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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-12
m Before buy.
HNEUH<AAkAF( ing farm
blSOO SNOl or locating

OF lOCdLluk
elsewhere, ought to see the good farm
ing and dairy lands along and contigu-
Gus to the line of the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific Railway. The soil is
rich and highly productive of grains,
and is good stock country with mar
kets in easy reach.
These lands are going rapidly and
another opportunity will be given to
all who desire to see them. On the
first and third Tuesdays, of June, July,
August, September and October, round
trip tickets will be on sale at principal
stations to points on this line in North
western Iowa, Southern Minnesota
and Southwestern portion of South
Dakota.
Call on nearest ticket agent for
rates, ETC., and see that your ticket
reads via the c., r. l. 6 P. R'y.
There will also be on sale at sta
lions of this company on same dates
homeseekers excursion tickets at low
rates to various other territory.
JNO. G. FARMER,
G. P. & T. A.,
Cedar Rapids Division,
c., R. l. & P. Ry.,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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To Cure Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
let's. All druggists refund the money
if it fails to cure e. w. Groves sig
nature is on each box. 25c.
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Repub. Dem.
Estimate. Estimate


1t will be noticed that of the four
teen states two are northern, five are.
southern or border, six are in the mid
die west and one is on the Pacific
coast. Each party claims that the
next house of representatives will be
in their control The republicans
claim it by majority while the dem
ocrats go their antagonists several
better and claim it by a majority of
35 The truth of the matter is that
the republican majority is liable to be
larger than the claim since Chairman
Babcock of the republican congress
sional committee is known as man
to make his claim very conservative
rather than exaggerated while the ex-
aggeration of the democratic claim is
manifest, especially in Iowa.
Do Shaw an Injustice.
According to certain papers it looks
as though some of the newspaper cor
respondents at Washington were do
ing Secretary Shaw an injustice by
trying to make out that he is seeking
to nullify the Sunday closing clause
of the governments contract with the
st. Louis exposition. In this connec
ton close friend of Mr.. Shaws re
marked the other day that those
gentlemen are probably not aware
that the man at the head of the ma
tons finances was educated at Mt
Vernon and has been Methodist
class leader all his life"
Work on White House Progresses.
| was fortunate enough to get a spe.
cial permit to go through the White
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-12

If the Colorado dry and the Texas
wet could be brought together there
would be something doing.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-10

Trains No. connects with A ~ NM. traI
No i, South bound, at Guthrie.
Trains No. connects With A Il n NJ tral
No. z. Northbound, at Guthrie
JNo. BURNS. Superip tenden|
Mills, Ma err
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-10
Those Dull Ducks.

I recall Mr.. lowell telling. jocosely,
in an after dinner speech in Cambridge
how he met an acquaintance (of dubi-
Gus standing) whose cheerful face and
happy demeanor led him to ask the
cause of such exuberant felicity.
Why" said the geniA smler, I've
discovered way to make my fortune,
We all know that the reason for the
fine flavor of the wild duck is the wild
celery on which it feeds. Now. pro
pose to feed it to the domestic duck and
supply the market"
Some weeks later on meeting his ac-
Quaintance again. Mr.. Lowell found
him quite depressed and inconsolable.
"Why are you looking so unhappy? l
thought the last time | saw you that
you We're on the point Of making your
fortune with ducks. Wouldn't 1t
work.
NO" was the reply; "the things
won't eat it,"-AtIantic,
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-10
Che Sun
BALTIMORE, ND.
TIE PAPER OF THE PEO-
PIE, FOR THE PEOPLE
AND WITH THE PEOPLE.
IN MOTIVE,
FEARLESS IN EXPRESSION,
SOUND IN PRINCIPLE.

While maintaining unimpaired the
high standards of private life and pub
lie policy which it has upheld unfalter-
mgly for more than sixty-four years
The Sun is also in THE front rank of
modern journalism in every factor
which enters into the production ofa
great newspaper.
It's mechanical equipment is COM
plete and up-to-date in every respect,
and it's facilities and arrangements
for the prompt collection of news un-
surpassed.
It's special correspondents through
out the United States, as well as in
Europe, China, South Africa, the Phil
lpines, Porto Rico, Cuba and in every
other part of the world supplement the
efforts Of the general agencies by which
1t is also served, so that it is enabled
to print all the news every day in the
week.
It's WASHINGTON and New York bu-
reaus are among the best in the United
States, and give The Suns readers the
earliest information upon all import
ant events in the legislative and
financial centers OF the country.
The Suns market reports and COM
mercial columns are complete and re-
| liable, and put the farmer, the mer-
chant and the broker In touch wl.I the
markets of Baltimore, NJ -fok,
Charleston, New York, Chicago, Phil
adelphia and all other countries.
The Sun Is t. best type OF a news
paper, morally and Intellectually. 1t
is an educator " the highest char
acter. constantly stimulating to noble
ideals In individual and national life.
and it gives all the news all the time.
The Sun is published on Sunday, as
well as every other day of the week.
By mail The Daily Sun, S6 q year;
including The Sundcy Sun, 81 The
Sunday Sun alone S1.00 a year. The
Weekly Sum, s10O year.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-10
Canny In Second Engagement.

For years young man and young
woman had been engaged, and each
had economical with view of hav-
ing the more to spend when they
should marry. Six months ago, how
ever, the engagement was broken, and
shortly afterward the young woman
became the fiancee of another man.
This man she encourages to spend his
money lavishly-on her. He has bought
her beautiful silver for her toilet table.
the latest design and engraved with
her intaIs;~ a handsome leather trav-
cling bag completely fitted out. rugs,
books and other articles to make home
comfortable.
''No more economizing for me-" says
the girl. ''If he invests so much in
me. we won't be so likely to quarrel
and certainly he will not have the mon
ey to spend on another girl" which is
the wisdom that rules sentiment in
these modern days.-New York Press
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-10
RELICS OF EARLY DAYS.
Rail Fences and DugOut Canoes sur~
vive Civilizations March.

Rail- Fences and Du@Out Canoes suR~
vive Civilizations March.
One Of the remarkable features Of
country life in America is the singular
persistence of the rail fence and the.
dugout canoe. No matter how thickly
settled a section may become or how
long it may have been settled, these
two survivors Of early settlement linger
on as stubbornly as ever. Today in the
thickest settled parts of New England
and New York tl@ rail fence il met
with, while the shad fishermen Of the
Potomac and James rivers and Chesa-
peake bay, on the banks of which the
first. English settlements in America
were established, still manufacture and
employ the old dugout canoe in making
The rounds of their shad nets.
The dugout canoeis the simplest and
most primitive water craft known and
was used by prehistoric man, both in
this country, Europe and Asia. 1t is
made out of log Of wood by trimming
the outside down to the proper proper
tions of boat and by digging out"
the. inside with an adj and by the aid
of fire. The Potomac river dugout is to-
day pretty much the same as it was
in the days of Powhatan and differs
from the general run of dugout canoes
in. the absence of a curved bow and
stern and in having rather high sides,
which rise to summit from either
end of the boat, being highest in the
middle, where the seat is placed
Washington Post.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-10
BAl4EIHH'onr EH' Wrsrlr 81.
The Best Family Newspaper.

ALL THE NEWS OF THE WORLD
IN ATTRACTIVE FIRM: AN AGRI-
CULTURAL DEPARTMENT SECOND
TO NONE IN de COUNTRY: MAR
KET REPORTS WHICH ARE RE.;-
OGNIZED AUTHORITY; SHORT
STORIES. COMPLETE IN al
NUMBER; AN INTERESTING ~
MANS COLUMN, AND A VAk.
AND ATTRACTls OEPARTMEN
OF HOUSEHOI D IL REST.
One Dollar year tucements to
getters-up of clubs for The Weekl,
Sun. Both The ,2iiy ana Weekly Sul
mailed free OF 3os-age In the Uhited
States. Canada and Mexico. Payments
Invariably In ..uyance. Address.
A. 8. ABELL COMPANY.
Publishers and Proprietors
Baltimore, Md.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-10
GOES LIKE HOT CAKES.

"The fastest selling article have in
my store" writes druggist G. T. Smith,
of Davis, KY, sis DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds. because it always cures. In my
six years of sales, it has never failed.
I have known it to save sufferers from
throat and lung diseases who could
get no help from doctors or any other
remedy" Mothers rely on it, best
physicians prescribe it, and all drug
gists guarantee satisfaction or refund
the price. Trial bottles free. Reg
ular sizes SOC and 81.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-10
Profit Sharing!
The Cincinnati Enquirer
$4,000

70 be distributed such Of readers who an
will maze them with the
population voting power and government of the State Of Ohio
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-10
TartIv Answered.

The principal of a certain high school
tells a joke on himself with much en-
joyment. One day during an examl-
nation, when he was visiting the vari-
Gus rooms, he stopped to ask very
bright boy sum In algebra, and, al
though the problem was comparatively
easy, he could not answer it. The prin-
cipal remarked with some show of Sc
verify:
''My boy, you ought to be able to do
that At your age George Washington
was a surveyor"
The boy looked him straight in the
eye and answered.:
Eyes, sir, and Mt your age he wac
president of the United States"
The conversation dropped at that
point st. IC9.s Post Disnat""
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-10

All trains carry passengers.
Nos II and IL make close connections at
Bowie with Southern Pacific trains for both
East and West, and at Globe with stage lines to
Payson, Upper Salt River Valley, Riverside,
Tonto Basin, Ray and Black Warrior mines.
Telegraph stations.
?Flag stations, no agents.
Wan. Garland, Pres. A. VA. Real, Sept:
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-10
FORTY YEARS TORTURE.

To be relieved from disease might
we'll cause gratitude. That is what
DeWitt's Witch Hazel SaIve did for C.
Haney, Geneva, Ohio. He. says: "De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve cured me of
piles after, / had suffered forty years."
Cures cuts, burns, wounds. skin dis
eases. At Bells Pharmacy.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-10
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.

Take Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tab
let's. The druggist refunds the money
If it fails to cure. e. w. Groves sig
nature is on each box. 25c.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-10

II this weather keeps up you Will
have to hunt up your last spring suit
and have 1t cleaned or buy nev: one
from Smith, the leading Tailor.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-10

The very finest hand->arved leather
goods in latest design. at prices very
low, at n. g. Capo'a.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-10
eugene
FIELDS
Views on Ambition and Dye
p0pssas

Dyspepsia" wrote Eugene Field,
'.often incapacitates man for endeavoR
and sometimes extinguishes the fre of
ambition.' Though great despite his
complaint Field suffered from indiges-
ton oil his life. A weak, tired stomach
can't digest your food. Il needs
rest. You can only rest it by the use
Of q preparation like Kodol, which re-
lieves it OF work by digesting your food.
Rest soon restores 1t to its normal tone.
strengthening
Satisfying,
EmvagOratangs
Prepared only by Il. G. DnWITT& Co, Chicago
Tha &l. bottl@ contains ~ times the Soc. aizaA
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-10

bome very flne pieces "r Iifxany
gtaas, at low prices, at ID. @. Capo's
eNF Jeweler, 80 West Congress.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-10
The Problem ID,

What will Total Vote Ohio for Secretary Of State at tbs general
State election be held Tuesday November a, 1902
$4,000 will be presented making the nearest correct estimate
$4,000 estimate made, making
total of 900 for correct estimate
$1,000 will be by the Daily Enquirer for
received before July 1909 provided
by monthly subscriber to the Daily Enquirer at
time of making such estimate
There are 1877 prizes ALL several of which equal lifetime
competence
years subscription the Weekly Enquirer entities sub
scrber to estimate
without privilege enuueS suOSCfDers
additional Inmates, a of 5oc for each estimate
Do make estimate until you thoroughly understand TINS
prepared the and IN conformity with rules
regulations made and provided.
Send for circulars, blanks, ETC., to
ENQUIRER PROFTTSHAR1NG BUREAU,
Box 716. Cincinnati. @
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PEOPLES PULPIT.
ooooooooooCooooc
Survivors of "Graybeards.n

Noting the article in the Courier
few days ago, with regard to the sllr-.
yivors of the Thirty-seventh Iowa in
fantry, or "Graybeards'' as it was bet
ter known, write to give the names
OF two men who enlisted from Henry
county, when the regiment was first
organized and served throughout the
war with that organization, Lieutenant
John w. Millspaugh and Lieutenant
Alfred S.Riggs,
Soon after the war closed Mr.. Mills.
paugh moved to Kansas with his fam.
lily. where he took an active part in
the development of the town of Win
field. During the early spring Mrs.
Millspaugh died and at the present
time Mr. Millspaugh is visiting with
his daughter. Mrs. Robert Higham, in
Charlton. He is now about SIS years
of age.
For the past thirty years Mr.. Riggs
has lived in Wapello or Mahaska
counties. In June 1900 he was called
upon to mourn the death of his wife
and Mr.. Riggs is now making his
home with his sons in Tacoma, Wash.
A. w, Riggs.
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TO sTRAleHTEN TRACK.
Rock Island Survey From EIdon t.
Kansas City Beaun.

Drakesville, July 22.-The Rock Is
land has commenced surveying on it's
proposed route to Kansas City by
which it is intended to straighten the
track from the Iowa lines to that
point. The road, as proposed, will
leave the old main line of the Rock Is
land at this point and running direct
ly southwest touch at point north of
West Grove in Davis county From
there it will extend to Moulton and
thence to Memphis, Mo-, where it will
again connect.
The new road will cut off nearly 100
miles of some of the toughest territory
in Appanoose county 1t will give
Moulton a station and perhaps a divis
ion point, making three roads alto
gether reaching that town. The pres
ent road extends from Eldon to this
point; thence to Centerville and on
west to Allerton before taking a
southerly course. All Kansas City
trains are compelled to pass through
Allerton, making an indirect course to
the south. 1t is understood that the
old road will be maintained for freight
and passenger traffic but the trains
will be limited.
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in Keokuk September II to 20 inclus.
I've. 1t is estimated that there will
be upwards of 225 ministers and their
wives in attendance, and great prep.
arations are being made in that city
for the entertainment of the guests.
The conference held in Ottumwa In
1895 was presided over by Bishop
Foster and was an occasion that is
well remembered by many Ottum-
vans,
The Presiding Bishop.
The conference is to be presided ov.
er by Bishop Hamilton who is not so
we'll known here as some other mem.
bers of the Methodist episcopacy. His
full name is John W. Hamilton, and
his episcopal residence is in San Fran
cisco.
After graduating at Mt. Union COLI
lege in Ohio, he entered the ministry.
He filled the difficult positions of sec,
rotary of the Freedman's Aid society
and the Southern Educational society
of the church and then resided in the
south. He was ordained bishop at
Chicago in 1900. He is the youngest
bishop in the Methodist church, being
but fifty-five years old.
The Conference Territory.
The last conference was held in
Newton September 1928, 1901. and
was great success, and it is thought
that the keokuk conference will ter
inmate as successfully as did the seq
sion at Newton.
All of this state is divided into four
conferences, and the Iowa conference
takes in the whole southeastern quar-
ter of the state. It's boundaries are
the Mississippi river on the east the
Missouri state line on the south, APP
panoose county line north to Marshall
county on the west, and then on the
north, due east to the Iowa river, down
to Iowa City and then across to Dav-
export.
Contraction From Additions.
Formerly the whole state was called
the Iowa conference. Finally the num-
Der of delegates increased so rapidly
and their business also increased in
due proportion. SO that division of
the state from east to west was made.
The northern part was then called the
Upper Iowa conference, and the south
ern part still retained the original
name.
Some years later another division
was made, this time from north to
south, thus cutting the state into four
existing divisions. of which the north
eastern one is called the Upper Iowa
conference. the northwestern one the
Northwest Iowa conference, the south
western one the Des Moines confer
ence, and the southeastern one the
Iowa conference
BY this last division, Knoxville was
left in the Iowa conference. and Iowa
City and Davenport in the Upper Iowa
conference; all the intermediate cit.
les and towns in southeastern Iowa, Of
course, belong TIC the Iowa conference.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-24
SELECT DELEGATES.
Republicans of Van Euren County
Held Convention Yesterday.

Keosauqua, July 22.-(Special.)-
The republicans Of Van Buren, county
met yesterday afternoon in the Union
opera house in this city for the pur-
pose of selecting delegates to the state
convention to be held in Des Moines,
July 80. Delegates from only six out
of the nineteen precincts had selected
delegates to this convention, however,
residents of the different townships
were admitted to the convention and
in this manner nearly all the precincts
were represented
Hon. BENJAMIN Johnston, of this city,
was selected as chairman of the con-
vention. No special resolutions were
adopted by the convention and the del
egates were allowed to go uninstructed
to the state convention.
The Delegates.
The following delegates were chosen
to represent the county: G. B. Stidg-
er Of Bonaparte, e. r. Harlan of Pitts
burg, Geo. G.. Dufield, PittsDurg, j. j.
Downward of Stockport, N. G. Brown of
Bentonsport, f. M. Lucas of Stockport,
M. White of Mt. Sterling, John w.
.Rowley of Keosauqua. w. B. Crawford
of Douds Station, A. B. Adams of Sell
ma.
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ONE CENT JUDGMENT.
Results of Old Monroe County Law
Shit

Abba, July 22.-Monroe county
claims the honor of having upon it's
court records the smallest judgment
ever entered by an Iowa court.
The case was Maurice Harnett
(Hartnett) VS.. Asa Archer. 1t was a
suit on contract and judgment was
rendered for one cent May Is, 1862
in favor of the plaintiff, Judge j. s
Townsend sitting. Mr.. Hartnett is
still about Abba and has for 40 years
enjoyed the fruits of that allowance
The attorneys in the case were ]. B.,
Teas and J. w. Robb for plaintiff and
George w. Slocum and George Baugh
for defendant. Mr.. Baugh's death oc.
Cured in Oskaloosa about month
ago.
This was jury trial. Struck jury
which means that they select IS men
from the regular panel, then each side
by alternate choice would throw out
one man till only six remained, and
these six tried the case. Their find
ing was: We, the jury. find for plain.
tiff the sum of one cent. They were
out most of the night and sent in a
sealed verdict to the bailiff, which was
read next morning in open court. The
Judgment docket shows that Mr.. Hart
nett receipted for the amount on
the 23rd day of July, 1862.
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ROMANTIC WEDDING.
Former South ottumwa Woman Mar
ries a Texas Farmer.

ries Texas Farmer.
Word comes from Yoakum, Texas
announcing that Mrs. Martha Winning
Ter, formerly of South Otumwa, was
married there last week to G. B. Har.
ris, wealthy but aged farmer resid-
ing near Halletsville. Texas, The
marriage was romantic one accord.
ing to reports, and resulted from cor
respondence through marriage agen-
.cy. Mrs, Wininger, or. rather, Mrs.
Harris, was formerly the wife of Vol
ney V. Wininger, who resides on
Church street, South Ottumwa Mr..
Wininger is aged and somewhat de-
.crepit, and it is said that between him
and his wife, who was remarkably
active for her age, said to be between
forty and fifty years, the course of
true love never did run smooth.
At any rate it is known that the two
separated some time ago, and the wife,
it is said went to Chicago, where she
resided for several months. Although
she has relatives in South Ottumwa,
very little can be learned regarding
her doings while in the big city on the
lake, and it is understood that she
wrote but seldom to her kinsfoik in
Ottumwa.
T No one was more surprised than
Mrs. Winingers relatives when they
received word from Yoakum, Texas,
that she had become espoused again,
never met and of whom she knew
nothing except through the letters
which had passed between Hallets-
vile and Chicago. However, the mis-
sives must have borne the desired
fruit, for when the train pulled into
Yoakum the two met and exchanged
greetings, according to witnesses,
then went into the depot, where they
had quiet little chat. This evidently
proved satisfactory, too, for when
they emerged from the station house
and got upon the train again the faces
of both were. it Is said, wreathed in
smiles and they We're followed by a
solemn looking man, who proved to
be Justice of the Peace j. w. Rees.
la friend of the aged groom, who
had been secured for the occasion.
Upon entering the car the happy
couple joined hands and in the pres
|ence of the passengers, newspaper re
porters and few hangers on, the
marriage ceremony was performed,
putting an end, or rather commencing
the sequel to romantic occurrence
After the knot had been tied the two
settled down in their seat looking as
happy and contented as could be.
They will no doubt hereafter always
be firm supporters of the marriage
bureau system.
The groom is well known farmer
residing near Halletsville, and has
numerous friends in the community
wher he resides. The Yoakum Times
in commenting upon the romantic
marriage of these two people beyond
the prime of life. speaks in very com.
plimentary terms of the husband the
ottumwa woman has found.