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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11
PRINTERS ARE PATRIOTIC.

Marsden G. Scott, President Inter.
national Typographical Union in re,
cent statement gave the following re,
sumo of the splendid work being done
by printers:
"On June Is, 1918, 4,0S1 journeymen
members of this union and $50 ap,
.prentices were in the army and navy
forces of the United States and Can.
ada.
"Seventy-five of our members have
fallen in battle in France or have died
in military camps in America.
ITO the widows, orphans. fathers
mothers or other relatives of this In,
.ternational Union has paid mortuary
benefits amounting to $22, $50.
During the past twelve months this
international Union has paid $354,000
to 1900 old age pensioners.
In the same period this union has
paid mortuary benefits amounting 10
1912, 400.
The total expense for the mainten-
ance and for improvements at the
Union Printers Home at Colorado
Springs last year was 1857 500.
This union has invested 100000 in
each three Liberty Loans-$90,00 900 in
all. Our subordinate organizations
and individual members have invested
more than 100000 in these secur'
tiles.
Our strike expenses for the past
twelve months were but $1.237. The
gross earnings of onr members
amounted to more than 81, 100000 for
the year for $1,000 members, and the
insignificant amount expended for
strike purposes reflects our determine.
ton to give full patriotic support to
the governments under which we live
in the terrific responsibilities which
now confront US all.
The officers of this International
union are volunteers in the Army for
the Preservation of Industrial Peace
for the duration Of the war at least,
and we will do our level best to give
full effect to the earnest recommends
lions made by President Wilson in his
proclamation creating the National
War Labor Board. There should be
no strikes or lockouts during the war.
This International Union neither so
licits nor accepts contributions to its
benefit funds. Every dollar expended
for these purposes is paid by members
of this organization in the form of
regular dues and assessments.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11
The PRICE OF GAS

Little over a year ago, 0skaloosa
patrons were paying a maximum of
Sl40 per thousand feet for gas. Large
consumers got it cheaper than that,
and all got a discount if they paid
their bills by the 10Th of the month.
Then came the agitation for dollar
gas" and the public commenced to fig
ure on what they were going to do
with the money they would save when
the new schedule was put into opera
ton.
Somebody forgot to sand the track
somewhere along the line. and war ac-
tivities gave old high cost of living
right-of-way. From the city council to
the courts, then back 10 the city cOun
Gil went the proposed new rates, and
this week when patrons were present
ed with their gas bills, pink enclos-
IRE, which is self explanatory read like
this:
Notice to customeTs-Ordinance
No. 224 passed by the City Coun-
Gil June 7, 1918, provides that We
shall charge $40 per thousand Gu.
fl. for gas and if the bill is not
paid by the tenth Of the month We
shall charge an additional 10 cents
per thousand cubic feet. Your June
bills are figured on this basis.
Kindly note change of discount
period to the tenth. a..
And, so instead of dollar gas" we
have s170 gas. But it is condition
and not theory that confronts US.
The high price of coal, transportation,
labor and interest makes operating ex-
penses and the cost Of production i'm
mensely larger and increased rates are
mandatory as every business man well
knows @
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11
THE asoRRYy BUSINESS.

"a Poem by Jack Moreland. With
Apologies to Maud Argo and Nal
Rose)
I'm going to write poem and it's go
ing 10 be some job,
Yet | know exactly what I'm going
to say:
You may not like the substance, but
l don't care bob, ..
/ shall make my spiel before l hit
the hay.
When it's nine pounds for a dollar,
g.. all the sugar you can buy,
And your -four bill tears the string
clear OF your sack,
Amt il pleasant when you land EN-,
if they do come awful high,
For TO loan EN- out and never get
'em back?
We stand for woman suffrage. and
Wen help TO win the war,
But there's one thing makes US rend
our hair and scream;
we can't tolerate the Stacker, and we
don't know what he is for.
And there's lots o. folks who amt
near what they seem.
When the H. c. L. behooves US all TO
watch the balance sheet,
And Herb. Hoover says TO guard
the garbage can,
Don't it jar your insides awful when
you're trying to make ends
meet,
To stand for all the graft. and be a
man?
Mrs. Jonesy, could you loan us just
about six pounds of four
And well pay you back when some
one goes to town;
You can hear it almost every day, and
sometimes every hour,
But you've got TO grin. and grunt.
and gulp it down.
"And we'll have TO have some sugar,
cause We didn't know ives
out"
And they seem to think they've
surely got the pull;
L
to stand for all their spout,
And to hold his temper while they
pass the bun"
We've bought War Stamps and also
Thrift, and tried TO do our bit,
And we're going to try and see the
old scrap through.
But the thing that jars our entrails
and which fails to make hit,
Is this "borry" business wouldn't
it jar you?
We're scared sometimes, and stop
and think, how far this thing
could go,
But we've got to Tess SO far we've
failed to see;
And you all may not believe it, but
I'll cross my heart it's So
Just the other day they tried to
"borry" me.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11
RED CROSS BENEFITS

Someone, as far back as Shake
speare's time. said that even a good
thing might be oyerdone. That seems
to be the situation in promoting bene-
fits for the Red Cross. In some lccali-
ties all money for the work has been
raised by auctions, entertainments and
other public affairs, but here in Ma
haska county II has practically all
been done by solicitation, and if any
one has been missed he should be pa
triotic enough to report before being
urged.
Ii therefore seems 10 the Executive
committee Of the Mahaska county
chapter, that benefit entertainments
where the general public is solicited
10 help, are out OF place at this time.
Local people have been most generous
and il would be unfair TO go right back
10 these same good fellows and bore
them with the sale Of tickets OF with
buying things that they do not want,
In other words, do not oyerdo good
thing.
Bur bear in mind these restrictions
do not apply to any individual who
wishes TO make donation 10 Red
Cross or TO clubs, lodges, churches or
other societies, who wish 10 work for
the good of the cause. Far from it. But
the public solicitation OF funds, other
tnan during the official campaigns
put on for memberships and for funds
to carry on the work are to be dis
couraged. The Red Cross is a part OF
the Big War Machine and is under
Government Supervision. Let us do
our duty promptly and well, but let
US not expend 800 in energy and col
lect $50 from the public, in order to
turn over rs cents in cash in the name
of some organization.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11
MAY PROVE FATAL.
BERT KELDERMAN OF TRACY Is
SERIOUSLY INJURED.

Bert Kelderman of Tracy was seri-
Ously injured Monday about one
o'clock p. m, when he fell from his
motorcycle and was pinned under it.
The young man, according to an eye
witness, was coming west on Seventh
avenue, on motorcycle with a side
car attachment, at a high rate of
speed when he struck rut. The
machine turned a complete somer-
5ault and crushed the lad beneath it's
weight, turned over again, this time
freeing him. 1t is said the folks of
the cycle were defective and broke
under the strain
Ernest Martin, of the Purity Drug
Store, who lives close to the place of
the accident. heard the crash and
rushed to the spot. When he reach
ed Kelderman the boy was trying to
get up. The blood was flowing free
ly from his mouth and cuts on his
face. DR.. Abbott was called and the
injured lad was hurried to, the hos
Dital where an examination revealed
that he had been hurt internally. He
is resting well today and although il
is still impossible to determine the
extent of his injuries, it is thought
that he will recover.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11
victim Of Sioux civ Fire.

]. Mace Hagan has received word
of the death of his sister. Mrs. Sarah
Hagan Bett, in the collapse of the
Ruff drug store building at Sioux City
June 30. Mrs. Bett was widow and
was a registered pharmacist employ
ed with the Ruff drug store on the
first floor of the i'll fated building.
Her son was standing outside of the
building when the collapse started
He tried to enter the building but
was unable to reach his mother, who
was killed instantly. A telegram to
Nj. Hagan Immediately after the ac-
cident stated: '.Your mother killed in
accident" Mr.. Hagan's mother has
been dead many years and not know
ing of the sisters residence in Sioux
City he attached no Importance to the
information. thinking he had received
a message intended for some other
party. Not until he received let
ter from a relative did he know of
the SISTERS death. Harry Hagan.
who has store within half block
OF the scene OF the accident in Sioux
City. did not know Of his aunt's pres.
ence in the city.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11
READING THE NEWS.

/ give up trying to pronounce
Those battle names in foreign slang,
Where Sammie's trying hard TO
trcunce
The Kaiser and his bandit gang.
There's just no use for me 10 try
To drop my RS and all that slush
As though | was about to cry,
Or had my mouth too full Of mush.
/ say Calais for Galaxy,
And likewise Paris Tor Paree,
Because the spelling looks that way.
And then the folks get peeyed al
me.
And when | tackle Haricourt,
They shout in chorus Aricoor,
And like as not an army fort
To them would be some kind OF fure.
In yaux / sound the aux,
And Becky Ann turns up her nose,
Just like the meddling bossy sex,
And orders me to call it Voze.
And when | read about the Disc,
I'm promptly told to call il Ee,
Which makes me sorry for the boys"
Who have their families tosplease.
The other day stubbed my toe,
Pronouncing what | though was
Aimes;
But how In blazes could know
The hooks and crooks Of all those
names?
Then Becky Ann she came up strong,
And took deep heroic breath,
And hoarsely chortled Ahmeeong,
Which well-nich choked US both to
death.
Today read both Rimes and Reems
In hopes Of being partly right,
And Becky Ann she fairly screams,
And Ma she jumps and yells, Good
night
So poor old me, I'm doomed to lose
Ny hearth and home and all my
mates,
Unless stick to local news.
Where can talk United States.
Nal Rose, Oskaloosa, la.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11
WHAT WILL VIM


What win win the war? What will
give America the victory she is fight
ing for?
McAdoo says money win win.
Hoover says food will win.
Garfield says coal viii win.
Schwab says labor will win.
Daniels says warships viii win.
The President says the farmers will
win. All and more are necessary, but
all OF these and all the people OF the
nation must pull together in one strong
pull for victory.
The people in all lines Of activity
will win the war by cooperation OF all
the vast resources Of the country-by
the united patriotic and unselfish ener-
gy OF a great nation.
There will be honor enough for all
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11
wAR BREAD 100 YEARS AGO

A little more than a century ago.
when England had been fighting for
years against Napoleon, food became
very scarce. Following is from book
on bread making, written by Sylvester
Graham in 1897:
In order TO conserve it as much as
possible, the British government order
ed that the army should be supplied
with bread made from unbolted wheat
meal, l. e., simply the wheat ground
without having the bran or middlings
removed
THE soldiers were at first displeas-
ed with the bread and refused TO eat
it, even casting il from them in great
rage, but aftertwo or three days they
began 10 be much pleased with il and
preferred il TO the fine -four bread.
The result OF the experiment was
that not only was the wheat made TO
go further. but the health OF the sold
iers improved so much and so manifest
ly in the course Of few months that
II became matter Of common remark
among themselves and OF observation
and surprise among the officers and
physicians of the army. They express
ed themselves with confidence and
zeal on the subject. The public declar-
ed that the soldiers were never 80
healthy and robust. The public papers
were for months filled with praises OF
whole wheat bread. and II was regular
ly introduced into families.
still. after this experiment with
such happy results and 80 general and
fnlf a testimony had been given Ia
favor Of the coarse wheat bread. when
large supplies q superine -four came
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11
THE NEW SWEATERS
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR
HEAVY WEIGHT WOOL.

Mahaska county chapter of the
American Red Cross has been asked
to furnish a quota of sweaters, made
of heavy wool. The yarn is here, but
only one set of instructions has ar
rived, so the women generally were
not able to proceed with. the work.
To facilitate the work, the instruc-
tions are here copied for general in
formation:
Sweater of Heavy Weight Wool.
Cast on y stitches. BUT if nee
essary put on more or less to make
required measures as given below.
These must be followed.
Knit 2, purI for 3 inches.
Knit across and purl back. Repeat
for 10 inches.
Knit row.
(A) Knit 6, purl across; and knit
last stitches.
CD Knit all way across.
Repeat A and B for s inches.
Knit across and back for 8 times.
This makes 4 ridges.
Knit 6, then purl l, knit l, for II
stitches. Knit g.
Bind off 26 stitches for neck,
FIRST SHOULDER:-K 6, then
purl l, knit /, for IL stitches. Knit g.
Knit 7, then purl l, knit l, for 10
stitches Knit 6. Continue to knit
back and forth in this way IA times
which leaves the wool at INNER
Oh 81 st
at neck-opening for
SECOND SHOULDER Z,
then purl l, knit /, for 10 stitches.
Knit 6, Knit 6, then purl /. knit /,
for IL stitches. Knit 6. Continue
to knit back and forth in this way II
times, which leaves the wool at the
INNER edge.
Cast on &c stitches. Knit 6. then
purl l, knit l, for IL stitches. Knit 6.
| Knit across and back s times (mak-
ing ridges.
(C) Knit all way across.
CD Knit 6, purl across and knit
| last stitches.
Repeat c and y for inches.
Knit across and purl back for 10
inches.
Purl 2, knit 2, for inches.
Bind off loosely. Sew up sides,
leaving inches for armholes. Single
crochet around neck and arm-holes.
MEASUREMENTS: - Neck, when
stretched, l13 to 123 inches.
Chest, not stretched, II to 20 inches
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11

The United States Food Admins
tration announces that it is impossible
10 allow lets name to be used TO en-
dorse any method of merchandising
which may carry with il royalty plan
or suggest the sale Of fixtures for store
Dur-noses
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11

in from America. and the crops from
home became again abundant and the
act of Parliament regarding the food
OF the army became extinct, most OF
the people By degrees returned TO
their old habits OF eating fine bread" =
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11

There are now AZ theaters, which
cost over 100000, in operation in
camps and environments throughout
the country. Nearly 100 vaudeville
acts have been brought from the large
circuits to play in these theaters only;
about so acts have been secured from
Chautauqua and lyceum bureaus; 80
comedy companies are playing in these
theaters exclusively. Some Of these
are original New York companies,
playing the summer season only, with
expenses reduced about two thirds.
The camps have been divided into
two circuits. In one the Liberty the
sters seat 5000, in the other the
houses are smaller, having capacity
If about 1000 each. 1t takes from IA
to % weeks for a production to be
staged In each house of either circuit.
"SmiIeage" books. sold throughout
the country under the direction of the
commission on training camp activi-
ties, contain coupons good for adj
mission to all attractions in camp the
aters.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11
New York women don't like /

New York women don't like to
vote in FISH markets and other smelly
places, and have offered the use Of
their homes for the use of voters on
primary day. The men ought to take
advantage OF this kind offer promptly
providing of course, that cabbage is
not 70 be cooked on election day.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11
COUNTRY CLUB CASH
SPRING VALLEY LADIES MAKE
RED CROSS DONATION.

The Spring Valley Countary Club
held their June meeting at the home
of Mrs. Emma Brown. June 81, 1918.
The hostess and daughter, Mrs. Verle
Ailender served a splendid dinner
to the ladies present.
Quilting was engaged in until time
for the business meeting, during
which the ladies voted to donate SO
more from their treasury to the Red
Cross.
The July meeting will be held at
the home Of Mrs Bessie Allgood.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11
.Among the Mahaaka county sele

men sent recently to Camp Dodge was
a farmer boy who had heard much
about the early rising hour in the army
On his FIRST morning at camp he jump
ed out OF bed at 4 o'clock, quite fright
ened. and began yelling that he hadn't
heard the reseilie. A sleepy comrade
told him 10 shut up and go back 70 bed.
II thought they said they got up early
ia the army shifted the farmer lad.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11

In Gen. crowders classification Of
oilers for the work-ordghtrule he in
eludes cleFka4in shops,rwhichi calls to
mind that one Of the most distinguish
ed soldiers ofthe war of,the Rebellion,
Gen. Nelson A. Miles was clerk in a
dry goods store in Massachusetts, when
the war ended he was Major Gen.
aral
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11

For man to declare loudly that
hen never buy another German made
article and then stick a profiteer's
price on his own article is the kind
OF patriotism the pig yard is full of
declares the Marsballtown Times Re
publican.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11

II see they're making clothes out
Of old newspapers in Germany says
Alex Miller. I'D hate to wear a pair Of
trousers in which / had no more faith
than have in German newspaper.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11

"A million fighting men are over
there and another million is coming.
So the first million will have to move
over, over there, observes the Kansas
City Star.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11
FEEDING SOLDIERS
ON THE TRANSPORTS
MESS OFFICER OF THE VESSEL
MUST PROVIDE 21o,ooo MEALS
AT SEA. .-.ta
SOME OF THE 1870 VARIETIES
Money Instead of Merchandise Should
Be Sent to the Troops in France
Dental Corps Can Care for 5000, 900
Men

An account of how soldiers are fed
at sea is given in the daily newspaper
published on a transport:
Outside of providing 100000 meals
at sea, the mess officer of the ship has
very little TO do. Very little.
He is only called upon to provide,
by the regulations, $50 different yari-
cites of food. That's all. Every try
to order $50 different things to eatf
Yet this is the authentic list.
The food needed TO feed several
thousand men at sea ranges beyond
the glutton's dreams. You get the an
swer in the ship down below the water
line, where 1920 loayes of bread have
been baked in one day, and where you
stumble over every variety, from Co.
900 pounds of beef to 10000 eggs, or
A compartment of brick ice cream in
A ten-degree-above-zero vault.
'And If this doesn't suit, you can
bump along into 1924 pounds of po-
tatoes, 100 pounds of ham and bacon.
1900 pounds Of butter, 900 pounds Of
sugar, and 81, 500 pounds Of flour.
IF you can't get meal out OF this
you can fall back on 1900 pounds OF
sausage, 5000 pounds of sauerkraut,
26,000 pounds of apples, 1880 pounds
Of oranges, and 1920 pounds of onions.
And This leaves out 1.600 pounds Of
jam and 9,400 pounds Of lima and navy
beans"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11

The Quartermaster's department Is
now supplying gas-proof food contain
ers to the soldiers in the zone of OPP
erations in France. These containers
prevent seepage of gas into the con-
tainers and guard against contamina-
ton of the food. The men carry their
emergency ratiOns in the containers
and all food brought up to the
trenches is carried IN the new tins.
After the food is packed in the con-
talners they are Theoretically sealed.
II Is planned to use parattin for seal
ing as 1t settles in the crevices IN
such a way that it must be cut before
the lids can be taken off. 1t can be
applied by running the containers
through a paraffin bath.
Because the supply Of tin is limited
and there may not be enough to sup
ply the needs Of the army the quarter
masters department is experimenting
with the wax paper box. Tests made
show that these boxes meet all condi-
tons satisfactorily. The tins and
boxes both are vermIn and water
proof.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11

Forty-six societies representing %
nationalitles of foreign-born citizens
are planning monster celebrations, pa
geants, parades and speech-making in
the principal cities of the United
States for July 4. Represented In the
groups are Armenians, Assyrians, Bel
CLANS. Chinese, Czecho-Slavs, Danes,
Dutch, Firms, French, French Canadi-
ans, Germans, Greeks, Hungarians,
Italians, japanese, Lithuanians, Nor
wegians, Poles, Portuguese, Russians,
RoumanIans, South Slavs, Swedes and
SWISS In May these societies APP
pealed to President Wilson to issue
proclamation calling upon all native
Americans to unite with the foreign
born in observing the national holi-
day, and plans for the many celebra-
lions developed after the proclamation
was issued.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11
Installs More Machinery.

Belle PLANE reports that the local
canaery " installing machinery which
will increase the canning oanacify
some SO "a, 40 per cent n, sg
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11

Kansas had fifty fires in May from
unknown causes which cost the state
s8S.099 OF the 1927. 437 which was the
total loss by FIRE in the month.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11
MANY CLASS | MEN
AAAA--li.14i--- tiJ
CLASSIFICATION or SECOND REG.
isTRATioN CLOSES.

The men of the second registration
are being classified this week and no.
tees being mailed to them. About sew
enty per cent of them will be plac-
ed in class one according to present in.
dications. The classification will be fin.
ished this week and the boys given
their examination in the near future.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11

The fellows who have for years
been looking forward to getting back
TO the farm have their chance now.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11

Amy man who would quit work be-
cause he could not get beer TO drink
ought TO be informed.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11

Be sure you get the traffic cops
signal right, then go ahead
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11
Has Arrived Overseas.

Mrs. A. Scheuermann received word
ofsaheo Safer arrival in France OF her
tbrother.o Private Carl Gegner. CO., b,
III Inf. A. T.. r.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-11

John wanamaker's first Bible cost
him s2.75 and he bought it on install
ments.