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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14
A MISSOURI AUCTION SALE.

A sale bill bearing the signature
of will Quit Work." has been going
the rounds of the press and purports
to be a Missouri auction sale, giving
evidence of what queer combinations
can be made by a printer who is suf-
fering from the effects of night
out. The bill announcing the sale
included the following list:
Twenty-four good cows, broke to
work. Il head of cultivators, coming
in soon. 10 head of shoveling boars.
with scoops by side. s piano mares.
120 rods of canvas betting better than
new. DeLaval COW, with ice cream
attachment Mccormick binder in
foal. Poland China bobsled, due to
farrow in April. II head of chickens
with grass seed attachment, in good
working order. y. l. c. riding heif-
ers, good as new Spraying outfit,
can be ridden or driven by children
IS billy goats. 20 bu. capacity, with
spraying MOBILES and other attach
-ments, and many other articles too
numerous to mention"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14
EEEEcTs OE HE WAR.

In Brussels, in the first half of the
year 1918, there were 6,714 births and
1926 deaths During the same time
in 1917 there were only 1914 births
and 1922 deaths.
In Berlin the birth rate has also
fallen off very materially, while the
increase in the death rate has in
creased very heavily.
These conditions are probably
largely due to the lack of fats essen
tial to meet bodily requirements.
They emphasize anew the necessity
of Americas supplying to the Allied
countries with fats if they are to be
maintained in strength to win vic
tory. Save the fats. Use only
enough, that the rest may be spared
to save the children of stricken Eu-
rope. 1t is stated that one-half the
families now living in Berlin are re-
siding in one room to the family.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14
BED CROSS AND SHIPS.

Shipbuilding has Decome the prob.
lem of the American Red Cross as
much as of the army and navy be-
cause the future shipment of hospital
and other supplies depends upon in
creasing the tonnage.
Harvey d. Gibson, general mana
ger of the Red Cross at Washington,
has telegraphed Red Cross officials
to get behind the shipbuilding pro-
gram of the government to the end
that the vast civilian and military
relief program of the Red Cross may
be carried out.
There are now 100000 members
of the Red Cross in the Central Div.
ision, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin,
Iowa and Nebraska, and in the entire
country. 23,475,00O members to help
the government recruit workers for
the shipyards. The number needed
is 100000
Every Red Cross chapter and ev-
cry Red Cross member is urged to
talk ships to every person who could
do work in shipyards. The men are
to register but not to leave their
present tasks until notified by the
government where to report
Keeping the 100000 American boys
now in France, or on their way
there. supplied with surgical dress
ings and other vital materials depends
Ipon Increasing the number Of ships.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14
WALTER PERKINS

Having been drafted for military SER
vice, will sell at public auction at his
residence miles southeast of OsKa-
loosa on Wednesday, February Goth, at
10 o'clock a. m, pair of black mules
6 years old, weight 1850; pair of black
mules years old weight 2280; pair OF
gray mares in foal, four and five years
old weight 1900; black mare smooth
mouth; family road mare, coming 6
years old; gray gelding coming three
years old; buckskin road horse COM
irlg years Old; road colt coming 3
years old; sucking mule; All these
horses and mules are extra good stock.
2 cows to be fresh last of March,
Jersey COW giving milk; red COW Civ
.ng milk-all extra good. s extra good
Poland. China sows, 1900 bushels of
corn; 700 bushels of oats, 200 mixed
grain, Z bushels timothy seed about
,ons threshed hay, straw stack, mach
inery, harness, hog house, etc.
Lunch served by Wright Red Cross.
Terms made known on day of sale.
|. M. REED, Auctioneer.
GEO. MCCARTHY, Clerk.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14
Temperance
iss.NOteS@
Conducted by the National Woman's
Christian Temnerance Unionl
EVERY MAN AT HIS sEsTl

Men and women as citizens are the
product of four environments: The
physical, the moral, the industrial and
the political. rf.
A physical incompetent by superior
qualities of the uncOnquerable soul
may lift himself out of the chains of
disease and pain and make his fell
deny me when 1 say that that which
makes for physical incompeteacy is an
enemy of the state. ...
A moral incompetent cannot be a
good citizen. ....
An industrial incompetent cannot
be a good citizen.
A political Incompetent cannot be a
good citizen.
l submit to you that the liquor in.
stitution is the supreme tangible foe
of the state, because it is the supreme
positive promoter of physical, moral,
industrial and political incompe-
tency.
Millions of citizens, men and wom-
en-, Immediately vital to the national
and world program of this republic,
cannot be at their best until the liquor
institution is destroyed. Other and
unborn millions are physically, NOR
ally, industrially and politically pre-
damned by the eugenic faint of alco-
hol. And America needs every man at
his best Daniel A. Polling.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14
HUSH! HUSH!

Did you get that in the dispatches
from Washington the other day?
Commissioner Reed told the
committee that D. B. Pierce was
drawing $S3333 per month from
the government as publicity
manager. r. L. Hunt $566.66 as
assistant to the publicity mana
ger and T. B. Reed $500 per month
as assistant to the assistant.
Reed said that these three
men did practically nothing ex-
cept issue the Hog Island News
monthly paper for the plant.
This is the most work that I
think they ever do"
We do rot know how much of a jof
this is, but the Herald will wager tha
any one of the six former member!
of it's repOrtorial staff now serving
his country could do all the worl
these three fellows are doing, anC
have time left to attend the movies
And these six boys are drawing S3(
per month and board each. If thi!
be politics, make the most of it!
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14
North Chrisman

ill sell at Public Sale, miles west
If Oskaloosa on Monday, Feb. rs, at 10
o'clock a. m, black mare years old;
ray mare, smooth mouth, in foal to
ack; year old mare; year old geld
ng, broke to harness; coming two
ear old geldings, spring mare colt;
pring mule, good one; good milch
'ows, 2 giving milk, to be fresh soon;
J heirers with calf; heifer calves; 2
months old calf; 10 Poland China
rood sows to farrow in April; Poland
Jhina boar. Farm implements. Two
automobiles Lunch served by Evans
Red Cross. Terms made known on day
of sale. A. J. Hutch, AuctiOneer; Les
ter Butler, Clerk.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14
STAMPS SOLD WELL
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
RED CROSS CHRISTMAS SEALS

The Christmas seal committee of
the local chapter of the Red Cross,
composed of Mrs. r. ID. Reid. Mrs.
Chas. Farmhouse. Mrs. Rhea Open
heimer, Mrs. w. w. Williams Mrs.
William Frey and Mrs. w. j. Thomas
have made report upon the stamp sale
for last holiday season. Although the
ladies were late in ~etting started
with the sale the should be compli-
mented upon the systematic and eff
Gent method OF handling the stamps.
The entire sale for Mahaska amounted
to 1896 stamps which is equivalent
to $375.05 which speaks we'll for the
local chapter. aeasaPui1,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14
LuMeERJAcKs OPPOSE SALOONS.

A good argument for prohibition is
furnished by the action of Washing
ton lumberjacks. About fifty of these
men had been fighting fires in Idaho
and Washington (both dry states) and
refused to go into Montana to perform
the same service because they feared
that if they exposed themselves to the
temptations of wet state, they would
lose all their earnings in the saloons.
SO they turned down an appeal for
help at good wages and remained in
dry territory.
Montana's statutory prohibition law,
enacted November. 1916, goes into af-
feet December 81, 1918. After that
date the state won't be Stunned by
lumberjacks or by anybody except
boOzers.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14

q F.
In Belgium and northern France
snow is fairly frequent and may be
expected as here, SO the bulletin
says, from November to April, but 1t
rarely attains any considerable
depth In the higher elevations of
eastern and southeastern France
snow is more frequent and in some
places accumulates to considerable
depth. Rain, so the weather bureau
says, falls more frequently in France
and Belgium than in New England,
but the annual precipitation is much
greater here Thus the annual rain
fall is normally 2S19 inches; at Par
is, 20.77 inches; at Client, 31.46, while
in Hartford, Conn, the normal is
1913 inches.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14
L. V. HOWARD

VIII sell at public auction on the Eu-
gene Mcconnell farm. located miles
northwest Of Oskaloo3a on Tuesday,
February 10, 1914, at 1870 o'clock
}. m, black mare II years old. weight
200; bay mare coming 10 years old,
weight 1900; coming year old colt,
weight 100, broke; 8 spring colts;
coming 8 year old milk COW; coming
year old milk COW, to be fresh in
L few weeks; coming year Odds,
broke and gentle, will be fresh early;
l black bull coming years Old good
one; 2 brood sows to farrow in March;
6 fall shoats; corn and straw.
Terms made known on day of sale.
J. M. CONVEY, Auctioneer.
w. D. CARTER, Clerk
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14
AL coHoL NsuIRALIzEs FOOD.

Food is not only wasted in the man.
ufacture of alcoholic drink, but the
drink itself renders nugatory the nu-
tritive value of much food that is eat
en-. Put lump of sugar into alcohol.
1t hardens instead of dissolving as 1t
does when placed in water. A half
pound of beefsteak, chased by high
ball does not furnish more than GO per
cent as much nourishment to the body
as when it is eaten alone.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14
REFUSE TO BE LIQUOR BOOST

Inquiry in January, 1917, directed
to every publication In the United
States, no matter what Its character
or frequency Of issue, revealed that
1887, or nearly one-third of all the
publications In the country, declined
10 serve as medium of drink, solicita-
ton, says the Cyclopedia of Temper
ance and Prohibition, published by
the Board of Temperance Of the M.
Il. church. At this writing many
others might be added to the honor
roll.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14
News of the completion of two

News of the completion of two
men-of-war to be added to the Chinese
navy indicates China's indendence of
foreign shipyards. The two new
ships were not only built throughout
by Chinese at the Kiangnan shipyard
but each is equipped with twelve Z
inch guns manufactured by Chinese
hands at the government arsenal at
Hankow.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14

one of which is black, one Shorthorn
and one full blood Jersey; spring
calves; high grade Poland China
brood sows to farrow LIST of April,
Poland China boar with pedigree; 40
shoats, weight rs pounds; II Grade
Shropshire ewes. wethers; farm
machinery, 900 bus. good corn, corn
in shock, seed corn, oats, oak fence
posts. Terms made known on day
of SALE Also the 120-acre farm.
Terms-$1, 900 day of sale; $1,000 due
1921; balance March 1, 1928. Lunch
served by the Riverside Red Cross.
I. M. Reed, auctioneer. Lester But
ler clerk. aE. tsi 3sa.a.s
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14
PROHIBITION BEST.

Out of an experience which has
touched all classes and conditions OF
men, l am willing to state my belief
that in this present crisis the United
States would be better able to meet
the high duties before it If prohibition
were general and absolute.-Gov.
Charles G.. Whitman of New York.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14
Life in Keota is thus DENOTED b,

Life in Keota is thus depicted by
the Eagle: John Ellis moved into
the house vacated by Max Ziffrin ear.
ly this morning. He got up at 4.
moved a couple of stoves in his shirt
sleeves, worked up a sweat, made
some fires, and thea came down to
the store and was very much sur
prised to find that it was % below"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14
Ed. ScnarH

will sell at Public Auction at his farm
) miles northwest of Oskaloosa, On
Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 1890 o'clock
|. m, gray mare years old, weight
300; sorrel driving horse 8 years old,
ady broke; span gray mares coming 4
ears old, weight 1900: black mare
coming years old; span black mules
coming years old, weight 2300, well
broke; bay mare coming years old;
pan coming two year cd draft colts;
lack mare years old; 6 mich cows,
giving milk, 2 just fresh, 2 to years
Id cows 5 years old, two blacks,
me roam; red heifers, 2 years old;
J spring calves; brood sows, 8 red
nd 4 black, due to farrow in April; 40
lead of fall shoats; 1000 bushels corn;
hay in NOW; corn fodder and straw.
Free lunch at noon. Terms made
known on day of ,ale. A. ]. Hutch,
auctioneer.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14
Julius RosenWald,

Julius Rosenwald, the eminent
Jewish citizen of Chicago, is said to
have given twenty thousand dollars a
month to various war charities for
the last two years. He has pledged
million dollars to be spent in Eu-
rope by the Jewish Relief Committee.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14
Taylor Longstaf

will close out at public auction, six
miles northwest of Oskaloosa on Fri
day, Feb. %, at IL o'clock a. m, two
mares, one gray mare, 6 years old,
weighing about 1850, one brown mare
8 years old, weight 1900; 3 milch
cows-red COW, fresh, with calf at
side, 2 Jerseys, to be fresh by day
Of sale; 2 2-year-old Jersey heifers,
one fresh with calf at side, one to be
fresh by day of sale; one Short-Horn
to be fresh by day Of sale; yearling
Jersey heifers; tried sows to far
row in April; gifts to farrow in
April; SOW with eight pigs at side; 5
stock hogs; II fall pigs; Poland
China males hog; some hay and grain;
farm machinery, etc. Free lunch at
noon. Terms made known on day
Of sale. j. M. Convey, auctioneer.
Chas. Whitmore, clerk
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14

We believe the people pretty
generally down this way will endorse
Henry F. Wagner or district judge,
He is capable and the Clarion be-
lieves is a good clean man. We
would like to see him land the job
Richland Clarion.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14

The man whose mail consists
chiefly of duns is rarely among the
fellows who clamor for better pos
tai service, observes the Des Moines
Register
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14

BY simple transposition of two
letters the word unite becomes unite.
From the amount of business done in
the divorce courts it would appear
that entirely too many couples are
tinkering with the word.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14

BE not puffed up just because
somebody refers to you as a conserv-
alive citizen, urges the Pella Booster,
. ''for usually that is just polite way
OF saying you are too dead to skin"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14

Among the cases tried in an Og-
densburg, N. Y, court recently was
that of People VS.. Ford Carr, charg-
ed with public intoxication."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14

The wise business man is not
wasting time wondering when peace
is going to come. He has already
planned what to do when peace ar
rives.-The Link.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14

The man on the corner believes
that people are less concerned about
the pronunciation of "cantonment'
than they are about its equipment.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14
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BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES

Il =. 4. 4. 4 !. i. i. i. 4. i. !. 81 i.
Dale Hess, New Sharon ............,...2 6
1850 and
Opal Gregson, New Sharon -........26
Taylor W. Eliason, Zion City, Ill. SO
1851 and
Marion Hershey, De Kalb, Ill. ....2S
John L. Jones, Hedrick ...................S3
1852 and
Alva Rea, Oskaloosa, ....................19
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14

and the urgency of the situation is
expected to stimulate all Red Cross
members to effective action.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14

HARLAN - Humphrey Marshall
Harlan was born Feb. 7, 1910 in Mus
kingum county, Ohio; died Feb. A,
1918, at his home in What Cheer,
Iowa. He was the son of Samuel and
Sarah Harlan. With his parents he
came to Iowa in the spring of 1857
and settled near Birmingham in Van
Buren, county, moved to indianapolis
in Mahaska county in the fall of 1857,
enlisted for service in the civil war in
the fall of 1862 in Company E, 33rd
Iowa Infantry Volunteers and served
until the end of the war.
Married to Emma Mccoy, Dec. /,
1867. To this union were born six
children, four of whom survive him.:
Mamie H., wife of Rev. Fred B. Pal
mer, D. D., of Denver, Colo, Harry H.,
of Sigourney, Iowa, DR.. Charles D.
of Keswick, Iowa, and Sadie L., wife
of George D. Horras of What Cheer.
Bonnie NJ. and Edwin L., deceased. He
is also survived by his beloved wife,
his sister, Mrs. E. R. Hatcher, of Os-
kaloosa, Iowa; his brothers, DIR. James
E., ex-president of Cornell college,
Mt. Vernon; J. S. of Atlantic, Iowa,
and Charles Harlan of What Cheer,
Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harlan moved to What
Cheer in the spring of 1872 where he
has been in active business life ever
since.
At the age of 20 years he was con-
verted at indianapolis and united with
the Baptist church and has lived an
active and devoted Christian life.
After moving to What Cheer he united
with the Christian church of which
church he was a member at the time
of his death.
While the 33d Regiment, Iowa In
fantry Volunteers, was at Camp Tut
tie, Oskaloosa, Iowa, the request Of
the chaplain of the regiment, in line
of review, that all Christians advance
two steps in front of their compan-
les. he was one of eight to SO ad-
vance. Thus early in his army life,
openly expressing his Christian faith
and Christian manhood, before his
comrades.
His active, helpful and modest
Christian life will stand as an ever
lasting monument in the memory of
his family, his neighbors and his
friends.
The funeral was held at the resi-
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14
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PUBLIC SALES

John Firebaugh

John Firebaueh
will sell at public auction at his res
idence, first door east of depot at
New Sharon, on Tuesday. Feb. &c, at
1900 o'clock p. m, team black Nor.
mar geldings, and 5 years old,
weight between 1900 and 400 eacn
@ound and well broke; black mare )
years old, good to work and sound;
black Norman horse colts, coming
yearling and year old; extra good
Jersey COW. will be fresh the first of
March; farm implements, and many
othe@ articles. Terms made known
on day of sale. A. j. Hutch, auction
eeT. j. B. Heitsman, clerk.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14
C. C. Jenkins

will sell at public sale at his farm 81
miles southwest of Beacon, the farm
and all personal property, on Tues
day, Feb. 10, at 10 o'clock a. m. Span
of mares and years DID, weight
$500; mare coming 3 years old,
weight 1900; gelding coming years
old, weight 1900: team mares, smooth
mouth, weight $500; smooth mouth
marc. weight 1900; mare. weight
1000; 2 spring colts; one spring mare
mule, black, and good one; good
mich cows, heifers two years old.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14

BLACK-Mrs. Wilma Black died at
her home in Scott township, Tuesday,
February IL, 1918 at $3.50 p. m, aged
26 years, Z months and / da.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14

WILSON - Born to Mr. and Mrs.
John Wilson, GIG South 9Th street, Sat
urday, February 2, 1918, a boy.
DONLEY - Born TO Mr. and Mrs.
Bernard Donley, Tuesday, Jan. 20, a
girl. Mother and daughter doing fine
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14

QUICK-Funeral services of the late
John Quirk will be held at the home
in Beacon, Wednesday, Feb. Is, 1918
at o'clock. Interment in Eddyville
cemetery.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14

at o'clock. Interment in Eddyville
cemetery.
THOMAS-Relatives here have re-
ceived word of the death of Evan p.
Thomas, which occurred Monday, Feb
ruary II, 1918 at the Mt. Pleasant
state hospital. Funeral services on
Friday, February Is. 1918 at the
Cheeseman Funeral Home at 2 p. m.
Interment in Forest cemetery.
BROSTROM-SW SWANSON - About
siXty-five relatives and friends gather
ed at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
A Swanson, north rest of Fremont,
on Wednesday, January 80, 1913, when
their daughter Miss Emily was united
IN marriage to Mr.. Albert Drostrom,
the Rev. Frank Edwards, pastor of the
Swedish NJ. Z. church of Oskaloosa,
officiating. At the appointed hour, sew
en- o'clock p. M, the wedding march
was played by the brides sister, Miss
Eva, the bride and groom attended by
the brides brother, Mr.. Clarence
Swanson, and Miss Mae Walraven, of
Des Moines, took their places under
meath an arch of white wedding bells,
where the ceremony was performed.
The bride was daintily attired in
gown of white wool and she wore a
veil and carried a bouquet of white
roses.
After congratulations a two course
wedding supper was served. The dec
orations throughout the home We're in
green and white. Many costly and use
fu! presents were given the bridal cou-
pie from their many friends and rela-
tives.
Guests from. outside the neighbor-
hood were: Miss Mae Walraven of
Des Moines, Mrs. c. L. Peterson and
Miss Amelia, of Beacon, Arthur Bros
from of Staples, Mimi, the Misses EN-
ma Larson and Vida =ilc Emma Haw-
knson of Ottumwa, Grace and Mary
Knight and Frances Hunter OF Oska-
loosa, and Mrs. Henry HawkinsOn of
Highland Center.
A wedding trip had been planned by
the young people to Staples, Mimi, for
a short visit with relatives, but owing
to the fact that the groom was called
for examination, he being in the first
draft, precluded the possibility of the
trip.