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The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-12-26
The Farmers, Instltute.

Eddyville Tribune: The program
for the Mahaska County Farmers In
stitute, TO be held at Oskaloosa on
january "a. IS. i6 and II. has been
arranged aud some of the farmers of
Harrison and East and West Des
Moines townships should go after
some of the prizes on corn aud other
products OF the farm. The county
has been divided into four districts.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-12-26
Passed Forced Check.

Clinton, Dec. pa strange man
passed forged check Tor S25 upon
the Van Allen clothing store and eS-
capped. Before he appeared tele-
lphone message was received from
somone saying he was Rev. G. D..
Rogers, asking the store to cash the
check. When the man appeared it
was cashed without question. Now
Rev. Mr. Rogers says he knows moth
ing about it and that the check is a
forged one.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-12-26
Injured in Cave-in,

Fort Dodge, Dec. 23.-John ColVer,
LACED As, an employe of Bradshaw's
brick yard, may die from injuries re-
,ceived when a clay bank caved in on
his head today. He sustained frac-
tured skull, a broken jawbOne and
IdiSlocated hip.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-12-26

Fort Dodge, Dec. 23-W. C. Parks,
la street car motorman, suffered a frac-
tured leg and hand and other injuries
when his car ran into Fort Dodge,
Des Moines & Southern interurban
car Sunday at the junction OF the in
terurban line and the local system.
Seven passengers We're in the street
car but escaped injury.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-12-26
Thinks He is Murderer,

Alta Vista, Dec. 23.-Friends of
Levi Plat2 are alarmed at his cOndi-
ton and have sent him to the asylum
at Independence because he insisted
that on January 1st last he killed a
man. He would give no details ex-
cept the mans name and the place
wnere the alleged crime was commit
ted. In everything else he is per-
fectly sane AMI il is expected he will
soon recover.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-12-26
Poker Game in Eoo House

Charles City, Dec. 23.-The crusade
against gambling took another turn
yesterday when officers raided a
poker game in an egg packing house
here and seven men were arrested.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-12-26
Another Iowa Daily.

Baskerville, Dec. 23-The Esther
vile Daily Tribune will soon make
it's appearance and Charles T. Wake
field will be the editor.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-12-26
FARMERS NATIONAL BANK
W. |. Beans. President.
W. II. Pike. Vice President
r. K, Davis. Cashier -, (.
CAPITAL STOCK, 100000
.-.
Paid In Full.

Directors: W. !. Beans; Charley
Victor; w. H. Springer; Thos. J.
Wilson; R. W. Moore W. c. Reed.
w. H.. Pike; Paul Synhorst; Geo. s.
Prime; R. X. Davis; NJ. 8. Downey.
Complete set OF Safety Deposi,
Boxes. The $50 stockholders are all
Mahaska County farmers.
Farmer: Make this your head
quarters while IN the City. l6tf
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-12-26
ever PLoes

so the farmers of East and West Des
Moines townships who enter the corn
contest will be in the third district,
and those in Harrison township In
the fourth district
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-12-26
Didn't Know It Was Loaded.

Sac City, Dec. 23.-Bert COLLISION,
aged S5, formerly of Fort Dodge, was
accidentally shot while handling his
revolver today. He did not know it
was loaded. II is expected he will
recover
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-12-26
Newsnaner Man Dead

Des Monies, Dec. 23-Arthur NJ.
Dahl, Office manager of the Daily
Capital, died suddenly today at his
residence.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-12-26
CONGRESSMAN

Congressman N. L. Kendall writes
TO friends in Grinnell that he has
practically been given assurance of
an appropriation for the new Grin.
ne llpostoffiee.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-12-26
Hurt hi RunaMax.

George Foster. living on the old @.
A. DeTar farm, was delivering some
props over at Buxton No. ~ on Sat
urday when his team ran away.
throwing him out OF his wagon and
MASKING his foot SO badly that he
has been going on crutches.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-12-26

Eugene Chilcote and John Waters
have opened new coal mine on the
old Chilcote farm, north of Lakonta
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23
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HAVE BIGGEST FAMILY

The Dickey family, of Canaan, Me-.
last fall established the worlds rec
ord, they assert, for big family when
there were born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Dickey their twenty-second
child. Mr.. and Mrs. Dickey live on a
cross road in Canaan with fifteen OF
their twenty-five children. Here they
have a sixty-acre farm surrounded by
fence to keep the babies in safety
without constant watching to see II
they arc going to get run over by
passing teams. Nowhere else would
1t have been possible for a young
couple unaided to bring up with their
own hands such large family and
supply them with all the necessities OF
life. But Mr.. Dickey. working on this
farm and another one which he owns
free and clear OF debt, has been able
to do this and today doesn't owe a
dollar to anybody. He says he and
Mrs. Dickey were put here to be an ex.
ample to the world of what other fam,
lies should do. Mrs. Dickey Is young
looking woman of about forty-f1ve and
Mr.. Dickey is a happy, contented man
of fifty-three.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23
GIANT LOBSTER IN MAINE

The distinction of being the big
gest lobster in Maine" if not in the
entire country, falls to the mammoth
crustacean owned by Deputy Marehal
Frank Rutherford of Eastport, Me-,
which is the most easterly city on the
Maine coast. The big lobster was cap
tured by a Canadian boatman in the
Bay of Fundy and brought to East
port, with other shellfish, and it was
purchased by Rutherford, who had the
meat extracted and the crustacean
mounted on a board so that it could
be exhibited. When caught it weighed
about 26 pounds, and with the follow
ing dimensions: Length of lobster
from end of tail to tip Of claws "a
inches; length of tail. 1917 inches;
width of end of tail, s inches; length
of large claw. 20 inches; width of
largest claw, Z inches; circumference
of large claw, IA inches; length of the
small claws flour on side). 1917
inches: circumference of body in cen
ter, II inches; length Of thumb" on
largest claw, inches; width Of spread
of both claws and body before mount
ing, ~ inches.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23
FALLS INTO ANCIENT HOME

While standing on top of one of
many mounds near Magdalena, in the
billy County of Socorro, N. NJ, Ursu-
10 Borrego, a shepherd, sunk knee
deep In the soft earth. He struggled
to free himself and suddenly plunged
on through the crust of ground, fell
through space for 20 feet and landed
on stone floor. He had discovered
one of the apartments of a communal
dwelling believed to be centuries old.
Borrego, aided by light, which came
In at the opening he had made in fall
ing, explored the room, which con-
tanned several skeletons, charred red
corn and many pieces of pottery, sam
pies of which he took with him to Mag
dalena as confirmation of his story.
Such pottery has sold for $500 apiece
whenever it has been found.
The hole through which Borrego fell
luckily was close to the wall of the
prehistoric room, and after prowling
about he was able to climb to the sur
face by gaining footholds in the
stones. 1t is not known whether the
room found by the shepherd is one of
several subterranean dwellings or part
of an old cliff house, over which the
aborigines had built mound.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23
CHELD'S FACE ALL RED SPOTS

6S2 N. 5th St., Terre Haute, Ind
My little nephew, a boy of four
years, had a breaking out on his face.
1t was little red spots at first, then
he would rub and scratch and water
blisters would form, and wherever the
water would run another would come
until his face was covered with them.
He would cry and fret. His mother
got some medicine, but it did not do
any good. He would scream and cry
and say it hurt. We hardly knew him,
his little face was all red spots and
blisters. So l begged him to let me
put some Cuticura Ointment on them.
The next morning l made a strong
soap suds with Cuticura Soap and
washed his face in the warm suds.
The little blisters burst by pressing
the cloth on them. After l had his
race washed, I put the Cuticura Oint-
ment on and in a short time his little
face was all red and dry I kept using
the Cuticura Soap and putting on the
Cuticura Ointment and his face got as
well and it did not leave a scar. He
was entirely cured in about one week
and a half" (Signed) Mrs. Arthur
Haworth, Jan. 10, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23

lily, but I tell them of my good friend,
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and that there will be no back
ache and bearing down pains for them if
theywill takeit as have am scarcely
ever without it in the house
''I will say also that think there is
no better medicine to be found for young
girls. My eldest daughter has taken
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound for painful periods and Irregular
ity, and it has helped her.
''I am always ready and willing to
speak good word for Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. tell every
one / meet that l owe my health and
happiness to your wonderful medicine. -
Mrs. ]. G. JOHNSON, Scottville, Mich,
RID. 8.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and herbs,
contains no narcotics or harmful drugs,
and today holds the record of being the
most successful remedy for woman's ills
known. .@.s- e..
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23
Moving Pictures Popular.

In recent number of the Daily
Consular Reports are collected memo
randa from cities and towns in vari-
GUS distant parts of the word showing
the universal quality of the popular
interest which the moving pictures
excite. England, Japan, Turkey, Mex
leo, India, Australia and the islands
of the sea all have the same story to
tell; wherever the cinematograph
goes 1t finds an instant and sustained
welcome.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23
Carrying 1t Too Far.

Scientific management, like any
other good thing, may be carried to
excess"
The speaker was R. Marriott
Thompson, the San Francisco scienti-
fic management expert He continued,
says the New York Tribune:
I'VE scientific managers mustn't go
as far as Hustler went
"Hussler was the proprietor of a
tremendous factory where scientific
management had reduced the mo.
tions of every hand from 500 to II.
Hustler attended a very fashionable
wedding one day, wedding where
the ceremony was performed by a
bishop, assisted by a dean and a
canon, and in the most impressive
part of the writ Hustler, overcome by
his scientific management ideas, rush
ed up to the altar and pushed the
bishop and canon rudely back.
Here, boys he said, ones quite
enough for little job like this"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23
cANARIES HELP THE CHOIR

Canaries, caroling an unusual 40
compartment to the organ and choir
were used in the Venice Union church
the other night as an aid to righteous
ness. The pastor, Rev. Fenwicke L.
Holmes, decided to surprise his flock
with the unique plan.
The congregation accordingly filed
into church frightened by the mel
ody of a dozen pretty yellow birds, i'm
ported from Germany, their cages
swinging at advantageous points high
above the heads SF the worshipers.
The canaries interrupted the ser
mon very little. But when the choir
and the congregation arose to sing
hymns, the feathered songsters burst
forth into musical cadences which
greatly enhanced the human praises
of the Creator.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23
BILLIONS OF MATCHES USED

It has been estimated that for each
minute of time the civilized nations
of the world strike 100000 matches.
This is said to be the average for
every minute of the "a hours of the
day. Fifteen hundred billion is the
number for the entire year, and those
persons who live under the American
flag are charged with the consumption
Of one-half of this amount. Small and
insignificant as it is, the match de-
mands as much attention in the choice
of woods involved as any other for
est product. Only the choicest por-
tions of the best trees are suitable.
Sapwood and knotty or crossgrained
wood will not do. Instead of being a
by-product. the little match is turned
out in mills where the by'products are
bulky objects like doors, sash, shin
giles, sidings, posts and cordwood. The
pines, linden, aspen, white cedar, pop
lar, birch and willow are the most
suitable match timbers.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23
REPORTED BY THE CROUCH
Here the Original Hiram J. Tells Of
His Attendance at a Country
Function"

Having nothing else to do" re-
marked the old codger, II attended
function while l was over at Tor
pidville the other day. The affair
was held in a dispirited grove at the
end of road in which every time
a horse popped down his foot the dust
shot up in the air like a skyrocket.
A band was playing without the
slightest remorse. A statesman, with
a neck as wrinkled as a pickle, dron-
ed forth redundant nonenittes with
out end. A sad and rickety merry
go-wabble wound round and round
to the sound Of it's own plaintive pee
dle-deedle. In a tipsy pavilion
hoarse person was endeavoring to sell,
in brazen defiance of the pure food
and drug act, what looked alarmingly
like horned toads fried in axle-grease.
gentleman in striped tent near
by hoarsely stated that he preferred
TO eat snakes at ten cents per ser
pent There was the usual balloon
which seemed perfectly willing to do
anything but go up. Scattered around
through the festal scene were a few
old soldiers, grumbling; a smattering
OF farmers, also grumbling; sundry
honest votersa likewise grumbling;
and various other folks, nothing about
whom is worth mentioning except
that they, too. were grumbling. 1t
may have been a reunion, a fair, a
rally, picnic, or what-not; but what:
ever they CHANGED to call it, twas an
excellent example of one of our most
cherished institutions. kansas City
Star.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23
The Other Nav Round.

A good little story, long current in
England, is just now gaining Amer
lean circulation. 1t has for leading
characters Rudyard Kipling and Doro,
thy Drew, Mr.. Gladstone's little grand,
child. Kipling was visiting Hawar-
den, and, being fond of children. de,
voted himself to little Miss Dorothy
until her anxious mother expressed
the hope that the child had not been
wearying the great author.
oh, no, mamma" spoke up Doro.
thy, before any one else had a chance
to say anything, "but you have no
idea how Mr.. Kipling has been weary
ing me-"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23
Births in the Air

The International Congress on Ap-
rial Legislation, sitting at Geneva,
Switzerland, is evolving a very de-
tailed code of laws. One of it's sug-
gested paragraphs reads: I'm the
event of birth occurring in an air
craft the pilot is to enter the event
in his log book and must notify the
fact to the authorities at the first
place at which he descends."
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23

An interesting discovery of Roman
remains was recently made at Walls
end, whose name, of course, marks
the end of the great Roman wal
which stretched across Britain. One
object found was the stone seen in
the photograph, showing how tie Ro
mans sharpened their spear heads
The round hollow in the middle would
contain water, in which the spear
heads would be dipped before being
rubbed on the cavities at the side
Traces of the guard chamber of the
eastern gateway were also found.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23

When couple is engaged they look
at each others virtues with magni-
flying glasses, which are thrown aside
on their wedding day. ~
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23
Job Not Satisfactory.

I'm a self-made man." said the
proud individual.
Well, you are all right except as to
your head" commented the listener
"How's that?''
The part you talk with is too big
for the part you think with"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23
MOTHER OF
LARGE FAMILY
Tells How She Keeps Her
Health Happiness For
Those Who Take
Her Advice.
Scottville, Mich. -"I want to tell YOU
how much good Lydia E. Pinkham 8 Veg

etableC Compound and
Sanative Wash have
done me. | live on q
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
very h ard. / am
forty-ive years old,
and am the mother
of thirteen children.
Many people think
it strange that l am
not broken down
with hard work and
the care of nv fam
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23

The Paxton Toilet Co. of Boston,
Mass, will send large trial box of
Paxtine Antiseptic, delightful cleans
Ing and germicidal toilet preparation,
to any woman. free, upon request.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23

Visitors to Sicily view with great
interest and often purchase the jars
carried by the sellers of water. These
jars are made today of the same shape
they originally had when Sicily was
occupied by the Greeks and are grace
full and convenient.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething' softens the gums, reduces n7amma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c a bottle
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23

Even the man who is his own
worst enemy is always ready to for
give himself.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23

It's easier to catch a husband than
to uncatch him.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23

A woman can't feed man so much
taffy that it will spoil his appetite for
1t.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23
His Reason.

DEMONSTRATING the first dance
have with you be sure and say some
thing to me. ....
She-Why?
He-Because you're so light, If you
don't speak l will not know have
you in my arms.-Princeton Tiger.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23

A man knows more at 81 than he
can unleafn between that and so.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23

A girl never boosts a new love af-
fair by boasting of an old one.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23

Even homely man is apt to boast
of how the women run after him.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23
Ideals.

What is your idea of perfect hus-
band?'
One with about a million, who
would lose no time in making me a
merry widow"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23

Your discretion might look like
cowardice in another.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23

W. N. w., Salt Lake City. No. s4-1s12
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-21
VERN ROGERS GETS
HIS Old JOB BACK

There were a small number of Of
tenders before Commissioner Fuller
at the morning session of the City
Court. Ernest Blackman, who has
been up on two previous occasions for
leaving teams unhitched, was fined
$3.50 and costs for this last offense.
The case against John Roberts,
charged with being a dangerous and
suspicious character, was held up and
he was given a chance to secure work
and cease loafng.
Gene Evans, for vagrancy, will be
given a hearing later.
Vern Rodgers, who escaped from the
city chain-gang about two years ago
before finishing an unexpired SEN
tence, was caught last night and in the
court this morning was given fine of
$40 and costs, in connection with the
balance of the time he has coming to
him on the old case.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-21
YOUNG man died
SUDDENLY 7uDAY
Walter J. Becht, Night Engineer At
Hotel Hattiesburg, Dropped
Dead.

Walter j. Becht, aged "a, employed
as night engineer at the Hotel Hat
tiesburg, dropped dead this morning at
nine o'clock from an attack of acute
Indigestion. He was a young man Of
exemplary habits, had never been sick
in his life, with the exception of
slight colds and minor ills and was
apparently in the best of health and
spirits within a few minutes of his
death.
Mr.. Becht came to Hattiesburg about
three months ago from Pascagoula,
where he has wife and five-months-
old baby. His parents also reside
there. He was Council Commander of
the Woodmen of the World at Pasca-
goula and had made many friends
since coming to Hattiesburg. His
brother-in-law, Mr.. F. R. Powell, is
chief engineer at the hotel. His re.
mains will be carried to Pascagoula
this afternoon and inferred in the
cemetery at that place,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-21
NOTED CRININALll
ARRESTED TODAY
IN ST. LOUIS, MO.
tBy Associated PreSS.l

St Louis, March 21.-Daniel Gala
han was arrested here today by a
postoffice inspector, who says he is
wanted for completely in three dia-
mond robberies aggregating 100000,
and in the robbery of the postoffice
sub-station of st. Louis. Inspector
Bunsen, who made the arrest says Cal
lahan is the leader Of a gang which
stole one hundred thousand dollars
worth of diamonds from Mrs. Maldwin
Drummond's state room, on the steam
pr Amerika, February of last year
and which killed man and bound and
gagged two other in a Chicago rob
berry.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-21
SENSATION MARKS CLOSE OF
EIGHTH DAY ANNIE CRAW-
FORD MUDDER TRIAL.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY ADAMS
CHARGES PLOT OF DEFENSE
Says Fight Was Started For Deiber-
ate Purpose of Destroying Evidence
All Four Participants Were Ar
rested.
rested.

New Orleans, March 21.-The eighth
day of the trial of Annie Crawford,
charged with the murder of her sister,
Elise, ended in near riot in the pack
ed court room when Lionel Adams, OF
counsel for the defense struck Dis
trict Attorney st. Clair Adams in the
face after renewal in the court room
of a quarrel earlier in the afternoon.
DR.. Gustaye Mann, the defense expert,
moved towards the combatants and
was set upon and struck by Sturges X.
Adams, a brother of the district at
torney, who was a spectator in the
room.
All four of the men were arrested
charged with fighting and disturbing
the peace. There was a sensation in
the court room.
Several of the men who stood upon
benches were struck, and slightly hurt
by the blades of the electric fan.
The quarrel, which led to the fight
came when Lionel Adams began tC
question DR.. Charles w. Duval, a wit
ness. The witness was being cross
examined by Joseph Gencrelly, attor
ney for the defense. District Attorne!
Adams objected to two attorneys ques
tioning the witness. Lionel Adams
turned to the district attorney anC
said.
~ do not care to be lectured b,
you, sir If you don't like what I'v'
done we can settle it outside"
The district attorney jumped iron
T, his seat, and said he would settle
at any time the other wanted.
After adjournment Lionel Adam
struck the district attorney, VIII
struck back. The men were f1nall
separated. The police cleared tn
court room.
The district attorney charged tina
the fight was started for the delibel
ate purpose of having the evidenc
shaped Some Of the organs of Elise
body were destroyed in the melee.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-21
SMALL BLAZES DO
LITTLE DAMAGE

Last night an alarm of fire was
turned in at 1880 from College street
Scot in n stove fiue was responsible
for the alarm, and no damage was
done. AT 9:3O another alarm from
Mobile street, caused the department
to make another hasty run. Employees
in the Hattiesburg Pressing Club had
left a lighted gas iron on the table
which resulted in setting the table on
fire and creating considerable smoke
Very little damage resulted from this
second run