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The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-02-18
Record In Recsat Real Estate Trans.
/ fers In County.
H. W, Gleason Ref. to B, F.

H. w. Gleason Ref. to B. F.
Grub, Ref. d, lot 22, Lacey's
ad. Oskaloosa. -. -. ...$i
G. Ed Beman and wife TO D.
E. Fielder, Sc. Sc. Sec. IL
and ne. ne. i3-75-14 and pit.
sw., 7.75-1S. i, ........ Il
Jas. r. Woods and wis to
Viola Mitchum, Ell, NV. sw.
NV. sw, and pit. sw. NV. sw.
Sec. is, and e1k Sc. ne. Sc.
1884 -. ...........
Jno. f. Fisher and wife TO Syl
vanus Haworth. sw. sw.
sw. 3-77-15. -. ........
Earl F. Bridges to Rebeccs e.
Bridges, lot 10, blk. 26, o.
p. Oskaloosa. 49,. ..,.
Cora A, Broyles and husband
to G. Fl. and A. M. Richmond
e1s, NV, 33-77-14. 80.
Annie e, j.. Ferris and nus
band to H. A. Whiteside,
undivided " int. in e1s Sc.
24-75-15 and pit. NV. sw. 49,
75-14 -. ...,...........,
Reed Brown and wife to
Floyd A, Digger. lot Z. blk.
9, Houtz ad, oskaloosa ($50)
due every 3 months) .,.....
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-02-18

HoWARs-Mrs. Oatnarine Howar
aged 70 years, month and days
widow of George howar died IL heI
home. 404 North C street, OF jaundice
after an illness OF two years duration
Tuesday. Feb 10th, at 11:ov O'Clock
p. m. The deceased was born in
Ohio. Jan. 18th. 1850. and had been q
resident OF Mahaska county for the
past ffty-six years She is survived
by three children. w. II. Howar. e. q
Howar and Mrs. swaine Hopes.
Funeral services at the residence
Thursday. Feb. 18th, at $3.50 and In
terment in Forest cemetery.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-02-18
Two euspects Of Train Eiold.IJp.-

Denver, Col. Feb. 1.-two men sas.
pected OF being the train robbers who
held up a Rio G.ande train near Fort
Logan we're arrested ~ ssdal's
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-02-18
HURT In ACCIDENT.
Several Painful Mishaps But None
Is Serious. I

As victim OF an Icy sidewalk ac-
lcident. David waggoner is wearing a
Ibandage around his head which con-
ceals an ugly wound that came within
one OF being fractured skull. Mr..
lWaggoner was coming down from his
flaw office, in the Nugent building at
the northeast corner of the square,
Monday morning, and was stepping on
to the sidewalk from the last stone
Istep when his attention was attract
ed to lady across the street who
was finding difficulty in keeping her
balance on the ice in front of the court
mouse. As he stepped earelessly onto
the icy sidewalk he slipped and fell
backwards, his head striking the edge
llof the stone step. He was knocked
Unconscious and was carried into the
Purity Drug store on the corner where
lii was found that deep cash had
been cut in his head. Four stitches
we're required to close the wound and
Mr.. Waggoner was confined to his
room for couple of days.
y
Cary Long, son OF Thos. Long,
while skating on the ice in front of his
home on West High avenue, became
|entangled with horse and wagon and
escaped from his serious predicament
with only a few bruises. Although
me was severely hurt he was exceed
Iingly lucky in not having sustained
|serious injuries. He was skating west
in the street when horse and wagon,
which was going along the same
street, Unexpectedly turned into an
alleyway in front of Mr. Long. The
horse and man collided and resulted
in causing both to become somewhat
excited. The horse gave vent to his
feelings with a kick and struck young
Long on the hip. Only bruises We're
Sustained.
Elmer Dryden, an Iowa Central en-
gineer. is confined to his home at 300
North G street, as the result OF an ac-
cident ON the Iowa Central railroad
near Olds, Iowa, last Sunday evening.
"A truck on one of the cars got off of
the track and in endeayoring TO re-
place it without calling out the wreck
ing crew, it was let slip and Mr.. Dry
den's leg was caught and crushed. No
bones we're broken, but the flesh on
his limb was badly bruised 1t win
be several days before he returns to
his work. II
John R. Baer sustained a deep cash
in the palm of ihe left hand, bruised
chin and a wrenehed leg by falling
down the cellarway AT his home. He
was going down to fire, the furnace
when he slipped on the ice. and fell
the full length of the steps. While
the wounds are painful and inconyen.
lent it is thought no serious conse
quences win result
EzR
Mrs. Stella Early. No. $40 d avenue
west, fell on the icy sidewalk on the
east side of the Green Bay lumber
yard, few days ago, and sustained
injuries of serious character. The
injury, slight at first, developed into
a case of blood poisoning, and the pa
tient was taken to the Oskaloosa Hos
pital for an operation.
ERE
E. Jessup, OF SIG B avenue west, was
slightly hurt in falling while carrying
a bucket of coal at his home last Sat
urday evening. He sustained a,
sprained ankle and was confined to
his home three days. He is now able
to be around with the aid of a cane.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-02-18

Newton Ba., ink. formerly OF Font.
anelle. was recently killed in Okla
homa,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-02-18

oelwein is to have a canvas glove
and mitten factory
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-02-18
OskaIoOsa National Bank.
and
Union savings Bank.
omceers.

w. II. Kalbach. ..s...... President
III. L. Spencer. :. Yice-Presldent
e. 4. Loflapd. ...........,Ca Cashier
III. ID Lane. Asst Cashier
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-15
A FAIR WARNING.

The Rev. Walter J. Shanley of Dan- bury has not subsided upon the tenn perance issue but is determined that the saloon keepers shall live up to the provisions of the law and respect the requirement of their licenses. He has addressed the following notes to the saloon keepers of Danbury:
 Dear Sir-As saloon keepers of Danbury are selling intoxicating li- quor, in open and fragrant violation of the law, to minors of the parish of which I am pastor I wish to notify you, that as the police of Danbury are inefficient in this matter, will secure the services of a detective agency to obtain evidence against the law break CTS, and will do all in my power to have their licenses revoked"
 This will alarm only the guilty and they should be alarmed. The man or men who do this really render good service to the honest and clean liquor dealer. If the business cannot be car ried on profitably without violating the license, it will be well for the public to know that. The inefficiency of the police represents the inactivity of the citizens. Where the moral en- zine works steadily the police always make wonderfully good records.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-15

with baby comet of the same shape travelling by it's side. From that time the comet has not been seen. What has become of it is one of the unsolv- ed mysteries of cometary astronomy. It may have broken up completely in- to a meteor shower. as meteors were observed in the path it should have traversed on successive appearances.
 Another famous comet appeared in 1770, and was calculated to have pe- riod of about five and a half years. After having excited much interest on its solitary appearance, it has not been seen since. It is the oldest of lost comets. and was not finally given up' until about 1850.
 De Vico's comet, which was a bril- liant spectacle in 1844, has also dis appeared. On the date when it should have been seen again in 1850 it was calculated that, owing to it's position with regard to the sun, 1t would be difficult to distinguish. But no such excuse could be found for it's next failure to appear.
 Seven other comets with short pe- riods have been carefully observed, and have failed to make their reap pearances-
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-15
Saint Sophie Wright.

A living saint is as much better a saint than a dead saint as life is bet ter than death.
 Miss Sophie Wright of New Orleans is a living saint-"St. Sophie,'' they call her Miss Wright was born with a species of hip disease that has made her a cripple for life. Every step she takes is torture, and although she is a young woman in years her sufferings have turned her hair snow white. Her parents were poor and barely able to support her through high school. A life cripple, poor, without friends, how could she earn a living sainthood That was twenty-f five years ago, when such a thing as a night school was unknown in New Orleans. One night a young man, a stranded circus acrobat. came to her and said he could get a job if only he could read and write Would she not teach him? She did. and that was the beginning of her night school. One by one the pupils came for free instruction until she was crowded out of her little home in to larger quarters.
 Today, as the outcome of Sophie Wright's self sacrificing labors the night schools of New Orleans instruct 1000 pupils, and some of the leading citizens have been educated in these schools. Miss Wright started a private school for girls, which is very sue cessful. She makes her living by teach ing in this school all day and gives her evening to 'her boys" in the night school. This crippled woman has built home for crippled children. She is the main support of the home for con valescents and scores of other chari- ties. Every year The Picayune, a newspaper gives a loving cup to that citizen who has done the greatest good for the city during the year. Several years ago Miss Wright received the cup. In it was check for s$10, 900. subscribed by the people of New Or leans to cancel a debt she had assumed in making room for her night schools.
 Is it strange they should caf1 her
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-15
NOT A THINKING MAN IN THE
 CASE,

A little, court work reported from Tennessee shows that good thinkers must be scarce there. In that state, early in the year, citizen was &C., cused of having counterfeit coin in his possession, was proven guilty and committed, and after he had been in jail for five months, the coins were submitted to a test which proved that they were genuine. This is little worse than anything known to have happened in a New England state in the way of injustice through stupid ity. One would think that the very first duty of the prosecution would be to test the coins for the purpose of having expert testimony as to their character and value, or lack of it. Nothing of this kind happened until the man had been unwittingly dis graced and served af criminal sen tence for which he can get no re- muneration. Dull public officials are often too nasty and make queer mis- takes, but it is not often that such lot of blockheads get together as must have been involved in this case.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-15
Lost: A Few Comets.

Lost comets is the subject of fas- cinating chapter in '"Fhe Story of the Comets" newly issued by Mir. G. F. Chambers, F. R. A. S., who is already well known by his Handbook of De- scriptive and Practical Astronomy" A great number of comets have been carefully observed and their reappear- ances predicted and seen, and then they have failed to make their reap pearance. Several well known comets have had this fate. A comet appeared in 1772 and 1895 and again in 1926, when Biela, an Austrian officer, found that the three appearances related to one comet.
 It returned twice again, and then in 1S46 the most extraordinary feature in it's career was observed. A tiny comet was seen to break off from the parent, to which it later was joined by lu- minous bridge. Biela's comet return ed once more in 1852, and for three weeks was visible as a large comet,
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-15
THE JUBILEE BOOK.

The Jubilee Book containing a complete record of the celebration of Ike 25Oth anniversary of the founding bf the town of Norwich. with complete illustrations, containing at least 1oo,- poo words and 50 pages of portraits and scenes of decorated streets and sections of the parade. etc. The Bull letin hopes to have the book ready for delivery early in December. If you have not ordered one. i'll out the, cou- pon printed elsewhere and mail to the "Business Manager of The Bulie- tin. Norwich Conn"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-15
AN IMPENDING CONFLICT.

The conflict for pure food between those who stand for the people and those who profit by food aduItera- ton is not over. We are told that the issue at Washington will be d fierce one next winter. as the con- flict has ragged since the passage of the pure-food bill. The food commissioners who are opposed to doctoring ketchup, tomato soup, jams, jellies, etc, with chemicals, will take the matter before President Taft this winter and request him to order an investigation into the actual condi- tions under which benzoate of soda is employed as preservative. For reasons not altogether clear the de- partment of agriculture has side tracked the only report ever made on the actual trade conditions where benzoate of soda figures, and has persisted in maintaining a friendly, even paternal attitude, towards the drug solely because of a negative re- port from three chemists as to some experiments. These experiments, az everyone knows, did not touch in any way upon the question of "medicated garbage" which, by the way, was not referred to the Remsen board by Sec retary Wilson. It is charged that ref
 nse from canning factories is utilized h the manufacture of condimenta. foods. A report of a government iI- Bpector confirms this charge. Now ssmes the association of food com n!ssioners with a resolution asking President Taft and Secretary Wilson 'tO institute further studies concern Ing the use of preservatives and along the broadest lines"
 The attitude of Secretary Wilson upon the question leaves no doubt that the time for his retiracy is we'll tir1ed and if President Taft stands ps Roosevelt did and declines to favor :rt her inquiry, a congressional inves- t!gation will be sought, and it is open- ly asserted that if congress goes in to the matter, the conditions will be found equal to those which existed in the meat-packing trade before ihe passage of the meat inspection Icr. Tle foes of benzoate of soda, which include legions of physicians and 0ta- CTS interested in public health, are determined that the question shall be dealt with from a broad standpoint: and that it shall not be side tracked hy reference to a quasi official com fnittee, the scope of whose inves.i- gallon was deliberately limited so as to give the public no information as to the actual conditions under which tEeir food is doctored. It. is also in- timated that the question of how far the employees of the department of ag- riculture were justified in their sf- forts to secure the passage of ths resolution at the Denver convention, vll be agitated. and whether their
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-15
Difficult Exams.

Apropos of examinations and their terrors. A. D. Palmer. secretary of the department of education of New York, told at a recent dinner an odd story of a young African prince.
 This prince" said MT. Palmer, "en- tered Yale or Harvard-I forgot which and amused himself with bulldogs and motor cars until examination time drew near. Examination time fright ened the young prince horribly.
 He began to study, and cabled home to the king his father: 'Exami- nation next week. Most difficult. Implore aid of gods in my behalf A few days later this reply came back from the barbarous West-Coast mon arch:
 "Rites performed. Fourteen picked youths, all sons of nobles, have been sacrificed. Omens propitious.'
 'Yet, would you believe it." MT. Palmer concluded. "the young prince flunked. ed."-Argonaut
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-15
HEARsAY EVIDENCE.

Had Commander Peary been more familiar with the law and the evil dence-of the requirement. of the courts-he would not have made such a weak statement with the expecta- ton that it would fin any way affect the opinions of the people. The piv- otal point of. his averment is to be found in these few lines:
 "The answers of the Eskimo boys to Commander Peary's independent questions, showing that they killc3 no game, make no caches, lost no dogs and returned to the land with loaced sledges, makes their attain n1ent of the pole on the trip north of Cape Thomas Hubbard a physical ani mathematical impossibility, as 1t would demand the subsistence of three men and over twenty dogs during a journey of 1,040 geographical miles on less than two sledge loads of sup- plies"
 The testimony of Peary and his able men does not add anything to the strength of this statement by two Eskimos who were pledged by Dr. Cook not to tell where he went, and he laughingly says that they have kept their pledges with him. Both Peary and Cook are agreed in the averment that as they pledge so the Eskimos do.
 The press of the country do not see that the statement makes any change in public opinion, and the most Ad- miral Melville claims for Peary is that he has made out strong presumptive case, which the ablest of Cooks friends dispute.
 Here are a few press opinions:
 The Boston Advertiser: Peary's whole story becomes simply ridicu- lous-if not spiteful.
 Springfield Republican: We can only record that Dr. Cooks case seems stronger at this moment than at any previous time.
 Meriden Journal: Peary's evidence against Cook will not change a vote, as they say at election time.
 The Philadelphia Ledger: What one explorer thinks of another is of secondary importance.
 The New York Times: If the state ment made by Commander Peary's party could have been published sim ultaneously with the report of his journey to the pole, the unfortunate controversy would hardly have arisen Mir. Peary's statement would have been accepted. That it will be uni- versally accepted now, that it will al- ter conclusions already reached is more doubtful.
 The Boston Herald: The statement of the Eskimos add to the uncertain ty.
 There are but few papers that re- gard the statement of Peary as of any value in settling the question as to whether Cook discovered the poe or not. pr. Cook has his data and his observations and these ought to settle who went farthest north, for it is not probable these two men halt cd at exactly the same point.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-15
THE BULLETIN SToRIETTES

apartment house changed her iceman not long ago. and the next day the youth who drove the team for the new man put the piece of ice on the dumb up. She pulled away.
 ''Heavens!" she exclaimed. That new iceman certainly gives good weight"
 After much effort she got the dumb waiter up to the kitchen level. To her amazement there was a small boy sitting on the ice. With what little breath she had left she demanded:
 What in the world did you make me pull you up here for?'
 Why" replied the youngster, T thought maybe the cake would be tod heavy for you to lift, so I came up to help you off with it."-Lippincott's.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-15
CORN HARVESTING MACHINERY The Automatic Pickers and Shelters

Of the s.526,644,Ooo bushels of corn raised in 1908 in the United States raised about 76 per cent The hand ling of this enormous crop is a con- stant incentive to improvements in corn harvesting machinery. One in- genious device is the corn picker the operation of which Is a continuous performance in legerdermain. This machine picks the ears from the stand ing corn with deft precision, husks and delivers them into wagon which is driven alongside the machine. It has been successfully used in the heavy corn raised in Illinois and in the large corn fields of Nebraska, Kan sa.s Iowa and South Dakota Its only drawback is that it leaves the fodder standing and scattered over the field. Many farmers feed their stock by turning them into the fields, but it has been found that this method does not properly utilize the fodder. The cat tie will not eat the tough part of the stalks, although there is much nutri- ment in them. Accordingly a machine has been invented which takes the corn as delivered in shocks, husks and de- flyers the ears ready for the smelling machine, while at the same time thor oughly cutting and shredding the stalks. blowing the shredded fodder through a pipe into the haymow or into stacks ready to be pressed, if de- sired. into bales in the power press. Tn the field there are machines which cut and bind the standing corn ready for the shredder.
 Dave Rankin. the largest grower of corn in the world. who has 5000 acres devoted to corn near Tarkio, Mo. and who feeds it all to stock, says: T be- heve that with shredded fodder the steers do as well as on grass" The corn shredder enables the farmer to harvest about two tons of excellent, succulent, shredded corn fodder per acre, while much goes to waste when a shredder is not used. It is estimated that this fodder is worth about $7.50 per ton or SIS an acre. Another ma chine which has made is appearance is a corn-shock loader, to be uesd in the field in connection with a gasoline tractor. This machine is capable of hoisting six heavy shocks of corn from the ground to the wagon when loading, and when unloading delivers one shock at d time upright on the feeding platforms ready to be fed into the maw of the husker and shredder.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-15
CONVICTION TOO EASY.

There is growing sentiment Tn Vermont that the commitment of pa tients to state insane asylums is al- together too easy, and that more care ful methods should be invoked, that the selfish and interruptions shall not be able to railroad to retreats rela- tives or friends for base and criminal purposes. On this subject, the Barre Times says:
 People have been 'railroaded', in- to the asylums with too great des- patch and under system which might be abused. Therefore, the opinion o1 the Vermont supreme court holding that one Lydia Allen of Orleans coun- ty was illegally held in the state asy- Ium because of the manner of her commitment will put a stop to the present system. or, rather. improve upon it by requiring formal hearing tc be held, in which the alleged insane person will be represented by guard ian.
 We do not wish to be understood as asserting that judgment of medical examiners has erred in declaring the insanity of those already committed or that they, through some collusion have failed to recommend commit ment of parties who were really f1i subjects for the asylum. But up tc the present time it has been com- paratively easy matter to get an or der as they say, for the commitment of certain party to the restraint of the insane hospital.
 "Depriying a person of his liberty and placing the matter of his release with a few. men in charge of the hospital is something too serious tc be accomplished with a mere brush of the pen. At the same time there should, of course, be either absolute temporary restraint of suspected Iunatics, or they should be subjected to close guardianship; the suspected persons ought not to be allowed tc go at large to do their will. But there should be more formal procedure prior to their commitment.
 Tt is to be expected that the de- cision of the supreme court in the Lydia Allen case will lead to the de sired change"
 This is matter for serious thought in this and every other state where these hospitals appear to bt becoming more and more convenient and their population greater ant greater.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-15

St. Sophie, or that she is also known to the people as '.the best citizen of New Orleans ?" She, has effectively answered the age-long query respect ing woman, What can she do?' She is of that noble company of women who are coming into their own in this, our day. Sophie Wright, Heading citi- zen of New Orleans.' And there are others-plenty of them.-Albany Jour nal.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-15

Since the price of cards has not been raised, it is likely that more whist clubs will be organized this fall than ever.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-15

When the janitor declines to fire UT before the stipulated date, the tenant has the privilege of sitting around in an oYercoat.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-15

Out west they are claiming that the expenses of election should be minimized. What lot of candidates for governor there would be if they could run on 41.75.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-15

Colonel Bryan has been selected to make the closing speech for the Se- attle exposition. This must be fer the purpose of showing him what a successful thing looks like.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-15

Now that an editors son has flown five hundred feet high, the way to get clear of the irate subscriber is plainly pointed out.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-15

If Minister Crane talked too rruch it was because of his inexperience. It is a big part of wisdom . know when to talk and when not to.