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Southern Iowa Items which loans will be made to any poor ervilla. man or woman who is known to be pupils attending the Centerville worthy of aid and who is incapable of schools must be vaccinated as a aiding himself without falling in the entative of smallpox. This was grasp of the sharks. Loans will be issued by the board of edumade in amounts from $25 to $50. No and the board of health, which interest will be charged; the recipients action. in the perated of the loan, however, will sign an agreement to pay back the money in Cross, tinner for A. S. Bloedel sums of $1 or less each week. The is taking an enforced vacaorganization is primarily to aid memaccount of several broken ribs. bers of the Hebrew race, but worthy at a loss to understand how or poor people of all races will be conthe accident happened, for the sidered if the case is one of necessity. he knew of it was a pain in his Ottumwa. and when he went to a doctor he A failure of air brakes on a freight that three ribs were broken. train on the Milwaukee road to work properly derailed the engine and eight of the best attended sales held cars, filled with merchandise, and dein many years was the sale of a stroyed thousands of dollars' worth of of Shorthorns owned by C. W. cargo when the train ran on to a de& Son. Thirty-nine head sold rail in West Ottumwa. Traffic on the 7,402.50, making the average for Rock Island road over which the cars $164.20. Scottish Highland, a spilled was blocked for half a day. The brought the top price of the sale engineer and fireman escaped injury to W. H. Bowman, Beatrice, by jumping into a huge bank of snow. for $425. Clinton. Dr. George A. Smith, of this city, deliberating for nearly twenty member of the state board of health, is the jury in the Kennedy-Tucker in Washington, D. C., to investigate returned a verdict for the plainthe quality of anti-toxine that is being The controversy was over a 2supplied to the state. It has been steer valued at $60, which the charged that the product purchased had replevined. Both parties has not been up to the standard rethe property. The parties to quired by the federal government. Dr. are farmers of Gower townSmith will visit factories where the anti-toxine is manufactured before returning to Iowa to report to the state W. Terpening, an old soldier of board. has taken occasion to lambast West Liberty. Inited States senate in a poem adWith but one dissenting voice a citito the secretary of that august zenz' caucus renominated the present The poem is twelve verses long. mayor and five members of the council, the senators to task for delay whose terms expire the first of April. the pension bill and voices This action came in the face of the sentiment that living would not spirited declaration of Councilman W. dear if honor was not so cheap. W. Anderson that no member of the body would qualify for re-election. The giving the name of Alfred ticket includes C. J. Mackey for mayor walked into the police station and W. W. Anderson, George Embree, afternoon and told Detective J. S. Nichols, A. L. Dice and George he wished to enlist in the Gause for councilmen. States army, and that If he Muscatine. not enlist he would kill himself. O. C. Wilson, business agent of the held for examination in Mercy Button Workers' Union, announced but was later released. He Monday that picketing would be rebeen hanging around the police sumed some time this week at the butseveral days. ton factories, where non-union help is being employed. It was claimed by Frank W. Porterfield, one of the union officials that A. L. Urick, of the prominent physicians of southstate federation of labor would be in Iowa, announces that he will Muscatine to personally supervise the to Waterloo. He has disposed if picketing. It was claimed further that usiness here. Dr. Porterfield has Attorney General Cosson had instructquite prominent in Iowa politics. ed local authorities not to interfere at present the Cass county memwith peaceful picketing. Sheriff Vathe Ninth district congressional natta claimed that he had received no He has several times been such instructions. talked of for congressman district. Ninth Albia. The People's National Bank of this residence on the Doherty homecity successfully weathered a "run" four miles west of Princeton, ocSaturday afternoon and evening and on Monday much of the money that by Mr. and Mrs. George Dohwas withdrawn during the earlier exwas burned to the ground Sunday citement was redeposited. The cause ing. causing a loss of several and dollars. The fire started in a for the "run" is not fully known, but kitchen adjoining the main it is believed to be due to apprehension but the origin is unknown. A growing out of the recent change of of the furniture was all that was management when President B. P. The loss is partially covered by Castner partially sold out his interests and moved to Oregon. Judge D. M. Anderson, one of the directors of the Moines. bank, says: "The bank met all dethe purpose of loaning money to mands made upon it and had more members of the race, without money at closing time than when the a Jewish free loan society was afternoon began. The bank was kept here at a meeting held at open until 7 p. m., two hours later Jewish settlement house at 724 than usual in order to accommodate Fifth street. The name of the all its customers. Money was coming is "G'miloth Chasodim." The in all afternoon from other banks here will not only combat the work and in neighboring cities, and the bank by the loan shark organizations was compelled to refuse some of the will combine this with charity offers of aid received." A fund will be created from