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The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28
GIVE BLOOD To
SAVE PENN GIRL
FRIENDS TRY TO PRESERVE
RERA WINsLoW's LIFE.
CHEAPER LIGHT IN oTTUMWA
Voluntary Reduction Announced BY
Electric company-The ottumwa
Firemen. Eat oskaIoosa Turkey
Knoxville Pastor Hurt.

Marshalltown, Ia, Dec. 26.-Suffer.
ing from purpure hemorrhagica, a
dyscresia of the blood that causes
profuse bleeding at frequent inter
walls, Miss Reba Winslow, aged FL, OF
this city, a student in Penn college
Oskaloosa, Saturday afternoon was
furnished with $50 cubic centimeters
of new blood transfused indirectly
from a vein in the arm of her broth
er, Claren Winslow, of St. Anthony
Iowa.
The young woman has lost so much
blood from her frequent bleeding
spells that it was necessary, if she
live, to have fresh vital fluid. Even
though quantity to between a halt
pint and pint was transfused, the
young woman's condition is very
serious,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28
MOTHER LOVE AIDS
SON IN TRENCHES
1t Brings Relief To Boy Standing
His Watch Deep In
Mud.

Once upon time, only few months
after thissterribleworld war had begun,
Private Bailey, soldier in the ranks
had stood for days in the trenches
somewhere in France" The cold
rains soaked him to the skin; the mud
was deep. He had had no rest. Weary
and aching with rheumatic pains, he
recalled the faith his mother had in
Sloan's Liniment. lie asked for it in
his next letter home. A large bottle
was Immediately sent him and q few
applications killed the pain, once more
he was able to stand the severe ex-
posure. He shared this wonderful mus
cle-soother with his comrades, and they
all agreed it was the greatest reinforce
ment" that had ever come to their
rescue. At your druggist 25c., 5oc.
and $1.00 a bottle.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28
EMPLOYEES REMEMBERED.
Traction and Light Company In Role
of Santa Claus.

Manager A. H. r. Jackson remem
bered each and every one of the work
ing force of the Oskaloosa Traction
and Light Company and the Oskaloosa
Gas Works in a handsome and sub
stantial manner For each OF the
employees inclusive of the light plant
the wire crew, the street railway op'
eratives, the heat handling force and
the gas plant boys, Mr.. Jackson had
a fine large fat goose that was &C,
companied with the compliments OF
the season.
The rear room of the Traction and
Light company office building Satur.
day morning looked like some big
market. A big bench was piled high
with some seventy-five big birds, all
picked and dressed and ready for the
care of the cook.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28
JS!E!'{'i|'G
m. S; GZZE

enterprise has been that a few men
had a vision of greater school, and
had the ability to convince others that
it is easier to get people of means to
do worthwhile things, than it is to
fool them with smaller things. and
with the great program before them,
they never stopped even when the re-
suits showed that their first vision
was even too modest and they have
constantly had to revise their ideas
and adjust themselves to still greater
possibilities, until now it looks as If
a million dollar school is well within
their grasp and the real financing OF
this proposition has come as result
of faith in big things"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28
LADIES AID LOSERS
FREE LUNCH AT SALE LEAVES
THEM WITH GOODS ON HAND.

Olivet, Dec. %, (By f. W)-The
Ladies Aid Society lost out at the
sale at Boyer farm on Friday in some
way. They bought a lot of stuff to
serve lunch there, as per contract
braved the storm and went there
when it was found the parties holding
the sale were serving a free dinner
leaving them with all their goods on
hand, which they disposed of to the
people around home in the evening
We regret this for they make a spe,
cial effort on these occasions to serve
the people and don't like to see them
disappointed this way.
A. F. Baumgart, of Des Moines, was
passenger for Oskaloosa on Satur-
day.
Mrs. John Cole spent Tuesday in
Oskaloosa shopping. She says the fire
made terrible wreck in town, dis.
tressing to look at.
Miss Alma Durham was passenger
for Harvey on Tuesday.
David Roberts, of Union, Harding
county, was caller at the station on
Monday. He says coal is selling for
20 cents bushel up there and still
going up. He is at a serious loss to
know how poor people can buy it
Same here, brother Roberts.
J. w. Sarver, of Pawnee, Okla, Wis
tied at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Walter Clark this week. Mr.. Sarvel
is a farmer there. On the question
of farming he says there is nothing
there as to crops. He said he raised
but very little this summer.
In Christmas greeting to Mrs
Williams from Carrie l.. Smith, OF
Oakland, Calf, she reports being wei
and sent best wishes and greetings
to friends.
Charles Warfoot, of Cedar Rapids
was in town on Wednesday talking
up dry goods to G. w. McReynolds
Charley is a prince of good fellows
The manager of WEIGH & Cool
wholesale store told us once the!
couldn't keep house only for Charley
The mercury was 26 below zero il
Olivet at 6 a. m. All the women il
town went to Oskaloosa on the 6:3'
a. m train to buy Christmas presents
w. " Song, of Oskaloosa, was ;
business caller in town on Thursday
The writer was favored with call
R. w. ....'
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28
WILSON IS UPHELD
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED INDOORS.
ING PEACE PLANS.

About twenty people responded to
the call for a mass meeting Saturday
night, to endorse the steps taken by
President Wilson to end the war in
Europe. Resolutions were adopted
commencing the presidents moves
for peace. Hon. J. G. Harold, May
or of Oskaloosa, was named chairman
of the meeting, and Rev. c. d. Loehr,
pastor of the First Reormed church,
was chosen as secretary. The reso-
luton which was wired to the presi-
dent was introduced by L. r. Rose
brook, a former Progressive party
leader of this county. The resolu-
ton follows:
ITO the President, Woodrow Wilson:
Our people, in mass convention,
composed of representatives of our
nal and Commercial organizations, all
join in cordial and prayerful endorse
ment of your initiative for the cessa-
ton of the awful war, to the end that
peace. good will toward men shall be
the rule of all mankind.
THAT reason and righteousness be
made the arbiter of all National diff
ferences forever. 1t has been said
Peace hath it's victories not less re-
nounced than war n.
God speed your efforts, .t
This shall be our sincere and
Christmas greetings.
u. G. Harold, Mayor of Oskaloosa,
Chairman.
REV. c. ID. Loehr, Secretary"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28
ECH0S Of BIG FIRE.
BEADLE LOSS ADJUSTED AND
STORES IN BUSINESS AGAIN.

The Shoe Market will continue bust
ness. Temporary quarters have been
secured in the vacant room at 219
High avenue west, and will dispose of
their damaged stock. After this a
permanent location will be leased, and
the establishment open with a larger
and finer store. Settlement for smoke,
fire and water loss has been made and
was satisfactory to the proprietors.
The company opened its doors at
noon Saturday, with sale on dam
aged goods. When the permanent
quarters are procured. the market will
handle a high grade of stock, and a
much larger variety Quite bit of
the stock carried in the old store,
vas saved from the fire, and large
lot suffered but little injury. This
stock is being offered to-day.
- - -
Graham's Leader is doing a -four
ishing business. The fire broke right
into the Leaders Christmas trade, but
after other rooms had been secured
and the store again opened for bust.
ness, the firm experienced the same
holiday rush.
- - -
Settlement of the Chas. Beadle loss
in the fire of Friday, December Is, and
adjustment of claims upon insurance
companies was effected Friday Mr.
Beadle carried an insurance of prac
tically $4,000 upon the three story
and basement, so feet front of High
avenue by 12O on the A street side
a property value OF between $60,0O(
and $65,000. The settlement was fol
33,029.S5. The property will be re
built but the details have not beer
worked out or arranged This matter
will be taken up by Mr.. Beadle i'm
mediately after Christmas.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28
Notice Of Levy of Execution.


State of Iowa, Mahaska County, IS.
Mary A. Rosborough, Plaintiff,
Against
w. A. Ross ct al, Defendants.
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT.
To Lena Taylor and Otis Taylor:
SIR:-You are hereby notified that
by virtue of an execution issued
by the Clerk of the District
Court of Mahaska County, Iowa, in
the above entitled cause to me
directed, | have levied upon and exc
cuted as your property, the following
described real estate, in Mahaska
County, Iowa, to-wit:
Tie East Fifty Feet of Lot ca
Block % of Loughridge & Cassiday's
Addition to Oskaloosa, Iowa, also de-
scribed as follows, to-wit Beginning
at the Southwest corner of lot No. ca
in Block No. "a West Oskaloosa and
thence running West to the West
line of the East y of S. w. a of
Section Q3) Township (75) Range
(16) thence North Q2O) feet thence
East to the N. w, Corner of said
Lot No. CD Block No. ca, thence
South to the beginning.
And l have advertised the same to
be sold on the 18th day of January.
A. D. 1917, at 300 o'clock p. m, at
the door of the Court House, in Oska-
loosa, Mahaska County, Iowa.
WITNESS my official signature,
this 18th day of December, A. D.1916.
ID. e. Henley,
Sheriff of Mahaska County.
Observation-Disclosures.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28
Smith Unable to Give Bond.

Centerville, Dec. 26.-At the very
last minute Frank Smiths hopes for
the raising of the $4,000 bond were
blasted when a certain person of
means whom it was hoped would sign
the bond refused to do so. AS a re-
suit the three days given by the court
in which time Smith was allowed to
remain in this city to raise his bond,
expired at noon and at 2 o'clock the
clerk of the court signed the papers
which will commit him to prison for
the remainder of his life. Smith was
convicted of murder.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28
Reduction in Light Rates.

Ottumwa, Dec. 26.-The Ottumwa
Railway and Light Company has vol
unfairly announced a reduction in
electricity effective January l. Ac-
cording to the company the cut will
amount to Is per cent. To the very
small consumer it will mean much
more as the minimum monthly bill
will be reduced from $1.00 to 80
cents. Under the new schedule the
top, or base, rate is to drop from IL
cents to 10 cents. Application of the
10 per cent prompt payment discount
will give Ottumwa a rate of 9 cents
net for the first fifth kilowatt hours
used monthly, with proportionately
lower prices for larger consumption
of current.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28
ENOUGH TO GO AROUND.
Y. M. c. A. Hunters Get twenty-five
Rabbits on Christmas.

Tom" Shockley and Kay Kemble
Just had to go rabbit hunting Christ
mas day. Their punitive expedition
was treated lightly by the other men
who also have rooms at the Y. M. CA.
dormitories. Finally the "Y'' dodgers
agreed to skin and clean every rabbit
that Shockley and Kemble shot and
brought home. Imagine their con-
sternation, last evening, when the
two nimrods returned with twenty-five
Dummies as the result of the days
hunt. There's going to be big rab-
bit supper at the "Y' this week, and
the roomers of the dormitory must
clean and cook the rabbits.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28
Shot BY His Brother.

Tracy, Dec. 26.-While Robert and
Andrew, the two young sons Of Mr..
and Mrs. Thos. A. Jones, were hand
ling a 22-caliber rife in the tool
house at their home, the gun was &C.
cidentally discharged in such manner
that Andrew received a bad wound in
the thigh. Robert, aged 19, was un'
loading the rife when the accident
occurred. The ball penetrated the
thigh about half way between the
knee and hip and ranged downward,
making a long wound through the
flesh.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28
Pastor Fails Down Elevator.

Knoxville, Dec. 26.-Harry J. How
ard, pastor of the Christian church of
this city, had a miraculous escape
from sudden death when he took a
fourteen foot tumble down the eleva-
tor shaft of the Hamilton & Hamilton
hardware store, landing squarely upon
two washing machines and collec-
ton of torn-up boxes and other debris
that had been piled upon the platform
of the cage"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28
For Municipal Coal Yard.

The city council at Muscatine has
a petition from 500 citizens who urge
the council to establish a municipal
coal yard. The plan is that the city
should buy coal in carload lots and
sell it at cost plus the cost of deliy-
cry. The city solicitor holds that there
are no legal obstacles, and the matter
will come up again at a future meet
ing of the council
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28
Start a Diary.

It's about time to be figuring upon
the diary or journal for next year.
J. B. McCurdy prizes a journal he
was writing over fifty years go and
il is mighty interesting book of the
days when he was an active young
man in business and social life in the
old town. Start journal or diary
of your own. They make great
reading in a few years.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28
Had Little Rest.

Every mail train all day Tuesday
continued to bring hundreds of pack
ages into Oskaloosa. and the clerks
and carriers of the post Office were
given little rest. The delay of trains
caused some congestion of the mail
in the terminals and much belated
Christmas mail reached this city yes
terday.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28
Professional Cards
Money to Loan. Insurance.
I12 First Ave. West Oskalocsa, love-
w. n. HEATING.
Attorney-Abstractor.
2stf
A DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE.

n DMINI 10 NAlON . NOI HUE.
n Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons interested, that on the 9th day of
Oct. A. D.. 1915, the undersigned was
appointed by the District Court of Ma
haska County, Iowa, administrators of
the estate of Martin Olson, de-
ceased, late of said Mahaska County,
Iowa. AL persons indebted to said es-
tate will make payment to the UNDER
signed, and those having claims against
the same will present them legally au-
thenticated to said court for allowance.
Dated this 9th day of December, 1916.
Edgar j. Olson, Administrator.
w. T. Martin, Clerk. 22w3
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28
New Office Apartments.

Doctor d. L. Cone has secured office
apartments on the second floor over
the Green & Bentley Drug store, one
of the choice Office locations in tos n
Entrance is from the east side OF the
Oskaloosa National Bank.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28

Forest City is to improve her water
plant. At a special election a hand
ONE majority was given in favor of
the project and a $4,000 bond issue
was ordered.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28
BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGE

WELLS.-The remains of Mrs.
Charles S. Wells of Knoxville will be
brought to Oskaloosa for burial. They
will arrive over the Rock Island on
Wednesday at $3.50 p. M, and will be
.take.>s s',a:.,c5.a+ell.' &c EI1rcst ce..-.,e,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28

Christmas is no more than over un-
til we are confronted by the New Year
Greeting cards.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28
SANTA CLAUS BUSY
HE FINDS HIS WAY INTO MANY
PLACES IN TOWN.

The. Western Union Telegraph
Company, following the usual Christ.
mas custom, remembered the EN-.
ployes with andsome Christmas gifts.
All regular emplo"es received bonus
of seven per cent of their yearly sal,
airy from the company, while messen,
ger boys were presented with $500
each. Manager A. G. Caudle and the
local bo"s received their present on
Saturday.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28
LUMBER CONTRACT LET.
Des Moines Firm Submits Lowest Bid
to County.

Bids for lumber for use in the
county bridge work were opened by
the County Board of Supervisors yes
terday afternoon at one-thirty O'Clock.
Four bids were submitted. with the
Greenman Lumber Company of Des
Moines winning out as the lowest bid
der The bids submitted follow:
X alhnnh Lumbar Cnrnnanu
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28

PARKWAY Simpson Parr died at
her home, 315 North l. street, on Dec.
90, 1916, at II o'clock p. m, of pneu-
monia, which shehad for nine days.
She was born on March IA, 1854, in In
diana, but has lived in Iowa for the
past SO years. The husband, one son
and four daughters are left. Funeral
services were held this afternoon at
2 o'clock, from the H Street Mission.
Interment in Forest cemetery.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28

CHORD.-Daniel Chord died in Des
Moines on December %, 1916, aged 81
years, month and IL days, of apo
plexy. The body arrived in Oska-
loosa Tuesday morning, and funeral
services were held from the Chees-
man Funeral Home at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon. Interment i'll Forest Gem
eter.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28

WEST.-Francis West died at his
home, 402 Eighth avenue west, Sunday
morning, Dec. "a, 1916, aged 70 years,
10 months and 1 day of heart failure
Mr.. West arose on Sunday morning
in his usual good health and had gone
into the kitchen of the home to start
the days fires. When the family
reached the kitchen they found him
upon the floor, life extinct. He was
born in Pennington, Iowa, February
%, 1916, and has lived all of his life
in this state. He was member OF
the M. w. of A. lodge. The wife
one daughter and one son are left.
Funeral services were held from
the Cheesman Funeral Home Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock. In.erment in
Forest cemetery.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28

airy from the company, while messen-
ger boys were presented with $25.
each. Manager A. G. Caudle and the
local bo"s received their present on
Saturday.
Christmas Day at the Postotfice is
the busiest day of the year. But the
boys working for Uncle Sam were not
too busy Monday to remember their
colored janitor, Henry Allen. A purse
was made up among the clerks and
carriers, and the janitor given a
Christmas present of seven dollars.
Jack Shelton, the silver tongued car
rier, prepared Henry Allen for the
presentation.
- - - .-.@
Dormitory roomers of the Y. NJ. c..
A, whose lives have been frightened
by the attention given this depart
ment of the association by the men
employed in the building, remember
ed Secretary G.. R. d. Kramer, Jr.,
Earle Roberts, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Rhinehart, Monday. Secre-
tary Kramer and Boys Secretary Rob-
erts were given attractive linen
pieces, while Mr.. Rhinehart, janitor.
and Mrs. Rhinehart, matron, were
presented with handsome blankets.
- - -
Baldauf-Rosenblatt Company re.
membered their employees for the
Christmas time, and on Monday morn.
ing a Christmas greeting was sent
to each one Of the regular employees
in telegram, and in each telegram
a check was enclosed. This is certain
ly a bountiful gift
.a.. - - -
The Oskaloosa Home Telephone
Company employees We're handsomely
remembered by their employers at
this Christmas time in the following
ways. All help connected with the Of
fee, (outside of the operators) which
included the Office help, the linemen
and all others employed down stairs
received $500 in gold and silver
spoon All operators who have been
with the company steady for two
Years received one weeks extra pay,
and all other operators, including the
relief and short time operators re-
ceiyed silver spoon and linen
handkerchief, 4.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-28

HOSKINSON.-Mrs. Mary Hoskin
son of Warrnesburg, Mo-, died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Carrie
Solomon, at Warrensburg, Christmas
Day, Dec. %, 1916. Mrs, Hoskinsor
is former Oskaloosa resident, and
the sister of Thomas B. Gossage oil
this city. She was the mother Of
Mrs. Carrie Solomon, the wife OF
Prof. Solomon, who was at one time
instructor of Music in the Oskaloosa
public schools. Mrs. Hoskinson has
been living with Prof. and Mrs. Solo
mon at Warrensburg, where he is
connected with the Warrensburg Col
lege. Burial will be at Moravia, Ia.
on Thursday.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-01
Two Wonderful cIock..

One of the most wonderful clocks IN
the world is owned by a Frenchman,
Louis Descutter. 1t is mounted on q
Louis Seize stand and has four faces.
Besides marking the hours, it shows
the tides at six different parts Of the
world, the mean time and the solar
time, the age Of the moon, the move
ments Of the planets and all eclipses
1t is also a perpetual calendar. 1t was
made by Janvier Of Paris in 1859 and
took eleven years to manufacture.
San Diego, Cal, has a wonderful
clock with twenty dials, which tell the
time simultaneously in all parts Of the
world, also the days of the week and
the date and month. 1t stands twenty
one feet high, and four of its dials are
each four feet in diameter. 1t Is In
closed In plate glass, so that every &C
ton can be seen, and the whole is FLU
minated every night. 1t is jeweled
with tourmaline. topaz, agate and jade
and required fifteen months to build
The motive power is a 200 pound
weight The cost Of the clock was S.
OO0-People's Home Journal.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-01
Curious Recruiting Custom.

The Russian army In the early part
Of the nineteenth century had a Gu
rious way of raising troops A levy Of
two to four men out OF every 500 were
selected and then medically examined
at the army's headquarters, either at
Moscow or St Petersburg now Petro-
grad. II the recruit successfully pass
ed he was then turned over to an off,
Ger, who saw to 1t that he was cor
rectly measured and, IL the proper
height, was sent into another apart
ment, where the front part of his head
was shaved If rejected as being med
tcally unfit or short Of the necessary
height the back part Of bis head was
than shorn Of its locss b prevent him
from appearing again among new
levies.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-01
Styles In Indian Names.

Although among the Indians there
are not so many Deerslayers as there
were In the days Of James Fenimore
Cooper, yet many Of the names still
possess strong individuality. This is
shown by examining the names that
were prominent In a recent sale Of In
dian lands in the Standing Rock reser-
walton, In the Dakotas.
Here, for instance, was found Bar
ney Two Bears, an amiable neighbor
20 Miss Katie Good Crow. Media
Crowghost and Mary Yellow Fat have
adjoining tracts, and there are also
Mrs. Crazy Walking and Jack Elk
Ghost In the same section
1t is not to be wondered at that
Mary Lean Dog looks enviously from
her door when Agatha Big Shield goes
BY with her aristocratic name, nor
could any one blame Jennie Dog Man
and Mary Shave Head II they fen all
over themselves to assume on short no
dce the heroic name borne By Morris
Thundershield. heir apparent b Long
Step Observation-Disclosures York Times.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-01
Why They Walk In Circles.

IF you were lost in desert or III
forest and tried to find your way out"
says a well known scientist, you
would be almost sure to walk In a
circle" This well known fact Is due
to a slight inequality in the length Of
the legs. Careful measurements Of q
series of skeletons have shown that
only 10 per cent had the lower limbs
equal in length, 80 per cent had the
right limb longer than the left, while
In 55 per cent the left limb was the
longer.
The result Of one limb being longer
than the other will naturally be that
person will unconsciously take a longer
step with the longer limb, and conse-
Quently will trend to the right or left,
according as the left or right leg is the
longer. The left leg being more FIRE
quently the longer, the inclination
should take place more frequently to
the right than to the left, and this con-
clusion is quite borne out by observa-
tons made on a number of persons
when walking blindfolded. The In
in the length of limb Is not
confined to any sex or race, but seema
to be universal in all respects.