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The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30
THE EDDYVILLE NEWS
Daily Happenings In Live Town
Told by John R. Sipes.

Eddyville, Sept. 29.-Mrs. Daugher
ty, widow of the late Thomas Dough.
erty, died at her home about eight
miless outhwest of town in Bluff
Creek township, Monday, September
81, 1909, at an advanced age, of par
arysis, after an extended illness.
Her husband died a few years ago,
but she is survived by seven children,
as follows: John, who has been re.
siding with his mother; Tom, Mike,
viii and Mesdames Bridget Cullon,
Maggie O'Brien and Mary Drew, all
of whom. live in the vicinity of the
old home farm. w.
Eddyville, sept, ga deal was
made Monday whereby F. Miller Il
Co, who have for some years con.
Quoted an implement business here,
sold their stock to .Pickerell q Odem,
who took possession today (Tuesday)
and as soon as they have overhauled
the building occupied by the nipple
ment business they will consolidate
X with their hardware business by
moving their hardware stock in with
the other stock. Fred Miller, the &C.
tive member of the firm of Miller Il
Co., will soon leave for Kansas and
other points for his health, which has
been poorly of late.
Bddyville, Sept. 27.-Several real
estate transfers were effected here
Friday and Saturday. Grandpa Abe
Stuber made a contract for the sale of
his home farm of POI acres to John
Van Rees for $15,320. Mr.. Van Rees
sold his farm known as the old Beadle
place to c. De Geus for $12,SOO. H.
l.. Sheldon sold his farm of So acres
in Pleasant township, Monroe coun-
ty, to Frank Epperson for $3.50. On
F. NJ. Epperson purchased a
farm of Thomas L. Chick in Polk
township, Wapello county, containing
$50 acres. Consideration $12,S0O, Mr..
Bperson giving in exchange as part of
the purchase price, portion of lots
7 and 8, block 2, and block II, in Ed
dyville, at $4,000.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30
EVELAND.

Mr.. and Mrs. John Beedle visited
Sunday near Lovilia.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Richards visited
recently at the Mather home.
George and Earl Gray with their
families visited Sunday at the paren-
tai Tyrell home.
G. w. Parker has purchased an
Omega cream separator and will com.
pare 1T with the cold water kind.
The late wind storm blew the corn
down badly, which makes it disagree
able to cut and to shuck it later.
Schools have begun in this vicinity
although several schools in the town
ship are without teachers.
The insurance adjusters recently
called at the G. w. Parker home and
settled for the house that was destroy
ed by lightning.
IMathcr Bros. and ]. H. Clark have
each purchased a gasoline engine and
attached the washing machine, churn
and cream separator to it so it can
do that part of the farm work.
Last Tuesday evening in response
to invitations from Mrs. Ross, a large
crowd of young people gathered at the
home and surprised the elder son,
John, as it was his sixteenth birth
day. The evening was very pleasant
ly spent in muse, games and social
chat, supper was served and all en-
joyed the occasion to the fullest ex-
tent.
Sep 2S. N. X. c..
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30
-Sigourney feels honored from the

-Sigourney feels honored from the
fact that one of her former citizens
has been appointed one of the three
tariff commissioners by President
Taft. The gentleman is Alvan H..
Sanders, editor of the Breeders Ga
zette, of Chicago. Mr.. Sanders faith
err started a stock paper in Sigourney
years ago, where he and his family
then resided. The paper grew and
was taken to Chicago and when Mr.
Sanders died a few years ago it was
taken charge of by his son, A. H. San,
ders, and it is he who has been hon.
ored by the appointment as one OF
the tariff commissioners.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

The final count OF people killed
manned and injured in the celebration
of the 4th of July, 1909, reveals 2l5
deaths, 16 lost both eyes, sc lost one
eye, Al lost legs arms or hands, 176
were separated from one or more fin
gers and 1923 others suffered injur.
les or varying degrees of severity
For Iowa the count dlscloses one
death, 3 lost one eye, lost legs, arms
or hands, 2 lost fingers and S3 had
other injuries.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

sick for the past ten days, is slowly
recovering
Frost is holding off very well in
this vicinity and giving the late corn
time to mature.
e. M. Evans went to Des Mofnes
last Monday and came home in his
new Carter car and is now learning
how to manage it.
Dick Eveland is working the roads.
We hope that the automobiles will get
SO chick that more interest villa be
taken in the condition of the roads.
Sept. 2S. II Farmer Bow.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30
JEFFERSON.

The No. 27'telephone line Is putting
in new cedar posts. @
Mrs. j. II. Evans visited friends in
this neighborhood last week
Frank Gay and son Clifford visited
Sunday with Carlton Starlin and wife.
e. M. Evans and family were Sun
day visitors at the AL Mehanna home.
Rev. Emerson preached mis- fare
well sermon at Coal Creek Sunday.
Will Frye and family visited Sun.
day at the VIII Holmes place.
Simon Convey. who has been very
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30
NEWS
Items of Interest Gathered by Her.
aid Correspondents.
OLIvET

OLiS
]. A. Anderson, of Monroe, was IN
town on business Monday.
Mrs. S. Barttema was a business
caller in Oskaloosa Monday.
Miss Lucretia and Rozella Robert
son were in Oskaloosa Monday.
Is J. s. Oldham was a business caller
in Oskaloosa Saturday. "
J. l.. Thompson spent Saturday in
Harvey with his son, Alpn.
w. H. Anderson, of Kellogg, was a
pleasant caller here Saturday.
J. S. Oldham and family spent Sun.
day in Eddyville, where he formerly
lived. .'.
Hal Moore was in Everist and Crick-
ct Monday and says that the mines
there are running full time.
w. H. Weston, of BeIknap, was in
town Tuesday and reports good corn
crop in Davis county, especially along
Soap Creek.
The preacher appointed for this cir
cult by the recent conference will
preach his first sermon sunday, Oct
8, at II a. m. We hope there will be
a large audience to welcome him.
When on the way to Oskaloosa Mon
day we met VIM. Fosher, of Harvey
who told us that the firm Of Bishop
& Nate have found a vein OF coal in
their new mine of from 3R to 7 feet
in height and of good quality.
In a conversation with j. A. Pres
ton, a coal man of Newton, he said
he looked for heavy fall and winter
coal trade, as he finds that Iowa coal
is continually going into new markets
and it always gives satisfaction. ~
We were glad to note in the Evans
correspondence that Jack Lawrence
has secured a fine position in a mine
al Des Moines. We have known him
since he was boy and nave always
considered him a model young man
and We expect to see him make good
in his new position.
Prof. Burroughs, of New York, gave
a humorous entertainment in the M
P. Church Thursday evening. 1t was
much appreciated, being both instruc
tive and amusing. Music was fur
nished by the Olivet orchestra, led by
Miss Lucretia Robertson. The pro
ceeds amounted to SIG, of which the
church received half
The farmers of this locality unload.
ed car load of tile here last week
and one of them told me that there
had been more tile laid around here
in the past year than there had been
in ten. years before. Farmers are be
ginning to understand the full value
of tile and are using it in all sec
tons.
While in Oskaloosa Monday we had
the pleasure of meeting Harve Dusen.
berry. He and his wife were amo1s
our first acquaintances in Iowa and
when we meet them our mind always
runs back to those old days when we
were neighbors, working side by side
in Evans. We helped put up the first
school house and church there and we
are glad to note that our work was not
In vain, for the citizens of Evans are
Of the best in Garfield township.
R. w,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30
Headed by the National Assoc

Headed by the National Assocla'
tion of Audubon Societies, a cam
paign will be begun in every section
o. the continent for the establishment
OF national university devoted to the
conservation of American resources
through the prevention of pest-kIlling
birds. Men and women will be engag,
ed to lecture and the children will be
especially appealed to, as it is thought
that through them birds will be tnally
saved
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

Where is the thrill of last nights
fear? nH
Where is the stain of last weeks
tear?
Where is the tooth that ached last
year?
Gone where the lost pins go to.
For last nights riddle is all made
plain,
The sunshine laughs at the long past
rain.
And the tooth that ached has lost its
pain
That's where our troubles go to.
Robert J. Burdette.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

in the settlement BILLY" Sunday
of wrong contract by the Oskaloosa
chautauqua. He was in rush 10
catch the train, and merely took the
statement and money as given him.
He was informed of the error by let
ter and at once returned the $3.50
with the following: You are a fine
bunch of fellows out there. like
you You treat me fine. The Lord
bless YOU"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30
PARTY LOYALTY.

Editor Herald is always anus
ing to the party free mantle free
man who votes as his judgment and
his conscience dictate for the sane
issues OF the hour, and who supports
the candidates of character rather
than OF issues, who supports candi-
dates because they are party-made-
to note the lengths to which partisan
organs go to stir up strife and discord
among the opposition. 1t is cited in
this case, which is cited only because
it is typical and not because it in
wolves any special party or party or.
gan, that Mr.. Taft Is accused by
leading democratic journal OF having
made an address at Winona, Mimi, in
which he took to task certain mem
bers OF his party for having deserted
the organization in it's hour OF trial
during the consideration OF the Aid.
rich-Payne tariff bill. The newspaper
in question burst out with headlines
like this: Taft Bombards Insurgents
On Their Own Land; President Goes
Farther With Steam Roller Tactics
Than Anyone Expected" Now the
facts OF the matter are, on the con-
trary. that he defended both insurg-
ents and regulars by saying that ne
was glad to know that those congress
men who voted against the tariff bin
were still republicans. He criticised
the wooden tariff schedule as being
and instead OF resorting to
so-called steam roller tactics" strad-
died the fence in his endeavor to both
justify his own course in signing the
bill and the course OF those republi-
cans who voted against It,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

Learning that Pella recently held
a grindingsfeasit,th the Keokuk Gate City
inquiries, What is 'grindingsfeaSt"
1t affords the Burlington Hawk-Eye
pleasure to inform its contemporary
that a grindingsfeast is a "collabora-
tion of potentiatities conducive to cy-
cadaceous Ogtimy."
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

for exhibition among farmers all over
the country. Then. too, the Farmers
Institutes in the several states will
become subsidiary distributing points
for reels.
1t is a brand new idea in the cam
paign which the Department has been
waging for years to educate the farm
er, and as Mahaska county now has
an experiment station, our farmers
will be in the front row of the ad-
vancement column.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

The state capitol grounds in Des
Moines, are to Ibe beautitied by the
clubwomen of Iowa, if Their plans do
not fail. They will lobby before the
Legislature to get the required amount
of appropriation, special committees
to be appointed for the purpose.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

John F. Riggs, state superintend-
ent of public instruction, has issued
a circular letter to all city and county
superintendent, requesting them to
arrange the fall vacations so that they
will occur the same week that the
annual meeting of the Iowa State
Teachers association is held in Des
Moines, that is, November 4 and 6.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

The distress in Monterey, Mexico
growing out of the recent disaster
there, continues, ana measures OF re
lief appear inadequate. The extent OF
the calamity seems to have been un
derestimated at the first, and the cas-.
ualties and losses so far from being
exaggerated, were understated.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

1t is well that all should be &C
quainted with these experiences. All
should look over this list and any who
are not now successful should analyze
the situation and profit by the loss OF
others. The first four on the list
seem to cover over SO per cent, ana
incompetence, lack of capital, inexper
fence, competition and extravaganza
cause over 62 per cent of the failures.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30
The value OF the precious stones

The value OF the precious stones
produced in tle United States in 1908
was $415,063, a decrease Of $56.237
from the value for 1907. The imports
of precious stones in 1908 were 81
per cent less than in 1906. The total
value of the 1908 imports was $3.50
4O4, of which $9,27O,225 was in unset
cut diamonds, $1,636,79S in uncut dia-
monds, and 1910, 699 in pearls.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

What the Gazette says of Cedar
Rapids applies Ito other towns, viz:
Cedar Rapids needs more factories.
We can get them by going after them.
We can't get them without going after
them. If we don't get them some
other city will do the getting. 'Nuff
God -
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

Figures given out at the pension
office show that Iowa pensions for the
fiscal year ending June 80 last ran
about the same as the year proceed
ing. On June 80 last there We're 49,
56S pensioners in Iowa. who in the
fiscal year were paid s5,753.679. The
preceding year there were 1882, who
were paid $5,74S,S09.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

1t is reported from Ames that the
annual class scrap was characterized
by extreme rudeness and that much
smuggling was done. That sounds like
the report of a carnival crowd after
all decent people had gone home.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

A man named Eaton, who lives in
tor to operate on his brain. An east
ern paper suggests that if it really
is case of too much Eaton, he ought
to have an operation performed on his
stomach
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

On Sunday, October 8, every
church bell in ST. Louis will ring out
a hundred years of history in the Cen
tennial chorus of chimes, celebrating
the completed century since the first
incorporation of the town in 1909.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30
STUDY THE CAUSE.

After summing up the business fail
ures OF the year 1903, numbering IA,
O44 against 1926 for 1907, as report
cd by the Bradstreets Co., writer for
Print Shop Talk has classified the
cause of the 1908 failures as follows,
basing statistics upon the number OF
failures in each thousand:
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

The newest toys are the Esquimt
baby, which will take the place OF The
Teddy bear in the affections of the
children, and the aeroplanes ard D&l
looms. which will be both amusing
and Instructive.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30
The bisnop Of Corydon said at

The bisnop Of Corydon said at the
last International Convention on AL
coholism in London that a drunken
mother is much more likely to trans,
NIT the habit of drunkenness to a
child than a drunken father. Prom
inent temperance workers in the
United States agree with the bishop
and say the statement has been prov,
ed many times over.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

More than 200 children in the ru-
raj schools of Woodbury. county are
doubtless overjoyed because of a
shortage of teachers which necessi.
tales the closing of about fifteen build
ings.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

The total production of coal in
Indiana in 1908, according to E.. w.
Parker, of the United States Geolog-
ical Survey, was 1884, $50 short tons,
having a spot value of $13,OS4,297
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

Sometimes we wonder if giving to
a beggar who appeals for sympathy
through some physical misfortune is
not encouraging men to become Grip
pies as a means of making money.
Every destitute cripple ought to be
provided for by the state, if he cannot
make his own living.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

For the first time in it's history,
Webster county has a lady superin.
tendent of schools, Miss Francis Gard
ner, having been appointed to that po-
sitiOn
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

--Iowa's potato crop is estimated at
perhaps $7.000,0OO. and Iowa lays, no
special claim on being a potato state
eitlpF
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

Things are getting terribly COM
plicated 1t has been developed that
Cook is a democrat and Peary re-
publican.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

Under the new tariff law it is ex
pected that our trade with the Philip
pines will fully justify our trade TO;
the Philippines.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

That was big lift which the
machinery made in the Mon
tana copper mine when it hauled Taft
UP 1900 feet.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

Alex Miller says he can always
tell a man who has had his mustache
shaved off late in life. He always
looks the part.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

IF that Iowa Central switch en-
CINE does not recover, its groans at
night will get on somebody's nerves
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

The Brighton Enterprise has no
ticed that Some people work and
scrimp while others shirk and primp.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

WHATS in name?' An Iowa
man named Sober fell from his wagon
seat and broke his neck.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

The Southern Iowa Editorial AS
sociation will be held at Charlton
Thursday and Friday, Oct. IA and Is
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

Somebody declares that politics
is a disease. And in most cases,
adds the Colfax Clipper, "incurable."
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

Fall business is going ahead ofthis
time last season.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30

The first frost was not such cold
thing after all.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-30
THE. MILLS OF JUSTICE
Troubles of People Sifted Through
Court Hoppers.

Two cases of intoxication were be-
fore Mayor L. M. Bacon this morning.
An elderly man giving the name OF
Warren Gabriel, of Galesburg, took
on too much refreshment yesterday
afternoon and required the attention
of the police. Another stranger known
to the police as Walter Morton, was
cared for in a similar way. Both set
tied for an assessment of $4.85 this
morning and went their way.
s
The highly improper conduct of a
couple of girls and young fellows on
a side street last evening came near
causing their arrest. The boys had
been drinking to some extent, to the
point where they were careless of
their actions. Meeting with a couple
of girls they INDUCED in some antics
and capers that shocked pedestrians
and called for police interference.
The arrest of the young people was
threatened, but they were made to
leave the streets and were given a
chance to save themselves the dis
grace that would have followed an
arrest.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-03-13
The | hriCe- a-Week World
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Of the New York World to publish
the news impartially in order that it
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If you want the news as it really
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tuckian together for one year for
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-03-13
THE REV IRL. R. HICKS
Almanac and Magazine

Should be in every home in the
land. His weather predictions can
be had only in his own publications.
No other publisher is permitted to
print them in any form, either with
or without credit. His 1909 Alma
nae exceeds all former editions in
beauty and value, and sells for 35
cents, postpaid. His monthly mag.
azine, Word and Works, contains
his weather forecasts for each
month, contains a vast amount of
the best family reading al d costs 81
a year, one almanac with each sub
scriptioD. Every earthquake and
serious storm for 20 years las been
predicted bylProf. Hicks. You can
not afford to be without these pub.
lications. Address all orders to
HoPKINsvILLE KENTUcKIAN.
Northern Seed Corn.
Early White Dent Seed Corn for
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-03-13
The Christian County Loose
Tobacco Marke t

Auction sale Of loose tobacco EVERY DAY throughout
the season. We have secured the large E. Cooper liy
cry stable 3rd Ave. where we are prepared to receive
all kinds of tobacco either stripped or on the stalk and
will sell same for you privately or at public acuton for
highest market prices
Our house open for receiving every day in the
week Will receive tobacco hand-packed in hogsheads
and sell it the loose floor at highest market price
]. P. THOMPSONE& CO., Managers.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-03-13
Look Pleasant.

There are persons who think that to
be grim is to be good; that piety is a
sort Of facial longitude, and that
thought, to be really wholesome, must
be shaped like a coffin. Never trust a
man that doesn't laugh.-New York
Press.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-03-13
one Thing Certain.

Paul Revere may not have made
that famous ride, but there can be no
dispute about what happened next
day.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-07-17
New Successful White House Hostess

became i'll she abandoned her own
social programme in Cincinnati and
remained in Washington. This made
it possible for Mrs. Taft to carry out
the remainder of the entertainments
which had already been scheduled,
and Mrs. More took her place as
hostess at several official dinner par
ties which Mrs. Taft had planned
earlier in the season. Mrs. More won
admiration by the grace with which
she fitted into the position of White
House hostess.
Mrs. Tafts first social season as
mistress of the White House was a
brilliant success in spite of the ner-
vous trouble which necessitated her
withdrawal Never in the history of
generations has there been so much
social activity at the White House, and
never has society been more diplo-
matically and pleasantly brought to-
gether. Persons who had not been in
the White House for many months,
and some for several years, We're
again welcomed and hobnobbed with
each other to an extent hard to be-
lieye
The Colorado statesman., 1909-07-17
Belmonts to Dazzle National Capital

a remarkable turn in the case of the
Belmonts, and Mr.. Roosevelt, it is said.
asked his cabinet officers and others
high in the official scale to stay away
from the Belmonts' functions.
The first entertainment was a fail
ure because of this taboo The men
came in large numbers and their
wives with few exceptions absented
themselves. But the Belmonts had
already made plans for their new
home. They had brought their archi.
tect from Paris and incurred much ex.
pense.
Mrs. Belmont was not daunted. Be.
fore long she was entertaining Col.
Rromwell, the official major domo OF
the White House under the Roosevelt
regime, and his wife at theater par
ties, and her field Of social conquest
was gradually extended until now she
is perfectly at home as an entertainer
Next winter on her return from
abroad she will throw open her new
palace for entertainments that are
likely to make her critics sit rp.