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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-20
HALDERMAN
UNDER ARREST

An arrest was made at Berwick yes.
terday morning, which may establish
the identity Of at least one of the band
of robbers that has been cracking safes
right and left in this locality during
the last three months.
1t appears that the ID. l.. d W.
Railroad company, whose stations at
Danville and Bloomsbury were rob-
bed, in order to prevent a similar oc-
curence at Berwick had special offic-
er on the watch.
1t appears that about 80 o'clock
yesterday morning the officer fancying
everything was secure stepped outside
the the station, leaving modern rifle
with which he was armed inside the
building. He had only proceeded few
steps when he was confronted with a
man, who flourished formidable look
ing revolver in his face and ordered
him to throw up his arms. There was
no other alternative but TO comply,
and the watchman wholly at the mercy
of the robber was conducted to point
at some distance from the depot and
ordered to get out of the way as quick
ly as he could. The watchman started
on a run. while the robber returned to
the station.
The watchman by a circuitous route
gained the station aud crawling in
through q back entrance and succeed
ing in getting hold of his trusty gun
he entered the Office and surprised
the robbers at their work. Before the
fellow that had held him mp could get
hold of his revolver the watchman had
him at the point of his gun. Two 9TH
ers no doubt thinking that the officer
had assistance fed precipitately leay
ing their companion to his fate.
The officer had the robber at his
mercy. but it was not until after a
hard fight that he succeeded in hand
cutting the fellow. The latter was then
placed i'll the lookup.
Yesterday morning the officer called
up Chief Of Police Mincemoyer re-
Questing him TO come to Berwick to
see whether he could identify the rob-
ber Chief Mincemoyer went up on
the 1919 d. L. & W. train and pro-
ceeded to the lookup, where at the
first glance he recognized the man as
Elmer HaldeIman, who with David
Barrett was implicated in the robbery
at w H. N Walkers, this city, July
3, 1905.
Halderman yesterday was very sui
len and communicative. Up to last
evening there was no clew leading to
the identity of the other two members
of the gang, who escaped. Halderman
will be given hearing in Berwick
TODAY. Meanwhile the lookup in
which he is confined is heavily guard
ed at night.
On Halderman' S person after his ar
rest was found a most complete 3S-
calibre revolver capable of doing ter
rible execution in the hands of a des-
perate man.
For the part that he played in the
robbery at w. II. n. Walkers Halder-
man on November 10, 1905. was sent
enced by Judge Staples to five years
in the Eastern penitentiary. 1t has been
but a comparatively short time since
he was released.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-20

prayer of the petitioners should not be
granted Returnable TO next argument
court. @. G. Evans, P. J.
Sophie G.. Eckman VS.. Pennsylvania
Coal Co. Trespass. Petition to quash
summons. Now October II, 1910, upon
presentation of the foregoing petition
of the Pennsylvania Coal Co. verified
by affidavit rule is granted to show
cause why the. summons in the case
should not be quashed and the return
thereon by the Sheriff should not be
set aside. Returnable at next argu-
ment court.
Daniel W. Kaercher, an attorney
of Pottsville, was admitted to practice
at the bar of Montour county.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-20
POTTSGROVE HIGHSCHOOL

Contractor Koefer, of Sunbury, who
built the new High School building
for East Chillisquaue township at
Pottsgrove, has the building complet-
ed and ready for occupancy. The arch
itect will be present this week to in
spect the work and it will be turned
over to the Board of Directors on Sat
urday. 1t is expected that it will be
occupied by the schools on Monday
next.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-20

JUST LIKE BERRIES. - Charles
Fehn, of Newportville, has established
a record by growing Il pumpkins ON
one vine, their total weight being 977
pounds.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-20

RETURNING FROM THE FIELDS
Some of the idle Pottstown iron
mills are resuming and the men are
being called in from corn-husking and
other outside occupations, which they
took up to help fill the dinner pail
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-20

In Norway persons who have not
been vaccinated are not allowed to
vote at any election.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-20

An alysts say that butter is the most
nutritious article of diet, and that
bacon comes next.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-01-28
EPIDEMIC OF ITCH IN WELSH
VILLAGE

'In Dowlais, South Wales, about fff-
teen years ago, families were strick-
en- wholesale by disease known as
the itch. Believe me, it is the most
terrible disease of It's kind that i
know of, as it itches all through your
body and makes your life an inferno.
Sleep is out of the question and you
feel as II million mosquitoes were
attacking you at the same time.
knew dozen families that were SO
affected.
1.-THE doctors did their best, but
their remedies were of no avail what
ever. Then the families tried a drug
gist who was noted far and wide for
his remarkable cures. People came
to him from all parts of the country
for treatment, but his medicine made
matters still worse. as last resort
they were advised by q friend to use
the Cuticura Remedies. am glad to
tell you that after a few days treat.
ment with Cuticura Soap, Ointment
and Resolvent, the effect was wonder
full and the result was q perfect cure
in all cases.
Il may add that my three brothers.
three sisters, myself and all our fam
lilies have been users of the Cuticura
Remedies for fifteen years. Thomas
Hugh, 1850 West Huron st.. Chicago.
ILL.,, June 20, 1909"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-01-28
r. r. D. Men Can't Use Automobiles

r. r. D. Men Can't Use Automobiles.
Mount Pleasant.-A damage 50. OF
a peculiar nature has been filed in the
county clerks office, to come up at
the February term of court. The
plaintiff Is J. H. Wittrig, one Of the
rural mail carriers of the county;
he makes defendant F. ]. Conrad
agent for the REQ automobile.
In the petition, Mr.. Wittrig states
that on the 4th of October last he en-.
tered into an agreement with the de-
PENDANT that the latter was to sell
him a five passenger REQ automobile
for the sum of $780,. The purchase
was made with the understood agree
ment that if the postoffice department
refused to let him carry the mail in
the car, that Conrad was to take 1t
back. The car was delivered to the
plaintiff, and the money for the same
was paid over to Conrad. ii
On the 4th of October the plaintiff
received word from the postoffice de-
partment that he could not be per-
mitted to use the car for carrying
mail. Wittrig at once notified Conrad
of this, but the latter told him to keep
on using the car until further orders
could be received from washington.
Another refusal to use the car in the
mail carrying business resulted in
the second letter; still Conrad refused
to take the car back and to pay back
the money to Wittrig.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-01-28
KEEP SUICIDE PACT
Boy and Girl Lovers Found Dead
Near Monroe, Ia.
BODIES SITTING IN BUGGY
vern Barr, Aged is, and Lima Ammer,
Aged II, Found Dead In Barn.
yard at Barr Home-Drank
Draught Of Strychnine.

Knoxville, la. Jan. U.s. Sitting bolt
upright in the buggy in which few
hours before they had driven home
from merry dancing party at Mon
roe, the bodies Of Verne Barr, barely
Is years old, and Miss Lima! Ammer,
aged Is, were foEnd In the barn yard
of the Barr home, four miles south
OF Monroe. A bottle containing
small quantity of strychnine found
near by indicated that the children
had taken the poison and died as the
result of suicide pact.
The discovery was made by the
father and brother of young Barr
when they went to the barn to do
the morning chores,
The girl was the daughter of Al
bert Ammer, who lives three miles
north of Monroe. Both families are
well known and prosperous farmers
of the Monroe neighborhood and the
tragedy has created a profound SEN
sation throughout the community.
Each of the young people left q
note, but gave nothing definite to IN.
dictate the motive that prompted them
to the tragic deed, contenting them
selves with their statement that they
were unhappy. Young Barr had for
some time been paying marked atten'
ton to the girl, and among their
friends they were generally regarded
as lovers. 1t is not known that they
we're engaged to be married. but in
the absence of better explanation
1t is presumed that they desired to
wed and that they had met with de-
termined parental opposition on &C.
count of their tender years.
Early Wednesday evening young
Barr drove to the home Of his sweet
heart north of Monroe and took her to
dance given at Odd Fellows hall
under the auspices Of a lodge. From
the first they entered heartily into
the festivities of the evening, no one
in all the crowd apparently being
more happy or free from worry. They
danced merrily in the last cotillion at
2 o'clock and then bidding their
friends good.by drove straight to the
boys home, where they deliberately
ended their lives.
While Monroe is in Jasper county,
the Barr farm is just over the line, IN
this, Marion county, and officers are
making an investigation OF the trag-
edy.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-01-28
INSOMNIA
Leads to Madness, IT not RemedIed In
Time.

Experiments satisfied me, some s
years ago." writes a Topeka woman,
that coffee was the direct cause Of the
insomnia from which I suffered ter
|ribly, az well as the extreme nervous.
ness and acute dyspepsia which made
life q most painful thing for me.
i had been a coffee drinker since
|childhood, and did not like to think
hat the beverage was doing me all this
harm. But 1t was, and the time came
when / had to face the fact. and pro-
ect myself. / therefore gave up coffee
abruptly and absolutely, and adopted
Postum as my hot drink at meals.
Il began to note Improvement in my
condition very soon after took on
Postum. The change proceeded grad
ally, but surely, and it was a matter Of
nly a few weeks before found my
ELF entirely relieved the nervousness
assed away, my digestive apparatus
las restored to normal efficiency, and
began to sleep, restfully and peace
lilly.
These happy conditions have con.
nued during all Of the years, and I
4 safe In saying that owe them en-
rely to Postum. for when ! began to
Ink It ! ceased to use medicine"
bad the little book, THE Road to
ellville. I'm pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above letters A new
appears FROM time to time. They
gennine, tHnes and full Of humaD
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-01-28
Te Distribute 94s, goo.

Marshalltown.--The distribution OF
$4,000 In cash, part OF the estate
OF Thore o. Sawyer a farmer who
died near lie Grand, this county, On
December 10. last, was ordered made
in the district court here. Abel T.
Sawyer, son, Of lie Grand, will re-
ceive $24 900 farm and $4,000 In
cash, and requests Of $5,4l2 each are
made to Ole T. and Ben Sawyer aud
Jane NJ. Sawyer, Of lie Grand: Ernest
Sawyer Of Gilman, Martha Anderson
of Leland, Ill: Mary Stangland Of
Chicago, all children of Mr.. Sawyer,
Another daughter, Mrs, Charlotte
Swanton Of Chicago gets $5,075 and
Carrie Gunderson and Helen Huseboe
Of Gilman, granddaughters, get $2,700
each. The Sawyer estate Is valued at
$4,000.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-01-28
BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR HARRY
Lucky Bridegroom Had So Many Of
His Wife Relatives to "Run in"
at Any Time.

1t isn't as If the dear child was 60
Ing away of in some remote place far
from all her relatives and friends"
said the brides mother to the caller
who had run in the day after the we'd
ding to have a second look at the
presents.
You see, she Is going to live right
here. SO near us that can run in
every day, and her sister, May, will
live just across the street and will
be running in every day, and her
grandmother lives just around the cor
sner, SO she can run in every day, and
her Aunt Maria lives only four blocks
up the street, so she can run in every
day, and her Aunt Harriet lives SO
near that she will probably be running
IN every day, and she has half dozen
other aunts and. cousins right here in
town who will be running in at any
time: blu. of course it will be a little
hard on poor Harry, for all Of his
people live miles and miles from here
and the dear boy hasn't relative to
run in, yet with so many Of Mays
relatives to run in the boy can't be
very lonesome dear. good boy!"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-01-28
INVESTIGATE THIS CLAIM.

II you intend to buy an Incubator
this year, we will ask you to look
into the claims the Klondike Incubator
Co., of Des Moines, make for their In
cubat0r and Brooder.
They had an immense increase in
their business last year. and are put
ting out an Incubator and a Brooder
that are wonderfully successful. They
will send you one Of their new cata-
logues for the asking. III There is a
good deal Of profitable reading in it in
regard to poultry matters.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-01-28
COW CULTURE CLUB.
Holds Its Annual Meeting in Des
Moines.
POOR COWS MAKE BUTTER HIGH
Hugh G. Van Pelt, State Dairy Expert
Tells Why Prices for Butter and
Milk Are So High.
at Meeting.

Des Moines, Jan. 2S.-"Present
high prices of milk and butter are
because third of the cows in Iowa
are not paying for their feed" said
Hugh G. Van Pelt, state dairy expert.
There are 100000 poor cows in
Iowa, cows that are not we'll bred
and that are unfit for dairy and milch
purposes" Mr.. Van Pelt was here
attending meeting of the Iowa Cow
Culture club.
This clup was organized here last
spring as the result of large num-
Der of large prizes being offered for
the best dairy cows in the state. w.
w. Marsh, of Waterloo, offered $1,000
in prizes, the twelve best in the con.
test to win money. The American Jer.
sey Cattle club. duplicated this for all
Jersey winners and the Holstein club
duplicated it to the extent of $500 for
all Holstein winners. The Guernsey
Cattle club offered cups and trophies,
The contest for all these prizes will
end August Is. In the meanwhile the
Kimball Dairy Farmer gives s25 for
the best cow during each month OF
the contest. There are now 160 cows
in this contest.
When the present contest is over
another similar to it will at once be-
gin. It is expected that 500 cows
will be entered and the meeting of
the club was to make arrangements
for that contest. The Jersey Cattle
club, of Iowa, was organized and it
will be a prominent factor in this
movement for better cows in Iowa.
About fifty dairymen of the state
were In attendance at the gathering
Henry Wallace is the president OF
the club and E. R. Shoemaker is the
secretary. Hugh G. Van Pelt was in
attendance as state dairy expert. He
is in charge of the expenditure Of
$4,000 which the last legislature ap.
propriated to be used in lettering
dairy conditions in Iowa. The Cow
Culture club organization was a part
of his work along this lire. There
was general meeting to discuss the
project of having the state dairy test
ing system in practice for another
YEAR ..-' E..s
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-01-28
DAIRY TRAIN IN FEBRUARY
Huuh G. Van Peit Will BE In Charge
and Train Will Run Through
Southern Iowa.

Des Moines, Jan. ga dairy train
will be run through the southern Sec
ton of Iowa during the month of Feb
ruary. This train is to be furnished
free of charge by the Burlington rail-
road, and the blooded cattle to be
used in demonstrations and lectures
are to be furnished free by well
known cattle breeders. The train will
stop at practically every town on the
Burlington lines and lectures will be
given at each stop. The object Is to
better dairy conditions and to tell the
dairymen how to raise the best dairy
cattle. Hugh G. Van Pelt, state dairy
expert, has arranged for this train
and will be in charge Of its tour.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-01-28
Why does Great Britain buy Its
oatmeal Of us?

Certainly 1t seems like carrying
Goals to Newcastle to speak Of export
ing oatmeal to Scotland and yet, every
year the Quaker Oats Company sends
hundreds of thousands Of cases Of
Quaker Oats to Great Britain and
Europe.
The reason is simple; while the
English and Scotch have for centuries
eaten oatmeal in quantities and with a
regularity that has made them the
most rugged physically, and active
mentally of all people, the American
has been eating oatmeal and trying all
the time to improve the methods Of
manufacture so that he might get that
desirable foreign trade.
How well he has succeeded would
be, seen at glance at the export re-
ports of Quaker Oats. This brand Is
recognized as without rival In clean
liness and delicious flavor. 81
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-01-28
Whiskers.

A Roman poet told Of the pride one
of the late Caesars took in his great
whiskers. On some Of the wildwood
Hill Billies l have seen boards some
feet long, switch Of the loose ends
hanging out from under the waistcoat.
Others braided the growth and tied 1t
around the neck, while still others
braided it around the waist, tying It
behind like apron strings. One told
me he combed and plated his every
night, and put it away into q long
linen bag or nightgown, so as to keep
it from getting all tangled up with his
wife and his feet.-New York Press.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-01-28

were pains in my back and swellings
Of the ankles. Often had smother
ing spells. I had to be helped about.
Doan's Kidney Pills cured me five
years ago and l have been we'll since.
They saved my life." ~
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-01-28

the bearing down. I recommended it
to some friends and two of them have
been greatly benefited by it, Mrs.
MAE MCKNIGHT, Oronogo, Mo.
Another Grateful Woman.
st. Louis, Mo. was bothered
terribly with a female weakness and
had backache, bearing down pains and
pains in lower parts. I began taking
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound regularly and used the Sanative
Wash and now I have no more troubles
that way Mrs. AL. HERzoa, 5722
Prescott Ave-, st. Louis, Mo.
Because your case is a difficult one,
doctors having done you no good,
do not continue to suffer without
giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound a trial. 1t surely has cured
many cases of female ills, such as in
1ammation, liberation, displacements,
fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic
pains, backache, that bearing-down
feeling, indigestion, dizziness, and ner-
vous prostration. It costs but trife
to try it, and the result is worth mil.
lions to many suffering women.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-01-28
Big Building Year Enjoyed by Gotta,

Big Building Year Enjoyed by colfax.
Colfax.-During the year 1909 some
valuable building improvements were
added to the advantages of the spring
city. The year saw the completion
of the Hotel Colfax and the first street
car line at cost of perhaps $560,0se,
and the erection of H. w. Robinson's
brick block, costing $500 and many
pretty cottages and dwelling improve
ments. The street paving and sewer
age question is now before the people
and there is every probability that
the work will be done at the opening
of spring.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-01-28
,owan Shot at Cherry, III.

BOWS, Ia, Jan. 2S.-James Berger,
a wealthy farmer residing between
here and Popejoy, was shot at Cherry,
Ill. He left here for Chicago with
a shipment of stock. The next that
was heard from him was a telegram
that he had been shot while resisting
arrest at Cherory. 1t is thought that
he had gone to Spring Valley, ILL.,,
where brother resides. His wife left
for Cherry. A message late yesterday
states that he is wounded in the
bowels and cannot recover.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-01-28
Town Out of Existence,

Lake City.-The little village OF
Grant City, situated five miles north
west of this town, in Sac county, plat.
ted and incorporated in 1854, has CIV.
en- up it's existence as a corporate
town and is now simply a part OF
Sac township. At the present term OF
the district court Judge Powers grant.
ed the petition of the villagers and
dissolved the corporation OF the town.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-01-28
Sues for DAMAGES.

efferson.-Alleging that the defend
ant made an error in compromising a
prescription and put in atropine, a
poison, in place of another drug, and
failing to mark the bottle with the
poison label as required by law, Sa-
lathiel Flack of Jefferson has brought
a suit against E. C. Freeman, drug.
gist, in which he asks damages in the
sum Of $4,000.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-01-28
A Modest Doctor,

While on his vacation. city doctor
attended the Sunday morning service
at little country church. When the
congregation was dismissed several
Of the members shook hands with
him, and one, wishing to learn If he
were Methodist, inquired: Are
you professor. brother?"
ooh, no. indeed" answered the
physician, modestly; 'just an ordinary
doctor. "-LippincOtt's
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-01-28
The RuIina Passion.

An old Irishwoman, in describing q
gone but not forgotten" said: mike
was the foine man entoirely and he'd
be living now, If it wasn't for the
drink. He had dog and sure that
haste would bring him home from the
saloon whin he was SO blind wild
liquor he couldn't see a shtep before
him. And whin he died-'tis the truth
I'm shpaking- ghost walked at
night, both back and foorth, betune
the saloon and his house-and bedad
twas so dhrunk his dog knew hint"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-01-28

$4,000 to Improve Atlantic Road.
Atlantic H. s. Ratten'
borg Of the A. N. & S. railway reports
that an Improvement fund OF $2o,ooo
has been subscribed and that as soon
az conditions will permit, the work OF
ballasting the roadbed and cuttlns
down grades will be begun.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-01-28
Crushed by Boiler.

Villisca.-While moving an old
boiler at the light plant preparatory to
setting new one, an accident oc.
Cured that came very near proving
fatal to one of the workmen. Warren
Beident was caught by falling wall
and badly crushed, one leg and one
shoulder being broken.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-01-28
A Real Catastrophe.

Philip, aged four, is in the habit OF
going across the street to neighbours
house for milk. One *day in Decem.
Der he returned home with an empty
bucket and a grave face. I'VE can't
get any more milk he announced in
a tone weighty with the Importance
OF his message. 1.-The cows dried
up" And, as we stared in surprise
at him, he suddenly clinched the mat
ter with an observation, evidently of
his own: "They don't think that
she'll thaw out till spring. The De-
lineatOr.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-01-28
Goes to Prison for Life.

Logan.-The jury in the district
court found Guy Marley guilty Of muir.
der IN the first degree and fixed the
penalty at life Imprisonment. Young
Marley on Dec. 2 last shot and killed
his stepmother during a drunken ca
rousal at the Marley home, near Mis-.
souri, Valley. Henry Marley, his faith.
er, and Edward Brundige, a friend,
indicted with him as accomplices.
were acquitted. ....
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-01-28

Honor Memory Of Julian Dubuque.
Dubuque-A call has been issued
by the early settlers for a public meet
ing to arrange for the celebration of
the centennial anniversary OF the
death Of Julian Dubuque, the first
white settler who came to Iowa in
1888 and died in 1910.