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The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29
A HEAD ON COLLISION
Passenger Train No. 3, on the M.
& St. L. Hits Switch Engine.

A wreck occurred on he M. g. st. l..
Monday afternoon in the south yards
near the Fourth avenue crossing.
No 3, north bound, was reported
fifteen minutes late into Oskaloosa
and Jim Frye, foreman of the switch
engine, thought he would have time
to get in the clear before the passen-
ger train arrived Signaling Engineer
Gibbons on the switch engine, they
pulled down in the yards with five or
six cars of cinders and were going
about fifteen or twenty miles an hour,
when rounding curve they saw No.
3 coming. Engineer Gibbons on
switch engine No. 21S, called to his
fireman Bogard and told him to jump,
then shutting off the steam and put
ting on all the brakes. he also jump
ed
Engineer Henry Boggie, formerly
of this city, but now of Marshalltown,
and Fireman Ray, of Monmouth, were
on No. 3. Just before the two en-
gines met Fireman Ray jumped. Bog
gle was working very little steam
and when he saw they were going to
hit, threw on his emergency brake
and was practically stopped when the
two engines hit. Engineer Boggie Is
to be commended for keeping his
head and sticking with his engine.
Had he jumped and not shut off his
engine, the consequences would be
hard to tell: certainly some lives
would have been lost. .t"
Engineer Boggie barely had time
to shut off hi engine, threw his
brakes and get out when the two en-
gines came together. Had he been a
second later he would have been in
the mix
Both engines we're badly wrecked.
The pilot on both engines were COM
pleteIy demolished and the tanks ON
both we're driven into the boiler
heads. Both cylinders on engine $50
were bursted. The mail car on No. 5
was lifted about two feet off its
trucks and the front end of the car
was driven upon the frame of the
tank.
The front truck on the mail car
wss the only one that left the rails.
All the express and mail was trans
ferred to another car and No. was
delayed about an hour and a half.
1t is a miracle that the men on
both engines were not killed. No
one was hurt, but all were pretty bad
ly scared and shaken up.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29
Record Breaking Crowds at Fair,

Des Moines. Aug. 27.-Special: A
record Monday crowd attended the
state fair yesterday. 1t was approx
imately 1900 larger than for the
same day last year. More than 49,
900 persons were on the grounds. If
the rate of increase already set is
maintained throughout the week, the
total attendance will reach close to
100000, or about $4,000 more than last
year.
Over $50 babies from all over Iowa
have been entered in the baby show
and have proved to be bigger attrac-
ton than the fat hogs and cows and
the attendance at that department
this year is a record breaker. To-
day is old soldiers day and thousands
of old soldiers from all over the state
are given free admission and they
will hold a camp fire on the grounds.
Tomorrow is woman's day and all
woman suffragists will carry their
banners flying with yellow streamers
with Vote For Women"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
Disposition Of Various Matters by
Judge and Jury.

Judge B. W. Preston of Oskaloosa
took up an adjourned session of the
district court here this Monday morn
ing for the purpose of giving atten-
ton to a number of matters set for
the date. Adjournment was taken to
Saturday, September IA.
Estate of James Finner, final report
set for September IA.
Will of w NJ. Brinton; admitted to
probate.
Estate W. l.. Sloan, for order; hear
ing Sept. IA.
Bessie May Stringfellow vs.. Jesse
Stringfellow. Trial. Decree of di-
vorce. Custody of minor child award
ed to Mrs. Alva Hollingsworth.
Suit was filed Saturday by Emanuel
Pickles, plaintiff, of Blyth, vs.. Lydit
Pickles, his wife, petition for di-
vorce. Defendant resides in England.
Burrier Brothers bring suit against
James Roger, H. II. Sheriff, attorney
for plaintiff. James X. Burrier asks
81 100000 for the death of horse
which he alleges was killed, being hit
by James Roger, who was driving on
the highway at a reckless rate OF
speed
In Re-spplicstion Of II. w. Krammer
for permit 10 sell intoxicating liquors
as a registered pharmacist. -.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29
BE A BOOSTER.

The man UP In a tree can see far
Their than the old V'oodsman down on
the ground" said Fred Esgen, of Los
Angeles, who is here for visit with
his father, W. Esgen.
ut looks to me here that this beau
tiful city Of 0skaloosa deserves a big
slap on the back. Its sturdy substan-
ciality deserves boosting and not
knocking. Its beautiful residences
should not have the reputation of be-
ing hard to sell" They are not.
Plenty of good men and women want
to buy homes, but are led to believe
by the knoeker that they have a right
10 steal them. The same truth ap.
plies TO 0skaloosa institutions. os.
kaloosa Is right now not only In the
midst Of plenty of prosperity but on
the very verge Of greater prosperity
THE big H. L. Spencer jobbing
house now being erected between the
Burlington and NJ. & St L. tracks
will naturally increase valuation all
over that end Of town. The assured
vast expenditure of the Nj. & st. l.
Ry.. in improving its Yard, etc, also
means increased Valuations, more
houses TO accommodate more work
men and what blesses the west end
Of oskaloosa naturally blesses all
Don't be afraid of your Oskalooss
property. Be proud Of II; hold on tc
il II you live here. and
BE not like damphool knocker;
BE a Booster in the Strife"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29

do more through farming than Is pos
sible on most of the big ranches.
The question is small yield and big
farm against big yield and small
farm" observes the Burlington Hawk
Eye. THE occasional genius, who can
manage a very big farm and can make
1t pay is growing very rare. The more
farming becomes science instead Of
simply a haphazard way of scattering
the soil, the more apparent will 1t be-
come that q man cannot profitably
farm very big piece Of ground. And
when a smaller piece of ground will
yield him handsome income, why
should he work the bigger piece,
which does not promise a correspond
ingly larger income. o- :.-"... d..
The ever climbing prices of land
make 1t necessary to farm smaller
parcels of land, and to get more out
of the acre. And thus the farmers
income may remain very satisfac-
tory and may even be increased, while
the work that he had to do will be
decreased.
While II is a comfortable belief
that we have about solved all import
ant problems, there l. no foundation
for such belief, and the next years
are going to show a much and per-
haps more progress than the past, and
there will be as much difference be-
tween present day farming and that
of twenty years hence. as there is be-
tween the farming of 1912 and the
days of the back-breaking cradle and
the fail: the days when the farmer
went to mill on horseback with a
sack of grain and came home the next
day or the next week with small
bag of -four.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29

given to pass around the bier" At
this announcement bunch of men
in the back of the room wiped the
sympathetic tears from their eyes,
removing guilds of tobacco, spit out
the window and awaited results.
e." - - -
Abba Republican: A leading citi-
zen of the First ward was driving
along the streets when an automobile
came up. He got over on the side of
the street. AS the machine passed
he noticed a motorcycle just behind
it. He scratched his head and said:
I"wen, ri be gosh-defned, if / ever
knowed before that them blasted
automobiles had colts"
- - -
Lovilia Press: A friend of educa-
ton and the mother of one of the pu-
pills wrote the teacher as follows:
Dear Miss: You rite me about
whipping Sammy. / hereby give you
permission to beet him every time 1t
is necessary to lern him Lessen. He is
just like his father-you have to lern
him with a club. Pound nolege into
him. l want him to get it, and don't
pay any atenshion to what his father
says. I'll handle him"
- - -.
Richland Clarion: A farmer and
his wife recently lost their last hog.
They agreed not to say anything and
they would know the first person that
mentioned their loss was the thief.
Sunday they entered the church and
the preacher read as his text, 81 have
meat to eat that ye know not Of"
Nudging his wife, the old farmer whis-
pered: Maria, we never did suspect
him, did WEI"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29
EnaiI.hmsn Return. . Relic.

The duke Of Sutherland, who has
just arrived In New York, seems to be
o good sport" He was on the
Olympic when, IT vas tied up by q
strike. and offered 70 stoks on the
passage He has bought much land In
Canada and IL urging his friends to
90 there and be real farmers. But the
primary purpose Of this long journey
as he proudly announced, 10 to de-
liver to the New York Yacht club the
sternpiece OF the original yacht Amer
Tea, which won the famous cup In 1851.
On this sternpiece there 10 an eagle,
with wings spread, and the name Of
the yacht The old cup winner was
remodsled In England and the stern
piece was placed over the door OF q
hotel in Ryds. Isle OF Wight. Pretty
good for the largest titled land owner
10 Great Britain. --chIcago Inter Ocean.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29
The old.Time ApprertIoe.

Negro slavery existed to some er
tent In England and all her American
colonies, but system Of apprentices
ship Of white and Indian boys and
girls was common in New England in
the seventeenth and eighteenth CEN
turtles. These apprentices practically
became members Of the family, eating
at the same table. attending the same
church, and cared for "in sickness and
In health" as we'll as the average
farmers boy of that era. The work
was quite hard but not sxhausting,
and until well into the nineteenth
century the scythe, cradle, sickle, hoe.
mandrake and naii were relied upon
to the almost total exclusion Of farm
machinery Of any kind.--Nationa
Magazine. ~
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29

That Is a peculiar position as
sumed by Congressman Prouty of Des
Moines. He says the law forbids him
from supporting any candidate for
any office while he himself is seeking
the suffrage Of the people. Yet he
goes on to say he will support all re-
publican candidates for office other
than for president. On this one office
he is non-committal. Wonder if the
Colonel will smoke him out when he
comes to Des Moines next week?
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29
IOWA CROP BULLETIN
Official Observations of Conditions
Throughout the State.

Des Moines, Ia, Aug. 27.-The
weather conditions were much more
favorable during the preceding two
weeks. The temperature was above
normal, and very few showers occur
red after the Goth. The rainfall was,
however, excessive in a few localities
on the night of the 18th, and especial
ly over the northern counties of the
east central district. Dubuque report
ed 5.23 inches; Delaware. 4.S2 and
Waterloo, 400 inches. A heavy show
er also occurred in the southern part
of Page county on the Goth. Rapid
progress has been made in stacking
AID threshing since the 21st, but con-
siderable grain, in shock and stack,
has been damaged by the wet wealth.
er of the previous week. Under the
effect of high temperatures, corn
made rapid growth, and much of it.,
in early planted fields, has passed the
roasting ear stage and Is beginning
to dent. The late planted fields are
in fine condition. but will require
warm, dry weather during all of Sep
TENDER to fully mature. Pastures are
in excellent condition and meadows
promise a fair second crop of hay.
Early apples, early grapes and plums
are being harvested. Plums and
grapes are plentiful, but the apple
crop is unusually light. A large acre
age is being plowed for winter wheat.
GEORGE M. CHAPEL,
Section Director.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29
Convict Poet Dies of Booze.

Fort Madison, Aug. 27.-Special:
James Gordon Stell, convict poet of
Iowa, is dead. Eliza Dimmitt, noted
as being convicted four times, is dy-
ing. Stell's death and Dimmitts con-
dition are the results of drinking
wood alcohol, stolen from the store
room here Sunday. Stell Is easily the
most widely known man in the Iowa
penitentiary. The peculiar plaintive,
minor key in his poetry, the fact that
he was a negro and the wide publici-
ty given some of his verse has made
him a known man far outside of the
boundaries of Iowa. He was commit
ted to jail here from Calhoun county
and was serving twenty years term
for robbing car.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29
Held on Old Indictment.

Keokuk, Aug. 27.-Special: John
H. Coleman, alleged confidence man
and forger, appeared before Judge
Bank in the district court today and
waived arraignment on the charges
of forgery contained in three indict-
ments found against him by the Lee
county grand jury in 1904. His bond
was named as $4,000 and he gave this
sum for his appearance in court here
Sept. "a next. Coleman was arrested
In Danville, ILL.,, last week under the
name of J. D. HILL His arrest was
brought about by Edward Bruan,
whose father claims to have lost $40,-
600 through his operations with Cole
man.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29
Street Cars Collide.

Des Moines, Aug. 27.-Special
Three people were injured, two ser
iously today when an Ingersoll street
car going west crashed into another
street car at West 36th street. Ed
Weor, conductor of the first car was
seriously injured when he was caught
between the rear end of the first car
and the front end of the second car.
Fred James, a passenger was knocked
off the car and sustained severe in
juries to his head and body. Several
other passengers were more or less
hurt by the collision.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29
Loses Both Feet.

Iowa City, Aug. 27.-special: Joe
Kyle, farm hand, while sitting on
the station platform near here at Burr
Oak last night with his feet resting
on the rails, was struck by the 1920
interurban and both feet were sever
ed. He did not see the approaching
train on account of barn near the
road and Kyle Is today In the hospital
and IL not expected 10 recover from
the shock. ~.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29
OLVET AND VICINITY.
MANY VISITORS COME AND GO,
AND YE SCRIBE HAS PLEASANT
THINGS TO SAY OF THE VISIT
ORS.

Uncle John Moody and daughter,
Mrs. Hasler, were pleasant callers at
our home on Saturday. We regretted
their time was so short, and extend an
invitation to call again.
Walter Clark and r. d. Robertson
were passengers for Oskaloosa on
Wednesday, also Mrs. Robertson and
daughter Lucretia While there they
attended The Chautauqua and report
a happy time.
Our friend, H. r. Barnes, and family
pitched their tent IN Oskaloosa and
t0ok in the Chautauqua all the week.
The writer would lie most awful glad
if the name of this gathering could be
changed so the average person could
spell it without using the entire al
phabet.
Last week we had at the station
a good old mother seventy years of
age or more, who brought her married
daughter to town to take the train
for Knoxville. Our attention was cal
led to this good old mother for the at
'tention she paid her daughter just be-
fore the train came, by brushing her
dress and seeing everything in order
before starting. This mother has
been doing this for her daughter from
the day of her birth, and will as long
as she is near enough to look after
her wants. This brought to our mind
the following lines: who picked me
up when | fell, kissed the place and
made it well?" We will let the read
er answer.
Clyde Robertson was passenger
for Oskaloosa Tuesday.
The writer was in Evans Monday
John Robinson's town. and found
mustard weeds on the main street ten
feet high. We don't know how this
happened.
The Herald man acknowledges a
very pleasant call Tuesday from R.
Holmes of st. Louis. 1t was the first
time we had seen Reuben for coon's
age, and was glad to see him looking
and doing we'll.
Ira Whipple was In town Tuesday.
He reports the best corn crop ever
seen on earth.
While in Oskaloosa on Monday, we
had the pleasure of meeting our time
Ihonored friend, William Williams, and
wife, on the street. We have known
William quarter of century or
more. We were then in the same boat
hustling for a living, and are thank
full we lived to see better days. 1t
was the first time we had the pleasure
of meeting Mrs. Williams. These VIII
Iliams in business always picked the
best, and the same in selecting a wife
which wass evidenced to- US Isour
short talk with thes ladys I'VE were
glad to meet them.
H. M. Thompson attended the do
Iings In Oskaloosa Wednesday.
Mrs. ID. Perry spent part of this
week In Givin with old time friends
and neighbors.
Mrs. Chas. McAlister was shopping
in Oskaloosa Tuesday.
Miss Margaret Lichtenheld, of os-
kaloosa, spent Sunday at the J. l..
Thompson home. She has just return
ed from an extended trip east and
looks well.
! Mrs. Jas, Norwood, Of Leighton, was
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29
.
LOUIS SHELLER IS
KILLED BY CYCLE
Two People Seriously Hurt in Street
Car Accident.
CONVICT POET DIES OF BOOZE
Record Breaking Crowds at State Fair
--keokuk Man Held on Old in
dictment--Richest Town
in State of Iowa.
CONVICT POET DIES OF BOOZE

LIE Mars, Aug. 27.-Special: Louis
Shelter, residing in Garfield township,
fell from a motorcycle and was in
stantly killed last night. An automo-
bile following him on the road at high
speed ran over his head and body.
Shelter was 20 years of age, we'll
TODD farmer and was to have been
married in the near future.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29

The whirligig of fortune has been
good to Bertha Duppler, who, a few
years ago, was a stenographer in the
postmaster's office in Chicago. When
F. A. Busse succeeded to the postmas-
tership he made her his private sec
rotary. Then she married Jacob
Baur, wealthy business man. Now
she is a widow, and by Baur's will
is left a $1,S45, 900 estate.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29
To Minneapolis Church.

Cedar Falls, Aug. 27.-Special: Rev.
e. E. Day, for the past three years
pastor of the Congregational church
of Cedar Falls, has been called to the
passionate of the linden Hill Congre-
.gational church at Minneapolis and
will accept. .,... .
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29
Richest Town In Iowa,

Davenport, Aug. 27.-Special: Dona-
hue, in Scott county, claims to be the
richest town in Iowa or the country.
1t has sixty-four population by the
census of 1910, but deposits in its
savings bank today amount to $685.
93O.89. This Is nearly $4,000 for every
man, woman and child in the town.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29
Biq Drainage Suit.

Council Bluffs, Aug. 27.--Special:
Louis Emashier, of Valley Junction,
has brought suit In Cass county dis
trio court asking $4,000 personal In
jury damages of the Rock Island rail-
road. The suit was fled at Atlantic.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29

England has 2O,757 elementary
public schools with 5,5O0.000 pupils.
The 1912 budget for education is $72,-
100000, OF which 100000 is for
teachers old age pensions.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29

Brighton Enterprise: Roosevelt
would knock out the middleman as
solution of the high cost of living
question, but the grangers tried that
once and failed.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29

1t has been said that the auto
mobile has everything beaten for
speed except a choice bit of gossip
which travels in every direction at
once, and never punctures a tire.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29

The Knoxville Journal nkens
Roosevelt to Caesar. Napoleon, Bis
mark and Cromwell. All we'll and
good, but do the exigencies of the
times demand such a despot as any
of these?
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29

State Dairy Commissioner Barney
declares that he will not permit ap-
pleless cider nor acid made lemonade
to be sold at any county fair. Of
tenders will be prosecuted.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29
ACRES AND BUSHELS.

The tendency H. Iowa and In all
the agricultural states Is toward
breaking up the big ranches and the
monster farms. and 70 give each man
q smaller piece OF land, where he can
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29
BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES

George W. Green, Oskaloosa. ...36
1902 and
Lola NJ. SEWN. OskaIoosa .......31
Harry Ney, Oskaloosa. 80
1903 and
Bessie Burdess, Oskaloosa. .... 10
Homer Elmer Smith, Keota. .. .23
1904 and
Mary jeanette De Voc, Keota. rs
Ira Everett Huber, Wellman. rs
1906 and
Bessie Lulu Holmes, Keota. .... rs
BUCKNELL.-Born, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Bucknell, of Scott township,
Sunday, August rs, 1912, ten-pound
son.
WHITE.-Born, Tuesday, Aug. 20,
1912, to Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. White,
at their home in Ontario, Calf, a
pOuhu oOhs
COGGIN - COWAN. - Word has
been received here of the wedding of
Miss Anna Marie Cowan, youngest
daughter of Mrs. Anna Cowan, former
ly resident here, and Mr.. Percy L.,
Coggin, of Cheyenne, Wyo. Oskaloo-
sa friends extend congratulations.
RYAN.-The sad news came Sun
day, of the death Saturday afternoon,
August "a, at o'clock, of Mrs. Kate
Ryan, daughter Of Patrick Hughes, of
Oskaloosa. Mrs. Ryan was born and
reared in Oskaloosa and is known to
many here, who will be panied to
learn Of her untimely death. The
immediate cause of death was appen-
dicitis. Mr.. Hughes and her friend,
Miss Ella Doud, went to Omaha to be
present at the funeral. $500
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29
TO-DAY.

To-day lets know no troubled thought
of yesterdays dark sorrow.
Just smile with hope and know that
nought but good can come to-
morrow.
NAL Rose.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29

The republicans of the Sixth dis
trict will do we'll to forget factional
differences and nominate a man for
congress who can be elected.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29
RELATED BY EXCHANGES.

Keota Eagle: A young man near
Schleswig had a peculiar and some
what novel experience recently. His
best girl missed a fur that she had
put away for the summer, and the
most careful search failed to reveal
its whereabouts. This dwelt upon the
young mans mind until he dreamed
three nights in succession of seeing
the lost article under the northwest
corner of the granary. One evening
recently, when he was visiting the
young lady, he told her of his dream.
Accordingly they went to the gran
airy and the young man thrust his
arm beneath the foundation, and sure
enough he felt hairy substance,
which he proceeded to pull out. The
young man buried his clothes, but in
the excitement of the moment the
skunk escaped, and the young mans
belief in dreams was considerably
shaken.
Mt. Pleasant Free Press: A farm
lci cart VI IO"u 10 uOLeu dS d CIOSe
man; some people even say he is
Istingy A few days ago his hired man
said, That Is fine looking spring
fry. Why not have 1t for dinner"
Spring chickens" said the farmer,
cost sixty cents apiece. We can't af-
ford It." We'll, II that is the case"
said the hired man, here's sixty
cents: kill that chicken and let's
have something to eat" The chicken
was killed, the wife fried II and
when the men went.in for dinner, the
stingy man helped himself to two
pieces; he helped each OF the chill
dren and the wife to some and when
the plate was handed TO the hired
man he got the neck. Z
| - - -
Keswick Leader: At the funeral Of
well-known man about town a few
days ago. the minister, instead OF
making the usual announcement that
AN opportunity viii now be given to
view the remains" thought TO make
q change In the announcement and
said: AN opportunity win now be
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29

The much sought man has been
found. Uncle Dick Williams, OF
Olivet, says he reads every BIT of the
Congressional Record regularly.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29

Hitting 1t this year where you
missed 1t last is a pretty good sign
that you are learning your business
a little better.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29

You can generally do as we'll in
your home town as anywhere else
if you try.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29

Homeless persons in Londor In
one night recently exceeded 1900 In
number.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-08-29

Take advantage of your advant-
ages" urges the Keokuk County
News