The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-01-14
LocAL pAsHEs.

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the press about old time BARRIERS pelhg
able to shave 80 and 80 men on Satur,
day, need some explanation, SAID
REV. T. Tyler, of the A. NJ. b. church,
who used to handle the shears anu
WELD the razor himself. twenty
years ago all shave consisted of was
the amputation of the beard on the
face. There were no hot towel ap-
Iplications, no powder or extras. The
meek was never washed or shaved I'M
lless the customer ordered 1t done and
lpaid extra for the work. would
like TO see some of those fellows who
tell about their accomplishments OF
1.-THE past, tackle eighty men in one
day as shaving is now done. II he
would get through with half that num-
Der he would have to go some, and II
he turned fifty rlen out of his chair
he would hayeSto start early and go
late without stopping for rest or re-
Ifreshment It's different now
RR&
A practice that should be promptly
discontinued is that of throwing dead
rats into the streets. A leading prac-
titioner of medicine whose business
takes him all over the city every day
reports that there is scarcely street
i'm Oskaloosa free from the bodies OF
dead rats The practice is not only
disgusting; but unsanitary and extreme
lly dangerous as well. 1t has been, dis
covered within the past few years that
rats are the carriers of the contaglon
of the terrible disease known as the
bubonic plague. The rats are infested
with heas and the fieas infected with
the plague are the direct and active
agents in the dissemination of the dis
ease. BY preference they abound on
Norway rats, but they are not con-
fined to this species. They may make
their habitat on any kind or variety of
rat. Scarcely Pacific coast city is
free from the plague and in some Of
them the fatalities have peen alarm
ingly numerous. To prevent the
spread of the disease it is necessary
to exterminate the rats and burn their
bodies. This latter precaution should
never be omitted. What with fur
naces and stoves in full blast at this
time of year the conveniences for ere
mating the pests are directly at hand
AS. a measure of public safety all rats
Should be burned as well as killed.
Forty-nine divorces we're granted by
the district court of Mahaska county
during the year 1908 according to the
court records Between ninety and
one hundred petitions were filed for
divorces during the same period but
half of these were either dismissed by
the plaintiffs or refused by the court.
There were just 294 marriages during
the same year, SO one divorce petition
was filed for every three marriages,
and one divorce was granted for every
six marriages or this number, eight
divorces were granted during the
February term of court, IL during the
April term, II during the September
term and Is during the month of De-
cember, the December term of court
being still in session! There is some
consolation in noting that this record
is not equal to that OF 1907, during
which one divorce was granted for ev-
cry four marriages.
Hesp
The placing of street and avenue
names at intersections has been sug-
gested to the city council many times.
The proper naming of the streets
would be appreciated especially by
strangers, who have difficulty in I'M
derstanding the nomenclature of our
thoroughfares. When the work is