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The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-09-07
FIRE CAUSED By RATS
Residence of George Andrews Dam
aged. Other Confligrations

Fire, about three o'clock Sunday af-
ternoon, did several hundred dollars
worth of damage at the residence
property of George Andrews, No. 209
North A street, the old Mahaska coun-
ty Jail building. Damage was contin.
ed to the contents of storage room,
clothing, furniture, sewing machine
and other property being burned and
some water damage in a chamber and
the kitchen occurred. The entire
building, however, was badly smoked
and damage from this cause also re-
suited.
The fire had apparently started in,
beneath or behind a large wardrobe
and undoubtedly was caused by rats,
carrying matches to the place of or
igin.
Candle Fires Curtain.
Within an hour after the Andrews
fire an alarm was sent in for the
Theo. Richmond residence, No. COS
South First street. The direction was
mistaken and the fire company ran
w oouNh SiAth oliSOts ~ 'hS tihhS
the error had been corrected the blaze
had been controlled with comparative.
ly little damage. Miss Tot Richmond
was using a lighted candle. A lace
curtain blowing against the fame was
instantly ablaze and almost before
the young lady could call for help the
bed was on fire and the wood work
was also blazing. Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
mond came to the rescue. Water
was hurried into the room and its
timely application soon ended the
trouble.
Saturday Night Fire.
Saturday nights fire alarm at ten
o'clock took the department to the
Iowa Central right of way southwest
of the city, a little distance beyond
the Rock Island tracks. A grass fire
in the Central right of way communi,
Gated with a pile of old telegraph
poles and the fire had good start
before the department was called
Chief McCracken could not reach the
fire with water and the boys had to
fight the flames by shoveling dirt and
smothering the fire. No direct dam.
age or loss
Mysterious Fire.
A blaze of mysterious and uncer.
tain origin occurred one day last week
at the rear of the Sarah Pardun prop,
critics on South A street between Fifth
and Sixth avenues. Occupants of
three of the properties have for joint
use a walled bin or receptacle for the
holding of garbage, refuse and house,
hold waste. The place is surround,
ed on al sides by a high wall of
brick and cement.
Mrs. Herbert Killips, No. 609 South
A street. while at her homework, dis.
covered the contents of the refuse
bin to be on fire and the blaze max,
ing rapid Roadway. With a number
of neighbOrs an impromptu fire fight.
ing brigade was hurriedly organized
and well-drected pals of water on the
burning mass soon solved the prob.
lem. Spontaneous combustion is the
only cause assigned.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-09-07
Smoked While orr Duty.

Des Moines, Sept. Especial: The
case of Conductor Watson Roberts,
discharged for alleged smoking on
duty, will be considered by the car.
mems union at a mass meeting Sun.
day night. Nothing developed in the
controversy today, as Manager Har.
rigan and the executive committee of
the car mems union will meet Tues.
day morning to consider the case. 1t
is thought that the committee will
demand arbitration.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-09-07
Indians Hold Annual Dog Feast.

Marshalltown, Sept. 4. Special :
The annual green corn dance" and
dog feast of the Musquakie Indians
was observed Saturday with great hi
larity on the reservation between
Montour and Tama. Every able bod
led person in the tribe took part and
one of the big annual feasts was serv.
ed. Cooked with the roasting ears"
from the Indians fields were hogs,
chickens, turkeys and geese. Dog
soup served as a preliminary course,
a delegation of braves from the. reser.
walton having visited this city Friday
to secure the CANNES.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-09-07
Killed When Motorcycles Collide.

Sioux City, Sept. Especial; Dash,
ing down hill and around corner
near here, I two motorcyclist met
death yesterday in a head-on collision.
The cycles were demolished and both
men instantly killed. The dead are
Frank Morrissey, aged 81, and John
Bowman, aged 10. Morrissey was a
rural mail carrier and was making
his route in rush in order to get
back and participate in the motorcy,
Gle races at the county fair. No one
witnessed the collision. A farmer
discovered the mangled bodies and
broken machines by the roadside a
few minutes later.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-09-07
Claims s65,ooo DAMAGES.

Waterloo, Sept. special: What
is believed to be the largest damage
suit on record in BlacEhawk county
was filed Saturday. homas McCune
asks $4,000 from the Chicago &
Northwestern railway company in
payment for injuries which he says
he received in the service of the com
pany. McCune alleges that he was
in charge of steam shovel at Lud.
den, N. d., on Jan. II, last, when a
freight train, which had pulled in on
a siding. was struck by passenger
train. A fiat car, he claims. was
thrown upon him and he was impris,
oned under the debris for six hours,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-09-07
Strangers in Oskaloosa,

Several automobiles have passed
through the city since Friday evening
and Saturday, en- route to the east
and south from the state fair They
have passed through the city in an
almost endless procession. This con-
dition was made possible through the
increased number of machines that
went to Des Moines and on account
of the marking of the white pole
route through 0skaloosa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-09-07
Sudden Death.

Clinton, Sept. 2.-Special: James
Judge, aged AZ, pioneer farmer, died
while sitting on a pile of boxes at
road house near here. He spent yes,
terday in Clinton and started for
home in his buggy. He began to feel
sick and started up to the road house
and upon reaching it died as he sat
down.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-09-07
OttumWa Man Insane,

Ottumwa, Sept. Especial: Word
comes from Eureka, California, tell.
ing of the violent actions of Linden f.
Hull, formerly a proprietor of a gro.
Gerry store here. Some time ago Hull
went west and was working as a fire.
man when he was taken suddenly in.
sane and rushed dawn the streets of
the town, stripped off his clothing
and with pen knife mutilated him.
self Ii a shocking manner before the
police arrived. He was placed under
arrest and when he rcovers he will
be sent to an asylum.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-09-07
Friends Preached.

Local pulpits generally were occu.
pied Sunday by representatives OF
the Friends Yearly Meeting and ex,
cellent discourses were heard in
every instance. The Friends thmsel.
YES have pleasure and a qualification
in taking care of the needs of the city
churches on this day.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-09-07
[YNNV|[LE LOCALS
SCHOOL WILL OPEN MoDAY.
LYYNNviLLE SECOND TEAM DE.
FEATS BETHEL WHILE THE
FIRST TEAM MEET DEFEAT.
Items From Lynnville Star. }

Items From Lynnville Starr
School will open next Monday end
the indications are that the attend
ance will be large. A new cement
platform has been made in front of
the school building, new cement cross
ings are being built across south from
the Rivers corner and west from the
corner south from the M. e. church.
AS soon as the work can be done a
new four-foot walk will be installed
across the entire front of the school
block on the north.
c. o. Meredith came up from Oska-
loosa last Saturday and visited over
Sunday with relatives.
J. H. Cause and wife expect to
start Friday for vacation trip to
the coast. They expect to be gone
from four to six weeks.
The ladies of the Friends church
will give farewell reception for Mr..
Hanson and family, on Monday even
ing, September 4th, from 6 to 8
o'clock.
Lynnville second team defeated the
Bethel team Tuesday by a score of
6 to 3. Van Dolen, of the visitors
Turner for the locals struck out 6
and allowed but two hits.
Last Saturday the writer was in
an orchard of some twenty trees on
a farm that had not been occupied for
two years and every apple tree on
the place was stripped absolutely bare
by grasshoppers.. Some of the trees
had apples on them and that was the
only indication of life. 1t was the
only place we have seen where the
hoppers had destroyed foliage on
trees
r. 7. English received word that
his sister.in-law, Mrs. C. A. English
of Colorado City, Colo, was dead and
would be sent to Dewitt, Ia, for inter-
ment. Mrs. Ellis was formerly the
wife of VIM. English, brother of
r. T. English of this city, and was
the mother of Mrs. Carrie Manning
who formerly resided here.
w. l.. Anderson, of Newton, and
Perry Stevenson. who are engaged In
Sunday school work were in the city
Saturday on business.
Nose Mendenhall, wife and baby
were over Sunday visitors with rela-
tives in and around Lynnville. They
will have a public sale at their home
near Kellogg in short ime and as
soon as business matters are closed
expect to move to Cleveland, Ohio,
where Nose will take a three year
Bible course to finish out thework
started two years at the Holiness coll
lege in Oskaloosa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pliny McCracken who
were married here last week have
moved to New Providence where Mr..
McCracken will have charge of the
schools and Mrs. McCracken will as.
sist
Speaking of good roads, the best
strip of highway we have seen is the
road from Montezuma north to Nal.
com and west into Grinnell. 1t Is
the widest and smoothest road over
which we have ever driven, especially
from Montezuma to Malcolm.
Geo. Sparks, wife and son Harold
are at the State Fair this week. They
rugged up for camping out before leav.
ing and are enjoying real outdoor life.
This is fine way to take in the fair,
economical as well as taking the place
OF vacation.
On Saturday. August 26, the local
bunch was defeated by Fairview in
an error making contest nv n ScOre
of 7 to 5.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-09-07
coWAN PROPERTY SOLD.

The property owned by Mrs. Anna
r. Cowan, 40S North Fourth street,
was sold at auction Saturday after.
noon. for $3,55OOO. L. T. Shangle was
the purpchaser. The sale was cried
by Judd Covey. There was not a
large crowd present, but the bidding
was spirited.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-09-07
Game Abounds.

Hunters who were out in the woods
during the first days of September re.
port game plentiful and have backed
ZIP the assertion by showing well MI.
ed bags of squirrel and rabbit. They
say that quail are also numerous.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-09-07
Maple Ridqe,

Mary NJ. Ashton has registered the
following described farm under the
name of maple Ridge" The west half
s. e. and s. W. N. E. and 8. f., N.
w. and N. E, sur, all in section 20,
Twp. n, range 10.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-09-07
The Governor to Speak.

EldOn, Sept. Especial: Tomorrow
Governor Carroll will deliver an ad.
dress at the fair at Eldon, and on
Wednesday he will go to Ottumwa,
where he will review the troops of
the Fifty-fOurth regiment. On Thurs
day the state executive will be the
speaker at the annual re-
union of the Croker Iowa Brigade at
Sigourney.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-09-07
State Fair Deserted

Des Moines, Sept Especial: The
state fair grounds are deserted today.
Exhibitors were busy removing their
exhibits. Secretary Corey is today
confident that the fair will show a
profit of $4,000.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-09-07
Auto Record Broken.

Des Moines, Sept. Especial: Har.
ry Seanor has broken all auto rec,
ords between Waterloo and Des
Moines, covering the 119 miles in one
hour and fifty-fve minutes, nearly 60
miles an hour.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-09-07
Librarian Arrives.

Miss Marie Minton, the new libra.
rian ut the Oskaloosa Public Library
has arrived in the city and took up
the duties OF the position Friday OF
last week, September |.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-09-07
Woman Dies From Burns.

Bloomfield, Sept. 4.-Special: Mrs.
Ella Carruthers, wife of Albert Car
ruthers, of Troy, was burned fatally
while engaged in baking bread at her
home. She died in great agony. She
is survived by her husband.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-09-07

and When ffnaily released was uncon.
scious. He cites numerous internal
injuries and an impeachment in his
speech as the result of the accident.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-09-07

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tion of the board and the details OF
the government and the business of
the college.
Special consideration will be given
to the management of the Penn Col.
lege endowment fund and separate
committee to have special charge of
the management of the funds was
elected by the board meeting. Albert
Johnson, of Lynnville, is chairman.
G. o. Macy, of Lynnville, and |. w.
Cook, of Oskaloosa, are the other
members.
Notice of board meeting has been
issued, calling the trustees in session
Friday, Sept. 8, at o'clock p m. for
the consideration of such business as
may be ready for presentation at that
time.
Enthusiasm Manifested.
Intense enthusiasm was manifested
at the board meeting of Friday even.
ing. The activity of the meeting,
however, only reflected the interest
in Penn College that has pervaded the
sessions of Iowa Yearly Meeting. In
fact the meeting has been made the
occasion of mutual congratulation
among Friends upon the success of
the endowment effort for Penn Col.
lege. Everyone rejoices. Announce,
ment was made over the land of the
success in securing the endowment
required by the school and the fact
was known personally to every
Friend in attendance at the Yearly
Meeting. Friday mornings session
of educational affairs of the Iowa
Friends was therefore anticipated
with an unusual show of expectation
and deepest of feeling and interest.
The room was crowded, many visitors
and friends of the college from city
and county being at the session. The
report of President David M. Ed,
wards made a deep impression and
then came number of addresses up.
on the subject. The melting resolved
itself into a Penn College meeting
and somewhat remarkable demon
stration was made possible. Some
one wanted to know how many grad,
yates of Penn College were in the
room and asked that they stand. The
response to the request was surpris,
ing. More people arose to their feet
than anyone looked for. Someone
else then wanted to see how many
persons in the meeting room had at
one or another time been students at
the Penn College. The result was
still more surprising, the greater por,
ton of the big audience arising to its
feet. The demonstration was made
unanimous when another voice in
quired of the remainder if they were
sorry they had not had an oppOrtun-
ty of being a student at Penn Col,
lege and everyone in the house stood
up. These and other circumstances
influenced the board meeting of Fri,
day evening in a way that will be
felt in the affairs of the college for
months to come.
Mahaska county's part in the rails.
ing of the endowment of the college
has been the subject of general con,
versation among the Yearly Meeting
and direct reference has been made
to the matter at the sessions. In re
cognition of the part that Mahaska
county and Oskaloosa people took in
the raising of the required money,
Friends generally have felt that they
should have recognition and represen.
tation in the government of the col
lege and in the care of the endow-
ment funds. Oskaloosa and the coun'
ty are therefore fully representa- in
the makeup of the new board.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-11
NELLIE IGoE A COUNTESS.
Romance Of Hartford Stenographer
Revealed by New York Courts.

A former Hartford stenographer, now
real countess and a woman Napoleon
of finance, 10 a defendant in an action
brought against her in New York by a
woman who wants accounting
showing where they stand in the mat
ter of Investments made through the
countess, says Hartford paper. The
young woman who is the defendant in
the action is the Countess Ellen de
Ravenel. wife of the Count EdmOnde
Ratisbonne de Ravenel of France.
When she lived in this city she was
Miss Nellie NJ. Igoe and a number of
years ago she was employed by the
Pope Manufacturing company at the
present loca ton OF the Columbia Mo-
tor Car company, No. / Laurel street.
Miss lgoe left Hartford about nine
wears ago, going to Pittsburg, Pa,
where she was secretary to Hayden
An1es. manager OF the automobile de-
partment Of the Westinghouse Manu-
featuring company. She was married
less than year ago. after a romance
that dates back four years. In the
shops of the Pittsburg company was
the count who had come to this coun-
There Miss Igoe undertook to teach
him English, and in return he in
structed her in French. From the
beginning the pair became lovers. and
two years ago the count took his pros
pective bride to France to see his
father was so struck by the attention
anu devotion of Miss Igoe to his son
that lie gave them his blessing. They
rnen returned to this country and
were married.
After the marriage the countess did
not remain idle, but entered the en-
plcy Of Speyer g. Co. the well known
New York banking house. and it is said
that she he's made fortune in her
operations in Wall street. The action
for an accounting is brought by a Mrs.
Elizabeth r. Bowles. who lived in the
house with the count and countess on
West Forty-ninth street. New York
The Countess de Ravenel according to
Mrs. Bowlss, invested $500 for her. and
she has been unable to get a full state
rnent of the transactions made with
her money. The countess and Mrs
Bowles do not agree upon the terms
upon which the money was handed to
the former.
The Countess de Rsvenel has
father, mother and brother living at
Nc. 12S Park street. this city. and she
has not forgotten her family in her
new life, but often comes to Hartford
TO see them.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-11

again. | don't know how to express
my, thanks for the good it has done me
and hepe all suffering women will
give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound a trial. 1t was worth it's
weight in gold. Mrs. j. P. ENDLICH,
L. f. d. No. Z, Erie, Pa.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotic or harm
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
OF female diseases we know of, and
thousands of voluntary testimonials
are on file in the Pinkham laboratory
atLynn, Mass, from women who have
been cured from almost every form of
female complaints, such as inhamma-
ton, liberation, displacements, fibroid
tumors, irregularities, periodic pains,
baekache, Indigestion and nervous
prostrat ton. Every suffering woman
owes 1t to herself to give Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound trial.
Ii you want special advice write
Mrs.Pinkhain. Lynn, Mass, for it.
1t is free and always helpful.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-11
Cold Weather CONGREGATIONS.

Cold weather CONGREGATIONS work
untold misery and stuff ering. They
present the hardest conditions for the
fire-fighters to cope with When once
the flames are under Roadway with
the thermometer below zero, it is al
most impossible to stay them, and the
loss /, of home and business place is
then the hardest to bear.
Yet cold weather CONGREGATIONS are
natural and inevitable unless extraor-
binary precautions are taken. The
frigid temperature calls for hot fires
in stove and furnace, overtaxing ia
cilities usually sufncing, and exposing
inf1ammables to ignition. The cold
wave produces a partially dry atmo-
sphere, which makes buildings already
dried by artificial heat burn fast and
furious.
So the wise one will leave no stone
unturned to make sure against fires at
this season. A con1agration that
could have been prevented means
blame attaching somewhere. Constant
vigilance will save an unwelcome call
from the fire department. - Omaha
Bee.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-11
Brief State News

Westport-Rev. c. F. Taylor is lee
turing in New York state on the Tenn
perance Cause.
YaIesvIIe.-A donation of fifty vol
umes has been received by the Library
association from Mrs. M. E. Allen of
Hartford.
Meriden.-Rev. Dr. D. H. Loux left
for New York Monday to make ar
rangements for the placing of his nov
e,1 Maitland Varne, on the book mar
/ ket.
New Britain.-The First church was
filed with musiclovers Sunday after
noon at the vesper service, when the
choir sang Sullivan's grand oratorio,
The Prodigal Son.
Waterbury.-Accord to the board
of health fully one-third of the fam
lies in the city have some member i'll
with measles. The board also reports
1000 cases of influenza.
Bridgeport.-The assurance has been
given to Mayor Buckingham by mem
there will be an increase of S4,000,009
in the new grand list of the city.
Observation-Disclosures NJ. Shepard of
East orange, N. j.. has made his third
gift of land to Miss Isabelle Eldridge,
founder of the Norfolk library or Nor
folk. An addition will be built to the
library.
neutrality-suspicious. broke into the
New York Dry Goods Store in Ken
yon's building, on West Main street,
some time between midnight Saturday
and Monday morning and stole a large
quantity of goods.
Bristoi.-The Bristol and Plainville
Tramway company has nearly COM
pleted the task of changing 1900 gas
meters, made necessary by the reduc
ton in rate from S1.50 to $1.25 for a
thousand cubit feet of gas.
MiddIetown.-At a meeting of the
undergraduates of Wesleyan university
it was voted to officially recognize Al
pha Chi Alpha for a period of one
year, the recognition to be made per-
manent if the society obtains a. charter
from a national fraternity.
CoIIinsvlIe.-The selectmen have re-
ceived the blue prints which show what
the state of Connecticut will do the
coming year on the road towards New
Hartford. The contract is to be let
soon for 6,123 feet of telford and mac
adam road over Indian Hill.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-11

If what you just ate is souring on
your stomach or lies like lump Of
lead, refusing to digest, or you belch
Gas and Eructate sour, undigested
food or have feeling of Dizziness,
Heartburn, Fu1lness, Nausea, Bad
taste in mouth and stomach headache
this is Indigestion.
A full case of Pape's Diapepsin
costs only so cents and will thorough
Iy cure your out-of-order stomach,
and leave sufficient about the house
in case some one else in the family
may suffer from stomach trouble or
Indigestion.
Ask your pharmacist to show you
the formula plainly printed on these
50-cent cases, then you will under
stand why Dyspeptic trouble of all
kinds must go, and why they usually
relieve sour, out-of-order stomachs or
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-11
NO MORE MISERY FROM TIE STOMACH
Dyspepsia Souness Vanish and Your Som
ach Will Feel Five Minutes-Just Little
Dapepsin Stops Fermentation and
Regulates Digestion.

| Indigestion in five minutes. Diapep-
sin is harmless and tastes like candy,
though each dose contains power Suf-
ffcient to digest and prepare for as
similation into the blood all the food
you eat; besides, it makes you go to
the table with a healthy appetite; but,
what will please you most is that you
tines are clean and fresh, and you
will not need to resort to laxatiyes or
liver pills for Biliousness or Consti-
patton.
This city will have many Diapepsin
cranks, as some people will call them,
but you will be cranky about this
splendid stomach preparation, too, if
you ever try little for Indigestion or
Gastritis or any other Stomach misery.
Get some now, this minute, and for
ever rid yourself of Stomach Trouble
and Indigestion.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-11
Local Laccnios.

Howard Penber of Walpole. Mass.
until recently superintendent of the
White Pock mill, is visiting relatives
in Westerly.
Mrs. Charles NJ. Nattingly of Wash
ington d. c., arrived in Westerly on
Tuesday evening to visit her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Higgins, in West
Broad street.
Councilman Horace z. Burdck and
Stephen w. Collins Of the Watch Hill
section left Westerly Tuesday after
noon en- route TO Florida, where they
viii remain several weeks.
Mary E. Wright, widow Of Patrick
j. Rooney, died Monday at her home
in Roxbury, Mass, aged so years. She
leaves son and daughter and was
stepnlother OF Richard j. Rooney OF
Westerly.
Governor Pothier has renominated
Dr.. Edwin r. Lewis of Westerly as a
commissioner of birds for term ending