Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-06-03
OBSERVE FLAG Day
American Flag Association Sends
Letters to Grand Army
TUESDAY, JUNE IA, is DATE
Form Of Salute IL Given and People
Urged to Have Flag Float Over
Every Public and Private
Building.

every Pupl1c anu TTIVdto
Building.
Des Moines, May 31-The Ameri
can Flag association has sent out re-
quests to the state departments OF
the Grand Army to have all the citl-
zens observe Flag Day, June IA. AT
the same time the association is send
ing the schools form for the proper
salute of the flag on that day. The ap-
peal and salute are as follows:
We earnestly exhort our citizens
to join in making Flag Day an event,
and it's celebration in 1910 q great
event. Let us, from one end OF our
land to the other, fling the stars and
stripes to the breeze on June IA. 1910.
May it greet the rising and salute
the setting sun and float all day long
over every church edifice, school
and building, public and private, how
ever humble, throughout the entire
land.
At given hour in the morning pu-
pills are assembled and in their plac-
es in the school, A signal is given
by the principal of the school. Every
pupil rises in his place. The flag is
brought forward to the principal or
teacher. While 1t is being brought
forward from the door to the stand
of the principal or teacher every pu-
pill gives the flag the military salute,
which is as follows:
The right hand uplifted, palm up
ward, to a line with the forehead
close to it. While thus standing with
palm upward and in the attitude OF
salute, all the pupils repeat together
slowly and distinctly the following
pledge:
II pledge allegiance to my flag and
to the republic for which 1t stands.
One nation indivisible, with liberty
and justice for all.''
At the words, as pronounced in
this pledge, ITO my flag" each one
extends the right hand gracefully,
palm upward, toward the flag until
the end Of the pledge affirmation.
Then all hands drop to the side. The
pupils, still standing, all sing togeth-
er in unison the song America
my Country 'Tis of Thee"
In the primary departments, where
the children are very small, they are
taught to repeat this instead of the
pledge as given for the older child
rem:
Il give my head and my heart to
God and my country. One country.
one language, one flag"
Divorced Forty-one Years-Remarry
Divorced more than forty years ago
but still retaining the flame of love
that prompted their first marriage,
John Castle, aged "a years, and Luz
cretia Layman-Castle, aged 20, ap-
peared in the county clerks Office in
the Polk county court house to Sc.
cure license for their second mar,
riage. John Castle is q resident Of
Herkimer county, New York, and it
was there that he met Lucretia Lay.
man back in the early SOS. After an
ardent wooing, the couple were mar
ried in 1861, he being rs years old and
she q. Eight years later Mrs. Cas-
tie secured a divorce from her hus.
band in New York state and came to
Mt. Ayr, Ia, to live. The reconcilia.
ton between Castle and his wife was
secured by the sister with whom Mrs.
Castle has lived. Although Mrs. Cas-
tie never received any word from
her former husband during their sep
aration Of forty-one years, their
hearts beat true to the first love and
neither married. When the sister
found that Castle had remained true
to his first wife and was sta single
she began correspondence which re-
suited in his coming to Iowa to re-
claim his wife.
eaptists Meet in Des Moines in 1912.
Des Moines has been chosen as the
meeting place of the 1912 northern
Baptist convention. The invitation to
come here was extended by the Des
Moines pastors, headed by Rev. J. w.
Graves, pastor of the Calvary Baptist
church, at the annual convention held
in Chicago. Three thousand attended
this meeting, and 5000 are expected to
come here. The association is COM
posed of thirty states.
Speaks on Marriage.
Marriage is woman's career, said
Mrs. H. Owens of Ottumwa. who ad-
dressed the Iowa Federation of Col.
ored Women's Clubs. According to
Mrs. Owens marriage is the most
honest career that a woman could
seek, and for that reason she shouln
enter upon her duties early in life. |
In this Mrs Owens was supported by |
the entire state delegation.
Count Nathoo Held by Grand Jury
Count G.. A. Nathoo was indicted |
by the grand jdrJ on charges pre-
ferred by Mrs. J. e. Miller, who al
leges that the Hindoo seer is tie ia
Their of child Dorm to her daughter
aged 16.
Var Doran Is Editor.
The Independent Order of Odd Eel
lows will this month issue the first
number of fraterna, r4per devoted
to the irteres. lf the order. W. H. /,
Van Doran, 81 D~s Mci"es, las been
appointed editor.