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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10
GRIPS AND WOMAN
Charles Kestner Alleged to Have
Stolen Both at Hedrick.
OLD MANS YOUNG WIFE LEAVES
Both kestner and Mrs. John McMiI-
Ian, Together With Articles Which
Were at Central Hotel, Are Missing
Dr.. Eastburn's Residence Entered.
[From Tuesdays DaIlr.l

lFrom Tuesdays Daiiy.l
Hedrick, July 8. = Especially The
Central House of this place and John
Mcmillan, an old man residing here,
were both robbed last night, and
Charles Kestner, an erstwhile employe
at the hotel, is supposed to be the gull.
ty party in both cases. Kestner, Mrs
Mcmillan, and two grips. a quantity
of clothing, a box of cigars and soms
money are all missing from Hedrick
today, and it is thought that the whole
lot went to Ottumwa on the Milwau.
kee, leaving Hedrick at / o'clock.
kestner formerly worked in Ottumwa
whence he came to Hedrick. He has
worked here for the past few months
and when he came he was employed
without much investigation, as he said
he had worked at both the Ballingall
and the LaClede houses in Ottumwa
The residence of DR.. w. W. Eastburn
on Waugh street, was entered last
night by would-be burglars, but the oc.
cupants of the house were aroused and
frightened the intruders away. AL
though they made good their escape
DR.. Eastburn got good look at them
and thinks he can identify them if they
can be found. His watch and about
rs cents in change are missing.
--.-
kestner, the Ottumwa police believe
was formerly a resident of Ottumwa
coming here. it is thought, from Fair
field, where it is reported he was en-
ployed in chop house as waiter. AT
ter putting in considerable time here
without doing much work of any kind
he acted as clerk at the Baker house
for some months.
A message was received by Chief Of
Police John w. Gray in this city, from
Hedrick this morning, stating that the
robbery had been committed, and he
Immediately set out to hunt Kestner
He visited all the places where the
man would probably be but was unable
to locate him, and it is thought that
perhaps he spent the early part of the
morning in this CITY, leaving on az
early train for Fairfield or Burlington
both of which places he is said to have
frequented in times past.
Mrs. Mcmillan, with whom it is
thought Kestner eloped, is a youns
woman, the wife of John Mcmillan, al
old man. She is about the same age
as is Kestner, about 25 or 80 years
and it is thought very probable tina
the two decided to leave the Contra
| house and the woman's husband in tn,
lurch at the same time.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10
THE BLACK SQUASH BUG.

A gentleman from Pennsylvania
writes wishing to know how to deal
with the large black squash bug which
for the first time last year destroyed
the squash vines in his locality. We
had the same pest last year to contend
with in the west also. These beetles
attack the vines after growth of two
or three feet is made and make short
work Of them. The pests feed on the
underside of the leaves, and this fact
makes it difficult to reach them by any
ordinary method of spraying. We shall
try three things on them this season
if they make their appearance-helle-
bore powder, london purple and paris
greenland will report later which Of
these remedies is the most effective.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10
THE BoRER THE woRsr PEST.

Our almost daily experience with a
large apple orchard leads us to the
conclusion that of all the pests which
beset the apple tree none is SO much
to be feared as the work of the borer.
The trouble is that unless most vigi-
liant and expert watch is kept upon
the trees the damage Is all done before
1t is in any way manifest to the casual
observer. The insidious work of this
pest is charged up to climate. cold,
heat, sunscald, blight. when all the
while nothing is the matter save that
white grub half an inch long is CIR
ding the tree under the bark just
above the roots and surely killing it.
If a young tree blossoms full and
sets a heavy crop of fruit, you may
be almost certain that there is borer
working on it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

Her voice, according to one who lis
tened to her address last evening, does
not strike the ear in an agreeable man.
ner, her story is disjointed, her ideas
are not and never will be, it is thought
popular, although her views are decid-
ed to an extreme degree.
Tells of Her Start.
In her speeN she tells of her start
as saloon smasher. She says that
something more than two years ago,
while asleep, she heard a voice which
she feels sure was of divine origin.
commanding her to go and smash"
Accordingly she arose from her downy
couch, went out into the night air and
gathered up all the stones she could
find. Wrapping them in newspaper
she started out to clean up the three
thirsty mems resorts in her home city.
The whole country remembers yet the
shock Mrs. Nation and her divine call
ing gave those saloon keepers and la
ter how she made the same kind of a
thrill run up and down the spinal col.
umns of saloon keepers in other Kan
sas towns.
The Original Smasher.
Mrs. Nation speaks of her life in
Jail and of her liberation. She is work.
ing upon the theory that she, like the
characters of the Bible, is working
under Divine guidance, kind of mar.
tyr to the cause of temperance. She
quotes from the Word often in her
lecture and compares her work to that
of Moses, who destroyed the golden
CALI She cites him as the first
smasher, and justifies her own acts by
his. She says that she, like all the
other servants of the Lord, was called
to the work and is prompted continu.
ally as to what to do
Doesn't Like Druggists.
Mrs. Nations theory is that the man
who drinks whisky is as bad as the
man who sells it, and of the men who
sell it there are, she says, two class.
es The druggist and the saloon keep.
er both come in for share of her
contempt, but the greater part be-
longs to the saloon, the ratio being
about 20 to 1.
Cuts Out ottumwa.
Mrs. Nation, when asked by one Of
the Ottumwa party if she expected to
lecture in Ottumwa, said mo" in so
| decided a manner that the loyal OF
| tumWan forgot the list of charms he
was about to recite as belonging to
this city, and retreated from the field.
Just what particular spite Carrie can
| have for Ottumwa is not known, but
that she has one is not for moment
| doubted.
Dresses Plainly.
| Mrs. Nation, according to those who
saw her last evening, would not attract
attention on the street. She is very
ordinary looking woman and dresses
very plainly. She objects to wearing
birds on her hat or ruffles on her
skirts. Last evening she wore light
dress and shawl. Her diction is not
polished and she follows no particular
line of thought in her address, branch
ing Unfortunately from one subject
to another.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10
SHE WILL NOT COME.
Carrie Nation Doesn't Want to Talk in
Ottumwa.
IFrom Tuesdays DaIlv.l

IFrom Tuesdays Dailv.]
Mrs. Carrie Nation, saloon smasher,
ex-wife. "the most famous woman in
America" lectured at Fairfield last ev-
ening to a good-sized audience, and
was heard by few residents of OF
tumwa, among them being DR.. v. w.
Munson, DR.. Roy Holcomb and Harry
Taylor. Mrs. Nation spoke at the
opera house in Fairfield. and told in a
way that might be considered interest.
ing to some the story Of her work as
a saloon smasher and temperance
worker. She is not, according to sew
eral who heard her, pronounced and
glowing success as an orator and to
hear her once is to hear her enough
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

We occasionally pass through wood
pasture lot the entrance to which is
closed by pair of bars-old fence rails
and these rails are of the straightest
and choicest black walnut. cut over
fifty years ago, when walnut timber
sold for SO per thousand feet and was
made into fence rails because it was
the most easily split into shape. Since
then the old stumps Of those splendid
trees have been dug out and sold for
more than the tree would bring when
it was slaughtered.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

An interesting case of unselfishness
came under our observation few days
ago. A robin was busy digging earth
worms on the lawn. A cock sparrow
who had a family to provide for near
by would follow the robin up, and
when nice fat worm was unearthed
he would grab it before the robin
could swallow it and carry it off to
the young sparrows. The funny thing
was that the robin did not seem to
mind this sort Of work in the least.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

The writer personally cares for a
vegetable and small fruit garden con-
tanning little over one-half acre Of
ground. The seeds are all sown and
the land well cultivated and kept free
from all weeds by the use Of Planet
Junior cultivator. So adaptable and
useful do we find this tool and so well
does it do its work that we had rather
have it to use in our garden than the
best man we know of working for
nothing with hoe.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10
New Sleeping Car Service to st. Paul
and Minneapolis.

Travellers to the Twin Cities and
the northwest should note the new
fast service and low rates offered by
the Iowa Central Railway through
train of sleeping cars and coaches on
the Limited" leaving Hedrck at
$3.50 p. m. daily, and arriving in Min.
neapolis at a. m. See local ticket
agent.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

II clover is put into the barn or stack
m an uncured condition, it will certain
ly heat. If the air gets at it, it will GER
tainly burn and spoil. If you can keep
the air from it, you will have to all in
tents and purposes clover ensilage, a
very palatable and nutritious dairy ra-
ton.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

Many a farmhouse cellar could be
much improved in cleanliness and COM
fort by plastering the walls, cementing
the floor and putting more light in
1t. The cellar when properly arranged
is one of the most useful rooms in the
house, but too often it is little save a
deathtrap.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

The condition Of the public school
grounds whether in country or town
is very likely to reflect the home sur
roundings of the people Of such COM
munity. Where the schoolhouse is
made every way pretty and attractive
inside and outside there will be found
nice homes.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

AS we note it, the English sparrow
will on an average hatch three broods
during the season, and the first brood
Matched will raise one brood of their
own. This is a frightful rate of propa-
cation and easily explains how, in
spite of all their enemies, these pests
increase in number as they do.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10
THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Will Run Its Own Trains Into and Out
of Jacksonville.

The great Southern Railway system
has recently acquired trackage right
from Savannah and Jesup, Ca, into
Jacksonville, Fla, and will hereafter
run its own trains into and out of
Jacksonville, treating that point as it's
southern terminus in Florida. This
arrangement adds 172 miles more to
this gigantic railway system. Parties
contemplating trip to any part of
the south can obtain valuable infor1na-
ton free, of charge. by addressing /. S.
Mccullough. N. w. P. A. Southern rail-
way, Chicago Illinois,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

We have an elm tree in the door.
yard which seems to be favorite
nesting place for the birds. During
the past four years the crotch in the
tree has been occupied in rotation by the
bluejays, robins, catbirds and mourn
ing doves. This year grosbeak want
ed the place. but failed to get it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

1t is a recognized fact by our most
successful poultrymen that where hens
are kept for the sole purpose of pro-
ducing eggs they will lay more eggs
and the eggs will keep better if no
rooSters are kept in the flock.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

So many want to know how to kill
quack grass in the fields, squirreltail
grass on the lawn. burdocks, squash
bugs and aphis, borers, cankerworms
chicken mites and flies, how to cure
self sucking cows sick hogs and lousy
calves, that it seems as though almost
every man on the farm had some trou-
BILE or other.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

The white fowls seem to take the
lead in popularity-White Leghorns,
White Plymouth Rocks, White Wyan-
hottes and Light Brahmas.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

One way to tell good cook is to find
but whether the bottom crust of her
pumpkin or custard pies is fit to eat or
not.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

The male grosbeak shares with the
Female the labor of incubation, fam
lily duty not usually assumed by the
head of the bird house.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

1t seems that there are people living
on farms in this country who for the
sake Of getting twenty pounds of gran
t1lated sugar for dollar will cheer
fully invest in ten pounds of nutmegs.
These are easy marks.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

We would not put uncured clover
hay into the NOV of big barn unless
I'VE wished to tempt Providence and
have an insurance loss to settle.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

If you have spot in the home door
yard where you could set Colorado
blue spruce, you will never regret
planting one, for it is the most beauti-
full evergreen Of the whole list.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

The only good thing which we can
Say for the wild mustard is that it
makes about as good dish of green's
when young as there is to be found.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

The supply of house cats will always
keep pace with the supply of rats and
mice and often exceed it, and, anyhow,
I'VE sometimes wonder which is the
greater nuisance of the two.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

The hardness, early maturity and
fustling qualities of the Angus cattle
commend them specially to any stock
raiser of the north country.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

Experiments made by the depart
ment of agriculture in Connecticut in
the growing of Sumatra tobacco prove
that this choice leaf can be produced
in that state under cover at a cost of
20 cents a pound and a yield of 1000
pounds per acre obtained. AS the
product is worth S1.25 per pound in the
market very handsome profit is real
lied. 1t is not likely that the growing
of this leaf need be confined to Con-
necticut either
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

Here are three things which any man
can do to secure good standing in
his community: Pay all his small debts
promptly, maintain good line fences
and refuse to run for office.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

Where there is no hay barn to store
the crop and where forty tons of hay
are produced it will be found that a
stack cover will soon pay for itself.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

There is likely to be an active de-
mand for all kinds of young stock this
summer and fall to use up the large
crop of grasses, hay, forage and corn
which the season is producing
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

1t is probably a fact that as farmers
get better fixed financially they be-
come more cautious about buying. Usu-
ally man buys the most recklessly
when he buys on credit.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

One aggravating thing connected
with the automobile is that even
should the public highways be so i'm
proved as to permit of high speed with
the machine the law will so limit the
speed in the interest of public safety
that running a machine will seem like
making but twenty miles an hour on
fast mail train.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

A Minnesota man sowed four pounds
of rape with crop of early sown mil
let and claims that it is success, the
rape making new growth after the
millet was cut and affording an alum
dance of good sheep pasture till frost
came. We should think that there
would be trouble in curing the millet
with more or less of the rape in it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10
SIZE OF SEED POTATOES.

We are asked about planting small
potatoes-will such seed produce small
potatoes? While it is true that con-
tinuous selection of the smallest pota-
toes for seed would surely have tend
ency to run the variety out and give
nothing but small potatoes, the use of
such seed, the culls Of good crop,
would not probably for the first crop
show any marked difference in product
as compared with that raised from the
largest potatoes. We have this year
planted one piece of potatoes with
small seed, from the size of walnut
to hens egg. and alongside have
planted seed from the best selected po-
tatoes. They are of the same variety,
and we will report results.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

The dewberry is with us more pro-
Huctiye and more easily cared for and
protected in winter than the blackber-
ry, and the fruit for aught we see is
every way as fine.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

The man who can't rest until he has
got some sort of a job for the hired
man to do on rainy summer after
noon is not built right to enjoy life.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

A young friend of ours has started
this season to lay the foundation for a
future herd of fine cattle. He has
bought three registered Polled Angus
heifers and 4 bull. II he will take
proper care of these animals, he will
have a herd inside Of ten years which
he will be proud of and which will
make him lot of money.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

The greatest loss to those sections of
the Mississippi valley which have been
visited with such tremendous floods
this season has not been in the crops or
bridges destroyed, but rather in the
loss in sod fertility by erosion over mil
lions Of acres Of choice farm land. ev-
cry farmer contributing not little Of
, the best part of his farm to the rushing
waters which carried it off in solution
to the ocean.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

The champion butter COW of the
world is Holstein owned in the state
of Minnesota, she having a verified
record of 5S4 pounds Of milk in seven
days, which made 90 pounds 5 ITO
ounces of butter
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

The best fruit of generous act is
the crop gathered at home.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

A Minnesota farmer told us recently
That while he could raise pretty good
corn he did not like the crop, for it
never gave a fellow any chance to
rest. a
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

The man of old who tore down his
barns to build bigger ones should have
built new ones, letting the old ones
stand, and then he might not have got
into trouble.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

One Of the best and still one of the
lowest priced cuts on veal animal is
the brisket. Baked, with a stufiing
such as is used for poultry and game,
1t is a delicious dish.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

A thrifty growth of weeds on farm
not only points to careless farming,
but it also suggests large possibilities
in crop production We're the soil prop
4erly cared for.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

1t is not best to shave the lawn too
close after the middle of June. Set the
cutter bar Of the mower up and leave
some growth of grass to protect the
roots of the grass from the midsummer
sun
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

In the growing Of small fruits it Is
the home market for such fruits which
should be studied and catered to, for
such home market is worth in dollars
and cents nearly third more than any
foreign market.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

If weed is simply plant out of
place, then there is good deal Of dis
order on some farms.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10
Notices the Boys.

A score OF small boys drifted in, ac-
companied by parents, who had their
autograph albums, or who desired the
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10
The Real Man Different.

Those who have seen only the pho
tographs printed in the papers will be
disappointed when they see the real
President. He is not tall man as
might be supposed. His face is quite
round, his hair very short, clipped
close to his head in the back and his
moustache is sandy colored. His eyes
seem to be half-closed, although at
times they open wider. His face is
strong, his jaw indicating great firm
ness, yet there is an expression that
denotes firmness and justice, His mo-
tons are all quick; he is the incarna-
ton OF action
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10
More Business Like.

This was no surprise. Everybody
had been expecting that That was
the hour fixed, yet the system is such
in the senate and house that nothing
is left to chance and no one is com.
PEELED to depend upon hearsay. The
senate and house had taken the pre-
caution to arrange that when the CAV
els fell the President should know it
. first hand
Warren sheaf., 1902-12-11
A Frightened Horse,

Running like mad down the street
dumping the occupants, or a hun.
dred other accidents, are every day
occurrences. It behooves every.
body to have reliable salve handy
and there's none as good as Buck
lens Arnica Salve. Burns, Cuts,
Sores, Eczema and Piles, disappear
quickly under it's soothing effect.
25c, at E. f. Whitney's drug store.
Warren sheaf., 1902-12-11
Change of POstmas9ers at ROLLS

Change of POstmas4ers at ROLLS.
P. O. Bergh has rendered his res
ignation as postmaster at ROLLS and
a petition is in circulation praying
for the appointment of A. S. Stennes
to the position A large number of
persons have already attached their
signatures to the petition, and the
change will take place, before long.
In case Mr.. Stennes is appointed,
the. post Office will be moved onto
his place, distance of about eighty
rods north of the present site.
Eastern Mhrshall County News.