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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-04
Hazel Dell,

Hazel Dell, Oct. 3O.-There will be
preaching at the Zion Methodist
church Sunday afternoon, November
2, at 3 o'clock, conducted by Rev. R.
l.. Patterson.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jackson and Mrs
Bishop Of Ottumwa spent Sunday at
the parental Joe Jackson home.
Mrs. Sidney Snow and Elliott Co.
hagan, both of Blakesburg, spent Sat
urday and Sunday with their sister,
Mrs. George Crane.
1t is son at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Eugene Burton of Kansas. Mr..
and Mrs. Burton were formerly resi-
dents of this village.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-04
RlackhaWk.

Blackhawk, Oct. 3O.-Charlie Brown
and F. w. Bean attended the M. v.
Glassburner sale Tuesday.
Early Swain has rented the Mart
Glassburner farm for three years and
will take possession in the near future.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-04
UnionviIIe.

Unionville. Oct. 3o.Miss Olive Ar
cher, of Troy, visited over Sunday at
this place, the guest OF Miss Jessie
Moore.
VIM. Whistler and sisters, Jennie
and Nellie, visited last Sunday with
their grandfather, Hiram T. Clark.
The marriage of w. C. Hudgens, of
this place, to Miss Luella McAdams, of
Moravia. is announced.
Miss Rosa Swain visited with Miss
Addie Moore Sunday.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Selix is seriously i'll.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-04
MuntervilIe.

(. Munterville, Oct. 31.-Mr. and Mrs.
c. H. Swanson visited with Mr. and
Mrs. l.. Swanson Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Johnson, east of
here, entertained number of their
friends at dinner last Sunday Those
present We're as follows: Mr. and
Mrs. John Swenson of Munterville,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Swenson of Dud-
ley, Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Carlson, Mr..
and Mrs. c. H. Swanson, Mr.. and Mrs.
John. Burgason, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Locke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy F. Hall and l.. l..
Swenson and wife took dinner with
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelse Hall last Sunday.
c. H. Swanson was an Ottumwa Wis.,
itor last Saturday, going after Ium-
Der for corn crib and cattle shed,
which he is building this week.
Most of the corn in this section is
in such condition as to be safe to
crib, and the farmers are very busy
this fine weather getting it out of the
fields
Il Charles Conwell, teacher of the Mum
terville school, dismissed the school
Tuesday for two weeks vacation,
during corn husking.
T. H. Gillaspie called on L. L. Sven,
son Tuesday ass
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-04
Dahlonega.


Dahlonega, Oct 31.-Land is taking
quite boom in this vicinity. Several
Illinois farmers have purchased farms
here within the past ten days. The
H. d. Thomas farm sold for SIS per
acre. The farm known as the Kroe-
ger farm sold for $65 and Mrs. VIM
Lewis's farm, west of Dahlonega, for
$63 an acre.
A literary society was organized
here Monday night to be known as the
Dahlonega Glee club The first meet
ing will be held Wednesday, November
5.
Mr.. and Mrs S. NJ McClung visited
relatives at Hedrick Sunday, October
26.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. S. W. Peck,
Tuesday, Oct. %. daughter.
Messrs. Dean and Duke of Hedricll
were looking after their interests at
this place last week.
Died, Sunday, October 26. of mem
braneous Group, Earl, the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Warren Meeker. The re-
mains were inferred in the Dahlonega
cemetery Tuesday. The little boy was
six weeks old So
Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. McClung of
Pleasant township, were visitors at$the
]. S. McClung home Wednesday.
William Reese and Emmett Work
spoke to fair sized audience at this
place Thursday night. S2ii
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-04

Read the Courier for news, /.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-27

he reached the PROSTATE form and
bending down from his saddle, his
strong arm lifted her from the ground.
hardly checking his speed. and the
study pony sprang forward under the
double weight. She was saved!
A little later the cowboy refined in
his pony at the Letter gate, and for
the first time Betty opened her eyes
and looked into the face of her res
cuer Robert Cation. Her arms about
his neck frightened for one brief mo-
ment, she hid her blushfng face on
his breast, then she struggled from
his arms and ran into the house.
The next day she received a gift
no less than the little pony that hao
saved her life.
Young Cation is now a frequent
visitor at the Letter ranch and all the
other cowboys in the country are con-
soling one another, each regretting he
could not have been the lucky one to
save the life and win the heart of the
intrepid girl
1t is said that Miss Letter will teach
no more school, and that all the cow
boys on the range have been invited
to the wedding.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-27
The 7hotny Path Of Love
Gypsy Romance Begun ii Spain Has Its
Ending IN an American Prison-Stra1lee
and Pathetic Reunion

Pedro would soon follow, it wal
agreed.
Certain members of the Gonzales
did come, but months passed and still
no word from Pedro. He had dis
appeared from Spain no ore knew
whittier. At last word reached Queen
Stella that Pedro was dead. Then
the young ruler of her tribe locked
her love and grief in her heart and
gave herself wholly to work for her
people. Two-thirds of all the money
she earned she sent back to them
And no one guessed as the gypsy
queen read the lines of fate in the
hands of the fashionable assemblies
that her own happiness hung in the
balance. She was always SO sunny OF
nature, SO bright and laughing
Shortly after Queen Stella went
to Columbus to live she conceived a
notion one day to visit the prisoners
at the state penitentiary- Why she
went she does not know any more
than she can explain why she should
forsake a circle of friends and ac-
quaintances the most fastidious might
cultivate and mingle with those who
were new and strange. She staid
there for some time, laughing and
talking WITH n6T boys, as she nhSQ 10
call them.
The next day a note was sent her.
1t read: If you are my Dolores,
answer. Convict No. 3,0O3." Dolores
was what Pedro used to call her. But
no one else knew her by that name.
So Queen Stella answered the note
at once, saying she did not know the
writer.
The next Sunday, however, when
she went to talk to the prisoners, she
asked to see No. 1908. The prisoner
stepped forward, but before he could
welcome her Queen Stella lay q hud-
died mass at his feet. One glance
was enough. 1t showed her the lover
she had lost, her Pedro whom she
had mourned as dead.
They called him Gypsy Bill" In
the prison, for he defied all authority
and refused to be shOrn of his long
locks. He has rebellious spirit that
none could break and his strength is
enormous.
He shot a man once in self-defense,
so he claims, and for that he is wear
ing the gray prison garb. As soon as
he could Pedro told her that he came
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-27
Startled a Princes Court.

Prince Nicholas of Montenegro and
his court at Cetinje were the en-
barrassed and voluntary witnesses of
an altogether unrehearsed incident re-
Gently An old woman rushed stark
naked into the royal palace and up
the stairs into the hall where Prince
Nicholas was giving the usual audi
ence to his subjects. Sentinels and
courtiers vainly tried to stop her. The
old lady wouldn't rest until she found
the prince. to whom she related that
she was going home from market in
lonely mountain spot, about an hour
from the capital. a brigand seized her.
took her money and clothes and then
ordered her to jump on the rocks into
the lake. She begged to be allowed
to blindfold her eyes ere facing death,
and as the robber bent down to pick
up her bandana she pushed him on
the precipice- Then. without waiting to
dress, she ran to the palace to give
the alarm. Soldiers were sent to
search for the body which they found
in the lake. together with three other
naked corpses, indicating that the
brigand had been ut work for some
time
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-27

ton than by way of the other side of
the world The message went to
Tanning island in the Pacific, where
it was relayed- There 1t was taken
by an operator in light summer cos
tune and licked ahead to the next
touching point in the Fiji group. and
from there to Norfolk island and on
to Brisbane
After Brisbane it was pretty clear
sailing. as the line lay straight to In
dia, ACROSS the Red Sea, the Mediter-
ranean. through France. England. and
then ON the old estabslahed Atlantic
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-27

to America in search of her, wander
ing from place to place. But he could
get no trace of his adored Dolores
He had always a wonderful mag
netism for horses; they followed read
lily at his Esrest word. and he became
q horse trainer. 1t was while engaged
in his profession that the encount ar
occurred that leo to his crime. But
there is e good chance for parole now.
The emotion he displayed at the
sight of his Dolores was the first sign
of a softer nature the prison authori-
ties had ever seen.
President Dunn and the managers
of the penitentiary, as well as War
den Darby and Chaplain Starr, have
interested themselves in Queen
Stella's lover and aided her efforts in
every way possible. Gov. Nash also
encouraged her to hope. Parole
once obtained. the way toward par.
don is half way paved.
In Pedro's cell there hangs an oil
painting of Queen Stella. and around
his neck a. smaller portrait. Now
when he wakes and looks at it he
says, Good morning. Dolores"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-27

One afternoon last month Mrs.
Betty Letter, a school teacher near
Sheridan, Wyo-, remained later than
usual at the school-house, then on her
way home stopped by pile of huge
powders to examine some curious in
scriptions cut into the surface. She
let the pony Craze along the trail and
soon was deeply engaged in decipher-
ing the marks.
A low rumbling sound startled her
She sprang to her feet. A large
heard of cattle was coming toward
her, their noses to the ground, their
horns clanking together and envel.
oped in a cloud of dust. At the same
moment her pony became frightened
tossed his head in the air, and dashed
away across the plains
She uttered scream and sank
down. Yells arose from the cowboys.
They rode madly into the heard, try
ing to check the onward rush of the
leaders by firing revolvers in their
faces. Betty crouched for a moment
on the rock pile directly in
the path of the stampede; then,
impelled to make an effort to save
herself. she rose and darted off across
the country ahead of the herd.
The cattle came laundering after
her. She heard the angry roarings,
almost felt their hot breath, and, weak
from exhaustion, blinded by the dust,
she stumbled and fell. Without
strength to rise, she could only lie
there and await the oncoming merci-
less hoofs that would soon trample
out her life.
At that moment. from out of the
clouds of dust, dashed snorting
broncho, maddened by the gashing
spurs of his rider. A few leaps and
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-27
Some Strange Fads.

Among the strange fads of English
aristocracy, that of the Marquis OF
Downshire is perhaps the strangest
Lord Downshire has a team of dom
keys which he uses for garden pur-
poses, and always drives himself
fetching and carting mould and ma
nure like any of his laborers. So thor
oughly does he enter into the spirit
of his latest fad that he always in
quires what his fellow carriers are to
have for lunch, and has the same him.
self, even though it be only bread and
cheese or bacon. Peculiarly seems to
run in this royal family. for Capt Hill.
NJ p, for Westdown. cousin of the
marquis, makes point of sweeping
his garden path and the pavement in
front of his house himself every morn
ing-English Exchange
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-27

liza The last gap had been filed in on
the evening of October 80. and the
next day the British officials were
content to send messages OF con-
graduation to the new stations across
the Pacific ocean. but to none of
them did the idea occur to try for
world girdling word
Charles J. Glidden. q Boston bust
ness man, in no way connected with
the cable company, was deeply inter
ested in this latest achievement of
modern engineering sknl, ana c>~sd-
- 70 pat It to = practical tx He
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-27

,ara1 outlet for his native tempera-
ment- No bull fight was complete un-
less the matchless young toreador
participated in it.
The dark-eyed young queen was
proud of the strong, handsome. young
lover whom she ardently admired. To
Pedro Queen Stella's word was law
Not because her rank made it SO,
but because she reigned supreme in
his heart But the young queen must
be true to her people. Her own adj
vantages made her conscious OF the
kreat obligation she was under to
them So she came to America to
ue1pare = way Tor her tribe e follow.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-27

lover, either, so the devoted woman
maintains.
Queen Stella of the Gonzales has
created for herself a warm affection
wherever she has gone in America.
She came here for the sake of her peO-
pie, the gypsy tribe of the Gonzales.
the oldest tribe of this renowned race.
In this connection she has addressed
organizations and colleges in differ
ent parts of the country.
From the time of the Pharaohs. the
Gonzales, these people of Egyptian
birth, have been rowing about, jour
neying hither and thither in their
wanderings through the old world. Iiv-
ing in the wild. care-free life known
OILY to the wandering tribes that
first inherited the earth.
At last the Gonzales found their
way to Spain. 1t was here Queen
Stella was born. And here she at
tanned to a ruler of her people, being
the last of a long succession of reign
. ing female sovereigns.
The girl queen was carefully reared,
receiving all the advantages of a mod
ern education, which has fitted her
to enter the innermost social circles
OF every city and town she has ever
visited. For some time she has been
a fad of society.
Having finished her education
Queen Stella came to America in the
hope of finding somewhere spot
adapted to the needs of her people.
She wants to prove that gypsy IS
worthy of honor and respect. There
fore her aim was to have the gypsy
tribe of the Gonzales come here and
COLOMBO. to fraternize with those
among whom they took up their home
and at the same time follow their
native arts and industries.
To do so she would have them take
up their abode in close proximity to
some large city, where. like the trou-
badours of old, they could wander
into the midst of its busy life. enliv-
ening it still more with the gay and
festive music of their harp and song.
No one would ever have found out
her secret had she not gone to Colum-
bus, Ohio, where recently she had
made her home.
Twenty years ago in her early
Spanish home, Pedro Gonzales be-
came Queen Stella's accepted sutton.
His powers in the arena had made
him famous Six feet tall, and as
strong as a lion. his daily struggles
with the fierce bulls seemed the nat
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-27

The twentieth century, as foretold
by the mechanical prophets. has sent
a telegraph message around the
world. The message was started
from Boston and in thirty-eight hours
and twenty minutes was delivered
at the point from which it had
started.
The message around the world by
cable was made possible by the COM
pletion of the British line from Van
couver, B. c., to Brisbane in Austria
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-27
The Shah. Wives.

The Shah of Persia is the happy
possessor of sixty wives and thirty
children, quite small household
when we remember that the late
Shah had over 1, 700 wives and nearly
200 sons and daughters. When the
Shah's wives go out for q drive the
loyal subjects of His Majesty do not
throng the streets to welcome them,
as would be the case in European
country. A band of running footmen
precede the Royal carriages. crying
ont: Run and hide yourselves!" and
on receipt of this hint every passer-
by scampers up a side street to avoid
the crime of high treason by looking
on the Royal ladies'
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-27

In his lecture, Love. Courtshfp and
Marriage" delivered in the Lebanon
Valley College chapel few years ago.
Rev. John Dewitt Miller of PhIadeI-
phia said that men should kiss their
wives as they did when they wear
year or two married. When the lee.
ture was over an old man went home.
put his arm around his wife's neck
and kissed her
Meeting the lecturer some time after
he said, IT'S no CO."
vel" said the man, wen | kissed
my wife she said, Watts gone wrong
NIT you, - Quilt fool. ye.s r-Topeka
Herald
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-27

wrote out the message: Mass, via
Vancouver, British cable, Australia,
Glidden, Boston, around the world
The dispatch was fled in the Bos-
ton Office of the cable company and
when the rest of the business ahead
of it was sent OFF the operator put it
on the wire for Vancouver. What the
operators along the line thought of it
is matter for surmise, as it was
all new business to them, and they
knew there was shorter way to Bos-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-27
Reading by Sound.

M. de Turine has invented a new
style of book for the blind. 1t consists
of sheet of transparent paper with
signs representing the letters of the
Morse alphabet printed on it in lines.
The signs are small white squares on
a black background, and when the
sheet is placed between two plates of
glass and Illuminated from behind the
light passes through the white signs.
The blind person reads the words by
moving an opaque piece of cardboard
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-27
TELEGRAPH MESSAGE
OUND THE WORLD

cable to Canada and down to Boston
The message handed Mr. Glfdden had
met with a few mishaps on its tour
of the world, but was still recogniza-
BILE as the one originally sent. Mr..
Glidden's name had been changed to
"Gleddon' and Around the world"
read "Armund the world" An ex-
ira Boston had been inserted, but
in all other respects the message was
the same.
The time it took to get around was
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-27

due in part to the relays needed n,
the transmission and partly because
there was nothing ON the message to
show that any haste was desired II
was. in fact, only an idle experiment,
with no idea OF making . record
The cost has not been computed ac-
curately. but it win be only q little
over $1z for the FIRST six words OF the
message and . proportionate sum for
the others Mr. Glidden thinks he
has secured . bargain At thAr price
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-27

along the lines from left to right. Be
ing blind, he cannot see the illums-
mated signs, but the light passing
through them falls on selenium cell
in circuit with a battery and tele-
phone, or some equivalent device, and
he can hear them.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-27
Insurance Against Being Out of Work

Insurance against unemployment
is an accomplished fact in Germany
Working men who have resided two
years in the city of Cologne and are
over eighteen years of age can join
the society. The subscription is six
cents a week. If no employment can
be procured for a member during the
dull season sixty cents per day is
paid to him If married, thirty-nine
cents if single.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-27

lovers are not yet united. That is
the pathetic part of it, They became
separated in Spain and have sought
each other ever since.
Now they have met and looked into
each others eyes and renewed the
love of their youth. Still they are
separated by a barrier greater than
the dark-eyed gypsy ever thought
it. possible to be erected between
them. And by no real fault of her
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-27

It Is probably because money II the
root OF all evil that bold. bad men love
to watch It grow-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-27

Bats Are Poor Walkers.
A bat is the worst walker of any
four-legged animal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-27

FTER twenty long
years of waiting Queen
Stella has at last found
the lover of her youth.
the handsome young
toreador who won her
girls heart in the sum
ny days of her youth in
Spain
Though found. the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-19
WRECK ON THE SKALLT.

Through the breaking of the jour
bound accommodation between Vir-
ginia and Wolf was badly wrecked
this morning, four ore and three
merchandise cars being derailed by
the mix-up.
Baggagemaster St. Cyr received
several severe cuts and bruises by
being thrown against the iron safe
and door of the car, but his injuries
are not considered dangerous. Two
or three passengers also received
slight bruises. The wreck caused
delay of two hours in the morning
mail.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-09-19
VlRGINlA EIREMEN WITHDRAW.

AT a meeting of the Virginia Fire
Department last evening the mem
bers unanimously decided to with
draw from the Vermilion-M Mesa ba
Firemen's Associa ton, and to make
application for membership in the
Northern Minnesota Firemen's AS
sociation. embracing Grand Rapids,
Cass Lake, Bemidji and other ada
cent towns. The action of the local
department is unquestionably due
to the reatment accorded them by
the executive committee at the