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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-05
Celebrate Golden Wedding.

Speclal TO I1meS-RepuD Ilcan
Creston. Aug. 5.-Relatives and
friends numbering about sixty assist
ed Mr. and Mrs. Albin Cox of Orient,
to celebrate their fiftieth wedding an
niversary Friday. This couple were
married at Pickerellton, Ohio. Mr..
Cox is 70 years of age and his 50.
Three Of their five daughters and sew
en- of their fourteen grand children as
sisted in the golden celebration. A
number Of valuable presents and pieces
of gold were given the aged couple.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-05
Youthful EIopers Returned.

Special to Times Republican.
Council Bluffs, Aug. 5-A deputy
sheriff from Page county left here to-
day with Tuland Snow and Vera Lyle.
who had eioped from Shenandoah to
this place only to land in the arms Of
the local officers. Snow Is u years old
and the girl is only Is years old. In
Shows possession was lot Of obscene
literature and photographs OF like
character. The girl was taken care OF
at the Creche while Snow was kept IL.
Jail during their brief stay here.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-05
Conrad News Items.

Special to mes-RepubHcan
Conrad, Aug. 5.-Mr. John Sherbon.
Hartley, was called here on account
OF his mothers sickness.
Mr.. Clint Dew, who is helping on
the cement building being built by Gier
& Belz, was badly hurt Friday by the
scaffoId breaking. His head was cut
and RICH hip hurt.
Mrs. Lou Frazer, who has been in
Des Moines visiting, returned home
Saturday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-05
Restaurant Owner sankrups.

Special to Times Republican.
Belle PLANE. Aug. 5.-The Denver
restaurant was sold a& sherin's sale
Saturday, to J. H. Hemmingsr, the for
mer owner. A. A. Goalby bought the
establishment, but could not make It
20. He has taken bankruptcy. Mr..
Hemminger will again conduct the res
tallrant ~ ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-05
CARS FOR GRAIN BELT.
Northwestern Sends Ten Solid Train:
TO Northwest Wheat Fields.

Special to Times Republican.
Belle Plaine. Aug. $50 far, ten
solid train loads OF sixty new box cars
each, have gone north over the Iowa
and Minnesota branch of the Chicago
& Northwestern railway from here.
These are all new cars, fresh from the
shops and are being distributed at
southwestern Minnesota and Dakota
points to be ready to move grain as
soon as the crop is ready.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-05

veyed a portion of said premises "
an unrecorded deed and no longer 10
owner thereof: that s. NJ. Pepper by IN
unrecorded deed conveyed q part Of
said premises to James s. Parnell and
any claim thereto: that George Smith
had power Of attorney from Cyrus
Smith to convey and that he did SO
convey portion thereof: that James 8.
Parnell thru lawfully executed power
Of attorney to Thos. Parneii alienated.
by act Of the latter. all his right there.
to: that Geo. w. Voris at the time he
conveyed Out Block two (2) to Thomas
B. Abel was owner of the entire Out
Block two co; that Jehial Reed acted
for Kibbee & Ball with full power and
authority when he conveyed portion
Of said premises: that Delano T.
Smith was the duly authorized agent
Of Melvelle c. Smith to transfer his
title thereto.
That the present owners and their
grantors and the persons through
whom they have derived title have held
actual open. exclusive. continuous.
hostile and adverse possession under
color Of title and claim of right for
more than ten years last past prior
to the beginning Of this action and
that each and all Of defendants are
barred from asserting any claim there
to.
That in regard to the unknown de.
PENDANTS and claimants, plaintiff has
no knowledge OF their exact claim or
interest or how the same was derived.
II any there be or claim to be: and
that the name and residence OF such
persons are unknown to plaintiff all
though he has sought diligently to md
the same; and that any interest they
may have or claim to have IL barred
by the statute of limitations Of ter
years adverse possession.
That by the will Of Isaac Dennis,
decease,; the above owners are en-
titled to share in the estate as fol-
lows: gs4si5s
c. v. Dennis. $1,000. 3:
Stella Coleman. $4,000.
Ella Cromwell. 5000.
Lucy A. Van voorhis. one fourth
share.
w. d. Melick, one twelfth share
Hattie Hurd. one twelfth share.
G. e. Melick, one-twelfth share.
Rebecca p. .McIxibben, one fourth
share: F. D. Dennis ons-fourth share.
That there is to be deducted from
the share of any Of the above heirs, the
amount Of notes owing by any OF then,
to the estate. to-wit: Lucy A. Van
voorhis. a note Of $500. dated April
20. 1891. with interest at per cent,
that the interest was paid to April 80.
1902; Henry Dixson Dennis. of $3.50.
with $50 paid and $780,, upon which
| nothing 10 paid and that by the terms
Of the will he has no share IN aaid
estate.
That to divide the real estate into
the necessary shares would depreciate
It's value and partition sale - necea.
sary; that plaintiffs attorneys be given
lien for statutory fee. II
Now unless you appear and make de-;
Tense thereto at or before noon Of tbs
second day Of The next August term
Of said court, to be begun. and held q,
Narshalltown. Iowa, on the 3sth ~
OF August. A. D.. 1914, your dekanle
viii BE- entered and Judgment 81
decree rendered thereon, as prayed ~
In said petition. ssss Is
Dated this 18th day Of July y n
l1113. CARNEY CAlgB1s H;
1kttorness soe stA41(.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-05
IDA COUNTY TAX VALUES.
New Buildings Ersetsd and
and Credits Listed.

Special to Times Republican.
Ida Grove. Aug. 5.-Auditor Warner
has completed his tax list Of the as
seesed value Of lands and personal
prosSty to be sent to A. H. Davidson,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-05
TudEs RHpUBILuAry MAnsIlAITdOWAs 1OwAsAUGUsT

concerned In the trip 20 the country.
and further arrests are sN1ccted to
follow. s%se ss@
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kept we no doubt would want to give thanks to Caesar. But then came that ether Caesar and spoiled 1t all. July had been named for Julius and Angus tus insisted the month to bear his own name must have as many days as July. One day was taken from February and added to August to gratify the vanity of this ruler.
 When the Julian calendar was in- troduced the equinox fell on the 25th of March. In the course of few cen turtles it changed. The error in time amounted to day in 128 years. In 1882 Pope Gregory XIII. abolished the Julian calendar in all Catholic coun- use. At that time the equinox had slipped back to March H. Ten days were dropped from the calendar. Every one hundredth year that by the old style would be leap year was to be common year. the fourth century divisible by four excepted; 1900 was to be leap year, but 1700, 1900, 1900 of the common length, and 2000 a leap year again. Some countries were slow to accept this method. but Russia is the only Christian country that does not follow 1t.
 Although for many centuries there was 50 great variety in the selection of the day regarded as the first of the year, religious observances and festive rejoicing were general among all peo-
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WHEN NEW YEAR(OAHz WE KNOW BY CALENDAR 1~2,~7n1>
 PUZZLE or MANY AGES ( g}ryS5s1p


 turies following them. Stages of those olden times were familiar with the heavens, but the Greeks who followed them could not calculate the advent of their moons in conjunction with the sun. The Hebrews before going down into Egypt and the Arabians before the time of Mohammed calcu- lated time only by the moon. They figured 12 lunations or 354 days as the duration of the year. On that basis the New Years day returned to the same season once in B years. Moses Is said to have obtained all of his chronological knowledge from the Egyptians who learned the length of the tropical year by observing the rising of Sirius. the dogstar.
 Some troubles of the Jews In keep ing their calendar straight are told in the Jewish encyclopedia. In early times an extra month was thrown in every two or three years. Calcula- tions of the relative length of the down by traditions in the patriarchial family It was possible also to judge by the grain harvest. If the month Of Nissan arrived and the sun was so far from the vernal equinox that it could not reach 1t by the 18th of the month, the month was not called Nj san. but Adar Sheni (second).
 The country people and the inhab- itants of Babylonia were informed of the beginning of the month by fire signals, carried frcm station to sta tion i'll the mountain country.
 Under the patriarchate of Rabbi Judah I.,"' says the Jewish encyclo- pedia, the Samaritans. in order to con- fuse the Jews, set fire signals at i'm rroper times and thus caused the Jews to fall into error with regard to the day of the new moon. Rabbi Judah accordingly abolished the fire signals and employed messengers" The Jewish calendar reckons the days from evening to evening in ac. cordance with the order observed in the biblical account of the creation. , The Jewish cycle in nineteen years exceeds the Gregorian by 2 hours. 8 minutes and 153 seconds. This makes difference in a hundred cycles tl,900 years) of days. 21 hours, 45 minutes and seconds. rhe assumed duration of the solar year Is 6 min utes 39 25-57 seconds in excess of the true astronomical value. which will cause the dates of the commencement of future Jewish years, that are so calculated. to advance from the equi- nox day in error in 216 years.
 All European countries borrowed civil calendars from the Romans. The year began with March and that ac- counts for the present names of the last four months of the year In the rcign of Numa two months were add d. January at the beginning and Feb ruary at the end. In 542 B. c. Feb ruary was given it's present place. At that time the months had twenty.nine md thirty days alternately, % that
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the year naa 59s cays; to make this more fortunate under the old super stition that luck lies in odd num- bers," one day was added. The moon makes a revolution in about twenty pine and one-half days and twelve lu- nations form a period of 354 days. To get the civil calendar even with the solar year Numa ordered an addition al month to be inserted every second year between the 23rd and 24th of February, consisting of twenty-two and twenty-three days alternately. Thus four years contained 1,465 days and the mean length of the year was 3G6A days. This was one day too much. From an effort to adjust mat ters more confusion resulted.
 Politicians of that day were no less prone to manipulate affairs to their own advantage than they are today. Every third period of eight years was to contain only three intercalary months instead of four. This would reduce the mean length of the year to oVo NA ooy bdL IuO C6A 0 VI tnO SoACd- dar was left with certain officials with discretion to intercalate more or few CT days. To prolong the terms of of flee or to hasten elections the Ques- tion of the calendar was ignored. When Julius Caesar came into power he found the civil equinox differed from the astronomical by three months. Winter months had been car ried back into autumn and autumn into summer.
 Sosigenes, an old mathematician who was more familiar with the stars than any man of his time, came to Caesars rescue and devised plan to put an end to the disorder. The civil year was regulated entirely by the sun and was fixed at 365A days, the quarter day being added to each fourth year as we have it now. The original plan was to have thirty-one days each for the first, third, fifth, seventh, ninth and eleventh months and the other months thirty. except February. which was to have twenty
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ples-Egyptians, Jews, Chinese, Ro- mans and Mohammedans. Solemn in- auguration of the new year was one of the customs retained upon the es- tablishment of Christianity. The date ranged from Christmas to Easter un- til late in the sixteenth century. Finally the date was accepted that had been named by Numa, who also had named the month in honor of Janus, the two-faced, who was thus supposed to turn at once back upon the old year and forward to the new.
 Feasting and the interchange of presents have been customary In all ages so far as can be learned from records of celebrations of this day. Wishing Happy New Year has been a custom as old as antiquity. but let us hope it may never grow 90 old as to be out of date.-Chicago Record Herald
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now. Little more than twenty centu- ries of the earth's annual celestial tours have been tallied with the year as the unit of time. This innovation is credited to Eratosthenes, mathe- matician and philosopher, who held a job as librarian for one of the Ptol- emys at Alexandria about 254 years before Christ. Eratosthenes no doubt found delight in devising system by meals and go to bed and get up again without having to first run out into the yard to see where the sun or moon or some starry constellation might chance to be.
 We all know that the year is the period in which the sun makes com plete circuit of the heavens and re- turns to the. point in the zodiac whence it started. but we never stop to question how or why. It is enough for us that calendars and almanacs are thrown our way for the asking. wherein we find each day of the month and of the year carefully num- bered.
 Our years are of the Christian era and extend from January to Decem- ber 31. This era was first used by Dionysius Exigus in A. D. 533. It was more than thousand years before the year was begun on January by many nations Before the days of Erat0sthenes there seems to have been no crying demand for precise plan of counting time In one city the reckoning was by a succession of kings. in another by succession of magistrates or priests. Even after the adoption in European countries of the Christian era there were so many methods of dating g-national. proyir- cial and ecclesiastical--tha only con. fusion could result. Mythology long had held . higher place than astron- Omy.
 Peoples of Egypt and Babylonia are said to have been wiser than those of Qthor nations that Azure in the cen
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BAPTIST CHURCH.

Our Institute was a decided success. The final test was given Thursday afternoon. At the preaching service Sunday morn ing. cestificats will be awarded those who finished the work. We are birding ourselves on hav- ing had a larger class than Jones' boro. Sunday will be Orphans Home Day and all of our offer ings will go to our home. The pastor will preach at both ser vices.
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By EDGAR ELLSWORTH OWEN.

ECORDS of the flight of ti nj e were in a sorry muddle in the early ages. You accept as a mat ter of fact the ar rival of N e V
 Years day and 1t never Oc- CUTS to you that there might not be a new year, nor any year, and even if the year did have a sys- tematic plan 1t might open up in the early spring time. or late in fall, or some other time of the year as we know 1t
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Among ,he Churches.
METHODIST CHURCH.

There will be services at the Methodist church next Sunday at the same old hours. Rev. w. w. Anderson. one of the oldest men of the White River Confer ence, is here and will preach at the morning hour.
 Let ali begin again, begin anew. begin with the beginning and keep up with the times and we will not backslide or be be- hind when the end comes.
 w. F. WALKER. Pastor.
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Belt carniture.

The smart belt for lingerie dresses is of narrow black velvet ribbon and has one loop that stands up and two long ends that are finished in hori- zontal line. A huge, loose petaleds ar tificial rose of some color unknown to botanists is fastened into the belt at one side of the waist line.
 The blue rose is immensely popular, while mauve and orange roses arasennr 'sidered very smart
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coulcn't cee His Third.

During the costoslFst king season In Texas a colored brotl. who had gone fnto the country to work returned very lnuch disgusted. Don't yo' git no 6Ehhs ter pick no eoeton." asked q lG1end. "Sech ez dey was. White d1an done offered me o.se-third O wat " could pick All done tux a look 1t
 field m cav dat when 1t wah all
 sed ik vouldr's amount ter one
 1 eo Ah dons IL out fer honsi-'
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To Extermlnate vermln.

Mix and let stand for several hOurf' one-half gallon of gasoline and ten cents worth of corrosive sublimates Pnt the mixture into pint oil can, with long spout, and spray into ~. cry place where there are bugs. AT the room thoroughly. After few aps plications the verlnin will have entire ly disappeared.
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One of .lhia Worst.

The Doctor-D you hear about that Methodist preachers daughter, down south who turned sleuth, hunt ed up the pickpocket who had robbed her of her purse, and finally landeo| him in the penitentiary? The Profet sor Good for her! She was an M' B. sis, with vengeance Chicago Tribune.
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No Doubt.

visitor-"What lovely furnlture' < Little Tommy-"Y Yes; think " man we bought 1t from is sorry nus ',1 he sold 1t; anyway, hes alWas ing"
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Just the Trouble.

Opportunity really knocks N h,a,'s s ,'s a door" ssThen why don't more q [, '. .| succeed better?8 "The troupe r N ssss ! opportunity wants us to go so WI. x
 Pfttsburg Post.
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CONFERENCE APPOINT
 TENTS.
The Annual Conference Closes in Newport. To Meet Next Year in Clarendon. The
 Men and their
 Work.

The Annual Session of the White River Conference of the M. E. Church. South. closed in Newport Sunday night.
 The Conference is said to have been a most pleasant and sue cessful one. presided over by Bishop Chandler.
 The appointments for the Hell ena and Ratesville Districts are as follows:
 HELENA DISTRICT.
 J. K. Farris, presiding elder. Brinkley station, w. F. Walker; Clarendon station, l.: H. Howell; ! Colt circuit, Alonzo McKelney; Cotton Plant station, F. s. Jef- fett: Forrest City station, F. w. Gee; Hamlin circuit, to be sup piled by E. M. Fowler; Haynes and Madison. M. N. Johnston; Helena station, J. D. Hammons; Holly Grove and Marvel, F. w. Peoples; Howell and DeView, 5. l.. Platt; Hulburt and Council, to be supplied by J. M. Huggins; La Grange circuit, Gordon Vim pey: Marianna station, E. K. Sewell: McCrory station, $. l.. Harris; Parkin mission, c. M: Yancey; West Helena and Nell wood, w. G: Barham; Wheatley and Hunter, to be supplied; Wynne station. w. A. Lindsay; missionary to Cuba, H. E. Smith; business agent of Hendrix Col Iege, w. B. Hubbell; conference secretary of education, J. K. Farris; student in Union Theo- logical Seminary, H. B. Frimble; student in Hendrix College, J. w. Moore.
 BATESvILLE DISTRICT.
 E. K. Sewell. presiding elder. Ash Flat circuit. J. M. Harrison; Batesville First church, T. Y. Ramsey; Batesville Central Ave- nue and Bethesda, c. F. lively and one to be supplied; Dexter, t. be supplied by J. w. Cope aand; Calico Rock circuit, 0. c. Lioyd: Camp mission, to be sup p,.el by W. s. Story; Qesha cir cult. to be supplied by N. J. Baty; Jacksonport circuit, F. H. Champion; Melbourne circuit. to be supplied: Mountain View and Guion, to be supplied by J. G. Parker; Newark station, M. $. Umsted; Powhattad circuit, to| be supplied by Elisha D. Horn; Salado circuit. to be supplieh by II. B. Finley; Salem. to be SUD- piled by c. C. Emmons: Smith vile, w. U. Jones: Sulphur Rock circuit, U. l.. Mack; Swifton circuit, to he supplied by V. T. McGaffney; w. D. Ellis. super numerary; Tuckerman station, w. F. Talkington; Viola mission, sion. to be supplied by F. I. Hall; Wolfe Bayou. to be sup piled by F M. Copeland; confer ence missionary secretary. E. K Sewell
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Janus won immortal fame while serving as Janitor of heaven and at the same time guardian of 0ates and doors on earth. He presided over the beginning of everything and, 1t wac natural that the first month should be called In his honor.
 nine on common years and thirty each fourth year. This would have been so much more simple that had 1t been
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-08-02
P%OsTOFFICB HOURS.

Daily, sa. M. to a n m
Sundays, 8 to 9 a, M, and long enough
60 walt on all applicants after the ar
y OF Train No. l, II IL is on time.
ION Sundays postofices must be
kept. open an hour, Postal laws and
regulations, Section 284.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-08-02


Last Saturday evening DR.. H. A.
ingalls,, Of Roswell. a member Of the
United States medical reserve corps,
drove into town in a Ford car from
the east, about dusk, and judging
from the looks Of the car the doctor
had had trials and fluctuations. 1t
seems that he was on his way from
his home 10 Fort Huachuca, on of
fetal business, and concluded to make
the trip In his car. He started out
In the rainy season, and any man who
attempts to travel southern New
Mexico in the rainy season In a mo-
tor a makes a mistake. He was all
day making the trip from DemIng to
Lordsburg. He found lots OF mud,
and had his chains on his wheels.
After travelling for some time near
Gage, with no mud in sight, he took
the chains OF. His greatest dificulty
was between Gage aud Separ. The
day before there had been a big rain
up In the mountains, ami IL came
down through the box draw, and was
still running. There was quite a
body of water coming through q.
bridge on the railroad, but the doctor
thought his machine would make it,
and he started in. It ploughed
through all right, until it came to q
place where IL was so deep that his
carburetor went under water, and
pumped water instead Of air. The
engine Is not made that will run on
that kind Of fuel, and this engine
died. 1t was several hours before he
could get q team, and get pulled out
Of the mud. He then cleaned This
carburetor and got to travelling once
more. He negotiated the levee that
has been built below town, without
any diflculty, and got here safely and
hungry. He had some repairs made
to his machine, and started on Sun
day morning, after receiving careful
directions from DR.. Croker, as to the
road. A machine went out on the
road Sunday afternoon, and found
that the doctor had got of the road.
Just beyond Pyramid the road forks,
one fork leading to the Animas set
Elements, and the other being the
Borderland, and a little further it
again, the left hand fork lead
ing down to the Animas station on
the Southwestern, and the right hand
fork, which is marked with a Border
land sign, leading to Granite Gap.
The doctor took the left hand road,
and found some rough travelling over
the malpai rocks before he got to
Rodeo.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-08-02

1.-THE republican platform starts
with the declaration that the name
OF Lincoln, the great leader is recalled
with 'V%eneration and gratitude and
that this is a government Of the peo-
pie, by the people for the people.
There should be a law passed in this
country for the punishment OF any
body Of men using the name Of the
great Lincoln, OF quoting his words"
From the speech Of Col. G. W.
Pritchard, temporary chairman Of the
state convention Of the Progressive
Party.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-08-02

The Greene-C ananea copper COM
pany declared the second dividend Of
the year last week. 1t is payable on
the last Of this month. The directors
have decided to pay dividends quar-
terly hereafter, on the first days Of
March, June, September and Decem-
Der, the dividends will be twenty-five
cents . share, making dollar a year
the stock will produce, which Is about
ten Per cent on the present selling
price.