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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-03-05
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Carter will
spend Sunday in Omaha with
relatives.
Harry Allstrand will be the
guest Of Omaha friends tomor-
row.

MIR. and Mr.. Geo. Richardson
have all their children at home
today, the first time for many
years. There are nine girls
and four boys in the family.
A groupe photograph will be
taken of the family.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-03-05

VlROf alIU CHcerIul-
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out of order or dis
eased.
Kidney trouble has
become SO prevalent
that it is not uncoil-
mon for a child TO he
born afflicted with
weak Kidneys 1.-THE
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-03-05
W. ]. Lansing, of Chicago,
re presenting Nonotuck Silk Co
was in the Valley today the
guest of II. II. Dickman.

\. V. BIRD, OF this city, has
been elected Valadictarian Of
the graduating law class of Ann
Arbor law school. Mr.. Bird is
a Mo. Valley boy that we are
proud of. He finishes at the
law school this year and grad
yates in June.
Geo. Mace, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. M. Mace, of California
Junction, came very near losing
his life Thursday evening while
cut hunting along the Missouli
River. He was cut on the ice,
thinking he was over a SAND
bar, the ice suddenly gave way
and he went into the water ov.
er his head. He caught on the
edge of the ice and pulled him
self out, the "skeerdest" boy in
the state.
There was a very large crowe
in town today, the farmers no
being able to do any work
Trading was brisk in all the
stores.
Miss Nina Smith. the mill
ner, will open her millinery
shop in the Peoples Store Tues
day morning.
The farmers sale at Evans
livery barn today, was a sue
cess. A large crowd was pres
ent.
DR.. DeVore reports the brit
of a daughter to Mr.. and Mrs
Shelton at Cradle, Iowa, las
levening.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-03-05

Mrs. Anna Bush Boyd was
born Nov. 10, 1861, in Atcbison
County, Missouri, and died at
Fremont Hospital, Fremont,
Nebr., Feb. 26, 1908, being at
the time of her death, as, 3 mo.
and Z days of age.
She was married to ]. w.
Boyd, Nov. l3, 1878. To this
union were born four children,
one dying in infancy,
She leaves to mourn ! or
/; loss three children, Mrs. S H.
Pugh ard Arthur Boyd, os
Aberdeen, S d, and Miss Alta
Boyd, of this place; also twc
brothers and a sister, Jos pf1
Bush. of Hamburg, James Bush
of N braska City, and Mrs
Eliza Chsisti.n, Of I.:ncolo
Nebr., besides mum .roas o'ha,
relatives and a host Of friends
Funeral was held from
the Christian church conducted
by Rev. Hutchinson, Of Miss our
Valley, interrment at Rose
Hill cemetery, Missouri Valley
Iowa.
Tho local Northwestern yards
was full of immigrants last
evening enroute to Nebraska
and western states. There
were several trainloads of then
and they were accompanied b,
their household goods.
Mrs. c. R. Neitzsch was ar
Omaha passenger to Omaha
this morning.
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A large number of Modale
people accompanied the remain!
Of Mrs. Boyd to Mo. Valley thi.
afternoon. Quite a few people
of this city will remember the
deceased as the woman who
had charge of the culinary de
partment on the Allen Gre. l
dredge.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-03-05

v
were exceedingly
fine.
The Harvard freshman who
when a policeman told him and
his companions to stop splitting
on the sidewalk, replied defian-
thy: eve are law students,
and we know the law" was TAX
en- into court later and learned
more practical law in fifteen
minutes han the law school
could teach him in a week.
J. G. Martin left this after
noon for Imogene and Shenan-
DOM where he will visit friends
and relatives for a few days.
Upton Myers of Modale was
lin the Valley this afternoon at
tending the Boyd funeral.
F. L. Stoddard informs us
that he made an assignment
today of his business in this
city to The Byrne Hammer Dry
Goods Company, of Omaha.
Mrs. r. w. Harvey entertain
ed the Kensington Club this
afternoon at her home on East
Erie steet.
j. H. Schwalm, proprietor of
the Ideal Bakery, is finding
business very good for just
commencing. He is fixing up
his place in good shape and ex-
poets to receive his share of
the trade in the town.
Miss Flossie Henderson, of
Loveland was shopping in the
Valley yesterday.
Harry Way made a business
trip to Logan this morning.
Jim Williams is reported sicl
with pneumonia today.
Rev. Lew C. Harris will re
main with the Christian churcl
of Logan for another year, hav
ing been reelected at a meet
ing last week.
4 H. j. Farlow, of Logan ha
bought the John Berry HON
in that town and will take pos
session about April LIST.
Mrs. A. E. Buriff is reported
as quite sick at the parsonage
F. M. Hoyer made a bushes
trip to Woodbine this morning
returning after dinner.
The banner secured by til
Tribe If Ben Hur is being dis
played in the window of Cal
isles clothing store. We hop
the lodge may be able to retail
it permanently.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-03-05

In a letter roc aivcd this
morning from cur sor. Frank
Harris, he informs us that h.
has bought a country home or
Long Island Sound, forty miles
from New York City, and will
hereafter be a "commuter."
He has been made general
manager of the Cahil Telhar-
monium Co, of New York City.
Mrs. w. j. Burke and hel
guest Mrs. Walter j. Hyland
are Omaha visitors today.
Grant Rogers, of Fremont,
was in the Valley last evening.
D. M. Harris, who has been
quite sick for several days
threatened with pneumonia, is
considerably better today.
Ed Casey returned yesterday
from Oaks, North Dakota
where he had been called b1
the illness of his father, who il
past seventy-two. His father
was much improved when hi
left.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-03-05
Report of the Condition
OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK

at Missouri Valley. in the State of Iowa.
at the close of business, Feb. IL, 1898
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts ........ A.; 12aS on
0verirnt,a. secured and unsecured 1lu! Us
u. 8. bonds To secure circulation -. )HUD0 90
Banking house, furniture and fixtures 'ilti5 20
)ther real estatc owned ..... -. 1i.A rs
Due from national banks (not
rcsorve agents) ...... ..... ti,il Ga
Due from approved reserve agents.. 4iOi4 81
Checks and other cash items ..... ,Ga? 81
N't"s of other national banks, $50 90
fractional paper currency, nickc!s
and cents. ........ ........ .sG IS
lawful Nancy reserve in hank. viz
Hpeci" ........ ..Sl2l+o NJ
Legal tender notes. Stal5 O0 20l41 80
Redemption fund with U. s. treas
urer u per cent OF .iiculaton).. 25C0 90
Total ............. ........ 4tSsliO 81
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid iii -. ........ 5AO0O Ot
Surplus fund -. ........ ........ lOOtO W.
Undivided profits. less cxi enhes and
taxes paid ......... ........ ISL As
National hank notes omtsta,ding.... btD0. on
individual deposits subject to efeck. l0gil1 II
Demand certificates of dep. s,t...... 24l!t26 43
Total .......... ........ 46ss6O 81
etate of Iowa.
County of Harrison. NO.
l. Jno. g. Mc0avren. Cashier of tho above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the above
statement 10 true TO the best of my knowledge
and belief. JNo. b. Mo(lAynlN, Cashier
Subscr,hed and sworn to before me this 25
day of February 1908.
q. W. Kellogg. Notary Public.
Correct Nte,t:i
!ossph =. Blenkiron,
u. II. Deur, Director.
F0es,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-03-05
Women as We'll as Men Als Mads
Miserable by kidney and
Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon tile mind,
tliscouragesan and lessons ambition; beauty,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-03-05

Miss Ute Mckay and
guests, Mrs. DR.. Carr and son.
Vernon, of Denison were Oma-
ha passengers this morning.
They will attend the matinee
at the Boyd this afternoon,
Robert Edeson in "Classmates."
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-03-05
Saturday Feb 2 9

Clarence Miller came in from
Chicago this morning for an
over-sunday visit with his fam
lily.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-03-05
Yoemcn at Omaha

We take the following from
the Omaha Sunday Bee regard
ing a meeting of the Yoemen
in that city Friday evening last:
A class initiation and public en-
tertainment was given by the
Yoc:nen at its lodge rooms last
Friday evening when about 300
people were present.
Iowa was represented by
visitors from Albion, Des
Moines, Glenwood, Missouri
Valley, Sioux City and Logan.
Dnring the evening there was
some fine drilling by teams,
but the special feature was the
work done by one composed Of
twelve of "the fair sex" from
Missouri Valley, and their
maneuvers were exceedingly
fine.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-03-05

Abe Daniels will leave to-
morrow afternoon for Winnie
shiek county to visit friends
and relatives for a couple Of
weeks.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-03-05

cllildurina often, ifthe urine scalds
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an
age when it should be able to control the
passage, it is vet afflicted with bcd-wet-
ling, depend upon it, the cause of the diff
Guilty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to diseased condition of
the Kidneys and bladder and not to q
habit as most people suppose.
Women as we'll as men are made iuiser-
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and botl. need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect OF
Swamp.Root is SOON realized. It's sold
by druggists, i'll fifty Eyf
cent and one-dollar 1:s:::a
size bottles. You may =! 4! IiiE
have u sample bottle a4@sslg
bv mail free also a Home of swamp-tsoos
pamphlet telling all about Swamp Root,
including many of the thousands of testi-
monial letters received from sufferers
cured. In writing DR.. Kiliner s. Co.,
Bingllaimton, y. ", he sure and mention
this paper Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
Or. kil,ner's Swanlp-Root, and the adj
dress, Binghanton, n. ", OH every
bottle
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weeks.
Miss Ute Mckay and
guests, Mrs. DR.. Carr and son,
Vernon, of Denison were Oma-
ha passengers this morning.
They will attend the matinee
at the Boyd this afternoon,
Robert Edeson in "Classmates."
Fhilatl.ca and Baiaea.
Miss Ethel Tenant and Miss
Alice Heath, were hostesses to
the Philathea and Baraca soci-
cites of the Christian church,
last night, at the home of the
former, on w. 9th street. The
Iguests were met at the door
and directed to the dressing
rooms by Carrie Tenant. Aft
er several very interesting
games and numerous musical
selections, the guests were in
vited to the dining room where
a dainty two course lunch YVES
served. The rooms were at
tractively decorated in red and
green. At very late hour the
young people departed, declar-
ling they had had one of the
best times ever.
Mrs. C. R. Stout is visiting
her parents in Logan for a few
days.
Miss Paula Wilkie, formerly
la teacher in this city, was mar
ried Wednesday evening, Feb.
|26, to Mr.. Usher, at her home
in Spokane.
John Anderson, of the Peo-
pies store, purchased the H. M.
Huff residence on "Piety Hill.''
Mrs. Sherman Fox, of Cali
fornia junction, was a pleasant
caller today.
The Boyer river is higher at
| Loveland today than it has
been for two years.
Spec Beagle visited frinds in
Logan last night.
An Outlet. :
The Boyer cutoff ditch was
opened into the Boyer river
yesterday afternoon and the
water in the wer end of the
ditch fell about four feet in a
few hours. 1t is hoped the
ditch Will row carry the water
and ire OVERLOOKING of the land
! will be thing of the past.
Waller Wal 4 is in 'e
Boughton hospital, having un-
dergone an operation this morn
ing.
The following is a report Of
an editorial meeting at Creston,
Iowa. The idea of the state
paying for advertising for the
state fair was discuss d.
There is no good reason Why
the advertising should not be
paid for when the papers give
their space and time:
About fifty members of the
Southern Iowa, Editorial as: o.
citation met in semi annua; ses-
sion in this city today. One Of
the matters involving much dis
cusslon was the attitude of tie
state fair towards newspapers.
Editor Long of the Osceola Ser
tinel was one Of a committee
appointed to a conference with
the Acknowledgement and states
he believes newspapers would
be treated fairly. Probably
So, 900 would be appropriated
4 this year as a.starter for adver-
Using.
0A0ToREA.
a....a In kin1 Yoq Nm MN1ya n01d11
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-03-05
Friday Feb %

~, ". III uIlNISV. VI DOWOlu,
N. D., arrived in the Valley
last evening for a visit with
friends.
Thos. Frazier, who has been
visiting friends in this city fer
three months, left for his home
in Payette, Idaho, this mornir q.
The debate scheduled for
March 5th between Missouri
Valley and Bedford should GER
tainly bring out a crowd.
There is some considerable ex-
pense attached to the contest
and the citizens should be lib.
eral in their attendance.
c. A. Farlow, of Pueblo, Colo
RADIO, visited his brother, H. j.
Farlow, the first of the week.
Mr.. Farlow was called to Mis-
souri, Valley to see his sick
mother. Grandma Farlow, and
ran up here for a visit with his
brother and family. Logan
Gazette.
4 DR.. Boughton reports tn.
birth of a daughter to Mr.. ant
Mrs. Roy Filkins last night.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-03-05

by druggists, i'll fifty
cent and one-tlollar
size bottles. You may
have q salllple bottle
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-03-05

Grant Rogers, of Fremont,
was in the Valley last evening.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-01-03
"A Savings Bank Book

issued by The Old National
Bank will always remain
source Of satisfaction and COM
fort toits owner. 1t will
sour your temper by day, nor
haunt yourdreahis by night, like
bad loar or aSspeculative and
Improbable Investment into
which many are.lured through
get-rich-quick schemes that
are devised solely for the bene-
fit of the promoters.
On the other baud, this little
book will stand by you when
you are sick or otherwise in
need of help, and will be
!. staunch and valuable friend
when those of the fair wealth
er" variety are sure to desert
you.
The Old National Bank
is a safe Bank; Government SUI
pervision makes it so.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-01-03
Railroad Statistics.

The Interstate commerce commits.
sion has made public an abstract Of
it's nineteenth annual statistical report
covering the year ending June 80,
1906, showing the par value of rail-
way capital outstanding was $14,570,-
421,47S, or $67 1886 per mile of the rail-
ways in the United States. OF this
over SO per cent. paid. no dividends.
or the railways stock outstanding ST.
257,175,799 was owned by railway cor
porations and of railway bonds $641.-
~S05, 900 was 30 reported. The aggre-
gate gross earnings from the operated
mileage of 222,340 miles of lines were
s2,325, 765,io7, being $24S,2s2, 761 great
er than in 1905. Their operating ex-
penses we're Sf,,BS6,S77, 271, or $14e,-
/ 275119 more than lin 1905. The net
earnings aggregated $7SS 1881, 1896, an
increase Of ss7,OO7,S44. Deducting
fixed and other charges, the report
says 1885, 1S6,328 is the net income for
the year available for dividends or
surplus. There were s77507.sSS pas.
sengers carried. an increase Of over
s0,0O0,O0O, and l,641 .374.2l9 tons Of
freight carried, an increase OF over
| 202, 900 900.
The report shows that 1858 per.
sons were killed and 97,706 injured
There was a total Of 1.521,35 per
sons on the pay roll. The report
shows that one passenger was killed
| for every 2,227,0sl carried, while in
/ 1905 one was killed for every 1,s75,
| s56 One person was injured fol
! every 74.276. as against one In every
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-01-03
Paying tie Penalty.

ne Rev. Jere Knode Cook, the UNI
noked episcopal clergyman who last
J oalnmer eloped with pretty Floretta
hnIey. his ward. for whom he de-
eefted his wife, Is paying the PEN
~ of his sin. The rector has been
uu9arthed in San Francisco, where he
WzS found living quietly in a little
! JI&t with Floretta AS soon as their
essence became known. the newspa-
e{8 and curious persons began to
Md HIM. and they had to leave
little home and all they had been
10 accumulate. The bounded
and their child crept from their
home before .daybreak in ponr-
pin and sank into oblivion
III is great deal that is pa
tHc picture. Inc uhAi oSncu
flfer declares that three days aft
s had married his first wife he
byered he had made the greatest
IKE Of his life; that his wife
Fm6d him that she had married
1cf1Iy to further her own social
it'll I6ns and that such thing as
1lx6 I'D not enter into the PROPOSE
( (Ion. Cook was then rector of a fash
nn&ble and wealthy church on Lone
Islknd. He says that he lived witt
~ wife Life that was he'll for nine
Ijd years. Then he says, he came
~ know Florettn, and love shed thu
radiance Of happiness over his life.
There was nothing else in thu
World tor me them Cook says. :"
know have sinl,ed, but am human
! I'M ali other human beings, and
& - living a decent life and trying
W enjoy the average happiness AM
3 ~ average joys of the average man
E All ask is to be let alone
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-01-03

Mississippi than it is UP here in Mas
sachusetts. Capitalization ruled in
the days of creation, when all men
were created of one blood Nature ig-
nores state lines.
1.-The great historic type of the
south, the famous leaders of that Sec
ton, in the forum and the field, dc
not appear to have been any more i'm
lpulsive or impetuous than their north
ern contemporaries.
George Washington, the peerless
Virginian, stands as an impressive les
son in self-control, and Robert E. Lee
equally So. John Marshall was nc
hotspur. Clay and Webster might
have changed states without chang
ing their temperaments. Northern
troopers never followed a cooler head
than Stonewall Jackson's. Jefferson
Davis pulse beat no faster than Alb
raham Lincolns John G. Calhoun
and Alexander H. Stephens were as
cool reasoners as anyone would ask
to see in flesh.
For every southern senator there
has been a northerner with an as
bestos tongue, while the foremost rep
resentatives of the south are not dis
tinguishable in the eyes of posterit,
from the sons of the pilgrims and the
Puritians The Lord. after all, die
not really make the latter round head
ed; the Puritan merely cut his hail
differently from the Cavalier"
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-01-03

The Journal does not accept adver-
d-ins at any price unless satisfied that
The advertising is not inserted with
intent to deceive or defraud.
No Wild cat mining scheme or fake
etock. advertisement accepted.
y Therefore space is more valuable to
bonailde advertisers.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-01-03
EVENING JOURNAL.
The Peoples Paper.

Published every day in the week cx-
cept Sunday byo The Evening Journal
Publishing Co.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-01-03
is A HANDSOME PICTURE.
Fine View Of Y. M. c "A. Building on
Exhibition.

A handsome colored picture of the
proposed new Young Mems Christian
association building in this city was
placed on exhibition in the north win
dow at the establishment Of Thomp-
son & Thompson today, and has been
admired by many. The picture is a
drawing made by Harding & Upman,
the architects, and is an exact re-
production Of the building, from a
front view, as it will appear when
completed. The picture was ship
ped to Mr.. l.. H. Thompson chair
man Of the building committee, 10
days ago, but became lost in trans
mission. and only reached him this
morning.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-01-03
Man Was Wanted Here.

City Clerk Letter states that the
man for whom young Ettinger was
mistaken by Officer Riddle was not
wanted in another city, but that a
warrant was out for him here, and
asks that correction be made Off
Ger Riddle arrested young Ettingel
on charge Of being drunk and dis
orderly. and not on account Of being
the other fellow.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-01-03

Appropos the recent Williams-De-
ziu0nd encounter in congress, the
HQeton Globe tells OF many famous
leaders who lost their tempers in
GAYS aeone, and says:
# would Do extremely difficult to
ufove that blood is any hotter in
Missouri than in Kansas. in Kentuc-
~ than iii Indiana, or even down In
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-01-03

w wish to thank you for the large share Of your
w patronage given us--the patronage that was the
largest in our thirty three years experience.
Not only do we look to the jingle of the dollars
with appreciative eyes, but to your kind words and
good will bringing others with you to select gifts thus
showing that YOU appreciate efforts to serve
you to the best Of our ability
From now till the end of the Holidays every ar
tice that can be cassed as Christmas Goods viii be
sold at great sacrifice. you still have something
unsolicited, come in and look the stock over--you
may find it here.
We wish you happy and prosperous New
Year. and assure you Of our aim to merit your fu-
ture patronage.
w. L. J es.s;
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-01-03

it for you will enjoy every
line from beginning to end.
You will be in a continuously
happy frame of mind while
reading it. The opening
chapters will appear soon.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-01-03
PLANT CLOSES DOWN.
Quarry at Halfway Has Temporarily
Suspended Operations.

w. c. Weller, superintendent Of the
stone quarries at Halfway, operated
by the Union Stone Co.. received
telegram yesterday from the Offices Of
the company in York, TO close down
the plant. About so hands will be
thrown out of employment. 1t is not
known how long the industry will be
closed down. An inventory Of the pro
perty will be taken .4 ~
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-01-03

Mr.. Nc Grathedkeeps theu whole world laughing with
him. His sodieshase that fsatisfying kind Of hurnor
that appeals strongly to everybody, and in this of
his best he contrves many really funny stua-
tions that it is continuous laugh You must read
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-01-03

H. f. Byrd, President and General Man
ager.
Senator Gray Silver, vice-President.
D. w. Weaver. Secretary and Treas
urer.
Harvey A. Bush, City Editor.
Charles p. Light, General Solicitor.
DIRECTORS.
Former U. s. Senator, c. J. Faulkner
Senator Gray Silver.
Col. James f. Thompson.
Mr.. Charles M. Lamar.
n Dr. ]. w. McSherry.
q Congressman Henry D. Flood.
Mr.. Charles Mullikin.
Sheriff e. D. Gardner.
n. 4. G. Hoffman.
NJ. H. F. Byrd.
/. NJ. D. W. Weaver.