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Newark post., 1912-09-18

Henry Steele is the proud owner
of four Jersey cows, recently pur-
chased from Arthur Rounds OF
Welsh Tract. No cows of the COM
munity have the reputation Of this
Round stock. AS an exhibit they
would probably take the blue rib
bon from the State-and records OF
their production only add to their
beauty.
Newark post., 1912-09-18
Friends Entertained

A pleasant evening was spent at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
Cranston near Stanton, on Satur-
day evening The evening was
spent in vocal and instrumental
music and games. Those present
were, Irene Blest, Ada Burge,
Mary Ware, Phoebe Ruth, Vera
Currinder, Mary Burge, Clara Dull
ing. Ethel Grose, Lydia Dockerty,
Mary Patterson, Bertha Mccoy,
Anna Heavellow, Mary Walker,
Gertrude Edmanson; Messrs. John
Heavellow, Jesse Patterson, Linten
Truitt, Linden Knots, Charlie
Grose. Warren Cranston. Vaughn
Heavellow, Roy Berry, Norman
Philips, George Ware, Edward
Cranston, John Lynch, Charles
Edmanson, Harlan Walker, Heis-
Ter Sanders, Willie Russell Edgar
Jacquette, Marshall Rambo, How
ard Hall, Fred Sanders; Mr.. and
Mrs. Larrie Othoson, Mr.. and Mrs
Fred Robinson, Mr.. and Mrs. Har.
vey Cranston and others.
Newark post., 1912-09-18
Cecil County Letter

Eight fine dairy cows owned by
George Buckworth, tenant on the
, Byers farm. on Bohemian Manor,
near Chesapeake City, which We're
standing under IA tree IN the pas
t,lre field. were stuck and killed by
lightning during a storm, one night
last week. ..........
Hog cholera, which was reported
prevalent in the North East section
about two weeks ago, is spreading
and has now reached the Elkton
neighborhood. Twenty hogs have
succumbed to the plague on the
White Hall or Summers farm, on
Elk River. They were owned by
the tenant. Walter BouIden. r. M.
Barr, who lives on the Frenchtown
Pike, and NJ. +. Woodall, one of
the owners Of the old Collins farm,
Just north of Elkton, have also lost
hogs and pigs. Others are report
ed affected on various farms. Rob-
ert Wright of Rowlandsville claims
that ears of corn charred black,
fed to hogs will prove cure for
the disease.
J. Henry Foard, Of North East,
has been namd as a Taft elctor at
large by the re-convened Republic
anState Convention which filled
the place of electors previously
chosen who had declared for Roose-
welt. The Cecil Wing seems solid
with both Republican factions as it
is supporting Taft, and Grier, the
Bull Moose nominee for Congress
on the Eastern shore, the Taftites
having no candidate.
Tome School for Boys, at Port
Deposit, re-opens this week with
$50 boarding and SO day students
enrolled The Board Of Trustees
has awarded the contract for
100000 plant for heating all the
buildings on the campus.
DR.. W. 7. Morrison, Of Elkton,
one Of the county's leading homeo-
pathic physicians, has recovered
from a recent attack of illness sup
posed to have been caused by pto-
maine poisoning.
Thieves on Wednesday night
broke into the store of H. w. Per-
kins. at North East and carried off
about $50 worth Of tobacco, cigars.
etc.
The Cecil Calendar of the Cecil
Circuit Court for the September
term, which opened on Wednesday.
contains IS cases and the Appeal
Docket Is cases. One of the lead
ing civic trials will be that Of Willis
VS.. the County Commissioners for
the cost Of the substructure, ap-
proaches. etc. of the new bridge
over the Big Elk at Rickett s Mill,
North of Elkton, put by the plain
tiff at $4,000. The County Com
missioners have refused payment
for the work on the ground of
faulty construction and departure
from specifications. Among the
criminal trials will be that of An
tonic Duca, the demented Italian.
who fatally shot Sheriff J. Myron
Newark post., 1912-09-18

Although General Buckingham
of Mill Greek was defeated ON Sat
urday, he has the honor Of 60 and
90 still clinging to him. To those
who knew him best, he will always
be the brave soldier of the war anG
hero Of the last Legislature.
Newark post., 1912-09-18
Postoriials

If Bob Houston persists in
coming to Wilmington too often,
we shall have to slate him as partial
to Railroad interests.
Newark post., 1912-09-18

After the primary contest III
White Clay last Saturday, the dis
cussion has centered on Who s Who
in Newark.
Newark post., 1912-09-18

A musical play entitled 'Little
Red Riding Hood will be given
by st. Thomas Fairies in the near
future.
Newark post., 1912-09-18

Democrats of White Clay Creek
Hundred will hold a meeting on
Friday night, to discuss the matter
of registration, which is on Satur-
day. Another meeting will be held
later when several Of the nominees
on the Democratic State ticket will
be invited to attend and make
speeches.
Mrs. G.. l.. Brokaw, Of near Prov
idence, mother of Mrs. Harold E.
Tiffany, fell on Sunday last at her
home and broke one of her legs.
Newark post., 1912-09-18

Chestnut Hill peaches brought
better prices in Newark before the
Democratic Convention than they
have since.
Newark post., 1912-09-18

Some one said Mill Greek was
the Thermopola Of New Castle
County. And DR.. Ball with his
800 its Leonidas. Oh Shades
Newark post., 1912-09-18

Oh say, where's John Dickey
Newark post., 1912-09-18

Can t someone get Willard Sails
bury to say something about his
ticket If not him, isn't there
someone who is bold enogh to
give a word of praise? Let S have
some fun in the campaign anyway.
Newark post., 1912-09-18

With Handy IN Europe, Sal
bury silent and the Every Evening
playing See Saw, the Democratic
party is left IN the hands of W. W.
Knowles, and he advocates refern-
dun which will finish it.
Newark post., 1912-09-18

The Assessor-Eubanks the bar
Der VS.. Thompson the marble man.
Will Eubanks shave the marble
man or Thompson carve the epi-
taph of the barber
Well-what S the use of proph-
esying self-eyident truths.
Newark post., 1912-09-18

It was a grusome sight to see
political leaders sitting i'll the mar
Bile yard among those tomb stones
on Saturday night.
Newark post., 1912-09-18

81 III he saldcst man in New.
1rk, ," 90 | don't know why | did it,
the vail OF one delegate voices In:
fee irgs Of all the rest.
III, reason he did it?-why ht
vas tO,d 10 do it.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Row Over Hltchina Posts.

Stanton, July S.-Special: The
question of hitching posts and racks
in front of stores in the smaller towns
one upon which many good citizens
have split and engaged in serious
differences of opinion, has resulted in
a bad state of affairs at Stanton. The
mayor and two members of the city
council resigned their positions on
the council because of controversy
in the municipal body over the hitch
ing rack question, and on the Fourth
of July the town was without a head.
The designations of Mayor McCor-
mick and Councilmen E. s. Peterson
and E. E. Mollenhoff followed a heat
ed time at the meeting of the council
Some time ago the hitching posts
were ordered removed on certain
of the business streets, and the work
was done, when some business men
took issue with the council for their
action and then the row in the city
hall followed with the results as not
ed.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
The MI, KIRK TRAGEDY
Their Automobile Stopped on Track
Ahead of Locomotive.

The following further particulars
have been received from Denver con.
corning the tragedy in which two for,
mer Oskaloosa people lost their lives
IN. z. Kirk and wife, coming to
Denver from their home, fourteen
miles south, to spend the Fourth with
friends in the suburbs of the city, at.
tempted to cross a railroad track
ahead of light engine running thir,
ty-five miles al hour Their automo.
bile, new machine, stopped on the
railroad track, the auto engine prob.
ably going dead. The locomotive
struck broadside Kirk was killed
instantly, and his wife was carried a
block in the wrecked auto lying on
the pilot of the locomotive. She died
in few minutes. Every bone in her
body was crushed. Experts say Kirk
was unfamiliar with his machine and
let the engine go dead. The engineer
admits he was exceeding the speed
limit, but says Kirk had plenty of
time to cross.
"Mr.Ki was especially well known
in Iowa, being a member of one of the
pioneer families of Marshall county.
His aged father, Nathan Kirk, still
lives at Bangor
"Mr. Kirk was a native of Bangor,
and went to school in that county. He
also taught in the rural schools for
a few years. He was a graduate of
Penn college. Oskaloosa, and was
prominent for several years in the
work of the Friends church in Iowa,
serving the Iowa yearly meeting in az
educational capacity. He made a
reputation for himself in geological
work in the west, and for a few years
was engaged in the publishing bust
ness, manufacturing a loose leaf led
ger which he invented. A few years
ago he bought a ranch near Denver,
an lived here during the summer,
fish hatchery which was
bringing him good income. His
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
COFFIN
ADOPTS WIDOW
Stanton in Bad State of Affairs Over
Question Of HItching Posts.
FOURTEEN DEATHS FROM FIRE
Montezuma Man viii Die From In.
juries Received in Runaway-Mo-
torcycIist Killed While Run
ming Mile a Minute.

Fort Dodge, July S.-Special: l.. S.
Coffin, Iowa philanthropist, who re-
Gently had a sensational divorce with
his wife and only a few days ago an
|nounced that he had adopted Mrs.
Elizabeth Murray Newman, Los
Angeles widow, will have trouble in
this connection because C. v. Findlay,
of Fort Dodge, who was recently ap-
pointed his guardian, says he knows
nothing about the adoption of widows.
His daughter, Carry Coffin Rutlege. is
conducting the guardianship protest
to protect her father in his old age.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
OFF TO RIFLE SHOOT
Company F's representatives Go
te Des Moines To day.

Eleven men for pit detail and two
men of the company rife team Of
Company started for Des Moines
this afternoon in charge of Corporal
Curtis E. Van Voorhis. They go to
attend the annual spring school of
instruction in rife shooting which is
held on the state range just prior to
the annual small arms competition
every spring.
The tryouts for the company team
have been completed and Capt. Brad
bury announced last evening that the
team would be made up as follows:
Capt, John c. Bradbury, LIST 1t.
Claire B. Arnold, End 1t. George w.
Hoar, Corp. Curtis E. Van Voorhis,
Pvt. Walter Gable and Pvt. Thomas
q. Eisiminger. ~.
Four of these men are old men on
the team and the other two are in the
same class. With this team the
company should make very credit
able showing in the competition.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Fourteen Deaths From Fire.

Des Moines, July Special: The
report of the state fire marshal, just
made public, shows that fourteen per-
sons were killed by fire in Iowa dur
ing the first six months of the present
year. Eight of the deaths, according
to the report, were due to careless
ness in handling gasoline or kerosene.
The report shows an increase of one
death over the last six moths of last
year One of the deaths was due to
burning hair combings, a woman's
clothing catching fire with fatal re-
suits. Although the report does not
contain Fourth of July accidents. the
fire marshal is of the opinion that
saner Fourth was observed this year
than any previous year in a long time.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
AVIATION EXHIBITION
First Airship Flights in 0skaloosa
Saturday and Sunday.

Frank Castory, a most daring avia-
tor, gave thrilling exhibition of his
art at the fair grounds Saturday and
Sunday afternoons. The attendance
on both occasions was only fair, but
nevertheless Aviator Castory made
some brilliant flights.
The air on both occasions was still,
which made the flight much easier.
Saturday afternoon he did not start
until about four o'clock on account of
the crowded conditions of the fair
grounds fence. 1t was necessary for
the police officers to compel all spec
tators to get off the fence before Cas-
tory would fly. His manager would
not take any chances of injuring spec
tators.
Hundreds of people in buggies
crowded the road on the east side of
the fair grounds and it was also ne
cessary for these people to vacate be-
fore the fight could be made. The
one flight made on Saturday afternoon
was we'll worth the price of admission.
The attendance Sunday afternoon was
much larger, Castory made two
flights. Both exhibitions were thrill
ing. In descending to the earth after
the last fight, Castory struck the
fence surrounding the race track and
tore off a rudder.
| Motorcycle races and novelty auto
race by Don p. Mcclure attracted the
attention of the crowd before and af-
ter the flights. Don P. Mcclure in
his Green Dragon car held the crowd
breathless while making several trips
around the half mile course at terrific
clip. The motorcycle races Sunday
afternoon were also very interesting.
MotorcycIist Injured.
Wilbur Johnson, colored, a motor
,cyclist who was trying out his ma
chine over this course, met with an
accident just before the race that will
incapacitate him for some time. He
had just completed a two-mile lap
when the accident occurred. He was
travelling at rate of about thirty
miles an hour when he lost control of
his machine and crashed into a large
gate leading to the race track. The
gate was torn from its hinges and the
rider was thrown several feet. He
was rushed to the Williams hispital,
where his injuries were cared for. A
large, deep cash was cut over the
right arm. He received several other
painful cuts about the body. The
machine was wrecked.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
CHICAGO DAMAGED BY STORM
WESTERN PORTION OF TOWN HAS
FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL.
No Loss Of Life Reported, but Money
Loss Is Heavy-Many Base
ments Flooded.

Chicago, July S.-Damage aggregat.
ing 100000 was caused Sunday by a
severe electric storm which swept
over Chicago. Twelve houses were
struck by lightning and there were
forty-two alarms received by the fire
department during the progress of the
storm, which continued several hours.
Many thousand easements were flood
ed and fire engines were sent to pump
out the water in number of instan-
.ces. In one downtown manufacturing
plant the basement was flooded with
six feet of water and a large stock of
goods damaged
In the Ghetto on the west side hun
dreds of Easements were flooded and
families were driven into the streets
by the water
Lightning struck a large tenement
house at 1854 West Lake street and
twenty families were driven into the
street by the fire that followed.
II Is estimated that FIVE inches of
rain fell in two hours. At several
street intersections on the west and
south sides trolley wires were blown
down and traffic delayed for several
hours. In Cicero, Chicago Lawn and
other western suburbs the streets
were flooded with three feet of water.
The downpour in the western sub
urbs was specially heavy and coasid.
cradle property damage was reported
in Oak Park, haywood, Forest Park
and Lagrange.
No loss of life was reported to the
police
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
ACCIDENTS AT DURFEE.
Frank Messner Caught in Moyino
Belt Luckily Escapes Death.

Two accidents occurred at the Dur
fee mine last Monday morning, Meth.
err fatal, although It was a narrow es.
cape for one of the men that was in.
jured. .'
Frank Messner, of Hamilton, who
works as a blacksmith and general
handy man, was caught in a moving
belt and thrown violently to the floor,
striking his head and side on a con.
crete base. 1t was mere luck that
he was not thrown into the belt and
carried around with 1t, but all injur.
les suffered we're cut head, two ribs
broken, and badly bruised body.
His injuries are dangerous and it is
hard to tell now whether or not they
are fatal.
A Slav miner received a cut on the
head and bruise on his shoulder, be.
ing struck with a chunk of coal. His
injuries are not serious.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Runaway Victim May Die.

Montezuma, July Especial: Will
lam Bryan, aged so, was seriously
and perhaps fatally injured here Sat
urday by runaway team. The team
broke loose from hitchrack and ran
into a group of men watching the
building of a new grain elevator. o.
c. King, of the company, was knock
ed down and Mr.. Bryan was picked
up in some unknown manner ad car
ried to gasoline engine nearby, the
team knocking the engine over on
him. badly cruising his side and skull
He is not expected to live.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Motorcyclist Killed.

Dubuque. July Especial: Frank
Cody, aged rs years, of Waterloo, was
killed in the first of the professional
motorcycle races at Nutwood park
Sunday afternoon. Cody's machine
collided with a rivals and he was
pitched forward and run over. The
accident happened directly in front
of the grand stand, the racers having
attained speed of mile a minute
A fracture of the base of the skull
was the immediate cause of death
Cody had been racing as profession
al for three years.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
serIousIy Hurt hx Bees.

Joe Buckus, a young man who is
working as a farm hand at Maple.
hurst near Keota had an encounter
with swarm of bees Friday evening.
He and another young man were help
ing Sam Singmaster hive a swarm of
bees which had settled on a post in
the yard. While at work they were
stung several times, but while the
others were not seriously affected,
Joe was soon taken violently Ill and
went into spasms In very short time.
A physician was called and remained
with the young man several hours
before he was considered out of dan
ger,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
OAK KNOLL CELEBRATION.
Their Picnic On the Fourth Was Ar
Occasion Of Much Enjoyment.

The Oak Knoll Grange held a pic
mic July 4th at the grove two and
one-half miles from Oskaloosa on the
Knoxville road. They had the grounds
very beautifully decorated. The
crowd attending was so large that it
could not all be accommodated in the
grove. A very fine program was Civ,
en- and greatly enjoyed by all present.
l.. T. Shangle, F. w. Else, Rev.
Alexander McFerran, Rev. McCle[
land and Rev. Deadman ali made inter.
esting talks. That of Mr.. Shangle be-
ing of the Grange from Grange point
of view was especially we'll received.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
!. o. A. SHORT LINE.
Mile Posts Up From oskaIoosa ia
Stgourney and Knoxville.

DR. J. G. Roberts has placed the
mile posts on the l. o. A. Short Line
between Oskaloosa and Sigourney,
and Robert Ramsay has done like
wise between Oskaloosa and Knox
vile. Practically every mile of road
along the entire line from Davenport
through Muscatine, Washington, Sig.
Quincy, oskaloosa, Knoxville, India,
nola and Winterest to Council Bluffs
has now been marked and the road
is in good shape all along. The maps
and guide books of the route will
soon be ready for distribution.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11

winters were spent in Denver.
"Mr. Kirk was born at Bangor
Sept 81, 1870, Ihe Youngest son of
Nathan and the late Abigail Winery
Kirk. His marriage, at Denver, took
place on July 20, 1899, his wife being
Miss Linnie X. Myers, formerly of
Oskaloosa. Mrs. Kirk was a native
of Mclean, Ill.,, where she was born
Sept. %, 1870. The couple had one
child, a daughter, bigail, who was
born Aug. 49,, 1906, and died eleven
days later. 1t is beside this little
one, in Fairmont cemetery, Denver,
that the bodies of the parents are to
rest"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
BANK ROBBER
SHOT TO DEATH
YOUTH MAKES DESPERATE FIGHT
He Wounds Three Men In a Bold Ef.
fort To Make His Getaway AZ.
ter Shooting Cashier and TAX
ing $500 In Currency.

Mount Pleasant, Ia. July 6.-Spe
cial: One boy is dead and three mel
are wounded as the result of the rob
berry of the bank at Rome, sever
miles west Of Mount Pleasant, yester
day afternoon.
The dead
Charles Clark, Is years old.
The wounded:
j. N. Heilmann, cashier, sho
through left arm; will recover.
j. J. O'Loughlin, shot between
shoulders; condition serious.
William Basham, shot through alb
domen; will recover.
The robbery was the most darins
Henry county ever has known. JUS
as Hetlmann, the cashier of the banl
at Rome, was balancing his books a.
o'clock, Charles Clark walked to the
cashiers desk with leveled revolv
er. Throw up your hands," he said
Keeping his gun pointed at Heilmann
Clark climbed over the railing in
front Of the desk and picked up $500
in currency. AS he backed out Of
the door he shot Heilmann through
the left arm.
Rushing to buggy which haC
been hitched in front of the bank, he
drove directly through the town ant
started for the rough country south
Of Rome. The rig belonged to g
Mount Pleasant liveryman. CLARK
drove the horse as fast as 1t could run
A general alarm was given over the
telephone lines, and soon a dozen
automobiles loaded with armed mer
were rushing towards Rome. Two
automobiles started from Rome, and
they were the first to reach Clark
who had reached the hills eight miles
south Of the town.
The boy abandoned the horse and
took to the fields, but he was sur
rounded and a running fight took
place. Hundreds of shots were fired
and finally Clark fell, shot to death.
Clark was we'll known in Rome. He
formerly was employed on a Burling
ton section gang, but for the last two
weeks had been working on the
Hsyes-Hemming elevator as labor
er. His mother has been dead a good
many years, and 1t is not known where
his father is. He made his home with
his grandfather, John Shaffner.
The body of Clark was brought tc
Mount Pleasant. Shaffner identified
the body of his grandson.
For the past three years, Charley
has been working on the railroad,
the old man said. when his mother
died, we took him into our home. He
would have been 16 years old next
October, although he was large fol
his age, and many thought he was
older.
He was a good boy" continued the
grandfather, between his sobs, "but
he always would read dime novels. He
used to sit up until midnight reading
the, and l reckon he has read a
thousand"
The boy had four revolvers witt
him, and he fired and reloaded repeat
eddy before he fell A dozen bullets
entered his body, hole in his hear
indicating the one that caused his
death. The money was found in hif
pockets.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
After the Files,

The fly swatters have been keeping
busy, all kinds of traps have been
placed where they will do the most
good. and a marked improvement is
noted as far as the fly nuisance is
concerned. A few years ago the fly
was looked upon as necessary evil,
to be borne with all possible patience.
The change again demonstrates what
people can do when they get together.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Stole Sisters Horse.

Iowa City, July S.-Special Henry
Newton, of Waterloo. was arrested
here late Saturday night charged with
stealing horse from his companion.
Mrs. Elsie Hanson. who is Newton's
wife's sister. He was given thirty
days in Jail. Mrs, Hanson and New
ton have been travelling in a covered
wagon. Saturday she got word her
sister was dead and while she was
gone Newton took the horse and de-
parted. but was captured.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Orphans Home Gets $500.

The board of managers of the
orphans home at Stanton in Mont.
gomery county, has just received
$500, less about SIG inheritance tax
that went to the state law of Illinois.
The man who made the gift was John
l.. Larson a bachelor, who formerly
lived in Scranton.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-11
Miner Run Down.

Des Moines, July Special: John
Horn, aged 40. a coal miner was run
down and killed on the Rock Island
train at 1880 this morning while on
his way to work and the body badly
mutilated. Horn lived with his family
at Both and Maury streets and was
we'll known among union mines.