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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-02-22
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BUY AUTO TRUCK
0ttumwa Goes for Taft and Senator
Cummins Ignored.
BOLD ATTEMPT TO BOB TRAIN
Colored Man at Waterloo Objects to
Girl Dancing Turkey Trot and
Shoots Her and Her /
Companion.

Marshalltown, Feb. 21.-Special:
The council has decided to buy mo-
tor fire truck. At the meeting this
forenoon the council authorized Coun-
Gilman Herman to advertise for bids
for fire truck, each bidder to sup
ply his own specifications for his
truck. The council proposes that
three skilled mechanics be asked to
pass on the specifications of the vari.
GUS trucks on which bids are furnish
ed. These bids are to be in by
March 5.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-02-22
Biz Fire at Floyd, Iowa.

Charles City, Feb. 21.-Special:
The little town of Floyd, six miles
north of here, was swept by fearful
fire, causing a loss OF $15O,000 early
today The fire started in meat
market and spread quickly, destroying
six store buildings and the post Office
The First National Bank building was
badly damaged The business houses
burned to the ground we.c as fol
lows:
KnOwltOn Bros, implement dealers.
WOlfs's meat market.
The post Office.
Turner's grocery.
G. II. Carruthers' drug store.
Barncy'5 general store.
Millinery store.
Aid was asked from Charles City
but as Floyd has no water supply
the only thing the local fire de,
partmcnt could do was to use chemi
Gals.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-02-22
FLIES So MILES
| IN WINTER STORM
Aviator Earl Sandt Crosses Lake
Erie and Back.
NEARLY FAINTS AT FINISH
Makes Remarkable Trip From Erie,
Pa, to Port Dover, Canada
Gloves Frozen to Control
ling Levers.

I Erie, Pa, Feb. 21.-Benumbed from
the cold and nearly fainting from a
battle with a winter storm, Earl Sandt,
ia young aviator, alighted here after
a 6O-mile trip through the air across
Lake Erie to Canada and back.
Sandt, who is twenty-three years
old, started early in the day for his
daring fight. In his racing aeroplane,
and swathed in heavy garments, he
scared aloft and was soon lost to view
over the lake, going more than 60
miles an hour against a northwest
gale.
Has to Be "ThaWed Out"
! Half an hour later came the flash
by telegraph that he had alighted at
Port Dover, Can, having made the 30
miles in % minutes. According to
word from Port Dover Sandt was so
numbed that he had to be carried from
his machine to house, where he was
'thawsd out" In spite of the cold,
however, he maintained full control of
the airship and decided he would
make the return trip as soon as he was
warmed.
Makes Return Trip.
! A great throng on the lake front
sent up a shout as the air craft was
sighted sweeping in to the land at a
tremendous rate before the wird.
Sandt circled around and made an
easy landing in a field, but was so cold
he could not move from his seat His
heavy gloves were found to be frozen
to the controlling levers.
oh. it was an easy trip" he re-
marked, when fully recovered, but
the cold was torture all the way. I'll
do a bigger feat than that next time"
Sandt made the sixty miles in the
remarkable flying time of fifty min.
utes.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-02-22
Ottumwa Names Taft Men.

Ottumwa, Feb. 21.-Special: Six
out of seven wards in the city of
Ottumwa last night selected Taft
delegates to the county convention
to be held March 2. The First ward
gave Roosevelt twenty-five. The to-
tai vote was Taft 240, Roosevelt 80.
Though Senator Cummins heretofore
has had many staunch supporters
here, he will not have delegate in
the Wapello county convention.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-02-22
Objects to Turkey Trot" Dance.

Waterloo, Feb. 21.-Special: Be.
cause his best girl, Miss Mabel
Thornton, aged % years, danced the
turkey trot with Unkie Williams at a
merrymaking of colored people here,
early this morning, Jim Brown shot
the girl through the ear and head and
shot Williams through the heart, from
which he will probably die. The girl
also is not expected to recover. When
Brown was arrested he told the Off
GERS he had made threats to Williams,
telling him that if he ever saw him
dance with the girl he would put a
bullet through him.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-02-22
Gives Land Purchase RuIino.

San Francisco, Feb. 2l,-That the
offer of a corporation to purchase
lands from prospective entrymen who
have complied with the government
provisions to obtain title is legal, is
the gist of a ruling made by Judge w.
b. Gilbert in the federal court of ap.
pcals.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-02-22
Cold Causes Water Famine.

Hornell, ~ Y, Feb. 2l.-Broken wa
ter mains the result of the long cold
spell, are causing serious water fam.
Inc here, and large part of the city
probably will be without its usual SUP
ply for at least fortnight.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-02-22
FLAMES SWEEPING
CITY OF HOUSTON
Houses, Churches and Great Build
ings Destroyed.
BIG FIRE AT FLOYD, IOWA
Six Business Houses and Postoffice
Destroyed, Entailins Loss of
C,oCo-CharIes City
Sends Aid.

Houston, Texas, Feb. 21.-Special:
Famed by forty mile gale the fire
which started in small two-story
hotel in South Houston today, spread
rapidly through the wholesale and
factory districts of the city, sweeping
everything before it. Churches,
school houses, ware houses, buildings,
factories and stores were totally de-
stroyed by the flames and thousands
of people rendered homeless.
Six Million Dollar Loss.
At noon the flames were still be-
yond control, and the loss is already
estimated at over $6,O00O00. The
burned area covers lifty-seven city
blocks.
This afternoon every effort is be.
ing made to care for the homeless,
as the fire spread rapidly along the
districts of Southern Houston. Po-
lice rushed into houses warning in
mates to fee. Several times the
firemen believed they had the fire
under control, only to find the high
winds carrying embers blocks away
from the district in which they were
working and starting blazes anew.
Dynamite Is Used.
AS last resort quantities Of dyna-
mite was placed under residences in
the path of the flames, thus checking
the flames to some extent. Three
hundred homes were totally destroy
ed before the fire was even in a
measure gotten under control, and
while the firemen endeavored to
check the spreading flames a delega.
tion of police carried women and
children to places of safety. Resi-
dents of the burned district were
routed ont of their homes, many of
them without having chance to
dress, and we're taken to safety in
their night clothing. The city com
mission is endeavOring to relieve thA
sufferers who are weak from expos
urc
Schools and Churches Burned.
St Patrick's Cathedral church and
many school houses were destroyed.
Tho greatest loss was confined to
the factories and mills along the
Southern Pacific tracks. The loss to
tho cotton mills alone will exceed
two millions. Sixty thousand bales
OF cotton and numerous COmpreSsea
were destroyed. The heaviest losers
arc: the McFaddCH Compress and
Warehouse Company; DeBrOus Syrup
Mills; Huston K Liggert Lumber Co.;
Rodgers Baling Company. Magnolia
Compress Company; Houston Pencil
Company: Houston Packing Com.
pany; II. HaTrcll Lumber Yards;
Standard Compress Company; Co
operative manufacturing Company;
and Acme Mills, SO far as is known
no ore was killed or injured in the
fire and this is due TO the vigilance
OF the police, as the fire spread so
rapidly that for a time escape for
every one seemed impossible.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-02-22
Saloon Petition For Fl. Dodge.

TT. Dodge, Feb. 21.-Special: The
saloon men this morning started cir
culating a new mulct petition and
look for an adverse decision March
9th from the supreme court because
the Oskaloosa decision against the
saloons refers to the same point
raised here. The petition must have
1854 names to succeed. The drys are
opposing the movement vigorously.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-02-22
Remarkable Feat Of Engraving.

davenport, Feb, Special: Ell.
mund Z. Kiefrert Of ttiissSaty sfas eh2
graSed two complete alphabets upon
the head of tiny stick pin, an un-
dertaking attempted by many, which
has never been accomplished sue
cessfully.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-02-22
vioiIantes Hunt poo Pensioners,

Minneapolis, Mimi, Feb. 2l.-As the
result OF the wholesale poisoning of
valuable dogs in one district of Min
neapolis, citizens have formed a
vigilance committee" in an attempt
to catch the poisoner.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-02-22
Blizzard Sweeps Southwest.

ST. Louis, Feb. 2l-Special; The
worst blizzard of the winter is raging
in the southwest. A foot of snow
has fallen in Missouri, Kansas and
Oklahoma and a high wind has drift
ed the snow so that trains are greatly
delayed.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-02-22
King Frederick of Denmark Dying.

Copenhagen, Feb. Fl. S pecial:
King Frederick of Denmark, who has
been suffering from lung trouble, has
had a serious relapse and there is
the greatest anxiety by members of
the cabinet here over his welfare.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-02-22
New Sky scraper in oes moines.

Des Moines. Feb. 2l.-Special:
Plans for the erection of a fifteen
story building on the entire quarter
block on the southwest corner OF
Sixth avenue and Walnut street are
being made by Fleming brothers,
owners of the Fleming building. -
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-02-22
Fire psstroys Flour Mills.

Washington, Feb. 21.-Fire de-
stroyed the Arlington -four mills,
owned by Cissei Bros, and for time
threatened the entire Georgetown wa
ter front The loss is estimated at
Sl50,000. ,ru ,tad,r
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-02-22
Julia Marlowe In Hospital.

Washington, Feb. 2.-Julia Mar
lowe, the actress. was taken 10 hos
pital for an operation upon her throat.
II was said to be not q serious one.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-02-22
salt LAX. Has GAMBLING Blu. Law

Srit %eNS res eaHp'HS due LAW
Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 21.-Un-
der two ordinsnces passed by the city
commission poolrooms, bucket-shops,
slot machines and all other forms OF
gambling win be tabooed in Salt Lake
after March /.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-07-19

Rev. S. Boyd White returned
from independence Wednesday
where he has been attending the
Independence Chautauqua.
DR.. E. c. Gordon, who has
been spending several days in
Lexington, left Wednesday for
Pleasant Hill.
Misses Elizabeth Eckle and
Elizabeth Young went to Winton
Wednesday for a short stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nice Sill and
Mrs Thomas Ainsworth left
Wednesday for a trip to Colo
RADIO.
John Xix went to Kansas City
"Wednesday on business.
William Stonestreet left
Wednesday for a trip to Buffalo
and New York.
Mrs. Reid Kinkead came down
from independence Wednes-
day for a visit.
Mrs. NJ. T. Kelly returned
Tuesday, evening from a visit
in Higginsville,
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Weber went
to Higginsville Tuesday for a
visit.
Mrs. Annie Rice of Gaines
vile, Texas, arrived Tuesday
evening to visit her nephew, W.
S. Peacock.
Judge and Mrs. Alexander
Graves returned Saturday ev,
ening from an extended visit
in Excelsior Springs.
Misses Florence and Annie
Afford left Monday for
visit with relatives in Rich Hi
and Appleton City, Mo.
Arthur Kriehn of Kansas
City spent Sunday here with
homefOlks.
E.. M. Taubman went to Kan
sas City Monday on busl
ness.
DIR. NJ. G. Roberts spent Sun
day in Clarksburg, No. OF
professional business.
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brother, Raymond Ryan, ac-
companied him home for a short
stay.
Died, Sunday at his home in
this city, Mr.. Aldridge Corder,
Sr,, aged So years. He is sur
vived by his wife, one daughter
Miss Elizabeth Corder. of this
city, and two sons, Aldridge,
of Kansas City, and Hall Cor
der, of Houston, Texas. The
funeral was held from the home
Monday morning at ten o'clock,
The services were conducted by
Rev. Lamar Bedsworth. At the
grave the Masons took charge OF
the ceremony with James Cor
der presiding performed the
burial with the Masonic ritual.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-07-19

party fidelity Mr.. Clark has
furnished it. He has briefed
convention poSt-mortems out OF
court.
"He was just fine" was Gov.
Wilson'S comment on Mr..
Clark s visit. The next Presi.
dents words are as clear and
simple as the Speakers action
Democracy may look forward to
an Illuminating campaign. The
people as a whole may Jock
forward to an Illuminating cam
paign. The people as a whole
may look forward to a great
administration. A President
and a Speaker Of the House
actuated by a sincere purpose
to serve the general welfare.
equipped by instinct and ex-
perience so to serve, are the
promise of the November cleo
tion.-St. Louis Republic.
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Jos. L., and Geo. M. Long
returned Monday from St.
Louis, where they were called
Saturday by the death of their
sister, Miss Katherine.
Mrs. NJ. johnson and son.
Victor, left Sunday morning
for a visit with relatives in
Miami, Mo.
Mrs. A. H. Williams and son.
Max, returned Monday from
a visit in Paris, Illinois.
Worth Bates spent Sunday in
Lincoln, Mo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vince Owen
spent Sunday in Kansts City.
Lloyd Hausam went to Kansas
City Monday morning for a few
days visit.
Mrs. W. f. Walton of Rich
ards, Mo, and Mrs. William
Walton Of Kansas City return
ed to their homes Sunday night
after a visit with relatives in
this city.
Miss Elizabeth Burton and
Miss Kathryn AshurSt went
to independence Saturday ev-
ening for a short visit.
Mrs. J. A. Terhune and son,
James, Jr., returned Sunday ev
ening from a visit in Kansas
City.
Mrs. Jennie Cooper return.
ed to Kansas City Saturday ev.
ening after a visit with rela.
tives in this city,
Mrs. James Crews and daugh
ter, Miss Hattie, went to Sweet
Springs Sunday morning for &
week. visit with relatives.
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The Speaker at seagirt.

Champ Clark has made his
pilgrimage to Seagirt. He did
not 60 there with reluctant
step. He did not rush thither
with ingratiating haste. He
chose the right way and tfN
right time for doing the right
thing. His action has cleared
the atmosphere of any lingering
suspicion that the bitterness OF
a hard convention fight might
be an element in the campaign.
The conventions verdict had
already been accepted becom.
ingly by Mr.. Clark. Now he
has validated that acceptance
If the Democratic party hac
needed an example of high
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Waverly Notes.

Henry Thomas of Boonville
is visiting relatives here this
week.
Walter Tussey returned Mon
day to Roadhouse, Illinois, af-
ter a short visit with his brother,
Al Tussey and family
Mrs. Robert Pointer and son,
Wesley, returned to MAYHEM
Sunday after a short visit
with Fred Bray and wife.
Charles Lewis is spending the
week in Kansas City.
j, w. Hayes and Clayt Land
rum spent Sunday in Houstonia.
Aldridge Corder of Kansas
City was called here Sunday by
the death of his father.
Mrs. f. j.. Althouse and son,
Floyd, of Cameron, Mo-, arrived
Wednesday for a short visit
with friends.
Miss Gussie Lowenstein and
brother Of Marshall spent Sun
day with their sister, Mrs.
Morris Wantuck.
Miss Laura Larkin Of Kansas
City came down Wednesday tC
spend several weeks with her
parents, Larkin, and wife.
Mrs. Bette Ferguson Of
Houstonia is the guest of hel
brother, J. w. Hayes.
James Corder of Alma at
tended the funeral of Mr.. Cor
der here Monday.
Mrs. Fannie Edwards of Kan.
sas City came down the first
of the week to visit relatives.
Miss Mary Adele WantucB
went to Marshall Sunday to
spend a few days with her
aunt, Miss Gussie Lowenstein.
Mrs. Rena Chappell of Mar
shall attended the funeral o.
Mr.. Aldridge Corder here Mon
day.
Miss Marie Russell, who ha
been the guest of her cousin
Miss Florence Cauthorne, TO.
several weeks returned to he.
home in st. Louis Saturday.
viii Ryan returned Tuesda,
from a short visit with home
folks in Scannon, Kansas. Hi
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-07-19
Real Estate Transfers.

Deeds filed in the Recorders
office of Lafayette County, Mo,
week ending Saturday, July
10, 1912, compiled by Lafayette
County Abstract Company,
Lexington, Mo-, Ike H. Noyes,
Manager. Abstracts and Farm
Loans.
John T. Buch and Josie NJ.
his wife to James c.. McGrew
W. D.. $5OO.OO, so feet off east
side lot l, block 7, in the First
addition to Lexington, Mo.
0. w. Gardner and Gladys,
his wife, to J. w. Crigler w.
D. $4,000, a part of NV. "A,
Sc. "A 1-48-28, being in the
town of Odessa, Mo.
Lillian I, Kelly (nee Janu-
ary) and John her husband to
W. L. Holman W. D. $250.OO, S
E. "A, NE, "A, NE. "A 16-51-25.
James w. Perdee and Laura,
his wife, to Clara L. Perdee and
Blanch Buchls w. d. $1,00, South
p lot 5, block 2, Russell's ad.
dition to Odessa.
Clara L. Perdee ct al to Jas.
W. Perdee w. D. $1.00, North
half lot 5, block 2, Russell's
Fourth addition to Odessa.
Edw. Aull and NJ. D, Wilson
to George Nasser W. D. $4,000
lots 7 and s, block 10, South
side addition to Lexington, Mo.
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A Great Daily Newspaper at
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For Sale.

White Oak Lumber. Mill run
ming daily. Special orders given
prompt attention.
W. NJ. COEN,
One mile East of Lexington.
5-15 t1mo.
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Letter List.

The following mail remained
mcalled for at the Lexington
Postoffice Saturday, July 20,
1912.
Letters.
Hon. Harry Bell, Frank Bow
en-, Emmit Cobb, Melvin Cobb,
E. Danhouser, Donnie Douglass,
Miss Bessie Lowe, Alfred Max
well, Henry Miller, Zibe Myers,
Mrs. Nora Pritchard, Miss Jen-
ME Powell, Mrs. Dixie Powell,
Lou Straus, Jas. R. A. Shipley
j. G. Stoll, Mrs. Marie Thomas,
Joe Vented,
Cards.
Mrs. Martin hurry, Clara
Bryant, Miss Mamie Chinn,
Porter Deatridge, Miss Ola Dun.
can, Ed Gibson, Oliver Key,
Mrs. Susie Lewis, Gilbert May.
field, Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Parks
in care of Mrs. Ethel Greer,
Mr.. viii Parks in care Of Mrs.
Ethel Greer, Miss Blanche Parks
Mrs. Joe Perry, on Highland
Ave, Mrs. j, T. Rowland (2).
c. 0. Smith, Mrs. Effie Taylor.
Mrs. Willie Weeden, Linwood
Ward.
When calling for this mai
please say it was advertised.
JOHN K. TAUBMAN,
9P Postmaster.
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Bargain in R. G. Reds.

lS yearling hens and 3 cocks.
Extra good stock.
E. F. MEYER.
235 N. 10th street.
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The Kansas City Journal.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-10-27
OKLAHOMA WILL
CO REPUBLICAN
STATE CHAIRMAN GEISSLER
PREDICTS A GREAT VIC
TORY ON NOVEMBER 3.
CAPTURE The LEGISLATURE
Declares That They WIN Have Good
Working Majority In the Lower
House of the state.

OKLAHOMA CITY. oct 26.-(spo-
cialD THAT oklahoma will go repub-
llcan on November Is predicted by
Arthur IL. Geissler, chairman Of tho
republican state committee,
six weeks ago" says Mr.. Gesslcr,
1T looked as though oklahoma might
again go democratic. Then a strong
drift set in toward tho republican
ticket. This drift has steadily con
tinued and believe tnat nothing can
check It now.
There are many democrats
throughout the state who VIII vote tho
republican ticket because they want a
change In the administration of state
affairs and because they are afraid
that the election of democratic pres
ident would be a severe jolt to the
prosperity Of tho country ON the
other hand tho republicans feel that
they have every reason to stand by
their ticket.
Judging by reports from the vari-
GUS counties of the state. | am con
fident that we shall elect our candi-
dates for presidential electors and that
the republicans will have IA good
working majority In the lower house
of the Legislature. We should also
make gain in the state senate. one
half Of the present membership of
that body holds over until 1914. We
have more than fighting chance to
elect our three candidates for con-
gresham at large. Allen, Brown and
Brownies and Mr.. Lowen, our can
didate for corporation commissioner
and also Judge Charles A. Cook, the
republican candidate for justice of the
supreme court, and Judge George
Rails the candidate for judge of tho
court of appeals
Judge Dickerson Is going tp run
ahead of his ticket In many localities,
and It Is more than likely that he will
have safe majority OF the prefer
ence vote for U. S. Senator as against
Senator owen.
Scott Ferris, democrat. Will prob
ably be reelected In the Fifth pn-
gresslonal district His opponent, Mr..
Clark. Of Yawton. Is n good man, but
the district Is heavily democratic. The
Fourth district IL doubtful. In the
First district. Bird Mcclure will be
reelected by about $500 and Dick
II. Morgan and II. 7. Daniel will
have safe pluralltles in the Second
and Third.
"The democrats are realizing that
Oklahoma has ceased TO be safely
democratic state and that Is why dur
Ing the last two weeks of the cam
paign the national committee in re-
sponse to urgent appeals from the To-
cal democrats is pouring both money
and speakers into this state. but the
indications are that their efforts Will
be wasted"