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The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-19
GENEROUS DONATIONS
Much Clothing Received BY the So
cial Service League.

oskalcosa Social Service, League
under direction of Miss Hollyce
Brown, secretary, had s special "oid
clothes day" Saturday for the puT'
pose Of making 4 canvess for discard
ca and out-grown clothing that might
be fodnd about town and later dis
tributed where needed in the Work
OF the organization.
Head quarters were located IN the
police court room of the city hall. All
day long and until after the doors
were closed Saturday evening conIri-
buttons we're turned in. Some contTi-
buttons 10 the stock were made at
police headquarters yesterday, sun
Gay. Everything in the way Of clotaluS
was contributed from undertaking
f1r children TO overcoats for men.
Aiiss Brown win start the winter sea.
son with supply of the needful ar
ticles for successful work. The peo-
Die responded to the call in generous
way and the results of the days work
are fully up to the expectations or
the social workers.
Mrs. James A. Dewitt, chairman of
the social welfare work in Oskaloosa
IS well pleased with the results OF
the effort and the ready and willing
response made there by the people.
Every article received Saturday was
useful and in splendid condition, so
reports Mrs. w. A. McNeill VINO was
in charge Of the receiving station at
the Municipal building. Many of the
pieces were almost new, in fact show
ed no marks of wear.
The work of gathering the dona-
lions win possibly cover all this
week. Many people contributed pack
ages and bundles who had no way OF
getting them to the headquarters.
These the League win send for. They
have a list OF over twenty contribu-
tions of this character that VIII be
brought in during the week.
Possibly there are others who for
got about the contribution day and
who have clothing or other articles
they would contribute to the associa-
fion for use this winter in the ad-
ministration OF needed relief. Com
nunicate with the social service Of
fee, phone No. l27, .r..
Mrs. Anna Sherman is in charge OF
the once work in the absence of Miss
Brown. .t.. -- ..
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-19

ney LinenCamp have sons the past
week, who will vote their first bal!
lot in 1885, if nothing prevents.
One case of smallpox two miles
north of Delta at the home of Win
Bowen, his daughter Maggie.
Mrs. Mary Smith, of Hume, Mo,
and Mrs. John Fear, of Bala, Kan.
are visiting relatives in this vicinity
Mr.. and Mrs. Shaft returned from
their Oklahoma "trip and report an
enjoyable time while absent, but say
there is no place like Iowa.
|. G. Sparks Is the latest auto
owner at this place.
Nov l6.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-19
NEW SEWER AND ALLEY
City Council Paves The Way FCI
Two Improvements.

Oskaloopa city council hpnJled
much routine business at the regular
session of Monday evening. TWO
members, Penders and Williams, were
absent and some things that were to
come up could not be considered
with only five members present,
hence the meeting at its close ad-
journed to seven o'clock this Tues
da evening for the consideration :
the resolution of necessity looking
toward the construction OF SAM
tary sewer on j avenue West
City Solicitor. H. b. Mccoy was
instructed by motion TO proceed
with condemnation proceedings
against such property owners as re-
fuse TO grant a passageway, on rea
sonable terms, for an alley from
Fourth to Seventh streets between
Eighth and Ninth avenues. This
matter Is to have immediate atten
.tion.
Mr.. Mccoy IL also instructed tc
resist payment on the part OF tht
city for any further claims for dam
ages on account of the sewage dis
posal plant south Of town, Seyera
cases are now pending In distric
court and Mr. Mccoy viii prepare
to give trial.
About thousand and one, q
Whereabouts, other matters We're call
ed up by City Clerk r. II. Carlin
who took this opportunity Of clean
ling MS desk. Ipnumerable tax mat
tiers. adjustments OF erroneous as
tsessment, application for rebate
road and poll tax. claims Of inabilit,
land tae like were called up ant
wiped off the clerks calendar.
Sewer tappages also confronte'
The council and took up most OF tn,
thine OF the council session, but wit
1.-THE aid OF City Engineer Bridges
who was supported BY records OF hi
office, the sewer complaints wer
knocked completely out Of the box.
Report to the city council wa
made OF the proposed improvement
by the Burlington railway west .
Market, near 3 street Complain
had been made BY property owner
Iof the proposed coal chutes Tn
Ieity Is informed that the propose
locating station will be nothing NOR
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-19
delta A BUSY TOWN

Saturday, Nov. IA the Dunn garage
took up It's new quarters In the
building just completed and IT is the
finest garage in the county.
Earl Dunn has purchased the resi-
dence property of James Matthews,
and he will move to Oskaloosa.
Delta can point with pride to her
contributions to the resident .popula
ton of Oskaloosa as clear cut, wide
awake business men. Among the
number is DR. Jarvis, Geo. F. Nc
Carly, C. Ed Beman. Willis Utter
back, Emmer Matthew, of Hawkeye
Lumber Co, and now his father is
added to the list. Delta's loss is Os'
kaloosas gain.
Orland Herrick is building anew
house. Wonder II that don't mean
something?
Erwin Garrett has employment
with an interurban from Des Moines
to Boone. He was at home Sunday
| John Dunn has sold his property
and win move to Indiana, where his
boys are located and at his. old home
James Fry will have sale mex
week and will move to a farm neal
Bloomfield, owned by Mr.. Vernon
He used to live at Delta.
Morgan Hawk was born July 4
1888, in Union county, Ohio, anc
Idied Nov 8, 1914. He leaves a wife
and eight children, John A. anv
Mary Bivens, Of Des Moines; Ed
ward, Rose Hill: Della Beatty, 0
ldarwin. la: Lucy and Amanda Daw
Ison, William and Gertie Schoonover
of this place. He also has thifty-sf
grandchildren and eight greatgrand
children. Mr.. Hawk was one Of tn
early settlers Of Warren TOWNSHIP
and was well known here. He wa
"a member OF the Christian chnrcl
Size 1865 and has always lived
peaceabIe and upright life Amos
his last words we're that he wa
ready to die. Blessed are they VIII
idle In the faith
! Earl Arnold, Harold Reed and Bal
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-19
Husk Corn for Library.

Eighteen members Of the Twentieth
Century Women's Club at Carson,
huskcd the acre Of corn given to
them by Richard Tanner. AS they
we're finishing the work. 9. Killihger
told the women he had an acre OF
corn they could have also II they
would husk 1t, which they proceeded
TO do. James Fender. paid the women
one dollar a blishel for the corn. The
funds are 10 be used for the public
library
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-19
SALE OF SERUM PROHIBITED
Federal Orders Reported Stopping
Use Of Vaccine in Process Of
Manufacture, Nov. I.

Des Moines. Nov. i7.-Federal or
ders have been received at number
of serum plants in Iowa prohibiting
the sale OF any hog cholera serum
which was in manufacture Nov. J.,
according TO word received at the
state house. This Is considered a
blow TO the farmers Of the state. as
the serum supply for ighting hog
cholera has been short for several
months.
The restriction On the sale Of Sc
rum which WAS under process OF man
ufacture roy J Is supposed % be >
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-19
Diphtherla at FIagIer.

Diphtheria made its appearance in
the Flagler coal camp, four miles
east of Knoxville, last week, and has
been spreading at rate that is alarm
ing. Three homes are now quarantin.
ed, and other suspicious cases are be.
ing closely watched by therhealth an.
thorities.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-19
chanaes to state Bank

The Mapleton Bank conducted for
the past thirty-slx years as a private
bank, has filed articles OF incorpora.
ton, changing to Mapleton Trust and
Savings Bank There will be no
change In management or officers.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-19
Fair Was 4 Bio success.

The Marion Interstate Fair assoc
iation's season just passed was the
most successful since It's organization
The sec. etary reported at It's annual
meeting that the society cleared 81.
800 The old officers were rejected.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-19

has built up an enviable reputation
In Oskaloosa by supplying finest
glasses and giving skill and value to
their patrons.
They furnish quality in glasses
which creates prestige and that
Mayne Arnold is the most eXperien.
ced, successful and reliable glass
filter in Iowa, is undeniable. His
skillful work in perfect adjustment
of glasses has created a confidence
that cannot be shaken. .-....
Money back If not satisfied.
Office every day but Sunday.
Not doctor.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-19

than a platform twenty feet by forty,
and the fuel buckets will be handled
by crane. No action on the matter
was taken by the council.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-19
FOOT BALL
ottumwa VIII BE Game.

Ottupwa Wins BIG Game.
oskaleosa high school lost aer an
nnal gridiron scrap with Ottumwa
high school Saturday afternoon on
Penn Held BY score Of rs Ia Z. A
perfect football setting formed .
background for tbs classic event,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-19
OttuInwa.

Summar - Touchdowns, Erskine,
oldham, Shea (2). Goal from touch
down, Larimer.
CfIeiaIs- Referee, Bowen, Of Iowa.
Umpire, Wilson, of Drake. Headlines
mau, Haynes, of Penn. Length of
quarters, 10 minutes.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-19

and club work and In charitable insti,
tutions and the hospitality OF the
tree and open. Mrs. Baker was a most
estimable woman and her passing is
regretted. One daughter Mrs Mar
garet Rominger survives.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-19

BURKE-WARRING - Mr.. Mike
Burke and Miss Hattie Warning, of
Marshalltown, were united in mar
rage at IL o'cvlock Friday at the Of
fee of Justice Dave B. Hawkins who
officiated in the ceremony. The groom
is a former Oskaloosa resident and
Is well known here.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

There is some talk of repair
ing the window in The GAZETTE
office so it will open without
blasting and so forth, but labor
is scarce, despite the talk of
the unemployed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
BCSCCM BnCS

Bill Gus Strohmeier. the Hub 5
(Boston'sp best advt'd bottlepool
plavr and schoolmaster, has NOV 4
from Burton st. to NEW TON,
where the Night Cars still go the
WRONG way to.
Tom Lawson and the Adamscs
are away from there tins W. k.
season, which is why bus. is 50 dull
in Scituate.
We was glad Benz. +. Felt got
his new job last Tues, and, besides,
we know Just how Ben Felt too.
EDDIE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
BROOKLYN BITS

public & all Others who may be M
tcrested: any act Of We Bklyn cor
SCISSORS striking for a
RAISE is commonplace and has
been done so often (& with great
success. too0 during the last > yrs
that it would be monotonous II we
did it again besides costing Editor
Adams lot Of worry IN putting
4 RAISE through like he would
have to if we did strike), therefore
the reason why no news items APP
pear this wk. is not because we-haVe
quit until we get RAISE. be
cause we have not. though we think
we have earned RAISE at that
No. the reason is that Editor
Adams has not offered US a md
summer vacation, like he should
but Says, You have go. Ito wait I'M
til the latter part OF next mo-
(Aug.) or the first part Of the fol-
lowing mo. Sept For several
wks The GMETTE'S Boston corr
Eddie. did not have any bits IN.
thergh they was not Missed at
that. Nor did Manor Halls
Whisperings fromWestchester APP
pear~for some time, not even his
july ~ poem being printed
which many was glad of, We Bklyn
cor. having better /, say we. The
: is. is it not natural to suspect that
Editor Adams gave Eddie x
Manor Hall summer vacations,
though the hard-laboring Bklyn
cor. SCISSORS, whose Bits
are responsible for much OF tins
papers circulation, must work all
through the heated solstice. accord
inc to Editors Adams apparent
expectations. Before we send IN
any more Bklyn Bits, how about
that. Editor Adams Did Eddie
and Manor, Hall get vacations or
was they sick or something, which
# they was then that IS different
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19

Well, it looks like as though
the Giants would win the pen
nant again. but we are not
going to bet against them in the
world series. We bet aginst
them last year and won plenty
Of bets but We bet with a lot of
bum sports who don't settle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19

William Waldorf Aston a
Gotham boy who moved abroad
and went into the neMspaPer
bus. in London has offered his
Pail Mall Gazette for sale. We
do 1T want il Bill having all
We can tend towithone Gazette.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
could nave permanent vacations for
all most BkIvn readers would care.
(signed)~ SCISSORS.
BELMAR BRIEFS.

John Elliott jenkins he Of whom
we have spoke as Bill Hyannls-
ports only poet has gone back there
after spending last Sunday here rs
we exclusively announced. 49,
Bert Smith who elped swell
Vern Castles dividends last winter
was Il pleasant swimmer here last
week. Bert is doubtless better as
a dancer than an swimmer say we.
Frank Sheridan took the fatal
leap yesterday (got married j.
Here is our q Frank and bet
ter p.
Miss Mildred Hunter the cele-
.brated tennis and piano player told
us a good joke yesterday. winch
we will when the G.. w. G.. starts
comic section send in.
Thanks to We Eds. kind remark
of some time since, We corr. has ac-
cepted "A position with the Coast
Gas Co. Of here. Thanks Ed.
Ground for Andy Carnegie'S
new public library was broken last
week. STAS.
g. BCSCCM BnCS |,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19

Art VIM. Brown, Grace
husband. was out to the Polo
Grounds Wednesday to see Kid
Gleason who he has to draw
pictures of every little while
for Ring Lardners stories.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
Pop Taylor says

Pop Taylor says that the
warn that 4. c. Doyle has writ
ten about Sherlock HOlmes for
the Sunday \. y. Tribune is a
wonder. Pop knows good stuff
when he sees it, too. being the
first magazine editor to accept
We eds offerings.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19

Maurice Mclaughlin of San
Francisco arrived here Tues
day. On page i of this issue
will be found a picture of the
tennis racket he is going to use
when he plays for the cham
; p,iionship.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19

Ground for Andy Carnegie 5
new public library was broken last
week. STAS.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-12-17
Surrounded By A Railroad.

Paw Paw, West Virginia, is the only
town in the United States entirely sur-
rounded by railroad. With the COM
pletion OF the Magnolia cutoff, two
double-track lines OF the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad pass around Paw Paw. A
complaint about inadequate shipping ia
cilitieS is therefore regarded as a remote
possibility.
The town is typical "boom town."
in that its growth has taken place since
the coming OF the railroad construction
gangs, numbering several thousand men
and their families, some Is months ago,
when the work was started. The town
has developed along modern lines under
the direction OF railroad engineers, who
bored artesian wells TO secure pure water
supply. provided school, houses, churches
and community clubs.
The railroad force is about TO break
camp, and this big industrial army which
blazed the way OF modern progress will
move on "to God knows where" as the
poet has written but on the other hand.
many OF the families will remain per-
manently in Paw Paw, so that in after
years their experiences during the days
when the railroad came through will be
a part of the tradition of the place.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-12-17
Military Strategy.

In letter to the Army and Navy Jour
nal, a retired army officer says that no
intelligent soldier will fire dumdum or
an explosive bullet at the enemy, for they
both kill. The object of the rifleman is
not TO kill an enemy, but TO wound him.
"a dead man is simply one soldier lost
from his army. He is not a burden TO
anyone. A wounded soldier must be
taken care Of. -Four wounded soldiers
must have an ambulance with two horses
and an able bodied soldier driver.
Thirty wounded soldiers must have a
surgeon, a hospital steward, and ten or
dozen able-bodied soldiers TO aid the
doctor and wait upon and nurse the
wounded men. The ambulances block
the roads and delay the troops, especially
the artillery and the supply wagons.
When man is hurt everyone is anxious
to get him at once TO doctor. If the
troops on the firing line are not well dis
ciplined, and soldier is wounded, there
will be three or four soldiers who are
willing and anxious TO carry him to the
rear. For every soldier wounded, the
firing line loses four soldiers, and hum
dred wounded means that four hundred
men are lost TO the firing line, for they
never rejoin their regiment until the bat
lie is over"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-12-17
Mercury And The War.

Quicksilver has risen from S35 TO 500
or more a flask (seventy-five pounds &.
According TO the Mining World, that is
by far the highest price for mercury in
modern times. The annual production is
about 4,l0O metric tons. The United
States and Austria Hungary produce each
about one-sixth of this amount, Italy a
little more, and Spain nearly one-third.
The war in Europe has shut off the Aus
trian supply, and made il difficult to trans
port the product OF Italy and Spain. II
has also caused a greatly increased de-
mand for mercury, which is now princi-
pally used in the manufacture OF illuminate
for explosive caps. Mercury is also used
extensively in drugs and medicaments,
and in thermometers and instruments
OF precision. Formerly considerable
amount of quicksilver was consumed in
silvering mirrors, and in the amalgama-
ton process OF extracting gold and silver
from their ores but mirrors are now
silvered with nitrate OF silver, and the
cyanide process has virtually supplanted
the amalgamation process in metallurgy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-12-17

The correspondent Of the London Post,
who has just returned from Rheims, tele-
graphs from Paris that the insurance COM
panies estimate the damage to Rheims at
$500, 10000. More than twelve hundred
civilians were killed in the streets and
houses during the months bombardment.
About one-founh OF all the buildings
were destroyed. The most severe dam
age was in the best portions OF the city,
where the finest and most historic build
ings are located. The cathedralis ruin.
Forty thousand OF the city's population Of
a quarter of million still remain, mostly
living in cellars.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-12-17
petrograd The Stronghold of.peter.

In the centre of Admiralty Square.
within the shadow of Kszan Cathedral,
stands the equestrian statue of Peter the
Great, founder of ST. Petersburg, "the
City OF Cars" Perched on huge granite
rock that weighs fifteen thousand tons. the
monument OF Peter surveys the dream
he conceived, whose name Car Nicholas
has changed from "Sankt Petersburg, !"
10 Petrograd, in his effort TO purge the city
from IFS teutonic name.
That little peninsula was dreary,
marShy waste, surrounded BY thickets and
forests, and Inhabited by few Finnish
fishermen. On one OF the islands COM
manding the entrance OF Lake Lsdoga,
the Swedes maintained strong fortress.
Peter the Great, realizing the advantages
of the position, waged arelentless war tor
the possession of these little islands. In
1903 the Swedes were driven from the
fortress, and, even before peace was eS-
tablished, Peter gave orders for the erec-
ton OF the city, which he named after his
patron saint.
The building and maintenance OF St.
Petersburg mark continuous struggle
with nature. The soil is marsh so deep
and spongy that a solid foundation in
many places can only be attained by a
subterranean scaifolding OF piles. The
highest spot OF the city is not more than
fifteen feet above the sea. The weather
is severe-bitter froSts in winter and
scourging heat iE summer. For six
months each year the Neva is frozen
solidly.
An old legend has If that after Peter the
Great chose the site OF Petrograd, he
noticed a heavy ring above the trunk OF a
tree. He turned to one of the Finnish
fishermen who stood near, and asked him
TO explain the meaning OF it,
"That," replied the fisherman, "iS the
spot to which the floods OF the Neva
reached last spring"
"You're mad" shouted Peter. "Youre
mad II can't be II is impossible !"
II was not long, however, before ne
was convinced of the truth OF the fisher
mans statement. One year after the
work on the city had begun, the western
winds drove the water from the Gull OF
Finland down to the Neva.
In 17l2 the floods were so severe thai
Peter the Great nearly lost bis life.
Thousands of people died, and The city
was nearly destroyed. Peter, however,
was undismayed by the misfortune, and
urged on the work more eagerly than ever.
Every building had to be constructed in a
manner suited to the dignity OF national
capital, and ST. Petersburg was proclaim
ed the capital OF Russia.
Notwithstanding the beauty OF the city,
the people for many years could not ac-
custom themselves to regard il las The cap
ital. BY centuries OF tradition they had
come 10 look on Moscow as the only
capital Russia ever could possess. II is
an interesting fact that none Of Russia's
poets have even spoken OF the city as any
thing but Petrograd.
II was Pushkin who, bemoaning the
fate OF Moscow, said. Before the new
capital, Petrograd, Moscow bows her
head as an imperial widow bows before
young czarina."