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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

c. R. Stout and family and
John Shelton and family left
for Des Moines today to attend
the State Fair. They drive
to Nicola and from there take
the river to river road to Des
Moines.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

The first car of material for
the new Library arrived here
this morning.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

On account of his brakes 60
ing wrong, DR.. Tamisiea's auto
backed into the curb on eighth
street today and smashed a
rear wheel. He seems awfully
slow making calls with a team
now.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01
Prize Winners.

The following citizens captu.
red the prizes awarded at the
Old Settlers meeting at Magno
liza last Thursday.
Donald Maui, 80, Mrs.
Holton, 83 years, and being the
oldest gentleman and lady on
ground.
Mrs. Anna Butler, who came
to Harrison County in 1850, and
John and Hiram Vincent, who
came to this county in 1848, re-
ceived the prize for being the
first settlers in this county.
Eugene Sellock, of Woodbine
was elected President, and L.
w. Fallon, of Logan, Vice Pres.
A. M. Fryand, of Logan, Sect'y,
and H. N. Frazier, of Magnolia,
Treasurer of the Association.
The number attending the
meeting was the largest in its
history.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

Miss Margaret Muller enter
tanned several young friends at
her home on Sixth street Sat-
urday afternoon in honor of
her tenth birthday.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

Chef Neutind is moving to.
day from his present location
on Sunny Side to the C. r.
Smith property next to j. E.
Rosenbaum's on Erie street.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

sibyl Smith is in Council
Bluffs today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01
Luncheon.

social functions given in our
city in long time occurred Sat-
urday afternoon when Mrs. j.
G. Schulmeister entertained
twelve friends at her home on
Seventh street at a very charm
ingly appointed two o'clock
luncheon. Miss Jessie Hastings
of Iowa City, who is visiting
here, was the honored guest.
One long table in the dining
room Accommodated the guests,
who enjoyed the opportunity
for social visiting, Sun-fowers
were utilized for the decorations
of the table and they produced
q very pretty effect. Single
flowers were strewn over the
table and a large bouquet of the
same flowers formed the center
piece. Cards with painted de-
signs Of the flowers marked the
places of the guests. A splen-
did five course luncheon was
served, Misses Florence Schulz
meister and Mary Deur assist
ing the hostess. Following the
luncheon hour. visiting, must.
and informality occupied the
time. Miss Hastings gave sew
eral musical selections which
everyone enjoyed. Covers
were laid for the following
ladies: Mesdames w. M. Carli-
sic, Hosbrook, Cook, C. w. Nc
Gavren, s. G. Graham. Guy Ma
honey, Osborne, McCulla Of
Cherokee, Harvey Fcse. and J.
R Mclaughlin, Misses Hastings,
Fensler and Shurtz,
Mrs. Harry Withrow ard
children returned from Hot
Springs, s. D. today, where
they have been the past three
weeks visiting.
D. B. Holbiook, of Onawa,
died in California, Saturday
last. He has been in poor
health for the past few years
and had gone to California n
search of health. He has been
identified with the growth IF
Western Iowa for many years
and his death is a blow to the
community in which he IiveC.
The body will be brought 10
Onawa for burial.
Sheriff O. o. Rock returned
from Siolx Citv todav wharo
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

Henry Dickman returned
from Chicago yesterday, where
he had been on a business trip.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

Mack Beckley went to the
State Fair in Des Moines yes
terday.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

Ed Roe has taken the posit-
ion of night ticket agent at the
local Office.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

Miss Eleanor Nice, of Boone,
who has been visiting Miss
Ruth Finley the past week, re-
turned to her home today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01
Saturday Aug "a

A. 7. Bailey is home from a
trip to California.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

Work was commenced on the
telephone office this morning at
the rear of the States Savings
Bank and in about six weeks
will be ready for occupancy.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

Dennis O'Lsary formerly of
Dallas, S. D. but now on the
Sioux City Tribune was in the
city yesterday.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

Mrs. John Miller and dauph-
tiers visited friends in Omaha
today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

Geo Conner is attending a
party in Council Bluffs this
afternoon.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

Harry Allstrand, who has
been working here in the c. &
N. W. shops during his summer
vacation will return to his
school in Ames Monday evening
He will go to Carroll today for
a few days visit with his par
ents be fore leaving.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

DR.. Giddings is home from
his ranch in Utah. He has
proved up and may spend the
winter here.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

Mrs. M. Raymond and daugh-
ter, Mildred, visited friends in
Omaha today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

John Cosgrove returned to
his home in Davenport yester-
day after a two weeks visit in
this city with his aunt, Mrs. 7.
M. Gilmore.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

Misses Edna and Blanche
Armstrong left for their home
in Otto, Ia, Saturday, after a
visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
Brookhouser.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

breaks reported.
Miss Emma Green left for Ced-
ar Falls college yesterday where
she will attend school the COM
ing year.
w. B. Burbank and some
friends drove to Omaha yester-
day in the formers machine,
but owing to the rain, they re-
turned by train.
Amor Middleton returned to
his home in Cedar Rapids last
evening alters weeks visit in
this city and surrounding COM
munity.
Mrs. Gussie Bingley and
daughter. Helen, will return to
their home in New York City
this evening after two months
visit in this city with her uncle,
Herman Young.
Died.
Mrs. Frank O'Connor Sch
verify died this morning at
the st. Joseph hospital in Oma-
ha from Lock Jaw. She step
ped on a rusty nail about two
weeks ago and though very
painful at the time nothing
serious was expected. She at.
tended chautauqua in this city
and had nearly forgotten the
the accident when blood poison
ing set in and caused her death
Seven sons, one daughter and a
husband are left to mourn her
death. Obituary later.
Mrs. John Miller and daugh-
tiers visited friends in Omaha
today.
Verne Brown, of Omaha,
spent Sunday in this city visit
ing his parents.
Mrs. M. Raymond and daugh-
ter, Mildred, visited friends in
Omaha today.
Miss Lieb of Chicago will ar
rive here Wednesday and will
be trimmer for Mrs. Dunlavy
new owner Of the Schumacher
millinery parlors. Opening an
nouncement later.
Chef Neufind is moving to-
day from his present location
on Sunny Side to the C. R.
Smith property next to j. E.
Rosenbaum's on Erie street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Oviatt, of
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

Verne Brown, of Omaha,
spent Sunday in this city visit
ing his parents.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

The Council Bluffs Times
come out last week as a special
write up edition of that city.
The paper is we'll printed and
finely illustrated.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

SSs ~
corrccts inability to
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

a very serious accident, causing
his family to have great doubt
of his surviving the injury. It
is hoped that the hurt is not as
serious as it is thought and that
he will rally from the injury, in
due time.
Miss Eleanor Nice, of Boone.
who has been visiting Miss
Ruth Finley the past week, re-
turned to her home today.
j. S. Wattle's official gauge
reported over three inches of
rainfall from yesterday noon to
this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. M. Gilmore
spent Sunday in Omaha the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Hall.
John Cosgrove returned to
his home in Davenport yester-
day after two weeks visit in
this city with his aunt, Mrs. T.
M. Gilmore.
Mrs. Hattie Crippen has pur-
chased the Mrs. L. s. Cooke
property on Superior st.
Miss Vera Cedargreen, who
has been visiting Miss Anna
Belle Bisbee the past few days,
returned to her home in Boone
today.
Miss Fahne Kelsey returned
from South Dakota, Saturday
evening, after a weeks visit.
The man with clay Fever"
is having his troubles at pres
emf.
Miss Fahne Wilkeson re-
turned from Grand junction,
Ia, today where she spent Sun
day with relatives.
Last night we had the heavi-
est rainfall of the season, ac-
companied by considerable wind
and heavy thunder and vivid
lightning.
Rev. VIM. ]. Lockbart, of the
Christian Church, commenced a
series of meetings in this city,
on Sunday morning, which will
be continued each evening du-
ring the week, closing next Sun
day evening. The public is.
cordially invited to attend.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01
Percy Beirnes leaves Monday
for Des Moines where he enters
Highland Park school of Phar-
macy.

1Ul11ollIES lISI SIldIe CU lHe
State Fair. Most of them go
by auto.
Theodore's tour of 1910
probably means his triumphal
entry in 1912.
The druggist at Atlantic who
gave the man formaldehyde in
place of Colfax water and who
was sued for 10000 has settled
for $4,000. Cheap at that.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

Miss Emma Green left for Ced-
ar Falls college yesterday where
she will attend school the COM
ing year.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

John Walker of Deadwood,
S. D. is in this city for a few
on business.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

Mrs. Harry Withrow ard
children returned from Hot
Springs, s. D. today, where
they have been the past three
weeks visiting.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

One of the flush tanks of our
new Sewer System, was tested
this morning, and was found to
be working. The tanks are so
regulated that they will spill
once every ten minutes, or only
once a week. 1t has not yet
been determined where these
will be set, as different grades
require different flowing.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

Ed Frazier is in Council Bluffs
today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

Amor Middleton returned to
his home in Cedar Rapids last
evening after a weeks visit in
this city and surrounding COM
munity.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

Mrs. Hattie Crippen has pur-
chased the Mrs. L. s. Cooke
property on Superior St.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

Miss Vera Cedargreen, who
has been visiting Miss Anna
Belle Bisbee the past few days,
returned to her home in Boone
today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01
Little Miss Mildred Rockwell.
of Omaha, is visiting her aunt,
Mrs. R. c. Hills, of this city.

The engines which were in
the Chadron fire will be turned
out of the local shops tonight
as good as new.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-09-01

W. B. Burbank and some
friends drove to Omaha yester-
day in the formers machine,
but owing to the rain, they re-
turned by train.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-16
cLAssED WITH GUINEA PIGS

IF any city in the United States has more than
its share of thoroughbred impostors, it is
Washington, where they flourish and appar-
emily multiply, and they are of every known
type and variety One can find men there
who will represent themselves to be almost
ANYTHING within the sphere OF human possibi-
when you aren't looking
An old fellow met an official Of the Smith
sonan Institution walking in the surrounding
mall one s day and grasped an 9ppofhtuntIKf to
be a friend since boyhood days of distin-
guished Confederate General and his wife As
the Generals wife was then residing in Wash
ington and was personal friend Of the official.
he took the fellow to her, with view to help
ing the unfortunate, providing he was genuine.
Mrs. General conversed with him for few
moments, and then remarked:
well sir. you remind me of guinea pig.
The man looked at her in amazement, until
she finally added. "You know it isn't pig at
all. and it does not come from Guinea"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-16
THERE ARE OTHERS. SOMETIMES

WILLIAM COLLIER tells of friend who
once essayed a repertoire of Shakespear-
can parts in the tank" towns of the Middle
West
The ambitious Thespian, in moment of gen.
crosby, had given pass to the waiter who
served him at the hotel in one town.
well, Bill" said the actor at breakfast next
morning you saw me as Macbeth last night!"
Il did" growled the servitor. An now
whose goin' to pay me for my timer"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-16

He added that the ledge ran through the ad-
joining farm and that it was his purpose to buy
one of the farms, he did not care much which,
and start putting down well at once There
every indication that there was plenty of
oil there, and he was willing to add bonus of
an eighth of all oil discovered if the farmer
would close the sale at once. If not, he would
close for the adjoining farm.
A sudden light dawned on the farmer. The
five hundred dollars he had received the week
before for the sixty day option did not look so
large it had. He asked for twenty-four hours
to consider the matter and drove hastily into
town, where he found the holder of the option
at the hotel. Explaining that he had decided
not to sell, he tried to return the five hundred
and cancel the option. The would be purchaser
adamant. He had the option, and he
going to keep it, The outcome of it was that
the farmer paid him twenty-five hundred dol
lars, all the money he had in bank, for the
render of the option.
Unfortunately. the supposed Standard Oil
agents never returned to close the deal. They
were too busy helping the first would be pur-
chaser to spend the two thousand dollars profit
of the transaction.
The Spanish Letter Swindle
CTUNG? Yes, indeed! Hundreds of small
- boys grown big get badly stung every year
just by such little tricks as these. Hundreds of
clever crooks are busy spending other peoples
money, most of it obtained by taking advan-
tage of the almost universal human weakness
brick game the machine for making dollar bills
the money printed from stolen Government
plates that cannot be told from the genuine, the
fine steel engraving for ten cents in silver, and
the Spanish prisoner letter are still sources of
good revenue to the INSCRIPTIONS.
Lest there is some one who has never heard of
the Spanish letter swindle. copy of the letter
is here printed for the nine hundred and ninety
ninth time:
"MADRIp.-Although know YOU only from
Of sad
ton compels me to reveal to you important
affair in which you can procure modest for
tune, saving at the same time that of my dar-
ling daughter.
lished as banker in Russia, as you will see by
the nclosed article about me of many English
papers which have published my arrest in
London.
Il beseech you to help me to obtain sum
of four hundred and eighty thousand dollars
have in America, and to come to raise the
seizure of my baggage. paying to the registrar
of the court the expenses of my trial and re-
cover my portmanteau containing a secret
pocket where l have hidden the document in
dispensable to recover the said sum.
las reward will give up to you the third
part, vfs, one hundred and sixty thousand dol
lars. l cannot receive your answer in the
prison; but you must send cablegram to a
person of my confidence who will deliver it to
me-
Awaiting your cable to intrust you in all my
secret, am, sir. Yours truly,
"BELIAvsKY."
as follows:
ESTRADA LEGIxNITos % TERcERo DEREcHA
MADRID. LES"
Does anybody ever cable and send over
money? Sure they do! Why else have these
letters kept coming to people all the
United States for the last twenty years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-16
Stung
Continued from page 7

ton was well, how about that check of
mine!"
With an Il told you SO" expression the
eweler laid the check with the " No funds
Slip before him. look of blank amazement
came into the Colonel's face he studied it,
and then he burst out laughing
well, no wonder it came back!' he said.
" 1t is drawn the wrong bank. asked the
clerk up at the hotel for blank check on my
bank, and he gave me one on some other bank.
No wonder it came back"
With profuse apologies he pocketed the check
and, opening well filled wallet, drew out two
one hundreddollar bills and rendered them in
payment for the ring. II guess YOU won't OBJ
He got the ring and departed and the Jeweler
didn't find out what it was all about until
couple of days later when another bank called
him up to say it had cashed worthless check
for thousand dollars. AS he had Endorsed it,
and he was the only indorser that could be
found, it would hold him responsible for pay
ment of the amount. Then he realized that the
purchase of the ring and the putting through OF
the check was only nefarlously clever scheme
to get good inuorsement on bad check.
The Lure of Lord
THE experienced gardener" game netted an
industrious writer of letters several thou
sand dollars a year, until the postoffice inter
fered. This enterprising swindler every morn
ing read all the help advertisements IN several
newspapers He answered many of them; but
from the examination of his mail when it was
seized it appeared that his favorite pose was
that of a gardener.
He would write to persons who. advertised
for gardener, saying that he had just arrived
from England, where he had been employed on
the estates of Lord So and So and Sir Edward
Thus and So. He had had the very highest let
tiers from both of these men; but unfortunately
few days before he had been robbed OF his
wallet containing his letters and all his savings
While the wages offered were less than he was
accustomed to receive, his misfortune had lett
him stranded and he would be compelled to
take whatever he could get If the advertiser
was willing to give him a trial without refer
ences, he was confident that his ability as
gardener would soon be proved. He regretted
to mention the fact: but it would be necessary
to ask that his railroad fare be advanced nee t. to
room he was occupying, dollars, he gen
orally said-the advance to be charged against
his first months wages.
What woman could resist the notion of hav-
ing Lords gardener working for herr Almost
invariably they sent him the money asked tor;
but he never came. He was too busy writing
letters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-16
The Regretted Option

THE favorite oldtme way of parting farmer
= from his money was to 1nve1gle HIM into
some game of chance and let him win large
sum; but before paying it insist that he show
an equal amount to prove that he could have
paid up if he had lost. After he had drawn the
money from the bank, it was up to the swlndier
to get it from him by substituting envelops or
selling him gold brick, or sometimes just by
plain robbery. Those methods are much too
crude for the twentieth century confidence
man. He has devised a way by which the
farmer comes and begs to have his money taken
from him. Here is the method:
A stranger visited farmer in Iowa and asked
if his farm was for sale. The farmer replied
Suppose you did, asked the stranger.
what would you say it was WORTH"
The farmer pondered for awhile. AS nearly
as he could figure the whole place with i'm
provements was worth about six thousand
dollars; but as he had no desire to sell the price
he named was nine thousand dollars.
The stranger argued for awhile that it was
too much: but finally made this proposition:
"I'll tell YOU what I'll do. III meet you more
than halfway. You want nine thousand dollars
for your farm and are not sure that you want
to sell it. l want to buy it; but m not willing
to pay more than eighty-five hundred tor It,
Now let's take little time and think 1t over
I'll paw YOU five hundred dollars and you give
me an option for sixty days, agreeing that if
you desire to sell the farm within that time
you'll sell it to at my price. eighty-fi hun
dred dollars. In case you decide to sell me the
farm, the five hundred will apply on the pur-
chase price. In case YOU have decided not to
sell, you keep the five hundred and l m out just
that much
The farmer did not see how he could possibly
lose anything by the transaction. Alert, how
ever for possible fraud, he drove with the
stranger to the county seat, where they went
to the bank, his own bank, and drew up the
option agreed and the stranger, who, it seemed,
had opened an account there, drew out five
hundred dollars and paid it over. Well satisfied
with his bargain, the farmer went home. .,
strangers, bespectacled and armed with mine
ralogists' hammers tracing ledge of rock
through his farm. He tried to ascertain what
they were doing; but they were very mys-
ferrous about it. Finally they told him that
they had discovered oil bearing rock on his
farm One of the men. who said he was an
agent of the Standard Oil Company then and
there offered first ten thousand dollars, and