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The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08
FEDERAL AID TO IOWA ROADS.

With Iowa's first federal aid project
nearing completion, says the Iowa
Highway Commission Service Bulle-
tin, the first year of Iowa's admins
tration of the federal law to promote
permanent road building, has seen a
total of sixteen projects approved
both by the State Highway commits
sion and the Office of Public Roads
These projects involve the eXpendi
ture of $1,534,2257O and the improve
ment in some form or other of 1855
miles of road.
The first contract of federal aid I'M
der the new law was let in September
1917. This was for four miles of
concrete surfaCing on the Mason City
Clear Lake road. This road is now
completed. The state law accepting
federal aid went into effect July 4,
1917. The federal aid allotted to
Iowa since that time amounts to $685.
526S0; $4S3, 1873 more comes from
state aid funds and $567,90972 is to
come from county funds.
Why not real highway in Mahaska
county from Fremont through Oska-
loosa to New Sharon? If we do not
start we will never get anywhere.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08
TIE SOLDIERS TOAST.

Here's to the blue of the storm
tossed North,
AS they meet on the fields in France,
May the spirit of Grant be over all
As our boys from the North advance.
And here's to the gray of the sun
kissed South
AS they meet on the fields of France.
May the spirit of Lee be over all
AS our boys from the South ad-
vance.
And here's to the blue and gray as
one,
AS they meet on the fields in France.
May the spirit Of God be over all
AS the boys of our flag advance"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08
PAUL NOEL.

Past and future were represented
in contemplation of the beautiful me-
mortal window at the Golden Eagle
in honor of Paul Noel as a Times
writer passed there today. A veter-
an of the Civil war and three lads
not old enough to respond to their
country's call stood in silence looking
it brought back memories of days
long passed. Visions of Shiloh or
Vicksburg or the hardships of the
Campaign in the Wilderness,-who
knows? To the lads it presented a
vision of the future when they, too,
would be old enough to do their part
for their country. The possibilities
of promotion of distinction in all of
which each one figured as the hero.
So, for the past and future--dreams,
both dreams. There was silence.
One boy dropped out, another, and
then the last. The veteran turned
away to make room for two women
Both had sons in the service. Oh,
here was the present. There were
no dreams here. Both women looked
long and earnestly at the picture, as
If from this mute cardboard they ex-
pected some message from their own
sons at the front Without a word
hey moved on. Truly these were
living i'm the present and the picture
,onjured to their minds by this win
low will leave an imprint stronger. If
more cruel. than those carried away
~ the past and future Oskaloosa
Times.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08
ONE THOUSAND MEN.

Mrs. 1. H. Steddom president of tbs
Sammies' Mothers Club. says theil
records show that there are now
1000 boys from Albaslt county
serving their country in tie great
war
u If hard to realize tnat this mum.
Der Lac gone out from this locality
ri il seems that almos: every train
II iote has taken o.. or more men
TO sor1e camp or bragcl Of the :.r.
vice
One thousand men makes -four fJlI
cJI PRIMES as the arm es are nov
OK nized. really a small army in
tx g1Selyes if they ceula all be MAJ
shaled in one body.
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aHARMoNY HEAVEN.

People have been asking why c.
l., Farmhouse has called his music
publishing establishment Harmony
Heaven" Mr.. Farmhouse did not
call it. The place named itself. 1t
was this way: One day letter
came to the local postoffice addressed
TO Harmony Heaven" Oskaloosa. la.
No street or number was included in
the address, nor was there anything
on the exterior OF the envelope TO
show In what line OF business the
sender might be interested. Trust
to the aIl'wise letter carrier, how
ever. TO discern the right Location.
Some one Of The boys remarked that
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Alsace-Lorraine the special gift of
the United States to France.
In course of time, If the war goes
on long enough-for our once indiffer-
ent people now think and talk of lit.
tie else than the war-this passionate
wish will possess the United States
from end to end; and if we failed or
were not permitted to payi our great
historic debt in this concrete fashion
to the nation whose brave and ardent
soldiers came to our rescue in our
darkest hour, we should feel in our
new hour of victory that the best was
lacking. War is a gross business.
Let us put soul into it if we can
Gertrude Atherton.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08

there was only one place in all the
world where the appellation would
apply, and that was the C. l.. Barn
house place where heavenly harmony
prevailed and was carried in stock.
And to the Farmhouse box went the
letter. Moreover,-there is just the
place for which-it was intended. When
Mr. Farmhouse, saw the address he
was struck with the fact that the
letter came to the, rightful destination
and somehow the new name settled
over his institution and is now
adopted as a regular trade mark.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08
TWO FATHERS-A CONTRAST.

There is a very distinguished and
widely known father in Germany who
is not at all in doubt as to whether
his sons have been killed or cap
tured. Eth, wilhelm!
Whatever else has been said OF MIN
in the past or is to be said OF MIN in
the future. Colonel Roosevelt is no
piker as a patriot. The Roosevelt
boys could have easily found some
thing soft in the way of army
headquarters jobs either on this side
or in France. Every one of them has
gone in where the trouble is the
thickest.-Los Angeles Times.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08
TIDE OF WAR HAS TURNED

The war has now entered upon its
fifth year; and though victory may
not be Immediate, it is more assured
than at any time during the struggle.
The German offensive, which began
March last, has completely failed in
its prime detectives; the initiative
now having passed to the Allies
whose strength increases daily
through the rapid arrival of fresh and
eager American soldiers who are al
ready making themselves a telling fac
tor in the military situation. The day
cannot be wTy far dhtam when the
German military power will be broken
and the vast structure will disappear
from the map. Germany by continuing
her methods of warfare, faces ruin,
misery and hate as penalties for the
exercise of ruthless cruelty and am
bition; while the Allies face freedom
and the loftiest hopes in human his
tory. One OF the most untoward events
of the week was the unfortunate paci-
fist statement issued by the Marquis
OF Lansdowne. whose high reputation
as statesman gave undue weight to
his utterances. His words can unity re-
suit an encouraging the enemy. pro-,
longing the war and aggravating the
OF the Allies. 4 di
Tremendous activity exists In every
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08
on ERoM sHALE ROCK.

With the demand for gasoline and
for the crude oil from which it is
made, as well as for the ammonia
to be used in fertilizers. growing more
and more imperative, it is encourag-
ing to learn that rapid progress is
being made in the work of producing
these materials from the oil shales
that are found in great deposits in
our Western states especially in
Colorado, Nevada. Montani Utah,
and Wyoming. More than a dozen
large COMPANIES have been organized
to win oil from these shales and are
now making experiments to deter
mine the most efficient and economi-
cal way of doing so. Aerial tram
ways are being built TO bring the
shale from mines to be opened high
on the sides of the mountains down
to retorts or distillation plants to be
built in the valleys near water and
near lines of transportation
Chemists are finding that a great
many useful things can be made
from the oil shales-such as dyes,
explosives, paints. fertilizers, and
substitutes for rubber, as well as
gasoline, kerosene paraffin, and flo
tation oil-but the industry is not
yet far enough advanced TO enable
anyone to tell which of these prod
ucts or how many of them can be
manufactured at profit. The in
dustry must eventually succeed, but
its success may depend largely on the
profits derived from the sale of the
bylproducts. liz.
A report recently published by the
United States Geological Survey, De
partment of the Interior, shows the
results of geologic examinations of
oil shale in the Uinta Basin, Utah,
by ID. E. Winchester, and gives rec
ords of Installation and tests of sam
pies of shale collected elsewhere in
the United States. The oil shale in
Utah is black or brownish black,
except on weathered surfaces, where
it is blush white or white. 1t is
fine grained, slightly calcaoreous, and
generally free from grit. 1t is
tough, and its thinner beds are re
markably flexible Its flexibility
distinguishes it from ordinary car
bonaceous shale, which is brittle
When ignited with match thin
splinter of oil shale burns with a
sooty yellow flame and gives off an
asphaltic odor.
Oil shale is heavier than coal, hay
ing an average specific gravity OF
about 1.6, but the richer shales are
Tot so heavy as the leaner ones. The
ell shale of the Green River forma-
ton contains about so per cent OF
ash AS good coal contains less
than 10 per cent of ash, oil shale
can not be proftably used directly
as muel. In order to obtain its con-
tent of oil the shale must be mined
like coal crushed, and distilled in
huge retorts, in which it gives off
crude shale oil, ammonia, and fuel
gas, products from which may be
made a large number of valuable
substances. Though some of the
shale has on distillation yielded
more than 2 barrels of oil to the ton,
very little of the oil is in the shaIe
in the form of oil. The shale con-
tains a great mass of partly bitumin-
lied vegetable matter, which can be
converted into oil by heat.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08
OskaIoosa Lad There.

Down at Burlington they have a big
air known as the Tri State Fair and
one of the big features Of the enter
Prise is the Automobile Show. More
over as is to be expected an Oska.
'oosa boy is at the head of the pro-
cession, II. j. Lyle being the main
mover and motive power of the en-
terprise. Harry has made big
success in Burlington. The Sunday
Hawk-Eye of August prints a two
column portrait cut of the president
and his associates.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08
NEW TASK FOR Y. M. c. A

Chaperoning box of r. N. T. de
tonators in an electrical storm was
one of the old tasks Y. M C. A
hut secretary recently had in his day.
work. He is preacher, but now doe.
almost everything else in the worl
line, from sweeping floors to safe
guarding the soldiers Liberty bonds
On a wildly stormy night, to appropri
ate thunder and lightning, master
at arms entered the hut.
We've got a lot of r. N. T. stored
at the station" he announced. Here's
the detonators. With this lightning il
isn't safe to leave 'em near the mines
Will you take care of them over
night" Ia
1t was not restful night for the
"Y" man.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08
Mrs. Warren An Honorary Corporal.

Mrs. Maude Radford Warren, Of
Chicago. well known magazine writ
er, has been given the chevrons as
an honorary corporal as an appre-
citation of her services as Y M. C.
A. canteen worker on the AIsace
front. She frequently was under
fire while distributing smokes" and
"eats." Many of these men had not
seen woman for months and one
battalion, to express its appreciation,
made her a corporal.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08
The SUGAR Supply.

The first of the new sugar crop
will reach the market in October in
the form of beet sugar. This har-
vest will continue the remainder of
the year. Louisiana cane will be-
gin to come in about the middle of
November, and Cuban cane about the
middle of December. although per-
baps not in large quantities until
January.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08
WHY GERMAN TExrsooksg

In new ruling, which makes ii
necessary that students taking en-
trance, examinations for the Massa4
chusetis institute OF Technology shall
be examined In German. the president
Of the school, Or. Richard c, Mac
iaurin. after saying that this change
has very little il anything to do with
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08
School Inspection Provided.

The late Mr.. Seyert J. Marvick of
Story City set an excellent example
for other Iowa citizens interested in
the promotion Of better health and
the, prevention OF disease when he left
through bis will, the sum of $1,000
to, provide for an annual inspection
Of the health of the school children
OF his community. W
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08
Warmer still.

Milo Johnson writing from Camp
Pike 70 his parents, Mr., and Mrs. T. P.
johnson Of South Market street states
that Sundays heat at that place
touched l20 In the shade hut everyone
stood thei ordeal ~ well as could, be
expected.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08
Cash Quotations

Chicago, Aug. 7.
WHEAT-No. l red, 1925; No. 2
red, $2.23@224; No. 3 red, $2.2O0
2.22; No. 4 red, 1920; No. hard
$2.260227; No. 2 hard, $2.23@2.25a;
Nos hard, $2.20@2.22; No. hard,
$2.19; S. G hard, $3.50; No. north
ern spring, $2.264@2.2S; No. 2 north
ern spring, $2.23@224.
CORN-No. mixed $1.56; No. 3
mixed, $1.4S; No. 2 yellow, $1.79; No.
3 yellow, $1.72@177; No. A yellow,
$16O@1.7O, No. yellow, $3.50
1872. No. yellow, $1.43@1.5S; No. 5
white, $1.45@167; No. white, $3.50
@155; s. G., $1.10@1.45.
OATS-No. 2 mixed, 65a@6S3c mo.
9 white, 68@694c; standard, 69@7Oc.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08
!"With building operations of

with building operations of an
extensive nature held up in almost
every city of the land because of de
mand in war industries for materials,
1t is evident building operations in
the years following the war will be
on more extensive scale than ever
before seen, predicts the Sioux City
Tribune
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08
Some editors are compIainin

Some editors are complaining be
cause they have been ordered to cut
off the deadheads from their mailing
lists. Do you recall anybody in any
other line of business who waited to
be told to cut off his free list-much
less to howl about it after it was
done!
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08
The reduction in the consumntio,

The reduction in the consumption
Of meat by the civilian population in
Italy has been enormous. amounting,
since the recent three meatless days
per week went into effect. to 20 per
cent. The entire cereal consumption
for the year has been reduced rs per
cent--a large reduction for a country
as dependent upon bread and maca-
roni.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08

to the Food Administra-
tion is to the effect that out of con-
sumption OF 1900, 0OO, 900 pounds of
bread annually in Great Britain the
people viii be able to supply them
selves this year with 100000, 900
pounds.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08

-"Still we have men who will turn
their backs on Iowa corn fields and
go down to Texas or up to the Arctic
circle or out to California to farm"
exclaims the Knoxville Express.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08

"A soldier writes from France
that he was somewhat seasick on the
way over but fortunately there were
many others in the same boat.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08

The Kansas City Star suspects
that the reason Hindenburg keeps
coming back to life so frequently is
that Old Lucifer won't have him
down there. Oh.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08

Perhaps the frightened Germans
over-estimate the number of Ameri-
cans in France because every Yankee
fights like sixty
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The Germans crossed the Marine
in force at one point They met the
Americans. and Immediately hurried
back to tell the folks about it.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08

The soup cube, now much in de-
mand in Germany. is the nearest
equivalent in modern Germany TO a
square meal.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08

1t is estimated that 20 per cent
of the residents of the United States
use electricity in some form every
day.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08

line of industry connected with the
war, proving the energy and determi-
nation in which this country is con-
Quoting the struggle.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08

How about that Stacker coal bin?
Better courtmartial it,
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A MILLION DOLLARS

Was once offered by Americas rich
est citizen for new stomach. Mod
ern business life tends to weaken and
destroy the tone OF the stomach and
liver and these first symptoms Of dis.
tress, il neglected, often lead to more
serious consequences. Every bust
ness and professional man should car
ry with him small bottle Of Jays
Pepsotone for the relief Of symptoms
Of indigestion and torpid and lazy
liver. This remedy relieves because
it supplies the necessary aid which
enables the stomach and liver to
throw off the poisonous accumulations
without leaving any bad after ef.
fleets. 1t contains no injurious or
habit-forming drugs-no harsh miner
al derivatives and cannot harm the
most delicate constitution. Just lit
tie aid when you begin TO feel badly
promptly Corrects the trouble and you
feel fine once more. VIII not grippe.
Guaranteed. SOC and S1.0O. The Pep
sotone Company. Huntington, w. Va.
People who have tried jays Pepso.
tone would not do without it for many
times its small price. Your druggist
can supply you.
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chose. Ten minutes later he returned,
to find her in the back room, where
was the orangewcod boulder set. She
flung her hat away an dwas sitting be.
lore the dressing table where the after.
noon sun streamed through the win.
dow.
Mains was startled to see her there
for he unusually kept this room locked.
These things were sacred to Mains,
and not for the eyes Of the casual OBJ.
server, but when he caught the picture
OF her there as her regal young head
dropped slightly under the weight of
the halo Of her pale bright hair, he
stopped in the doorway.
"You are the first woman" he said
softly, who has ever looked On these
things"
startled, and arose contritely. "Thoy
they are the lovliest things I've ever
SEEM
"Yes"he said, looking down into her
eyes, 81 wanted them to be. For seven
years I've been making them, bit by
bit, in my shop up stairs. Making
them. you know, for the dream girl
who might some day be foolish enough
to-love me-" He smiled wistfully.
She would have-haye to be a very
wonderful dream-girl to be worthy Of
of such thoughtfulness and-and
sense Of beauty" said Irene Wedge.
wood as she stepped hesitantly past
him into the hall. And q few moments
later she left,the original intention Of
her visit to Mains completely forgot.
ten.
Two months later when Irene
Wedgewood went ont to superintend
the arrangement OF the furnishings
of her new houseAshe found a certain
| orange.wood bOUdoir set already IN.
pasked in the room adjoining her bed.
room. For m%instant she held her
hands over her surprised eyes and
then looked again. Star.eyed and with
flaming cheeks she went to the tele
phone before which she sat for some
moments in deep thought. then sud.
denly she changed her mind, for she
slipped into her coat and drove her car
furiously back to town.
AT five that afternoon she entered
Mains studio rather breathlessly.
I've come, tdemurely said the once
imperious Hiss Wedgewood, Ito pay
lor-for the boudoir set"
Mains smiled down into her eyes,
standing close. 1T was fancy OF mine
to send III You were the first woman
to see 1t. and-and 80 were Untitled to
have 1t. It's value isis entirely
other than financial-so, you see
money cannot pay for it,
IL didn't mean money" A tear
slipped down her cheek. II thought
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Lemon Juice
For FreckIes
Girls! Make beauty lotion at
homo for few cents. Try IT!

Squeeze the juice of two lemons in
to a bottle containing three ounces OF
orchard white, shake well, and you
have quarter pint OF the best freckle
and tan lotion, and complexion beau
titier, at very, very small cost,
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will sup
ply three ounces Of orchard white for
a few cents. Massage this sweetly
fragrant lotion into the face, neck
arms and hands each day and see
how freckles and blepishes disappear
and how clear, soft and white the skin
becomes. Yes! 1t is harmless.
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health. ! believe the Compound will
cure any female trouble. Mrs. ALICE
HELLER, Christopher, Ill.
Nervousness is often a symptom Of
weakness or some functional derange-
ment, which may be overcome by this
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, as
thousands Of women have found by
experience.
If complications exist, write Lydia E.
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, for
suggestions in regard to your ailment.
The result of its long experience is
at your service.
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recent Spring FASHION SHOW.
The tailored costume on the left is
smart simplicity incarnate. 1t is de-
veloped in navy blue tricotine and fol-
lows the slender lines of the season.
Small flap pockets, slender, deep
notched reyeres, and slight indica-
ton of a waistline marks the mode
The skirt features the inverted pleat.
The coat.dress at the right is a semi
formal costume suggesting the Chinese
influence. 1t is of mandarin blue and
canary yellow in Hochanara crepe, the
waist coat revealing brilliant embroid-
cries. The coat has distinct sugges-
ton Of the Chinese.
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Madame Marguerite, Chicago, de-
signcr, who has just carried OF the
Gossard prize for 1918, awarded by the
Fashion Art League of America, is
shown here with two of the prlze.win-
ming costumes.
Since the outbreak Of war there has
been constantly growing and an in
creasingly successful effort to estab-
lish for American designers the same
authority and recognition which has
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To Relieve Catarrhal
Deafness and Head
Noises

If you have Catarrhal Deafness or
head noises so to your druggist and
get 1 ounce of Parmint double
strength), and add to it IA pint Of hot
water and q little granulated sugar.
Take one tablespoon four times a day.
This will often bring quick relief
from the distressing head noises.
Clogged nostrlis should open, breath
ing become easy and the mucus stop
dropping into the throat. 1t is easy to
prepare, costs little and is pleasant to
take. Any one VINO has Catarrhal
Deafness or head noises should give
this prescription trial.
H-H Drug company formerly Holt
Drug company.
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might be the-the dream girl-and-
and pay for 1t with-love," She stood
there with bowed head and warm
flushed cheeks.
Whereat Mains reached out and
gently cuddled her to his heart, col
lecting his first payment promptly
And the present Mrs. Mains will tell
you any time that Mains made happi.
ness is even more wonderful than
mains Made furniture.
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| so long been bestowed upon the great
costumers of Paris.
! With the great difficulty Of safe
transportation for imported models ana
the steady demand for distinctive de.
signs American modistes have begun
remarkable production of tailored
frocks and evening gowns.
American designers have been i'm
mensely successful in pleasing the
French-trained taste of their smartest
Bclients and splendid display of ere.
alive costume art was made at the
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nervousness, and
was in a run down
condition. Two Of
our best doctors
failed to do me any
good. / heard so
much about what
Lydia E. Pinkham's
v BILE Com
pound had done for
others, I tried it
and was cured. I
am no longer ner-
vous, am regular,
and in eYcallenf