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The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-06-15
NEWS FROM NEARBY
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
GATHERED BY WlDE-AWAkE
HERALD CORRESPONDENTS IN
TOWNS AND COMMUNITIES.
WRIGHT.


Tuesday visitors 10 Oskaloosa were
Mrs. d. X. Unsicker, Mrs. Will Me
Burney, miss Maude Haskins and
Mrs. Tom Emmert returned to her
home after visiting at Mrs. Riggs.
Wednesday Mrs. Tom Caldwell Wis.
tied at R. A. Carpenters. Miss Pearl
Caldwell returned to her home last
Wednesday after spending a week
with friends Indianapolis, Ind.
Friday Miss Matte Knicely, who
has class in music here, came down
in the morning on No. 16. She has
quite an interesting class.
Ben Landfear and Jim Stoltz, of Os'
kaloosa, were visiting at Fl. w. Land.
fears last Friday.
Friday being the last day OF MISS
Kate Hinshaw's schoO- at UNITY, the
patrons of the school prepared pic
mic dinner. Miss Hinshaw treated
the school to ice cream and all hau
an enjoyable time.
Saturday the Sunday school here
had picnic. They went to what IS
known as the Cochran timber. There
were 200 present. 1t seems like OLD
times to have a Sunday school pic
mic.
Will Gunsaulis and Frank Dallam
were in Oskaloosa Saturday.
The memorial service of the |. "
10 F. which was held at the Union
church last Sunday, was well attend
ed. Rev. Brown, of Fremont, preach
ed an excellent discourse. Ihere
were several present from Fremont
They were Mrs. Norton, Mrs. Geo
Alderman, Mrs. Clarence Neil, Mrs.
Rhoda McClain, Mrs. Roquette ano
DR.. Krout, Nat Fuller and A. j.
Rhoades.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Bridges and CHI
dren, Miss Ruth Mcdonald and MT
and Mrs. Ed Bridges were Visltln,
with Mrs. Riggs Sunday.
Miss Maude Haskins went to Pleas
ant Plain Monday and Mrs. Mollle
Bond went to Oskaloosa and MRS
Hattie Griggs and son were picking
cherries at Mrs. Riggs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Hoover were
visiting at Jesse HOover's Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lister entertained
Miss Inez Brill, of Oskaloosa, oVel
Sunday.
Willie McBurnie returned from Us
kaloosa hospital Tuesday at noon
The Lutte Lyon family are picking
cherries at the w. H. Bond home TINS
week
R. A. Carpenter is at home for
few days.
Cherries are very plentiful in this
vicinity.
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MADISON.

The farmers here are putting up
the clover hay which is not as heavy
as last year
Rex CruZen was in off of the road
and run out for a visit with his par
ents recently
Nj. and Mrs. Morris from east OF
OskalOosa, were visiting at the VIII
Cruzen home a day last week.
Chas. Hull and wife, OF Lacey, were
visiting at the Ed Scharf home, and
attended S. S. and preaching here
Sunday.
We are informed that Con and
Nellie Bieshaar have taken a young
man to board indefinitely since Satur
day night. We join friends III eX
tending congratulations.
Mrs. Erastus Coffin come out from
the city Sunday to the home of her
son Fred for the day, as Mr.. Comm
had gone to Des Moines that morning
to spend the day with his son Harry
and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Barden OF the
city, former Washington friends OF
Mrs, G. B. Coffin, were visiting at the
Coffin home a day recently, and Mrs
John Moore of North d street spent
few days last week at the same
place.
There were entertained at the }. b
Cruzen home Thursday OF last week
Mrs. Ed Henley and the new baby,
Mrs. Charley Dix and Mrs. John
Moore, all of North d street.
Ed and Charlie Ciftin attended the
party at the Lon Hellings home in
Lincoln township, Thursday OF last
week.
Ziba Barr, wife and baby drove out
from the city for visit at the Chas
Whitmore home this week.
Misses Nellie and Verla Cruzen and
Maion Whitmore were entertained
Sunday by the young folks at the Ell
mer knight home.
Lewis Cruzen and wife of North {
street, were visiting a couple OF days
last week at the Isaac Ferree home.
The Walraven young folks and Dave
GRANDPA we're at Leighton Sunday
evening for the Christian Endeavor
meeting.
Mrs. Ellen Coffin who Is visiting in
the neighborhood has given the &
w. Bailey and Fred Coffin families a
visit since Wednesday and expects
to go to Sam Cruzen's Tuesday.
Dan Howar and family spent a day
at the parental David Cummins home
in Elm Grove recently.
Rev. George L0unds and wife re
sponded to an invitation to dinner
at the Byrin Cruzen home Sunday
Rev. Lounds preached his last sermon
here on that day. He stated he has
no definite plans for the summer
They have been students at uniyers
| ity Park.
Several families from here attended
the Children's Day program at West
Center Sunday afternoon. The child
rem should be encouraged and deserve
praise for the willingness with which
they responded when called on IL
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Another Unknown.

Marshalltown, June 14.-Special;
The second unknown dead body 10
he held here within a weeks time has
been placed in the morgue awaiting
identification. The second body IS
that OF a man probably about 80 or 80
wears old, who was killed by stealing
a ride on a Northwestern freight train.
Before his death, and while partially
conscious. the man gave his name as
Jack Watson and St. Louis as his ad-
dress.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-06-15

Republican National Committee, has
been prominent in public affairs in
Rhode Island for seventy years. He
was a member of congress at the
beginning of the civil war and in the
sos he served for one year in the
United States senate.
Politicians are inclined to attach
considerable significance to the din
ner which William r. Hearst recently
gave at his home in New York city.
Prominent among the guests at the
dinner were United States Senators
O'Gorman, of New York; LaFollette,
of Wisconsin; Chamberlain, OF Ore
gon; Borah, of Idaho; Poindexter. of
Washington, and Newlands, of Neva.
da, and Representative Victor Muir
dock, of Kansas. .
The Colorado legislature has ad.
iourned without electing a successor
20 the late Chas. J. Hughes, jr., Unit.
ed States senator. AS consequence
for the next two years the state,
whose legislature meets biennlally,
though having practically complete
democratic state administration and
with an overwhelming democratic
majority in the legislature, will be
represented in the upper house of
congress by only one senator, Simon
Guggenheim, republican.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-06-15
DECREASE IN INMATES MAKING OF ANTI.TOXIN
Twenty-Five Horses Are Used in
Factory Says DR.. Il. w. Crete.

twenty-five horses are used in
the Alexandria factory to supply the
antitoxin serum for nine states" said
H. w. Crete, of the state board of
health, who has returned from two
weeks eastern inspection of the man
ufacture and state distribution of anti.
toxin.
The animals are bled and the blood
thus secured, after being mixed with
some kind of chemical is placed in
glass. receptacles about three feet
high. This is done to prevent clott.
ing The dark part of the blood set
ties on the bottom of the jar, leaving
the light pure blood, from which the
anti-toxin is made, at the top. This
light blood Is drained off and after
mixture with other chemicals, the ma.
ture of which / did not ascertain, 1t
Is ready for distribution.
Health laws in Pennsylvania and
Washington city are more strictly en-
forced than in Iowa. The people there
take a deeper interest in public health
and are quicker 20 detect violations
by their neighbors. But the east has
nothing on Iowa when ii comes to
dealing with anti-toxin. This state
ranks with the best of them in the
matter of distribution.
"Officials in the factory at Marriet,
ia, Pa, which factory furnishes Iowa
with anti-toxin, say that the Iowa
method of distribution is best eyolv.
ed. The anti-toxin is sent direct to
the state board of health and distribu-
ted by the secretary to the 40 distrib.
uting stations as IL is needed
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-06-15
Great State is Texas.

Texas reaches from snow to sum.
mer. from snow to Strawberries. from
icicies to ice cream, from skates to
luleps. Because train became stalled
BY snow in one part of Texas. do not
forget that on the same day wanderers
from the frozen north were eating
strawberry shortcake and cream q
five a throw and yard eggs at fifteen
dozen In heavenly Houston.-Hous
ton Post.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-06-15
Where the Fire Was.

Sleeping during II sermon ia {
poor compliment to the preacher. but
it is not often that the man in the
pulpit turns the occasion to such ef
fectiVe use as did John Wesley. The
apostle Of Methodism was preaching
while many of his hearers slept Sud
denly he started them by loud
cry Of Fire! Fire!" There was q
momentary panic among the congre
cation. and a man cried out, Where
sir? Where?" In hell" the preach
er replied, "for those who sleep IN
der the preaching of the Word"
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nn.Iined a New Plan,

Iowa City. June 14,-Special; De
clarfng that the Sherman act, even as
now interrupted by the supreme court
is insufficient to handle the just com
plaint of the ordinary man against
the trusts and combinations OF capf
tai Judge Peter S. Groscup, OF the
L. S. supreme circuit court of appeals
of Chicago in his address before the
graduates outlined a new plan 10
handle the trusts.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-06-15
Degrees Given.

Iowa City, June 14.-Special: MISS
Alice French, of Davenport, known
as Octave Thanet, and Randall Par
ish. of Kewanee, ILL.,, were given liter
ary degrees at the commencement ex'
ercises of the State University here
today. William Norton, OF Mount
Vernon. was, given degree of law
The class of $40 received their di-
plomas and the Senior hop viii take
place tonight and close the annual
events.
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tence. The case is that of William
Adams, who was sent to prison for
burglary from Osceola county, and the
court limited the term to two years
The parole board ordered that the en-
try of commitment be changed to an
indeterminate period not exceeding
twenty years.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-06-15
Give Minister an Auto.

Grfswold, Ia. June 14.-Special: TO
show their appreciation of the GOOD
work which he is doing for the church
the members OF the Central Church OF
Christ presented their pastor, Rev.
V. M. Ellston of Lewis with an auto
mobile. Mr.. Ellston lives in Lewis, and
has to drive back and forth TO fill his
pulpit here.
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We think the comments of the av-
erage householder of experience on
the foregoing would run about as
follows:
That the food allowance migt do,
if the minister's wife is very good
housekeeper; and the book allowance
might do, if the minister is provided
with decent working library before
he starts.
That the fuel and lights allowance
is probably ample. but the clothing
allowance is decidedly small, in view
of the fact that two growing child
rem are TO be clothed and the preach
er himself is virtually required 10
dress every day at least as well as
the skilled mechanic, with 25 to 80
per cent higher income, feels he
should dress on Sundays.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-06-15
Liuht Plant Damaged.

Wilton, Ia, June 14.-Special: Fire
starting in a box of waste damaged
the Wilton light and water plant yes
terday. The city will be without
light for several days but the water
supply is unimpared The plant is
owned by the city. The loss is esti-
mated at $500.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-06-15

Some weeks ago we discussed an
article on country preachers and coun.
try churches. In that article it was
laid down that $1,000 year and
house were about the least that the
country ought TO be asked TO work
for.
Now, some lawyer, in a periodical
we have not seen, seems to have
undertaken 10 tabulate what preach
er's needs ought 10 be, and to figure
up how they could be adequately sup
piled on this 81, 200-and-a-house basis.
He has worked out the following bud
get for a family consisting of the
preacher, his wife. two children and
O id
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The new eleetroliers TO be install
ed in the city park will be similar to
those on the court house walk with
five lights. They will make hand
some Improvement.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-06-15
AGED Scott County Woman Dead.

Davenport. Ia, June l4.-SpeclaI !:
Mrs. Hugh NJ. Thompson, aged 81
years, an Iowan since 1914, and the
Oldest resident of Eastern Iowa, died
at Long Grove, Scott county, yester,
day. ak
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-06-15
n,.a rroco s,ood Poison.

Abba, June Especial: Robert
Porter, who accidentally shot himself
in the leg with a revolver died today
from blood poisoning.
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p NEARLY ASPHyxIATED
FIREMEN ARE OVERCOME WHILE
BATTLING FLAMES.
Broken Gas Pipes Together With
Fumes of Carbide Responsible
For the Suffocation.

Des Mones, June 14.-Special:
twenty-five firemen were partially
asphyxiated by gas and smoke in a
fire which broke out in the basement
of the Hamilton Art company at 1850
o'clock last night and ragged for three
hours before being extinguished,
causing a loss estimated at $4,000.
Two firemen, Gordon Bennett and
Clarence Fahey, were carried from
the burning building in an unconscious
condition and failig to revive under
the emergency treatment were hur'
ried to the hospital in the ambulance
where they are in a critical condition.
Broken glass and pipes in the base,
ment of the building together with fu
mes arising from quantity of carbide
in the basement of the Vim company
are responsible for the suffocation OF
the firemen. ......
Within thirty minutes after the
companies arrival on the scene fre'
men were staggering and being bragg.
ed from the basemet fthe building
anu the VIEWS AiSauO 'SS'A".
across the street was transferred into
an emergency hospital. s. ...
The origin fthe fire is unknown.
The losses are: ~
Hamilton Art company .,..... $3,5Oo
Vim Specially company. 81. 1900
Younker Bros. ....... $3.50. 800
George Stortz ........ ...''.'' z,ooo
w. A. Robinson ....... ...... 800
Abel Manufacturing Co.,. 800
A. s. Kirkhart 1880. ........ zoo
All the losses with the exception
of the damage to the Robinson res
taurant are partially covered by in
surance.
The local market is a subject that
H. Al H.
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The local market is a subject that
should have theearnest consideration
OF every home-maker in the city.
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All the losses with the exception
of the damage to the Robinson res
taurant are partially covered by in
surance.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-16
PREFERS SUICIDE
TO LONG ILLNESS
Rich St. Louis Merchant
Leaps to Death.

ST. Louis. Jan 15.-IIenry Roger Whit
more, aged siXty-eight, former assistant
secretary of the St. Louis Merchants EN-
change. leapcd from the eighth floor of the
Marquette Hotel here to the Washington
avenue pavement about noon to-day.
death being Instantaneous. He left a
note in his room at the hotel. saying:
The doctor says I will be utterly help
less and bedridden the rest of my life. I
prefer death. Be charitable in your ,iudg-
ment. Notify Clarence l.. Hoblitzelle OF
4011 Washington boulevard, and Dr. John
Rule. of 5221 Kensington avenue"
He was stricken with paralysis three
years ago. Since then ne had been a
patient in the St Louis BAPTIST Sana-
torium. which he left TO take a room in
the Marquette Hotel this morning. His
nephew, Charles r. Whtmore. y West
Forty-fourth street New York. here on
business, took charge of the body.
Henry Roger WhitmOre was born in
Newton. Mass. His father, II. r. Whit
more, ST.. removed to St. Louis a few
years before the civil war and became
one of the largest land owners in Mis-
souri,. The son. who killed himself to-
day. in 1884 married the wealthy widow
of Napoleon Mullikan. She was the
daughter of George Knapp. former pub
Usher of the St Louis Republican. now
the Republic. She died five years ago.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-16

Alexandria. Va. Jan. 1S.-There was
plenty of excitement .among the twenty
five families living in the Braddock
House when fire was discovered in a room
on the third floor of the building at :
O'Clock this afternoon. Prompt action on
the part of the fire department. how
ever. prevented spread of the flames.
The damage was small. An ovcrhcated
shcetiron stove is supposed to have caused
tho fire.
An alarm at o'clock tonight was
caused by smoke issuing from new
unoccupicd building adjoining the old
Alexandria National Bank Building on the
south side of Prince street. between Fair
fax and Lee streets. II came from a
sheetiron stove used BY plastcrcrs to heat
the building TO dry out new plastering.
The building is owned by r. p. Aitcheson
Newly elected officers Of Alexandra
Division. No. |. 4. o. H., were installed
this afternoon by r. T Quinn county
president. at a largely attended meeting,
held at St. Marvs Hall. Speeches were
made by T. p. Moran. national director.
Of Washington. Francis Kilkenny. Of
Washington: +. T. Quinn. William H.
Sweeney. and NJ. j. Mcfarland.
The officers are: William Desmond.
president; II. CreeEan. vice president:
james Roche, treasurer: r. T. Quinn.
financial secretary; x. F. Power, re-
corder: John McKenna. chairman of
standing committee; NJ. Downey. ser
ccant-at-arm>., and J. T. Sweeney. sen
tinel
County officers are: r. F.. Power. prcsi-
dent: NJ Cree gan vice president: Steph-
Ell McCauiey. financial secretary: John
Mckenna. treasurer: NJ. Downey. record
inc oh n
lain for county and city divisions
At the annual meeting Of the knights
of Columbus Building Company. held
here. these officers were elected: Dr II.
w. Crosson. president; Walter u. Nolan.
vice president: G. NJ. Colford. secretary:
]. V. Petty. treasurer. all of Washington,
together with a board of directors.
Services at Second Presbyterian Church
to-day were conducted by Rev Charles
Fl. Pratt. Of Athens. Ga. The semi
annual meeting of the Lavras Workers
Society will be held tomorrow after
noon. when Rev Mr.. Pratt will deliver
an address.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Ellen Clark.
Who died in Washington Friday last. will
take place at go o'clock tomorrow
Church. this city. Services will be con-
Quoted by Rev L. r. Kelly. and burial
will be in St Mary's Cemetery.
A business meeting of Alexandria Lodge
of Elks will he held Tomorrow when d
number of candidates will be initiated.
The funeral of Harvey Mcdonald. the
four-year- son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
Mcdonald, took place this afternoon
from the home of his parents. 1917 Prin-
ce0s street. Rev. w. F. Watson. pastor
of First Baptist Church, conducted the
services.
A business meeting of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Railway Engineers was
held this afternoon at Odd Fellows Hall.
and considerable routine business dis
posed of.
The funeral of Frank Smith, for many
years employed at the plant of the Alex
andria Fertilizer Company. will be held
at O'Clock tomorrow afternoon from
Demaine's undertaking chapel. Burial will
be in Bethel Cemetery.
Joseph Travis. infant son of Mr. and
Mrs \. o. Travis. died this morning at
the home of his parents, in Del Ray
The Washington herald., 1911-01-16
FORTS FOR CANAL
WILL BE OPPOSED
Prominent Men Take Stand
Against Project.

Boston. Jan. 15.-The names of several
wcll-known persons are signed to a state
ment opposing the fortification Of the
Panama Canal which was given out here
to-day. Six reasons arc advanced for
naturalization rather than fortification
of the big ditch.
Among the Signers are Richard Olney.
former Secretary Of state: President Jor-
dan, of Stanford University; William
Dean Howclls. Bishop Charles p. Andcr-
son. of Chicago: President Faunce. Of
Brown University: Jane Adams. of Hull
House Chicago: Judge George 3. Holt. of
the United States District Court: George
Foster Peabody. the New York banker:
Dean Rogers. of the Yale Law School.
John Graham Brooks. lecturer on eco
nomics: y. o. Nelson. st. Louis manu-
facturcr; F.. r. Wheeler. a New York at
torney. President Capen. of the American
board. and Thomas Mott Osborne. of Au-
burn. \. Y.
Aside from the cost Of fortihcations,
some of the reasons advanced arc:
Because the canal would he safer in
war time without fortifcations. Accord
ing to the agreement signed by Tn"
Hague conference in 1907 unfortificd coast
places cannot be bombardcd.
Because the original intention of our
government. as distinctly expressed in
1900 and previously. was to prohibit fortifi-
cations on the canal.
Because. though the SucZ Canal was
built-With English money. England agreed
to its naturalization.
Because the United States. in all its
history. has never been attacked. and be
gan every foreign war it ever had. and
is too important a customer for any great
nation at this late day to wantonly at
tack.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-16
BOOMING STOKES JACKSON.
lndiana's Candidate for ScrEcant-
at-arms of the House.

Indiana's Candidate for Sergeant
at-arms of the House.
Indiana Democratic State officials and
mrn interested in the party are COM
ing TO Washington this afternoon to show
their gratitude to L. S. jackson. Demo-
cratic state chairman of that State who
is candidate for Sergeant-at-armS of
the naxt House of Representatives. There
will he about fifty in the party, which
will have headquarters at Congress Hall.
Each member OF the party will pay his
own expenses.
These Indiana Democratic officials arc
very grateful to Jackson for his work
during the past four years as State chair
man Two victories have been won I'm
der his direction. and the State is now
entirely Democratic. with the exception
OF one Congressional district. Several
State positions have been offered to Jack
son from time to time. but none ap-
pealed to him. When he expressed a
desires rc become serEcant-atarms of
the national House OF Representatives
those whom he had helped into Office
quickly responded and volunteered to
come TO Washington to work in his
behalf.
Opponents nf jackson say that Indiana
already has the scrccant-at-arm of the
SenatN Daniel RarSdell. Il Republ!-
can. Til, answer of Indiana Democrats
to this is that they are setting the pace
for the early retirement of Col. Rams
dell. having sent two Democrats to the
Senate. something no other Northern
State has done.
In the party will he John ". Kern.
who will he elected United States Sena-
tor on January l.: Thomas TaEEart ma :
tional committeeman: Lev g. EllinCham.
secretary Of state: William H. O Erien.
auditor of state: Thomas Honan, attorney
general. Charles Greathouse. superin-
tendent of public Instruction.: Bert New.
legal clerk to the governor. and }. Fred
France. clerk of the Supreme Court
Some of the judges of the supreme and
appellate courts and a large number of
prominent and influential Democrats
the State will come.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-16

ding operations in imaginary en-
terprlses. bucket shops, and get
rich quick schemes generally,
prompted by alluring advertise
mcnts and circulars.
If the investors had had op-
portunity to know the REAL
FINANCIAL CONDITION of
these companies and their bust
ness methods, their savings would
not have been lost. Instead. their
money would have been put into
LEGITIMATE business cor
poratjons.
THE main difficulty has been
that the investing public has been
unable to distinguish, because of
the secretive policy maintained by
so many genuine, bona-fde insti-
tutions, between the legitimate and
the iIlegitimate ones. The former
can afford to deal openly with
the public, but the get-rich-quick
concerns cannot.
There is nothing which would
do more to divert the investments
of the country into honest enter
prises than the publicity of their
financial conditions and business
methods. The result would nee
essarily mean prosperity for all
concerned. A Federal incorpora-
ton law properly framed would
assist in bringing this about
Let ME add to the above that
EVERY PUBLICATION print
ing advertisements of this char
acter SHOULD THOROUGH
LY INVESTIGATE THEM
before placing them before their
readers.
1t has been difficult for pub
fishers to distinguish between the
genuine and the fake, but the re-
sponsibility is being put up
squarely TO all of US in the publi-
cation field, and we will have to
meet it sooner or later. ..1,