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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23
EFFECTS OF GAS.

In letter to home folks, Lieutenant
George w. Lee, a surgeon with the
Sunset Division in France tells of the
effect German gases have on the Amer
lean victims at the front. He says:
Il have charge of a ward of twenty.
five patients who have been gassed.
Some of the cases are pitiful. One
poor fellow from New Albany, Ind,
was frightfully burned by explosion of
a gas shell filed with chloro picrin. or
what they term mustard gas. II pene-
trates the clothing. producing fright
full burns and blisters. They use gas
masks which filter the air they breath.
but sometimes they do not have time
to adjust the masks. This mustard
gas. especially where the skin is moist,
produces burns. Then the Huns send
over mixed gases some which burn
and blister and some which attacks
the eyes, producing lachrymation,
swelling of the eyelids and blindness
If one is exposed to il very long. They
also use what Is known as phosGene
gas. or what is termed in cience. car
bonide chloride-made by passing
chlorine gas over heated animals char
coal in the presence of an excess of
carbon monoXide gas. That is a color
less gas coming in contact with the
mucous membrane of the throat and
bronchial tubes. which are moist. pro-
duces hydrochloric acid, which is
very destructive to lung tissue.
We are giving them back plenty of
their own medicine and / think they
are gettina their I'll of it too. General
Ballard. division commander, was in
my ward today He told the fellows
our men were giving the Germans more
high explosives and gas shells than
they ever gave us.
We are about seven miles from the
front and can hear the roar OF the big
guns. Since starting this letter
stepped out and saw our forces put
ting over barrage.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23
CLUBS AND SOCIETY
HAPPY OCCASIONS AMoNa TOWN.
AND COUNTRY FoLk.

Mrs. Roy e. Garrett, who lives at
313 North ! street, was greatly sur
prised last evening when girls of the
Monarch Laundry, the telephone of
fee and the Homesteaders came in.
and each bringing dish which, made
it the regular dish party. Thirty.two
were in the company and fine two
course supper was served. The table
was decorated with pink and white
carnations Mrs. Garrett received
many beautiful presents. duly appre-
ciated The evening was spent with
music and was enjoyed by all.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

Other counties are, reaping won
derful success for the Red Cross by
sending a car load or two of donated
hogs to the Chicago market and sold
under the special class of Red Cross
stock. The animals are placed in a
class by themselves and sold apart
from the other market as the price
they bring is so high that it cannot be
considered as regular market trans
action. Here in Mahaska where we
raise the finest strains of porkers in
the land why not gather up car or
two of the swine and try our luck.
There are enough farmers in the coun-
ty who would donate single animal
to Red Cross to make up several car
loads. Who will be the first?
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23
TWENTY MILES FROM CALAIS!

stop day-dreaming and put your
mind on this bloody nightmare, urges
Herbert KAUFMAN. Tomorrow is
Prussian prisoner. Personal plans
can't come through until the future
is ransomed.
"The enemy is twenty miles from
the sea-twenty short, ominous miles
from Calais. Won Hindenburg is
halted, but not yet held The Huns
are massed on one front now and it
will take all the men and means we
can raise to protect the Channel
ports.
There are no portents of an ac-
ceptable peace-no prospect of revolt
within the Central Empires. Nor
tality tables give the lie to whispers
of starvation beyond the Rhine If
civilians there were without proper
and sufficient food, disease and de-
SPAR would be filling twice as many
graves. Four years of war have not
reduced the stamina or resolution of
the foe. rovidence refuses to thrash
the Junker for us; rebellion won't do
duty's job.
Hope for the best, but help ii to
happen. Believe that we shall win
be an optimist but optimism without
a gun, a hammer, a hoe or a check.
book is fatuous brayado.
The ghost of Paul Revere rides
nightly through America. bidding us
all TO be up and to arms. Spread
the alarm. Imagination has no Grim
son vivid enough to overpaint the
bloody and debasing consequences Of
defeat"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

|nlltees is understood TO favSF, the Sc
,lestlo Of the governor FOR this hon
|lora ! THE members OF the executive
committee are L. d. Whitney, Of De
corah; Mai. Roy Smell, OF Hawarden.
and Charles A. Rawson, of Des
Moines.
lnasmuch as the plan is to make
the convention a big patriotic gather
ing, ii is the thought of political lead
ers that the governor is the logical
man ior temporary chairman. He is
making many patriotic speeches not
only in Iowa but elsewhere which have
ausctcd much attention. particularly
h S speeches made at Kansas City,
Chicago, Minneapolis and Duluth.
An effort was made recently TO have
National Republican Chairman Will
II Hays, of Indiana, come to lowa,
but he did not accept the invitation.
1t is possible he may come at later
date and there is possibility that he
might attend the state convention, al
though this is as yet only sugges-
ton.
As to the date of the convention it
probably will be held the last Wed
nesday in July. The leaders seem
to think that as short a campaign
time as possible would be prefrable
in these war times.
' Canvasses made by two dry asso
/ Citations, the Iowa Prohibitory Amend
ment Association and the Iowa Anti
1 Saloon League show that at most on
ly thirteen out of 246 candidates for
ME next legislature are wet. The
prohibitory association in its canvass
found as follows; For the house, dry
| SO; wet, s non.committal, 81 Fol
the senate, dry, SIS; wet, s; noncom
initial, 80.
The anti-saloon leasde canvass re
| suited as follows: For the house, dry
1OS; wet, 5; non-committal, 70. Fol
the senate, dry, 81 wet, 3; non.com
initial 80.
The following senatorial vets were
found by the anti.saloon league: 10
seph r. Frailey, Fort Madison; ID. w
Kimberly, Davenport; George +
Tucker, Clinton. VETS running fol
the house, according to the league
are: Dale r. Andre, Burlington; 81
mon Miller, Dubuque; T. J. o Donnell
Dubuque; Otto Starzinger, Des
| Moines.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

The dry bed of a former lake in
the Nevada desert is considered by
motorists the finest, largest and SAT
est speedway in the world. 1t is
twelve miles long, three miles wide,
and its surface is as smooth and hard
as rubber. :.
There is on an average not more
than one Stacker in this country out
of a hundred people. In some good
sized places there are two or three"
according to the statistics of the
Council Bluffs Nonpareil. And these
fellows can not get by where the loyal
people organize and sift them out"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23
rHE BIC PARApE.
ralk about lMnbig psraass

Talk about kbaH big parades;
I'VE got one In my mind r
That puts to shame the Caesars
shades,
And leaves the stars behind!
1t passes meath the linden trees
And over Wilhelm street,
With banners waving in the breeze,
And tramp of marching feet.
see the British Union Jack,
The noble flag of France.
The Belgian red and gold and black,
Floats BY before my glance.
| hear the highland Scottish pipes,
Andwhat is this | see?
Ahead of all--the Stars and Stripes,
The ensign of the free!
Here's to The Day when this parade
Shall march through old Berlin,
To make all autocrats afraid,
And welcome Freedom in!
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

~. 4. I. !. 1. 4. 4. i. 4. X !. \ 4. !.
Harvey N. Hamilton and wife to FL
mer w. Pomeroy ct al, lot A of NE
NV Sec. 14-74-14, Cons. $42S4.
Benjamin. Thomas, nnmd., 10 Clys-
tia l.. ForsytheS pit. lot of 1. S. OF
SW Sec. A-7414, Cons. $4,000.
E. E. Hewet and wife to S. B. Shan
non, out lot Atwood's add Sharon,
Cons. 5000.
Andrew j. Wymore and wife to
Louis A. Wymore, S NE and NE Sc
and N ] So, Sc Sec. 32-7614, Cons.
$3673,S2.
J..J. Boatman and wife to John w.
Ferguson, pit. NE NE Sec. 4-77-14, Cons
800.
Same parties to Emma Boatman.
same land. Cons. $1.00.
Martha Francis Graham unmd. ct al
to Burley C. Mognett. f NE NV Sec.
1866. Cons. $1,000.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23
u WAR OF HUMANITY.

That which is happening now on
the other side of the Atlantic Is no
longer a struggle in which classes or
nations alone are interested. All
mankind Is Interested in the result OF
this struggle.
1t is no longer a capitalistic war, or
an imperialisi4e uwar, or national
istic war II is a war of humanity
1t is a war between the Middle
Ages and the twentieth century, be-
tween feudalsm and democracy, be
tween reaction and progress, between
darkness and light. The war was
not such at the beginning. 1t is pos
sible that those that play the leading
role in this struggle do not under
stand il. The Kaiser and linden
burg evidently do understand IL; they
are fighting for the darkness of the
Middle Ages Otherwise they would
not have carried on the war with such
enthusiasm. The statesmen of the
other side are beginning to see this,
President Wilson seems TO understand
best of all that the allies are fighting
against the dark forces of medieval
ism.
To a war that has assumed such a
character only weak theorists, peanut
politicians, and narrow-minded ego
fists can remain neutral. Living
beings, men and women who think,
must take stand for the Germans
or against them. And thoughtful
people can take only one stand:
Down with the military and autocratic
beast of Germany and Austria. And
one program: War until the twentieth
century is victorious over the Middle
Ages, until Democracy has shattered
Imperialism, until progress has
crushed reaction, until light has
drowned the darkness. And until
the human race has been made secure
forever against feudalisrt, reaction,
and darkness, all-without regard to
classes and parties-must stand unit
ed and fight on the side of progress.
Democracy is light. Progress is in
danger. The future of the human
race is at stake. To look down upon
this gigantic struggle, at such time
from philosophic heights and bubble
or even condemn both sides alike is
more than idiocy. 1t is criminal.
And in such time Victor Berger,
of Wisconsin, declares that if he is
elected to the United States Senate
he will demand that our country with
draw its armies from Europe. We
have no doubt, but that he earnestly
means it just as Scheidemann earn
estly means what he says. just as the
chatterer Trotsky earnestly means
what he says. But to withdraw the
moment means to help the German
Junkers drown the democracies of
France, England, and Italy in blood,
and, finally, when they will have made
away with these, to put back Nicho-
/ las RomanoV on the Russian throne.
Who can fail to understand this now?
Everyone now admits that, if this Gov.
eminent had not entered Nthe war a
year ago, then it would have to do so
now.
Are the Socialists standing outside
the human race? Can they win when
the human race loses? Do the So
cialists expect to initiate the Social.
list order in heaven and not upon the
earth? And when the whole civilized
world lies under the heel of the Ger
man Junkers, do the Socialists expect
to establish democracy and brother
hood under the foot of Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg?-M Baranov.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23
THE c. o. p. CAMPAIGN

Reports from Des Moines indicate
that Governor w. l.. Harding will be
chosen as the temporary chairman of
he republican state convention when
i; meets late in July.
The selection of a temporary chair
man Is one of the details left to the
executive committee of the republican
state central committee and the com
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23
ANOTHER WAR.

In speaking Of armies and trenches
and drives
And bullets that whistle and pop,
The taking Of chances-the risking OF
lives,
And shipping and over the top
Not all OF such action is over in France
Where Sammy is pounding the Hun
Our home-heroes also are taking a
chance,
The house-cleaning drive has begun
The household commander is leading
the charge,
We humbly salute and obey.
Our forces are small but our duties
are large
With waves of germ germans to stay
Stragetic maneuvers, suggested by us
The household commander ignores
Which leaves us the choice of bomb
harding the muss,
Regardless Of bruises and sores.
From basement to attic, the air-fleet
ascends,
To mop up the dustclouded gloom,
Our spine. like right-angle salient
bends
From contact with scrub.brushN and
broom.
While tons of explosives of various
sports,
Like vases and bottlts and jugs,
Burst loudly and often, with shocking
reports
And deadly effect on the rugs.
The household commander puts down
a barrage,
Preparing a charge on our den.
We rise up to question then side-ster
and dodge.
And hike to our trenches again.
Our helmet is dented by enemy bombs
Our uniform, riddled and split,
Our camouflaged nose is as black as
our palms.
SO we'll are we doing our bit,
The heavy artillery wheels into play,
The cook-stove. piano and chairs
While rapid-fire tack-hammers rattle
away,
Defending a drive on the stairs.
Our tank has been punctured. our giz
Yard shot loose,
It's hours since the rum-cart we've
seen
We send up a rocket to signal a truce
And call for another canteen.
The household commander ignores
our distress.
But orders half-rations for one
When loudly there comes, in the midst
of our mess.
The crash of the hanging-lam gun
We try to withdraw from it's thunder
ing thuds-
Exhausted, and glad to retreat.
When down We kerflOp in a tub-full o.
suds,
And there, We concede our defeat.
Nal Rose, Oskaloosa. Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23
SPECIAL SERVICES
NEXT SUNDAY DAY OF. PRAYER
AND UNION MEMORIAL

At a regular meeting of the Oska
loosa Ministerial Association il was
voted to make next Sunday a day OF
Special Prayer. Each minister will
hold an appropriate meeting Sunday
morning for this kind of service Union
services will be held in the evening at
the Christian church. A special pro-
gram is being arranged The action of
the ministers is in obedience to a re-
quest of President Wilson, as spec
ial day for Memorial Service.
Rev. McFerran, representative of
the School Board requested Sunday,
June 9th, be set aside for Union
service. 1t was voted that this date be
devoted to the High School program
which will be held in the High School
Auditorium at that time. Arrange
ments are being made for union even
ing scrviceS during July and August.
The committee is composed of Rev.
Arthur M Lewis, Clarence Pickett and
G.. r. ID. Kramer of the Y. Nj. c. A.
1t was voted that on the third Sun
day in June, each church in the city
will take an offering for. the benefit
of the American Bible Association to
provide Bibles for our soldier boys.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

quent mi the spring and farly sum
nner when the air meat the surface of
the earth Is mach. ISptMdl piaH rliat
few thousands of feet higher.
Elm brief, mid-continental cyclone
is general and usually moderate
storm with a three to five-day fire.
quency, while tornado is local. VIC,
lent. destructive and infrequent.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23
Campers Plentiful

Campers are plentiful along the riv-
er since the opening of the fishing sea
son. All the cottages and summer
shacks along the banks of the Skunk
and Des Moines are occupied and the
boys have little trouble in getting To
and fro morning and evening,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

Despite the fact that automobile
tires HAYS recently increased ten per
cent in price because of war COndi-
tions, the United States Tire Compa-
ny points out that these high war time
prices are substantially less than tire
users paid eight or nine years ago for
tires which were in construction and
material much inferior to the tires of
today.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

The Herald is in receipt of four
identical letters in as many franked
envelopes from some fellow in the
treasury Department whose name we
could not decipher. thanking us for
helping out in the Liberty Loan cam
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

According to James w. Gerard
former United States Ambassador to
Germany, the Prussian national air
"Heil dir i'm Sieger Kranz" (Hail thou,
in the conqueror's wreath) is sung to
the same air as our own familiar my
Country Ills of Thee" and the British
|"God Save the King" The music was
originally written for French mon
arch, Louis XIV.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

1t VII be interesting to note how
those who are making the world safe
for Democracy in this war will re-
ceive the Republican Guard (Garde
Republicans) Band which is coming
from Paris to this country shortly.
Perhaps the Administration will in
sist that it call itself the Garde Dem
ocratique Band while here.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

The st, Joseph Gazett reminds
US that we are likely to get so excited
because about one school teacher a
week Is being accused OF disloyalty
that we are likely TO lose sight of the
fine patriotic work several hundred
thousand other teachers are doing.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

THE cost of really good bootleg
ger whickey in Sioux City is reported
to be $40 quart. Naturally the
buyers of it are unable to invest
largely in thrift stamps" says the
Sioux City Journal.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

IF loss of revenue should &C,
crue to the United States from dim.
inished consumption of ardent spirits
she viii be the gamer of thousand
fold in the health, wealth and happi-
ness OF her people THE Supreme
Count of the United States.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

The War Savings Pledge card is
a little note written to Uncle Sam to
insure him that you are with him in
the war and that you intend to stay
To the finish.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

The Kansas City Star describes
a small town as one where all the
measles and whooping cough epidem-
les are blamed on the circus which
was in town last month.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

Alcohol does not produce disease
germs. Ii lowers the resisting pow
err of the body of disease and para
lyzes the phagrocytes 1.-The devourers
which are the defenders of the
hndv
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23
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BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES

i. !. i. !. 4. + !. !. i. i. !. i. i. + !.
Joseph w. Dublin, oskaIoosa ,.27
1913 and
Rena Mae O'Brian. Evans ...22
RICHARDS--Born to Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Richards of Beacon, Friday.
May 3, 1918, a son.
GOULD Born. to Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Gould of 107 c avenue west, Sat
urday, May IS, 1918, son..
HIEMSTRA- Born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Hiemstra of near Lacey, Tues
day, May IA, 1913, daughter. named
Alveta Viola.
WARD-B Born to s. G. Ward and
wife at 80 North Second street, Sat
urday, May Is, 1918, an pound girl,
Vivian Hope Ward.
ATTIC Alice NJ Foster, daughter
OF George It. and Elizabeth Foster was
born January T. 1857 at Springfield, la.
She was the eldest of five children,
three of whom are deceased, John A.,
Charles E., and Flora Belle. Mrs. Lee
alto Purkey, the youngest sister, is
the only remaining one of the immedi-
ate family.
At the age of two years she, with
her parents moved to West Liberty,
Ia, where they resided until she was
thirteen years of age, when they re-
turned to their old home at Spring
field Here she grew to womanhood,
and received her education. AT the
age of fourteen under the ministry of
Rev A. " Kendrick at Springfield
she was converted and united with the
NJ l.. church which she received at
the time when Thos. f. Corkhill was
president and l. o. Kemble was secre-
tary.
On December 81, 1882 she was unit
ed in marriage to William d. Attig of
Springfield, and to this union two
and Charles Roy of Marshalltown,
both of whom, together with the wife
of Roy, Mrs. Ethel Fuller Attig and
the husband, remain to mourn her de-
Darture.
For a number of years she has been
l great sufferer, always patient. never
numbering, no difference how much
the suffered. Her constant care was
or loved ones and the home that she
loved so much. And during the last
years of her fathers and mothers life
she cared for them increasingly, never
thinking of her own weak condition.
After they were called to their re-
ward she gradually declined and 1t
seemed to us who loved her so much
that she just slowly faded away like
a flower in the autumn time.
On May II, she was stricken with
Bronchial Pneumonia from which she
May II in the early morning. she
sweetly went to sleep ana sank peace
fully into the rest for which she had
30 patiently longed.
All that a devoted husband, daugh-
ter and son could do was done for her,
but God in His infinite love, WHO
knows what is best for his children,
took her to himself
She was a kind and faithful wife.
most devoted mother and will be sadly
missed in the home and by many rela-
tives and friends.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

You'll never get that home unless
you save the first dollar, says the Mar
shalltown Times-Republican. THE
first 100 cents is the corner stone of
all fortunes"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

Men meet and separate But the
thoughts which they exchange while
together impel them onward as a
favoring wind moves the widely scat
tered ships at seattle Dynamo.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

"A consular telegram from Shang
hal, China, states that subscriptions
to the Third Liberty Loan in Shang-
hal amounted to over $500 900.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

Wisconsin is rs per cent loyal
says the Mason City Times and is in
as good condition as the potato that
is one-fourth rotten"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

American women who have close
relatives in the army are not allowed
to go to France for service with the
Y. M. c. A.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

Government experimenters in Ar
gentina have had much success in
making paper pulp from the wood OF
several varieties of native pine trees.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

The island of Tasmania lays claim
to having the worlds richest tin
mine.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

Sink submarine! One certificate
filed with War Savings Stamps will
pay for a depth bomb.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

After all the weather is the real
food controller.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

Seems like congress would even
tually run out of talk.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

paien Dopsa, the, card. or thanks, it's
a waste OF raw material in these siren
nous times.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

HIEMSTRA- Born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Hiemstra of near Lacey, Tues
day, May IA, 1913, a daughter, named
Alveta Viola.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

GOULD.--Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Gould of 107 avenue west, Sat
urday, May IS, 1918, son..