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The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-11-02
in EARLY OSKALOOSA
R.F. Boyd Recalls His Boyhood Days
In Local Haunts

Editor Herald:--I had the pleasure
recently of spending few DAYS IN
and around Oskaloosa, my home
town for a number of years., and al
so to met old time friends and ac-
quaintances, especially those who
we're my schoolmates, for whom |
cherish fond memories. Although
time in its onward march has greatly
thinned the number of those who at
tended school in the old log house
known in those days as Hoosier Ben.
The heads of the families who com
posed the school were the following:
Judge White, the head of a large
family; Robert Sewers, Enock Mos
Ter, Major Nelly. Simeon Stevens,
Samuel Ingals, "Granddad" White, as
he was called in those days, the
Mendenhall family, Curry brothers,
the Stanford family and others. The
old log school house was located on
the southeast corner of the Curry
farm across the road from the Jose III
Boyd home. The old log hor Sc vas
residence where it now stands. The
old home is we'll preserved and is as
familiar to the eye as it was in the
fifties. Those who we're chosen as
teachers and who welded the rod In
those pioneer days were: Clark
johnson, Mr.. Mitchell, Mr. Gaylord,
Mr.. Little, JEFF Sewers and Mary Ed
monson, who became the wife of
Frank Alumbaugh of Oskaloosa and
who was. noted to some extent as an
auctioneer and who could quote the
Bible from Genesis to Revelations.
don't know what his views were in
those days in regard to the liquor
traffic, which has stirred the minds
of this nation to consider this great
important question. 1t is conceded
by many that the state of California
will go dry at the coming election.
| for one will cast my vote for Cali
fornia dry, F. Boyd, Los Angeles.
California.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-11-02
MONROE CENTER NEWS
Corn Shocking Begins and the
Apples Are Picked.

Monroe Center, Ost. 2S.-By D..
D)-Several attended the political
speaking in Rose Hill last Wednes-
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vert Brown are go
ing on an extended visit to Oregon
and California to. visit relatives.
Miss Ethel Hollingsworth spent
Sunday with Mrs. Daisy Denney and
Mrs. Mike Deney.
A few of the neighbors have butch
cred.
Alva Boomershine was out trying
the roads in his auto last Wednesday
| expect he found them pretty bad in
most places.
Most everyone that has any apples
has them picked.
Tom Denney went to Oskaloosa
last Friday.
Will Mitchell is going to shuck
corn for Mike Denney. He will
commence next week.
Will Hicklin and sons will shuck
corn for Mr.. Morrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Stringfellow were
visiting on Sunday.
Jennings Hansel has a new auto
but has not brought 1t home yet.
guess the roads are too bad to suit
him.
Thelma Mitchell came out to Will
Hicklin's last Sunday and stayed till
Tuesday evening.
Miss Elsie Johnson is working fol
Mrs. Mike Denney again this week.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-11-02
.HE KEPT THE CHANGE
And What Minister Could Be Ex-
pected to Do Otherwise.

Out on the coast when one goes to
Chinese theatre, he must poke his
money through a little hole in the
box office. No tickets are ever sold
in advance, and no price is ever fixed
on the performance. If you want
two tickets and push half a dollar
through the slot you get your tickets.
Again if you want only one admis-
sion, and slip $500 bill to the man
behind the screen you get only one
ticket and no change.
We do not wish to compare Chi
nese theatre on the Pacific coast to
local evangelistic institution, but
the joke is too good to keep. And,
any way, we would like to know what
! minister of the gospel is expected to
carry a cash register around with
him in order to make change when
bridegroom slips him $1,000 bill for
tying the knot
And Rev. Alexander,-gr gracious! we
almost gave him away,-said after
reading the appended article from
the St. Louis Republic of Monday,
October 90;
Not all the Kings horses,
Nor all the Kings men
/ Could get that five
| From me again."
But here is the Republics story
about which all the above preamble
was written:
How an clipping st. Louis girl mu-
stefan and her fiancee we're almost
killed when their automobile was
7 wrecked in an Iowa snowstorm on
Thursday became known yesterday
i through a letter received by her
father, w. T. Barlow, 1908 South
Thirteenth street. rs p3rsff
ITO cap the climax, che blushing
bridegroom handed Presbyterian
preacher in Oskaloosa $40 bill, ex-
lpecting to get S. change after the
Ceremony was performed. The
| preacher pocketed the whole $40. the
l bride writes, and left them in near
> fine pickle
1.-THE girl was Luella l.. Barlow,
!, formerly with the Musical Review
r Company of st. Louis. She is a sis
1 ter of Sergt. Charles A. Barlow of
Battery A, now at Laredo, Tex.
l. Following receipt of letter from
i F. A. Somers of Ottumwa, Ia, son of
well-to-do hotel proprietor, Miss
a Barlow suddenly packed up and left
y home Wednesday. She met Somers
Q in Iowa and the couple started for Os.
a kaloosa in an automobile. About 1S
miles from oskaloosa the rain and
d snow storm came up and the machine
was ditched and wrecked.
D. I'VE escaped being killed By a mir
4 acle only" the bride wrote to hel
father. I'VE made the remainder q
l. the journey in a wagon and t''Hr
hunted for preacher for some time
IL When we finally located one We
handed him $40, expecting to get 81
n of 1t back. He pocketed it. Later
e tried to get my husband to go back
and try to get the S., but he wouldn't
so We got stung.
But we are very happy"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-11-02
Honor Certificates.

]. r. Sheaffer, H. T. Mendenhall
and T. D. Doke. three members of
Franklin lodge, No. IA, A. F. & A.
NJ, of Bloomfield, received the fifty
year honor certificates from the Grand
Lodge of Iowa, in commemoration of
their fifty years of continuous mem
bership in tie Masonic fraternity,
which certificates exempt the possess
ors from further dues in the order
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-11-02
NEAR BREAD IN OLIVET|
Said To Be Made With Half Usual
Amount of Flour.

Olivet, Oct. 28.--(By r. W. We
have near beer in 0skaloosa and Har-
vey, but the latest thing that struck
this town was a preparation marked
Home made bread with one-half of
the four and better bread" We are
not advised as to- the merits of the
mixture.
John Crispen, Jr., who has been
laid up for a month with a bad. foot.
returned to work on the section last
Monday.
In a letter to Mrs. Williams, from
Miss Carrie Smith, a well known old
time resident who now lives in Oak
land California, she says her health
is only fair, but is yet able to take
care of herself. She wrote of the
death of William Sumner, an old time
we'll known merchant of this place,
who died recently at his home in Cal
ifornia. Mr.. Sumner is remembered
| by the oldest people as an honest
man, one who enjoyed the confidence
and admiration of the people in his
business, who will regret to hear OF
his death. He built the home the
writer and wife now occupy.
| p. II. Decker Of Anderson, Fremont
county, spent an hour with the writer
in his Office on Monday. Mr.. Decker
informs us he is farmer, also
dealer and shipper OF stock at his
Ahome. And while he finds a few
kickers against Harding in his trav
es daily, he predicts he will carry
Fremont county by large majority
In a letter from Elmer Miller o
belmont, N. c., he says Hughes vii
run strong in his state; will carry Hful
vote of his party and per cent o
democratic vote. ~
i Andrew Johnson of Valera was
passenger for Harvey on Monday.
i The "reminiscences of Squire Laffol
lette, on old time politics. caught ou
eye. We were in mess similar t.
that in 1868 at Kings Mountain, N. G.
when Grant and Colfax ran for presi
dent against Seymour and Blair, onl
we had more sore heads than tn
b Squire had. This was all brough
around in raising a flag, pole wit
Grants picture surrounded by tn
stars and stripes.
Richard Varly, the general secr'
= tary of English Creek Coal Co., a
Knoxville, extended the glad hand t
us while in town on Wednesday. MI
. Early informs us they have not bee
, doing much up there in the coal bus
, ness this season, but are starting u
good now.
This writer has been providing &c
home and household for as year
but the highest price he ever paid *
eggs in October was IS cents doze
thi'. yea.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Silvers
Belefountaine were passengers fl
c Oskaloosa on Thursday to do SON
trading.
Uncle John Akers of Leighto
cleaned up the cemetery for the Goo
: Samaritan Club this week. This
the second time the women have ha
it cleaned up this year. Uncle job
does for them an apple pie job, an
> they know it.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-11-02
To Oil Forty Miles.

Good road boosters at Iowa City
have evolved new project that
promises to be popular. They want
to oil forty miles of the River-to River
road between Iowa City and Daven-
port. The estimated cost is from
$3.50 to $500 mile, and it is believed
that there will be no great difficulty
in securing the funds.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-11-02
Awarded $500 In Suit.

The damage suit of Edna Ramsay
against Robert Thompson at Knox
Vile, resulted in verdict of $500
for Miss Ramsay. She had asked
for $4,000 damages, alleging that the
defendant had damaged her reputa-
ton by alleged slanderous remarks.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-11-02
Halliday Shopping.

Some people hold that it is high
time to begin doing some of your
holiday shopping. Even If you do
much early, there will still be few
things that have been overlooked and
there will still be an opportunity to
mingle with the merry crowds and
have a part in the Christmas rush.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-11-02
Valuable Horse Dead.

Peter Foss. a valuable racing horse
owned by w. o. Woods, died at the
fair grounds of inflammation of the
stomach. The racer was sired by
Virgins the Great and was grand
son of Peter the Great. He was a
valuable animal and the loss falls
heavily upon Mr.. Woods.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-11-02
5000 L.iahIe For QUAY.

N According TO compilation made. by
the county auditor. there are approx
imateiy 5000 men in Wapello county
who are liable for military duty
These are the male residents between
the ages Of eighteen and forty.fiye.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-11-02
THE GHOST WAS THERE
And So Was a Large Percentage Of
Third Ward Residents

Webster school of Third ward had
its inning Friday evening with spe-
cial public entertainment for the
patrons and friends and the school
accounted for itself in results obtain
ed. pleasure given and general salts
faction for all participating. Object
CT the entertainment was to raise
funds to apply upon the purchase
prrcC of a set of six hundred views,
visual training" for the boys and
girls of the school. Patrons were gen.
crous. Somewhere between four and
fl"e hundred tickets to the entertain
meme were sold and in addition the
biz company purchased lavishIy of
the refreshments offered, pumpkin pie
and coffee, home talent candies and
ico cream. Generosity of merchants
success of the affair is acknowledged
ard appreciated by the principal,
Miss Grace Rowe under whose direc-
ton the entertainment was given and
by the teachers of the school and
their pupils.
The school was packed and damned
With humanity. The program was
given in Miss Rowe's room, the most
commodious in the building but this
was not nearly large enough to ac
commodate the crowd. Two shows
were given but even then many die
not have opportunity of seeing the
stunts of the boys and girls.
The patrons themselves had charge
Iof the refreshments and the parents
tof boys and girls assisted the teach
lers in the handling of the big crowd
1t was a big jam and yet every ont
'1enjoyed the opportunity presented .ant
as a get together affair for parents
and teachers it was as big a success
as for the Riddles and their picture
fund.
The Program.
Each number was a specially ant
; a feature. The boys and girls were II
special costumes in almost each cas-
and no description of the work coul
do the young people justice. Fac
and every one was clever. No wonde
teachers and parents alike were prou
of them.
The kindergarten class furnishe
1.-THE greeting song, the Folk Dance an
: the Kinder Polka.
BOYS of the first grade gave
: dramatization of Billy Goats Gruff.
James Smith, lad of the first grad
;impersonated Brownie and sang
Brownie song.
Miss June Hatchett Of the secon
I grade told about Halloween.
y Miss Bernice Johnson related st
ny, why the Bear Sleeps All WI
ter"
Six members of the third grade
II Illustrated October games.
T Master Dolph Malone, reading, "Bi
e Studies Gozinta
Seven lads of the fourth grade
n costume put on a special stunt, III
Grammar Clowns"
S Reading, Cecil McFerran fourt
d ward, Five Years Old"
n Lights were turned down and eiSt
d real live ghosts did the"Spook March
so we'll that it seemed almost real.
Reading, Miss Maxine Abbott, "A
> gela's Missionary Offering"
z Clarence Yer Steeg, Seventh grad
in the habit of the old pioneer, tol
why we have "Injun Summer"
- The closing number was by Mil
Eileen Varney and seven girls In
tribute to Iowa and song, Iowa Bea
tiful Land"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-11-02
peaths ln laws

The report OF the state board OF
health which will be issued soon will
show 22.26O deaths In Iowa In 1914
and 44,2ls births during the same
year In 1915 the total number Of
deaths was 22.S65. and the number
OF births was 40,O07.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-11-02
one-Third Need treatment,

The first medical examination of
the Sac City schools made in recent
years was completed last week, It
was revealed that IS per cent Of the
pupils OF the schools are in need Of
treatment.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-11-02
Injured by Fall Of Slate.

Ed Horton. miner working at the
Andersonville mine. was injured by
a fall of slate. He received three
scalp wounds, one of them on the back
of his head being very severe cut.
He was taken to his home at F'iagler..
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-11-02
Some Freight Train.

"A string of 81 freight cars was. car,
ried east over the M q St l.. Sun
day afternoon from 0skaloosa. The
yard crew which helped the train
crew get started. reports that when
they cut loose near the Country Club
grounds, the front end lof the train
was whistling into Wrights station,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-11-02
anile. Gives Out.

One OF the heating boilers at the
High school building has given out.
The board of education will make eff
fort to have 1t repaired TO retain the
apparatus In service during the win
ter.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-11-02
BIRTHS, Deaths, MARRIAGES

/ Thos. M! Shepard, Melrose, Ia.#.%.2S
24S2 and w
Mona M. Gorsuch, Oskaloosa. %
David A. Helm. Hedrick. .29
24S3 and
Susie B. Moore, Tioga. 10
KULLMER.-Born to Mr.and Mrs.
John Kullmer, Jr,, on Sunday after
noon at the Oskaloosa Hospital, an
eight pound girl. Mothor and daugh
ter doing nicely.
BOWEN.-Word has been received
IN the city by relatives and friends of
the birth of an eight and one-half
pound daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. Jim
Bowen at the Methodist Hospital in
Des Moines.
HODNETT. to Mr.. and Mrs.
re. B. Hodnett, at the home 'of the
grandmother Mrs. W. A. Bennett,
No. ,1241 C avenue east, Tuesday
October "a, 1915, a fine nine pound
daughter. Mother and babe doing
nicely
LAMBERSON.-At six o'clock this
Monday morning, October 80, 1916, a
fine six and one-half pound son was
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Dare Lamber'
son, of sos First avenue east. Moth.
-er and babe are doing nicely, and
grandmother and grandfather Lacey
are just about the happiest folks in
the city. The little fellow has been
named Billy"
GORMAN.. - James Clarence Cor
man died at the home of his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. James M. German, OF
40 Second avenue west, on October
80, 1916, aged 1 month and days
He was born on September 81, 1916
in this city. The father and mother
and two sisters are left. No funeral
services we're held, and interment
was made in the Catholic cemetery
this morning The death of the
little one is particularly sad, the
mother being quite Ill with an acute
attack Of appendicitis, ..
KELLY-ELLISoN-A very pretty
home wedding took place in Eddy
willie on Wednesday evening at o.
clock when Miss Nina Ellison became
the bride of Horace Kelly. The cere
mony was performed by Rev. E. w
Day in the presence Of number o.
relatives. A two course dinner was
served following the ceremony. The
bride has lived in Eddyville only q
short time but she has made many
friends who hold her In the highest
esteem. The groom is prosperous
farmer of Page County. Mr.. and Mrs
Kelly left Thursday for their new
home followed by the best wishes OF
host of new friends.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-11-02

To Vote On New County Jail.
Tama county will vote ON Nov. z on
"a proposition to issue bonds for new
county Jail. f~ n
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-11-02

BOWEN.-Word has been received
IN the city by relatives and friends of
the birth of an eight and one-half
pound daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. Jim
Bowen at the Methodist Hospital in
Des MOines.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-11-02

HODNETT. to Mr.. and Mrs.
&c. B. Hodnett, at the home 'of the
grandmother Mrs. w. A. Bennett,
No. ,1241 C avenue east, Tuesday,
October "a, 1915, a fine nine pound
daughter. Mother and babe doing
nicely.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-11-02

KULLMER.-Born to Mrand Mrs
John Kullmer, Jr,, on Sunday after
noon at the Oskaloosa Hospital, an
eight pound girl. Mothor and daugh
ter doing nicely.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-11-02

David A. Helm, Hedrick. .......2 9
24S3 and
Susie B. Moore, Tioga .........l ~
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MANCHESTER

Mrs Walter Kelley of Ludlow is Wis.
iting her parents MIR, and Mrs. Henry
Sladc
The body of Mrs. Myers OF Poultney
were brought to Manchester for inter
ment Wednesday, Mrs Myers was a
sister of the late Lyman Way
Rev and Mrs William Chapman left
Tuesday for Saratoea TO attend the
Troy Conference. AS Rev. Chapman
is ON the retired list he will so to
Glens Falls to reside
The commissioners OF the Manchog-
ter Center cemotery have secured the
services Of Charles Bell rs sexton. He
is prepared to do all kinds of work in
the cemetery, cutting in foundations
for monuments grading on moving
The lots,
Mrs, Edith Bryant died at her home
in the north end of the town Friday
night at II o'clock after short i'll.
ness Mrs Bryant was the oldest
daughter Of Rev. and Mrs. Joseph
Brown. Two months AGO Rev. Brown
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-13

In political campaigns where there
are two or more strong opinions i IS
always to be noted that the tide O.
opinion seems to ebb and flow. Ter
days ago it looked as though the Re
publican nomination would be forced
on Justice Hughes unless he declared
that he positively would not accept /
nominated. Since then there can te
no question that the pendulum has
been swinging toward Colonel RoUse
VOLT This is by no means, however
to be taken as conclusive Between
now and June when the convention
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Alexander Drysdale & Son

united his daughter in marriage to
Clyde Bryant and she went to her hus.
bands home happy bride. The fun.
eral was held in the Baptist church,
Rev. Davidson paid high tribute to
mate friend of Row Brown oniciatod.
In the death of Mrs. Bryant the com.
munity have lost one who endcared
herself to all who knew her Her loss
to the Baptist church Of which she
was a faithful member is irreparabo.
Rev. Dawson paid a high tribute to
the purity OF her life OF her loving
service to her Master and her friends
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POWER OF CONSCIENCE

Portrayed in calhoun's Weird Play al
Harte Theatre Today.
Were Edgar Alan Poe alive today,
lie would write Just such story as
The Man Who Couldn't Beat God.
lie would conceive just such a plot
lie would deal at length with the ven
5eancc conscience wreaks on the
soul
Harold Gilmore Calhoun, the author.
wrote this wierd production under in
piration. 1t won second prize in the
Sun Scenario Contest, 1t deals with a
nan who believed he could beat his
conscience.
Martin Henchford believed he could
rase the scar of murder from his soul.
he had murdered his lord and master.
He succeeded in escaping from Eng
and without being suspected. The
My witness to his crime was his own
onscience
Martin HenchloTd was a big man Of
| zig ideas. He believed he could &C,
,omplish the impossible He believed
le could beat God, and in America
there he found work, he succeeded to
/ certain degree.
| His bravery asserted itself when he
'escues a comrade from an untimcIy
| nd in a caisson under tie East River.
fhe rescue is sensational-tons of
ock, water and falling earth break
through the side Of the caisson
But Martin Henchiords conscience
troubles him.
lie succeeds in quellng an uprising
among the striking sand hogs, and his
tatement, Il can get anything in life
| hat want--eyen that girl is real
| zed when his employer gives him posi-
| ion o. superintendent OF construction
md he marries Elizabeth Bradforth
he daughter Of his employer
| The shadow of death turks contin
Tally around Martin.
| He enters the political field and runs
or governors kidnapped by his on
onent-escapes IRON all Office twenty
stories above the ground by climbing
Town the steel skeleton of building
mder construction. His campaign fol-
oyeTnor is successful. but the vlsior
If Lord RoXford haunts him still.
In his hour of triumph--a newly
elected soyernor-happily married--hC
$ nearly frantic by the constant reap
oearance Of the vision of the murder
I'd man.
He swears to overcome this haunt
ne conscience-he believes he cav
eat Gcd but finally realizes the fulfill
y. He cannot defeat these phantom:
y the past.
When the soul of a strong man i:
roubled, when the burning fires Of
Conscience exc their toll. what hap
"opens?
| Henchford believed he could rc.
iod Did he succeed?
These vital themes are dealt with II
a story Of love, success, wealth-al
tinged with a horror of long ago
The Man Who Couldn't Beat Cod
s a vital, effective. modern, hye-part
iVitagraph Blue Ribbon feature Maur
ice Costello is at his best and is ad
lmirably supported by an eminent
east Of Nitagraph sears. At IlartC
theatre today ADV.
ADV
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art of Bennington, Mrs. A. Aubert OF
Wallingford, VI. Miss Mary Archibald
of Proctor. Miss BATHS came up from
New Jersey Miss Jeanette Sparrow,
Orange, n. j., Rev. Perkins, Rev. w.
Chapman and Rev. w. II. Bamford, as
sisted Rev. Davidson in the services.
The bearers wero Earle Marsh, Burr
Gleason. Burt Hicks, Earle Storrs,
Norman Marsden and Edward Bryant
The deepest sympathy of the com
munity is with the husband, parents
the sister and brother In their great
bereavement.
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President of the Polk.NIiller Drug
Company, Richmond, Va, is authority
for the following extraordinary state
mont:
II estimate that the business men OF
this country could increase their eta.
cheney fully ten per cent by taking an
occasional laxative aud not negectine
the bowels as most of them do"
He also said that If the Department
of Commerce In Washington would
present each business man IN the coun
try with box Of Rexall Ordorlles, Il
would be of great benefit to the ma
tionnl welfare. ReXall Orderlies are
prompt in aetion, pleasant to take and
never grippe, can be used by men. won.
EN- or children, and are just the thing
for toning up sluggish livers,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-13

Collins NJ, Graves Of BENNINGTON is
being fayQrably mentioned as one OF
the dele atesrof the Chicago conyen
ton This county has not had dele.
cate to Republican national conyen-
ton since Henry. S. Bingham went IN
1904 and is entitled to one Of the
eight places Mare than that he is am.
ply qualified in every way to represent
Vermont Republicans at Chicago
Four years ago he was for the nomna
ton of Hughes and he feels the same
ibis year but at the same time he Is
not so violent in his conviction that be
cannot so into the convention with al
open mind and be willing to join witt
the majority in returning Republican
principles again to supremacy in tn,
nation