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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
Butler.

Butler, May I'll. A. Jarvis and
Harry Burgess were business callers
in Fremont, Monday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Burgess and children
of Ottumwa, spent Sunday at the home
of A. j. Burgess.
Mrs. Thomas of Eldon spent part of
last week at the home of her son,
Charles Crawford.
A. ]. Burgess was in Fremont Sat
urday.
John Dorner delivered cattle in Ere
mont Saturday.
cassius Powell spent Saturday night
with 7. Burgess.
j. c. Kennel was in Fremont Sun
day evening.
George w. Hawkins of Hedrick was
caller at the home of A. j. Burgess
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Speck of Hedrick, Wis
|ited their daughter, Mrs. Charles
Crawford one day last week.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
Stringtown.

Stringtown, May Us. e. Wright
and family were in Ottumwa Tuesday.
James Davis made business trip
to Batavia Tuesday.
Miss Martha and lrma Larmore
spent Sunday with Florence and Ber-
nice Hawthorne.
Steven Myers, of Abingdon, was a
Stringtown caller last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edla McVey, of He'd
rick, visited at A. p. Smiths Tuesday.
H. l.. Scott was a Batavia caller the
first of the weeI.
The Davis sisters attended church
at Abingdon Sunday morning.
DR.. c. A. Henry and wife, of Farson
was a caller at T. G. HaWthorne's one
day last week.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
Yampa.

Yampa, May 7.-Mrs. Mary Bur-
Inaugh moved back to her home in He'd
rick Friday
F. NJ. Reno and son, Ben, were trans
acting business in Batavia Friday.
r. NJ. Williams, Joseph Davis and G..
IB Morrison attended the funeral of
Andrew Peterson in Batavia Friday
Thomas Rifle made a business trip
Hedrick Friday
e. N. Sterner was a busienss caller
in Batavia Tuesday.
The Yampa Sunday school will meet
to organize and elect officers on Sun
day, May 10, at 2:30 p. m. All are in
ivited to attend.
Sterling Price and his sister, Miss
Eva Price, of Eldon, are visiting for a
few days at the home of E. ]. Reno.
S. A. Lind and j. e. Reno were in
iOttumwa on business Monday.
Mrs. Mary Reno and Miss Eva Price
were Batavia callers Tuesday.
! Mrs. Maggie Smith and Miss Iva
Burnaugh were Batavia shoppers Mon
day.
| ]. w. McGlassion and Mrs. Elmore
wer in Batavia Saturday.
John Carman visited friends in Com
petine Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rifle made business
trip to Farson Tuesday.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
Cross Lanes.

Cross Lanes, May 7.-George Hidy's
visited at the home of Will James Sun
day
John Welsh was a Fairfield visitor
Saturday night.
Mrs. Pearl Smith and husband Wis
tied at Collins Parrett's over Sunday.
Mohr Cramer attended church at
Cross Lanes Sunday.
Dell Smith and family and Mrs. Ada
Kramer visited at Ed Tuller's Sunday
Mrs. A. Colwell, who was quite SER
iously i'll Monday night is reported bet
ter today.
Mrs. Rosa Russell visited with her
mother, who is quite sick, Tuesday.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
Columbia.

Columbia, May Preaching next
Sunday at Cambria will be in the even
ing.
Quarterly meeting services at this
place last Sunday was conducted by
Rev. j. w. Lambert, presiding elder
and well attended.
DIR. and Mrs. Rambo of Chillicothe
visited Sunday at the home of G. H.
Stuber.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Warren of Chilli
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ExIine.

Exline, May IA little son, of
William Leonard died of inf1ammatory
rheumatism Monday His suffering
was terrible, as his entire body was af-
fected, and but little hopes was en-
tertained of his recovery at any time
Mrs. II. w. Farnsworth is on the
sick list this week.
Mrs. Bert Cline of Cincinnati was up
visiting relatives last week.
Mrs. Lottie Forsythe of Moulton was
visiting her father, Isaac Bennett and
sister, Mrs. Jane Dwire, last week.
Cloce Lyons sold team last week
for $3.50.
Exline school closed Friday and the
teachers and pupils gave an entertain
ment in Dr. Sturdiyant's hall Saturday
evening. The large hall was crowded
land the affair was great success. The
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07

Mark, May Mrs. Cloe Sturgeon
of Monterey, died May 4, of heart dis
ease. The remains were laid to rest
in the Hopkins cemetery.
D. T. Edwards was in Bloomfield on
business Monday.
Rev. Sayer of Des Moines preached
here Sunday after which baptismal
services took place.
Miss Meade Elerson of Moulton is
spending this week with Miss May Ed
wards.
Several of the farmers attended the
cattle sale at Bloomfield. April 10.
r. B. Dabney and Joel HENDERSON
hauled bridge lumber from Bloomfield
Monday
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Charlton.

Charlton May DIR. I. p. Stanton
is in New Orleans attending a meeting
of the medical association.
4 Aaron Bartholomew. former Char
iton boy, but now of st. Louis, arrived
yesterday to attend to some business
matters and for a few days visit with
friends.
Mrs. Harve Means and daughter,
Marvel, came up from Russell yester-
day and spent the day with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. S. Myers.
Rev. HASTE of Abba is in the city
today attending the Christian Endeav-
or convention.
Col. Warren S. DUNCAN departed yes
terday for a ten days business trip
in Arkansas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Brownell of
Belinda were in the city Monday on a
shopping expedition.
Ora, Scales, a prosperous farmer of
Benton township, was a business call
er in the city the first of the week.
Grant Sweet of st. Joseph, arrived
last evening for visit at the home of
Benjamin Brock.
Mrs Elisha Gregg will entertain a
few friends this evening in honor of
Mr.. and Mrs Bert Gookin, who will
soon leave for Tacoma, Washington,
for an extended visit.
Frank Carson of Belinda was coun-
Ity seat visitor yesterday.
There will be a regular meeting OF
| the fire department this evening. All
members are requested to be present
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
FAIR :. n I's s.

p S.-We have extra sizes in I'm.
derwear, Wing or Long Sleeve Vests.
and also Drawers extra size.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24
Food supply of Each Person.

Some statistical person has figured out
that every man, woman and child in the
United States is entitled, through the
bounty OF Providence and the energy OF
the American farmer. TO the following food
supply during the year: Thirty-ive BUSH
els OF corn, 12k bushels of oats. SN bushels
OF wheat. IL lush Of barley. " bushel
of buckwheat. 80 pounds OF rice, 360 BUSH
els of potatoes, 6.b4 pounds OF sugar, half
a gallon OF syrup, one-hfth Of a bushel Of
beans, half a bushel Of sweet potatoes,
three-fourths OF a COW, four-hfths of a fat
hog. half a sheep. 2.7e bushels of orchard
fruits and so on and 50 one. And yet, with
all this variety and abundance. some peo-
pie continue TO eat breakfast ~foodl-Indi-
annapolis Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24
Refrain
Poor Harold.

II don't know what to say, Harold" re-
piled the lovely girl. after a long pause.
There are so many things TO be consid-
cred. Did you ever care for anybody be-
fore you met me?'
Never. Lucyl" fervently responded the
young man. You are the first and only"
Would you want me TO go and live with
your people?"
mo; we will have a little cottage Of our
own"
You would be tired of me in less than
a year"
T wouldn't tire of you in a thousand
years"
Would you be willing to spend your
evenings at homer"
Every one"
Men are u ty~rants-and I've always
been used to having my own way"
You shall have your own way still"
You will never tell me / must or
mustn't do an%ything?"
Never"
Always let me do just as l please7"
Absolutely"
Then l shall ave to say no, Harold
the maiden said. tearfully. Il never could
trust myself with such a husband as that, q
Chicago Tribune
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

Alfred Henry Lewis contributes to the
Saturday Evening Post some "reminiscences
of members OF the cabinet during President
C~leveIand's second term. A few are told
of the late ]. Sterling Morton, the first
Nebraska democrat to be honored with a
seat at the presidents council table. Mr..
Lewis writes;
THE stubborn Morton of the Department
Of Agriculture was by training a newspaper
man. Long ago, in Wilbur Story's day, and
when the Chicago Times was a power and
the government used to arrest its publisher
for treason, Morton wrote editorials for
that imprint. Perchance II was thus he
cultivated thai profound taste for combat.
Morton had the true Wilbur Story notion of
how a paper should be conducted. Said
the iI-used Sir Peter Teazle: "sir oliver.
we live in a damned wicked world. and the
fewer we praise the better" That was the
Wilbur Story thought; that, too, was Nor
tons.
Long ago the latter set forth the cardi-
nails OF proper newspaper control, as he
understood them. in an after-dinner speech.
He was called upon to respond to the toast,
| The Friend OF the Newspaper a senti-
ment supposed at that time to conceal
within itself a compliment for the guest OF
honor at the dinner, and who may be sup
posed TO have been a gentleman having
charge of the public advertising for the
city Of Chicago. Morton went TO his point
with a clear d~irectness.
81 am called on said he. to speak 10
the toast. The Friend of the Newspaper"
What Is the friend of a newspaper The
friend OF a newspaper is a man who wants
you to leave out something you ought to
put in, or to put in something you ought
10 leave out. Friendship to a newspaper is
a disaster 70 a newspaper; Friendship gets
between the newspapers feet. trips IL, and
over Il goes on it's nose. To succeed with
a newspaper Il Is only required that you
interest folk; you do that even more thor
oughly when you kick a man into the gut
ter h when you help him out. My OWL
thought is that. for the best interests OF
his paper. your wise publisher will list his
enemies as an asset and his friends as a
liability
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24
mm - 49, ~-As-x.% ReNnMOns of the Tree
INAOTLO11 Hi IAAS OdOAAASL Planter While in Washington

nonsense. They hated frills and h~ounces.
and had scant patience with the mysterious
high assumptions OF ONCE as though a
were to be presently Matched. They
came from peoples and regions where men
eat dinner at noon; where diplomacy is
direct and proceeds by that axiom, "A
straight line is the shortest distance be-
tween two points" And they were i'm
patient OF pretense. Speaking OF the State
and it's demands. Gresham on
one occasion remarked:
Men are dazzled by the size of a stake.
They think because billions are at bay in a
controversy the principle involved must be
as abstruse as a secret OF the tides. AS a
matter Of fact. every country justice of the
peace grapples continually with questions
quite as difficult as any one will meet in
the Department of State. The dispute over
our Alaskan boundary involves nothing
more desperate than a common case OF
trespass would present, while our wrangie
concerning the Canadians killing seals does
not propose so many nor such tangled law
riddles as might be nung at one in any re-
plevin suit for a pig"
Morton added to this attitude Of common
place which distinguished Gresham a bent
to be ironical- He looked on his depart
ment as a humbug practiced upon the peo-
ple-it was root and trunk and branch an
imposition.
Ever been In that little house east Of the
main building2" he would ask. That's my
bug house; you ought to go in that house
I've got a so. 900 bug hived up in tnat house
Communicating bug at that; you'd hardly
think he was worth the money. You see.
he's a new sort OF bug. My scientists heard
Of him. and at once organized an expedi-
ton. He was said to be hiding in the
Rocky mountains. II was last summer.
when my predecessor. Jerry Rusk. held this
post My scientists burst into the Rockies
and took the trail OF this bug. They pressed
him hotly; they chased him to a point
northward OF the Yukon river. In Alaska.
Then he doubled on them; he was running
into the winter, and so were my scientists
Naturally they headed for the south. for
neither the bug nor my scientists are such
fools as one might think. The hunt swept
along until the bug again eluded my sclen-
tists somewhere In the more tangled cen
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

Both Gresham and Morton were gifted
with a mighty deal Of what folk call COM
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

trail regions OF the Isthmus of Panama. My
scientists were in despair. They were to
succeed at last, however; a scientist always
succeeds. Just as they were packing up to
come home they got word that their bug
had been heard Of in the District Of Column
bia. You see he had surrendered; finding
escape impossible, that bug had come on to
Washington OF his own accord, and sent in
word that he was ready to take the oath OF
allegiance or anything else we might pre-
scribe. On the heels of the news my scien-
lists came trooping into camp and captured
the bug somewhere out toward the Soldiers
home. Thu Expenses OF that bug hunt were
over $4,000. But we got the bug; so what
more could a taxpayer ask ?'
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

Morton was ferocious with his 'scien-
lists" as he called them. The chief of the
weather bureau came in one afternOon-He
laid a typewriter report OF $500 words on
Morton's desk.
mr.. Secretary, / can tell you in a few
words what hat Is" said the weather
maker briskly. Morton looked coldly on
him. "The man at our observatory at
Baker City, Ore, has not reported the
weather for four days 1 set forth the
fact in this report. Also. / make the rec
ommendation that our Mr.. Smith, at San
Francisco, be instructed to proceed to
Baker City at an expense not to exceed
$500, investigate the silence of our Baker
City man. and report"
Yes" drawled Morton with an inehable
contempt dominant in his tones. well,
Wen send our Mr.. Smith. at San Francisco,
at an expense not to exceed $500. when ordi-
AIRY means ave failed What's this Baker
City fellows manner
John Drake The weather maker was
much erestfallen.
Morton wrote the following wire to John
Drake, Baker City. Oregon: Why have not
you reported the weather during the past
four days?' Within the half hour he re-
ceived this return message: Because the
wires were down in the mountains. Fixed
this morning"
'"rherev' said Morton. "Of course that's
not the scientific way to do this. II costs
Is cents instead Of $500, for one thing; be.
sides, IL saves time. which is as unscine.
tihe as saving money"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24
''VaeauOn."

Now doth the woman who pursues
The idlers avocation
Begin 10 wonder where on earth
She'll go for her vacation"
Baltimore American.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

bouched into the northern end Of Lookout
valley. All passes in the mountain were
abandoned. for the union line was behind
Chattanooga creek and Lookou valley.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-16
Police Points

John Kennedy. of this city. who
was engaged in doing a plumbing job
at the plant of the Standard Table
Oilcloth company in the west end of
the city, was arrested last evening on
complaint of City Plumbing Inspector
Nerbury for working without a GER
tificate from the examiners and at a
hearing before Magistrate Johnson
he was fined $40 and costs.
\ watch which it appears was stolen
from the Commercial house few
weeks ago was yesterday located by
the proprietor. j. p. Sexton. at the
pawn shop of J. NJ. SiegeI, on Twen-
tieth street, and Constable Goldberg
secured its return to the owner on Il
writ of replevin issued out of Justice
McFarlane's court. The pawnbroller
bought the watch from stranger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-16
PERSONAL POINTS

II. W. Ward is in Brooklyn, Iowa,
on business.
Sheriff W. G. neider has gone to
New York City on business.
Harry GuthOrmsen leaves tomorrow
morning 10 attend school at Dixon.
\. NJ. Cox, manager of the Illinois
theatre. has returned from St. Louis.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. +. Robinson. who
have been touring the west, are in the
city for visit.
Miss Carrie VI. Taylor, of Elgin, H.,
is visiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Ramsllill.
w. S. McClevey. manager of the
American Press association. Chicago.
was in the city today.
Miss Myrtle +. Dade returned last
evening from Peoria. where she at
tended the meeting of the Royal
Neighbor officials.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-16
HIS PECULIAR CASE
Arthur Withrow, Taken With Hic-
coughs Three Months Ago,
at Point of Death.
COMPLICATIONS HAVE DEVELOPED
Rendered Unconscious in Attempt
ing to Rise Last Even
ing.

Arthur Withrow, the well-known
conductor on the Fourth avenue
street car line, is lying at the point
of death at his home, 3014 Fifth ave-
nue.. He was taken i'll nearly three
months ago and in most unusual
manner.
While apparently well and able to
attend to his duties he became af1iict-
ed with hiccoughs and in short time
he was compelled to take to his bed.
For days the physicians attending
him were unable to cope with the all
menr, but at length the hiccoughs
were gotten under control. About
this time an abscess of the liver de
veloped and this was also apparently
about cured Il couple of weeks ago.
Internal Troubles.
Lately the patient has been feeling
quite well, but last evening he at
tempted to rise and was at once rem
dered unconscious, supposedly as the
result of some internal arrangement
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-16
Announcement-HoteI Harms.

Commencing Tuesday, Jan. 6, Hotel
Harms will serve 50-cent table
d'hote dinner from II to 2:30.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-16
Catarrh Cannot be Cured

with local applications, as they can
not reach the seat of the disease. Ca
tarrh is blood or constitutional dis
ease, and in order to cure it you must
take internal remedies. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood ard mucous
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not
a quack medicine. 1t was prescribed
by one of the best physicians in this
country for years, and is a regular
prescription. 1T is composed of the
best tonics known, combined with the
best blood purifiers, acting directly
on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination of the two ingredients
is what produces such wonderful re
suits in curing catarrh- Send for tes-
timonials, free.
f. j. CHENEY & CO.,
Proprietors,T Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists; price rs cents.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-16
HEAT WITHOUT COAL:
SUPPLIED BY SUNS POWER

Springfield News: The scenes of
suffering witnessed during the coal
famine of this winter should stimu-
late inventors to solve the problem of
heating cities without coal. y gen
tleman who has been making some
observations on the coal supply of IL
linois said that he did not expect the
price of coal to the consumer to be
less than. it is now, but rather more.
lie declares that vast as the deposits
of coal seem to be i'm this vicinity
they are being worked out to a de
gree that will soon increase the diff
Guilty and cost of mining to an extent
that will put the price up much high
er than il is at present. In a CONVEX
sation on this subject between this
gentleman and Il stranger at the Lee
land hotel, the latter said: 1T is not
too much to hope that some system
of heating by the simple use of the
suns energy will be discovered before
long that will be much cheaper, more
effective, more clearly and altogether
more durable than the use of coal. |
don't know how it is going to be done.
but / think we will live to see it that
all public and private buildings will
be heated in this way. and it may be
that cities will be able to collect and
distribute heat just as they do water
for a nominal charge. 1t would be
grand thing to have il so. for much
suffering among the poor could be re-
lieved. | have no doubt that even
streets could be so heated as to pre-
vent the accumulation of ice and
snow upon them. and that in many
public places warm quarters could be
provided for those who have no
homes.
Leaving out of the question the
possibility of the coal supply running
short the question of transported
is becoming Il serious one through the
tremendous increase of traffic of all
kinds over our railroads. due to the
growth of population. The invention
of some such method of adapting and
using the suns heat as / have mem
toned would make it possible to OBJ
tain the desired results at practically
the same cost in all localities. regard
less of the local conditions as to fuel
supply.
II hope to see the inventive facul-
upon those things which viii result
in making it impossible for some men
to traffic in the necessities of others,
and will make it possible for all the
people, rich and poor, to enjoy food.
water, warmth and comfort practi-
cally free of cost. 1t is horrible to
think that helpless women and chill.
dren are freezing to death for want
of little coal and that men are en-
abled to control the miserable dole of
fuel that they need to keep life in
their bodies and to charge prohibi-
tive prices for it. believe one of the
problems that the twentieth century
is to solve is that of bringing the ne
cessities of life. warmth, food and
shelter within the reach of everybody.
No. 1 am not socialist, only so far as
that goes. | believe after we have
done that much we can find some way
of making the miserable loafers and
tramps who want to monopolize the
good things of earth earn their board
and lodging and fire
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-16
FARMERS SCHOOL
Successful Institute Brought to
Close Yesterday at
Edgington.
INTERESTING PAPERS ARE READ
Addresses by Prominent Agricul-
tural Men-Oficers
for Year.

The Rock. Island County Farmers,
institute closed at Edgington yester-
day one of the most successful SEES
sions ever held in the county. The
meeting began Wednesday morning
and ended at noon yesterday. The at
tendance was unusually large, includ-
ing a number of prominent farmers
from Mercer county.
Wednesdays program opened with
prayer by Rev. T. II. johnson, of Edg-
ington. DIR. \. y. Miller then welcom-
ed the visitors and the response was
made by President w. II. Ashdown.
of Port Byron. The subject for the
morning discussion was "Up-to-date
Farming-What 1t VIII Do fer the
Farmer" by L. y. Cobb. of Mon
mouth. director of the institutes for
this congressional district.
Papers on stock Raising.
In the afternoon stock raising was
the topic for consideration, and good
papers were read by s. l.. WOODBURY.,
of Port Byron. and Willard Parmen-
ter. of Edgington, on Hogs" by c.
y. Bopes. of Hamlet. on Cattle" and
by w. III. Wenks, of Edgington, on
Horses
How to Keep Children on the
Farm" was the subject of an address
in the evening by f. y. Cobb and In
struction in Agriculture in the Rural
Schools" was treated by Prof. Frank
Hall. of Aurora, eX-superintendent of
the state institute for the blind.
There was music and Il recitation by
Mrs. \. j. Miller.
Officers Elected.
The closing session yesterday morn
ing was devoted to the business of the
institute and to a most interesting
and instructive discussion of Corn
Culture" by DIR. c. G.. Hopkins, of the
State Agricultural college. at Urbana.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
President-Frank y. Wood, Edging-
ton.
Vice President-W. H. II. Dow.
Hampton.
Secretary. Saddoris, Port BY
ron.
Executive Ccmmittee-H. b. Car
pcnter. s. j. Ferguson, w. II. Ash
down.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-16
The crowned heads of every nation.

The crowned heads of every nation,
The rich men, poor men and misers
All join in paying tribute to
DeWitt's Little Early Risers.
II. Williams, San Antonio, Texas,
writes: Little Early Risers are the
best L ever used in my family. 1 I'M
hesitatingly recommend them to ev-
erybody. They cure constipation,
biliousness. sick headache, torpid liv-
er, jaundice. malaria, and al other
liver troubles
Harper House pharmacy; A. j..
Reiss drug store, corner Seventh ave
nue. and Twenty-seYenth street.