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The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-05-13
NEWS FROM NEARBY 0L|vET AND VICINITY

Olivet, May 10. H. Robinson OF
Bonaparte was in town Monday
looking after trade.
Miss Annie Top of Harvey spent
the fore part of the week in town
with friends
Cleaning and papering houses is
all the go in Olvet this, week. If
there ever is a time when the writer
wants to take a trip this is the time,
Thomas Crane of Eldon is cOnduC-
tor on the local freight this week be-
tween Knoxville and Evans. He is
supplying fOP Charles Needham, who
is taking treatment at Rochester,
Mimi, for stomach trouble.
H. NJ. Thompson spent Tuesday in
Oskaloosa trading.
Walter Patterson of Knoxville
Ispent Tuesday in town at the J. H.
Perfect home. =,
H. Johnson of Newton was in town
Monday on business. DE-.
1t might well in time of, peace to
prepare for war, but we have known
lot of people to get into trouble for
I"toting" a revolver around in their
pocket. Nuff said.
RV. Clark had the barn on his
farm south of town painted this week.
John Perfect did the work
There was no school at Burr Oak
for three days last week, Mrs. c. H.
Brown, the teacher, being called to
i Uskaloosa to attend the funeral OF
her father-inlaw, the late w. w.
Brown.
! H. Nicholson of Draper was in
town ON business with the writer on
Thursday.
Mrs. Mary Adams of Oskalooss
spent Thursday in town with Mrs.
Jennie Drake.
Mr and Mrs. Dan Systma, son and
daughter, west OF town, spent Friday
in Oskaloosa.
p Kennedy of Dawson was in town
Friday looking after trade.
A. J. DeCook spent Friday in
Leighton with friends
Mr. and Mrs g. w. McReynolds
left Saturday for Packwood to visit
her uncle, j. M. Smith, who is very
sick and not expected to live.
Mrs J. H. Billings spent Friday in
Oskaloosa with friends, returning
home on Saturday. go
i Reynolds 6 Son added stock
of hats and shoes to their store this
week-R. W.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-05-13
Glad Vacation Tina.

The boy home from school for the
summer vacation on the dear old farm
rested on his hoe, and gazed over
across the broad. hay-scented field
where the game was goingaon. "Ah,
said he. signing, why are we born
Why lured from eternal nothingness
into concrete existence, to buffet the
storms of this unkind world? What
then. this problem OF human existence
with which science has wrestled fu,
tilely for ages?'' And his revered
parent. leaning over the fence. said he
didn't know; but. all the same, there
would be no baseball for sonny that
afternoon. and IL he didn't hoe out
that later patch before night there'd
be some wrestling done, though, that'd
make science open her eyes II she
should chance along by the woodshed
that evening.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-05-13
ELM GROVE MADISON.

Jerry Stout and children and Ear
Stout and wife, and Abner Stigers
went to Colfax Sunday to visit Jerry's
daughter, Mrs. Fairy Minari.' She
came home with them for a visit.
Walter and Ray Dewitt spent Sun
day afternoon with John and Harr,
Vanarcle. 't
VIII and Floyd Hite, each have sici
stock. DR.. McCullah OF New Sharon Il
caring for them.
tshe fine new barn on the BallangeI
farm is nearly completed.
Walter. Ray, and Gladys Dewitt
visited on Sunday with the Redpath
young people near New Sharon. s
Charlie Dewitt and wife were Oska
looisa callers Friday afternoon.
Earl Stout and wife ami Jerry Stout
and wife visited Sunday afternoon al
Roy Momyers near Taintor. They have
a new girl at their house.
LELAND Stigers has built new
houfe on Grandma Stiger's place and
are living there this summer sll
Some are planting corn and others
are still blowing.
May IL. Dew Drop.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-05-13
NEW BRICK MACHINE
Automatic Side Cutter Installed At
0skalOosa Plant.

Improvement Is the order OF the day
under the new management at the
plant of the Oskaioosa Vitrified Brick
company. A new cutting machine with
a capacity of $1,000 brick per day has
Just been installed and other mach.
.ery and equipment will be added from
time 20 time to bring the plant up to
the equal of any in the business.
The new machine is known as an
Automatic Side Cutter. 1t was built
by the American Clay Machine com
.pany OF Bucyrus, Ohio, and was set
up under the supervision OF their spec
ial Representative, Mr. Merkel. 1t was
tested out yesterday and today and
surely does nice" work. 1t makes the
Ordinary building brick as smooth
and clean as a pressed brick, and runs
on about half the power needed for
the old machine
Since taking over the plant about
two months ago. Manager Earl Bridg-
.es has cleaned up the yards and made
many changes and improvements in
every department. The six big kilns
are now all in order and most OF them
in operation twenty-four hours a day,
and about fifty men are employed.
With the addition of the other ma.
chinery contemplated by the manage
ment the plant viii nave a capacity
of $4,000 brick every day in the year.
While paving blocks win be leading
product OF the plant, every facility is
at hand for making building brick,
building tile, drain tile, pressed brick,
sewer tile and practically every kind
of clay product. The company is
having a nice run of business, and the
prospects of a long busy season are
encouraging.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-05-13
OUR kEO1A LETTER

Keota, May 11.-Keota's 1915 Chau-
tauqua is just one month distant. The
dates as announced are June 10 to 16,
inclusive. The official program has
not been issued, but a list OF, the
talent has been given out and 1t looks
good to the patrons. .fE
An innovation is announced for the
morning programs. In place of the
morning hour lecturer, who stayed
five days an1 delivered five lectures,
there will be five speakers this year,
each for one day only. Each speaker
will be specialist along the line of
his subject. Among the lecturers il
Ng Poon Chew, Chinese statesman
and editor VINO has the distinction OF
having established the first Chinese
newspaper In America
The Chautauqua is under the man
agement OF the Redpath.yawter Sys-
tenn who have given Keota people
three very satisfactory ami success
ful chautauquas and much interest Is
being shown in the program for this
year.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-05-13
THE BAPTIST REVIVAL
Gospel Team From Friends Church
. Will Assist Tonight.

There is to be a great meeting at
the First Baptist church tonight. The
Gospel Team" from the Friends
church will be there and they with the
Evangelist are to make the meeting .
great one. The subject is to be, THE
Calls OF God to Men" Just break
away from all else and come tonight
to see what is in store for you. This
is the last week of the meetings and
every man, woman. boy and girl IN
Oskaloosa should hear Rev. Edgar l.
Mills before he leaves town. II you
do not you are the looser.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-05-13
ONE MORE SURVIVOR NAMED
Consul Frost Cables That Mr.. kenan
is AIive-Americans Not
in Want.

Washington, May 12.-Consul Frost
at Queenstown cabIed to the state de-
partme MT the name of Mr. keenan, as
among the survivors Of the Lusitania
disaster. He announced that the name
of Mrs. May Brown should be stricken
from the list OF identified dead.
no American here is in want or has
been since the hour Of landing" was
the consups' statement In this dis
patch.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-05-13
FERRIS VEToES. BOXING BILL
Governor OF Michigan Says He Disap-
proves Of Measure Which '"@
Makes Fights Legal. -

Lansing, Mich, May IA bill to
legalize ten-round boxing matches In
Michigan was vetoed by Governor
Ferris al disapprove the boxing
commission bill because boxing ex:
hibitions constitute stepping stone
to prize fighting" said the governor
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-05-13
The one safe Bee.

A few months ago Macy Brothers
ana Awtry OF Sully. Jasper county,
bought 240 acres OF land near Sully
for y225 an acre. The other day they
sold ninety-nve acres or this same
land for 1916 an acre--a- gain OF $sl
per unit
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-05-13

The Washburn Manufacturing Co.,
manufacturers of q newn type hay
rack, new indnstry recently secured
flor Newton. are moving to that city
and win soon be In operation.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-05-13
Mute Accused Of Naoolno.

Milwaukee, Wis. - Answering his
wife's suit for divorce. Carl VI.
Scheel, deaf mute. declared that she
often lighted the gas at night and
nagged him. MIRA Echeel ID also D
mute.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-05-13
Mauretania Won't sail.

London, England, May 1.-THE sail
ing OF the Cunard line steamer MRure-
tania. sister ship OF the Lpsitania,
advertised Tor May %. has been can
celed.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-05-13
Mina sohoIarshlp.

Allan Pierce, Q graduate OF Fort
Dodge high school In 1915 won q
scholarship In the Swarthmore col.
lege. The prize Is worth $3.50 and
Includes "a years scholarship and
support.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-05-13

| The Muscatine city council has pas
sed an appropriation OF $4,000 for
leyee Improvement work.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-05-13
Twelve Others Landed on Southern
Coast Of IreIand-Eisht.Months'
Old Baby Picked Up Alive,
Mother Persisted,

London, May R.-According to the
Daily Mail Alfred G. Vanderbilt's body
has been recovered and is being
brought to Queenstown. .s'2
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-26
Indicted In Military Plot.

Harry Chandler, assistant general
manager of the Los Angeles Times, a
millionaire land owner, was indicted
by the federal grand jury in Los An
geles, Cal, in connection with an al
legged conspiracy which had for its
object a military occupation of the
Mexican territory Of Lower Califor
mia.
Walter Bowker, manager of the
California-Mexican Land and Cattle
company, in which Chandler is heav.
lily interested: General B. J. Viljoen,
a former Boer commander in the war
with the British in South Africa, and
Baltazar Avilez, a former governor OF
Lower California, were indicted sew.
eral weeks ago.
The charge is that Chandler and the
others engaged In a conspiracy to VIC
late the neutrality of the United
States by recruiting men and gather
ing supplies on American soil for
campaign in Lower California.
Three Mexicans also were indicted
in connection with the alleged con
spiracy.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-26
HICKMAN

zsbnlon Fountain died at the home oil
l;adoughter. Mrs. Fred Peters, on Thurs.
dav evening, February 18th, 1919, aged
so Years. He was at one time proml
ne6t farmer near here, but few years
COO on account OF failing health, he was
o6I;,ed 10 retire from the farm. de was
= fa;thfnI husband and loving father, and
ioaaos five SONS and two daughters The
f,noral services were held in Hickman
AZ Z Chnreh at noon on Saturday last,
and interment was made at t9e ialnlIy
bnriaI ground on his farm near Hickman
Edgar and Zebulon Fountain, OF Phila-
deIn6ia. attended the funeral OF their
father on Saturday last
John Hughes, of Harrisburg, Pa, after
snendiug some time with bis parents mere
mas returned to his home.
Row Hammond, OF Trenton, n. j., is
visiting his parents.
Miss Susie Donovan spent the weekend
with her parents. s, 80.
The Grange gave an enloyaDle enteI,
tainment on Monday night IN honor oi
Washipgton's birthday.
Mr and Mrs Samuel Oday entertained
IN Sunday last Mrs. Margaret Breeding
M and Mrs. Roland Dukes, OF Concord,
Ma Miss Susie Breeding and friend,
Tsoac Noble and Mrs. Estele REYNOLDS.
lanes MORGAN is able to be out again
after brief illness. ,o
Miss Minnie Hughes is spending some
time with friends i'll FELTON, ana DoYer'
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-26
SEAFORD.

Mrs. Charles Bird of Blades was pain
fully burned about the head, face and
breast, while cooking breakfast. She
was standing in front of the cook stove
and in some manner her clothing caught
fire, burning her severely before help
arrived. Her condition is not consider
ed serious.
The only observance of Washington S
Birthday in Seaford was the closing of
the two national banks and the post
office.
Oliver Tull, a Seaford merchant, is
seriously i'll of acute indigestion.
The three year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Horace Knowles of Blades
was taken suddenly i'll of acute indiges-
tion, Monday afternoon, and died shortly
after. the arrival of physician.
- Coulbourn's Opera House was packed
to the doors at the entertainment given
under the auspices of the Crescent Club
by the Fisher Shipp Concert Co., proving
one of the best of the series yet gwen
here.
A break in the water main on Pine
street. near High street Monday after
noon. flooded the street until repairs
were made.
Hiram Lodge A. F. & A. NJ, is having
a sewer laid from the lodge building on
High street to the Nanticoke River.
Believing that the almost snowless
winter presages an early run OF shad,
0ill NET men of the Nanticoke River are
already busy with preparations for fish
ing.
Work has been begun on modern
residence on the lot adjoining the home
of Edward Purse, on Cannon street,
which, when completed, will be occupied
by Monroe Adams.
Blackbirds, robbins and other birds
have made their appearance here ana
their appearance is hailed with delight
as . barbinger of spring weather.
At the regular meeting of the grange, !
Mondav resolutions were unanimously |
adopted favoring the enactment of a
law to limit the shipment of liquor in
lower Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-26
Bio Airshln Goes Wild.

A big airship, believed to be of the
Parseval type, apparently damaged by
gun fire, flew over Amsterdam, says
a dispatch from that city to the Lon
don Reuter- Telegram company.
The airship was flying at a height
of about 600 feet, and its crew was
able to keep the vessel in a horizontal
position. Assuming a vertical position
the aircraft drifted in the direction OF
the Zuyder Zee, an arm of the North
sea, carrying with it telegraph wires
with which a dangling rope had be.
come entangled. The air vessel was
later sighted minus its gondola.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-26
How to Guard Your Children From
Diseases in March.

In the March Woman's Home Oonl
,,orion in the Better Babies department,
appears a special page Tor mothers IN IN
hitch sDeciai emphasis is laid on the TACT
tt,at tbis is the season when contagious
d;seases reap their harvests among IN
fa,,ts aud children. The most common
ac,,te contagious diseases are diphtheria,
whooping cough, scarlet fever ana meas
les. all of which are preventaDIe' n
the following extract taken from tne
Daqe. suggestions are given as now 10
prevent your children from contagl0n
Keep your home well ventiiateu anu
free from dust germs.
Keep your garbage contalner coVereu
and free from leaks.
keep your back yard clean' never
throw ont dishwater to freeze, melt ana
breed germs. a4,,o-
c,,;1dren who have bad colds, especially
s,1boopv' coughs; who have rashes, or
whose skin is peeling off or whose throats
"Train your children to wash their
hands before eating, to avoid puoIc
drinking cups and towels, and to Duy no
food from stands, carts or baskets un-
protected from dust. .,,-.
"Send for YOUR doctor if your usually
sctive child turns dull, listless and COM
planning, or if your baby, VINO canno.
complain, shows any OF these symptoms
Dry, hot skin; persistent vomiungi l
fitness and wakefulness; sneezing anu
coughing; lack of appetite, refusing the
breast or bottle at the usual ume'
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-26
GENERAL MARKETS

PHILADELPHIA - FLOUR quiet;
winter clear, $7@7.25; city mills, fan.
cy, SIS Z S.25.
RYE FLOUR firm; per barrel, $40
7.50.
WHEAT firm; No. 2 red, $1.56@
1.61.
CORN quiet; No. 2 yellow, 7707Sc.
OATS firm; Nc. white, 631S S@64c.;
lower grades, &c.
bushel.
POULTRY: Live steady; hens, 141
615hc. old rOosters, 11O11b
Dressed firm; choice fowls, 10c.; olu
roosters, lac.
BUTTER firm; fancy creamery, 34c.
EGGS steady sc ected, % % 30c.;
nearby, 26c.; western, 26c.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-26
In a QuandarY.

"It-er-seems," said he, regarding
the unfortunate with scientific interest
that the attacks of fever and chills
appear on alternate days. Do you
Thinks it your Opinion-that they
have, so TO speak. decreased in vio-
lence. If | may use that wordT
The patient smiled feebly. Doc"
said he. ION fever days my heads so
hot ! can't think. and on ague days l
shake so | cant hold an opinion
New York Globe.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-26
Ask Queen to Plead Peace.

The International Peace Committee
of Amsterdam has adressed Queen
Wilhelmina of Holland a petition in
which her majesty is requested to Of.
fer mediation with a view to bringing
about an armistice or peace. The pc.
tition is signed by some hundreds Of
thousands of people, including sub.
jects of the belligerents.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-26
UNION CHAPEL

The farmers of this vicinity are taking
advantage Of this spring-like weather by
preparing their wood for the hot summer
days
Many people ofthis vicinity are attend
ing the revival meeting at Bridgeville.
j H Gray is suffering with very bad
backache at this writing.
M. B. Lingo, of loves Cross Roads, is
amending some time with relatives here
He expects to return home the first OF
March.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Nelson spent last
Sunday with the latter's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs J II. Gray.
Miss Ida McCauley is suffering from
verv core mouth, the result of having
teeth extracted. and is not able to be out.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-26
II KILLED IN
MINE EXPLOSION
Forty Men al Lunch When
Gas is Igniied
TWO WORKERS ARE INJURED

Rapid Rescue Operations Keep Down
Casualty List, Though More May
Die.
Twelve are dead and two others Sc
Verely injured as the result OF a gas
explosion in the Oakwood shaft oil
the Prospect colliery of the Lehigh
Valley Coal company at Wilkes-Barre,
Pa.
The dead are: David Owens, aged
twenty-five, car runner; John Gavin,
eighteen years old, door boy; John
Mehillo, twenty-four years old, car
runner; Bruno Leshinski, aged nine
teen, door boy; John Darutis, door
boy; Thomas Wallis, twenty-five
years old, driver; John Seranick,
aged twenty years, driver; Louis Sig
sha. miner; Ohm Belash and John Be.
bioski, laborers, and Thomas Bardos
h, forty-two years old, miner.
The explosion occurred in the No.
10 lift of the red ash vein while forty
men in that section of the mine were
eating their lunch.
A pocket of gas which had formed
behind a barrier of coal forced the
coal forward and freed the gas. John
Kavaleski, a laboreT, was standing at
the time, and his naked lamp touched
off the gas, and this ignited a bigger
body of gas in the roof of the cham
ber. The men and boys were hurled
about the gangway. Some were in
stantly killed, while a few died after
help reached them.
Word quickly went to the surface
and the first aid corps from the out.
side and inside and from nearby col
heries reported for duty and the work
Of rescue was started
General Manager Fred NJ. Chase
was quickly on the scene and directed
the rescue work. Men with helmets
fought their way through gas and fire
to the dead aSd injured, but it was
some time before the extent Of the &C |
cident was fully determined.
While the rescue work was going
on the gangway threatened to cave in.
While the helmet men were carry.
ing out the dead and injured, other
first aid workers took pulmotors into
the mine and used them effectively on
some who had been overcome. -Four
hours after the explosion the mine
was cleared Of its victims.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-26
Two ZeppeIIns Are Lost.

News of the loss of two Zeppelin
airships has been received in London
from Copenhagen. One took fire while
flying over the Danish island Of Fa.
noe, off the west coast Of Jutland,
and exploded on landing. The other
fell into the sea near Jutland. The
cresw Of both were saved, fourteen
men of the first named ship being
held for internment.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-26
Elrst Raae RaII Death Of Year.

Harry Gosz was struck in the side
by a pitched ball during an amateur
base ball game at St. Louis, and died
a minute later. This is said to be the
first fatal base ball accident of tho
year.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-26
Iowa to Go Dry.

The Iowa house Of representatives
passed the Clarkson bill, which re.
peals the liquor license law, effective
Jan. 1, 1916, by a vote Of rs to 20.
The measure already has passed
the senate and will now go to the
governor, who has indicated his inten.
ton of signing it.
Under its provisions Iowa will re.
turn to statewide statutory prohibt
tfOn.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-26
Live Stock Priees.

CHICAGO-HOGS 5010c. higher;
mixed and butchers, $6.35@6.70; good
heavy, S6.3506.50; rough heavy, $6.10
0630; light, s64506S0; pigs, $3.50
g6.75; bulk, s6.55@670.
CATTLE strong; beeves, S5@S.75; /;
COWS and heifers, S60740: stockers
and feeders, S4.4066; Texans, $50
7.10; calves, S8.50@10.
SHEEP steady; native and western,
S4.40Q7.70 lambs, $5.40QS.75.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-26
MASTEN'S

The weather seems springlike now.
Mrs. VIM T. Hates and Mrs. james
Hates are visiting Mrs. Oscar Smith at
Delmar.
Clarence Morris visited his mother,
Mrs. lydia Z Morris, on Sunday last
Mrs. Elizabeth Morris entertained Mrs
Thomas Enright on Sunday
Della Morris is visiting her brother
near Andrewville.
Alyce Minner spent the weekend with
her sister, Mrs. Clifford Minner, near
Hollandsville.
Edythe Minner has been visiting Miss
dythe Camper near Houston.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-26
kln cows. PIqs and eoata.

twenty-five head of cows, seven
pigs and two goats on the r. w
Schrack farm, In Calm township, near
Coatesville, Pa were killed by order
Of the state live stock board because
one COW was affected with the foot
and mouth disease. The farm has been
placed under strict quarantine.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-26
Falling Tree soaIps Woman.

Mrs. Elizabeth J. Murray sixty.
three years old, of Greshville, near
Reading, Pa, is in a critical condition
as the result of being scalped by the
limb of a falling tree. 1t was neces.
sary to cut away part of the tree to
release her.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-26
mnutate gernhardnt's Lei.

The right leg of Madame Sarah
Bernhardt, the tragedienne, was am
putated at the knee at the St. Angus
tine hospital at Alcochon, near Bor-
deaux, France.
The operation, made necessary by
an affection of the knee, which had
caused much suffering for several
years, was performed by Professor
Denuce, of the Bordeaux university.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-26
Made to Eat Their Ice Cream; s5 DI,

A Mexico City dispatch says: "The
death of several Constitutionalist sol.
diers from eating poisoned ice cream,
led to the arrest Of eighty-four ice
cream venders in the city, and all
were made to eat their own wares,
with the result that thirty-five of them
have since died.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-26
Little Runner scaIded to Death.

Falling headlong into a tub of hot,
scalding water when he tripped over a
piece of carpet in running to his
mother, three-year-old Joseph Nata.
zeck, of Beaver Meadow, near Halle.
ton, Pa, was cooked to death.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-26
Fifteen.Year-old Girl a Suicide.

Edna Robinson, fifteen years old,
the adopted daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Jackson, Of Maplewood, N. J.,
committed suicide. Standing in front
of a mirror in the Jackson home, she
fired a bullet into her brain.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-26
One Cent Damage For Loss Of Eye.

VUV OEIIt DaTIagS TIT -Ooo vI LJUs
In a suit against George Kline,
of Hagerstown, Nd, from whose
building mortar dropped and splashed
in the face of Walter Grove, ten years
old, destroying one of his eyes. the
jury awarded damages of 1 cent.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-26
woman,s Annoyer Lynehed.

John Richards, a negro, was lynch.
ed by a mob near Sparr, Fla. He is
said to have insulted a white woman.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-26
Hollands Waterstaat.

Holland has department of state,
with cabinet minister at the head Of
1t, for her "waterstaat," an untrans-
latable word, which means practically
the state of all waters from the field
dr1in in the polders to the Rhine at
winter level They are all linked up in
one scheme in an Office at The Hague
London Express.
Milford chronicle., 1915-02-26

Good deeds ring clear through heav.
en- like hell-Jean Paul Richter