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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-12
READING SYSTEM

L
Liberty street and south Ferry Thine from
Ferry i've minutes earlier tna1 shown bsl0SJ
EASTON BETHLEHEM ALLENTOWN AND
MATCH CHUSK-zA0Q tl-i5 Easton onlyp. = 20
A NJ 40 40 60 IS East5n onl5J +. "a. Sunda5s
wILKEsBARRE AND sCRASTOS-zioo 30 a ".
SEQ p NJ SUNDAYS "a 3 A. D. Leo = NJ -
LAKEWOOD. IAhEHU RST. TONS RlNEE- AND
BARNEGAT-z4-Go. - 40 A. N. $50 sac. A50
Lakewood Lakehurst only). 500 P II s1ndass.
ATIaNTIC CITY-.a 80 A NJ.
LONG BRANCH. AsBURY FARK. OCEAN GROyE.
POINT PLEASANT AND sEASHORE POINTS
z4.0O $50 1i.30 \. ~. &.5l. 445. $50. $50 tll-Sp
As5ury Park only1 p VI sundays except Ocean Grove
900 A. n. 400 p VI
PHIL tDEI PEIIA-(READIN TERM1NAL). -42s.
ZOO $500 o. 40 81. +1io0 a. N 412Oo. 100.
81 20. F2Oe. 500. 100 300 tGo9 f7So. $500 P NJ
24TIF AND CHESTNUT sTREETs-sGe5. e 30 '1Os0
las A NJ. 100 $3.50 800 '1Oo t9.2J P. 81 +.
RFADING HARRISBURG. POTTsyILLE AND
NIIIIANfSPORT-U4eO "a 3. "a 90. .T9I1. ff0 %
III A NJ. Reading onlyl. 4. 500 IN f20o 2, 81.
Rsading. Pottsyfle and Hrsbs only; r4oe 20" r y
Sunday sSunday only tPsrior ears only va
Tamaqua- NSaturiavs
Offices. Liberty Ferry. south Ferrv Astor V0usr.
157 PSI 434 1900 1884 Broadway. 1s2 Jth Union
Square 18th 2I5 West 125th 81. "a
Columbus e.. Fulton
s. R'kIvr Bwav " msl'urE- y i. Transfer Co.
calls ard chscks baggage u destination.
". c. FE1SIsCR. g u BURT.
VICE Pres. and Gen Mgr Gen. Fass'r Ar
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Railroads.
PENNSYLVANIA


STATIONS FOOT OF WEST 5S NH nRET
coT,nnat ssrses. I'M !. Ave minute:
ssa sa aav sIcep siS Where othsr~.e noted
s55 A. VI FAST MAII--Perior sleSPns ana D'nins
o.5 VI. 81 louis iITEDPgIIman sssDins
1o.a5 A. " PENSsYLvAxIA LIMITED.-zPunnan
Sleeping Dining. Smoking. and Observation compsrt-
rnent Cars For Chicago Cleveland. Toiedo and De-
GH!GAso AED ST 1SYr and fSai.s.,
as1PaDSM' Sassse 81 Mr. DP9E se.pnz
smoknss and Observation Cars For Chicago. To'sd0-
Obs p ". ST LOUIS EXPRESS Pittssurr. en-
snnat Indianapolis Louisville 81 Louis I Ri3iss CAR
OBS p IT, wfsTE TsS ExPREssoT chicago For
7s F. faa?eP Ps seiflae'E xPR PRES ard
RoB aso For Kn9 gs s, Say sa s.t srdsy
s M-GLEyELANP AMR S ,Ss6Ss indian.
wAsHISGToN AND THE souTH-
80 s 20 g 1910 DsssEOsses sHa Coesq and c
aodf stso os' M q % T4rnted an
70 T ,6 , and Dying Csrs . y q - - M .ia55
as oagressonsi Limited al PsrloE and Palns
6st5sst. :si5. e2s p m. 12Io niSni- ,,,o,,,,,
SOUTHERN RATLWAY.-Express. AS D m. iz-lo nisn'
ATLANTIC COAST IINE.-Express s.2s and Q .
sEAIoA RD AIR LINE RA1LwAY.-EaDrsss. lass p m
NORFOLK AND WEsrERx EArLwAE.-FOr Memphis
CHESAPEAKE z OHIO p RAIEWAY.-755 a week
For OLD PofSF COMFORT and NoRFoLEl-7.S5 a n.
Atlantic Atlantic cry 279 sSS 2 m daily ana IS m weekday.
sundays. 7.55 Through vestbuled T@alns, sl.
1st PaElor Cars and Standard Coaches On "es1
seror Smoking car Parior Cars. Dining CaE. AHN
sIendard Coaches Sundays.
NiAH.-l255 ,. m. weekdays
POINTS on NewYork and Long Branch Fsilroao ~
est Twenty-thtrd Station). SIS a m. q ~
n ana no. a?d as & Tss ss9sss. s sna Cortland;
streetsl, 800 10. $40. 4 20 and SlV D. N
Neek-days SUNDAYS. g - a. m 300 ? m
coz FOR PHILADELPHIA. - -,
oyo 20 rs TBS. SOS. IS. 90 .. ~ 30 s. l-1ts
20 20. . CPenna Llmit.D ross iIss m
80 y Is 20 fDesbaOsses ard Cortsndt $780,,
zzVl, 2S5. % ~. '425. -455 l4S9 tnce
a'iiIited Tor Germantown Jet only 80 90 -
go D . p. II. 10 night weekdays
20. a1o SIS '925. 955 est Louis Ian1Itsell'
dzo tFenna Limited. 80 IS 81 % 'loS -
500 '425 ass. Chicago Limited for Germantown Jcs
night ~
'DfnfnE Car
4lcket offices Nos and 2ei Broadway; ~
fth Avenue Cbelow 23d 263 Fifth Avenue 'corer
zsth st; AstOr House. and stations named auoNe
brockyn Court Street. $50 Futon Street SsO Broad
way and Pennsylvania Annex station Inc SeV-fo rk
Iransfer Company will call for and check baggage
from hotels and residences through % destiutlon-
1eephone 9l4 Eighteenth Street for pennsylvania Ran
road Cab Service.
w. W ATTERBT-RY J R WOOD.
General Manager. Pass'r Trafhc Manage
GEO ". BOYD.
General Passenger Agent
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cash quotations were IS follows: FLOUR acti,e but
weak. VvHEAT-No spring. t5G 20, No . rel IS "a
Tq7.c. CORN-N0 2 42'sc; No yellow, 43it~. oats
40 2 a4Sc: No & white. 23izT3Tc RYE-No = s2t-r
RARLEY-Ciood feeding. 33a5sc. fair choice mating
Sass FLAxSEED-SO /. Ole. No I North western
a5L,c. TIMOTHY SEED-Prtnle. Sc so CLOVER-Cor-
tract grade $40 80 PORk-Mess. per bbI. s11 s2ls q
Short ribs loose 81 25dSi IS; short sides
boxed Sc 1885 STit VHISKEY. basis q high wiass.
81 % on the Produce Exchange to-day: BUTTER easy
creameries 15d21 nc. diaries. 14diSi-c Eggs firm;
marx cases Included Il Q23'zc. CHEESE easy. lsa11c
Duluth Nov 11--t,oss. WHEAT. To arrive. 10 1
7ss.c. 30 Northern T7tsc. No Northern. Tfc. De
oenber 54sc; May. I67sIIbiac
milwaukee, Nov 11.--wHEAT weak: No northern
SIC. 30 ? Northern 7siad79c; December 7s7sa76isr.
RY, steady: No /. 56i1o BARLEY dull: No ? 64r;
sample 39a6Ot.c- CORN steady November. 46l1,; De
nI,nneapolis Nov. i1.-CIose: WHEAT December
SSf5sTn 775sc No Northern, 75ac No Northern
69a. G73lgc- .
pbuadeIphia- Nov. 11.-WHEAT. NC lower; contract
- Noyernber s1I4StIsc. CORN. 1c lower NOvern-
- ~4sT4sIsc. OATS steady but quiet; No white.
nc. No clipped. 42iac- BUTTER firm and prints 10
higher. extra Western creamery. 23isc: nearby prints
pa EGGS hrm good demand fresh, nearby. 3Oc. loss
on: Western 2sG29c; Southwestern. 5GTc. southern
Saas8e CHEESE steady fair demand: New-York fun
leans fancy re choice. sc. fair u good uaLc.
Fscsipts-FIour 5000 bbls and Ss4.O0O 70 IN sacks.
arbeat 200 bush; 1900 BUSH $1,000
shpmsnts--wheat. l2oo bush; corn. S.2Oo bush
"a coo bush
e. Louis Nov n-Closs. wHEAT-Decembsr ssazc;
NAV ssIc 40 hard I4S1slrc- CORN-NO Cssh.
4OI.c, December, 39s.c. May. SySse OAfS-S0 cash.
sac december Csc: May. S5aaS5-c; No Waite. Ssise
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-12

Foreign coffee markets: Rio-Coffee market firm: No
Rio. exchange IL 2732d: receipts. IS
United 1000 bags; cleared for
Europe bags stock 80 600 Ssntos-Coffee
market steady good average Santos, 1890; receipts %
90 bags. stock. l3s9nO bags. HamburECoffee market
opened p net q lower
sales. $4,000 bags. Havre-Cofee market opened quiet
l. unchanged; At 3 quiet
unchanged $50 unchanged; total sales, 5000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-12
ROYAL BLUE LINE.

fDaily except Sunday. fSunday
Offices. LIBERTY Ferry. South Ferry, Astor HOUSE
f67 PSI 900. 1854 Broadway. Is2 5th Az. Union
square West 18Th ST.. 275 125th ST. 9f5
C6Iurnbus Ave. York; Court St. S44 FuIfon
Brooklyn. 800 Broadway. williamsburg. New York
transfer co FOR and checks baggage destination
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-12
West Shore Z. x.

New York Central & HUDSON River r. r.. Iessee-l
feqve N New Aork. As l@t~
lows and - min. later foot Of west 42d-st.. y K
A.. M-For intermediate points % Albany
I'll - a Nd Hudson and MohaWk Express
90 p M.-Chcago Express
% y p. M-Cont. Lirr. Tor Detroit chi s s. I0ua
3 IS f. M For Hudson River points and Albany
M-FOr R0ch Buffalo Cleveland and thicaE1
= - Roch.. Buffalo. Detroit and st. Louis
" Roch.. NiagIra Fails Det- en-
sUafIy 4Daly except SUNDAY. Leave Brooklvu Annex;
a, at f1O a. 4 r. ~ N. Lesve Jersey CITY.
r NJ r. sta: ~ a. fI120 = VI. e. 1876 ?. NJ
Time abIes at principal AMI Offices Baggags
checked from hotel residence by Westcott Express
a SMITH q, F. L-A1ittEttI
General Manager. General Passenger Agen-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-12

Leave New-YOrx City South Ferry Liberty
Chicago, Pittsburz 81 2. 10 Mt az. Is
Chicago, Columbus. 55pm Iu0Dm
Pittsburg. Cleveland 1905 S.55pm g. f0pm Linfd
"Pftfsburx Limited ..-...- Z. 55pm 2 00pu
Cincinnati Louis .S12.10 ~1215 mt SIeepsr
Cincinnati. St Louis 'l025aul sl030am Dfuer
q. Louis b-55put Z 00pm Rufer
Norfolk fII-55pul L0Opm Diner.
sDaHy. 4DaiIy except sunday. SSunday only.
Offices: 2Gf 1900 Broadway. Aston House. los
Greenwich ST % Union Square W. 30f Grand St n Y
a Fulton Brooklyn. Ferry and
Baggage checked from hotel residence destination.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-12
NAVAL STORES.

- ll.s tlrper lre trm and unchanged Rosin vas
-C-,is tha nominal Some sellers said they
s,sssv r. st alch lover prices than quoted Tar Is
gsS, f-'ls IcFsi'ENrINE-on ard machine bbls B9s,
RosT0i 'ipe b6s s. 50gS2 50. Oh ibis 81 7Oas. q
- ~ = 9n - gooc strained s. 30: - 81 7Oas2 ~.
IS 50: 81 a. ~ -. SO n, s. 10; J. g. - nominal, X
w. ~ = o.. " q. $ ~; " ". 81 - nominal
D. STOCK or HAND
turpentrr. bDis
Tar -.-.-.--.. 465 bbls
Nllrniue-or ~ les bnls
&C. -eoee-s -sos II SPIRITS TTRPEST,SE s,ss4y
10 bbis TAR sss kosINSotiing Going reoeiljs
tbs - % - - ard s. 90 receipts rs
ss vHunsh. s,oy la,-Tr-ep-,s-~,,--
So e1gtss. = = nm. receipts l7Cs us. salss
= 50; = & S; sac, K 90 I3e ? s2s. Q.
Z. y .. y " s. " - ~. d. y -. n. - 10 "
eharessor- Nsz. ll.-TrRPF,-r--r 80.
d "a IA. a 81 ss. n sss',y A. r. 9 D. 500 3 s. 10
=. 81. " q S. -. " n e. a. y %. X. - 10 a = 20
iflgnn Nov. ll.--TI- HfE.yvE,-z- g.
--osi'' AlferloEn strained e. ioilSi So 81
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THE STATE OF TRADE.

r,-ealo Nov 1f.-FL4OCR steady WHEAT-No offer
inSE CORN lower No yellow: 5oisc; No corn $50
~ - reaL. No . white SOC. No mixed. 3114c- BAR
: ~ 55661c RYE-No l. 6otzc CANAL .FItEIGHT;
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-08
FIND STOLEN GOODS
CRATE OF SHOES FOUND ON THE
RIVER Bank YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON.
Goods Believed to Have Been Taken
From Rock Island Freight Car-Find
Robbers Den in Pile of Lumber
Police News.

A crate containing eleven boxes OF
shoes was discovered late Wednesday
afternoon on the river bank at the foot
OF Vine street by Chief of Police Gray.
The shoes were consigned from Eddy
vile to the Selz-Schaub Co., at Chica-
go, and it is evident that they We're
stolen from Rock Island freight car
and hidden on the river bank until the
thief under cover of darkness was able
to get them away Officer Matt Mier
watched the neighborhood closely last
night in the hope that the thief would
come after his stolen property, but no
one showed up.
Plant Uncovered.
Another plant was uncovered in the
old pile of lumber where Monday night
the Bloomfield silk was found. Wednes-
day night the lumber was scattered and
a large hole was discovered in the CEN
ter of the pile. where evidently guam
tity of goods had been secreted. The
police think the goods were either the
clothing taken from the Bierce store
in Eldon recently or the booty secured
at the MCGEE tailoring establishment
last Saturday evening.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-08
MUTUAL MARRIAGE FUND NOW
New "lowa Idea" Expected to Be Very
Popular.

Iowa Falls, Sept. At has remain
ed FOR small Iowa town to organize
a Mutual Marriage association on the
insurance plan Iowa has always been
prolific in the matter of insurance COM
panias, but the village of Hudson, in
the central part of the state, has gone
the larger places one better.
The plan of the new company is
purely mutual and each member is eX-
pected to patrouize the other members
as fa- as possible. When one of the
members desire to face the marriage
alter the bride-elect or bridegroom
elect receives stipulated sums from atl
assessment fund with which to k1scuse
"a license, pay the minister or W q.
and certain amounts for the ind
tails of honeymoon.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-08
First Fair association

"On hogs and sheep. McClung, j..
w. Hedrick, G. D. Hackworth.
"On grain, fruits and roots-J. M.
Peck. Louis Leib. U. Briggs.
"On farm implements-N Roberts,
A. Van Wrinkle, J. H. Devol
"On butter and cheese--E. Wash
burn, Thomas Ping, Thos. Fowler,
"On cabinetware and cooperage-
Adolphoes Roemer, j. Hite, J. w. Cald-
well.
ION harness, boots and shoes-C.
Gleason, d. p. Inskeep, H. Cremer.
ION motion of N. Roberts, resolved,
That in the absence of two members
of any committee, the president fills
one of the vacancies and that he and
the remaining member choose a third
person to act on said committee.
"On motion OF ]. G. Fisher, r. H.
Warden was elected secretary of the
society.
@On motion the proceedings were
ordered to be published in the Courier
land the Eddyyilla Free Press"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-08

which appointed these committees as
given in the Courier of that date are
as follows:
agricultural Meeting.
Pursuant to previous notices the
WaLello County Agricultural society
met at the court house on Saturday,
the oath inst. j. w. Hedrick, presi-
dent in the chair, and e. Washburn,
acting as secretary pro TEN.
''On motion of e. Roberts commit
tee of five were appointed to make all
the necessary arrangements for the
fair on the 14th of October.
IN. Roberts, G. Nosler, G. d. Hack
worth, J. w. Hedrick and Il. Wash
burn were appointed said committee.
THE following committees were al
so appointed to award premiums:
Committee on horsesAaron Har-
Ian, NJ Tullis, A. o. Russell.
''On jacks and mules-Jos. McIn-
tire. w. M. Martin, j. G. Fisher.
ION Cattle Charles Dudley, S. d.
Owens. Richard Fisher.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-08

we're, no man can tell. He was too
low in Intelligence to suffer much
more than brutal agony of fear. like
the coward he was; but it is certain
that he did experience all the tor
ments capable of realization by such
mind as his.
The Hanging.
A moment of awful inaction, but
merely moment. From somewhere,
no one knows where, a rope appeared.
moose was formed and placed about
the murderers neck. A dozen hands
swung the rope, as though child were
playing at skipping the rope. The first
efforts to reach the arm of the lamp
post failed. At last 1t lodged across
the slender beam, and stout hands
hauled upon the farther end. They
pulled the fellow from his feet and
the rope caught in the post Some
one reached down and lifted the man
up. Another pull at the rope and
Smiths body hung between heaven
and earth. The end of the rope was
fastened about the post and the victim
left to sway slowly in the air. The
body hung for about ten minues. when
the corpse was lowered.
Died From Fright.
Their are several remarkable facts
in connection with this hanging. In
the first place, though several hun
dred persons witnessed the tragedy,
not one in all that crowd knew as to
who furnished the rope, who placedis
about Smiths neck, who pulled it up,
or who fastened the end of the rope
about the lamp post. Second, it is said
by those who have beheld several exc
cutions, Smith died more easily than
most men do from such causes. He
was dead before the man pulled him up,
| fright deprived him of life. He made
| but one slight convulsion of the neck
and shoulders, and was dead. His
wrists were held by handcuffs, but his
arms and legs were free; still he NOV
| ed not single muscle.
Logan But % Years Old.
Albert M. Logan was born in Dc :
tur county, Indiana, and at the tin
| his death was but % years of age ie
had been resident of OttUmT t
| four years, first as an emplcyc
Johnston Ruftler Co., and then
| ious clerical capacities, until he 4 ~
obtained place on the police torce of
the city, only a few weeks prior to his
death. He was a warm-hearted, opaa--
countenanced young man, and had
hosts of friends. He was nephew of
Major T. P. Spilman then sheriff, and
as touching coincidence is the fact
that the murdered man and the muir
derer were taken to the same building
the county Jail, where Sheriff Spilmar
then lived.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-08

pie became charter members OF the
society. This was the first Christian
Endeavor society, and just as the
birds carry flower seeds and thus
transplant the flower, SO the members
of this society as they moved about
over the country, carried with them
the Christian Endeavor seed and,
whenever they stopped, the Chris
tian Endeavor flower sprang into eX-
istence.
This was but twenty-five years ago
but the one denomination has changed
into eighty, the one society INTO over
Ga 900, the sixty members into almost
4, 100000 and the increase stlll conun-
ues, during the last year there having
been a net gain of over 1000 socletles'
Where twenty-five years ago tne
Christian Endeavor societies existed IN
but one city in the world its lniiucene
is now worldwide. At the intelnatlon'
al conventions there are representa-
tiyes from Australia, and England
from South Africa and Germany
Christian Endeavor has penetrated into
the realms of the car and the sultan
In the hermit nation OF Corea the same
vows are taken as our own American
Endeavorers take, and in Persia, all OF
Europe. India, China. and the isles OF
the sea, the Christian EndeaVor society
is a familiar organization.
On Ocean Liners.
But even dry land does not limit
Christian Endeavor. On great many
of the ocean liners and on most OF
the United States war vessels organi
cations known as floating societies eX
list and are doing a wonderful work
among the sailors. The influence has
crept even into prisons and organic
ed work is being done all over the
United States in penal institutions. II
both of the Iowa penitentaries strong
| societies are in existence under the
| faithful leadership of Miss Lola V
| Murphy who has national reputation
| in this work.
But any article on Christian Endeav
or which left out the Junior society
would be leaving out one of the mos
| important features. The first Junior
society was organized in our own Iowa
On March %, 1884 in Tabor, Iowa, I'm
der the leadership of Miss Belle Smith
and Rev. j. w. Cowan this organiza
ton was effected. From it has SPRUNG
tens OF thousands of Junior societies
! all over the world. Some of thu
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-08

Clark started on an Endeavor journey
arousd the world. and in every country he
found Endeavorers to welcome him.
1S93-There are now about 800 c. L. So
cieties in the different colonies of Aus
tralia. Christian Endeavor was carried
there by the son of sea captain. and u
society was soon started in Brisbane: be-
fore long it was found in all the other col
onies of Australia.
1S94-This year Christian Endeavor made
n beginning in several different countries
in Europe. There We're only a very few
societies on the continent, but there are
many more SON.
1S95-ChriStian Endeavor has travelled
from one country to another just as God
has sent it, A member of the first society
in Portland wrote Il letter to his old pas
tor in England. and that letter started the
first English society. A missionary. who
had seen 1t at home. started the first So
ciety in China Three sisters who had
heard of it in England started it in Swift
zerland. A sailor carried it to Australia,
and so C. E. travels.
1S96-There are Christian Endeavor socie-
ties now in all sorts of unexpected places.
They are found among the deaf and dumb,
in hospitals and in prisons; in ships. and
in barracks and in schoos and its object
| is the same everywhere. to help people to
be better Christians.
1S97-.In 1897 DIR. Clark was invited to
| tell about Christias Enteavor in India and
South Africa. He found a great many peo-
| pie interested to hear about 1t, and the
| few societies that he found then have now
increased to several hundreds.
| 1S9S-This year the convention was held
| for the first time in n southern city. There
was very cordial feeling between the
north and the south, and the convention
was an unusually good one.
| 1S992rhe Detroit convention. in 1883,
was one Of the largest ever held We
had increased so fast that there were now
more societies in Great Britain alone than
| there were ten years ago in all the world.
| 19QQ-In 1900 the great worlds conven-
| tion was held in London. Thousands of
! Endeavorers went from America to attend
| this convention. and many went to En-
gland from other lands, so that all the
| world was represented in the worlds larg'
est city.
| BOBBY this time several countries had
| organized their own National Christian En-,
| deavor union. and had their own national
conventions; India had a national secre
| tnry for Christian Endeavor.
1002-This year Christian Endeavor was
/ strengthened in many of the countries OF
Europe. and Christian Endeavor unions
| were formed in Italy, France. Sweden and
| Bulgaria. second C. Il. secretary was
| Amounted in Germany.
| lG03-In 1881 there was one society OF
Christian Endeavor. Today there are more
| than 62.OOO societies, with a membership
of nearly 4,0O000o boys and girls and
Young people. all pledged to do whatever
Jesus would like to have them do. We
| ought TO be able to do Il great deal fol
Christ and the church IL we are all faith
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-08

In view of the recent meeting OF the
stockholders of the Wapello Cou nty
Agricultural society, at which 1t vas
decided to take the final steps tow ard
the selling of the land owned by the
society and it's final dissolution it will
loe interesting to know that ! lftv
years ago the original society Il rom
which the present one sprang was
holding a meeting preparatory to the
first Wapello county fair. AS sta tied
IA few days ago in the Courier this first
4air was held on Oct. IA, 1853, one
year after the organization of the so
Giety.
1The list Of prizes offered for this
fair was an extensive one and GOV.
cred practically every product OF the
pioneer farmer and manufacture {. In
tho list of names composing the com
Smittaes for the awarding OF prem aums
appear many names that are fan ailial
family names of Wapello count;f to
day.
.The proceedings OF the my acting
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-08
WONDERFUL GROWTH
christian ENDEAvoR ENTIRELY
CIRCLES THE WORLD.
has FOUR MILLION MEMBERS
Began in Portland, Me-, in 1ssi-sixty-
Two Thousand Societies at Present
in Every Land of the GIobe-An In
!, terestIng Story.

The story of the wonderful sroWul
of the Christian Endeayor from it's bf
ginning twenty-five years ago at u e
church of Rev. Frances E. Clarl <,
lin Portland, Me, to the present day.
when it stands as one OF the stronse ST
worldwide Christian influences, wi Is
told in the following interesting ar I'd
entertaining paper by Don w. Nours e,
president of the Sioux City Christie m
Fndeayor union, at the recent sta te
convention of the society, held at th lat
place:
One of the most important events in
The church history of the nineteeI 18th
century took place on February 2, is 81,
when at Portland, Me-, Rev. Fran els
SE Clark, at that time pastor OF w IL
s1iston Congregational church, organ liz
I'D the first Christian Endeavor so ci--
ETY..
During the winter Rev Clark Fad
been holding a series of Evangelis tic
services, and great many of his
Young people had accepted Christ. DR..
CLARK was confronted with the probl t,m
of the best means of putting TIL <.se
young people at work. For years. in
fact since the beginning of Christi an
ity, the older people had done 1.-THE
work while the younger people ] lad
looked on. This had been particula rly
true during the first part of the nj ne
feenth century.
DIR. Clark felt that ii he were to b Did
these young people he must give tn EN-
employment, and therefore, to fill his