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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-09
WIEELY Suspicious

"Don'f use any of that powder
on my face" said the customer
after he had ben shaved.
why not?" asked the barber,
anything the matter with it,"
There's just this the matter
with It: Last time l was shaved
here l got some of the stuff on
my coat and I've been kept busy
trying to explain 1t to my wife
ever since"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-09

Miss Grey maintains office hours each Wednes-
day from II a. m. to p. m. when she is pleased to
meet any Times reader. On other days she replies
to questions only by mail or through her column.
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Observation-Disclosures
IA MS WERS|
!BY CYNTHIA GREY |:
: NATURALIZATION Observation-Disclosures |IINI|1

"a boy friend of mine is ill in the hospital Do
think 1t would be all right for me to and see him?
16.
II friend accompanies
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N=Rs4H1=N
KlV3e6M1s1NT

He-When is a joke not a
joke?
She-Well?
observation-disclosures Awk.
YOU DON'T SAY so!
eve feel more than ever that
the Past all behind US and the
Future all in ront."-Reading,
England, Standard.
THE STOLID BRITISH!
Private Jones (crawling out
after being buried by a shell ex-
plosion): SILLY 'orse-play | calls
it!"-Punch.
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TWENTY FOR A CENT

TWENTY FOR A CENT
History Prof.-Tell about the
Turkish atrocities of the middle
ages.
Memo Domi-I didn't know
people smoked cigarets then. -
Pitt Panther.
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OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF
BABES

Tommy-Oh, mother, look at
that man! He's only got one
arm.
Mother-Hush! He'll hear
you.
Tommy - Why, doesn't he
know it?-Tiger.
Highball--See the name on
that picture?
Drybill-Yes, Nude"
Highball-I was just wonder
in what tehy put it there for. A
blind man can't read it and a fell
low with eyes can see for him
self.-Stanford Chaparral.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
lE SUFFRAGE REPLY

DO Coldo is playing an important
'zrt The Iowa Campaign for equal
gfI7ffrai important because those who
20 ae oIBing the movement constantly
1aifer Colorado as a horrible PX
g'g.nple equal suffrage. All of which
aiDDuldVe one a very bad impression
sdi thSate If it wer not that many
7 en- women of prominence in
j olors to come forward and set the
: satteight.
In wer to the charge that the
q ranti of the suffrage to women
I'll iease the taxes, the Secretary
., Z ST regards it as an unqualified
3 nccei Equal suffrage was granted
II ,olor; in 1893. The Colorado legis.
81 iture 1915. for the second time
81 asse resolution recommending
81 5omaIffrage as a practical political
~ oeasito all other states.
Vi Thsoman suffrage would increase
, he cpf election is another charge.
81 rel to this, Congressman Keat.
Z : ng s THE Denver elections in
y .914, prding to the City Auditor S
ne oookst the city 9ls,33636 with CO.
! { 300 ne. According to the board Ct
jos slectbf Albany, $4,000 was paid
III with "A voting, and Buffalo with
Sr 65,73'tes paid 100000 for its
iJa elect
2" "Tkxes in Denver for all pur-
go poses y and county, are 1925 on
g93 $1,000 Syracuse | found them to
~ be 5; per 81 900 and in Albany
fss S24.6l
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
YOU "OSKA"
Quincy Poet Breaks Loose When
He Hears of Us.

= M. Cheesman is in receipt Of the
following letter from his brother, of
Quincy, Mo-:
Quincy, Mo-, March Z, 1916.
+. NJ. Cheesman Now don't get
nervous and think this is letter, for
it is no..
have often wondered why so
maLy people died in OskaloOsa did
not know whether it was such a
peaceful place to rest, or whether it
wa the up-to date way in which they
are put to rest. The enclosed clip.
ping from a Quincy, ILL.,, paper, puts
mo Wise. 1t has become a universal
tCc!ing to want to go to OskalOosa.
Yours truly,
NJ D. Cheesman.
Ard here is the clipping which
Steaks for itself:
Overland to OskaIoosa.
When the Zeppelins are swOoping
like an eagle through the air.
And the submarines are proving in
the sea,
Overland to Oskaloosa is the safest
way TO go,
And the little old U. S. looks good to
me;
They are fighting in the trenches like
Kilkenny cats of old,
And there's lot mothers son can
tell you Thy,-
SO it's me for Oskaloosa in my trus.
ty little Ford,
For the Dove of Peace is acting
mighty shy.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
DRAGGING THE ROADS
Monroe Township Workers Were
Out After Them Monday.

Monroe Center, March (by D. D.
dwight and Paul Hicklin were out
dragging the roads last Monday.
Miss Florence Brown has been hav.
ing a bad cold and did not return to
her school in town till Tuesday. :
Mr.. and Mrs. Mlt Bright left here
last week for Pennsylvania where they
expect to live. ~ .-F
Miss Elsie Johnson who has been
working for Mrs. Mike Denney spent
Sunday at her home. $500 ~h,z
Misses Ethel and Verda Boomer
shine spent Sunday with zela and
Celia Gatten. 1927 if4Es.etE -
Mrs. Will Brown spent from Satur.
day till Monday morning with her
daughter Florence in Oskaloosa, where
she has been going to school.
Center school has vacation now till
April so,, !. ,eis
Irie Hollingsworth took his isson
Howard to the hospital to have his
eyes operated on one day last week.
Will Brown was appointed school
for Center school, IRIS,
Tom Denney, Jr., have "a new well
dug by their house. tsa.s5.
Most all thu neighbors have their
summer butchering done around here
now. q IA ,is
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
wHAI AMERICA NEE. S.

What America needs more than rail
way extension. and western irrigation
and low tariff, and bigger wheat crop
and a merchant marine, and new
navy, is a revival of piety-the KIND
mother and father used to have-piety
that counted it good business to stop
for daily family prayer before break
fast. right in the middle of harvest;
that quit field work a half hour early
Thursday night. so as to get the
chores done anu go to prayer meeting;
that borrowed money to pay the
preachers salary and prayed fervent'
ly in secret for the salvation of the
rich man who looked with scorn on
such unbusiness like behavior.
That's what we need row to clean
this country of the filth of graft, and
Of greed. petty and big; of worship OF
fra houses and big lands and high
office and grand social functions.
What is this thing we are worship
ing but vain repetition of what de
cayed nations fell down and worship
ed inst before their lights went out?
Read tho history off Rome in decay
ami you will find luxury there that
could Law a big dollar over our little
doushuut that looks SO large to us.
Great wealth never made nation
nor honorable.
There is nothing on earth that looks
good that is so dangerous for a man
or a nation TO handle as quick. easV.
big money. If you 10 resist its deadly
influence the chances are that it will
get your son
Wall Street Journal.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09

leg off. But William Street told us
at one time when he lived in his old
home place where the Lacey hote
stands, that his father, General
Street, had told him that no Indian
ever possessed better pair of legs
than did Kish-Ke-Kosh and that th'
spokesman of the tribe often used it
to good effect in shooting off the
agents who came to negotiate for the
purchase of his land. But the In
dams have no mortgage on being
misnamed. Just think of the boys
in this country who have been chris
tened Teddy Roosevelt or William
Jennings Bryan. There are some
qualifications, the absence of which
is more noticeable than the omission
VI leg from the anatomy. And on
the other hand think of these boys
who will have to bear these burdens
even Ito their graves.
- -: -
But as we have said before, Kish-
Ke-kosh was some pumpkins among
the red men of those days, and it to:
several pipe fulls OF peace purposes
to get him to move on to make room
for Crackers Neck, Tioga, and other
settlements that were to come later.
And even after the papers we're all
drawn up and forfeit posted, the
white man had to take Kish-Ke-Kosh
and several other Indian chiefs
aboard Des Moines river steamer
Ind Pilot them around the water
route (this has no reference what
ever 20 prohibition) to Washington,
to see his hOnor,-we have forgotten
who lived in the White House at tha'
time. EGroute a reporter for the
.Ierald Witne SSed this incident thai
has been engrayen on the folk lore of
the community and at last accepted
as true. A party of ladies came
aboard the steamer at one of the
landings, presumably, at Keosauqua,
and a smart young man took them
around to see the chiefs. He eXhib.
tied them much as fat stock might
be pointed out at a county fair. The
other chiefs stood for it, thinking it
was part of the consideration for the
'ands they were to surrender, but
Kish-KeKos swore several cuss
words in his pure Sac mother tongue,
and gave the Young fellow such a
licking that he had to stand uD and
eat his meals until he got to the Port
of Louisa, his destination. After
that the name OF Kish-Ke-Kosh was
respected in the land, and he lived
in peace and retirement from molly
coddles, until his spirit took its fight,
and his body was wrapped in his
blanket ard suspended to the limb
of tree that his bones might be
b'eached and come back to be worn
about the necks of his children and
his children's children.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
To-cay's Markets.

Chicago Union Stock Yards, March
S.-PackerS were most bearish early
today and forced a slow opening but
outside demand was strong enough
to send prices ; to 10 cents above
yesterday. When the big local pack
ers saw their efforts in vain to pound
down prices they took good hold and
the later market was active at II
cents above yesterdays average.
The bulk today sold at $93O@9.5O,
against $915@9.35 yesterday; $3.50
$50 last Wednesday; $S10M8.30 IoIr
weeks ago; $6.75@6.85 corresponding
Wednesday in 1915; $S.G0M&.7O in
1914; $SG508.85 in 1913; $6S5M7O0
in 1912; and $6.8O66.9o in 1911.
The top paid today was $3.50; yes
terday S9.4O; last Wednesday $500;
four weeks ago 1886; one year ago
$3.50; two years ago 1915; three
years ago $9.05; four years ago $7.lv,
and five years ago $715.
The sheep aud lamb section was
early cleared at from strong to 10
cents above yesterday.
The estimated receipts for tomor-
row are $4,000 hogs, 5000 cattle and
$4,000 sheep.
Receipts for to-day 1900 cattle,
$4,000 hogs and $1,000 sheep, against
15,461 cattle, 1880 hogs and 1921
sheep a year ago.
Average price of hogs at Chicago
Tuesday was $9.Dl, against 1913 Mon
day, 1915 a week ago, $500 a mon,n
ago, $6.S8 year ago and SO 60 two
months ago.
General average price of hogs yes
tcrd2y was highest since second
week of August, 1914 At that time
best reached 5000, the highest top
since 1910, when they sold up to
$1120
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
Chan TJ.-INDIANS

Just where that first Indian, which
we mentioned in a previous chapter.
built his capital of state,-or more
properly speaking, just where he had
the sQuaws erect the citidel,-is still
"a disputed question. Some relics
found on the old Boyer farm on Des
Ncines river might indicate that it
was in that neighborhood. The key
to the inscriptions on these relics was
unfortunately carried away in the
mad rush to California after gold was
discovered in 1S49. DR.. Crowder
thinks it was buried somewhere in
Arizona to keep the Californians
from getting this also. They have
already gotten nearly everything else
OF value that was produced in this
community. Several expeditions
have been made in an effort to re.
cover the treasure. but as the Oska-
'loosa police are wont to say, mo clue
has as yet been discovered"
- =: -
~ This failure on the part, OF Scott
township to produce The. goods has
lent color TO the contention of White
Oak township that the first capital of
the new world was located within its
borders. At any rate ii Was here
that one of the first treaties with the
Indians was made which resulted in
the emigration of all the other red
men, who had not already been sent
to the happy hunting grounds, to 9th
er maize fields and to other buffalo
preserves. We go at that buffalo
rather gingerly as you
iii ren'emher that such good author.
ity as Bob Garden of Tracy says there
never were any buffalo here. But
anyhow we are told that the big gun
Of the Indian tribe at that particular
time was one Kish-Ke-Kosh and that
he lived in great splendor and with
~'-f wo-hino any oVo~tirae IN his VII
lage along the Skunk river.
In the Indian language, az. inter
Dreted by experts from Ames. Klsn,
<e, Koeh means the man with one
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
HE FLOWER GARDEN

! garden lovers who are envious
+ neighbors' earlier blooms, fail
lie that they can do many
even in February to give some
Il plants an earlier start. Those
Hn hotbeds or cold frames. the
lists of the U. S. Department OF
lture say, should see to it that
nnual Towering plants are start
once. This advice applies to
flowers to be used later in
md to those grown for cut flow
Ie OF the flowers which give par
-ly good results if started in hot
,r cold frames are: Agertum. Al
|, Aster, Calendula or OF Mari
Calliopsis, Campanula, Castor
Chrysanthemum, Cockscomb,
IS, -Four O'clock. Godetia, Mari
petlnia, Sweet William, Scotch
Scarlet Sage and Verbena.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
MERlcANs POOR SAVERS.

) hundred years ago the first
KS bank in the United States was
iisaed. The advent of this insti-
b came with the era of CONNER
and industrial expansion. 1t was
The population of the United
Is was only S9,50O,000 and there
bat 246 banks in the country. BY
ten of these savings banks had
established with $685. deDositors
7Aggregate deposits of $1,13S,576.
fc6stity came. the people saved
thIeposits in these great reser-
IS tcapital, which now number
20, leaps and bounds increased
r. enoous proportions. To-Day with
s nsnal wealth approXimating
!. =, OO00, 900 and almost one hun
I'd MON people in the country, we
..,e sut $4,7OO,OOO,OOO in the saw
8 hks belonging to ten and a
Il dion depositors. This NAV
nm amazing sum of capital and
,.nheof depositors, but when a
npabn is made with other cOun-
2ss a balance is struck it is
rand .e United States is near the
Il ohe list in the percentage of
= gers population.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09

Chicago, March 8.-Realizing sales
in grains yesterday carried prices
lower, the buying being limited and
news mostly bearish. Closing trades
while not at the extreme inside,
showed loss in Chicago of 2B @2Ac
on wheat, &c on corn and $s@%c
on oats. r.y ~
Southwestern markets lost 1H0
csc, the northwestern 2A 025sc, and
Winnipeg 2B@2Ac Corn in the
Southwest lost %@1c and oGts in
Winnipeg h@Ac.
Provisions failed to get support
enough to hold values up and the
close was with losses of 10@30c on
pork, TIC on lard and 21z@5c on
short ribs.
Heayiness in the cash corn mark
cts here and at other points, com
bined with the weakness i'm wheat
and selling by local bears and bulls
who bought recently, carried corn
prices down 1c. The close was with
in &c to Nc OF the low poirt, with
July gaining on the May and finish
ing at 75%@75Ac and May 75Ac.
Liverpool was Id lower.
Business in oats was lighter and
prices lower, finishing at almost the
inside. with May 1875 @43Mc.. and
July 41Ac.
Cash houses and Lamson were the
best buyers and commission. houses
generally the sellers Shipping bus.
mess was fair, with receipts 81 cars.
Western arrivals were 663,e00 bu..
against $4,000 busaa week, ago and
1G2,O1 lebu. last wear Sbinments, eD5..
600 bu.. againstnaI, 122. 900 ~ Blu. last
year. Exports, 100000 bu., agalne.
2S 900 bu.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09

taxes Then the town, or the place
where the town ought to be, was
named Oskaloosa. Later this in
spired our first local poet of record
George W. Sewers, Sr., to sing:
"Oskaloosa, Oskaloosa! att8a,
What a beauteous name! 5~rsF
Who'd have thought wee papoose
Ever bore the same? lt,, ,r
Once it was an Indian baby, ..
Then a Chieftain's mate,
Now a court house, next it may be
Capital of State"
But as we have said before, Des
Moines got all the offices, including
the state house, though we once had
the State Fair in Oskaloosa.
THE ROUSTABOUT.
Continued in our next)
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
RlLITIEs EoR ErREs-

~ A ire of fire prevention progress
Ti7ut durine last year was a sentiment
ri for { the responsibility for pre-
KOS. Ventsf fires on the negligent indi-
sB5iy viiusnd Furnishing him according
g q ly, ell by assessing the total cost
di y of the against him, or, in case OF
ss7H fires Sing loss of life. by holding
min him finally responsible Contrary
Q to Eean custom, fires in this coun-
~ try I been regarded, generally, as
~ the I of chance, and little atten-
colt tion been paid TO criminal negli-
ggss genche total loss by fire in the
c,aU Initiates during 1915 is estimat
q ~ ed af2671 900 by the Insurance
tsa7ss Preshd there is little doubt that
19m mucHhis loss was preventable and
'igc woulHe been less If the persons re
tuces sponi for conditions resulting in
ssTil fires Re held criminally liable. The
gitsk Matte Association of Credit Men
hrs and lonal Paint, Oil and Varnish
p9sgs assopn in convention last year
CELIA adopl resolutions favoring the
aoysr recoson of the principle of individ-
: Ia ual possibility for fires This was
cssa also lroved by the association of
elfi Fire kineers by the Fire Marshals's
'llse Assolon of North America and att
chs Fari0meetings OF insurance men
and Frs interested in the preyen-
no ton fires. the Pacific Coast AS
Eocial OF Fire Chiefs. meeting at
~ San hcisco spent full day. in dis
l<st russliways aid means TO bring
~ RbOufe paeSaga Of lave that would
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09

penalze persons causing fires through
carelessness.
Persons responsible for fires at
Pittsburgh and New York last year
were indicted by grand juries under
existing laws. The principle is recos-
nized when railroad man is arrest
ed negligence which causes a
wreck. or when damages are awarded
against city or corporation, for ne
elect that causes an accident.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
AouLp FEEL PROUD.

int Gazette: The OskalOoSa
got out their big annual edi-
turiay. 1t was called the I'm
INT Edition" and was true to
Fhe paper consisted of forty
Is of good reading matter, and
number of we'll displayed ads.
pcal business men of the coun'
| 1t was a creditable number
! Oskaloosa people should feel
hat they have a paper in their
at is equipped, mechanically
Itorially, to issue an edition OF
gnitude of Saturdays Herald.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
J lRusIneaa chancA.n.

8GJ. CT Rhodes has sold his interests
in the stock of merchandise at No.
No. 213 High avenue west, formerly
owned by Wilbur Jones. 10 l.. D. Stat,
er Of Des Moines. who takes charge
Mr., Rhodes will so to
Des Moines in few days.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
Cash Quotations.

Chicago, March S.-Wheat No. 2
red, $111@1111a; No. red, $1.OSh
61.11B; No. red, $10318 @l.O7h;
No. hard winter, $1O7h @l.O91s;
No. hard winter, $1O7a5; No. l
northern spring, $1.1601I7; No, 3
northern spring, $1.1Sk; No. north,
ern spring. $1O4%; No. velvet
chaff, $115B Oils; No. 2 velvet
chaff, $1.15; S. G. red, Gle.
Corn-No. . yellow, 74A@75hc;
No. yellow, 7O@7Shc; No. 4 yellow,
67@G9c; No. yellow, 64@66%c; No.
yellow, 61k @65c; No. white, 670
csc; No. white, 62@66c; No. .
white, GOG61c; No. mixed, 72h q
74Ac; No. 3 mixed, 69R @7Oc; No. 4
mixed, 65@67Ac; No. 6 mixed, 600
Gle; S. G., 41@60c.
Oats-No. 2 mixed, 40Ac; No 3
white, 411a@47%c; No. A white, 800
4OEc; standard, 431Ac; S. g., $50
3Shc
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

u. S. Yards, ILL.,, March s, 9 a. IN.
HOGS-Slow and SOLO higher
than yesterdays average; quality
good; mixed and butchers, $9.05 a
9.45; god to choice neavy, $3.50
$50; rough heavy. $S.95@91O; light,
$S.yO@9.4O; Workers. $9.15@9.30; bulk
$9.25@9.4O; pigs, $7.50@S.50. .
CATTLE--Steady to 10 higher;
beeves, $7.4O@9S5; cows and heifers
$3.5O@S.5O; stockers and feeders,
$5.75@79O; westerns, $715@S.35; ma
tive calves, $S.25@11 90.
SHEEP-Steady to 20 higher; ma
tive sheep, $S:0OGS.50; western
sheep, $S.0O@SS0; warnings, 5000
1880; native lambs. $9.50@11.2O;
western lambs, $975@11.5O; ewes,
$5.S5@8.G0. [~.-
Closing Prices.
HOGS-Closing active and Is high.
er than yesterdays average; mixed
and butchers, $910@9.50; good to
choice heavy, $920@9.55; rough
heavy, SO OO@9.15; light. $S.95@9.45;
Workers, $92O@9.35; bulk, $4,000
$50; pigs, S7.60@S.OO; clearance yes
terday good.
Cattle closing generally 20 higher.
Sheep closing strong to 10 higher.
Official receipts yesterday
14,177; cattle, 4,612; sheep, 1854.
Official shipments yesterday--Hogs
1850; cattle, GIT; sheep, 2,5O5.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09

We would suggest that you ser
Oskaloosa shops about all kinds OF
printing before sending il out OF town.
Maybe they can do It just as well ami
II viii enable them TO employ more
mpn who win spend more money in
Ih<> con. rrs,,t,f5v I'D
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09

was not used to city ways, and i'm
agining it was the town marshal COM
ing for him, raised the window and
stepped out. 1t was some forty feet
to the ground, and as he had no para
chute he hit pretty hard and broke an
arm. 1t must be recorded to the
credit of this good Indian, however,
that he never laid the blame on his
wife, but instead went along with his
social engagements at the White
House and punched the face off" the
fellow who asked him what had hap
pcDed.
- - -
In our language Mahaska means
White Cloud" and the mistake is Of
ten made by historians in declaring
that CskalOosa was his daughter and
furnished the proverbial silver lining
for the cloud. Not so. tuscaloosa
of Indian tradition was a Creek prin-
cess. so you see we all have royal
blood in our veins, and have a right
to draw family trees and hang on the
tinsel. The Seminoles made war on
the Creeks and destroyed the entire
body of warriors, and carried off all
the women and children, including
Ouscauloosa. Arising to the occa-
sion, as our town has always done,
she made herself so attractive that
Osceola wanted her for his wife. She
consented, and when her trousseau
arrived from Paris she married the
Seminole chief, and they built their
wigwam on the brow of hill over
looking the classic Che-Chau-Qua. and
ever afterwards she made the living
for the family.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES

Nathan Miller, Des Moines, rs
1912 and
Bertha Farlin, Des Moines. 20
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09

BOWSER. - Charles Henry Bow
ser, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse H.Bow-
ser, was born at Sidney, Iowa, on
April s, 1874, and departed this life
at his home near Oskaloosa, Iowa, on
March 3, 1916. aged AZ years, s
month sand % days.
He came to Mahaska county, Iowa,
in the year 1889 and has been resi-
dent of Mahaska and Monroe coun-
ties since that date. He was united
in marriage with Miss Christina Nc
Marian on December %, 1897, and to
this union four children were born =.
They are Leah, Mary and William, all
at home: one daughter, Ruth, having
died in infancy. Besides his wife
and three children. he leaves an aged
mother, Mrs Alkaline Bowser of What
Cheer, Iowa; four brothers, George,
of Springfield, ILL.,, G.. S. of Helena,
Montana, and Lew and Edward, both
Of this city; and two sisters, Mrs.
Ella Barnes and Mrs. Dora Benscooter
both of Dcs Moines, Iowa. Funeral
services were held on Sunday after,
neon at 2 o'clock from the Wilcox
Wilbur-Garland Chapel, ..,. ..