his hat, but perhaps he might have
been little Off when calling for the
hat
Leo Taylor. of Wall Lake, salesman
for Cudahy Packing company, OF Sioux
City. one of the Oldest and best known
meat men in western Iowa, was called
upon last Tuesday to part with Mrs.
Taylor, who passed away. Brother
Taylor has the sympathy of his many
friends in his sadness.
A new company organized some few
months ago in Des Mones for sickness
indemnity for Commercial travellers
only, Is growing at a rapid pace. The
members of the board of directors are
some of the best and leading travellers
in Des Moines, and the promptness in
which they pay their claims ought to
be an incentive for the boys to join.
l.. r. Feinberg. salesman for Rice,
Friedman company of Milwaukee, re-
turned home Friday from a two weeks
visit at the house. MIR. Feinberg was
dSSoIIIpdHieu Ny HIS WAc Stuu uetu6A-
ter.
The prospect for good fall business
was never better than it Is at the pres
ent time, and travelling men who cover
Iowa territory are very jubilant.
The meeting of all the travellers and
managers of the different houses OF
the Western Grocer company in our
city last Saturday surely can not help
but be great benefit to all. The boys
started out today feeling as If they
were in closer touch with the manage
ment, and can not help but do better
work.
The many friends of Joe visek. with
Britain & Co, of our city. are won
dering why he Is SO much taken up
with business at Belle PLANE. From
what we hear. no one can blame him
for sticking strictly to business In or
der to get all he can there.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-07
Britt Restaurantsur Arrested.

Britt, Sept. IA raid by the county
officials upon the restaurant of Frank
o'Rourke secure bottles OF
liquid labels parkling Dew" Jus
tus Beers walker Beer" and the
proprietor -,Vas placed under arrest for
selling alleged intoxicants.M Mr.. O. Rourke
was loud in his protestations that he
was selling, a temperance drink and
showed by his guarantee from the
wholesale house that the liquor con-
tanned less than IL per cent OF alco-
hol
Along with Mr.. o'Rourke, his clerk,
s. o. Durr, was also arrested, and at
ter hearing both were held to the
grand jury. Within q few days 9 mum
Der 1Af the connoisseurs will be invited
in ia. test the beer rs to whether 1t will
pass muster or not with the Iowa pro-
hibitOry law.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-07

turned on the current at the motor
mans switch and the car started down
the track west. The mother tried to
turn it off but did not succeed and fear
ing an accident took the child and
jumped off the car. The car crashed in
to an empty coal car on the track and
badly demolished.
Odeboit.
Walter Sisk has patch Of Wethers-
field onions, comprising a little more
than an acre, from which he expects a
yield of over 400 bushels. They are Of
unusually fine quality, and as the mar
ket price is now s1.75 per bushel, he
expects to beat the record Of the pop
corn growers for an acre value Of pre-
duct.
Milford.
Last Monday p. j. Christensen sold
the Wide Awake restaurant to M. L..
Weibel, who has already taken posses
sion. Pete found that his business
here and at Primghar conflict so that
he must give up one or the other and
he believed that the prospects of a
good hotel at that place were more
promising than restaurant here.
Fairfield.
"A barn on the farm of ]. M. Cal
houn, in Center township, was struck
by lightning Monday afternoon and
burned to the ground. Mr.. Calhoun was
at home at the time, and saved horses,
harness and other articles which were
in the building, except about twenty
tons Of hay. The loss is estimated at
1000, with insurance in the Jefferson
County Mutual.
Abba.
Tuesday afternoon the firm alarm
called out the department ito subdue
a confaEration at the home of DR.. i.
e. Clutch in the southwest part OF the
city. The company made a quick run
but the fire wss so severe that practic-
ally all Of the interior Of the residence
was destroyed before they could get
water onto the flames. They saved the
frame of"the house, but the contents
and the interior are practically gone.
Grundy Center.
c. C.. Frost took a picture Monday
Of the grandchildren of the John Mil
l]er family OF Washington township.
There are thirty-ive grandchildren
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-07
HAD pREMohIT,oN OF FATE.
Peculiar Incident Preceding Fireman
Longs Last and Fatal Run.


Special to Times Republican.
Iowa Falls, Sept. ibid Fireman
Long, who was killed in the accident on
the st. Paul & Des Moines road, near
Des Moines, last week. have a pre-
monition that something was about to
happen? For some time, he had been
firing on an engine In the company's
gravel pit, but had been called in to
take place on the regular freight run
between Mason City and Des Moines..
In leaving home. he expressed him
SELF to his wife as unwilling to go out.
and intimated that he guessed he
would quit the job. He is said to have
come back three times and kissed his
wife and child goodbye. The next
news to come. to the home he had
left but few hours before. was that
the husband and father had been
killed. The wife is said to be SO bad
ly shocked by the death of her hus-
band that she Is still dazed. and does
not seem to comprehend what has
happened She tells her friends and
neighbors that her husband will be
home tomorrow"