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The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12
THANKSGIVING OBSERVANCE

| There is nothing perfunctory or
platitudinous about the Presidents
recent call to the people of the Unit
ed States to observe one of the most
distinctive of the national holidays"
says the Christian Science Monitor
he proclamation is not married by
cant or by Pharisaism. If certain
privileges of unchanged position. at
a time when sister nations are assail-
/ ed, are claimed, 1t Is only to assert
that the privileges carry with them
moral duties of a kind such as were
never laid on the nation before. 4 he
whole emphasis of the homily is on
the text that much will be required
from people TO whom so much has
been given. The call is to use the day
not for feasting and domestic Joy and
reckoning up the stores that are in the
barns and warehouses so much as
for a deeper comprehension OF the
nations present and future role in
shaping pacific course of world his.
| tory
Such use Of the day will be con.
sonant with it's origin and finer ira.
ditions. Much OF the best ethical i'm
pulse Of the early New England folk
came from the way In which large loo
al, state, national and international
issues were dealt with by the clergy
on days set apart by civil rulers for
worship. Their descendants where
ever they have gone have continued
the custom, SO that 1t would be diff
cult to overestimate the educational
values Of recurring Thanksgiving days
In shaping the moral ideas of citi-
Zens. OF course in q remarkable way
this holiday has conserved the ideal
OF home-home-making, homek keeping
and homecoming. II has had its idyl-
lie holiday aspects as q day when
sons and daughters come back to sit
under the family roof-tree and to show
reverence and gratitude for parental
love and wisdom bestowed upon them
in childhood. Nor are there any signs |
Of overlooking or undertaking this
phase OF the festival.
The same cannot be said OF the
more religious and ethical uses of the
day Popular concentration OF atten-
lion on sports and on physical pleas
lres OF late years has not been with
put its effect; and II the President,
through his serious and elevated mes
'age. succeeds In impressing the pub
&c With some OF the higher uses OF
be DAY and the hour, be VIII have +,
lone Well, American youth, we believe
hist nov more need to pee Nov 2e I
or the purpose set forth n the PFes-
dent's proclamation than they pRen
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4
Men marched to sound Of fife and
drum a"s 81
And rifle bullets deadly hum,
With Grinding crash Of bursting
bomb,
Far flashed Krupp's red artillery
On Belgian plains at dawn of day
The morning sun shone cold and gray
Der fienls where stiffened corpses lay
Mangled by. Krupp's artillery.
When finally comes the reckoning day
A thunderous voice from the clouds
will say:
Take Zeppelin and Krupp to Hades
Together with Krupp's artillery."
In the meantime the cruel war
grinds on.
Many believe it will last from three
TO five years. Certainly not less than
three.
You viii want 10 read the war news
with comfort and satisfaction.
No one fits glasses Ike Arnold.
Mo 1lassee so easy and comfort
able. Not q doctor In Office every
day but Sundays4 5es al y
From this time on,i incney paid for
eIaaHfA not satlslafs osY swill ha Fe
fslFned
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12
OLD Linen CAMPAIGN

Commander E. c. Booth of the Sal
walton army is nothing If she is not
practical. She has determined that the
Salvation Army In the United States
and its friends shall have their part in
the alternating of the sufferings of the
wounded in both the German camp
and the allies. The Salvation Army is
In a peculiar sense interested because
they have literally thousands of their
own numbers on the firing line en-
gagged there as soldiers in the various
armies or In Red Cross or Relief
Work, while some are military chap
lains, so that whatever army wins
the Salvation Army loses.
The awful condition prevailing in
Europe and the terrible dearth Of all
kinds Of hospital supplies, especially
bandages, pads, and linen generally
has led Miss Booth TO inaugurate in
every leading city in America an "Old
Linen Campaign" The need is so
enormous and urgent that 1t Is hoped
that not only the Salvationists them
selves, but ladies' clubs, fraternal so
cieties, schools, churches. and in fact
everybody win undertake TO do some
thing
One cannot think without horror
OF the thousands wounded In even
one Of these campaigns. In our own
Civil War our northern ladies and
those splendid southern matrons and
their daughters took their very best
linen and worked almost day and
night In making bandages, and why
mot let us all join the Salvation Army
In this effort and. do It without delay?
One writer states, sPromptitude is
the greatest kindness. In nearly ey.
cry home there Is old linen. sheets, |
pillow cases, table cloths. napkins, |
towels handkerchiefs. and other !,
things that might be made up into
handages. All linen should be thor
oaghly washed before being sent.
Contributions OF old linen. etc. should I
be sent 10 The Salvation Army. This
win be made up into pads and Uand-
l&es Of regulation Ska and forward I!
q tc New York for shipment Art
aneemenfa have been made With the
hlpplng companies f0r free transit
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12
THE OFFICIAL COUNT
Very Few Changes Are Made In
Election Returns.

The board of supervisors today
completed the official canvass OF the
election figures as they were compu-
ed by the various precinct boards
last week. Very few errors of any
consequence were detected by the
supervisors and none OF them were
.of sufficient moment to make any
change in the final results. The hg~
ures on the county and state candiI
dates were checked yesterday and
all that remained Ito be done TO-DAY
was to canvass the. vote on the su+
preme and district court judges and
to go over the jury lists which are
made a part of the returns on the
poll books. .t. e.. a,@. D..
The biggest changes made by the
board in the figures on tae county
offices were in the returns on auditor
and attorney. In the canvass OF the
figures of auditor, Rowland lost 10
from the semi-official count and
Briggs gained 4, while in the check
ing of the attorney figures, Mccoy
was given a gain of IA. These chag-
es made no difference in the final re-
suit, except to lessen the pluralities
of the successful candidates. Sever
al other minor errors of from one to
ten votes were detected in the check
ing. .....-. -.. .-.
The official figures for the, various
county offices are as follows:
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12
BETHEL.

Earl and Perrin Moore, who have
been at Great Falls, Montana, for
several months past, returned last
Friday. Everyone glad to see the
boys back. On Sunday A. Forsyth
and family and the Moore boys au'
toed to Ottumwa to visit at the For
Syth home.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Coffin and Mr..
and Mrs John Moore, of Oskaloosa,
spent last Sunday at the Pearl Mat
thews home
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Hunter were
Abba callers last Friday.
Rev. E. Nichols, of near Des
Moines, filled his regular appoint
ment on last Sunday.
The Bethel Aid met at the. Pearl
Matthews home last Thursday About
sixteen were present and an after
noon lunch was served. viii meet
next time with Mrs. Moore Hill, TAX
ing well-flled baskets and spending
the day on Dec. 3. Everybody invit-
ed to come and help a good cause.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. T. Davis, of
Whitsburg, visited over Sunday with
relatives near Oskaloosa, Mrs. Davis
remaining for. longer visit. Mr..
and Mrs. John Close taking them
over in the car Saturday evening.
The Bethel Aid Siciety will have
a bazaar and oyster supper on Dec.
II. Proceeds go towards the new
church.
Quite an accident occurred last
Sunday evening which might have
turned out quite serious. Mr.. and
Mrs. Bert Lewis and little sons, of
Abba, were coming out to Bethel to
church when in making a bridge they
struck a rut and turned over the car
out near the JudsOn Kerr home Mrs
Lewis was pinned under the car and
had to be dug out. DctOrs were sum,
moned and only slight bruises were
received by the rest. But latest re-
ports say Mrs. Lewis is not consider.
cred serious.
Nov. IL. BLACK EYES.
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A Big LEGISLATIVE Fight
Report Of Reform and Retrenchment
- Committee Proposes Some
Drastic Changes

Des Moines, Nov. 1.-THE biggest
light of the next session OF legislat.
lire will be precipitated as result OF
the proposition adopted this after
noon by the reform and retrenchment
COMMITTEES appointed by the 1912
legislature, report OF the subcom.
mittee revolutionizing, hte admins
tration Of the, state businesses The
subcommittee headed by Senator 10.
seph Allen Of ,Poeohontas county met
Tor chort time this morning. The
proposed resolution does away with
the state. executive committee and
substitutes commission consisting
o fthe governor and three commission
ers selected by him. This would place
the business of the state in the hands
Of one man, the governor. instead OF
as. 1t now Is In the hands of com
mittee composed Of the governor, the
state auditor. sec. of state and treas.
Of state.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12
Parsons q - Penn O.

Parsons proved a big stumbling
block In the path OF the Penn eleven
Friday afternoon at Fairfield and sent
the Quakers down to defeat by. a score
OF Il to o.. The Penn team was clearly
of color during the fray and. showed
scarcely a semblance of the form ex.
hibited in the State Teachers mix two
weeks ago. Parsons plugged the line
and Circled the ends with equal facil-
ity although at flashes, the Quakers
would rally and outplay them for a
couple OF minutes, only to soon let
down again and permit the procession
to go on. The Parsons backs were
speedy and the entire team fought
.fiercely from the first whistle. Zeigler
was their big ground7gaiper,s but he
had splendid interference ~ for his
runs. ,.,.., ~, ,...(r Ii .,,.,
Parsons tailed the FIRST 0counters a
few minutes after the beginning of
second quarter by taking the ball
on downs on the Penn, 30 yard. line
and smashing over. ~ they scored
again in the third session, when Zeig,
Ter circled the right end OF his line.
and ran seventy yards for a touch
down. The third set Of counters
came in the final quarter when a,
Penn punt was blocked on the Quak-
ers 20 yard line and Casgatt picked IL
out of the air and skooted over the
line with 1t. Yount kicked all the
goals. ~a1"s..E .u fDvlsaaE.. ,.
Blocked punts we're a big factor in
the Penn defeat. Five times during
the game ONE of the Parsons men
broke through and blocked a Penn
punt, losing much ground for the
Quakers every, time, and being re-
sponsible for one, touchdown, Fum-
bles we're also costly but hurt the two
teams to an equal extent. Penalties
were exceptionally frequent but were
also evenly divided. Each team was
penalized total of So yards during
the mix. Ii%gs = tl rGI
A delegation of about fifty rooters
supported the Penn eleven from the |
The greater portion of
Them went down from here In cars =
s,,a t1eqfs& sGAg asAtFN@s j
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!: The Public Sales
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Herman tWestercamp and Lester
Butler

6uEIeF
will sell at Public Auction at the
Herman Westercamp farm, miles
northwest of Oskaloosa, on Friday,
Nov. 20, at 10 o'clock sharp, two
year-old black mules; l gray mare 4
years old, extra good worker, weight
1850; bay mare, years old, extra
good worker, weight 1850; 20 steers,
2 years old, without horns, twelve
black and red, have been on full feed
about 30 days; So yearling steers,
black and red, extra good quality; II
yearling heifers, all bred; extra good
black COW, years old, to be fresh
sOCn; extra good Jersey COW, fresh
about time OF sale, years old; 8
year old COW giving milk, will give
all winter; Durham bull; black bull;
16 extra good calves running with the
cows; rs head spring shoats, good
ones; % gifts, more or less; 2 year
ling sows, cholera immune; all gifts
and sows are open; Deering binder,
S-foot cut; Kemp's Manure spreader.
Free lunch at noon. Easy terms Gov
ey & Hutch, Worth & Van Zante,
Auotioneers; Ralph Butler. Clerk.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12
ROSE HILL.

| Nov. lid McClanahan, of Belle
| PLANE, was a recent visitor at Rose
Hill, where he had taught school
about seventeen years ago. and was
welcomed back by his many friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Souter attend,
ed the lEth wedding anniversary of
Mr. and Mrs. George Alderman, of
| SigourEey. the past week. ..'@
Mr.. and Mrs Robt. Currell, of
WHAT Cheer, are visiting relatives
at Rose Hill -r@. F..
Miss Blanch Lister, of Oskaloosa,
visited relatives at Rose Hill this
week.
George Browning, of Muscatine, ar
rived at Rose Hin Tuesday TO visit
in the neighborhood here, where he
70: E1erly lived.
Clyde Gatewood, of Emporia,
Kansas, Is visiting relatives at Rose
Hill ami near by. -.
Will Wachter, the lumberman. is
building new house In the south
part of town. ...
James II. ID. Goodwin has moved to
Rose Hill to the property bought of
the Warden heirs.
Harry Fowler, of the u, s.. navy,
on board the battleship San Diego,
now stationed near San Francisco,
Is here on a thirty days leave of alb
sence to visit his father, ID. ID. Fow-
Ter, who is seriously III. Harry's
four-year term will expire In March
1915. He likes the service and talks
Of Te-enlisting. M
Will Miller, solicitor for the Day-
enport Daily Democrat. was working
here the past week In the interest of
that paper.
Miss Clara Warden, OF Glenwood.
Iowa, Is visiting here with her sis +;
ter, Mrs. Joe Lister, and old time
friends.
The Ladies' Aid Society OF the
Christian church served dinner acre
on election day ut the home OF Mrs.
Frank Shafer and realized a net !,
Profit of $50.
DIR. Harry r. Carver. Of Caldwell, !
Fansas. arrived here Monday morn
Ing en- the freely, called by the ser
lous Einess OF his notherdnrlaw,
MIS- N e. Dickson.
George Stringfellow and wife, OF
Chicago. are here visiting ct tie
,orentai r. r. stringfellow home,
Elan Wylnpres 81 Laralale, Wyos,
) here visiting bia inRps gnlAtiFae a.
iose fill enc neaF M
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12

will sell at Public Auction at his
residence, mile south of Givin, on
the Lewis Roberts farm, on Tuesday,
Nov. "a, at ~ o'clock a. m, bay geld
ing, 8 years old, broke to work,
weight about 400; black gelding, 2
years old; black FLY, 2 years old,
doadster bred; 2 black filleys, year
old; l spring colt; extra good mich
cows; two giving milk, one to be
fresh soon; 8 spring heifer calves; 2
brood sows, Is spring shoats, sum
mer shoats; 20 fall pigs; farm imple-
ments. Lunch served on the ground
by the ladies of the Congregational
church of Giyin. Usual terms j. NJ.
Convey, AuctioneeF.
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-Indges an

Judges and clarks serving in
town precincts at Tuesdays election
do mot take their positions for about
again for me" Thirty eight hours and
fifteen minutes was the record on one
o fthe boards. And all this labor
without rest.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12

The impression has gained cur
reney because OF the popularity OF
the automobile, that carriages are no
longer manufactured in very great
quantities. Yet the committee on sta
tistics at the convention of the Car
rage Builders National association,
Atlantic City, N. j., showed that con-
siderably over one million horse
drawn vehicles we're built in this coun
try last year.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12

The Frankfurter Zeitung states
that a large number Of small deposit
tors have invested their savings in
the German War Loan. Two hundred
thousand subscriptions, ranging in
amounts from SIS to $50, have been
received, also TOO, 900 subscriptions
ranging from $50 to $1,000. These two
groups have yielded sum total OF
$3.50, OO0, 600.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12

There are not so many weeks be-
between US and Christmas now. Do
your planning, make your lists now
and then get busy with the shopping
at your earliest convenience, for there
are going 10 be many shoppers this
year as the season begins TO near its
END ...'
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12

Twenty years ago the Herald did
not furnish unofficial election figures
until Friday evening following the
election. Nowadays" people want
the figures before the voting has
STONED a.... ...
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12

Two governors, those Of Oregon
and Massachusetts have suspended
the hunting season this year because
OF increased danger OF forest fires
when the woods we're exceptionally
DIRE
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12

The footing of that private bank
al Stranahan is another demand for
state supervision of private banks. A
bank inspector would easily have pre-
vented the fraud.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12

The Sioux City Journal does not
understand how 23.551 women can
have incomes large enough TO be sub
ject to taxation and yet remain single.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12

Recently elected county officers
do not take positions for about
sixty days or until after the meeting
Or the Board of Supervisors in Janu.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12
MApIsoM.

Brother Dexter was out from the
City Sunday morning for Sunday
school Ut the close ofswhich he read
GalatlRns I for the morning lesson.
Hje text was tram. Gal, BE not
deceived God Is not Knocked; for
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12

esquire" viii fit nicely as title
for Uncle Billy Laffollette.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12

TO do good piece Of work salts
ies certain hunger of the mind
Edward Martin.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12

Though jolted in some Of the
states, prohibition and Woman Sum.
rage ere marching on.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12

Peach, apple and plum trees in
blossom in NoyemL sr in Iowa. That's
what we have right here at home.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12

The empty cellar is a silent ad.
monition to spray your orchard next
spring.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12
viii Build : Heme

y Dare 6HawlKlnsD has spurOhaaad e
couple .pf lots on South Magket street
and win dcarecl "a dWelliag Z thereof
next SEASON osfaA a1s
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12
Painters Are Busv.

a alliiWork, q Claiming \, paperhang-
lsVs and painters far Into the fall
RlRFpn and many are yet engaged for
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12

-Atchison Globe: One shouldn't
mistake hospitality for lease.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12

Go to church tomorrow and for,
get your troubles.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12

SubstitntIons: Mabie for Wander.
wilt, Vanderbilt for Mabie, Cassatt
for Ream. Mabie for Boguey iEWhite
for Williams. Pierce for G.sWright,
Williams for Mabie.
Summary: Touchdownssas Finch
baugh, zeigler, Cassatt. Goals from
touchdown, Yount 8. y 1tgt4 ,rss ssg
officials: Referee. Van I. Meter aeef
Iowa; umpire, Heidi of GTinnelI;s head
lineman. Wormhoudt Of Ames.
Length OF quarters: l6 minutes All
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12

Some of the Nicest. &c.,
Oskaloosa has some of the most
attractive residence streets of any
town in all Iowa. r.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12

it to play football or to take part in
cross-country runs"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12
VIM. McBurney

win sell at public auction at his resi-.
dence 6 miles east of Oskaloosa, on
Tuesday, Nov II, at 100 i'clock p.
m. gray mares, IL and IL years old,
both bred; gray mare IL years old,
safe in foali iron grey gelding, 5 yrs.
old l bay mare and / spotted mare,
5 years old; 2 bay mares, years
old; bay driving team. 8 and 10 yrs.
old; 3.yearo old gelding; 2 two-year-
old geldings; 2 yearling geldings; 3
mich cows ranging from 4 to yrs.
old; : spring calves: 2 bulls and
heifer; farm tools, hay in NOV, corn
in crib and heating stove. Usual
terms. acovey &Kutch auctioners.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-12
John ceraIey

viii sell at public sale at9his resi-
deuee on the Lou Norris farm, four
mites northeast OF Oskaloosa, on
Wednesday Nov. IS, at 1900 o'clock
l bay mare eight years old, weight
1885 pounds; black filley. years
Old. ] black gelding. years old; /
bay gelding. year old: 4 cows with
calf, three giving milk; Q heifers 10
months old; 8 spring calves; small
calves; rs spring shoats and rs sum
mer cheats. Free lunch at noon.
Usual terms. Convey & Hutch. auc-
timers; Letter Butler, clerk.
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Work for live Men TO Do

| THE nation at last has a fluid currency.
4 The medium Of exchange can readily be
| accommodated to the necessities Of commerce
and Industry we have organized and CO.
| ordnated our reserve. strengthening in this
way enormously our financial strength.
The skilled labor Of Europe has been turned
from the factories into the trenches. Tho
capital Of the old world is flowing into the
insatiate nav Of war The smoke above the
hillsides is from guns or factories making
guns Productive industry has been con-
verted into carnage. The people are unable
to procure enough for their own wants: they
have lost all their ability to supply the rest
of the world The trade for which they are
fighting they have turned loose, and there
is but one nation in the world vast enough
in its resources Of men, money and machinery
to take It,
Events have overruled the Underwood tariff
and clamped the equivalent Of a protective
tariff firmly down on our frontiers They
have thrust every competitor out of the do
mestc field. They have not only given us
back our own markets, but they have opened
up the vast areas heretofore denied us. 1t
is an Ill wind that bears no possible good in
It, and not in the history of the world, GER
tainly not since the Napoleonic wars gave us
Louisiana and the basis for extraordinary
prosperity, has such a remarkable and truly
magnificent opportunity been offered any
nation.
American genius has most emphatlcally
manifested itself heretofore in its quick
analysis of situations and prompt recognition
Of the psychological moment. The character
of the citizenship has been opposed to hesi-
tation or doubt. There must be none now.
1t is a time for men and capital to venture
boldly, to reach out into the far marts of
the world, to universalize our trade activities
and throw the vanguard OF our statesmen
across the very frontiers of civilization. There
Is no sign of contraction in the vision OF the
future. Not boom, but very real and big
logical field of development is ahead We
must accept the new responsibility whether
we wish to or not We have on our shoulders
the white mans burden, the whole trade bur-
den OF the world. We cannot leave It, we
must take 1t. That means go ahead, not
dubiously but masterfully. confidently Let
the croakers drop out; there is work for live
men to do.
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The Pre.ident and the Railroads

From the New York Evening Post.
Apart from general felicitatioR what has
been accomplished for the countrys welfare,
and on the outlook opened up by the better
spirit pervading the nation, the most note
-7orthy feature of the Presidents letter is
what he says about the situation confronting
the railroads. Special point is given to his
remarks this subject by the circumstance
that they follow Immediately upon his reference
TO the extraordinary difficulties with which the
Cotton-growers have been confronted on
count OF the war. 1.-The railroads OF the coun-
try" says the President. "are almost as much
affected not so much because their business is
curtailed as because their credit is called in
question by doubt as to their earning capacity.
There is other interest central to the
business welfare of the country this" When
he expresses his confidence that, "in the light
of the new day." the railroads will "be met
and dealt with in a spirit of candor and JUS
tice." he goes near official propriety per-
mits to expressing the conviction that, in the
determination of the pending rate question, the
Interstate Commerce Commission should take
fully into account the necessity, under existing
circumstances, of furnishing 10 the railroads
that degree OF encouragement which Is neces-
sary to the maintenance OF their enterprise and
the sustaining OF business confidence generally.
This has, according to common report, been all
along the Presidents view; but his emphatic,
though guarded, expression OF IL In the letter
to Secretary McAdoo will do much to impress
It upon the country.