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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-08
Miss Preston President

Miss Preston President.
Miss Marie Preston, Webster school,
was elected president of the Des
Moines Kindergarten Teachers asso'
citation at the annual meeting held at
the city library building.
Miss Preston succeeds in office Miss
Alice T. Lowrey of Lucas school, who
served in that capacity for two years.
The associating officers are Miss Eth
81 Banta, Longfellow, as vice presi-
dent; Miss Isabel Marshall, Cooper,
as secretary, and Miss Naomi Smith
as treasurer. Miss Lowrey will be
the representing delegate at the In
ternational convention of kindergart'
ners to be held in st. Louis on April
"a and 20.
The local kindergartners expect to
go in a body to the international
meeting and expect to locate the next
biennial meeting place in Des Moines
in 1912.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-08

Celebrate 25th Wedding Anniversary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Peel celebrated
their silver wedding anniversary at
their home 1410 Lyon street. About
fifty guests were present. During the
evening a letter of congratulation
from Rev. Emmanuel Berg, of Nc.
Pherson, Kan, was read. Rev. Berg
performed the wedding ceremony
twenty-five years ago and was at that
time the pastor of the Swedish Mis-
sion church here.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-08
Couldn't Help Il.

81 hear Jorkins is hard drinker."
"Well, he has to be. He can't get
anything to drink but hard water.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-08
Friends Eiaht After Dance.

In a drunken brawl at Twentieth
and hickland avenue, Louis White,
teamster, was stabbed in the back
eight times by Frank Traister.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-08
Dee Molnes, America, Sufficient.

Dee Moines, America, Sufficient.
"Des Moines, America" Identifies
this city even across the seas. George
F. Henry recently received letter
at his offices in the Equitable build
ing from distant England. Its ad-
dress was George F. Henry, Des
Moines. America" Mr.. Henry sent
the envelope to Secretary Lucius b..
Wilson Of the Greater Des Mo1nes
committee with the following COM
ment:
"Mr. Secretary: You will observe
that Des Moines, America, Is a SUI
ficient address owing to the we'll d.
rected efforts of the Greater Des
Moines committee. 1t is not even
necessary to write North America
Of U. s. In fact, Des Moines was all
sufIlcient for manifestly America did
not help IN the least. G. F. H."
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-08
LESLIE M. SHAW.
Ex-oscretary Ct the Treasury.

sioner, will address the bankers. Ons
other speaker will be selected soon.
George NJ. Reynolds OF Chicago, form
erly of Des Moines, has been invited
to make an address.
The headquarters of the con vention
will be at the Savery hotel.
At meeting of the executive coun-
Gil of the bankers association, held in
Des Moines, the arrangements for
the state convention were made and
the date was set. The council Endorsed
the plan for electing secretary of
said association at the annual conven-
ton in June, to make his headquarters
in Des Moines and give all of his time
to the business of the association.
The council also voted to invest the
money now in the associations treas
ury, amounting to several thousands
of dollars, in farm mortgages.
No little interest will attach to the
selection of the paid secretary Of the
association who will be chosen when
the convention meets in June. Prin-
cipal among the candidates thus far is
w. H. Field, of Pennington a member
of the executive council Of the associa-
ton.
Woman Was Friend Of Chief keokuk.
Mrs. Mary NJ. Gilhab one of Iowa's
earliest settlers celebrated her
eighty-seventh birthday at her home.
1928 fifteenth street. She was born
in Morgantown Va, and came west
in 1898, settling at Burlington,
when it was Wisconsin territory. Her
father was Judge Brand of Lee coun-
ty, and through him she became ac-
auainted with people who were
prominent in the early days of Iowa.
She numbered among her friends the
first seven governors and also the
three Indian chiefs, Keokuk, Wapel-
10 and Black Hawk. Mrs. Gillian
lived in Lee county for forty-five
years, but has made her home in Des
Moines for the past twenty-seven
years.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22
OF Interest
to Women
Miss Mabel eosrdmsa to BE
Unofficial Arbiter Of the White
House With Energy and
Tact, She Has Plseed the Red
Gross seclety on a Sound Basis.

Miss Mabel T. Bo7rdman is the un-
official social arbiter Of the White
House. She has lo1s been a particu-
. larry close and inun sie friend Of both
the Pre- esident ard Mrs. Taft Mrs.
Taft. contrary tc most Of her predeces-
soTs. has no social secretary.
Her long residence in washington,
which has covered most Of her mar
ried life. placed her much more "a
military In touch with society person
ages and usages peculiar to the social
life o. the capital than any Of the first
ladies q the land whn have graced the
White House IN a generation.
Miss Boardman IS sister-in-law
Of Senator Murray Crane Of Massa-
chUsetts. Her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
! William J. Boardmsn. are wealthy.
Their home IN Washington has long
been renowned as a meeting place for
interesting persons end for the warm
and boundless hospitality dispensed
! there.
Ar Taft, who is president OF the
National Red Cross Society. interested
Miss Boardman in the work several
years ago. With energy. intelligence e,
and tact characteristic OF the Ameri.
can girl WHO starts ont to do things
Miss B0ardmsn virtually breathed
the breath Of lie into the Red Cross
Society after the confusion into which
its affairs fell during the Spanish
War. Mainly through her efforts, says
Hampton's. the society was reorgan.
lied and placed upon a highly Efficient
and prosperous basis.
When the news of the Messina
earthquake reached Washington Miss
Bcardman within half an hour to 1k
prompt action for the relief OF the
sufferers. In recognition Of her wo.k
the Italian Govern nent decorated her
with reproduction in gold Of an an
cient Roman civic crown. 1t was be
stoTed through the Italian Ambassa
dor in Washington.
Miss Boardman has a desk in the
Offices OF the RED Cross Society in the
War Department in Washington. Elk
cept for a few weeks in summer she
is there daily from morning until al
the work in sight is dispose ed Of
1t was Miss DoaTdnan who got NJ
the white plague Christmas stamps
% COO coo OF which were sod. Tbeil
sale was conducted by the Red Cross
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22
A LITTLE TALK TO GIRLS.

Qualify Yourselves to Diffuse lnspira-
tim, the Thing Our World Needs Most.
As you come to full growth and get
OFT OF school. of course. being Ameri-
can girls, you want properly enough,
and attain. more freedom of action.
Gradually from telling you what to do
your parents advise you what to do,
and presently you consider whether
you will take their advice or not. and
II you don't want TO. it will be hard
TO make you. And as the years go on
you return their kindness probably. by
advising them, and in time they get
10 rely a great deal on your counsel.
Well, so much OF freedom as con-
sists in ignoring your parents advice
when you don't like ii will come to
you pretty soon. but as their control
OF you diminishes you will find ii neces-
sary to substitute for il control of an
other sort. II you don't. you will have
hard time. OF girl who got nervous
prostration and went to sanitarium
to rest one said the other night: "Oh
yes; that's not surprising. She was
the girl who said she never did any
thing she didn't want to-. You see,
there is no tyrant so despoic as an
rndisciplined mind that resists direc-
ton and is still unqualified for self-di.
rection. The price of freedom is sub
mission to something. II may be some
thing within. but it must be something
that stands for duty.
And / do beseech and charge you
that as you look about for something
70 take care of and thus fulfil your
destiny, you viii take such charge as
you may OF men in general. and especi
ally the young ones of your own gen
Grafton, and try, in so far as you can
TO make something of them that will
be an advantage to the country and
to the human race. You cannot make
a good world without good men. Dc
| try to make something Of these young
ones that you will find floating about
II will be good practice for you in the
most important duty that falls tC
women. Don't compete with them IN
their employments unless You have
to. All the college presidents wal
over the young men because they
can't get enough OF them interested II
/ knowledge. II you have some knOwl
edge, feed out little TO them, sugar
coated, and II they have any, get 4
out OF them. Most OF the inspirations
that men get they get from women
Do qualify yourselves to diffuse in
spiration. II is the thing our vol,
needs the most Material things i'm
mensely abound, means can be got fo
anything that deserves them. but thu
fire that touches the spirits Of men 4
somewhat to seek. Moneys a-plenty
bricks, stone. food, books and all that
but inspiration is scarce. Have it Il
give II you can.-E. S. Martin. in Har
per's Bazaar.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22
Iife In An Oasis.

The opening of a railroad from a
point near Luxor into the ,Libyan de
sert has rendered easy the approach
to the oasis of Khargeh. which is re-
gsrded as a typical example Of these
isolated centers Of lie. For three
years just past Mr.. II. J. L. Beadnell
has resided in this oasis, studying the
phenomena OF springs. moving sands.
wells, and so forth. The Hbyan oases
are deep depressions in a lofty pla-
teau, which has a maximum elevation
OF nearly 1000 feet, but the bottoms OF
the oases are only from 100 to 800 feet
above sea-lcvel. They are underlain
by beds OF sandstone which are the
sources of the water-supply. Artesian
wells 400 feet deep form practically
inexhaustible means Of irrigation. and
such deep wells. of sandstone probably
has its sources in the Abyssinian high
lands.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22
Natural Mnnnmentn.

Although the objects are often only
such as would be called sentimental"
there are no stronger supporters Of
movements for the protection Of re-
msrkable natural phenomena than sci
entific societies and individuals de
voted to scientific WORK Prof John
NJ. Clarke calls attention to the lead
that Germany has taken in this mat
ter. There a hundred motives induce
interference for the protection of
natural monuments" In the forests
OF Luneburg an old guarled fir-tree is
guarded "fOr its very age and fasci.
mating ugliness" Near Hamburg a
patch Of dwarf birch is projected as a
rare survivor OF the postglacia fora.
Schleswig has set aside a low knob
crowned with a huge glacial boulder.
Branderburg cherishes swamp
wherein rare botany specimens are
found. and Marienwerder a little lake
In the woods where rare water-birds
nest. Professor Clarke remarks upon
the richness of our country in such
monuments, and the constant danger
of their extinction.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22
champaqne.

II is said that when Sir Andrew
Clark, Mr. Gladstone's physician. rec
commended a patient to drink wine,
the latter expressed some surprise.
saying he thought Sir Andrew was
Temperance doctor. to which Sir An
drew replied: 90 wine does some
times help you to get through work;
for instance. have often twenty let
ters to answer after dinner. and pint
OF champagne iS a great help" I'm
deed" said the patient. docs pint
OF char payne re lly help you to an
swer the twenty ils'ers?' No! no!''
said Sir Andrew, but when I've had
pint of champagne, ] don't care a
rap Whether answer them or notl"-
Westminster Gazette.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22
mIsssuRrs BEST COW.
Princess csrlotta Alens Could supply
4 Hotel with MIIk.

Princess Carlotta Alcne Could supply
Hotel with Milk.
Princess CarlOtta, a Holstein COW
in the dairy herd Of the Missouri Col
lege Of Agriculture. gives more milk
than any other COW in Missouri. In
the last year she gave 1s.4O5 pounds
of milk. or 1900 gallons. From this
727 pounds OF butter we're made.
This COW shows the advantage OF
using good stock In a dairy" G. H.
Eckles, professor OF dairy husbandry
at the University Of Missouri. said.
AT the present price OF milk in Co
lumbia. 12 cents quart, she would
have brought her owner $500 for this
year. A COW with a record like that
is worth about $500. Her feed cost
$50. leaving a prodt Of $50. This is
more than 40 per cent. income. look
ing at It as an investment. Princess
Carlotta produced as much milk as
ive ordinary farm cows The five
COWS probably would cost S200 to feed
The same advantage is gained as BY
using an efficient machine instead oi
an ordinary one. The upkeep is great
er, but the results are worth It.
"A persons average daily consump
tioa Of milk Is one-third Of quart
On this basis Princess Carlotta could
have supplied the milk for hotel with
seventy-five quests"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22
Hated to Lake the Money

Frank l. Cobb. the chief editorial
writer OF the New York World. was
on. a vacation in the Names woods
once when Joseph Pulitzer sent Cobb
a cipher message.
Presently a country operator drove
in to the Co5o camp and handed Cobb
the message. which read something
like this
simplicity aggrandiZement -
gviffou = gerald = roderick - hop
scotch 49, hamfat = publicity"
There's a dollar to collect for de
liverIng that message. said the opera
tor. but l hate to take'it. Somebody
along the line got it all balled up. and
there amt no sense TO IT,"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22

NIIIIlI[[L LI[[IIIISA
Il...I.IIII.I.IIII.II'l'T :


ends. so as to raise the door above
draughts; make a frame of l-2-inch
square strips of the same dimensions
as floor. bore 1-2-inch holes to CORE
sPond in top of floor and the frame;
get .1-2-.nch round spindies "a inches
long and place upright from door to
frame: mine were about inches
apart; pace casters on bottom; sand
pare. the whole cage well and give
. coat of cherry stain; when that is
dry apply a coat Of varnish. and the
cage Il o-ns entail as we'll Us useful
made tEo pads for bottom OF cage OF
cheese cloth snd cotton batting, close
ly tufted. so II baby fell he would not
get hurt, then had sofa pillow with
wash covers that gave me a chsnge
OF pads and pillow covers, as both are
liable to get wet or soiled. The cage
can be moved around easily from room
to room or outdoors. yard or piazza.
wherever mother may be. Put baby's
toys into cage and as soon as he is
able to he will begin to pull himself
up to a standing position and hold
onto the frame, so you see il helps
him to walk as web as taking good
care of him. Baby is better for less
handling and mother can work around
without fear OF falling over him or
hurting him. oars was made Is years
ago and was as good as ever when We
gave II away three years ago.-Mrs.
NJ. C. Weber
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22
For Rent


The Swiss are alive to. the weak
ness OF English and American tour
lists for things ancient An Innsbruck
paper says that une OF the popular
manufactured antiquities is the Swiss
flag Of a hundred years ago. A new
one Is made to resemble a centensrian
by a process which includes fading
the colOrs In the sun. bespattering Il
Tith tallow. and laying It in the gran
airy. where the mice soon give II the
necessary tattered appearance. Final
iy il is subjected again to the rays Of
Father Sun. is mounted on a worm
eaten. broken stan, and is then ready
for the English or American tourist in
search OF centennial trophies.-Dun-
dee Advertiser. -.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22
A Nirnlnla hells,s Wit.

Two examples OF Miss ouid's quick
ness I can personally youch for. Short
" before her marriage she Was, at .
dinner in Richmond with several law
yers. one OF whom was a noted Nun
chausen: he was also a desperate
drinker and held long sessions. He
was boasting OF one case in which he
had earned a $4,000 fee and then
spent It on a single spree. Her table
neighbor asked Miss Ould II she cred
tied the story. Her answer was
prompt; Il might doubt the stoCied
earn. but he's all right fof, that ami
mated busu"-De Icons Bellies ana
Beaux."
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22
Foolish to Worry.

"Oh, dear" she said after the musi-
Gale. I'm so mortified that I don't
know what to do, can't imagine
what caused any voice to break as It
did. It never happened before. What
must Mrs. Waddington's guests think
of me? How can ever explain it?"
Don't mention it," her friend ad.
vised. They were all so busy talking
while you sang that probably nobody
noticed H."
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22
salmon's Rapid arowth.

1t Is said that a twenty pound sal
mon which was caught in Scotland not
long ago had attached to one Of its
finds a small silver plate marked.
"sS5B." Upon inquiry it was found
that this label had been put on the
ish by the Loeb Lomond Angling I'M
provement Association in December
1907, in a river feeding the lake.
The records show that il then
weighed ten pounds. and thus In the
space OF eighteen months It had doa-
bled It's weight--Forest and Stream.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22
pispIsees the candeIabra.

the lamps aglow for IA hours, and the
illumination emanates from three
tungsten lamps supplied with switch
for controlling them. Fitting neatly
over the stand is a shallow glass dish
containing cut flowers and water. The
former are supported by a cast-glass
disk with numerous holes into which
the flower stems. etc, project The
lamp thus serves as n flower vase as
well, and the effect of the light pass
ing through the glass and water and
playing around the flowers and leaves
is very pretty indeed.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22
The Boy sunraaIs,.

A mother in Miles City, Mont.
writes to Mrs. CstJ. I'VE were talk
ing about women's rights one day. and
nay youngest boy started up and said,
VClld like to know who started this
fool 'shness, anyway?' We asked him
what he meant. Why. the foolishness
of not letting women vote. They
know as much as men, and sometimes
more '"-Woman's Journal.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22
Now and Then.

Out under the trees hve-year-old
Rena was amusing One-year-old John
ME A man noticing their merry an
tics halted to ask. rs the baby a boy
or a girl?" Rena. clutching her alb
breviated skirts, scrambled to her feet
excited at the astonishing news she
had 70 communicate, and announced
'"ft'E a girl now, but mana says that
when It gets big it's going 70 b .
hoy."-The DelineatoF.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22
A Gaze for the nahv.

Our baby cage was a homemade
one and COS. a little over a dollar. 1t
seryed our three babies and was then
gwen away, as good as ever. can't
begin to tel what a great help it "a
% ire. but any mother who has to do
aer own houseworb with a creeping
baby around will know bow to appre-
c,a'e it. The @man of the house
could easily make one at home.
Take a board feet inches long
By ? feet wide. for the floor OF the
cage: nail It onto cleats across the
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22
conoret. nulIdInas In china,

The construction Of houses and
waHs OF concrete in China was .insti-
tuted several centuries ago. and is
peculiarly common and extensive in
swatow. where # originated IN the
building OF a chapel by a French
priest. The absence Of any brick
structures or walls give ample proof
OF the stability of the concrete.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22
UNIVERSITY ON A NOVEL PLAN.
The Methodlsts Are Slowly Building
II at Washington.

The American University at Wash
ilgton. d. c., is beginning the erec-
tion Of buildings to cost $4,000 coo.
The Me;hodists hope TO crown their
educational system with this post.
g-aluate institution.
IN two respects the American Uni
ve-sity viii be unique, says the Edu-
cational Review, IN that it viii be the
only educational institution In the
United States which will confine its
instruction to postgraduate studies
and viii not have any undergraduate
schools attached TO its scheme OF edu.
cation, and that the university viii
not enroll any students until every
building ia erected and the total as
sets. property and endowment amount
to at least slO,O00,0O The buildings
now being constructed are for the law
department, the colleges of medicine,
technology. art and a great museum.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22

Never put salt into soup when cook.
ieK until it is skinned. as salt pre-
e3nts the scum from rising,
II too much salt has been added TO
soup slice a raw potato and boil Il IN
the soup for a few minutes. The pota-
to will absorb much Of the salt.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22

Cook-YeT vote like l vote-you
and the young leddies-or III quit ye.
"Mereiful heayensl And the Van
Damms expected on Thursdayi"-
Life.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22
Notes &I1d
Comment
or Interest to Women Readers
BETTER THAN TABLE CANDLES.
New Electrical Device for Utility and
Decoration Without Wires for
Dinina Room Use.

DUlUA RpoU OeIs
Every woman has realized for some
time past that the use Of the candle
as q table decoration was attended by
danger and other shortcomings and
substitute has been eagerly sought
The solution OF the problem has not
been found in electricity. for the rea-
son that lamps Of this character lack
ed the feature Of portability and their
use also required the presence OF
wires piercing the cloths and tables.
A New York man has recently de-
signed a piece Of table decoration
which takes the place Of the candles
on the dining room table in the home
as well as the hotel and cafe.
The device is a pretty design en-
bracing a silver receptacle capable OF
holding a single-storage cell. The bat
terry stores sufficient energy to keep
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22

There be two individuals who can
not be reasoned with-a girl In love
and a man who is determined TO run
fcg an ofce,-NeY Orleans PieayuAA
- - - Do lei
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22
A True RepubIIe.

The only country We can think Of
where republican traditions are prop
erly followed out is the little state OF
Andorra, and there they have no poll.
ticians, everybody works.-London
Saturday Review.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22
Hinann plauinn Cards

The HindOO playing cards are near-
Iy all circular. and each card repre-
sents some historical or religious
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22
Time Table
ERIE RAILROAD.
ct
PORT JERVIS

Solid Pullman trains to Buffalo, Mag
ara Falls. ChsutauquA Lake. Clsvelhp d
chicago aud Cincinnati.
Tickets on sale at Port Je ale
points in the West and Southwest At lower
rates than via any other frst-olsss line
In effect June 2lth, 1908
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22
Best Seal for Envelone.

when you seal an envelope with
the white of an egg it is impossible
20 steam It open.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22

Fully so per cent Of the income Of
YuVatan $ derived from sisal hbeE
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22
To Him VINO Waits.
-Yuoatan,a chI.f Indu.tr1.

Nest OF the things that come 70
him who waits are disappointments.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22

More than $4,000. 900 worth a soap
is made and sold in the United States
eVery year.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-04-22

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