Milford Mail, The (Newspaper) - January 15, 1920, Milford, Iowa if AS OCEAN EVEE ANO SO CEASELESS CHANGES 90 VOLUME XXXVIII MILFORD DICKINSON COUNTY IOWA THURSDAY JANUARY 15 1920 NO 3 LOCATION OF delegation of Milford i ens vere at Spirit Lake last Monday to appear before the Board of Super the district engineer Mr Reynolds of Storm Lake to present their arguments for or the dif ferent routes for the in from Milford to II While 5t was question asto the his been are advocating that the road i not run on the air line road be purchased paved to run along on track Milford niJ 400 s ivit hi petition asking n the rovi be ivel as wa originally planned Vnl but little ub fiu that viH i Te f has raiS i jn to that effect and the general public demands it and there are no ar while for the east road aside from personal interests Engin eer Reynolds has the matter under ad arid will report later C T Stevens was attending to busi ness at yesterday Henry doing business Lake last Tuesday Chas Bonsall was up from Sheldon yesterday his son out en tne farm Mrs R S entertained the attending to at Spirit Lake yes came from Des Moines ine first of the week to attend to 3 matters BIG TOWN SALE The next big town sale will be held in Milford on Saturday January IV This sale promises to be as big and enthusiastic as the sales of the past have been There will be a lot of good stuff offered for sale at this time Horses cattle hogs household goods etc These sales are attracting big crowds and are for the buyer and List what for sale with any bank in Milford or Heldridge and it will be properly taken care of and sold Remember the date and place Sat January 17th at the sale barn in Milford Paul and Mrs Oscar were passengers to Speri eer last Tuesday afternoon The Whist Club met at S A Hoi combs home last Monday evening to enjoy air evening at cards Guy Livingston went to Des Moines last Monday to visit for a few days home today W E yesterday pur chased from F H Kelsey the resi dence occupied by Mr Keisey Harry of Cheney ma came iast week and is the home of his uncle S A Walter West is the name of a son born to Mr and Mrs E West at Council Bluffs on Jan Mrs E F Miller has sold her res idence property on West Broadway and has the W F Kendall residence Mrs C S Packard of Estherville who has been visiting at the home of her daughter Mrs Neil May return ed home yesterday Jack Stanley who has been at the state hospital at Oakdale Iowa came home the first of the week He is a bit improved but is still in a critical condition Miss Dora Winton wentto Spirit Lake last Saturday afternoon to visit ever Sunday with Mr and Mrs J E CONDUCTOR HERMAN BELLMAN INJURED Conductor Herman Bellman of Des Moines in one of the train haulding ice from the lakes was ser iously injured in Milford last Thurs day afternoon He was on the caboose and the train was backing into the side track to make way for the pas senger the south cross ing Bellman stepped from the and slipped the The tool box under the caught him arid forced him out again but he being cut otherwise injured He was brought to Dr office where temporary dressings were put on his injuriees and was theri taken to Spencer by train is at He is confined to and it is not known Merrill She returned afternoon home Monday he will be able tobe but again It was a lucky accident at that for tool box not thrown him from under the car he undoubtedly have been killed Its great to be a Sailor on land and Soldier on the Sea Miss Propp returned to her home in Sutherland last Monday after a weeks visit at the home of Mr ant Mrs J J Dennis Mr and Mrs John Rute Monday from Iowa where ihe had been Visiting for three week with and friends Mrs F H Merritt and Miss Ruth ind Mrs E S Bates and Mrs J L Cother were caling at Spirit Lake yesterday afternoon A THE NUTSHELL GOSPEL The Unfaltering Trust By Wm H Kent When business is going well with encouraging profits it is eas When not a link is missing n the circle of friendship when the ewels of home are set inthe of happiness when health and stren th make it a joy to live and hard york a very pleasure ihen it IB that we are most apt to neglect those jn ss divine things without ioss state of cannot to all or many vf iti 3usincss has its lean and ng the links of friendship are sometimes rudely broken ihe home circle is not immune from the invader health unexpectedly gives way under the strain of toil the fret of care The value of is most man test in the emergencies of life When our bark slips from the common moorings then how fortunate if we nave an eternal anchorage If when doubt uncertainty and fea r us how wonderful that we may be sustained and soothed by an tering trust When we walk by faith as well as sight we are doubly pro against the pitfalls of failure and At such times you will be how glad that all things work together for good My friend if you are walking in the sunshine I commend to you the daily devotion habit You can afford to give n little time to God for all his wonderful mercies to you If you are even now within the shadow grip of the altar a little tighter It will he brighter tomorrow POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS we are the ell with of Miss of sy to do Lake tor recorder It f son oi Spuit Lake for sheriff and Miguel oi Arnolds Faric iov oi the courts aU subject to the voters at the primary elec tion iio far Miss Curry and Mr Mi guel are the candidates ed lor ihe are seeking the nomination lor but the full of ior sher iii i Knights of Pythias Last Thursday night Okoboji Lodge No 429 held their Koii Call aid Banquet The event was one be remembered At 800 Past Chancellor Ad kins the lodge to order and a bout one hundied and fifty Pythian Knights whispered that word known to the true Pythian which placed diem as a frontispiece for afull even ings entertainment Knights Spirit Lake Fostoria and ArnoldIs Parks were present First line up selection rendered by a selected orchestra BASKET BALL FRIDAY game the Milford pulled off bv B L Bates V V Rice Come in time for possible Earl E lowa last Monday at the of his Shelledy x Miss Anna Bellman R Kendall were calling in Spencer last Monday afternoon V H Szarkowski postoffice m which received was here the of the present Knight Paul Williamson inspecting the THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH The regular services next Sunday morning and evening The Ladies Aid Society will serve Thursday the 22nd Mesdames Von Housen LaFoy Bates and Rice are the committee On Wednesday morning Jan 14 A dark grean Leather purse in Knight Paul Williamson gave two of his favorite songs which are always enjoyed on such occasion and much credit was given to Brother Williamson At the Roll Gal wss announced by the Chancellor and the K of R anl S read many letters and telegrams from ie Grand Lodge officers and absent brother A long list of the Faith fuls were called upon and all giving out words of Milford The purse is and 3500 reward will its return to this office a keep sake given for to Mr and Mrs Daye Emery of Js Pai t last s quite the ai rival the little miss the annual meeting of the Co Mutual insurance company at Spirit ike Gillette was one Captain James E of the United States at St Minn has a report from the Strang est ship in the world It is located oii the dry shores of Island South Carolina and is manned by soldiers of the sea who are learning to be sailors on dry land Its name is the good ship United Corps SeaGoing Depot established the instruction recruits who are to serve at sea And itis Jack who has geen do ing butchering for farmers this win ter has killed and dressed 108 an imals which is doing a good business He has much more work to do See him if m neod of FIRST NATIONAL RUNS HALF PAGE ADY tne Bark tells in a vy some of thf things this institution does ad Not even the saltiest of tars has any thing who finishes its course He is even to the time of the sea He is taught that there are no such things as ham mock ladders green and red oil for the port and starboard lights or keys to the anchor watch From the time the recruit arrives at the depot until he leaves for ship board In his trim blue uniform he Shears nothing but nautical language in a hammock swung in approved navy Legs saggers through the barracks which is called a compart ment yelling Ha Show a leg Hit the deck The Marine never says Shut up but always pipe down His cooked in a galley not a kitchen One end ofthe barracks is and the other aft port and the other starboard Kitchen police are jacks of the dust and the company clerk is a yoeman He goes ashore when he leaves the and when he is too ill for duty he is on the binnacle list goes before the com manding officer he says he is going to His instructors teach him to knot and splice and to row and sail small boats He learns how to handle the one bi the organizers ofthe company Eugene Dodge today purchased the J P residence in the north part of town and move to Mil lord in spiring We are unin formed as to what Mr Gratton will Dr M went to Des Moines last Tuesday to attend the state meeting of veterinarians He stopped off at his old home atRock well City for a day expected home today dm arm Mrs Roy Day from Davenport where they have been living for the past year and expect to make here this coming year They are now at the home of Mrs Days parents Mr and Mrs Will of town Mrs R returned last Thursday from a visit with of her daughter Mrs R E Lintner of Sibley residence is about ready for occupancy and she inthis week V A Arnold this week announces his candidacy for the nomination to the office of county attorney Mr Arnold has of the county and has filled the of county attorney in years past Several baby Elks were taken into iast Tuesday Milford to be the error of their ways OLD MILFORD AND VICINITY for beautiful and quotations illus that love for the order whici none but Pythians know Many short Speeches by the visiting Knights were listened to and was doubly applauded by CM 429 At lode closed in due form and the Knights repaired where pn supper was served under the direction of Knight Jarvis TJm r ANNOUNCEMENT and will be a winner v for the subject to at the A ARNOLD announce my candidacy for Sheriff oi subject the will of at the primary elec FH FERGUSON IO v 10 it t who is a pastmaster with thf ladle The menu was one of The best ever the dish i terrapin inthe wat Okoboji It was they eyer local j Mrs Bovee and calling in last Friday f E M Kellogg is down from Friday afternoon looking after business matters S A Mrs W S Mauss was calling in Spencer last Saturday N and Mis Wallace Smith were guests at the Paul home Sunday afternoon Roy Bevers and family gue Is at the W E Bever home Sunday Mr Paul is put up Arnolds Park Mr M H Titterington has recover ed from bis sickness and was able to attend the Grobe sale on Wednesday of last week We desire to express our heart felt appreciation of the many ful and others Kindness shown the Mrs Miller ROSS MILLER AND FAMILY Victorian and Societies at the Consolidated SchoolJan 23 1920 be Voters Of Dickinson County candidate office of Clerk of the office of Clerk of the Court of County of voters at the next June Primaries EARL A MIGUEL 1 Iowa States Right in Panama lirt not 5b tannl convention of n 30 of mil a zone of land ten miles in Tor this to ilie of ui oC slQ 00000 and took o paj te sum of 5250000 an to long as such occupancy con beginning on He Ourselves in poor at P M Come and 1 i and Admission whist 2nd inns c until th Aid by the way did you ever notice how a harness life is Thord are traces of lines of trou ble bit of tune of Also tongues to be bas to Auu to pull through 35c when wav to with ample had put in a strenuous The IT Wps a STt t n big for Okoboji Lodge No 429 Misses Green and Bowers were guests of Mrs Lon Wilson Sunday afternoon Mrs Albert of Little Rock is a guest of her sister Mrs Mrs Geneieve Henderson spent Sat and her parents Mr and R Hendersons Blr and family were guests at the Elmer Parrel home and family moved quite recently into he bought of B T Bonning The home has been occupied by the Henry Kin nly who now occupy the two south rooms while haves the north room Roy Bevers and family were guests at the W C Bevers home Sunday WAIT W G A CARD OF THANKS T wish to the and friends for helping us at the time tho fVe destroyed our house Dec 16 the friends in Milford that sur us with bedding especially the M E Ladies Aid surely all their kindness MRS C E VAN Card of Thanks We wish to thank friends neighbors for thier kindness shown us during the illness and death of our baby Mr and Mrs Fred R Henderson Burja Among the Truli ins of eistein lies the lody is at once anil a little house is over the grave in which the soul cnh live for tha time being A of manioc is planted In about eight months time the roots tire ready for nso so a general invitation to u groat Sau or dance is sent out A cotton string is over Hie treetops from the spirit house over the grave to the dancing place where the end of It hangs into a great of Powerful Explosive A new and very powerful explosive ch le in nun in and for is lenu ill om trie cul a of salts mercur silver aide and of lead and mer curic been found to be Very sensitive to mechanical shocks the sensitiveness increasing the size of the crystals Even the breaking of a single large crystal is said to bring about explosion C DJ E Rute Glen Southwick and Al lense The the week J F May Inez Miller the store and lot located be tween the May store and the Mail office We are told that Mr May con the erection of an addition to his store will give him the finest store building in northwest Iowa Gordon little son of Dr sfd E Shelledy met with quite a serious accident the first of the week while coasting down the big near the Lewis Paul place in the southeast part of town life sled Rot beyond control and he went a barbed wire fence cutting his face in a bad way Mhs Marie Herbster who has been at her home here for the past 4KU uuo 1 CA Tr terks He must also qualify three weeks left Tuesday as a signalman City sne is a in And aH this after fee has been thoI Miss Mane has trained So you Sailors too is no mere recruiting slogan A Big Treat Coming Carnival and novelty dance Ihe real dance oi the season At Columbia Opera House la Thursday January 22ud Real music will be Orchestra will Uance s carts at 9 at 10 supper at and then a whole lot more danc ing worth of prizes will be en to the dancers A representative of the famous Kiamer Co will be at Po lands Drug Store on the day and evening with 200 suits and masks and wigs can get pick of one can get there pick of these suits at small cost Horns con fetti and streamers will be furnished Free Punch will be server free to the dancers If you went to have a real dont forget the day j and place make up your mind rnd j come if you dont come you will al ways wish you had WOMANS CLUB Jan Mrs VonHousen Roll Artists and Mrs Menor Arctic Nights Viewed solely as a matter of optics the night is as dark as any night Explorers in high say how ever that there are ninny Tho ilash keen ly the moon comes along in a of the snow sw face relieves the gloom under condi tions of the utmost absence of light and the borealis is the finest Enamel All dirty on enamel honk he rubbed of flan moistened with spirit Then wash enamel with warm soapy water dry and rub with a flan nel sprinkled with Polishing a dry dufter completes the pro c White treated this way from to time retains ts for i iong period The End of a Perfect Pay Do not let the man who This Is the year I am going to show kind of Explorers all agree j you how to farm it think that he their men pass the winter night much if only there are means of amusement Cause of improvement A dispensary official luul returned from a months holiday and called to see m Irish who gineral ly as two sticks After a few preliminary remarks the patient con on his improved appearance Faith the holi day lies as brown L berry an as ov fut as a rag limn I can return the compliment you sewn to he im proved said the doctor Och HOIT Mick Oive iviry hour since the minit wint awry I STORES TO er ise nas tno 7 in matters purely j submitted to an operation ior appendi i see Soldiers and citis and is now fully recovered nioro Mrs C C and were calling in Spencer last Tres i family Vof Spirit Lake passed thr last Monday on their i way to where they wui FOR Several loads of cobs Mr and M Johnson and delivered per load j of Spirit Iake passed thr Boyd Rehse j spend the balance of i year completes his The following stores will close at on Wednesday evenings Until further notice Mays Cash Store Williams Williams Milford Cash Store Musings of Martha These business women bear but job of uy in ui nun an frown tin breakfast fer ten before daylight Store one of the lirest in c MR FARMER LISTEN How are your hogs Are Healthy Are you feeding your high priced corn to hogs or to the lice on them If your are not ret some Oil It Hce nnd worms Kerosene waters and E F MEYERDIRK Hts Explanation Vincent was afraid of chickens and cue as iic was to the neigh bors he before a ii few were picking away at the cinders After there a few moments for thorn to get away he returned TUure war a Ihe nnd he was of me so I comd back Aptitude Courts mon irp nrt I ones vrith executive ability gct into n nit It s witi r counts if Mi lit but he havo thf t it if lip el MunicH in History the history of Munich tho name Louis is inseparable It wan Louis the Severe who in the century the city a start by living there and Emperor Louis the Bavarian next in succession who built the first city wall The city owes its beginning to DuKe Henry tho Lion who established a mint there in 1153 nnd n bridge across the Isar so lie might levy toll on 0e sail from springs of ana neighboring The city pies the site of the ancient hence the Compressed Atmosphere If he atmosphere of the were compressor tn the density of water it would occupy n The idea may be expresses vividly when it is that the whole envelope of the earth if compressed to this degree would fill a 109 high 109 miles wide 100 miles have all clear sailing 1Jwill meet wildcats nnd bears at every and he may consider himself lucky if 3 gets otT with a whole hido The lite thing is to stand on the fnr end of he field when the harvest is gathered n and be able to say I did what I sairt I Key a Prolific Writer Francis Scott Key Use author oi Banner wrote quite a oi poems which were collected and published in in 1S37 He was the author of several hymns including the national Thanksgiving hymn beginning Be fore the Lord we how This was written for the Fourth of July He also wrote the hymn Lord with glowing heart Ill praise thee and When troubles wave on wave assailed and others He died in 1S43 while United States district at torney at Washington U Eye Exclusively RWe Eyes Examined ToDay Glasses T Gartland Red field Bid Spencer la Korean is tin great Ol so ns r Hie nf in is 1 i IIP is in iron hc ii of elves and in iie s a intl English May Dances The love of the maypole still lingers in the affections of the children of England ami in village many of the old Ifny dances have been revived and the gray of the schools ofttimes with brightness on May morning as the girls with spring frocks and beribboned still sing the songs anft dance the stops merry the day through the long Centuries Food Value of Nuts for pound butter nuts equal in fond value a juicy stoak Johnson terrors to all mpn that they Science Monthly
