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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-16
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HUSBAND GONE SONS GONE =
HOME AND RELATIVES GONE
A Fact Story Telling Just What the Red Cross
Did for Mime. PeIlier.
BY an Eye Witness
MAUDE RADFORD WARREN

This 10 the picture / saw last Janu-
AIRY in France, and you have merci-
fully changed It! Color enough there
was above, the eternal blue; in the
background, fields of living green,
which the German shells could not
prevent from creeping back; in the
middle foreground, long village
street. so battered and burned that
ii was merely a canyon of cream-col-
ored ruins. In front of one little
broken house were four figures in
black--an old woman, poklng among
the fallen stones in a vain search for
something that could be used; a
younger woman, seated on what had
once been a doorstep, with her face
hidden in her arms; and little boy
and girl, who stared, half frightened,
half curious, at the desolation about
them. The little boy held in his thin
hand Red Cross flag. All four were
pale and gaunt; the faces and bodies
of the children showed none of the
round curves that make the beauty Of
a child.
This is their history: When the
war broke out, Nine Pellier, her
mother and her four younger children
were visiting her husbands mother in
the north of France. Her husband
and two elder sons were at home in
Lorraine taking care of the summer
crops. Then the war! The mother
in-law of Nine. Pellier was Ill and
could not be left. Her old mother
was afraid to travel to Lorraine with
the fun care OF the four children. Be
fore they could all start together the
Germans invaded. Bad news Is allow
ed 10 come into northern France, and
so as tile months passed Mime. Pellier
learned that her village home had been
bombarded and that her husband and
two sons had been killed. Except for
the Belgian Relief Commission, which
operates In northern France also. she
and her little ones would have starved
outright At the best they were I'M
dernourished. Then the great push
began, and hopes for France grew
HiSll. nut dS lAiE II Atl4NA oOtuiCLo pAh0
yanced they had to lombard the north
ern towns. Nine Pellier begged the
Germans to let her go away with her
children-eyen into Germany. This
was refused. She tried TO seek safety
in some cellar whenever there was a
bombardment. Nevertheless a shell
killed two Of her children.
Found Her Home Gone.
Home gone; husband gone; brave
soldier sons gone; little, tender boys
torn into shreds! That woman's face
would have shown you what she had
suffered--her face against the batter
ed ruins the Germans had made. At
last she and her mother and her two
remaining children were repatriated.
They knew the infinite relief of cross,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-16
FAREWELL SERMON
REV. S. T. MALONE ADDRESSES
LARGE CONGREGATION.

Sunday was the last day Of the reg
ular ministry of Rev S. J. Malone as
pastor of the United Presbyterian
church in Oskaloosa. The minister
gave special addresses to large con
gregations both morning and evening,
The program of the day took a slight
ly personal turn in which the pastor
Rev. Malone has accepted a call to
the Second United Presbyterian church
in Springfield, Illinois and he leaves
during the week to take up the work
of the pulpit next Sunday, May 49,
Two large congregations greeted the
minister Sunday and many townspeo-
pie We're present. Rev. Malone has
had a prominent part in the commun-
ity during number of years resid-
ence He has been active in serving
the community as we'll as in admin
to the needs of his church.
He had done what his hand found to
do and he has done it well. His pub
lie spirited willingness TO serve, as
occasion called has made him popu-
lar with all people and he came to be
one of the best known ministers Of
the city.
sThe family members will not ac-
Mr. Malone east but will re-
main in the city a few weeks going
to the new home sometime in June.
A formal reception viii be held at
the parsonage on Second avenue east
this Monday evening by the church
which will in measure
serve as formal leave taking Friends
of the church and of the family out
side the church membership are also
invited,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-16
BIG BARN BURNED.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN ROCKIES.
TER LOCALITY
Rochester, Iowa. Nav ls.

George Barnes met with8a great
loss Thursday, during the high wind.
His barn burned with three horses,
sheep, hay, harness and 500 bushels
corn. The fire caught a small hen
house near by burning 20 hens and a
large pile of sawed wood The family
was away from home at the time and
a little neighbcr boy. Claud Dixon, dis
covered the fire and telephoned for
help, but the fire was beyond control.
Some insurance was carried but the
loss at this time of year will be keen
ly felt by these worthy young people
DR.. Barnes and wife of Oskaloosa,
Hal and Nell Scott of Des Moines,
spent last Sunday with the ladies'
mother. Mrs. Junia De Long.
]. w, Roop and wife of Beacon Wis
tied several days at the E. A. Barnes
home.
Stella Oswandle and son Dwight and
Ida johnson visited in 0ttumwa at
the Bob johnson and Lester Gassage
homes.
Charles Oswandle and family, Mrs
Ida johnson and family, drove to
Beach, Iowa, for visit at the Alex
Guilderbloom home,
Rev. Filmer preached to an appreci-
alive audience at Union Chapel last
Sunday afternoon.
School closed at Rochester with a
contest. Francis Thompson having
first place in A class, Thelma Nc.
Combs first in B class. They will rep
resent Rochester in the township con-
test.
Mrs. Alfred Evans has been quite
i'll the past week.
Paul voss and Ed Barnes solicited
for War Savings Stamps in this school
district.
r. B. Thompson is improving from
recent sickness.
Mrs. Louisa Thompson and Miss
Lottie spent Wednesday afternoon
With Mrs. Church and daughters.
Dave GRANDPA is drilling deep well
at his place.
Warren Kalbach and family are
nicely located at their summer home
on the river,
On Thursday sixteen ladies met at
he church for Red Cross work. They
decided to send the boys from here
box of candy ard for each lady to set
A hen for the chicken sale in October.
ANY one desiring to donate candy or
chicken, it will be gladly received.
Call any of the members and findsout'
all the plans.
Ladies Aid Wednesday, May Is at
the church. All day meeting.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-16
CALL FOR SERVICE
MORE MEN NEEDED FOR VocA-
TIoNAL ENLlSTMENTs.

Roy Rowland has received notice
10 enlist men in different branches
of the service which are short of men
al this time. This is a great oppor'
tunity for men of the draft age to
get into the branch of service for
which they are especially fitted. The
following telegram was received BY
Mr.. Rowland:
Induction calls upon Iowa are here
by announced as follows:
100 railroad brakemen, flag men
and conductors. % locomotive engin.
GERS and firemen TO report at Camp
Dix, Wrightstown, New Jersey.
"25 boiler makers helpers for duty
at Fort Meyer. Virginia
10 gunsmiths, operatives in gun
factories, instrument and repair men
TO report at Camp Hancock, Augusta,
Georgia"
This chance for enlistment of men
of the draft age will be open until
May 20, or until the quota is filed.
II the quota is not filed by May q,
men will be drafted with a POSSIBLE
ity of going into the deferred classes
in an effort to get men fitted for the
work The men win be indicted into
the service the LIST day of June.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-16
HE GAVE HIS SHIRT OFF HIS BACK
How Italian Officer Travelling on Train
Helped a New Born Baby.

One of the ways to say that a man
is good hearted is TO descend to ex-
pressive Americanese slang and say
"he'd give you his shirt"
A young Italian officer did exactly
that gave the shirt off his back to a
baby just born. 1t was during fight
of the Italian refugees just after the
Italian army had been tricked by the
Austrians
Here's the story:
An Italian officer, who had been a
volunteer worker at the station when
the crush came through, walked into
the American Red Cross Office at Bo-
logna. Italy, and told of poor young
woman who had given birth 10 a baby
on the train in which he was riding a
few nights previously. They had been
riding for over IL hours, and the
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-16

stopping ten minutes for refreshments
AT a Red Cross CaAteen.
Think Of a big cup of hot coffee and
a wealth Of man-sized ham sand
wichcs served by the Red Cross --wo-
men with the Joy Of service in their
eyes. Think of ten minutes for re-
freshments within sound OF the guns,
such refreshments served by such wo-
men. Did ever weary lad have such
refreshmcntsi Did ever a cup of cot
fee and asandwich taste so good?
II IS service Ike this, The supplying
OF food that's got honey taste" at
Z time when mans spirits are likely
70 be at lowest ebb. that moved Com
manding General Of the American
Forces 10 write on December 80: "The
extent Of the work OF The Red Cross
n only limited BY ne pufaber Of meiii-
bfrs 4 fas ana The amount 81 funds
aYailhble for iss u4e." Az
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-16

wretchedly poor and disheartened
mother had been jammed in with the
hundreds of other frightened Italians
on the same train. Hungry, tired and
miserable and in a frightfully weak
ened condition. she had scarcely suffi-
cient clothes for herself, not to speak
of properly caring for newborn babe.
The young officer stripped himself of
his shirt, and there among this fright
ened, half starved. forlorn crowd the
poor Italian infant was wrapped In its
first body covering.
Mother and babe were afterwards
nursed back TO health, clothed and
looked after by the American Red
Cross. And this is only one small. is
olated incident among thousands ulat
come under the working of the Red
Cross.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-16
DELEGATES CHOSEN.
w. c. 7. U. OF UNIVERSITY PARK
READY FOR CONVENTION

The w. G. T. U. of University Park
met Tuesday, May 7th. with Mrs.
A. S. Whitcomb, Mrs Gillett was the
leader The delegates to the county
convention were selected as follows:
Mrs Clara. Williams. Mrs, F. Crotin-
ger. Mrs. Vance and Mrs. Goltree. AZ
ter the regular business session the
President ofithe w. c. T. U. of Kobia,
Japan. gave an interesting talk on the
w. c. T.iU in Japan. after which Mrs.
Sauna B. Hale, the State organizer,
gave an interesting talk. Mrs. Hale
spoke OF the relation Of the w. CT. u.
work for the soldiers.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-16
MISSIONARY LADIES'
EDDYvILLE SOCIETY GIVES HIS.
ToRlcAl PROGRAM

The Missionary society Of the Con-
gregational church was pleasantly en-
tertained Thursday p. m. at the home
of Mrs, Shafer. Mrs. Shafer was assist
ed in entertaining by Mrs. Roy Palmer
Mrs, f. Il. Vance, Mrs. Fannie Wing,
Mrs Vic. McGee. Mrs. F. M. Epper-
son had charge of the program the
subject of which was Historical char
racters and Places of Interest" Sketch
of Mt. Vernon by DR.. Eppie McCrea;
Reading by Mrs F. =. Vance. Biogra-
phies of noted men, Rachael Burns;
Travel in Florida, Mrs. VIM. Shafer;
Solo. "Motherland" Mrs. Theo OFT.
Miss Pearl Whiteman went to Pella
Wednesday TO attend the wedding Of a
friend.
Atty G. E. Hatchitt has returned
from business trip to Kansas City
and ST. Louis.
Mrs Ellen Sackett and daughter
Meron who have been teaching the
past year at Armour, South Dakota, ar.
rived in Eddyville this week to spend
the summer with relatives.
John Terrell, manager of the Eddy
vile Telephone Co. expects to leave
soon for Columbus, o. to enter train
ing Mr.. Terrell has enlisted in the
tank corps.
The banks were closed Thursday af-
ternoon III order that those employed
in the banks might attend conven-
ton in Ottumwa. Those in attendance
were; F. M. Epperson, II H. Harold,
Frank Epperson,. Victor Cling, /. S.
Burton and H. G. True.
James Brmt has retained to his
home at Arnold Nebraska, after a
short visit with his mother who is
seriously i'll.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Lobberecht We're in
Yetter, Iowa Wednesday attending the
funeral of Mrs. Lobberecbt's brother,
John Decker.
Mrs. Gladys Nader of Greenfield, o.,
who is the guest of her parents, Mr.,
and Mrs VIM. belong is spending a
few days visiting with friends in Des
Moines.
DR. and Mrs j. w. Wray are spend.
ing the week in Des Moines where
DR.. Wray is attending the state Den
tai convention.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Sisco have re-
turned from Highland Center where
they were called by the illness and
death of Mr. Sisco's brother.
Eddyville will have IA new steel flag
pole in the near future. The council
voted TO place the pole at the corner
of Walnut and Second streets.
Miss Goldie Mater OF Kirksyille,
Mo, is visiting relatives and friends
in Eddyville this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Ellison have re-
turned to Clarinda after a short visit
with friends in Eddyyille, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ellison were called to EddyVille by
the death of Mrs. Florence Wells.
~ B. Holloway of Oskaloosa was a
business caller in Eddyville Thursday.
Morrel Cox left this week for Camp
Dodge where he will enter training.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-16
GIVES AN HEIRLOOM.
oliver Park Sends Cherished Marine
Glass To Government.

Grinnell, May 1S.--oliver Park has
given his most cherished possession
TO Uncle Sam Il is marine spy
glass which his father carried over 25
years. II is at least rs years old and
probably 100. Mr. Park had planned
to hand it down as a family heirloom,
but he thought the government could
use it and SO he brought it to town,
had 1t suitably engraved and turned
il over TO George Hamlin to send to
Marshalltown. Money wouldn't have
bought ii, but when patriotism called
Il was different.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-16

ing into Switzerland and thon into
Haute-Savole. From there they Went
to Lorraine. Nine. Pellier hoped that,
even though her village had been bonn
barded. her home might have escaped.
She found nothing except her bare
fields.
You changed that picture, you Amer
who can never lose through war five
out of the seven dearest to you. 1t
was not your husband and children
who died; not your wife who was
widowed; not your little ones who
came back, bony and tubercular, to
home that had vanished. Not yours,
but only the grace of accident saved
you; not yours, but 1t might have been
and so you changed the picture. You
could not build up with your own
hands that heap of stones into home,
nor till the fields, nor bring Nine. Pei
hack to health. But through the Red
Cross you saved the remnants of that
family that had suffered as you might
have suffered.
Things the Red Cross Did.
You took the mother of Nine. Pei
lier to Red Cross hospital to be treat
ed for anaemia. You took the little
girl, who was in the first stages of
tuberculosis, to Red Cross sani-
tarium. You found place which
could be made habitable for Nine. Pei
lier near her fields which she was
ANXIOUS TO till. You gave her clothes
and furniture; you got her seeds; you
lent her implements You sent Wis.
iting doctor to watch over her health
and that of her little boy. You sent
nurses. who achiesedY the mighty vic
tory OF making her and the Child take
baths. Later you persuaded her TO let
him 90 TO refuge not far away where
he might attend school and where she
could often visit him. Through the
help OF your Red Cross hope and cour-
age and ambition have come back TO
that woman, and she is rebuilding her
family life The biggest thing one hui
man being can do FOR another you, IL
you are d helper of the Red Cross,
have done for that mother.
Red Gross! ! saw its work every.
where In France--in fields and in
blasted villages; in hospitals and
schooIs and clinics; in refugees and
Vestiaries for widows and orphans and
for the sick children of soldiers fight
ing to keep you safe from the enemy.
This symbol Of help has double
meaning now for Americans, who have
always taken for granted the blessing
of safety. 1t stands for your willing
ness to pay the price of exemption, OF
pity, OF sympathy. A bitter, black
road this road of war, but across 1t,
like beacon OF hope, you have flung
the Red Cross.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-16
IOWA ASKED TO SET THE PACE.
Government Wants This State To
Show the Nation How To Put
Over the Stamp Drive.

Des Moines. May a. The following
message has been received at cam.
paign headquarters in the Fleming
building from Homer A. Miller, state
director:
Treasury department wants :
Iowa to set pace in War Stamp
savings campaign and orders
drive continued until May Is.
Extra week gives you ample time
to reach quota. Go ahead and
drive and make every effort to. so.
over the mark before next Satur-
day"
In obedience to these orders the
work will go under the same organ
ization for another week and efforts
will be intensified to set the pace re
CURED and go over the top with a
rush.
Iowa has been selected as a pace
maker because Of her record in the
Liberty loan drive.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-16
ANNUAL BEE SHORT COURSE.
To Be In Session At Anes for Five
Days This Week.

Ames. May 10. The second annual
bee-keepers short course started at
the Iowa State college here today for
I'VE days. Scores Of men interested
In honey production and quite a num-
Der Of women were in attendance
The serious sugar shortage AT ahis
time gives every bee-ksspeE An, oapeIYl
tunilF 70 show his patriotism by re-,
aponding with bumper crop of|
honay .1
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-16
MucI, Corn.

Mahaska county planted bushels
and bushels Of corn last week, 1t
was banner week for such work,
with the exception Of the days when
the wind made work in the dusty
fields slnpleasant bur the workers did
not lose 4 moment waiting for more
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-16
win BE Fewer Cats.

Complaints are coming from all
parts OF the city regarding the steal.
ing Of baby chicks by worthless cats
II Is needless to say that ere long the
car population will be somewhat d.
minished as many a shot gun is being
looked up and loaded up and permits.
sion secured from city oacials for
shooting within the city limits
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-16
FULL VANISHED
HAM SANDWICH
What Ten Minutes for Re-
freshments Means In
Modern War.

Think OF what refreshments mean
~over there Think Of the sammie or
the poiiu coming out OF the trenches
with a thirty-six hour leave OF ab-
senee.. getting aboard the train or mo-
fpr oil The n. o. q. the line Of Coine
innilifatlop between ne front Etid II z
rear. Think W these tifea fellows
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-16
s QUOTA
sIXTY-FQUR MORE
SIX COUNTIES AND FIVE CITIES
ARE EXEMPT.
IOWA SOLDIERS IN ST. LOUIS
ThirtNEight Men missing" On Lat
est Casualty List--Wcre Probably
Taken Prisoners-Two Ameri-
can Flyers Also Lost,

Des Moines. May 13..-Five Iowa
cities, Sioux City, Cedar Rapids,
Council Bluffs, Waterloo and Des
Moines, need not furnish any men
for the last call for the second draft,
Adjutant General Guy r. Logan an
nounced today.
six of the ninety-nine counties of
the state also have enough credits to
| take care of their quotas in the call of
the second draft it was announced.
The states net total in this call Is
three thousand six hundred and fifty
four men, and they will begin en-
training for Camp Dodge during the
five. days beginning May g.
Clinton county will furnish the larg-
esa number Of men for this call, their
quota being one hundred and seventy.
eight.
Mahaska county's quota is sixty,
four.
lowans At ST. Louis.
St Louis, May 13.--Nearly 1000
Iowa soldiers will be quartered at
Jefferson Barracks, on the outskirts
of st. Louis, by Tuesday night.
The lowans are arrivingson every
train and are being equipped and
prepared for assignment to duty as
| rapidly as they detrain.
Their stay at Jefferson Barracks
will be brief at best Many men are
remaining here, not more than thirty
six hours before they are sent on their
| way to their final training camp. The
| men are being sent to all parts of the
country, and are assigned to the units
to which they are specially fitted A
large proportion will probably be in
France before many weeks.
American Casualties.
Washington, May 13-The names
of thirty-eight soldiers. mostly New
Englanders, We're reported missing in
I today's casualty list,
They probably We're captured and
taken as prisoners by the Germans
at Seicheprey.
Today's list contained total of
ninety-siX names, including ten killed
in action, nine known dead from
| wounds, five from diseases, two from
accidents, one from other causes, II
wounded severely and 10 slightly.
Private Leslie j. Brice, 1918 Ack-
! crman street, Waterloo, Ia, is report
ed dead of wounds and Private Chas,
c. Cunningham of Dyersville, Ia, is
slightly wounded
June f. Smith of Hastings, Ia, is
also reported slightly wounded.
Two American Flyers Missing.
Paris, May 13.-Thomas Buffun, of
New York, and Donald E. Stone of
Mexico, N. Y, of the Lafayette flying
squadron are missing. Stone pToba-
bly, is a prisoner in Germany His
machine was, seen by infantry OBJ
servers to fall behind the German
lines after fight in which nine
French airplanes and thirteen Ger
man airplanes were engaged.
h Ban On Divinity Students.
Washington, May 49, Conferees to-
day agreed on the measure drafting
those who have become twenty-one
years Of age since June 5th last.
The dispute mostly was on the ex-
emption of medical and divinity stu
dents. Under a compromise of the
bill no students will be exempted yho
enroll from this time on.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-16

Local rains Of greater Or less ex-
tent fen on an sides Of Oskaioosa,
Monday. and some Of The downpours
lasted Tor MORE chan an hour. The
heavier showers went ~ the portion
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-16
Rather cIoddy.

Farmers who had occasion to work
the ground last week complained that
the soil IL onot working up as well az
il should and Is inclined toward lump
mess on account Of the dry condD