Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-17

cousin, Miss Matte Grips.
Hon. r. g. Cousins, one of the best
speakers in congress, opened the re-
publican campaign here Wednesday ev-
ening. In spite of the bad weather
the opera house was crowded with an
interested, enthusiastic audience and
Mr.. Cousins fully sustained his reputa-
ton as an orator by holding them al
most to man for two and a half hours
while he pointed out in plain, forcible
language the fallacies and errors of
the democrat party and showed the
wise, conservative features of Presi-
dent McKinley's administration. He
took up the democratic platform, sec
ton by section, and literally "shot it
TO pieces" The silver question was
dealt with very clearly. Then he pro-
ceeded to the question of expansion
and the Philippine war, showing eX-
pansion in its true light and citing the
great state of Iowa as an example of
the wise policy of expansion. He show
ed very plainly by international law,
and decisions of the supreme court the
fallacy of Mr.. Whites statement that
the allegiance of the people did not go
with ceeded territory. Every mention
by the speaker of Dewey or the presi-
dent was greeted with loud and long
cheers. He had to stop several times
in the course of his address to wait for
the applause to subside. He showed
the littleness and riciousness of the
democratic appeal to the German vote
and demonstrated the utter foolishness
of the idea of an Anglo-American ALI
ance. Altogether it was one of the
most convincing pieces of oratory ever
delivered in Charlton and how any of
the Aguinaldo sympathizers could sit
under his constant fire and go away
claiming to be patriotic American citi-
zens is beyond conception.
Senator II. L. Byers, of Lucas, was
shaking hands with old friends in Char
iton Wednesday,.
Wiley Householder, secretary of the
Lucas county fair association, was q
business visitor to Lucas, Wednesday.
Mrs. Jessie Thayer and Miss Louise
Stuart Went to Osceola, Wednesday, to
visit friends.
Charlton. Oct. 1.-THE October term
of court will convene in Charlton Mon
day, Oct. 1G, with Judge Sloan on the
bench. The docket, though not as full
as usual, contains some interesting
cases in which the general public
shows great concern.
Eugene Holmberg has purchased the
Peter Wigeren property on Sixth and
Woodland avenue, and will occupy it as
soon as Peter and his family can get
comfortably located in their house on
Court avenue.
Miss Jennie Anderson returned TO
her home at Hiteman Wednesday even
ing, after an extended visit with her
sister, Augusta Anderson, of this
place.
Miss Josie Bearman is quite seriously
ill ut the home of her aunt, Mrs. S.
Oppenheimer.
AIR. and Mrs. Tip Barnett, old resi-
dents of Charlton, but who for the past
twenty-four years have been residents
OF Kansas, are visiting friends ami rela-
tives in and about the city.
Mrs. w. w. Whitfield and Mrs. f. S.
Baker very enjoyably entertained about
forty OF their lady friends at thimble
party on Thursday afternoon.
Amos Hampshire, an old resident of
Charlton, who has been spending Il
few weeks with his son George. of this
place. departed Thursday Cor Burliny-
ton, the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Warren DUNCAN.
The visit of Miss Freddie Friend, of
Creston. with her Charlton friends was
suddenly terminated Thursday by a
telegram announcing the serious i'll
ness of her mother.
Gus Snyder, the. night expressman,
who has been laid up for the past two
months with the fever, has so far re.
covered as to be able to be out doors,
but not able to go to work yet.
Attorney j. A. Penicll returned
Thursday from business trip to Cen-
terville.
Clint Noble is home again after a
three weeks visit with friends in In
diana.
A Des Moines dental specialist was
in our city Friday, putting up at the
Bates house, and extracting teeth
without pain free of charge, in order
to get the recommendations of the pco-
pie of Charlton and vicinity. He did a
rushing business, having all the Gus
toners he could accommodate. He
got the teeth out all right, but many
of his patients suffered more severely
than if the work had been done by a
regular dentist, to say nothing of the
effects which they experienced. Why
the public will be imposed upon by
travelling quacks in place OF patroniz-
ing our home people. who have the in
terest of the city at heart and pay
taxes and keep up our public institu.
! tons, is a mystery.
Mrs. w. B. Thompson, Mrs. p. j.
Volmer and Mrs. A. L. Dent left Thurs.
day for Des Moines as delegates to ,hc
branch meeting of the Woman's Tor,
eisn Missionary society. Mrs. Tho1np.
son is conference secretary of the rs.
ISOLATION.
SIGOURNEY.
Sigourney, Oct. 13.-Alr. and Mrs
Roy Moore, of Kansas City, came ur
Wednesday night for a short visit al
the parental d. ID. Moore home.
w. r. Fitzgerald has returned from
his Arkansas trip and reports that he
has purchased Il 215-acre farm at 81;
per acre