The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-08-11


nesday. The fight on the door of
The hall was led by John f. Lacey
and w. S. Kenworthy for the regu-
lars. While we can't agree with
either the major or the colonel po-
litically, one must naturally feel
proud Of the able fight they put up
against great odds. Both men have
national regulations as politicians,
and are possessed of the ability and
nerve to fight for what they believe
to be right.
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Fremont Gazette; A word to you,
sonny--you little IL or 13-year-old
boy who is smoking cigarettes on
the sly. What do you want to be
when YOU grow up--a stalwart,
healthy, vigorous, broad-shouldered
man, or little, puny, measly, no ac-
count weak-minded dudeg If you
want to be a man, with hair ON your
face, brains in your head, and mus
cles in your limbs, you just let Gig
arettes alone. If you want to be a
thing, pitied by your folks, despised
by the girls and held in contempt by
the fellows, keep right on smoking
and end your days in the insane asy.
lum.
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Washington Democrat: What idea
of the square deal exists up about
the vicinity of 0skaloosa! They are
a fine set of fellows up there and we
like them, but when it comes to poll
tics we want to warn any of our cit
liens who may have occasion to
wander up thitherwards,to keep their
hands on their pocketbooks. Why.
those politicians up there would steal
the coppers off their grandmother's
eyes, to gain point; we mean figur-
avely speaking. Why, we would not
trust those cusses up there as far as
you could throw a bull by the tail,
and thissis expressing it mildly. And
the worst of it is, the democrats are
just as bad as the republicans. &
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Abba Union: Kenneth Bowles, an
Oskaloosa boy, stepped into a stream
to wade the first of the week and
went into a hole and was drowned.
Just why parents permit their boys
to grow to manhood without learning
to swim will be more generally look
ed into in the future. Iowa alone
has had a number of drowning cases
where young men were incapable of
taking care of themselves. What
applies to boys is equally good for
girls. The establishment of swim
ming pools in every community
would be a good thing for the young
people.
The Des Moines Capital in its re-
publican convention notes, says: The
was one of the most en-
thusiastic regular republican confer
ences held in Iowa in many months.
1t determined that the time has
passed when the regular republicans
can give everything to the other fac
ton without a fight Major Lacey
the keynote of the regulars
position when he dramatically de-
clared: Let us fight and If the
steam roller passes over us let us go
down to defeat carrying the flag of
true republicanism with US while the
majority who vote US down bear the
odium of having refused specific en-
dorsement of a great republican pres
ident who has carried out every
promise of the republican party. We
must remember two things, first, that
it is necessary that Iowa go republi-
can and second and most important
it is necessary that the republican
party go republican"
Burlington Hawk-Eye: OskalOosa
are wise. They believe
in prevention. They have some
doubts about the water supply.
There has been no trouble so far.
and they are determined that there
shall be no trouble if they can pre-
vent it They are going to have the
city's water supply tested by experts
once a week during August and Sep
TENDER, and at the first indication
that there is danger something will
be doing in Oskaloosa. In the good
old times" nobody paid any attention
to sanitary conditions, and when an
epidemic broke out there was just
one thing to do, and that was to con-
ceal it. Now the authorities work
hand in hand trying to prevent the
of disease and when there
is an outbreak the greatest safety is
found in a clear statement of the
fact, in reliable daily reports, in the
value that attaches to
intelligent publicity.