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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-19

The barn and stable of George HI.
Thomas, near RehobOth, on the border
of Lancaster and Northumberland coun-
ties, Va, was destroyed by fire. Eight
horses and sixty-three sheep, with the
crop Of corn. and all the provender and
agricultural Implements. were DESTROYED
The fire is supposed to have resulted from
the dropping Of lighted cigar or cigar
cite. The total loss is about $4,000. with
no Insurance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-19
Lamont Street House Sold.

The two-story brick dwelling COL La
mont street has been sold for Harry
Wardman to Mrs. Annie l.. Shambaugh,
who will occupy the same as her home.
1t is a new dwelling just completed, and
one of a row of seventeen houses. The
consideration in the transaction was
$4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-19

Philip Ryan. former resident Of
Cumberland. Md, died Wednesday in
Chicago. He is survived by widow
and ten children. Mr.. Ryan was a
brother OF Mrs. Margaret Sheridan and
Misses Kate and Elizabeth Ryan Of
Cumberland, and Of Mrs. Peoples Of
Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-19

Mrs. Baker P. Lee. widow of Judge
Baker p. Lee, died at her home in
Hampton, Va, Friday, aged seventy-five
years, of heart trouble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-19
Sixteenth Street Highlands.
The Most Beautiful Suburb of Washington.

Located highest point SIXTEENTH STREET. midway
the White House the District SIXTEENTH STREET
HIGHLANDS conceded be the beautiful suburb Ma
tional Capital.
This magnificent unparalleled opportunity
curing delightful building and valuable
For the value residence
SIXTEENTH STREET The this
value today than before 1t well understood that the
General Government supporting the make this grand
national ooughfare Beautiful street in the beautiful Capt.
world
this splendid street distinction worthy of the highest ambition
SIXTEENTH STREET HIGHLANDS be strictly higl-cas
section of detached homes protected by adequate building regulations
Lots laid frontages of from feet facing 18th
street, Rock Greek Park and the
Buy of 18th if future value
Quick and reliable furnished directly
the 18th car line
Our automobiles service.
OFFICE AT AND KENNEDY STREETS PHONE 2S18
Holmes Central Realty Corporation, Owners,
Corner Nth and Kennedy Streets.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-01
WORK ON THE FARM.

In his Utica speech Colonel Roose-
welt addressed a big grange meeting
and naturally his remarks were pTin-
cipally concerning rural subjects. Fol
lowing his usual custom, he spoke
right out in meeting and in closing
said:
above all, the conditions of farm
life must always be shaped with a
view to the welfare of the farmers
wife and the farm laborer's wife, quite
as much as to the welfare of the
farmer and the farm laborel. To have
the woman a mere drudge is at least
as bad as to have the man a mere
drudge. 1t is every whit as important
to introduce new machines to econo-
mize her labor within the house as
it is to introduce machinery to in
crease the effectiveness of his labor
outside the house.
Il haven't the slightest sympathy
with any movement which looks to
excusing men and women for the non
performance of duty and fixes atten'
ton only on rights and not on duties.
The woman who shirks her duty as
housewife, as mother, is contempt
BILE creature; just as the correspond
ing man is a contemplate creature.
But the welfare of the woman is even
more important than the welfare of
the man; for the mother is the real
Atlas who bears aloft in her strong
and tender arms the destiny of the
world. She deserves honor and con-
sideration such as no man should re-
ceive. She forfeits all claim to this
honor and consideration if she shirks
her duties. But the average American
woman does not shirk them, and 1t is
a matter of the highest obligation for
us to see that they are performed I'M
der conditions which make for her
welfare and happiness, and for the
welfare and happiness of the chill
dren she brings into the world.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-01
EDDYV|LLE ACTIONS
ScRI6NER FAMILY REUNION AT
THE LINCOLN LEE HoME--AR,
THUR PlckERELL HAS HIS 81.
CYCLE STOLEN.

! Eddyville, Aug. 30.--Roy Palmer re-
turned Saturday from trip through
thesi@est and Yellowstone Park.
Mrs. Geo. Miller, of Council Bluffs,
who formerly lived in the vicinity of
Eddyville, is visiting at the home of
Milt Pickerell and with other friends.
Miss jeanette Beedle, who is pre-
pairing herself for a trained nurse in
Des Moines hospital, is visiting for a
few days in Eddyville with her moth
er and other relatives. $40 #
Mrs. Grace Seitert entertained at
cards in honor of her cousin, Miss
Bolin, of Beloit. Kansas, who is visit
ing relatives in Eddyville this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Sturgeon returned
today from a trip through Canada and
the western states. as 81
Mrs. H. Hartsuck and Mrs. Pearl
Quarton, of Abba, were guests Sat
urday of Mr.. aud Mrs. d. Mater.
Mrs. Maggie Brunt and son Arthur
of Bussey, are visiting at the Lincoln
Lee home.
Mrs. George Stephenson, Mrs. EN-
bling and daughter Mary transacted
business in Oskaloosa Friday. a
Miss Iva Heston came down from
Oskaloosa Friday and visited at the
parental Heston home.
Mrs. Ben Harding, who has been
i'll for some time, died Friday p. M
at her home near Chillicothe. Funeral
services We're held Sunday p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Olson, of Sioux
City, who have been visiting Mr.. Oh
sons aunt, Mrs. J. p. Anderson, re-
turned home Saturday night.
The Union services in the park
closed Sunday evening. Rev. Mausen
of the First Reformed church, preach
ed to large audience.
There was a family reunion of the
Scribner family held Sunday at tbs
Lincoln Lee home. Those present
were Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Scribner, Of
Centralia, ILL.,, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Scribner, Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. Maggie
Brunt and son Arthur, of Bussey, DR.
Roy Mater and wife of Wright, ant
Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln Lee and daugh
ter Edith.
Sunday while Arthur Pickerell was
attending services at the Baptist
church his bicycle was stolen by
young man who after being arrested
gave his name as John Kane, of South
Dakota. The boy was. found hiding
in a corn field about one mile from
town. He was fined SIS Monday morn
ing and being unable to pay his fine
was taken to Ottumwa to Jail.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-01
THE HERALD AND THE JUDICIAL


The democratic Oskaloosa Times in
a recent issue, in an effort to de-
ceiye and mislead the voters, and to
misrepresent the position of the Her
aid, published certain laudatOry
statements as to the candidacy OF
Mr.. S. V. Reynolds, one of the demo-
cratic nominees for judge, and re-
ferred to them as being said by the
Oskaloosa Herald republican,. The
matter purporting to have een"said"
by the Herald was published in the
Herald as a political advertisement by
Mr.. Reynolds and paid for by him as
such; the copy, like the copy of all
other advertisements, was prepared
no more responsible for it than for
the copy of a grocery ad, and be-
sides, the Times did not correctly
quote the paid article, but added to
it language of its own by which it is
made to appear that the Herald was
advocating the election of democrat.
This matter is no doubt being sent tc,
republicans, who should be on their
guard against this and other like
frauds. The Herald is earnestly sup
porting the whole republican ticket
and no part of that ticket is more
worthy of support than the three re-
publican candidates for judge. 1t has
always been considered by every one
that the judiciary is different from
other Offices and ii ought to be so.
Great care ought to be exercised by
the voters in selecting our judges,
and character, ability and experience
are very important There never has
been, in this district. a judicial cam
paign of misrepresentation. and our
democratic contemporary should bear
this in mind. The three republican
candidates, Judges WiIlcockson and
Preston, and Mr. Talbot. propose to
conduct the campaign on a high plane
in keeping with the dignity OF the po-
sition. ~
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-01
TAKEN TO TASK.

Down in Oklahoma" signed "Prune
Seller" writes a much different letter
from one received by the writer the
first of last month. The letter is as
follows:
Cherokee, Okla, July 2, l91O.-The
grain is all in the shock and we have
bumper crop. The wheat on the
place just south of me made Al bu. to
the acre, and mine is almost as good
as his. cut oats few days ago that
will make Is bu. per acre. ] wish
you could have seen the grain fields
before they were cut. / think the
wheat all over this valley will average
80 Blu. or better per acre Illinois, far
mers are bhyiag Ytas'Sf qhFtHs qaFodnd
Cherokee and like the. country lHne.
Land is advancing iii 9baee rfghf along.
We will thrash this week. Have
been offered 84c for our wheat. Think
we will let 1t go. 'Prune Seller must
have struck very poor strip OF terri
tory or he would not have met with
such bad luck in his business. There
are places in the state where people
buy prunes and other good articles,
and they pay for the same. In no
place has land advanced more in the
last ten years than in Oklahoma. II
you want TO buy farm around Cher
okee you win have 10 pay from SIS
TO sl25 per acre" From one that has
been down in Oklahoma a numBefIlsf
fimek. Nv. @.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-01

True Christian Reform church only
a few months, coming from Michigan.
Il he church membership has taken ON
new life since his coming. One year
prior to May 1910, the congregation
was without preacher, but services
were held each Sunday, an elder or
member of the congregation taking
part. The church has membership
of about $50, the majority being pros
porous farmers living near and around
Leighton The Sunday school enjoys
an attendance of about IT'S and John
DeRooi is superintendent. The Y. r.
S. G. K. has about fifty members. The
services~~at the church last all day
and are in the Holland language The
congregation now have under con-
struction a new parsonage which will
cost at least $4,000 before completed
1t will contain fourteen rooms and
will have bath, water, toilet, furnace
heat and toher conveniences that are
possible in a town of that size. The
home win be one of the most com
plete parsonages to be found in the
state, and will be a credit to the
town.
The German Reform church does
not have a very large congregation,
as there are not a great many people
of this belief in this community.
Rev. Carl Petri, of Oskaloosa, has
charge of the services.
Leighton is surrounded with rich
farming community and as most of
the farmers are Hollanders, they at
tend the churches at this place. Ev-
cry family attends church at least
| once a month, and there are many
who consider it almost a crime not
20 attend each Sunday. On Sunday
mornings one may see in this COM
munity farmers driving to church
from all directions. The majority OF
the families are large, which helps
increase the number in attendance.
many remain in the village all day,
either on the church grounds or with
friends.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-01

during the day eminating from this
favorite spot and then the parents sit
ting in the auditorium are satisfied
that the children are having a good
time.
Twice during the day for an hour
in the forenoon and an hour in the
afternoon Miss Katherine Stitcher OF
Washington, gathers these children
areund,ai nor sAl{yirtells them stories
affy 81 res Il tafes of historic interest,
which ACKNOWLEDGMENT Dan under.
stand, aid Bible stoffegh Several hun.
dred children in Fairfield have come
to know Miss Stitcher as The Story
Lady,, and right we'll does she play
the part. There are many grown-ups
who visit the play ground daily just
to see the wonderful Story Lady
and hear her talks to the children.
Miss Stitcher does other things for
the children besides tell them stories.
When they are tired of stories or tee
ter boards all at once they are told
to come on, let's play" and then some
new game is introduced by the STORY
Lady" and the children are fascinat-
ed learning to play. There is always
something doing on the play ground
and those parents who have not yet
slipped away from an entertainment
in the auditorium to watch the chill
dren for a few minutes will be well
repaid for so doing.
The entertainment and amusement
of the children was only started last
year. but it was found to be so sue
cassful that added facilities were on
the ground this year. The little chill
dren cannot enjoy the solid lectures
which are given daily and heretofore
have been forced to sit and, squirm
and wiggle from sheer inability to sit
still in the auditorium, or worse still,
many parents have been kept away
from chautauqua by the knowledge
that the children would become so
tired. Now all this is changed and
the children are the first ones on the
ground and are loath to leave long
enough to be cleaned up and rested
for another day.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-01
LEIGHTON IS RELIGIOUS
Church Membership is Double Popu-
latiOn of Town.

With the completion of a parson-
age costing $4,000 by the True Chris
tan Reform church at Leighton, the
village will then have two of as fine
homes for their resident ministers as
any town three times its size in the
state. Just last fail the EbeneZer Re-
form church completed parsonage
Both homes will be modern through
out, and everything will be added
which will make comfort for the
preacher.
Leighton, Mahaska county, Iowa,
nine miles west of Oskaloosa, on the
Rock Island, has population OF IT'S;
and the membership in her three
churches will outnumber the inhabit-
ants of the place by two. The
churches draw their membership
from miles around the village, many
coming from near Oskaloosa and
Pella and remaining all day for each
service. Every member is a Valu-
able asset to the membership as one
may readily see, as two of the
churches only have membership OF
not more than $50 and the parsonages
cost not less than $4,000 each.
The Ebenezer Reform and the
True Christian Reform churches both
support their own resident ministers,
who devote all of their time to their
respective congregations. Both re-
ceive good salaries, and receive their
money when due. Not another town
the size of Leighton in the state can
boast OF two resident ministers. The
other church, German Reform, assists
in supporting a minister from Oska-
loosa who also breaches at the First
Reformed church at Oskaloosa.
Rev. w. j. Duiker has been pastor
of the Ebenezer Reform church for
the past two years, coming from Wis
consin. The congregation has taken
a marked growth since he has enter
ed the field, about fifty new members
being added. The church has about
1870 members. A good sized Sunday
school is supported, Ira DeCook be-
ing the superintendent. The school
enjoys membership OF l50. At a
recent picnic given by the school
there were 500 people present. There
arBsthirty members in the Christian
Endeavor Society. The services at
the church last all day and are all In
the Holland language, so one who
does not understand Dutch" would
not get much from the meetings. The
church owns considerable property in
the town; three acres of land, church
edifice, parsonage, and enough shed
ding for the hitching of about seven
ty-fiye teams. The parsonage was
built last fall at an expense OF $4,000
and is modern in every respect. II
has bath, water. toilet, furnace heat,
ana makes very convenient home
for the pastor, g
Rev. J. Drost has been with the
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-01
LOCAL DASHES.
e. Fl. WARING,

Il am as happy every day as the
small boy who enjoyed his first pair
of copper toed boots" said Uncle
John Swaddling the other day. 81
have everything to eat and wear that
| care for; work when | feel like it;
loaf most OF the time; enjoy three
meals a day; let nothing worry me
and why shouldn't be happy?" And
sure enough, what more ought any,
body wish for? But how few men
there are like Uncle John. Most men
of his age-now past seventy-five-
suffer some physical or mental all,
ment, real or imaginary, and too often
find it convenient to complain of their
bitter lot. Uncle John saw hard ser.
vice in the war of the rebellion and is
now getting pension, due, to his
years of $50 per month. He thinks
and believes the dollar day pension
law will soon be passed by congress.
His cheerfulness is an inspiration and
no doubt when he enters upon his last
campaign he will hear the summons
in full uniform, and answer from. a
post Of duty. Il
r5tf fhs - - ~ TO- ttf
I'VE had fine time on our yacaT
ton trip said w. R,,Laoey. 1T was
hot and dusty most of the time. but
we saw everything In sight. am glad
we went, but don't you know ! some.
times think how foolish people are
TO go so far away from home, put in
so much time around railroad stations
and in looking after baggage and 9th.
err necessary evils, when they could
go to some OF the lakes within 200
miles of oskaloosa, take off their
boiled shirts" sit down in the shade,
catch lot OF FISH Tor tell the boys
at home they did. anyhow and have
a better time. and come nome rested.
rather than run d6wn al Che heel. On
the other hand, however, a fellow
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-01
Matrimonial Graft,

A clever matrimonial scheme has
been worked in various parts of the
country recently which rivals any
thing of the kind sprung lately. A
'lovey-dovey" couple appear at the
home of the minister for the purpose
of getting married. The minister
seeing a nice fee in store for him,
readily marries them. The young
man, always prosperous looking,
flashes a twenty dollar bill, but only
wishes to give the minister five of it.
The minister sives the. fellow his
change, SIS, and later in the day
when he goes to pass the bill finds it
bogus. The couple are said to be ac-
companied by a third party who
makes satisfactory affidavit.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-01
The New Sharon Fair

The New Sharon district fair which
is held this year September 20 to %,
has secured the services of the Iowa
Brigade band for the occasion. This
will insure the popularity of the enter
tainment and will attract enough extra
patronage from Oskaloosa and else
where to more than equalize the add
ed expenses. The excellence of the
Iowa Brigade band is feature well
worth consideration and New Sharon
is bound to have the best.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-01
One of the Newton papers is go.

One of the Newton papers is go,
ing to give away $500 automobile
piano, several gold watches, dia'
monds, etc, in subscription cam
paign. This looks like enterprise on
the first blush, but somebody must
pay for all these things. Either the
paper must be cheapened or the edi'
tor sustain a loss that he can i'll at
ford. Nobody ever gets anything for
nothing. A good paper ought to sell
on its merits, and ought to be worth
all that is asked for it.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-01
ELM GROVE.
Health generally good.


Charles Dewitt and wife were New
Sharon callers Wednesday.
Mr.. Porter, of Pella, was around buy
ing horses a few days ago.
Threshing around here is about all
done and they report the gram as
turning out well.
The Misses Mabel and Lille Dewitt
and Floyd Hte and Pearl Smith took
dinner at Earl Stout's on Sunday.
Elm Grove school will be taught by
Miss Ada McFall OF Fremont, school
beginning first Monday in September.
A great change in weather; so very
hot, now cool and very dry. People
around here are complaining of dry
wells. .# ........
Jerry Stout met with great loss
of a good work horse Tuesday by get
ting cut in the wire and bleeding to
death.
Mr.. Vaughn, wife and children, of
Buxton, have been visiting relatives
and friends here the past week. Mrs.
Vaughn will be remembered as Miss
Rachel Poe.
Leonard Stout got mis- finger pretty
badly mashed while threshing at Chas.
Shoemakes the other day. Some dan
ger of blood poisoning at first, but 1t
seems better at this time.
Grandpa Stigers strayed away from
the house into the corn field and got
lost a few days ago. The neighbors
turning out on hunt, found him there.
The poor old mans mind is very weak
at times. He imagined he was going
to Pella.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-01

1T seems that there should be
some better way to encourage the war
on the white plague in Iowa, other
than parading before the world con.
tinually the dark side of the picture.
Outsiders who read the statistics,
without knowing what the figures in
other places may be-whereas in real
ity there is not as much tuberculosis
in Iowa as there is in states that have
nothing else to boast of except their
climate. -..s ....a a..
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-01
CHILDREN AT cHAurAuouA,

Fairfield Journal: One of the most
popular places on the big chautauqua
Park this year is the children's play
ground. Here IT is that the little tots
and the older children have come into
their own and II is safe TO say that
there are numbers OF children In
Fairfield who win be sorry when the
closing session OF chautauqua comes.
The play ground Is situated several
hundred yards to the east OF the au-
ditorium and here are to be found
swings, teeter boards, chutes and sand
piles for the, amusement and entertain
ment OF the children. Shouts or merry
laughter can be heard Al various times
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-01

The Reformatory Press, publish
ed by the inmates of the state refor
rnatory at Anamosa. contains an ard
Gle headed, Stay on The Farm" We
doubt not that all the boys up there
wish they might heed this advice.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-01

We trust Alex. Miller of the
Washington Democrat misses his
copy of A. p. Norton's Fremont Ga
zette of last week, for Norton com
mits the objectionable sin of spelling
the name of the Nutmeg State thus:
"Coneticutt."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-01

1T has been figured out that the
people of Iowa pay annually $25,O00,,
900 in round numbers for various
kinds OF insurance. That is about $40
for every man, woman and child in
the state. Good insurance is always
a splendid investment.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-01

lin the United States last year the
average consumption Of sugar was 81
pounds for each person, or seven bill
lion pounds in all One-seyenth was
beet sugar produced in this country,
which is a large gain in an important
domestic industry.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-01

All the queens of Europe are tall
er than their husbands, even the kai-
ser having to look up TO the first lady
of the empire. King Alfonso is full
head shorter than Victoria. and King
George is shorter than Queen Mary.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-01

After 1t is reported that Mayor
Gaynor has eaten beefsteak it is IN
necessary to add che is doing well,
says the st. Louis Globe-D Democrat. He
is doing well to get IT.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-01

600 prize for q decoration to be used
on the silver service of the new dread
nought battleship, North Dakota. Her
prize design consists of an eagle, an
Choir and steering wheel, emblematic
Of the navy, with sheaf of wheat In
the center, typical of North Dakota
products. The silver service will be
paid for by popular subscription,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-01

--Oskaloosa has a double reason
for calling Quakers Friends" They
are good people and their annual
meetings here bring much business
TO town. Welcome them tomorrow.