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lumber produced at saw mill that was
built in an early day on Middle river

lumber produced at a saw mill that was
built in an early day on Middle river.
The jury in Montgomery county in
the case of Moses Miner, aged 90,
VS. o. S. and Sadie Miner, executors
of the estate of Almstead Miner, de-
ceased, found for the defendants. The
contention Of the plaintiff was that in
1857 he was given a note by Almstead
Miner for $1,000 with interest at 10
per cent; that the note was allowed to
run until the interest and principal
amounted to about 100000: that he
then agreed to take q new note for $10,-
900 in full payment Of the claim. The
question in the suit was the signature
of Almstead Miner to the note genuine.
Expert testimony in handwriting was
introduced and the jury returned YER
dict that the signature to the purported
note of Almstead Miner was not gen
uine.
j. H. Munroe. who died recently at
Peoria, ILL.,, at the age of 70 years, en-
tered the union army in the war of the
rebellion at the age of ten years, join
ing Co. l, Sixth regiment, Iowa volun-
teer infantry, as drummer boy, his
home being at Burlington at that time.
After the civil war he was called the
drummer boy OF Shiloh, and ne gave
exhibitions his skill as a drummer in
many cities. On the soldiers monu-
ment on the state house grounds in Des
Moines is a statute of the drummer boy
of Shiloh. Mr.. Munroe visited the mon
ument in recent years and was delight
ed with the part assigned him by the
sculptor who designed it.
A conference of notable church work
ers will be held in Des Moines on De-
cember Sth. 9th and 10th in the inter-
est of the Interchurch World Movement
for Iowa. Many prominent churchmen
will be present. All denominations will
be represented. The members of the
staff committee in charge of this state
conference are: Rev. G.. p. Mitchell,
Rev. G. w. Robinson. Rev. James P.
Burling. Rev. A. NJ. Haggard. D. D.;
Rev. Chas. S. Medbury, D. D.: Rev. A.
3. Learner. DR.. w. F. Cronk, Des
Moines; Rev. J. J. DeWail. LeMars;
Rev. N. J. Calhoun, College Springs: DR..
w. NJ Baker. Marshalltown; Rev. Cole
man E. Byram. Phi. D.. Sioux City; Rev.
A. r. Lundholm. B. D., Gowrie; Rev.
Richmond A. Smith. Corning: Rev.
Chas. o. Whitley. Oskaloosa: Rev. E.
J. Lockwood, d. D., Waterloo: Rev. Geo.
d. Crissman. D. d.. Council Bluffs: T..
J. B. Robinson. Hampton, and Rev.
Ernest Fiedderjohann, Waukon.
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spent Thanksgiving at the Albert
| Helsley home.
Marion, youngest son of Mr.. and Mrs
J. Fl. Bonsall. has been suffering with
quite a severe attack of tonsillitis the
| past week.
Misses Lois Welty and Margaret Ry
an, two of the teachers here, left last
Wednesday afternoon for their parent
al homes to spend the Thanksgiving va
cation. the former going to Red Oak
and the latter to Creston.
Mrs. Geo. Ahart received word the
past week that her grandfather had
died in Omaha. Mrs. Ahart left on
Wednesday to attend the funeral. Her
father, Fred WILDER. Of Texas, came to
Omaha for the funeral and accompanied
his daughter to Dow City Thursday for
a visit
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F.. Hulsebus and
went to Lohrville Wednesday and en-
joyed Thanksgiving with Mr.. and Mrs.
Arnold Thoren. Mrs. Thoren is a Sis
ter of the two ladies'.
Miss Leila Hunt, of the Arion vicin-
ity, has accepted a position as clerk in
the City bakery, having begun her du-
ties the early part of the week.
On Tuesday evening of the past week
another interesting game of basket ball
took place at the school gymnasium, the
contestants being. the high school boys
and the town team. At the close of the
game it was found that the score was
az to IS in favor of the high school.
Fred Wiley held his sale south of
town Wednesday. The weather was eX-
tremely cold and stormy but those who
attended were mostly buyers. His Of
fering went at good prices and he Is
we'll pleased with the result of the sale:
Vn1<, orfC
this farm some time ago, is to have
possession now. Mr.. Wiley has decided
to retire from farm life and is moving
his family to town into the new resi-
dence which he purchased Of J. w. Ste
panek in the east part of town.
+, We are greatly pleased to make men:
ton of the fact that Mrs. Fred krenin,
who has been seriously Ill for some time
is now able to be about again and is
making a good recovery. When in Des
MOines a couple Of months ago she un.
derwent an operation for gall stones.
David Clark was a passenger to Bro.
gan Wednesday evening for a couple OF
days visit with friends and relatives.
The Misses Bernice and Bessie Alex
ander came up from Omaha Wednesday
to remain over Thanksgiving at the
o. s. Carlson was in Omaha Wednes.
day, to which place he accompanied a
shipment of stock to market.
Mr., and Mrs. John Carey and son
were arrivals on Tuesday from Wall
Lake to spend a few days with their
relatives.
School closed Wednesday afternoon
for the Thanksgiving vacation and the
teachers and pupils enjoyed a recrea-
ton from their work, school reopening
again Monday.
Miss Ethel Malone was a passenger
to Dunlap Wednesday on a visit to her
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cousin, Miss Mae Killion, for few
days. go
Editor E. e. Roland, wife and daugh
ter, Gladys, are now located in the M
G.. Virgins residence, recently vacated
by Mrs Ella Hahn, their = household
goods having arrived from Williams the
middle of the week.
DR.. and Mrs. Bryce B. Binnall, OF
Pierson, came Tuesday and paid a
pleasant visit of a few days at the home
Of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bin
nall, and with her mother, Mrs. s. E
Wiley.
On Wednesday Of the past week Miss
Mildred Virgins, third grade teacher in
the local school, arranged a special fea
ture III the way of an entertainment for
her pupils. Each boy and girl was re.
quested to bring his and her dinner to
school with them and at noon they were
invited to the domestic science room.
Here the many good things provided for
the occasion were spread and a real
feast enjoyed together. After dinner
Miss Virgins treated the company to
pop corn and candy and to say the af.
fair was an enjoyable one would be
terming it very mildly.
The Earl Hoffman family, of Vail,
were pleasant guests at the David Clark
home southeast Of town recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Butler and two
children. of near Kiron, were here and
spent Thanksgiving day at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Will
hanson.
Miss Gladys Roland, who recently
came here from Williams, has been en-.
rolled as a member of the junior class
in the local high school the past week.
Miss Nettie Ernest was up from Oma-
ha Thursday and spent the day with her
sister, Mrs. s. A. Dow, and family at
the hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. N. Schouten have
been entertaining the latter's uncle, Je-
rome Bucknum, Of TT. Dodge, the past
week.
Among the. prominent Thanksgiving
gatherings in sol'r .f;ic entity is listed "a
home on the hill. theoccasion being n
reunion of the M. G.. Virgins family. all
being present with the exception of one
daughter. Mrs. James Mcbride, of De-
fiance, who was unable to get here ow.
ing to the bad condition of the roads.
Those present to partake of the excel:
lent viands which constituted the din.
ner included Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Wig.
gins. sons, John and Martin, and baby.
Madonna Ann, Of Woodbine; Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. E. Poitevin and children. Eu.
gene Virgins, wife and three children,
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Crandall and
children. Misses Mildred and Flora Wig.
gins, and the parents, M. G. Virgins
and wife. all of this place: Mr. Gran.
dall's mother and sister, Mrs. jeanette
Crandall and daughter. Lulu. Of Dow
City. were also invited to participate in
the occasion.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Needles and Chill.
dren were arrivals in Dow City Thurs.
day from Thayer, Mr.. Needles having
hired out to F. G. Howorth. Their
household goods have been shipped here
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! Otis f.. Turner, of Abba, received var
ious decorations of conspicuous bray
cry while at the front in France. Eng
land wanted to acknowledge his pray
cry in creditable manner so 1t DELE
gated the prince of Wales to perform
that duty while in this country. Tur'
ner was summoned to Washington by
telegraph but said he was too busy to
take the time for any function of that
kind A few days later he was tele'
graphed to meet the prince of Wales
| in New York. His friends and neigh
bors in Abba got interested and in
| sisted that the young man report as
requested. A purse was raised to de-
fray expenses and he was finally per.
suaded to make the sacrifice and so
on board the British man of war Ike
nown," anchored in New York bay, the
future king of England pinned upon
the lapel of the coat of the modest
Iowa youth the proper insignia. lie
received his decorations for gong
forward alone in the face of terrific
machine gun fire of the enemy and
render He was a member OF the ll7th
infantry.
Sarah F. Tracey upon her own con-
| fession in a Des Moines court, has
| been for years one Of the cleverest
forgers in the United States. Nobody
knows what her real name is but 1t Is
claimed that she let 1t be known that
she is the daughter of a former mem
Der of the United States senate from
one Of the southern states and that
she is the divorced wife of prominent
southern judge. The woman operated
extensively in Des Moines under the
name Of Belle Lewis and J. E. Henry.
She would make deposits in a bank, ar
range for a checking account and then
overdraw her account. At one bank
! the woman represented herself to be
a flIrnisher of rooming houses. On her
| inflated checking account she pur-
chased diamonds from two local jewelry
stores Among her other accomplish
ments she is reputed to be a dope fiend.
Upon her plea of guilty Judge Meyers
! sentenced her to six years in the re-
formatory for women at Rockwell City.
Fred S. Holsteen, mayor of Burling-
| ton, is announced as a candidate for
| congress from the First district. One
of the strong points projected by his
| friends in the announcement is that
Mr.. Holsteen is member of a family
of fourteen children, eleven boys and
| three girls.
At 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon,
November 10th, the grand jury of Ply
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To the Editor:

To the Editor:
1t must be apparent to every observ.
er of current discussion, that there is a
growing, feverish intensity to organize
the world into league to enforce
peace" Statesmen in all the nations
are voicing the sentiment. Churchmen
are working for this league with might
and main; and some think that 'above
all, the christian leaders" must enter
into this work of establishing the pro-
posed peace league. They consider that
neutral christians have great mis-
sion" in bringing the world up to the
point where it will be free from war.
On the face Of it, such propositions
seem good. 1t is not surprising that
thousands upon thousands of the best
men and women are swayed by the I'M
preston that they should secure a
league of nations which will forever put
an end to the horrible butcheries recent.
ly in progress in the old world. But Ger.
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and they will make their home on the
| I1oworth farm.
Walter Finch, of Omaha, was a pleas
ant guest at the A. A. Alexander home
Thursday.
Miss Mildred Virgins and her niece
Evelyn Crandall. We're Woodbine pas
sengers Thursday, where they enjoyed
a week end visit at the home of the for.
mer's brother, w. H. Virgins. They
accompanied the Virgins family to
WOodbine after visit here.
| Miss Bertha Logsdon, who is teach.
ing at Bode, was here the past week
making a several days visit with her
sister, Mrs. Frank Glassburner, and
family. She was accompanied by Miss
Fina Spicker, of Stanton. The two girls
were college chums at Cedar Falls. Les.
| lie Logsdon, of Omaha, a brother of
Mrs. Glassburner, and Mass Eva Brock,
Of Dunlap. were guests at this pleasant
home Thanksgiving day.
Agent J. G. Graul, Of the Northwest.
ern, is enjoying several weeks vaca-
ton from his duties and another agent
| in the person of o. Argotness, of Raj
ston, has been secured to take his
place.
Morris and Harriet Wright. son and
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. B. L. Wright,
of Armour, S. D., arrived last week for
visit at the home of their uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. w. N. Schouten.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Reeser were pas
sengers to Rockwell City Wednesday,
where they enjoyed visit at the home
Of their son, West Reeser. returning on
Friday. On their way to that place
they were Joined by some of their other
children at Arion.
Miss Lillian Donaldson, eighth grade
teacher in the local school. went down
to Woodbine Wednesday evening and
spent the remainder of the week at her
parental home.
The Brill and Ahart, sale, which was
held a mile and a half east Of town on
Tuesday of the past week, turned out
only fairly well. the cold weather then
preventing many from attending. This
place has been occupied by Geo. Ahart
since last spring. Mr.. ,Ahart is now
making arrangements to move his fam
lily to Council Bluffs where he expects
to secure employment .r.,. F., r.
Mrs. E. N. Chamberlain and daugh-
ter, Irna, went to Denison Thursday,
where they We're invited to take Thanks
giving dinner with friends.
ADD DOW CITY -- - $3.50
Mrs. II. G. Scott and daughter, Isa-
bel. were Dunlap visitors Friday.
Floyd Adams, accompanied by his
sister. Una, We're passengers from Vail
Thursday for an over Sunday visit with
their relatives, the David Clark, family.
Dow City friends wish to offer their
congratulations to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Hagen. Of Cherokee. upon the arrival
of baby daughter on November 18th.
Mrs. Hagen will be remembered as Miss
Bertha Tatroe. having spent a year Or
so here with her brother, Carl Tatroe.
during which time she was a successful
teacher in one of our rural schools.
John Weber. J. Fl. Bonsall and Zeph
Fienhold We're in Denison Friday. the
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Every christian will devotedly labor
for peace; but every careful student of
the bible must be impressed with the
fact that there is no promise of lasting
peace in this wicked world. On the 9TH
err hand, we learn, from the divine book,
that the greatest prosecuting despotism
known to history will be found in the
last days, in the name of the christian
religion, and ostensibly to secure per.
petual peace.
The promises of the bible hold forth
the great prospect of the soon coming
of Christ, when He will destroy all sin
and Wfckedness, in order that He may
bring in the reign Of everlasting peace,
in the eternity of bliss that He has
promised to those who will accept and
carefully follow the teachings Of His
divine word.
Yours truly,
Geo. E. TRACER.
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mouth county returned indictments
against Harry Smith. 23 years old; VIM.
Convey, 81; w. Cullen. %; Lee Barring
ton. 26; James O'Keefe, IS, for murder
in the first degree for the death OF VIM.
Maxwell, son of Sheriff Maxwell, who
was fatally shot when the prisoners
made a break for liberty from the coun-
ty Jail at LeMars. At s o'clock that
same night under the cover of darkness
the prisoners were brought from jail
in Sioux City to LeMars and Jurge
Bradley sentenced each OF the men 10
the peritentiary for life. The men
were taken back to Sioux City and the
next day they were taken to Fort Madi-
son, the whole legal process consuming
ONLY four hours. Three automobiles
CARRYING the bandits and guarded by
Sheriff W. H. Jones, Of Sioux City;
Sheriff Rutledge, Of Pender. Neb.; Sher-
if Harlow. of Onawa; Sheriff Grone-
veg, of Council Bluffs: Sheriff Myers, of
Logan: Deputy Sheriff Jackson, special
deputies Ed Crook and Lee G1ew and
State Agents Risden and Van Wagner,
left Sioux City at $50 and delivered the
men to LeMars and returned them to
iail at Sioux City at II o'clock. Rain,
turning to snow and the mercury
touching zero in the early morning was
the kind of weather that greeted the
fleeing men. They got their feet wet
/ in a hay NOV where their feet We're
either frozen or so badly benumbed
that they were unable to make much
progress the next night and this led to
their undoing. Four of the men were
in Jail for bank robbery and one for a
previous attempt upon the life of the
sheriff. Their Indictment, arraignment
and sentence all within four hours
makes new record for prompt action
in Iowa courts.
The first consolidated school confer
ence ever held in the United States is
scheduled for Cedar Falls February 18th
and 10TH Prominent educators from all
over the countrya will be present.
Among the notables will be Hon. p. P.
Claxton. of Washington, D. c.. COM
missioner of education. who will pre-
side. Iowa is leader in the CONSOLE
dated school development and for this
reason the conference is held in this
state.
Gilbert s. Gilbertson, former state
treasurer of Iowa, carried insurance
amounting to $4,000. Other promi-
nent payments in Iowa recently were
on the policies of Charles c. Taft. $685.
$50, Des Moines: Kirkwood F.. Jewett.
$21. 500, Des Moines: Hugh B. Hedge,
$20,397, Des Moines; John J. Spind-
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Ter, of Council Bluffs. $4O,500; Samuel
A. Ensigne, Of Storm Lake, $75,177:
John C. Voorhees,, Of Anita, $29,O03;
John j. Watson, Of Emmetsburg. $685.
Ill, and John w. Noel, of 'Villisca,
$25,05S. Noel, of Villisca, was the
photographer Of that place who figured
so conspicuously in the ak murder
trial, being one OF the henchmen for
Detective Wilkerson. He chained some
ties on the c. B. 4 Q. tracks and then
removed them just as a fast passenger
train was approaching. claiming that
his presence there at the psychological
moment was purely accidental, his plan
being to get q big reward from the rail
way company for saving one of Its
crack trains from q terrible wreck. He
was found dead a few weeks afterwards
through his brain. He had only recent
ly taken out $25 900 in life insurance.
The state board of control voted on
Tuesday to close the state hospital for
inebriates at Knoxville December list.
AS there are only twelve patients in the
hospital the board decided the expense
of keeping the institution open was too
great for the service it was doing. Pro
institution on the bum just the same.
OF the twelve patients at the hospital
nine of them were there for using dope.
The death of Thomas Dickerson was
the means of bringing together two
brothers who had not spoken to each
other for a quarter of a century. The
reconciliation was largely effected by
Dr. Edwin S. Hill. pastor of their boy
hood days. Albert Dickerson resides
in Chicago. Clarence, his brother.
lives at Council Bluffs. The death of
Tom Dickerson. noted Chicago engineer
and son of Albert brought the two men
to Atlantic for the burial. Both men
are sons of Isaac Dickerson, a pioneer
of Cass county and years ago president
of the Cass County bank, which closed
it's doors in 1898. Albert DickerSon
served a prison term for the failure of
the institution. Settlement of the af-
fairs of the defunct bank caused hard
feelings between the brothers and for 4
quarter of a century they refused to
have anything in common. The death
of Tom Dickerson and the good offices
of the veteran pastor wiped out the hat.
red and brought the aged brothers to-
gether again.
The burning of the old Ewing resi-.
dence in Winterset removed a veritable
land mark that connected the past with
the present. The house was erected in
1857. 1t was built Of oak and walnut
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then you know there are Grape hangers
wherever you may go.
Miss Ethel Johnston was a pleasant
caller here from Sioux City Wednesday
evening, on her way to Missouri Valley
to spend Thanksgiving.
VIM. Furne transacted business al
the county seat Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Rae were passen
gers to Omaha Friday morning.
Miss Ruth Smith, of Denison, was a
visitor in the j. Blackman- home over
the week end.
Nellie Galland, of DenisOn, spent sew
eral days this week with her sister, Mrs.
Leon Kepford, and family.
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Holiday Trade

~
What useless truck used to be dis
tributed as Christmas gifts! Men had
fancy calendars and embroidered neck
tie holders and scented shirt cases, and
one could not begin to enumerate the
futile frivolities with which the wom-
en- showered each other. Housewives
had gaudily bound books for the parlOr
tables which We're never read because
the reading matter was worthless.
There. We're vases that would hold
no flowers, drinking pitchers that had
false tops and would hold no water.
brio brac in limtless amount, much Of
it ugly and all of it imposing a labor
ious penalty of care taking. Houses
We're Uttered from top to bottom with
this futile stuff.
You had to exclaim over it when you
got in. and pretend it was just the thing
you had been longing for. Then when
you got home you chucked it into the
dump at the earliest possible moment.
Today the great majority of the holi-
day gifts are substantial and useful ar.
ticles, that people really want. No
Christmas gift is worth making unless
it has some prctical use or permanent
beauty for home decoration. In the case
of children it is hard to draw a posi-
tive line. But in a general way toy
that won't give good solid wear isn't
worth giving. The most suitable gifts
for the youngsters are those that help
them develop physically and mentally.
Anyone who looks over the stores of
Denison must be impressed with the
progressive manner in which they fol-
low this spirit of the times. They are
full of honest and beautiful objects that
will bring happiness and comfort, and
make Christmas a day of real ministry
to each others desires.
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-BY-
J. W. JARN GIN

The 3Sth general assembly voted an
appropriation Of 200 for the purpose
of making the old capitol building at
Iowa City fireproof. but the high cost
Of materials caused the authorities to
postpone the work until more suitable
time or else get q larger appropriation.
The building is in a fairly good state
Of preservation but the fear of fire is
ever present. The corner stone of the
structure was laid on July 4, 1910. In
1S41 the officers serving the territory
of Iowa took possession Of the building.
When Iowa was admitted into the union
in 1916 the building was turned over
to the new state government. In 1S47
by act Of the same legislature that re.
moved the state capital to DeS MOines
the building was set aside for education-
made for it's support. The stone out Of
which the building was constructed
were brought down the Iowa river on
RATS from a quarry twelve miles north.
west near the present town of North
Liberty. A Catholic priest and Italian
named Mazzachelli designed the CAPT.
toll building and it is regarded by archi.
tects to this day as a nearly correct
duplicate of the early Roman designs.
try visit it and get ideas and inspiration.
In 1871 Samuel p. Craver graduated
from Grinnell college and after taking
a theological course at Boston he re-
ceived the degree of D. D. from Iowa
Wesleyan in 1887. He became a mis-.
slonary to Guanajuato, Mexico, where
he was several times mobbed. He was
also located in Silao and in the City of
Mexico, serving in these three places
until 1887. He was appointed presiding
elder from 1887 to 1890 at Queretaro. He
served also as presiding elder of the
Puebla district and president of the the.
illogical seminary of the M. E. church
at Puebla from 1890 to 1895. He then
went to Assuncion. Paraguay. where
he was placed in full charge of the NJ.
E. missionary work for Paraguay. For
a number of years Mr.. Craver has been
president of the M. e. theological sem
mary at Buenos AyreS. Sept. %. 1875,
he was married to Laura Gassner, of
Mt. Pleasant, who survives him.
Dr. Maude Hall. of Grant. Mont
gomery county. and Lieut.. w. NJ. Win.
net We're married recently on the Mount
of Olives, near Jerusalem. Both of them
were engaged in Red Cross work in the
Holy Land. The bride took n medical
course at Iowa City and when the war
broke out she rendered her services and
was sent to the far east,