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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-16
Eldon.

Eldon, July 12.--Miss Bessie Enyart
and Mrs. John Enyart were Ottumwa
visitors yesterday.
Yesterday quite large crowd OF
Eldon people picnicked up the river at
Camp Mckinley
Miss Stella Hellyer, who has been
visiting friends in Bloomfield, return.
ed home yesterday.
George Hartman, who is running on
the Liberal extension of the Rock Is
land, came in last night to make prep
arations to move his family to Liber
al, Kansas. the first OF the week.
Sam and Joe Walton of Washington
visited with relatives yesterday.
Love Cross was taken to Ottumwa
this morning for thirty days excessive
drunkenness.
Emery Courade, who has been visit
| ing his uncle at Canton, Ohio, return
ed home yesterday.
Miss L. R. Mckinney met with quite
a painful accident Wednesday. A
platform at the back of her residence
gave way, throwing her down, causins
some very severe bruises.
/ Robert Patterson visited with OF
tumwa friends yesterday.
Johnny McFadden, who has been Wis
iting with friends in Chicago, returned
here yesterday.
AS a result of the smallpox which
has broken out quite badly at Selm;
and the neighboring community Their
4 Is talk here of quarantining agains
that place and Village township. TIL,
cases here have died out almost com
pletely, and Eldon hardly feels lik
running the risk of having 1t brough
in here again from the small neighboi
ing towns where the chances are tina
the necessary amount of precaution
may not be taken.
A small crowd of Eldon's young pee
4 pie enjoyed "a party at the residenc
of Jacob Bayan last evening in homo
of Mr.. Bayap's brother, Ira, of Oska
loosa, who is visiting here.
The household effects of the lat
James Walker will he sold at publ
| sale from the residence tomorrow a
IL p. N.
Mrs. w. r. Beck, OF Ottumwa. is Wis
I iting with her parents at this place.
Mrs. G, r. Blake and Miss Bonni
4 Savage, of Cherokee, are visiting a
the home of ID. o. Blake.
4. Mrs. D. O'Connell was call-.ls De
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Abinqdon.

Abingdon, July l2.-Mrs. d. H. King
spent Sunday with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry, near Batavia.
Dr.. Emerson has moved his house
hold goods to Packwood where he will
make his future home.
f. E. Osborn, of Sioux City, was the
guest of Abingdon friends last week
A daughter was born to Mr.and Mrs
Homer Myers Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Berry Trent, of Ottum
wa, are visiting relatives in this vicin
ity.
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Amount Of Moisture Precipitated
Much Less Than Last Year.
THE THERMOMETER is MUCH HIGHER
Figures From Local Weather observ.
er's Books Showing the Comparison
Between Corresponding Periods in
1900 and 1eo1-Hot, Hot, Hot.

This summer is one of the most ex-
tremely hot and dry seasons through
which Ottumwa has passed in many
years. This is not given as a red hot
news item, although it really is red
hot, but it is used merely to prepare
the reader for some figures that prove
it's truth. These figures are from the
books kept at the local weather OBJ
servers station, and are furnished by
the observer, Henry Howell, assistant
chief of the fire department.
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Muntervilie.

Munterville, July 1.-THE weather
is so hot and dry that it is almost an
impossibility for farmers to put up the
hay crop, the hay being SO dry and
thin that it crumbles and breaks up
so badly that about one-half is lost be-
fore it can be gotten in the stack Old
residents around here say that it is
the hottest and dryest weather they
have ever experienced here. A great
many farmers are already compelled to
haul water considerable distances both
for stock and house use, and unless
rain comes soon there will be eonsid-
cradle suffering for water in some To-
calities.
In the article last week mentioning
the candidate for sheriff from this
township it should have read James
Johnston. instead of Joseph Johnston,
There has not been such scarcity
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GETS ALLEGED THIEF.
Washington County Sheriff Gets an Al
legged Felon.

Washington, July 12.-Sheriff j. W
reeter has captured Curt Talbrodys,
who is charged with the theft of a
horse and buggy at kalona. He found
him at ElkhayS- I'D.
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The Observer.

In this connection it is we'll to state
that Mr.. Howell is the only man who
could be found to take the position.
He is accustomed to heat, having serv-
ed a good term on the fire department,
and when he looks at the thermome-
ter with the mercury humping against
the tube in an effort to make its es,
cape he merely smiles and says:
keep it up, old man, this isn't half
as hot as Cummings ice house fire.
In the winter one would think How
ell would suffer, but he doesn't. He
takes run out to the thermometer,
looks at it just long enough to get the
temperature, then hustles back into
the city hall, throws another chunk of
coal into the big stove and turns to
July" in his weather book.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-16
Was Chilly in 1900.

Last July, the hottest day between
the first and twelfth was the sixth,
when the thermometer reached the
ninety-siX mark. On Wednesday OF
this week the mercury climbed to 10t
without any trouble at all. and 100 de
grees is considered chilly now.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-16

12-Yesterday, July 70, few drops
of rain fell, not enough however, to do
much good.
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Lovilia.

Lovilia, July 12.-Mrs. Jerry Wilcox
and three children are visiting with
Mrs. Wilcox's mother, Mrs. Miller, of
Abba.
Miss Griffin, of Ottumwa spent last
week with her sister, Mrs. j. l.. Sulli-
van.
Mrs. Otto Runyan and little sons
were county capital visitors Saturday.
Miss Blanche Esshom spent the
Fourth with her sister, Mrs. B.P. Cast
ner of Abba.
Miss Edna Skies was an Abba visitor
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Sims of Hamil.
ton, are visiting Mrs. Sims parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Harger.
OrviI Myers was a Knoxville caller
Saturday.
Yves Mccoy returned Monday after
a visit with his daughter at Musca
tine.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-16
A PALE-FACE GIRL

may be almost safely set down
as wanting red in her blood.
1fsubject to dizziness, fainting,
shortness Of breath on slight
exertion, no doubt remains.
To want red in the blood is
to fail Of the good Of ones food.
Her food is not nourishing her.
She needs a change.
The easiest change she can
get, and one of the best, is
SCOTS emulsion of cod-liver
Oil.
It gives her the upper hand
in the contest-her food has
the upper hand now--she is
pale no more.
Well send you li.tleto try, Il you ike
SCOTT & BOVINE, 400 Pearl street, New York.
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Comparative Rainfall.

From March 1 until July 10, 1900,
the rainfall amounted to 20.63 inches,
and the amount this year has been
only 9.12 inches, less than half of last
years figures. This year, too, although
rain has fallen on twenty days as
against twenty-four last year, the
amount has been small, not enough to
benefit the crops.
The following table shows the com
parative rainfall for the periods men
toned. The first column of figures
represents the date on which the rain.
fall occurred, and the second column
the amount of moisture in inches.
In iO0o
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Hickory.

Hickory, July 12.-Mrs. Gibson of
Coalfleld, spent the Fourth of July
here with Harlo Gibson.
The Hickory ball team went to Bux-
ton July Z and played ball with the
team there. The score resulted to
in favor of the Hickory team.
VIM. Graves is weigh-boss at the
mines here while Riley Watson is
sinking the air shaft.
James Robenette has returned from
Lucas where he has been working at
the mines at that place, and will start
to work here.
James Drysdale and John Holt of
Hynes City, started to work at this
place today
Mr.. and Mrs. Carter of Hynes City
were Sunday visitors with their son,
Elmer.
Mrs. A. E. Allen is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. H. S. Berry, south of Hynes
City.
A number of our people went to
Avery Tuesday and joined the Rath-
bone Sisters, which order is being or
ganized at that place.
Thomas Evans is quite busy putting
in the new pump for the engine at the
mine.
Butler Hazlett is on the sick list
with poisoned face.
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Some Clouds Last Year.

But this doesn't tell the whole story.
AS was stated in the beginning, this
summer stands out prominently as a
red hot summer, dry and perspiration.
inducing. A few skeptics, who think
they can tell more of the degree of
heat than agovernment thermometer
have been heard to remark in the
last few days that this summer
isn't any hotter than several others.
but that people Just think So A
comparison OF last years figures dis
prove this fact. For instance, last
July, from the first to the twelfth
day, had four cloudy days, five clear
ones and three fair. The first twelve
days of this month have been, as eve.
ry one in the city can testify, very
clear. with the exception of yesterday
when there was a little rain and a
| trace of clouds in the afternoon for a
| few fleeing moments.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-16
Shin Diseases

letter REusi ACNE and great many other
properly be called blood opte in the blood Like
intensity the poison The serious
sphc poison virus which
inherited blood
blood condition
through
The
Skin
sores b!otches pinpes,
a and
irritating annoying
hesn was thick,
bemshes
voluntarily
athced
very 1eSpee itching and
yvest cen+ra1 "A eventually
90 49, ~ - " the skin become
blood
and endanges life.
polluted blood treatment skin
medicine deservedl
blood
gently thoroughly eliminates impurities and puts the blood healthy
nourhed with blood the only purely vegetable
they will ceeruy advise without charge
SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, ATLANTA, GA.
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SiqourneY.

Sigourney, July 12.-Quite a nun.
Der of Sigourney people started on the
excursion for Denver Colorado Springs
and Pueblo Tuesday morning.
Miss Blanche Cheney left for Mich.
igan for an extended visit Tuesday ev.
ming.
Herbert HAWKINS is the new night
operator at the Peoples telephone of.
flee.
Little Grace Miller, of Des Moines,
is visiting at the Ed Bower home.
Roy Brown has opened law Office
in What Cheer.
Charley Dobie and family, of Kan.
sas City, are visiting at the home of
G. B. Dobie.
Marie Hoge is recovering from her
recent illness.
Jennie Fair, of Davenport. is visit.
ing many friends in Sigourney.
Mr.. Mckinney, our former Rock Is
land agent, and family, were greeting
their many friends in Sigourney the
first of the week This good family
will always be welcome in Sigorney
Clarence q. Heaton, of South Oma
ha, was shaking hands with his old
playmates here the past week.
Harry Harlan, of What Cheer, was
married to Miss Cora Mccormick, OF
Sigourney, Wednesday at noon, at the
home of the brides parents just south
of town. Miss Mccormick has been
teaching in the public schools of What
Cheer for several years and is favor
ably known. The groom is young
business man of that city and both
have hosts of friends who extend
hearty congratulations.
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Milton.


Milton, July 1O.-Rev. P. B. New
man, wife and son, Ardery, left this
morning for New London on business.
Quite a good many of the Milton
people celebrated the Fourth at Mem
phis and Keosauqua, while others went
to FIT Madison. Some also had pic
mic dinner on the fair ground.
Miss May Mayo and daughter of
Boston, Mass, are here visiting her
father, VIM Blanchard and other rela-
tives and friends.
Mrs. Alvin Wescott of Chicago is
visiting. relatives in this vicinity.
Mrs. C. l.. Smith has been On the
sick list the last few days; also Mrs,
VIM. McMannis.
Mrs. Carder was a Cantril visitor
last week.
Threshing will begin in this vicinity
this week
/ G. e. Drake is in the country help
ing in the harvest field
! Fl M. Smith spent the Fourth with
I his family.
/ B. F. Badgley is home for a few
days
Mrs. A. H. Casady has been visiting
in Unionville, Mo.
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Milton.

Milton, July 12.-Sparks from a
passing engine started fire in a
wheat field owned by George Kay, des-
troying the entire crop with the eX-
ception of nine stacks. Several other
farmers have also been compelled to
fight fires started by sparks from pass
ing engines.
Mrs. B. F. Dye, of Moulton. was an
over Sunday visitor in Milton, the
guest of Miss Helen Johnson and Mrs.
Thomas Dye.
Mrs. Vancleve is slowly improving.
Some of our near neighbors are hay
ting to haul water for house use.
/ j. w. Holland will preach for the
Methodist people of Bloomfield next
Sunday. Rev. j. w. Potter is attend
ing convention in San Francisco
A. H. Casady is having his house
plastered. James Smith is doing the
| work
DR.. c. M. Work of Ottumwa spent
Sunday with his family here.
T. c. Boag and son, Russell, left the
first Of the week for California
Craven and Hale will begin tc
thresh this week.
Mrs. George Williford moved to II
linois last week where her husband is
in business.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-25
ROADS AND
No Dw-sicr In the Country Needs Ia-
proved Highways More Than
the Dsirymaa.

The question Of good roads In any
farming community Is all important,
but 1t Is relatively much more impor-
tant In n country In which live stock
Is kept numerously, and especially in
which d%airying Is conducted on the
creamery or cheese plan. writes Prof.
Thomas Shaw, In the Farmer. The
difference To the parties who have to
draw the milk Is very great at certain
seasons of the year. The grain grower
wants good roads more than at n
time In the year when he draws away
hls grain, and that Is usually In the au.
tumn. In the autumn the roads are
usually good. hut the grower of dairy
stock wants good roads all the year
" his milk IL TO go Ia the factory. In
a locality without gravel (, will be
difficult indeed for him to get such
roads at certain seasons. What can't
be mended at such seasons will have
to he borne. but where gravel Is with.
In n reasonable distance It Is different.
II may be asked what IL n reasonable
distance? There may be much differ.
ence OF opinion In regard to that. but
We will venture the statement, within
three miles of the extreme limit where
1t Is to he laid down; OF course the
closer the better. When It has to he
drawn further than the distance
named, the time spent In hauling ia
considerable. But there ma be sit
uAtions when II would pay TO draw the
gravel even further. II IL we'll ~ baya
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-25
r DYER'S HEART.

McCarron. Mich, Oct. 2ist.-In April
last the sensational ease OF Mrs. Sam
uel q. Dyer. Of this place. was reported
In these columns. Mrs. Dyer has suf-
fered for years with a very bad case OF
Heart Trouble and was cured In u few
weeks by Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Since then Mrs. Dyer has received
hundreds OF inquiries as to her condi-
ton and many may be interested 10
hear that she Is at present enjoying
the best OF health and bis not had the
slightest return Of the l',art Trouble.
Formerly she had 10 sit up In bed for
hours to get relief; now she goes about
as smartly as any lady Of &C. years In
the State. Dodd's Kidney Pills have
made many friends In Chippewa Coun-
~ through their cure OF Mrs. Dyer's
case, and have proven beyond doubt
that their cures are not only very COM
plcte. but absolute and permanent.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-25
ADVANTAGES OF ADVICE.
A Good Thing In Spite Of the Fun
Poksd at It

Despite the slurs that are thrown
upon the advice Of Others the truth is
that one Of the great blessings is the
wise counsel Of a judicious friend.
No one pair Of eyes can see all the
phases of a perplexing situation, and
the things that you overlook may be
precisely those that most deserve to
be taken into account. One Of the
strange things in mental experience
is the tendency of ones outlook to be-
come narrower, the more the situa-
ton is studied. Certain fixed prccon.
ceptions TAKE possession Of the mind,
and ones analysis and judgment he.
come biased and mnirustworthy.
What one needs at such time is the
action of a fresh brain upon his prob
lens. And then you 80 away from the
interview with a sympathetic and
~sagacious friend with a new light
thrown upon your problems. Espe-
cially is this true il the advisers tenn
permanent is wholly different from
your own, il he is spiritual and ideal
while you are material and practical.
or vice versa. That is the reason why
men who have sensible wives--and
the basis Of common sense in the
feminine of equipment is more con-
siderable than thoughtless men
imagine--fnd that they can be Of
the most substantial advantage to
them in the decision Of perplexing
questions.-Boston Waterman.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-25

roadside planting is imprncticable for
public roads through the country and
must be confined to cities and small
villages md to private drives or
lanes. One great objection TO close
roadside planting along country
roads IN that the continual shade
keeps the road In n soft condition
after rains, and allows II TO become
badly cut up by vehicles, thus de-
manding n great deal more repairing
than other like pieces OF road where
there are no trees. On private roads.
however, where there Is little or no
heavy hauling, OF where the hauling
can he regulated to suit the weather
conditions. this objection would not
necessarily hold true.
The accompanying picture shows
the pleasing effect Of planting along
n private driveway. The driveway
shown Is at the state hospital for
the insane Mt Columbus, o. Such
planting Is not only q great protec.
ton from the heat Of summer, but
In winter the trees act as = wind.
break and make the approach TO the
house far o comfortable than the
unbroken sweep of cutting wind
along the highway.-Ohio Farmer.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-25
Shrinksgs Of the Sun.

Sir Robert Ball, the eminent as
tronomer, says that the sun is shrink
ing. Ii is a well-known fact, he ex-
plains, that most things in cooling be-
come smaller; a poker, for example,
is shorter when il is cold than when
1t is hot. The sun, too, must obey this
fundamental law, and must therefore
be getting smaller, II we could meas
ure its diameter on two successive
days we should find that il had de-
creased by nine inchos-that is to
say. it is shrinking at the rate of,
roughly, five feet a week, or a mile in
? every 20 In view of this shrink
age some people might feel anxious
lest the sun should not last their lime.
Such anxiety, however, is g~roundless,
Sir Robert Ball assures us, for the sun
is still 100000 miles in diameter, and
lit will take 10000 years for il to be
reduced to S5S 1000.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-25
NATIONAL PROSPERITY.
Great As II IL, the Building Of In-
proved Roads Would Give III
wonderfui Impetus.

Otto Dorncr. OF the League Of Amer.
lean Wheclmcn. makes the following
interesting remarks OF the good roads
movement:
THE country road is the neglected
stepcbild Of the legislatures. Rail.
roads, canals, rivers md harbors and
steamship lines have been encouraged
and la,ishiy subsidized with bonuses,
but practically nothing Is done 90 help
the farmer in building his country
roads. Yet these are equally important
with railroads.
"We are prominently an exporting
agricultural nation. and whatever benz
Gifts the farmer benefits the whole
country. Our grain products must COM
pete in European markets with the
crops OF Russia, South America and
India, raised on cheap lands, with
cheap labor. We can meet this compc-
tition only with invention and enter
prise, the liberal use of machinery and
the reduction of the cos OF transport
tation to n minimum.
"The cost of shipping grain from
Chicago TO New York has dropped to
one-ffth Of what 1t was at the close
Of the civil war; we can ship IL from
there to Liverpool for four cents,
where we formerly paid 1914 cents.
But the cost In time and effort Of man
and beast In hauling wheat from the
farm to the railroad can still be re-
duccd by t%wo-thirds through good
roads. That this should bc done Is as
essential to the continued success of
American agriculture as the reduction
Of railroad rates.
"Somc Of the older eastern states.
recognizing the logic of the situation.
are encouraging country road build
ing by paying part of the cost out OF
the state treasury, provided the inns
provcments arc substantial. New Jcr.
scy, Massachusetts, and New York are
the leaders In this policy Of state aid.
which Is being actively promoted by
the League of American Wheclmcn.
Its efforts in the west have resulted In
the adoption OF q constitutional
amendment In Minnesota by n vote OF
almost two TO onc authorizing the In.
PRODUCTION OF state aid. and in the
passage OF a similar amendment by
the Wisconsin legislature. But these
are isolated instances.
"The great grain-growing states Of
the west. whose roads have hardly
passed beyond the pioneer stage,
should adopt the state MD system as
the solution OF their good roads prob.
49,. l. - -
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-25
THIS AND THAT.

Last year Uncle Sam turned out
new coins worth $136,000,O 900, Of
(which 500, 00O,0 900 were gold.
Spain has a steel trust with a capi-
tai Of 10000, 900 pesetas. She is
emerging from the dark ages at last.
The extensive water power at N.Y.
sore, India, generates an electric cur
rent that operates gold fields 100
miles distant.
An extensive exposition is proposed
by the people Of Victoria, Australia,
TO be held at Bendigo az the end Of
this year, to commemorate the discov-
cry Of gold in 1851.
The New York Historical society
owns an entire block on the west side
Of Central park and has adopted plans
for a new 81 100000 building 20i
feet long and i25 feet deep. ..
Some Of the great main roads out
OF London are famous for their
beauty and are lined with some Of the
most charming villas and country
mansions in England or the world.
Gypsies in England are. il isstated,
'desirous Of special representation at
The coronation. They claim that the
modern van dweilcr, by good behavior
and honesty. has lived down the evil
reputation Of former days,
The first monument eyerrrected TO
a cook is about to be ,hauguratcd 10
Paris. The chef in question is urbain
Dubois, who labored in the German
emperor kitchen. So popular was
he that his brother cooks have united
to do him honor.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-25
ROADSIDE PLANTING.
Il IL Not only ArtisticaiIy valuable,
Hut Adds to Comfort mt All
Timea of the Year.

Many corporations are urging road.
side planting Of trees and shrubs
along the streets and highways. Not
only does this planting increase the
comfort Of pedestrians and those who
ride, but II lends an air OF natural
beauty and rcstfujncss 20 the eye
that nothing else n supply. An
other point often made by landscape
gardeners in urging roadside plant
ing is that when there is no fence
and the planting extends clear to the
curb or TO the edge OF the road or
lane, n tone Of hospitality will be inn
parted that Is pleasing alike TO resi-.
dent and passcrby. As q rule such