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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20
WARNING AGAINST FLY PESTS

The city health department of Chi
cago has Just issued a bulletin warn
ing against the certain invasion with
in a few weeks of a vast army of life
destroyers. The army is composed OF
what the bulletin calls millions OF
the most dangerous insects known to
mankind-fiies." Citizens are re-
minded that now is the time to build
up lines of defense and to prepare
TO fight them las you would wild
beasts seeking your life" The warn
ing is as applicable to the people OF
Keokuk and other communities as to
those of Chicago and should be heed
ed by all. In describing how diseases
are spread the bulletin says:
"Flies may infect you with germs
OF tuberculosis, diphtneria, scarlet
fever, and other communicable di-
seases, as well as typhoid fever At
ter flies have Toasted on the infectious
matter of a person sick with these
diseases, they may go direct to your
baby's crib, to your food, to your
drink or perhaps to a small open
wound on your face or hands and
deposit the germs of these diseases.
When these germs are deposited in
your milk supply they multiply fast,
therefore milk should never be ex-
posed to flies
Here are some of the suggestions
made by the health department for
protection from these disease bring
ers:
Screen your windows ana doors be-
fore fly time and keep the screens in
place until snow tails.
Keep flies away from foodstuffs.
Kill every ny that enters the sick
room. Keep the PATIENTS bed screen
ed.
Catch the flies as fast as they APP
pear. Use the sticky fly papers, traps
and liquid poisons.
To clear rooms of flies burn pyre-
thrum powder or blow black nag into
the air of the room. THESE do not kill
the flies, they are merely stunned and
fall to the floor They must then be
gathered up and destroyed.
Eliminate the breeding places OF
flies-this is important s
Keep garbage receptaeles tightly
covered Clean the cans daily.
Sprinkle them with kerosene or enlor-
ide of lime.
Pour Kerosene into the drains. Keep
a per cent solution of carbolic acid
In them all the time.
Don't allow dirt to accumulate In
corners, behind the doors, back OIL
radiators. under stoves, etc.
Do not allow decaying material OF
any sort 70 accumulate on or near
your premises.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.

There are few, if any, clouds on the
financial horizon" says Henry Clews
in his weekly New York letter. THE
outlook continues satisfactory; and
the spirit of optimism having extend
ed itself into the commercial and in
dustrial field, nearly all the leading
industries are happily feeling the i'm
pulses of recovery under the stimu-
lus OF lower prices and cheap money.
The iron trade was tie first to re-
spond to these conditions and is at
present showing considerable activity,
the volume of orders for structural,
railroad and agricultural implement
work being very large. Various other
metal markets are also rejecting these
improved conditions, while the cleo
trio and rubber Industries are show
ing symptoms of revival. The textile
trades, also, though undergoing the
customary quietness at this period,
are in a relatively healthy condi-
ton, while raw materials, are in
much better demand from manufacture
ers. Another noticeable feature is the
continued large importations of raw
materials, partly in anticipation. it is
true of tariff changes, but still very
largely in expectation of larger con-
sumptive requirements. One more
very striking indication of business re-
cOvery is that bank clearings in the
United States during the first four
months of the current year amounted
10 ISL 500 900, 900, an increase of 80
per cent over the same period last
year Allowing for the fact that con-
siderable of this increase was due to
higher prices and greater activity on
the Stock Exchange 1t follows, never
theless, that an actual increase in the
volume OF business must have been
largely responsible for so great an
expansion. A still further evidence
OF growth is found in the latest reports
OF railroad earnings, the total OF all
roads thus far reporting in April show
ing an increase OF about Ia per cent
over year ago. Railroads are bene-
fitting somewhat from slight advances
In rates. but here. too. an actual in
crease in the volume OF traffic plays
the most important part.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20
CONTRACT ISAWARDED
P. w. Sparks Will Erect New Uni
versity Building. ... .,


The board OF directors of the Cen
trail Holiness university met Monday
afternoon in the office rooms at the
university to go over che bids received
for the contract for the erection OF
the new. Musical Conservatory and
Gymnasium building at University
Park, Five bids were received and
the contract was let to p, w. Sparks
of Oskaloosa, the price not being made
public. The contract stipulates that
the work shall be completed by the
first of next September. The board
also took up the proposition OF the
central heating plant for the univer'
sity buildings. The present plant, sit
uated Just north of the dormitory, is
too small and too close to be ade-
auate for the increased demands which
will be made upon it next season,
and it will be moved, enlarged and re-
built complete. The matter OF loca-
ton of the plant Is now the chief
thing under consideration, as when 1t
is rebuilt il will be designed to serve
the university after other new build
ings have been erected. Work on
the Musical Conservatory and Gym
nasium building will be begun at once.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20

1t remained for the citizens OF
Radcliffe, in this state, to become the
pioneers in the matter OF a real sane
and patriotic Fourth of July. AS the
Fourth falls on Sunday this year, the
citizens of the town have decided to
celebrate the nations birth on that
day. The business men will cooper
ate with the ministers and other peo-
pie of the town in arranging a program
that will be at once sane and safe. and
wholly in keeping with the birthday OF
the nation and the Sabbath. This is
so far as known, the first town in the
state to announce such a celebration
OF the anniversary.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20

Portland, oregon, stands bronze
statue of Chief Multnomah and one of
his braves, looking eastward at the
coming of the white man. In 1905
the women of Oregon erected bronze
statue to Sacajawea ,(bird-womam, on
the Lewis and Clark Fair Grounds in
Portland. At the close of the fair it
was presented to the city and placed
in the city park. Sacajawea guided
Lewis and Clark across the mountains
in 1905 and was the only woman in
their party. So e. A. Athearn,
4l0 South fst St., Oskaloosa, la.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20
PAROLED BANKER ARRESTED,
Is Held On An Order From corydon
--itabeas Corpus Proceedings
Will Be Started.

Fort Madison, Ia. May 1S.-Leroy
Ware, the Seymour banker paroled
Saturday. was arrested today on an
order from Corydon and Is now in
the custody OF Sheriff j. j. Datin OF
this county. The warrant for his ar
rest charges making false entries
Habeas corpus proceedings were at
once commenced before Judge Henry
Bank at Keokuk and the matter will
be argued there next Saturday.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20

During this rainy weather We may
as well adopt James Whitcomb Riley S
philosophy in whcih he says:
1T amt no use to grumble and com
plain;
It's just as cheap and easy to re-
joice.
When God sorts out the weather and
sends rain,
wy, rains my choice"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20
-Mahaska Day brought

-Mahaska Day brought two pros
pective. candidates for Governor OF
Iowa to Oskaloosa, Harvey Ingham OF
the Des Moines Register and Leader,
and Carl F. Kuehnle of Denison, Iowa.
Both concede Mr.. Carroll another term
and will not enter the race until 1872.
Both are university graduates, about
so years old and are typical men of
Iowa. Either would honor the posi-
ton, and our only regret is that both
cannot be elected at one and the same
time
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20
TEACHFRSARE ELECTED
Entire City Corps is Announced by
School Board.

The Oskaloosa Public School Board,
at special meeting Monday evening,
employed S. b. Sinclair as an archi-
tect to draw up plans for ten room,
one story fire proof building to be
erected this season in Second ward
the old structure to be sold to the
highest bidder on June LIST. Inc
adoption, of a fire proof structure
seemed to be the most advisable, and
Mr.. sinclair has contracted to have
the plans and specifications complet-
ed by the first of June, when bids will
be called for for the contract OF
building the school. The contract will
be let on June 10th. .-lf s,.r ~
= All school teachers in the city APP
plying for reelection We're elected by
the board, leaving only two vacancies,
the principalship of the high school
and the principalship of the First
ward. These positions have not yet
been filled. The salaries of the vari
Gus teachers have not been fixed, al
though few changes will be made,
The assignment of the ward teachers
to the various rooms has not been
completed either. All teachers will
be required to sign their contracts
by June 18TH
T. j. HORNE was reelected janitol
of the Second ward school building al
a salary of $50 per month. ....- 90.
ii Miss Pearle Burket and Mrs. Eliza
beth b. Washburn have been chosen
to take the schol census this year.
The following is a complete list OF
the teachers elected by the board, ar
ranged according to the positions they
now fill, the assignment for next year
having not yet been made. .
F. w. Else, superintendent of city
schools; Sara Williams, director OF
music, Mary Petit, director of 'domes
| tic science; R. H" jenkins, director
of manual training; Maud Parry, clerk
to the superintendent.
High School-Principalsh not fill
ed; Eda M. Haskell, Katharine vi
rich, Mary E. Dobyns, Maude Har
bach, Jessie L. Duboc, Martha Clay
ton, Lily McCune, B. w. Winship, II
A. Gregg.
jefferson School-E. Sheahan, prin
cipal; Ida Welch, Mae F. Dorgan
Amanda Hort, Edith Frost, Margaret
Burnside, Estella Sullivan, Lizzie E
Washburn, Mary Marten.
Grant. School-Rebecca Erwin, prin
cipal; Elizabeth Thomas, Mamie Bling
aman, Adeline Augustine, Martha Kin
ley, Mabel Ware, Cora Ryan, Ruth A
Lyman.
Lincoln School Principalship no
filed; Bessie owen Katie Grace, Mel
lie Lichtenheld, Mildred Fox, Florence
Burdock, Lillian Thomas, Flora Can
naday. Nellie Berdinner, Pearl Burket
Webster School-Floy Cricket, prin
lcipaI; Cora M. Leslie, Edith M. Holt
man, Nellie Williams, Viola Forsyth
Carolyn Roberts; Hazel Phillips, Jose
phine Evans. ~ -a 49,. ~
Whittier School Mary Vannest
principal; Flora Schneider, Jessie
Reid, Coda Ruan, Myrtle Glaze, Els
tella Malone. Fannie A. Baxter, Cornie
NJ. Cowan and Beulah Drinkle.
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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20
senator DoIliyer's attack on s,

Senator Delivers attack on Sen.
ator Aidrich shows that the taarin
still carries good deal of dynamite,
but the st. Louis Globe-Democrat re-
calls the conflict between these two
leaders is not as volcanic as was that
between President Cleveland and Sena-
tor German on the same issue fifteen
years ago.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20

The Methodists of Shenandoah
have probably started something
They have just purchased an automo-
bile for. the use of their pastor. Back
sliders would better look out.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20
Will Work On Farm.

The state has purchased 30 acres
of land near Fort Madison peniten-
tiary at a cost OF $l6,332, and the
prisoners will be given an opportunity
to do little farming.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20
MORE INDIAN STATUES.

Editor Herald:-In Cooperstown, n
Y, is statue of an Indian. 1t rests
on the top OF great boulder placed
on the site of otsego Hall, the home
OF J. Fennimore Cooper
May ~, 1903. G. M. Dixon
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20

The deeper ! drink of the cup
of life the sweeter il grows-the sugar
is all at the bottom" says Julia Ward
Howe who will reach her ninetieth
birthday on the 9th of this month.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20

Possibly, comedies the Marshall
town Times-Republican "the meek in,
herit the earth, but some aggressive
person takes it away from them pretty
suddenly"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20
Boom At Storm Lake.

No less than six new store build
lngs will be erected in Storm Lake
this season and there is considerable
activity in the building of dwelling
houses.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20

The philosopher of the Sioux City
Journal describes real Christian as
"a man who can refrain from speaking
disrespectfully to his wife when he
has hit his thumb-nail a savage lick.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20
Oldest EDITOR in America.

Although 90 years old, Hon. A. b. f.
Hildreth, publisher of the Charles City
lntelligencer, is as active as ever and
proud OF his title of being the oldest
editor in America.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20

The Carroll Herald says an in
surgent is a man who believes in do
ing in spectacular way, what others
do regularly and say nothing about it.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20

Deep River Record: We saw the
first blossoms of the season at Os'
kaloosa. In thus being ahead OF
other points Oskaloosa may possibly
be excused, for on Wednesday she en-
tertained big bunch of Indians, who
iourneyed there to participate in the
.unveihng of the Statue to Chief Ma
haska,, and a smack of the forest was
necessary to, make the Indians feel
at home. 3l,s,..,,s. II ~
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20

The Brighton Eenterprise has no
ticed that it is not always the man
who does the biggest Dragging that
harvests the biggest crops.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20

The state treasury now contains
Sl,019, 826.44 which Is more than 5000,
900 greater than Treasurer Morrow
had a year ago.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20

We miss the old familiar refrain
play BALI this season, but think OF
the money we are saving!
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20
TIT FOR TAT.

Up, Little Rhody, now and play
An Aldrich 'gainst a Dolliver,
And thus give bumptious Iowa
A Roland for an Oliver!
Chicago Tribune.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20
AROUND The CIRCUIT.

Keota Eagle: Oskaloosa motorists
have organized clup We ought to
have an automobile club here in Ke-
ota We think close to twenty ma
chimes could be scared up in this VI
entity and there'il be several more by
fall.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20
ouR NeIcHeoRs. OPINIONS.

Saturday Globe: II those who go
to the sanitarium would take half,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20

Grinnell Herald: The Times-Repub.
lican asks why Josephine Wilson, OF
Oskaloosa, who recently violated heI
parole, is not taken back to prison
We gladly join the T-R. in asking the
same question. The only difference
between us and the T-R. is that we
asked the same question when Mr.
Cummins did exactly the same thing
as has been done now. Both Cover
nor Cummins and Governor Carroll
have ordered 80" Wilson's parole re
voked and then later withdrawn the
revocation.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20

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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20

EdIlor Herald:-In the clly PARK a.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20

Muscatine was more than pleased
with the reception given the boosters
at Oskaloosa Here the business men
and in fact the entire city joined In
an endeayor to make, the stay Of the
Muscatine people a pleasant one, The
reception at the Elks club, the cordial
ity. OF the greeting of the Oskaloosa
people and the general spirit OF
friendliness manifested made the
Muscatine men feel at home at once,
Oskaloosa is a good live town and 1T
is needless to say that the Muscatine
people could secure many pointers in
the way of municipal Improvement
and beauty When the boosters left
Oskaloosa yesterday morning, frequent
ly along the line of march they were
cheered by the Oskaloosa people, all
going to show the friendly spirit man.
ifested throughout the entire stay
there.
Burlington Hawkeye: Merchants
in Ottumwa and Oskaloosa have gone
up against an ancient game. Parties
claiming to be, expert bill collectors
called upon them some time ago and
secured accounts that had proven
hard to collect. In addition, the mer-
chants gave notes representing a GER
tain percentage Of the bills turned ov-
er for collection! And, of course,
whether the bi1ls are collected or
not the merchants have to pay the
notes. 1t is another case where the
home trade movement ought to help
The home merchant, who is preaching
home industry and other pretty senti-
ments to everybody else and Is apt
to be pretty severe In his structures
upon people, who; fpatrOnize7 mail OF,
der houses and outside concerns, sure
ly could have found people right there
at home who would gladly have taken
those old accounts and who would
have collected some of them and who
would not have demanded notes or
cash payments, but would have paid
themselves. out of the collections. The
home trade movement ought to apply
to everybody in city. 1t is the work
ing together for the home man which
builds up a city. Perhaps another
generation will see that same old game
pulled off in a number of Iowa towns,
but the present will scarcely stand for
it again.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-20

The regular bi-nOnthly meeting OF
the town council was held last even
ing at the home of the mayor, Mr..
Bair, and four ordinances were pre-
scented and passed upon their first
reading. They pertainltto the organ
ization of the administration, defining
the duties of the mayor. clerk, treas
urer and council.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-11
Examiners Report.

To the Honorable Court of Com
mon Pleas of Marion County, Ohio
The undersigned committee Of ex-
aminers, heretofore appointed to ex-
anime the report of the Commission
ers of Marion County, as to their
financial transactions for the fiscal
year ending September 1st, 1908, beg
leave to submit the following report:
After careful and critical exami-
nation of the report prepared under
the supervision of the Clerk in the
Commissioners office, according to
the form prescribed by the State
Bureau of Public Accounting and
filed and published according to law,
we find that said report Is true and
correct in all details; that all
amounts therein, for the period COW
cred by said report, are properly
itemized, show to whom items we're
paid and agree with the correspond
Ding vouchers, filed in the office
the County Auditor and the entries
dn the Commissioners Journal.
We further find no Illegal transac-
,tionsI All contracts entered into
have been properly filed, and the
law carefully followed as to compe-
fitive bidding, estimates, notices, etc.
We desire, to commend the careful
ness and business-like methods APP
parent in this office and especially
THE neatness and accuracy of the rec
ords of the last year made therein.
We have also examined the report
of the County Commissioners as a
board of Turn Pike Directors for
the fiscal year ending September 1st
1908. All transactions of this board
have been found TO be in conformity
ITO law and correct in every detail,
agreeing with the Turn Pike Journal
and Vouchers filed in the Auditors
Office.
: Respectfully submitted,
JOHN II. CLARK, Pros. Atty.
T. E MYDRS,
HOMER r. JOHNSON,
Examiners.
| Dated this 3Oth day of December,
1908.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-11

The explosion was peculiar. No
noise or shock was heard or felt at
the opening of the shaft-only a puff
of smoke.
The engineer noticed the smoke
and realizing that an accident had
happened, summoned aid. The mine
had recently been on fire and the
flames had been sealed and confined
to workings which were not in the
vicinity of the present explosion
Mrs. Letter is at zeigler and yes
'terday she was at the mouth Of the
mine with her husband, aiding in
quieting the widows and orphans.
who crowded about the mime She
furnished coffee and sandwiches to
the men attempting to rescue the
bodies The day was bitter cold, but
Mrs. Letter was foremost in comfort
ing the widows.
Coroner Dye of Christopher held
an inquest over the victims brought
from the mine Mr.. Letter said
that after the bodies are recovered
he would have work started toward
the reopening Of the workings. The
mine was put in operation in 1903
and soon afterward labor troubles
began. In April 1905, an explosion
in the mine killed 81 men.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-11
SERVANT PROBLEM
BOTHERS J. |. COURT
Son of Housekeeper Said to
Have Thrashed Him.
Young Man Takes Mother to His
Home and Court Seek Repairs
Problem Unsolved,

John |. Court, proprietor Of the
general store at Newmans will no
doubt offer large reward to the
person who will successfully solve
the servant question for him. The
troubles Of Mr.. Court and his house
keeper, Mrs. Flossie Curan, receives
a periodical airing in the neighbor-
hood of the picturesque Scioto and
frequently the center of disturbance
extends to the press room.
Last evening 1t all broke out in a
fresh place. There was a fracas in
which Pearl Kerr, son of Mrs. Cur
an played the leading role and car
ried off the whole laurel wreath
without leaving so much as a lonely
leaf for his adversary. Mr.. Court
and Mrs. Curan were in the residence
of the former opposite the store when
in walks the irate son unannounced,
1t Is said, and plays an over-earnest
tattoo upon the physiognomy of his
parents employer. Just what caused
the attack is not made public but
heII leelS perfectly JuSIlHeu III Jue
strenuous measures he esTayed. More
than this, he carried Mrs. Curan
away with him, taking her to his
home on Mr.. Courts farm.
Court was badly injured, but was
able to proceed to the home of Geo.
Brown nearby where his bruises re-
ceived attention, His condition Is
considerably improved today, but pot
so the servant problem, the real
FEcauSus belli"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-11
Personals


Dr ID o. Weeks was a Columbus
visitor today
Lewis Rairdon was a visitor It
Columbus today.
Mrs, John Plank and Mrs. Beakin
Of Ashland, We're guests of Mrs, A,
@. Bachman over Sunday.
Miss Eugene Crows, Of Crestline,
trenrned to her home after pleas
ant visit with relatives and friends
in this city.
Misses Theresa and Gertrude
Greaney spent Sunday in Dayton.
MIR. and Mrs. willard Lofland, of
Watemoo street, are the parents Of
a son born Monday morning.
Mrs. C, H. sickels and daughters
Gayle and Helen Alice are home from
holiday visit at Dunkirk, Indiana,
where they were guests of Mrs. Sick
els parents, DR.. and Mrs. George
Fertlch.