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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

Chicago, Sept. IA.
HOGS.-Receipts today $4,000 Mar
ket extremely dull and 2Q@25c lower
Top so far 1855 Mixed and butchers
$8.35G9.4O; good to choice $S.5GG
$50; rough heavy $8.156S.45; light
$9.15@9.55; Workers $9.4O@9.55; bulk
$S.5O@S.85; pigs $S.3O@S.S5. Clear
ance yesterday poor; estimated re-
ceipts tomorrow $4,000.
CATTLE.-Receipts $4,000. Market
steady; estimated receipts tomorrow
1000. Beeves $4.8O@S.30; sows and
heifers $2.25@6.4O; stockers and feed
ers $3.75@5.90; westerns $4.25@7.00
SHEEP Receipts $4,000. Market
steady; estimated receipts tomorrow
$4,000. Sheep $2.75@4.6O; lambs $500
@71O; yearlings $4.75@5.75.
Official receipts yesterday: Hogs
1878; cattle 1856; sheep $3.50.
Official shipments yesterday: Hogs
3,938S; cattle 6,O7S; sheep 1,404.
Hogs closing slow and weak at ear
ly decline Top for day 1856. Mixed
and butchers $8.35@9.40; good to
choice $S.5O@9.2O; rough heavy $S.15
68.45; light $9.10@9.55; bulk $S.50@
S.S5; Workers $940@9.55; pigs $4,000
1856.
Cattle and sheep closing steady.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15
AUTUMN CREED.

Iowa Homestead: ] believe in the
sunfiower and golden-rod. / believe
in the broad fields Of ripened clover.
believe in the grapes hanging pur.
pie beneath the broad-leaved vines. in
the rich red plums and the peaches
tender blush. believe in the roar
OF the corn binder, in the ripening corn
and in the fields heavy studded with
the shocks. / believe in cutting corn
until sure there is enough and then
cutting for another half day. | be.
lieye In the thrasher. ! believe in the
dark fields. fall piowed for another
seasons cropping. ! believe in au-
tumn. sa
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15
LOCAL pAsHEs.

DO you have any public debts
here?" asked Major n. S. Glaze. OF
Macon. Mo-, a former resident OF os-
kaloosa who has been here on visit.
Eyes" was the reply, "as nearly as
is known the city owes $4,000 to $780,.
600, and the county has a bonded in
debtedness OF Sl75,OO0.@ That's not
so bad" returned Mr.. Glaze. you
have fine public improvements here
and many first class conveniences TO
show for the money. Down at my
place, the town OF Macon is about S4O.-
900 in debt, and the county OF Mason
has outstanding bonds amounting to
over two million dollars And the
worst OF II Is, that while the town has
something to show for It's debt. the
county does not. Most OF the debt
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15
Cash Quotations.

Chicago, Sept. 14.-Wheat - No. z
red, 96% @97c; No. 3 red, 95@96Ac;
No. 2 hard, 97c@$1.OO; No. 3 hard, "a
@97c; No. northern, Sl.14@1.14R;
No. northern, $l12@1.132; No. !
northern, $1.O9@113; No. 2 spring
9Sc4$1.05; No. 3 spring, S2c0$1.O3;
velvet chaff, 90@s7c; durum, S5@S4c
Corn-No. g. 57A Q57hc; No. 2 vel
low, 579s@57&c; No. 3, 56h @57c;
No. white, 56a @57c; No. yellow
.57@57Ac; No. 4, 55055Ac; No. 4
white. 55A @56kc; No. 4 yellow SO 4
@56hc.
Oats-No. 2, &c; No. 2 white, 34H
Q35Ac; No. 8, 32c; No. white, 33A
634c; No. white, 32R@33kc;
standard, S4@34Ac.
Rye-No. 2, 73c.
Timothy Seed-$7. 50@9.5O.
Clover-$1O.O O@16.OO.
nneapolis-Wheat, No. |, hard
SLIPS; No. l northern, $1.11B; No
2 norther, SLOTS @1.O91s; corn, No
3 yellow, 54@54hc; oats, No. whit,
32A @32%c; rye, No. 2, 71@71hc.
'Milwaukee-Wheat, No. l northern
$114@1.14h; No. 2 northern, $1.11@
1.12; oats, 351ac; barley 7O973c.
Kansas City-Wheat, No. hard
97c@$1.O2; No. 8, 96699c; No. 2 red
9Sc@$1.0O; corn, No. 2 mixed, 55Ac
No. 2 white, SOC; No. 3, 5S1ac; oats
No. white, 351Ac; rye, No. 2, S0@S3C
st. Louis-Wheat, No. red, $1.O1H
@1O4; No. 2 hard, $1.OO@1.O6; corn
No. 2. 56h @57ca No. 2 white, sc
oats, No. 2, 311ac; No. 2 white, 351ac
rye, 7712c. .n.
Peoria-Corn, No. 2 yellow, sec
No. yellow. SEC; No. 4, 55c; no grad
sic; oats No. 2 white, 94Ac; No.
white, 32&c; No. white, 32Ac.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15

farm was destroyed by fire which
started from the sparks of passing
engine owned and operated by the
defendant.
r. M. Barrett has filed suit against
the Chicago & Burlington r. r. Co.,
asking for 4 judgment in the sum of
$5400 and costs. The plaintiff states
stack containing tons OF hay was de-
stroyed by fire caused by a passing
train operated by the defendant.
New Cases Filed.
Minnie V. Vannest has filed suit
against C. P. Sipes ct al, asking for a
judgment in the sum of 5000 with In
terest on a note which the plaintiff
alleges is due and unpaid.
M. M. Runyan has filed suit against
C. p. Sipes ct al, demanding judg-
ment In the sum of $500, with inter
est on note which the plaintiff al
leges is due and unpaid.
Mabel G. Parker mas filed a petition
in the district court, asking for di.
yorce from her husband, Willis f.
Parker. The plaintiff alleges that
they were married May 10, 1906. She
asks for divorce, claiming that the
defendant has been guilty of adultery
and cruel and inhuman treatment.
The plaintiff also asks for the custody
of the minor children, Ernest Harold
and Maxine; also alimony in the sum
OF 100000.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15
Wants To Be Citizen.

Henry Van Huisen, of University
Park, a student at the C. H. u, has
filed a petition with l.. E. Corlett
clerk OF court, asking for naturaliza'
ton papers. Van Huisen was born
in Suawoude, Holland, and came to
the United States, March 20, 1902. He
has been resident OF Iowa for one
year. The case has been set for hear
ing the first day of the December
term of the district court, or Dec. 6.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15
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!. N c. A. NOTES

w. D. Wright, the new physical di
rector at the ~" has taken up his
duties and is now busy arranging q
schedule of classes. The first thing
done by Mr.. Wright after his arrival
was to clean up the gym" Several
new panes of glass were put in the
windows, repairs made to the appara
tus, etc. Everything is in such dis
order that it will take several days
to get Strengthened up. In the mean
time the gym" will be closed except
to the business men.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15
Dies From Injuries.

Des Moines, Ia, Sept. 14.-Special:
Mrs. J. l.. Purrinton died this morning
at the Methodist Hospital from injur
les received when she was struck on
Monday by an automobile driven by
C. b. Wright, a well known insurance
adjuster OF this city. Mrs. Purrinton
was 30 years of age and Is survived
by her husband and two children. Ac
cording to the police, the case against
Wright will be actively pushed.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15
-Ex-Presldent Roosevelt is likely

-Ex-President Roosevelt is likely to
be busy for the next few years. In
his Cincinnati address he is quoted by
the correspondents as saying: Il will
make the corporations come to time,
and will make the mob come to time.
shall insist upon honesty If it breaks
up the best business Of the land, and
shall insist upon order under all
circumstances"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15
"A perfect September morning and

"A perfect September morning and
corn field were the environments
for the marriage of Florence Eoss-
master and Ralph Taylor of Webster
county, which was performed by the
Rev. Mr.. Northrup of the COngrega-
tional church at Somers. If the
young people also happen to own the
corn field, their JOY should be COM
nlete.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15

The republicans have splendid
county ticket. 1t could not have been
otherwise with the fine lot of candi,
dates in the field, and it is the duty
OF all republicans to- give it hearty
support at the polls.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15

lit pays to go after what you want
vigorously. Because the committees
would not take no for an answer three
towns where short courses were held
last winter succeeded in securing them
again, viz: Grinnell, Charles City and
0skaloosa. All others failed. Hurrah
for our committee!
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15

"A truck farmer in Polk county put
$4,000 worth of permanent improve
ments on a thirty-two-acre farm and
paid for them out of the soil in seven
years. We would like to see any OF
our western friends beat that.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15

We understand that The Herald
was publicly criticised at the Iowa
picnic held recently in California. The
truth nearly always makes somebody
mad, and in this case we are glad it
Is the California climate boosters.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15

There is nothing to be gained but
much to be lost, by electing demo.
cratic house and deadlocking congress
during the last half of President
Tafts term. The president is entitled
to majority in harmony with him in
order that he may carry out republi-
can platform pledges.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15

"A Washington county farmer has
found that he can ride his road drag
10 town to do his shopping, just as
well as his buggy, so he has fitted it
with a spring seat and makes his
trips to town in it regularly. That's
good ideal
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15

The improved land in any six
Iowa counties is equal in area to the
entire acreage which win be put I'M
der irrigation by all the big govern
ment irrigation projects that may be
finished by 1912.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15

The $4,000 which Oskaloosa and
Mahaska county is asked to raise for
Penn College is only one-fourth of the
total amount to be secured. 1t must
also be remembered that Oskaloosa
and Mahaska county is to get full ben
eft of the whole amount, and much
more that will come later. Subscribe
literally.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15

fellow is doing fairly well where he
is he had better stick there, especially
if he happens to be fortunate enough
to live in Mahaska county"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15

Isn't it about time for Diogenes
to 60 about with his lantern again?
Nobody seems to be above suspicion
nowadays.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15

Iowa has a smaller percentage of
waste land than any other state in
the Union.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15
BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage Licenses
Following is the list OF marriage
licenses issued from the Office Of the
Clerk of the Courts since our last re-
port:
No. Name. Residence. Age.
John Stoftiy u Evans ............s22
743 and ah a. y
Mary Susnar, Evans 10
Alton NJ. Hall, Taintor. .........2 20
744 and
Lena Z. Garner, New Sharon. 81
Walter A. Walker, Leighton. -. IA
.745 and T..
Faye l.. Perkins, Wright. ..... ~
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15


railroad that was never completed
and misfortune accounts for the re.
mainder. The debt is detriment to
the community but am often sur
prised how well we get along and how
far we push ahead under such a hand
leap. You ought to be thankful in q
rich community like oskaloosa and
Mahaska county to enjoy all the priv
ileges you do, without greater in
debtedness.
-Oskaloosa entertained one of the
most remarkable women on the
American stage this week, when Mrs
Katharyne NJ. Evans filed her role in
the engagement of the Lyman Twins
at the Masonic Tuesday evening. She
recently celebrated her semi-centen'
NAL on the stage, and is the lady who
played the part of Sharpe in Our
American Cousin" at Ford Theatre,
Washington, D. c., the night of Pres
ident LincoIn's assassination. April IA
1865, which is now over forty-four
years ago. She tells of that awful
night how the shot was heard, most
of the audience thinking it was part
OF the play at first. How Booth jump.
ed from the presidential box, caught
his spur in the flag that draped it and
fell on the stage breaking his leg.
Then the vast audience rose in body,
rushed over seats forgetting their
lcompanions, realizing what had hap.
pened, all made for the stage shout,
l ing, amid ladies screaming who knew
not what to do. The stage was filled
with actors and actresses with their
make-ups on in a moment, and citizens
cIamored for the assassin who es-
capped by way of the back door, mount
ed his horse in waiting and got away,
but later was captured. Mrs. Evans
has always been an ardent admirer
of President Lincoln, having played
before him on several occasions and
is today at her age one of the jolliest
members of the Lyman Twins cOmpa'
ny and the mother OF the show.
- - -
I'VE are living in the country now,
said Mrs. John w. Miller,Of New York
City, who terminated visit in Oska.
loosa this week. The inference was
that they had moved out to a five-acre
tract with a cottage home surrounded
J by gardens, chicken houses and cow
| barns. But lin the country" in New
York City, means outside of the city
limits. Our home is in Long Island
now," continued Mrs. Miller, and our
new home which is modern in all ap-
pointments, is detached. and we have
lot all our own 70x100 feet" Sew
enty by one hundred feet is not very
big farm ventured the writer. No,
replied Mrs. Miller, we cannot raise
much corn nor feed many hogs, but
we surely appreciate having a veran-
da, little back yard and some breath
ing space. To be sure we are to al
purposes right in the city, but we arc
not so crowded as are all who come
within the corporation of Greater New
York. Even the finest fats and apart
ment dwellings in the city have no We
randas and no yards whatever. Only
those who have lived in the city for
years can realize how cramped the
living apartments are and how good it
seems to get into detached house
in the country"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15
Wednesday, Sept. Is

has been selected as the deciding day
to determine whether or not Penn Col
leSe is to continue the great work it has
carried on for the intellectual and NOR
al welfare of Mahaska county, whether
or not it is to have increased facilities
and efficiency, or whether it is to de-
teriorate into second grade institution
with decreased affluenCe and no assur-
anCe of permanenCy.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15

The following item from the New
Sharon Star is interesting for the
comparison of conditions in Mahaska
county now and fifty years ago, and is
worthy place on the old settlers pro-
gram Wednesday: I'VE lived in the
said Z. o. Quaintance of Grinnell, who
with his wife came down from Grin
nell to attend the Quaintance family
reunion here last week. We came
here in 1856 from Morrow county,
Ohio, seven of us children and our
mother and father, l.. c. Quaintance T..
There was just one house here and
that belonged TO my uncle, Edward
Quaintance. He had built it that
year. II wasn't much of house. 1t
was 1Sx20 #. and one story. My I'M
Gle had four children, and all fifteen
of us lived together in that house all
winter. In the spring, from about the
first of April TO the last of May, an
other uncle, VIM. Fraims, together
with his wife and child, came in and
stayed with us in that same little
hOuse-eighteen of us in all. When
we went to bed at night there wasn't
any room left on the floor. We just
had two beds and the rest of us found
room on the floor in that ISx20 IT.
house. We couldn't do that now,
suppose. We built a house here in
1857"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15

BRICKNER.- The funeral service
over the body off the late Charlotte
Brickner was held this Wednesday,
afternoon at the home, No. 319 North
ID street, instead of Thursday after
noon as was previously announced.
Interment was made at Forest GENE
terry.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15

HESS.-The body of the late Cecil
r. Hess, who suicided at Denver, Col,
recently, arrived in the city Monday
evening and was taken to the paren.
tai o. G. Hess home north of the city.
The funeral procession left the Hess
home this morning enroute for PEG.
ria where services were held at noon.
The body was inferred at Peoria.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15

John A. Kalbach tells OF little in.
cident that he says he often thinks of.
Several years ago farmer, with whom
he had had business relations for
some time, came to him with dancing
eyes and an air of enthusiasm and told
Mr.. Kalbach that he had decided to
sell his farm. why so?" asked Mr.
Kalbach. We'll, you know | paid
only $50 an acre for 1t and | have ii
all clear now and have been offered
sS5 for it, Are you going to quit
farming asked Mr. Kalbach. NO
replied the farmer. but ] win 60
somewhere else" Where, for in.
stance?" continued Mr.. Kalbach.
Well don't exactly know, but
don't want TO loose such fine bar,
gain" We'll now" said Mr.. KaI.
bach, You look around few days be.
fore You make the deal aud see IL you
can better yourself TIE farmer
went away, not a little disappointed,
but In about three weeks he called on
Mr. Kalbach again and said: John,
i am mighty glad you poured cold
water on my scheme the other day. |
have looked the country over and
there is not another farm in this sec
tion that suits me ais well as the one
own And II II is worth sS5 an acre
70 anyone else. guess II is worth a
little more than that to me-" my
idea is, said Mr.. Kalbaeh. when a
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15

IRVIN.-James irwin received a
telegram this morning announcing
the death of his uncle, at CoffeyviIle,
Kansas, this morning. On account of
the short notice given Mr. Irwin will
be unable to attend the funeral. The
deceased was aged about &c years and
was an intimate friend of Emory Rice
formerly mayor of Oskaloosa, but
who is a probate judge in Kansas at
present.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15

NASH-REINER. - Married, at the
home of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard. Reiner, on Wednesday
evening, Sept. 7, 1910, at 1880 O'Clock,
Miss Martha Lugene Reiner to Mr..
Charles Clinton Nash, Rev. McFerran
of Oskaloosa, officiating. The cere-
mony was witnessed by company of
about forty of the near relatives and
friends. The wedding was a quiet
home affair and was simple but i'm
pressive. Congratulations followed
the concluding prayer of the service
and then supper was served in the
home. The bride is a native of Ma
haska county and is one of our best
young ladies in the community, hav-
ing graduated from the Iowa Christian
College and has made many friends
by her cheerful nature and pleasant
ways. The groom is the son of Mrs.
Ella Nash and is young man of eX-
emplary character. The future has
much promise for the young couple.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-15

TRUEBLOOD-ST was
received today by Miss Mae J. Evans
of the marriage of Miss Florence Els,
Their Trueblood, formerly of Oskaloosa
younger daughter of Benjamin F.
Trueblood, secretary of the Interna,
tional Peace Society, editor of the
Peace Advocate and a former presi
dent of Penn College, this city, to Mr.
Jonthan Mowry Steere, at Boston,
Friday, September, 9, 1910. Mr.
Steere is a bright and successful
young business man and a graduate of
Haverford University. Mr.. and Mrs.
Steere will be at home at Haverford,
where the groom is in business, after
December 1st. Oskaloosa friends eX,
tend congratulations.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03
CITY REAL EsTATE-Continued
BALDWIN & HOWELL, 31s-324 KEARNY ST
BALDWIN & HOWELL, 3lS-324 KEARNY ST.

/ Send for 1910 Map of City, with new street
names.
Money to Loan on Real Estate.
BARGAIN-75 feet. near Mission and 4th sts. i.
nonresident owners have decided TO sell.
even IL sacrifice is necessary; never offered
under $4,000, but are determined 10 con-
this at once (S449)
Ss2So-Undoubtediy IS the 2 prettiest and most at
trSctiFe hats for sale: duplex design; sepa
rate entrances; sunny side of street.
about half bloch from Golden Gate park; ;
many unique and attractive features; hard
wood foors, besmed ceiling, coy corners
built in' large rooms, ETC., each; kitch-
ems in middle Of fats. tS2I1l
St.5OO-k1ne northeast corner close to Cole and
Hayes sts.' 80 feet on grade; only sl5o q =
81, ,5oO~Swell new home of S rooms. etc. sery-
ants room. concrete basement: sunny and
modern: near Cole and Frederick SITS. fin
ished in redwood: key at this office. (S263l
'''S'' sonaoie. - H''' s'''s'' 'ss 1850
ANOTHER BARGAIN-A double frontage lot on
sunny side OF Leavenworth st. next to cor
ner not far from California; dandy loca-
tion for q couple of nice fats a home:
could use entire width Of lot, have rear
entrance; never before offered at less than
$1,000 but must be sold; don't let this get
s.. .eO0-27 feet in east line of 1st sv near Pre-
sidio terrace; only lot at this figure on the
s.. .5Oo-Fine homesite in Fibert St near Scott:
S7K1s7:e feet; $4,000 bank loan can re-
main ts3l9)
s.. 4.2J0-Sunny southeast 4th av.; all
street and sidewalk work done.
Sf.25o-Business corner 24th ST; 80 feet; all
street work done. (Sl22b
S2-J00-Marine view lot near Broadway and
Broderick St, 25xl3T:6; cheapest lot on
market. tS316)
s2.2oO-sO feet. in De Long ar. close to Freder-
lex ST. only $50 foot.
81. i.0U0-25xI20 feet. in 18th av.; all street and
sewer work done: lot level and ready for
building: beautiful view of ocean, park
snd city. (S2S5)
Send for June list of property for sale and
1910 map Of San Francisco; con, aims new street
names.
BALDWIN & HOWELL 31s-324 KEARNY ST.
WOLF & HOLMAN.
REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE,
"a Montgomery st.
LOTS-L0TS-LOT
SPLENDID BUILDING LOTS as per diagram,
suitable for Apartments or Flat Buildings.