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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-07-16
NOTICE OF incorporation.

Notice Is hereby given that the I'M
dersigned have associated themselves
together as a body corporate for pc
cuniary profit, under and in accord
ance with the provisions of Title TX,
Chapter 1, of the Code of Iowa, and
acts amendatory thereto, under the
name of the John Siebel Estate, In
|corporated, for the purpose of owning,
buying, selling and leasing real es-
tate, owning, buying, selling and OPP
Grating, leasing and releasing mills
for the manufacture and sale of -four,
feed, and other products, and the buy
ing and selling of grain and other pro-
ducts, and the purchase of such other
property and the doing of such other
business as the Board of Directors
may, from time to time. authorize.
The amount of the capital stock is
Fifty Thousand Dollars $50,000.00),
which, when issued, shall be paid for
in cash or property, and be non-assess-
able. NJ "a.
Said corporation nay commence
business as soon as Fifty Thousand
Dollars $3.50, 000.00lof the capital stock
is subscribed, and the Secretary of
State has issued to it certificate of
authority for that purpose, and shall
terminate at the end of twenty (20)
years from that date, to-wit: June 15,
1928, unless sooner dissolved or its
charter is extended,
The business of the Corporation
shall be conducted by a Board of not
less than two (2) nor more than five
90 Directors, who shall be elected at
the annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers on the first Tuesday in January of
each year, and annually thereafter.
Until the first annual meeting in
January, 1909, Mrs. Elsie Siebel Smith
shall be President, and Mrs. Sabine
Siebel Lofland shall be Secretary and
Treasurer; and Mrs. Elsie Siebcl
Smith and Mrs. Sabine Siebel Lofland
shall constitute the Board of Direc-
tors.
The private property of the incor-
porators and stockholders is exempt
from all corporate debts and obliga-
tions. The highest amount of indebt-
edness to which the Corporation may,
at any time, subject itself is two-thirds
(2-3) of the amount of the capital
stock issued and outstanding Said
Corporation may incur Indebtedness,
including the issuing of commercial
paper, and may give such security for
the repayment of the same as the
Board of Directors may authorize and
direct.
The Board of Directors shall have
the right, by two-thirds (2.3) vote
to make Bylaws for the conduct of
the business. and to employ Manager
to manage its business, whose duties
shall be such as are fixed by the By
laws of the Corporation. 1t shall re-
quire a three-fourths (M) vote of the
stock issued and outstanding to amend
the Articles of Incorporation, and a
three-fourths (A) vote of the capital
stock issued and outstanding to dis
solve the Corporation or to extend
its charter.
Mrs. Elsie Siebel Smith,
4Sw4 Mrs. Sabine Slebel Lofland.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-07-16

Bryan at Lincoln on Tuesday next.
rhe committee met Friday for tho
purpose of organizing, but in view Of
a telegraphed invitation from Mr..
Bryan, which was submitted to the
committee by DIR. Hall. the Nebraska
member, 1t was decided to defer &C
ion until the wishes Of the Demo
cratic leader could be ascertained.
Thomas Taggart of Indiana was elect
cd temporary chairman and Urey
Woodson of Kentucky temporary sec.
rotary, to serve until permanent cam
paign managers are selected.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-07-16
Family Horse Dead.

"Niggie,' the family horse of Mrs.
V. X. Logan, is dead. the faithful fel.
low succumbed to lung trouble Thurs
day evening. The horse was almost
"a years old and had been in the
family during period of eighteen
years. He is sincerely mourned in
the household and the loss is felt al
most as keenly as though one of the
family circle-had passed away.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-07-16
KILLED BY RIVAL.
White Woman at Davenport Slain by
Negress.

Mrs. Mary Mason, a white woman,
married to colored man, was muir
dered at her home yesterday morning
about 200 a. m.
Lulu Bennett, colored woman, has
been arrested and has made a confess
sion to the police, duplicating herself.
Mrs. Mason was Drained with an axe
and the body was thrown in hole
under shed. She was found an
hour later by her husband and lived
until evening
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-07-16
The Hot Wave.

Oskaloosa has been sweltering since
Friday last in protracted heat wave
which seemed at its height Sunday
The thermometer has registered above
ninety on each of the days and some
ih,'truments have shown as high as
in the shade. Ninety-fve
to ninety-seven was the average Sun.
day, while the highest degree of shade
heat was ninety,nine. Relief tonight
is promised by the weather service,
the prediction being for a decided fall
In temperature.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-07-16
Original Notice.
Z. Mapes:

To A. w. Mapes:
You are hereby notified that there
is now on file in the Office of the
Clerk of the District Court In and for
Mahaska county, Iowa, the petition of
Amanda Mapes, claiming of you a di-
vorce from the bonds of matrimony
now existing between you and her,
and for other equitable relief. Now
unless you shall appear and answer
or defend the same on or before noon
OF the second day of the next term of
said court, which will be begun and
held at Oskaloosa, Iowa, September 20,
1908. your default will be entered and
judgment and decree rendered as
prayed for in said petition.
w. s. Kenworthy,
49w4 Attorney for Plaintiff.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-07-16
GALA DAY PLANNED
/ FOR CINCINNATI
GREAT CELEBRATION WHEN MR..
TAFT is NOTIFIED.
PROGRAM ALL ARRANGED
Republican Nominee, Hitchcock and
Sheldon Give Assurance Of Pub
lIolty Of All Campaign
Contributions.

Cincinnati, July 11.-At meeting
here Friday of the general committee
in charge of the welcome that Cincin.
natl will extend to Judge William H.
Taft July 2S, when he Is formally noti-
fed OF his nomination to the presiden-
cy, the special committee, r. X. Rey-
nolds, w. B. Melish, ]. Stacy Hill and
T. J. Moffett, which went to Hot
Springs, Va, to consult with Mr.. Taft
relative to the arrangements, reported.
John R. Malloy, representative of
the national notification committee,
had accompanied the Cincinnati dele
cation to meet the nominee. 1t was
announced that Mr.. Taft had Endorsed
the program as outlined by the com.
mittee.
Program for the Day.
It will be a memorable day in Gin
cinnati. At seven o'clock in the morn
ing there will be salutes of 20 guns or
more fired from the hill-tops. At eight
O'Clock bands stationed in the parks
and squares and at prominent corners
will begin to make melody, and keep
at 1t all day.
At ten o'clock a flag will be present.
ed by the city of Cincinnati to Charles
p. Taft, brother of the nominee, to be
unfurled over the Taft residence on
Pike street, when the nominee is In
Cincinnati. This presentation will be
made at the Taft residence.
Ceremony of Notification.
At IL o'clock the notification com
mittee will be escorted to the Taft
residence and on the temporary plat
form Judge Taft will hear the forma.
word that he is the Republican party't
choice for president. There will BE-
but two speeches, that of Senator War
ner of Missouri, notifying Mr.. Taft
and that Of acceptance by the nomi'
nee.
At 1880 p. m. marching clubs will
pass in review and then a public re
ception will be held. This will be fol
lowed by luncheon to the notification
committee, given by Charles p. Taft
After luncheon the visiting committed
will be taken in automobiles over the
city and suburbs. At five o'clock sew
eral thousand balloons will be sent W
and at eight o'clock there will be ar
immense display of fireworks from the
river bridges and craft in the harbor.
The public landing will be roped of
for the populace, while Judge Taft, his
personal party and the notification
committee will view the fireworks
from the Island Queen, which Their
will take its distinguished guests VI
and down the river. This will con
clude the celebration.
Funds VIII Be Made Public.
Hot Springs, Va, July 11.-That the
publicity of campaign funds is to be
made feature of the coming cam
paign was made very clear here Fri
day. Mr.. Taft had extended talks with
Chairman Hitchcock and with George
r. Sheldon, treasurer of the nationa
committee, and the necessity for the
strictest possible compliance with the
New York law in relation to the pub
licity of campaign funds of the nation
al committee was the chief topic.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-07-16
sketch Of kern,s Career.


John Worth Kern was born in How
ard county, Indiana, December 20,
1S49. He graduate from the Uniyer-
sity of Michigan In 1869 at the age OF
20 years. with the degree of a doc
tor of laws. His first official position
which brought him into the public
eye was when fulfilling his duties as
reporter of the supreme court OF
Indiana, which Office he held from 1885
TO 1889, For four years-1S92 to 1896
he was state senator. He became
city attorney of Indianapolis in 1897
and held that office for four years.
A year before he gave up the Office
he ran for the gubernatorial chair in
Indiana and was beaten. Four years
later-in 1904-he also tried for the
governorship on the Democratic ticket
and was again defeated. Later he re-
ceived the complimentary vote of the
party for United States senator
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-07-16
KILLED AT HOOKING.
John Mlchalik Meets Death In the
Mines.

Abba, July 11.-John Michalik was
killed In mine No. 2 of the Hooking
Coal company, at their mine two miles
south of Abba, yesterday afternoon
about O'Clock. He was a company
man and was employed in timbering
a defective place in the roof when
without moments notice a huge
block of slate fell and caught him in
such a position as to break his back,
and death came in very short time.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-07-16
The sixth Avenue Sewer.

Between fifty and sixty feet of pro-
gress are being made daily on the
Sixth avenue sewer. The trench has
now passed to the east of Market
street and the grade is rapidly run
ming into the easier digging which
will increase the amount of work pos.
sible In day. The construction of
the masonry work on the manholes in
Market street began this morning and
will occupy the remainder OF the
week. With good weather the work
will be completed by the end of next
week.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-07-16
Prices Too Hiah.

Agents representing Chicago com.
mission houses have been out over the
county trying to buy chickens of the
spring variety. The local demand
makes market price for the poultry
that the Chicago houses could not
touch. and they went back without a
purchase. That's what home market
does for the home people when Il is
once fairly started.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-07-16
OUR COLORED SOCIETY
Ins and Outs Of the Local Colony
and Their Friends.

Udell Lewis, wife and baby spent
Monday with relatives in Abba.
Charlie Payton is home from Chi
cago for short vacation with his par.
ents.
Miss Eva Crosby, of Davenport, is
here for visit with her mother, Mrs.
Frank Allen.
Miss hurry, of Kansas City, is a
visitor at the home of her uncle, Ed
ward Murray.
A number of young people enjoyed
a moonlight picnic out on the river
Thursday night.
E. G. Lee is expected home from
Chicago next week for a visit with his
wife and mother.
Miss Halla Fields, of Des Moines,
has been spending the week with her
mother, Mrs. VIM. Fields.
Mrs. Christine Lafayette and chill.
dren, of Hawkeye, spent the Fourth
with relatives in the city.
Mrs. Leslie Williams, of Des Moines,
was a visitor at the Peter Williams
home for few days this week.
Miss Georgia Blackburn went to Des
Moines this morning for an extended
visit with her sister, Mrs. Louis Avery.
James Crump, who has been attend.
ing the State University at Iowa City,
is spending his vacation here with his
brother WILL ...
The ladies of the A. NM church
are arranging to give a Ia \ social
on the church lawn Tuesday evening
if it don't rain.
Mrs. A. G. Clark arrived home Sat.
urday from two weeks visit with
relatives in Iowa City, Cedar Rapids
and Washington.
Jim Lloyd starts on his vacation
Sunday morning and will visit friends
in Des Moines, Omaha and Minneapo-
lis before returning home.
MID. Anna uoOu anu ooi, vi vi ihhSii
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Pierre
Barquette over the Fourth. They re,
turned home Tuesday morning.
Presiding Elder A. II. Higgs con
Quoted the quarterly meeting at Yves
ley chapel Sunday and presided at the
quarterly conference Monday. He re-
ports the work in a very flourishing
condition.
Miss Edna Jones returned Monday
from visit with her aunt in Cedar
Rapids. She was accompanied by
Miss Jessie Pearman, who will visi!
awhile at the Jones home before go
ing on to her home in Burlington.
The A. M. L. church people served a
successful dinner and supper in the
vacant room at lis First avenue west
July 4th. 1t was well patronized by
the large number of strangers in the
city, who not only found it good
place to get something to eat, but also
a place to rest and to meet their
friends. ..-....
Mr.. and Mrs. John Barquette gave a
dinner party at their home on A ave
nue. Monday evening in honor of Mrs.
Anna Good, of Grinnell, and Presiding
Elder A. L.. Higgs. The other guests
were Rev. w. l.. Lee and wife, Rev.
and Mrs. M. Payton, Mr.. and Mrs
Pierre Barquette, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Crump and Miss Georgia Blackburn.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-07-16
Everybody is BUSY.

Almost every workman in town who
can work has steady employment for
weeks to come. Improvement OF
some kind is in progress on every
hand. No less than five business
places about town have improvements
In progress and two new buildings
are in course of erection. New resi-
dences are going up and something
is doing almost everywhere.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-07-16
Fine Horse sucoumbs.

large draft horse belonging to
Seibel & Co. died while in the barn
Friday night. The animal was one
recently purchased for use on the de-
livery wagon at the mill and the loss
is considerable.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-07-16

PENLAND e MORRIS. = Clarence
Penland and Miss Hazel Morris were
married at the residence of the Off
ciating minister, Rev. S. II. Zendt, at
500 O'Clock Thursday evening, July 3.
The wedding though impressive, was
a quiet affair and only relatives of
the couple were present. After the
ceremony they were served supper by
the brides mother at her home at
500 Third avenue east The guests
comprised only members of lie two
families and in the evening the happy
couple were at home in the neat little
cottage which they had prepared on
Third avenue east.
The bride is the youngest daughter
of Mrs. S. J. Morris. She has been
employed until recently in the office
of DR.. Terrell and has been faithful
and efficient in her work. Among
her acquaintance she is respected
and held in the highest esteem and
her many friends congratulate Ter and
wish for her the best of success and
greatest happiness in her married life.
The groom is the son of John Pen
land, of 307 C avenue east and he is,
and has been for god many years,
employed with his father in the barber
ing business, the shop now being To-
Gated in the Lacey Hotel. He
has been most faithful in business and
has won the friendship of every pat
ron of the shop where he is employed.
Both young people have lived IN this
city most of their lives and are de-
serving of the best there is in store
for them in happiness and prosperity.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-07-16
One Pocket Picked.

Only one case of loss of property by
pickpocket during the carnival crowds
has been reported. Plus Minor suf-
fered the loss of a pocketbook at the
grounds Saturday night. The loss in
cash was trivial
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-07-16
Eillina North A Street.

The dirt secured in the excavation
for the paving on Second avenue is
being put to good use by the city in
the grading of A street in the first
block north of High avenue.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-07-16
Total

The total of the cases reported by
months was as follows: January,
1,431; February, 2.O23; March, 1899;
April, 2,2S1; May, 2,037; June. half a
month, 627. The measles went above
1000 in both April and May.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-07-16
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES,
DEATHS.

TURNER.-Word has just been re-
ceiyed here of the death, at Boulder,
Colo, July 8, 1908, of Mrs. Elizabeth
Jane Turner, sister of Mrs. n. MI
Warning and Mrs. Mary Rosborough Of
this city. She was the daughter q
William and Elizabeth Bond, and wi
born in Edgar county, Illinois, April
1898, making her 70 years, mon IS
and days old at her death. Febf o,
1858, she was married in this cd ty
to Jeptha Turner, and went tot 10
to live, from whence they remof to
Indianola, Iowa, and thence " ,en-
yer, Colo. The husband dieH ome
twelve years ago. Her fatlH was
among the first settlers of thiS Junty,
locating one mile and a halJ nth or
this city, and later moving Y Warren
county, where he died. MI Turner
has been in failing healtH for some
time, her disease at last developing
into dropsy. She has many old friends
In the county, and spent about year
some four or five years ago in visit
ing her sisters and old friends in and
about this city. A son and two daugh-
tiers survive her, as also third sis
ter, Mrs. Ellen Bryan, of Humansyille,
Mo.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-07-16
FARMERS NATIONAL BANK
w. I. Beans, President.
w. H. Pike, Vice President.
r. X. Davis, Cashier.
CAPITAL STOCK, 100000
Paid In Full. L

Directors: W. l. Beans, What
Cheer; Charley Victor. Lacey; w.
H. Springer. Eddyville; Thos. j. Will
son, Beacon; Il. w. Moore, Cedar;
w. C.. Reed, Oskaloosa; w. H. Pike.
Rose Hill; Paul Synhorst. Leighton;
Geo. s. Prime. oskaloosa: r. X.
Davis, oskaloosa; NJ. s. Downey, La.
cey.
Evening star., 1908-01-12

Two world-famous authors have each
produced story "SSr Richard Escon,be''
by Max Pemberton, Of England, and
"7he Shoulders Of Atlas :" by Mary E.
Wilkins Freeman, of America. Both have
been purchased outright by The New
YORK HERALD; both are masterpieces.
Either would produce sensation, but
to add intensity to interest one story is
going to be pitted against the other.
Publication will begin simultaneously on
January 10Th, 1908, on opposite pages of
Evening star., 1908-01-12
THE SUNDAY
n Ew YORK
HE RAID

With each instalment of the stories, a
coupon will be published, and readers
will be invited to vote for the story they
regard as the better one, week by week.
At the conclusion, large cash prize will
be awarded to the author receiving the
greater number of votes.
This contest will be unique from start
to finish. The stories are closely matched
for fascinating interest. Both are illus
trated by famous artists; both authors
have worldwide thousands of admirers.
Your vote may win the contest for your
choice.
Other Sunday features of the HERALD"
are 'F7uffy Ruffles. - 'Busfer Brown. :" Little
Memo and other pages of cleanly, rollicl1ing
fun. Up to the minute Fashions, Literature and
Art, and a news service by which the worlds
events are focused at your fireside Order of your
news-dealer,- anywhere order early.
The Dickinson press., 1908-04-04
Americans in Paris.
paris items in N. Y. American.)

Paris items in N. Y. American.)
The Marquise de Mores (she who was
Miss Van Hoffman, has had quite a mel
odramatic life since she married into the
'aristocracy. Her husband, the. Marquis
de Mores, was murdered several years
ago in Morocco. He was said to be; the
handsomest man in Paris. l am told for
some years they lived OF a ranch in Da-
kota. He owned a town in that part Of
the world and named it for his wife MA.
DORA" 1t appears he used to dress as an
Indian as a pastime. His widow now
spends the greater part Of the year at
Cannes, with her father who, for some
reason which l do not attempt to explain,
is called baron. The daughter married
a Baron Piehon against hermother's con
sent, the marquis yer refusing 10 be
present at the ceremony. 4
The Dickinson press., 1908-04-04
NJ
Brand Boots

&. # you want the North Dakota brand
book for a5c.. call at the PREss office.
This Office has 100 Of these, books on
hand, the same HKind%tbaat formerly sold
for. $500 70 s 500 per copy, and to those
Who payione year In advance fol, The
RHEss the beekl VIII Observation-Disclosures
szsss q q ileds M
The pricesof ths PREss sI.Sothe
book and The Pass. i Tvs. ana loc. ID
5ditionai il The book Is maiied. The, Offer
Il gSoodsto both old and new,'1 siiuub,,'ctrliibt.
efs..s You canstsafford 70 Be Without !.
7oo-Page we'll bound brandaebook,s con.
tanning 6.soo brands, 3thalt. costs but asc.,
when takenf IL: connection with tie lhe
Press. fl Il
The brands ID the North Dakota
brand book were taken fromslhle official
records AZ Bismarck! and when the edi.
ton i exhausted II u moi likely that
another book will BE issued. The mock.
men are:too scarce ID these day.. II
The Dickinson press., 1908-04-04
Dickinson Business Col.
Ieoe Notes

Pat McGrath has resumed his studies.
William Reilly has taken out a scholar
ship in the commercial department.
The debate for last Saturday. IRE
solved that citizens should exercise indi.
vidual judgment at elections without
regard to party ties" was decided in
favor of the negative. The program
for April 4th. 10 as follows: Roll call
answered by naming some importan,
statesman; piano solo. Miss Clara Davis;
debate, "Resolved that life in the coun.
try is more favorable to human develop
ment than life in the CITY," Those. on
the affirmative are Willis Pelissier..' Mr.
Reilly and Pauline Hagerman; negative,
Harold Peck, Miss Albrecht and Hattie
Hulett; reading, Cordelia Branick
violin solo, ]. P. Grady.
The Dickinson press., 1908-04-04

Paane6J for Lehigh or Red Lodge
coal. J.iVanRhn. 4.4.ti
Ed. Partridge came in from the ranch
to attend .theIhorse sale.
MrsL j. S. Snyder was down from
Sentinel Butte "wednesday.
Joseph Gsreoht of .Richardton visited
ia the city she,frst Of the week.
Miss Daisy F,noh'returned Monday to
Taylor. after,a weeks stay in the city.
F.. L. Pouod and Nv. M. Baird were
up from Taylort the first OF the week to
attend the horse sales.
Mrs. w. E. Baker and children left
Monday for a several weeks visit with
relatives in Coolwile, Ohio.
Ali. White came down from Billings
tuesday for a short stay at home, while
nursing a hard cold. Mrs. White has
also been quite i'll the past week.
Mrs.L. Scott, who has been spending
several weeks at the. home Of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. A. A. Harleman, leaves today
for her home in Taylor. She has fully
recovered from her recent illness.
]. Gilbert has finished his labors as
storekeeper at the round house and left
Wednesday for Bronte. Ont, where he
will remain for an indefinite period.
His place at the round house has been
taken by D. r. Obey of Beach.
E. w. Carlock has resigned a resron.
sible position with the National Bank OF
Commerce of Minneapolis to accept a
position as cashier at the Merchants
National bank of Dickinson. Mr. Car.
lock arrived in the city Wednesday and
will be followed by bis wife and chill
dren a little later.
In the PRESS issue OF last week we
inadvertently omitted the fine brick
residence of J. Vaughn on Cross street.
Mr.. Vaughn is the popular agent for the
Standard Oil company in this city. also
for the Consolidated Coal Co., and his
large brick residence, costing $500, Is a
credit to his street and the city. The
brick were from the Dickinson Fire &
Pressed Brick Co.'s yard and I. c
Chatham had charge of the carpente,
work. The heating and plumbing wa:
done by the Dickinson Heating &
Plumbing Co. and C.. J. White hae
charge of the painting. The lumber ane
mill work was furnished by the Mandar
Mercantile Co., and both material ane
work is very satisfactory.