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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26
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LONGEVITY IN IOWA.

Mr. and Mrs. John Quincy White,
OF Fremont, celebrated their seven
tieth wedding anniversary Sunday,
February s, 1914, and are still enjoy
ing fair health. The husband is
ninety years. Of age, and the good
wife eighty-five, and they have lived
at or near Fremont sixty-fve years.
Somehow says the Burlington
Hswk-Eye, the boosters of the town
and the county ought to find this fine
old couple a valuable asset The
Iowa boosters seem to overlook many
Of the best bets. They seem to pay
no attention whatever to the Iowa
climate. whereas California. with
little else to bank upon, has realized
enormously on climate which aver
aging up the twelve months OF the
year is not as good as that OF Iowa
Nor is it SO healthy, so invigorating.
There are more people who have
passed the age allotted to man and
are still in their prime. right here in
Iowa, than anywhere else under the
sun. Our boosters ought to take
note of such things They may dis
cover eventually, that the average
human being is interested, beyond
everything else, in preserving his or
her own health and in living a little
longer than he or she has a reason.
able right to expect"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26
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NATIONAL BALLADS.

A national search. for old ballads
has been inaugurated by the United
States Bureau of Education. Con.
yinced that many OF the English and
Scottish popular ballads OF olden
times still survive in the United
States, and that immediate steps are
necessary 10 rescue them from obliv.
ion, the Bureau has commissioned
Prof. c. Alphonso Smith, Of the Uni.
yersity Of Virginia, prominent folk.
lore investigator, to institute a ma.
tion-wide search for versions OF these
old ballads that once helped to mold
the character Of the men and women
who made up the larger part of the
Colonial population of this country.
A list of 305 of the ballads, all that
are known to exist, has been distrib
uted to teachers and others by the
Bureau OF Education. Those who re
eeive the lists are asked to indicate
whether they or. their friends know
any Of the ballads. The plan is to
start n ballad collection for each
state, so that state folklore societies
may be encouraged to take up the
work and preserve body Of valuable
popular literature that threatens Ia
become extinct
Among the ballads for which sur
yivals are sought are: Robin Hood,
The Beggar-Laddie. Benny Barbara
Allan, The Crafty Farmer. Durham
Field. The Earl OF Mars Daughter.
Fair Annie. Johnnie Armstrong; Last
Goodnight. Ladie Isabel and the Elf
knight. Child Maurice, The Lass Of
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26
FEED THE BIRDS,

Don't ever burn crust OF bread
Ii you have no other use for it, throw
it out doors and let the birds eat it. "
That was a rule of his household in
sisted upon by a good old man Of
Iowa. now dead. but who. through all
his long life, was an ardent lover OF
the birds. Ii is rule that should be
adopted in every family. The writer
of this article knows OF instances in
Waterloo where great quantities OF
waste bread and other edibles that
would be relished by our feathered
friends were consigned to the furnace.
This seems wanton waste of food,
while little shivering birds hunt al
most hopeleSsly for few seeds now
hidden under banks OF snow.
Mrs. w. 3. Small. president, and
Mrs. W. F. Parrott, secretary OF the
Iowa State Audubon society, both of
Waterloo, are in receipt of telegram
from T. Gilbert Pearson, of New York
City, secretary of the National Audi
bon society, in which he says:
Il urge you to call on the public
through the press and otherwise to
feed the birds grain, crumbs and suet
while the snow lasts"
We in our snug homes, protected by
heavy clothing, warm fires and plenty
of heat producing food, do not mind
the wintry blasts or the deep SHOWS.
But what about the birds? We enjoy
their songs in the summer months,
but we are so apt to forget their
hunger in the winter. What little they
demand costs next to nothing. 1t Is
only that we give them mite out OF
our abundance. Suet can be secured
from the butcher for the asking with
every order of meat and it is so warm
ing to the birds. And then it Is so
easy to feed the birds crumbs and a
little grain.
Children will find much pleasure in
driving a stake in the ground and nail
ing upon it fiat board at height
above the snow level upon which
crumbs, grain and other food can be
placed. 1t will make them happy to
watch the little birds come and eat.
Quail. pheasants and other game
birds should not be overlooked while
the snow and wintry blasts last. Feed
them regularly and they will become
tame enough almost to eat out of your
hand. And while we are about 1t let
US not forget to place water where
the birds may get drink occasional,
ly. They will repay you thousand
times next summer
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26
LIVED LONG IN IOWA.

Correctionville recently laid claim
to having a citizen who had lived the
longest of any in the state of Iowa.
His name is D. NJ. Heath and he has
been a resident of the state for II
years. He however will have to give
way to DR.. w. N. Scott, of Centerville
who has lived in Iowa II years. He
was born in the state and has always
made it his home.
Mrs Clark NJ. Ware of Oskaloosa
who was born in Van Buren, county,
10 years ago and has ever made Iowa
her home and for the past A years
has with her husband. Clark NJ. Ware,
who was born in Indiana, but for
70 years has been resident of this
state-been residents OF Mahaska
county.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26
At THE UNION REVIVAL
Reports From Morning Prayer Ser
vices Most Encouraging.

Reports from morning prayer ser
vices encouraging; gaining IN attend
ance and interest; conversions re-
ported. Business mems prayer meet
ing at the church at a. IN. each
morning, lasting only thirty minutes
Every Christian business man eX
pected 10 attend, If only for ten min
utes.
The afternoon services vii, be Pen.
tecostal meetings this week. Topic
for this evening From Pit to
Throne" The service on Tuesday
afternoon was full of interest. I'm,
answered Yet" a duet by Mrs. Palm
quist and Mrs. Goodwin was greatly
appreciated DR.. Burrows said we
are living in the Pentecostal age, the
best students of the world believe
that this is the last period in this
old worlds history. Glorious to be
living in it. Every agency must be
employed to send the tidings of sal
walton to the uttermost parts of the
world. Every Christian grace must be
developed in us. This is possible by
opening our hearts 20 the Holy Ghost.
This will drive out dissension, jeal-
ousy, anger. Where these are, there
Is no room for His presence.
The Home" the topic for the eve
ming, held the close attention of the
congregation. The text, For l know
him, that he will command his child.
rem, and household after him, and
they shall keep the way OF the Lord"
The greatest peril to Oskaloosa Is
its unchristian homes. An ungodly
father in the home will neutralize the
influence OF a godly mother Happy
the man, of whom God can say, 81
know him, he can be trusted to order
his household In my ways" God pity
the boy or girl sent out to meet life,
with no memory of a family altar. a
fathers godly counsel, a mothers
prayers.
At the close, from every section of
the house, from aged men and women,
down to the boys and girls, came
glowing tributes to the influence of
Christian home, and many promised
to make theirs one. These services
are like a great family gathering, be
cause OF their informality.
The chorus under the leadership Of
Prof. Arnold, is becoming a power
Prof Arnold's messages In song, can
not be over estimated. There are still
fail TO improve this opportunity Il
Is rare privilege to have so skilled
q chorister
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26
10 AVOID SUSPENSION.

The miners and operators may not
arrive at that desirable end at the
Philadelphia conference, but they
have set in motion the machinery,
which, sooner or later, must put an
end to these mine suspensions every
time new wage agreement is to be
reached" says Black.Diamond. I'm
discussing such a matter II Is adyis-
able to consider, first, what are the
facts" II continues:
What happens and what has hap
pened when the mines suspend? II
Is obvious that when a mine stops
producing coal the people do not stop
using IT, The demand for coal Is, rel
atively at least, a constant during the
year II the mines are closed for
three weeks, month, six weeks, two
months or any other time, the opera
tors must have enough productive
capacity to produce in eleven months,
or ten months. or nine months. all OF
the coal that Is going to be used in
twelve months.
TO accommodate disposition of the
miners to strike, the operators must
have, as factor Of safety. an excess
productive capacity, ranging from
eight per cent. to thiTty-hve per cent.
Assuming that the production OF coal
Is 500,000,000 tons per year. this
means that the operator must have
an excess productive capacity of not
less than 100000 tons Of coal per
year and, II may be. OF 75,000,0OO
tons OF coal per year The operators
cannot consider months suspension
as the unit which they must guard
against. Actually. they have planned
for three months suspension. They
have not developed an excess produc-
tive capacity OF 40.000.000 tons only;
they created an excess OF 175,000.0 900
tons. This was done for the sole pur-
pose OF accommodating mine production
10 the desire OF the miners 10 settle
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26
Henry clews in his New Yor

Henry Clews in his New York
letter says: There has been some
disappointment among those very
enthusiastically inclined at the SLOW
ness of business recovery, but it is
recognized that considerable lost
ground has been recovered, that eco
nomie conditions are generally
sound and promising, and that should
we be blessed with another good har-
vest, the prospects are that the lat
ter half of 1914 will witness much
wider activity than the first half"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26
Adds New Department.

lsh Ewing, who recently took over
the shining stand of George Kuruma.
nos, located in the basement rooms
under the ID. & w. Tea Store, has
made arrangements TO add new de,
partment to the business, that of
suits made to measure, and has Sc
cured the agency for a line OF east
ern goods. His expenses being al
ready paid, he can save you money
on your next uit--Advertisement.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26
BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES

MYER-Funeral services for the
late Isaiah X. Myer, an old time resi-.
dent and well known citizen of Oska.
loosa, who passed away, the result of
apOplexy, in Ottumwa, at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. N. p. Herring.
ton, with whom he has recently been
residing, was conducted at the
Cheesman Funeral Home. First ave.
nue. east, Tuesday afternoon, by Rev.
!. 0. Kemhle OF the Methodist Epis.
copal church, and was well attended.
lnterment was made In Forest GENE.
terry. Pail bearers were John Fitz.
gerald, James Glass, Theo. Richmond.
John Shoemake. James Heki and
Wilbur Pettichord, Present from
distance were,--a number of friends
and relatives from Ottumwa, and Mr..
and Mrs. N. p. Harrington; Mr.. and
Mrs. Mason Myer Of st. Louis; John
and Maggie Shaw of Taintor: MIR,
and Mrs. Bush Myer of New Sharon,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26
Germans Plan Bio Time.

One hundred and fifty members oi
the state German-American alliance
met at Fort Dodge. last Friday and
Saturday. In July or August saen
gerfest will be held to which chorus
es from Des Moines, Council Bluffs
Waterloo. Cedar rapids, Clinton, Dav
export and Manning will be invited
Sept II has been named as the date
of the big German day celebration al
Fort Dodge.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

In Nortn Devon, England, there is
a village called Midlothian, where for
three months in the year the sun is
never seen. The village is so sur
rounded by high hills that it is night
from November until February.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

Promote, then, as an object of
primary Importance, institutions for
the general diffusion of knowledge.
In proportion as the structure of a
government gives force to public
opinion, il is essential that public
opinion should be enlightened" -
washington. sr
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26
Keeping Up with proe.s.ior

3 Story City contemplates extensive
and expensive street improvements
this year. such as storm sewers. co.
ment curbs and cutters and gravel
pavement for some of the streets. No
doubt Story City will keep we'll I'm
toward the front in the procession
OF cities of her size in the Hawkeye /.
state. ',SSSs :
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26
Another Gun Accident.

When Ira Weaver of Tama was dis
playing with pride to friends new
shotgun he had purchased.
the weapon was discharged and the
contents OF two shells shattered
Weayer's left arm. Amputation
proved necessary and Weaver died 2
few hours later from shock and loss
OF blood 49,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

Love for the work must be a
great inducement, else more than
5000 Methodist ministers in the Unit
ed States would not be laboring for
a stipend of less than $500 per year.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

"A resolution submitting to the
voters of New Jersey constitutional
amendment giving women the right to
vote passed the lower house OF the
legislature of that state by the vote
of 40 IN
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

What is said to have been the
highest price ever paid for farm land
in Harrison county, featured a deal
by which a real estate firm received
S471.34 an acre for a piece OF land.
The farm was unimproved.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

Printers of Vancouver. b. G.,
have decided to work only five days
a week that their members who are
out of work may have an opportunity
to provide for their families. You
can always depend on printers do
ing the right thing at the proper time
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

A Chicago girl broke her leg
while dancing the hesitation waltz.
Which suggests to the keoKuk Gate
City that tn woman who hesitates
is not only lost but is likely to sui-
fer a fractured femur in addition.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

The senate has passed a bill
making it Illegal for any one to i'm
personate member of congress.
Just as If anyone in their right mind
would want to do anything of the
kind
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

Just to prove that their manual
training is of the practical sort, the
boys in the NesQuehoning, Pa, public
schools have erected a domestic sci
ence building.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

Judge Mcpherson decided the
blue-sky law constitutional. and
Judge McHenry declares it isn't con-
stitutional. AS with doctors, who
will decide when judges disagree?
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

because each rose must have
its thorn, the pessimist life's plan op-
poses; the optimist, more gladly
born, is joyed because the thorns
have roses"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

Marconi has succeeded in light
ing an electric lamp by wireless, six
miles distant Somebody will have
TO re-write Arabian Nights tales.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

The Sioux City Journal observes
that the progressive prospects in the
Second district appear to have been
greatly exaggerated.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

-Oskaloosa owes it to our citizens
generally and to their guests from
out of town especially, to have name
plates on all street corners.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

February doesn't, have a very
long reach. but ii has a mighty stiif
punch just the same" says the Coun'
Gil Bluffs Nonpareil.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

HOAR.-Born, to Mr.. and Mrs John
Hoar, Friday, February 20, 1914, a
son. All doing nicely and parents are
happy accordingly. Especially Night
watch, Silas Bennett. who is grand
father in the bargain.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

Well soon be up against that
Free Text Book proposition. what
are we going to do about it?
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

SHONER.-Born, Feb. 10, 1914, to
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Shoner, Of Os-
kaloosa, ten pound boy.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

God often visits us, but most of
the time we are not at home.-John
RouX. ..s 20 .-.r
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

knowledge is in every country
the surest basis of public happiness. ="
Washington.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

Roch Royal. The Mermaid, Rob Roy,
The Three Ravens, Trooper and Maid
and The Wife of Usher's Well.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

Others than Kin Hubbard have
noticed that the less fellow knows
the longer he argues.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

The way to be honest" said
Socrates, sis to strive to be what you
wish to seem"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

MORRlS.-Born, to Mr.. aud Mrs.
Jesse Morris, of near OskaloOsa, on
Feb. Il, 1914, ten pound son.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

PILGRIM.-Born, Wednesday NOR.
ming, Feb. 20, 1914, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Clyde Pilgrim, of Lakonta, boy.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

Cheer up, there are worse things
than fuel bills.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

Alex. Miller asks: why does a
preacher wear striped pants?' We
give IL up unless it is to hide his legs.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

The man who lives ahead of his
means is generally behind.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

How about new name plates on
street corners? We owe that much
to our visitors.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

FORNEY.-The body of the late
Mrs. Nancy J. Forney, who died on
Tuesday, February II, 1914, at Seat
tie, Washington. arrived Tuesday
evening at 500 o'clock over the M.
& St. l.. Railroad. Prayer services
were held Wednesday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock at the Cheesman Funer-
al Home. Interment was made in
Forest cemetery beside her late hus.
banC.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

Honesty is the first chapter in
the book OF wisdom.-Thomas Jeffer-
SON.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26
LOCAL DASHES.

In connection with the union reviv'
al now in progress at the Central Nj.
Z. church, some white flags with red
crosses thereon are being used to in
dictate the houses where cottage pray
er meetings are in progress,-and
thereby hangs a joke on somebody.
One of these flags was posted on the
residence of a prominent family, and
two young ladies who have occasion
to pass the house regularly interpre-
ted the flags TO be quarantine signals,
and they changed their course back
and forth down town to another street
to avoid any possibility of contagion.
And one OF the best features of the
joke is that one of the girls is a
member of the Methodist church.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

l.. G. Albertson, Fremont .....,2i
1869 and
lnez Athen Schultz, Fremont. 30
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

The language of the great is al
ways simple. e....
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26

Lie in Fremont is thus described
by the Gazette: Aldridge & Reeves,
who have been in the hardware bust
ness in Fremont for about nineteen
years, have held the unenviable rec
ord OF never having had the front
windows OF the store room washed.
That Is, the oldest inhabitant does
not remember when such a thing &C.
Cured. 1t might have been done, but
no one has any recollection of It,
Walter Reeves, son of the junior
member of the firm, having sold out
bis interest in the furniture business
last week and having nothing to do,
decided that il might improve the
looks OF the store II the windows we're
washed. He preached the subject to
the firm and offered to do the work
himself. but they were Mortified at
the suggestion and begged him not
to undertake such a job. Not the
least daunted he began operations In
the morning and by o'clock in the
afternoon he had those front windows
shining like q nigger's heel. The
strange part OF 1t Is that several of
the regular evening callers at the
place came up town that evening and
passed the store, not recognizing II.
- = -
Regardless of the merits OF the free
textbook question, The Saturday Globe
does not believe It Is an opportune
time now for the 0skaloosa indepen-
dent school district to adopt the sys-
tenn. The initial cost will be five or
six Thousand dollars. 0skaloosa has
just completed the new Second Ward
building and the new Fourth Ward
building is not yet finished. In add
ton to this, the schools are lacking
In necessary equipment. such as good
etc. The manual training
department IS especially lacking III
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-26
DEATHS, MARRIAGES

w. NJ. Dawson. Oskaloosa. 81
176S and
Agnes Bell, Patosa, Wis. 3. 81
The Washington herald., 1914-10-25
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JULIA ARTHUR TO ACT
WITH FAVERSHAM

After a long silence. Julia Arthur will
return to the stage to play two perform
ances which William Faversham is ar
ranging for the benefit of the destitute
families OF actors in war-stricken Eu-
rope. In response to the stars letter,
the following telegram was received.
Am going to play Mercedes by
Thomas Malley Aldrich here some time
In November. Am breaking long silence
for benefit OF my former associates. Pro-
ceeds will go to relief fund as you
suggest. and will Try to appear with you
In New York in December as you wish.
JULIA ARTHUR CHENEY"
Another telegram gave further detaIlA
The benefit in Boston will be given at
the Plymouth Theater the first week in
November. With Miss Arthur in ''Mer-
cedes" will appear William Courtleigh.
Mathilde Cottrelly, Ernest Glendenning
and Forrest Robinson. She will also take
charge OF the beneft which will include
offerings from players appearing in BOs-
ton at that time.
Early in December Mr.. Faversham will
arrange a monster benefit at some New
York theater. probably the Shubert, and
al this performance he expects to play
with Miss Arthur. Mr.. Faversham has
written to many prominent stars urging
their cooperation and he hopes to make
this benefit one Of the largest ever given.