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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
NEW QUARANTINE REGULATIONS

With view to meeting the popular
demand for more reasonable and less
stringent regulations in cases of con
tagious diseases the state board OF
health has materially modified the
state quarantine requirements IN such
cases. Hereafter smallpox patients
may be released as soon as the skin
peels off, instead of forty days after
the outbreak of the disease. Any
person who is vaccinated will be per-
mitted TO leave premises where small
pox has been discovered at once, in
stead of being shut up for forty days.
When diphtheria attacks family
the breadwinner may leave home, and
victims of the disease will be released
from quarantine six days after the
affected membrane has disappeared,
provided the second consecutive cul-
ture examined is negative. The first
culture may be taken five days after
the membrane has disappeared and
the second twenty-fOur- hours after
the first. Under the present rules,
diphtheria patients cannot leave the
premises until fourteen days after the
membrane has disappeared.
In scarlet fever cases quarantine
will be raised three days after recov-
cry instead of seventeen days after
recovery, and in case there is but one
child in the family and that child sue
cumbs to the disease, quarantine will
be raised at once. If there are other
children the quarantine will be raised
ten days after death for scarlet fever
and seven days after death for diph-
iberia.
Other important concessions have
been proposed but have not been
made as yet
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
WINDOW TRIMMERS MEET.
Twelfth Annual Convention of Their
National Association Is Being Held
In Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, Aug. 2.-Several hun
dred window trimmers, the men who
devise the displays that are such a
feature of American business streets,
assembled to-day in the New Bingham
hotel for the opening session of the
twelfth annual convention of their ma.
tional association. Mayor Reyburn
welcomed the visitors and after the
transaction of some routine business
there was a demonstration of the
latest ideas in window trimming. This
afternoon the convention was ad-
dressed byeJohn Wanamaker, and Mrs.
Skcrett of Philadelphia lectured on
advertising.
To-rorro there will be two bust
ness sessions, and in the evening an
illustrated lecture by George Cowen
If Chicago. Wednesday will be given
up to an excursion to Atlantic City,
and on Thursday the visitors will be
shown the historical points of inter-
est in Philadelphia. f. B. Martin Of
Sharon, Pa, is president of the asso-
citation and is presiding over the meet
lngs. The secretary is George H.
Little of Detroit.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
WOMAN STAYS ELOPERS.
Follows Husband and AFFINITY" q
Ohio and Uses Pistol and a
Butcher Knife. 49,.

Canton, o., Aug. Am elopement
terminated in the murder of Tony Pa
nilla and Mrs Clara Pizzani by Mrs.
Panilla, wife of the slain man, here.
After shooting her husband, Mrs.
Panilla attacked Mrs. Pizzani with a
butcher knife. A terrible struggle
followed, during which Mrs. Pizzani
was stabbed 80 times. "f'. "''
During the struggle Mrs. Pizzani
succeeded in reaching telephone and
holding her antagonist at bay while
she called the police station. Mrs.
Panilla overpoweerd her, however, be-
fore the telephone conversation was
completed, and Mrs. Pizzani was dead
ere the police learned of the trouble
Mrs. Panilla gave herself up to the
police. She said she saw her husband
in Mrs. PizZani's room and the sight
crazed her. Panilla deserted his wife
in Deans, N. j., and Mrs. Pizzani left
her husband and child in New York
city February IL.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05

Marius r. Campbell, of the United
States Geological Survey, in his report
on the coal fields of the United States,
estimates that there were S6,02S,O0O,-
600 short tons in the original coal sup
ply of Ohio. The total production OF
the state to the close of 1908 was
519039,997 short tons, OF which the
1908 output amounted to about 8 per
cent. This total production repre-
sents an exhaustion of 779,OOO,OOJ
tons, or 0.9 per cent of the estimated
original supply.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
10000 BUILDINGS DESTROYED
CONFUSION FOLLOWS GREAT
FIRE IN OSAKA, JAPAN.
Thousands of Homeless People Face
Starvation as Result of d.
sastrous Blaze.

Osaka, Japan, Aug. 2.-Confusion
still prevails here as result of Sat
| urday's disastrous fire. Thousands OF
persons are homeless and hunger is
staring many of them in the face.
Twenty thousand buildings were de-
stroyed in an area of more than four
square miles.
A system of relief has been organ
ICED by the municipal authorities, but
it is inadequate to supply all needs.
Outside cities and towns are gener-
ously sending in contributions to be
used in alleviating the sufferings OF
the homeless and destitute. The
number of casualties has not yet been
determined, but hundreds of injured
persons are crowding the hospitals.
Among the buildings destroyed were
banks, the Buddhist temple, the largest
in the world, the stock exchange, the
museum, government edifices and fac
tories. While at present it is impos-
sible accurately to state the losses,
these are given roughly at several
million yen 1t is feared that some OF
the insurance companies will fail as
a result of the heavy losses they will
have to pay. Ha
The conflagration lasted more than
rs hours and the burned section pre-
sents a deplorable sight. The streets
of the city are narrow and the houses
were mostly of wood construction.
Under the strong breeze the buildings
were easy prey for the flames which
jumped from one to another with
great rapidly. = a. ra..H -.
The firemen fought valiantly against
the odds of lack of water and high
wind and many of them fell uncon-
seious while working bravely at their
posts. Had not the water supply been
curtailed by the existing drought it Is
believed the fire would have been
quenched without great damage.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
At Centenary Church.

The Ladies' Aid Society OF the Cen
tenary church northeast OF OskaIoosa
gave an ice cream and cake social at
the church Saturday evening that was
a social success as well as financially
ito the good" On account OF the busy
times on the farm some OF the faces
usually seen at the church affairs
were missed. but there were others
in their places and every one had a
most delightful time. The ladies had
made twenty gallons OF real ice cream
for the occasion and they sold every
dish OF the toothsome dainty. They
had Just enough" and the treasury
of the society was made richer by
many dollars. The affair was one OF
the successes OF the season and those
who had to do with 1t are pleased ac-
cordingly. (.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
TO THE FORE
Application for Incorporation Grant
ed in Court.

Shortly before noon today Judge
Byron w. Preston granted the appii-
cation for the Incorporation of the
town of Leighton, in the west part OF
Mahaska county, and from henceforth
the former village will be governed
by a mayor and town council under
the laws regulating the administration
of incorporated towns" The pro-
posed incorporation was. strongly con-
tested and may yet be fought in the
courts, the opposition, so 1t is claimed,
having grown out of the more or less
famous school house litigation which
has kept the town In the limelight for
several years. The Incorporation may
have direct bearing upon the school
house controversy and the boundaries
of the new town include the districts
where II has been desired to locate
the school house, and with certain
vote of the residents of the town the
school house may be located at any
point without the consent of the ad-
joining property holders, which has
been the obstacle up to the present
time. Geert Stowe. l.. C. Howe, l..
s. Walker, e. s. Frey and J. e. Van
der Zyl have been appointed by Judge
Preston as commissioners to arrange
a,date for and give notice Of the town
electiop
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
JUNE IN IOWA.

According to the weather and crop
bureaus report Just issued, the aver.
age temperature for the month was
only a fraction of a degree above the
normal but the rainfall was consid-
erably above the average for June. The
first week was moderately warm, there
being a daily excess of about three
degrees, but on the 9th the temper
AZURE was much lower and it remain
ed below normal until the 18th. The
lowest temperature occurred gener-
ally on the 18th but no frost was re-
ported from the northern stations as
there was on June Is, 1908. From the
10th to the close of the month the
temperature was considerably above
the normal, the maximum occurring at
many stations on the Both.
The monthly mean temperature for
the state was 69.1, which is O.3 above
the normal for Iowa. The highest
monthly mean was 72.S at Keokuk,
Lee county, and Keosauqua, Van Bur
en- couny, and the lowest monthly
mean GAS. at Dows, Wright county.
The highest temperature reported was
SO. at Keosauqua. Van Buren, county,
on the 26th; the lowest temperature
reported was 40, at Elma, Howard
county, on the 18th. The average
monthly maximum was 80, and the av-
erage monthly minimum was As. The
average OF the greatest daily ranges
was 80. at
The average precipitation for the
State. was Gal inches. which IS l.s3
inches above the normal. The great
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
DRANK FROM WRONG BOTTLE
MRS. sHAFFEY, OF WHITE CITY
TAKES FATAL DOSE.
Had Purchased Two Packages at Bux.
ton and Took Corrosive Sublim-
ate for Medicine.

White City, Ia, Aug. 3.-Mrs. Helen
Shaffey, aged sixty years, died at six
o'clock this morning. the result of TAX
ing a dose of corrosive sublimate,
nistaking it for medicine.
Mrs. Shaffey secured a supply of
the household poison and likewise
some medicine from Buxton Monday
morning. In putting the bottles away
she exchanged them. She took the
medicine, as she thought, without put
ting on her glasses to read the label,
which had the proper poison inscrip-
ton. She also gave a dose of the
poison to a three-year-old boy, Arthur
Holmes. She thought the liquid had
! strange taste and adjusted her
glasses to read the label and saw that
she had swallowed poison. She quick.
ly called a number of neighbors and
told them what she had done. PLY
sicians were brought Immediately and
everything possible was done. The
child was saved and will recover.
Mrs. Shaffey was widow lady and
was keeping house for William
Holmes and his son Arthur. She told
the people who came to her assist
ance that the mistakilIs OF the bottles
was wholly an accident and her men
tai distress over the accident was
even greater than her physical suf-
fering. No inquest was held. ",
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05

est amount, 1880 inches. occurred al
Alton, Union county. and the least
ESQ inches, occurred at Davenport
Scott county. The greatest amount in
twenty-four hours, 600 inches, occur
red at Perry, Dallas county, on the
25th. Measurable precipitation occur
red on an average of IL days.
The average number OF clear days
was II: partly cloudy, 10; cloudy, 8
The duration of sunshine was about
normal, the percentage of the posi-
BILE amount being IA at Charles City;
81 at Davenport; 62 at Des MONIES;
75 at Keokuk, and 81 at Sioux City.
South winds prevailed. The high
est velocity reported was As miles per
hour from the southwest at Sioux, City
Woodbury. county, on the goth.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
In its account of Col. Macke

In its account of Col. Mackey's
funeral the Keokuk County News
says: Eat the grave Major Lacey, OF
Oskaloosa, one of his regimental Of
ficers, gave a few words in behalf OF
his old comrades in arms, many OF
whom had gathered. 1t was a touch
ing sight to see the men who had been
with him in the thickest OF the fight
of shot and shell, to stand with barred
heads, white the Grim Reaper, who
conquers all, claimed their beloved
Colonel and gathered him to his last
resting place, where he will await
the reveille of mis- Supreme Comman-
der And may he rest in peace on
the calm and beautiful hillside, in this,
the land, for whose nonor and union
he shed his own life blood. This
county and state and nation, needs
more such men as Colonel Mackey,
and his life leaves ricn heritage to
his children and trends, who rise up
unafraid and call his memory blessed"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
was diligent in helping create whole

was diligent in helping create whole
some and inspiring college atmos-
phere and to leave a lasting impress
| upon the institution which honored
him with an academic degree. His
keen intellect, well balanced judg-
ment, buoyant spirits, hearty good will
and royal fellowship will always be
remembered by those who were priyi-
legged to be associated with him in
his student days At the close OF a
| four years course he was awarded
6r highest grading, the honor of the
Haverford college graduate scholar
ship, from which institution in June
1891, he received the degree of Mas
ter of Arts. For scholarship, love OF
intellectual pursuits, linguistic at
tainments, and professional success,
Lawrence Byers stands in the fore
most rank OF the Penn alumni. Actu-
ated by worthy ambitions, lofty ideals
and wholesome impulses, upward and
onward was the dominant note OF his
activities. Though called away at the
high noon of hope amid brilliant pros
poets, he had lived long In excellence
of attachments and in work well done.
Genial and sunny in nature, with a
proper sense of humor OF the purest
quality, with a storehouse of the best
stories, courteous and obliging to his
fellows, as ready to give as to re-
ceive, he readily had a large and con-
stantly growing circle OF friends COM
pounded OF choice spirits ever about
him, to whom memory OF him will be
La perennial fountain"
Other Tributes.
Mrs. A. w. Swain was introduced
next and she spoke OF the friends
gathering in the shadow Of common
sorrow, their unspeakable regret, and
the sense Of private loss. Mrs.
Swalm's association with Prof. Byers,
like that OF Major Lacey's, dates back
| to his childhood days in Zurich, Swift
zerland, and she reviewed with pride
his college career at Penn. Hayer-
ford, Zurich and Yale. Lawrence By
ers lived the span of his life in thirty
six years, yet who shall say in that
time he did not fill the part assigned
by destiny and his influence will en-
dure. Mrs. Swain read in closing a
number of verses from the beautiful
poem, ITO Lawrence" written years
ago by Major Byers in Switzerland,
when waiting for his boy to join
them from America to spend his sum-
mer vacation abroad.
The casket being the triple form
used in transit across the ocean,
weighed 500 pounds and was handled
with difficulty by fourteen men while
being conveyed up and down the
stairs in the church, six men being
called to assist the eight regular pail
bearers who were as follows: Major
John F. Lacey, Amos Spencer, John
o. Malcolm, Carl Johnson, Warren
Kalbach and John Mccoy of Oska-
loosa, and Messrs. Comfort and Ham,
| ilton, of Des Moines. The latter two
gentlemen, one an author and the 9th
tr lawyer, were intimately associat-
ed as friends with the deceased.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
Knoxville Gets God Equipment.

The old switchboards of the Oska-
loosa Home Telephone, which have
been stored in the old office over the
Herald, were removed today and
shipped to Knoxville, where they will
be used by the Knoxville Electric
Company. The job of getting the
heavy cases out of the second story
of the building was no easy task on
account of their great weight.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
JoE~ZALUSKI COMING.
viii Coach the Penn Foot Ball Squad
This Fall. +

A telegram received today by c. w.
George, of Penn College, bearing the
good news that Joe Zalusky has &C.
cepted terms and will return to Oska-
loosa to coach the Penn foot ball
squad again this year. This is the
best thing that has happened to the
Athletic department of the school for
years and Joe, will prove drawing
card.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
OttumWa Suckers Bite.

Some smooth grafters at Ottumwa
worked lot of citizens of that place
selling them a common yellow spar
row for canary. The CRATER work
ed wheel of fortune scheme. Some
of the victims paid only dime for
their bird, while others paid fifty
cents or a dollar. Inc birds were
yellow and looked like canary, but
they are a poor imitation
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05

-Oskaloosa's high and dry location
is not only healthful, but is economi'
cal. For instance Sioux City has been
compelled to spend $4,000 this year
to keep big slice of the town from
falling into the Missouri river, This
SIS, 900 would enable Oskaloosa to i'm
prove every unpaved street in town.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05

Cedar Rapids, under the commits
sion plan, has created the Office OF
city forester and chosen a competent
man to act in that capacity. Rules
and regulations for the planting and
trimming of trees have been adopted
and will be enforced.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05

Some people seem to be possessed
of mania to deface or destroy prop
erty of public nature. The oppo-
site sentiment should obtain, but some
people have much of the savage and
barbarian in their nature to overcome.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05

Government reports tell us that
the lottery" for western Indian lands
will begin August 9th. And yet your
Uncle Sam discourages lottery
schemes and bars them from the mails
EXCEPT his own.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05

Where do liars go?' shrieked
the evangelist. And an ominous 81
lence fell over the assembly. Pres.
emily a former newspaper man, unable
to control his acquired instinct, re-
piled: We'll, some OF them go fish
ing"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05

Augustus Busch, enroute for Eu'
rope, says he thinks the wave of pro-
hibition has subsidized. 1T might be
we'll, however" suggests the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat, for the liquor inter,
ests to initiate Galveston and build a
sea wall"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
Press: We ira

-Tri-County Press: We Travelled
thirty miles through southeast Mahas-
ka county and saw more acres of fine
corn growing than we have ever seen
in the same distance travelled. 1t is
shoulder high, a perfect stand, deep,
rich color, vigorous and good for GU
to so bushels per acre.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05

A Mason City paper states that
the ordinance against profanity is go
ing to be enforced by the mayor and
police there. AS a preliminary step,
they will no doubt put the ban on the
early morning lawn mower.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05

The A. NJ. Thompson farm, three
miles south of Garrison, has been sold
to ]. w. Chizum for $4,000. Thomp'
son bought this farm twenty months
ago for $4,000. Such is Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
PAVING At GrlnnelI.

The city council of Grinnell has
let the contract to VIM. Horrabin, of
Iowa City, for the construction of 3d.
900 yards of new paving to be COM
pleted by October l, 1909. The price
is fixed at $2.13. 1."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05

After you come back broke" from
YOUR vacation you can commence
work on your Christmas fun. Its a
gay life, any way you look at it" So
liloouizes the sioux City ournal.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05

One of the big insurance compan-
les loses a policy holder every 80 min
utes day and night from tuberculosis,
The fight against the white plague is
a monster undertaking, worthy the
steel of the bravest of men.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05

I, The Burlington Enterprise has
noticed that one persistent horse
trader in, community can keep the
people stirred up almost as much as
a chicken thief
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05

What's the matter with the sweet
corn crop this season Much of that
offered thus far has been of a most
inferior variety.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
From shenandoah to erinneIl.

Prof. Geo. c. Brown, last year prin-
cipal OF the Shenandoah high school,
has been elected to the principalship
OF the GrinnelI high school for the
next year.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05

-"Get in ahead of the Railroad, +"
saws boomers advertisement OF
Texas coast land Yes, but how about
the hurricanes?
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05

The Fourth Iowa Cavalry asso-
citation viii hold Its annual reunion
al Mt. Pleasant, August oath and 25th.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05

The coal bill is still only dream
ed apparition on the horizon OF Sc
rene and cloudless days" muses. the
Grinnell Register. Hh
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05

Its safe bet that you will never
notice any difference under the new
tariff schedule. All such notices are
in newspapers and public speeches.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05

Upon reflection the Keokuk Gate
City admits that it was eminently fit
ting that Justice Brewer should speak
in Milwaukee.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05

George Fitch has noticed that the
cheaper the advice You get the more
your experience costs you.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05
presenting an exceptionally fine pro-

presenting an exceptionally fne pro-
gram.
Oskaloosa Times: At recent meet
ing of the city council the question OF
complying with the law and publish
ing the proceedings of the council was
taken up. One of the serious objec-
tons raised was the cost attached
to itff Oftcourse the expense would
amount to Something, but why should
not the council pay this expense as
cheerfuIy as they do light bills, i'm
provement bills, etc. In a city OF
$4,000 inhabitants, where upward OF
$4,000 are expended each year, 1t
would seem that the people have a
perfect right to know where this
money is expended, especially when
the law provides that such publica-
ton shall be made.
Saturday Globe: Those who have
been out of the city on a few days, or
weeks vacation should be as lenient
as possible with those of us who have
to remain at home. Somehow those
who are away expect you to always
have that circumstance in mind, and
evidence the fact by suitable salution
This is all right, put the rub comes
in remembering all who have been
away, where they were, etc. There
are those of your friends whom one
does not meet oftener than every two
weeks or so. How are you going to
know whether So and So has been at
home those two weeks as usual or, IN
Seattle, except by the cold process OF
memorizing? 1t is no trouble for the
man WIN has been away to remember
1.-THE depleted condition of his bank
account would tell him that much. II
you want to be really kind to your
friends, take on a good liberal tan
while you are away, then your friends,
can make safe guess and say "ot
course you enjoyed yourself at the
lHke'-no difference what lake.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-05

Publicity will do more to prevent
graft than courts can do to correct the
evil after the crime has occurred.