Adams County Free Press (Newspaper) - August 8, 1908, Corning, Iowa f ADAMS COUNTY FREE PRES VOL CORNING ADAMS COUNTY IOWA SATURDAY AUGUSTS 1908 NO OCR a Loss Character from Our Exchanges In Towns The Ice plant at la Hearing completion The town will then cool oH A child of Mrs Al of Red Oak was run over by an automobile last week and badly hurt has raised tor the construction of the A N S That will construct about half a mile f m The railroads of the stale have granted a fare of 3 cents per mile to Bes during the week of the etate fair for the round trip County superintendent Jessie Field reports that of the schools In Pane county will pay over per month for teachers the com Ing year S D Ryncarson for many years a resident of Ked Oak and owner of the opera house of that city bearing his died at San Dingo Cal re cently after an Illness of ten days of pneumonia Col Hepburn has gone to Washing ton on business connected with the building committee of congress This ought to bo reasons for fche republican newspapers of this district to resurrect the cut of Peter and have the same Inserted The Bedford parties putting down the deep well will go to 2250 feet and if water that comes up to the demand Is not found they will the enterprise Plenty ot water was found at about 2030 feet bus ifc was pronounced of no value for tho pur poses intended Tho shows had arranged to appear at Creston and during the chautauqua at each of these places Whea the management of the circus was told of tho con dates arrangements were made to change the dates of the two places ana now both towns will have the show and not on the date of their chautauqua Lenox J W Low cry shipped his household goods this week to Canada He and his family will visit various points In Iowa be fore Joha Bridge man and N 0 Davidson went with a shipment of stock to Chicago Satur day returning Tuesday They found a good market is talking about the pro posed railroad from Atlantic and are trying to raise funds to secure it They want to raise It has been reported there that Corning stands ready to give 8100000 gome body Is them full of hob air and from the way the subscriptions are tho citizens are not biting Corning never had a proposition and never made tho company an offer In fool they have never been here There la a now electric railroad pro posed to be bulit from to Council Bluffs by way of There is talk of another from DCS to Creston one from Des to Red Oak and another from Atlantic south We have to have Just about so much railroad talk It the had 6 cents per line for every line wo have given about the proposed building of a railroad in this section in tha past eight years we would build and equip a county high school In Corning Some of these times some of the various roads may be built but unless they hurry up foster than they have been we will havo airships before that time It was advertised that Tuesday would be Democratic Day at the chautauqua and lhat Hon John Sharp Williams of Mississippi leader of tha minority in congress would bo the speaker Many went from a distance especially democrats supposing they would hear a real democratic address But they were disappointed Mr Williams said it had been distinctly understood be tween him and the lecture bureau that he would not make a political address at The able said as a member of congress and receiving a salary from the people he had conscientious con against making political speeches for pay However his lec ture on Talking and the Uses and Abuses of Talking pleased the large assemblage The management of the chautauqua said they had a verbal understanding that Mr would make a political speech Ad the day as democratic day and than disappointing many of the patrons will nob prove a popular move for the Several went from and a number went from the east patt of the county with the expectation that they would hear a genuine democratic speech from one of the greatest in the coun try However they got to Mr Williams and heard a good lecture and there waa table tion In that Gravity stack lug hay on Jewel farm west of town last week Campbell was quite badly hurt by tho pole falling and striking him upon the head Quite a gash was cut across Ills fore head and he received other bruises but not serious m m Bedford Free The rural car riers of Corning issued money orders amounting to the past fiscal year That Isnt much In fact we bp lleve below the average for seven car riers but added to somo Corning mer chants sales would make it quite iiri increase The promoters of the new line of railroad from Red Oak to Des estimate the cost of the 109 miles at at a 2 per cent maximum grade and for an easier grade at to 82000000 It is now pro posed to haul the freight by steam and the passenger trains by gas electric in tho place of elac for power throughout Tim trains will run from 5 a m until p m When oclock arrives they will stop and start from the same place in the morning ant complete the jour ney We hope none of our readers will hold their breath until the road Is completed especially arc we anx ious for them not to if they are democrats Red Oak cottonwood tree a foot high Is growing n a parapet over the front ot the Otis building a seed lodging In a between two stores having sprouted and taken root Rev S F pastor of the Corning Presbyterian church Is male Ing a tour of Europe He sailed from Boston on June 25 on a boat he working his passage across to Lon don as one ol the cabllo inkers of 00 head of cattle shipped on tho vessel He Is writing some very interesting letters of his journey to the Corning Corydon distressing ac cident occurred Sunday tho victim being the 4ycarold son of Waller Shirley living to the worth part of Corydon township He and an older brother about seven years of age were playing together making they ware sharpening and driving posts The fellow laid his hand on top of a post and the brother brought down tho hatchet cutting off four angers of tho right hand Two of them wero severed from tho hand and another had to bo The little finger still held by some tendons and Dr Walker stitched t back Srs an to savo it Tie fellow has been peculiarly un fortunate having lost an eye and had his arm broken about a year ago Ills wounds aro getting along as well as could bo expected Charlton A Hougland has been awarded tho contract as supervising architect for a new M R church to bo at Corning The work is planned Is begirt about Sept 1 Ills plans wero accepted in competition with several other archi The edi tors of tho Eighth Congressional dis certainly owe Editor Sam Greene of the Charlton Herald a debt of gratitude for his liberal donation of editorials It is a real pleasure to run a democratic newspaper when Sam does the editorial work for them He is just now tho most quoted and popular editor in the district and somo of tho even go so far as to say he is blessed Well after all there Is not so much difference be tween a progressive democrat and a progressive republican Mr Taft candidate for the presidency on tho republican ticket does nob believe iu guaranteed deposits ao ho said in his letter of fact opposes the principle Mr Taft certainly is wrong on this proposition EL D republican commit teeman for the 8th Iowa district who Is also a banker says guaranteed bank deposits is correct asid must come The people of Lucas county will agree with Mr Copeland rather than with Mr Taft 9 Ottumwa Iowa was once the home of W T Bryan Warren county Iowa once the habitation of John W Kern his run ning mate Iowa was once the home of Gen Jas S Weaver once a candidate for the presidency Ottumwa Iowa is the home of Col George M Taylor the distinguished colored orator ones a presidential candidate and last but no means least Ottumwa is the home of Hon Charles A Waish who Is to be the candidate of the Hearst ence League Iowa is the birthplace of Buffalo Hamlin Garland and Emerson Hough were born be neath Iowa skies Jesse James and his gang once robbed a bank in Cory don while old man Gephart was near in early six ties Frank O Lowden was born In county Andrew Carnegie tha richest man in the world once lived in the state which has furnished many a poor devil to the world and to society and the penitentiary B Clark first saw the light of day in while Gene Tol bert who s now larking beer in wicked was once a dis business man of Ottumwa Marvelous Iowa Wonderful is Ot lum wall Creston Of Henry county III alighted from pas senger train No i at this place last night and seeking the stated that he had been robbed while on tho train While in the vestibule he as serts he was passed by a couple of men who brushed against him and a ort thereafter lie discovered that his wallet containing had been extracted from his pocket This was all the money he had with him and as he remarked it strapped him Efforts of the to dis cover the parties at this place were unavailing last night although Mr states that they got oil the train here lie asserts further that a lady who was enroute south also was relieved of her pocketbook Chariton of the Russian Jew who was killed by the train near Russoli a few weeks since have Instructed Attorney J A Camp bell of this city to bring suit for the accident which caused the fatality Thoy state the case bills way lie and a companion desired to catch a train at a station west and had tickets on the Burlington but did they wait for a regular passenger train thoy would miss Ib so hoarded a freight train and paid the to let them ride This Sf true was nob ac cording to rules as the freight was nob one which carried bub blie liability is to be sot up from tho faci that whan the man foil from tho train tho crew know about It but did not scop until they gob to and then sent back bo have him picked up and brought hero but tho delay was long without professional attention and the loss of blood from his severed limbs perhaps caused his It IB claimed that precedents similar to this have teen passed on by tho courts W D Jamieson In I am going over bo Columbus Junction to seo my mother for a couple of days Lucky Is tho who has a mother to go aud see moro lucky Is the fo How whose mother lives so close to him that ho can seo her often When I seo little folks Harrison Blacks six motherless children who will havo to go through life without tho dependable help of mother my heart burns In for them They are deprived of greatest and most helpful blessing that tho earth gives I feel liko the of my mother has done moro both to help mo see tho right and try to do it I seen or any ono thing Most boys have good mothers but they wont appreciate them until thoy arc deprived of them either or altogether God bloss the mothers this old earth wouldnt amount to much If wasnt for the thorn oven If wo had somo other way of populating it B Tedford of Corydon was in tho clby on Friday of lasb week looking after somo mat ters pertaining to tho defunct Sey bank A bank failure does nob only devolve the loss of many deposi tors and canso in some casos to lose every dollar thab they have saved In a number of years but It In jures the many and depresses bus ncsa of all kinds And these are only a small part of the damage done Think of tho home life of Leroy Ware and his family once cheerful anci happy and now with the head of the family in the pen aud nothing but despondency and to overshadow the entire future of his family and friends A bank law thab will not only protect the depositors from loss In case of failure of the bank but also a law and a system which will prevent bank officiate from gambl ing on the board of trade and on stocks and honds will also save the stockholders from the penitentiary and the family and relatives from a condition much of death itself Save the depositors and save the officials from suicide family from disgrace and depositors from loss That looks like business Mrs H B Dickinson of Des Moines has brought suit against her husband for divorce Ib will bo remembered by many that the defendant was ar rested in Corning by Sheriff Larson charged with being the cause of the death of Miss Blydenburgh telephone girl with whom ib was ac he had been intimate and hat taken her to Des Moines where it was alleged a criminal operation was per formed that caused the death of the handsome young girl At the tria Dickinson was acquitted During al his trouble his wife remained true to him and since his acquittal he has not shown her attention due from a hus band and and broken heart ed she has filed a suit for a legal sepa ration With her three small dren the returned to her home at Ot tawa III whore she married Dickin son in 1898 She charges him with falling to provide and with being out two and three days and nights without her knowing his where abouts She also charges him with being drunk at East Court avenue re sorts Tho petition says that Dickin son threatened to kill her If the are true the miserable scamp In that event ought to be taken to some public place in Des and whipped good and plenty A woman who will remain true to a hus band under the circumstances Mrs Dickinson did during tho recent trouble ant then have him treat her as the petition says Dickinson has treated his wife the husband deserves i Rood flogging It would be a good lesson to others of his kind Heath of Randolph thought tie would do something sensational and advertised a Slide for Life He placed a wire at the top of a wind mill and to to the ground at an angle of 45 degrees In the middle ic placed a hoop covered with cotton and saturated with coal oil At the proper time tho hoop was and the young man made the start When ho reached the hoop he became entangled In It and when freed twas found he was burned fie finished tho slide to the horror of the 200 spectators When he reached the ground he walked un aided about a block to tho of physician and it was found he could a short time He died in bout five hours Ho wau 20 years of ago and had been working on a arm near Hastings and probably fathered the idea of doing something drilling from reading dime novels Avoca The local may not amount to much Its may be cruda and Its decidedly on tho bum It may not be printed as neatly as the big city papers and it may have to treat as news Jot of things that seem trivial and commonplace but It pies a unique position In the local community just the same Here Is an illustration of the act A certain citi zen of this community never had much use for the He re garded it as a kind of cheaply gotten up affair and always compared It with the dallies in the big cities and of course the comparison was favorable to the metropolitan papers This dis criminating brother did not take the because of its short comings It so happened that ho had a daughter and the daughter fell in daughters frequently do and the day of the wedding came on The proud father wanted tho wedding written up In elaborate style and instead of having the notice printed In a big Chicago he act gave due consideration to the and brought to the a nicely written account of the affair together with a profusion of thanks We published the marriage notice gave to our hands Sat night for their weeks pay There is a point involved In tho above illustration that is worth considering Those who send away for everything occasionally reach a point where they are glad to got some favors from homo people The merchant the lawyer or the banker who sends away from homo for his printing is very apt to reach a point somewhere along tho Journey where he will crave a nice notice from the local paper Tho farmer tho laboring man or tho average of leisure who sends out of town for his dry goods and groceries will some day reach a point whore It will be awfully handy to have tho homo mer chant extend a little credit It pays to bake the homo and Ib Is abie to tho home dealer MONEY TO LOAN The Farmers National Bank Corning Iowa 111N1STKU Hev Stanley City of Tolls dt Interesting CHAPTER III LAUSANNA July 21 Mr Is time for my third weekly letter and I have bub one regret which is that there are not days in a week We arrived hero on the mountainous shores of Lake Geneva in time to have a formidable dinner at our Swiss hotel We left Pads about nine this morn Ing over the best and fastest railroad In France and made bettor time than fche with far less noise and dust Though tho border Is many miles away French Is spoken here as it is through the south of land German being the prevailing language of the north and cost of this liberty loving land But we have found English spoken at every hotel we have stopped and it is sometimes disconcerting and pro after having asked for some thing in what seemed like classical French to have tho waiter in per fect English what you desired There were many Americans on tho train today and six have Just been boister discussing the various routes through Switzerland Of course there are times when even a few broken remembrances ot distant college French stand one In good 8tead and any smattering of continental lan one may have is by no means excess baggage Our real In Paris was a vain endeavor to understand a long of faro and as It chanced wo sot two the first was liver and tho second calves liver Wo have been bettor livers since How can i tell you anything about gay Paris The seven days there have been a dream It was very fascinating and very beautiful In bho of tho city Is tho Louvre with its wonderful arb collections of all and lands t share of the time can give to Paris for this Is one of largest and best museums In the world the arms of the Louvre IN a lino monument La erected by lhc school chil dren of America My heart also burned within me one day to discover a noble equestrian statue of Washing ton not far from the Eiffel tower Just west of Louvre are tho beau gardens of the with sculptures and fountains and in continuing wartl the Place do la Concorde where the fearful guillotine was so busy iu clays of Die Revolution ami then for a mile further to west and ending Iti the largest mid finest arch in the world stretches renowned of the Champs It needs to bo scon by day ami then when Illuminated by to bo appreciated We saw many places but not all of Paris of course We u pood ninny tho of Daina Its height and vaulting and windows and marbles wits most Im pressive but was not equal to Abbey In London Tho Westminster Abbey of France Is tins Church of bt Denis where arc thu tombs and monuments of tho and of France from time im memorial About thirty years during the Commune tho mobs dese crated this church broke down th monuments and opened and threw bho bones of tho dead mon archs into the gutters Whea they to the tomb of Honry of Nav areo somo one remonstrated that ho was a friend of tho people Uut No they shouted lies in with him Pnr destructions been restored as much as possible and the church worth thu we guvo to it 1 havo written loo much already and I as well slop now W roach Mio oily tho d I will write from thuro Very sincerely STANLEY F This is a Snap For You Having bought the Okey Hardware Stock am going to close out the entire line of Hardware Stoves and Tin ware at a price where you cant pass up the stuff Now in case you need anything out of this stock this is your chance to buy it cheap Have almost anything you want in this stock and it is going to be sold cheap Its up to you Yours for business REINEMUND THE
