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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-14
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Abba


Abba, May 13.-Rev. and. Mrs. Il. s.
Albert are visiting with their son and
his family in Moravia this week.
Max Loeb of Abba and Simon Open
heimer of Charlton went via Webster
City to st. Paul and Minneapolis En-
route they picked up Joe Oppenheimer
who accompanied them
Earl Holsclow, the son of Dr. Hols-
Glow of Lovilia. visited with his uncle
of this place, and left yesterday morn
ing for a visit with relatives in
Omaha.
Dr. and Mrs. c. B. Powell, arrived
yesterday from trip to st. Louis and
New Orleans.
The Des Hartz club met last night
at the home of Miss Helen Dinsmore
Mrs. Caroline Drake has been quite
Ill this week with quinsy
Little Eva Ruth, the infant daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lon Elliott died yester-
day at their residence on East Wash
ington street. The funeral services
We're held at 2 O'Clock yesterday.
C. ]. Spencer of Lovilia was in town
this morning between trains on his
way home from Ottumwa
Pearl Hobson was an Ottumwa visi-
tor yesterday.
B. b. McClain OF Lancaster, Nc. was
transacting business in town yester-
day
E. j. Mcpherson of Oakland was an
Abba visitor yesterday.
r. b. Wells of Mason City is tran
sacting business in town this morning,
j. Norris of Davenport was an Abba
visitor yesterday.
j. A. Woods and j. f. Fitzgerald of
Loyilia were transacting business in
town yesterday.
NJ. C. Bennett of Des Moines was in
town on business yesterday.
w. l.. Gille of Quincy, H., was tran
sacting business in town yesterday.
w A. Burhams of Burlington is tran
sacting business in town this morning.
o. G. Carter of Cedar Rapids is in
town on business this morning
George j. Britenstein of Keokuk was
transacting business in town yester-
day.
A. ]. st. Clair of Oskalcoca is visit
ing relatives and friends in town.
A. a. Clark of Des Moines, ]. is
transacting business in town this
morning.
Fred H. Taylor of Charlton, is in
town on business this morning.
James Rowson of Iowa City, who has
the contract for The court house is
looking after his interest in town this
morning.
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Dunreath.

Dunreath, May 1l.r-Lee Dolton was
a visitor in Otley Sunday.
DR.. Aplin was called to Red Rock
Tuesday on account OF sickness.
Will Hughes of Percy was here last
Monday.
Clara and Grace Love visited at
their home Sunday at this place.
Miss Maud Verisee is now stopping
at the Little residence for short time.
MI, and Mrs. Henry Roush visited
in Percy Sunday and Monday.
Miss Nellie Rogers went home to
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CLEVELAND A RECEPTIVE
CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT
.] Refuses toAnswer Question While on Fish.
y ing Trip--Member Of Party Intimates
He Would Accept As Duty.

n y = II s. "a y
Mddebass, Cleveland twice president,
may be said to be
ton in 1904 Cleveland today by
land correspondents:
"ShaI candidate Of the
~ cannot that question.
III the nomination
II tmee
be inviting The
Charles Foster of
States Harrison Cleveland party and
when asked if he thought a said:
'Though I'm authorized
the nomination. would
the confidence of the people
None of the party which here on
fishing expedition would consent to
Foster The
Monday island dinner ceve
= land is the life of the party
= y y Il y Il * Il 4 .
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fortune to break her ankle while get.
ting out of buggy Monday. She ar.
rived home last night, and at latest re-
ports is getting along nicely.
Miss Ethel Conrad was an Ottumwa
visitor TODAY.
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BLOW SAFE
Bandits Fail to Get Booty From
Box at Fremont.


oFTH
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BidWeli.

BidWeli.
Bidwell, May 13.-Curtis Chisman was
Chillcothe visitor last week.
Mr.. and Mrs JAS Johnston. in company
with Miss Navy Small, were Sunday guests
at the Peter Burgeson home near Blakes-
burg.
Miss Artie Johnston, of Chillicothe, Wis
tied relatives here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. LATE Gosney and Mrs.
Scott Johnston attended the intcrment of
the late Mrs. Mary Derby in the Smith
cemetery near Munterville Monday.
Mrs. Mary Chsman and daughter, JOY,
of South Ottumwa, are visiting at c. X.
Chismans.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Grooms, of Chilli
cothe, visited relatives in this vicinity
Sunday.
Elmer Rose and family, of Pleasant Home
We're Sunday visitors at the Henry Oswald
residence.
Miss Cora Dewey, of Ottumwa, visited
Saturday and Sunday with Bidwell friends.
William Gentzer and family, of Hite-
man, are sojourning with relatives at this
place.
G. F. Pratt, foreman of the concrete
gang, was off duty few days last week
on account of illness.
Miss Maggie Glentzer, who has been in
poor health for over a year, is reported
worse.
Arthur Doty and his mother. accompa,
MED by Miss Erma Oswald. of Blakesburg,
were over Sunday visitors at the j. T..
Beagle home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer Chisman, of Bear
Creek, visited friends here Sunday.
Selmon Lewis is having his residence
remodeled Harve and Ben Grooms are
the workmen.
Mrs. IIottie Potter is improving the APP
pearance of her modern new cottage with
u coat of paint.
Emmett Shields, of Pleasant Home, was
a guest at the Lottie Williams home re-
Gently.
| Delmer Garfield of Willard, was calling
on Bidwell friends Sunday.
Miss Minnie Johnson visited Pleasant
Home friends Saturday and Sunday.
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GERMAN FARMERS IN IOWA.
Tourists on Inspection Trip Visit As.
ricultural COLLEGE, at Anes.

Ames, May 1S,-Fifty titled German
farmers touring the United States to
investigate agricultural conditions,
spent the afternoon yesterday at the
Iowa State college here. Last even
in gthe guests were entertained at
banquet.
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Bonaparte.


Bonaparte, May 13.-Charles Barber,
an aged resident of this city, died Mon
day.
j. T. B. Cresap of Eldon spent Sun
day in this city with relatives.
At meeting of the school board
last Tuesday the following corps of
teachers was elected for the ensuing
year: Principal, J. E. Moore; assist
ant, Miss Capitola- Blackmer; gram
mar department, R. M. Story; inter-
mediate. Rosa NJ. Schmidt; second pri.
mary, Roso Kisling; primary, Gtta
Fitzgerald.
A large crowd of Bentonsport people
were shoppers in the city Saturday.
Mrs. Amanda Dings of Ottumwa is
in city, called here by the serious i'll
ness of her brother, G. P. Lineaweaver.
Chauncey Booth and wife of Farm
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BIakesburq.

Blakesburg, May 13-Rev. Roe and
wife went to Beacon on Tuesday to
attend the funeral of an uncle, Simon
Phillips.
Dr. Terrence left Tuesday for Hot
Springs, Ark
The tile men are now at work on the
streets. Mr. Brown of Illinois, has the
contract.
The work in the home nursery is
progressing nicely. Sixteen hands are
now in the employ of the company,
and the pay roll is over 500 week
now.
Miss Lille Thode is at home from
Chicago for weeks visit.
The Epworth League of the M. b.
church elected new officers last
Sunday as follows: Ada Burgason,
president; Pauline Woodford, first vice
president; Anna Cunningham, second
vice president: Fife Reading, third
vice president: Emma Fritz. fourth
vice president; Howard Woodford. sec
Rotary; Ruby Oswald, assistant secre-
tary; John Oswald, treasurer; Anna
Cunningham, organist.
Roadmaster Jones is making good
improvements on the public highways.
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Mark.

Mark, May 13.-J. l.. Brake, born
November Is, 1929. died, May 10, 1903.
He was born in Ross county, Ohio, and
was married to Annie B. Christian in
1866. To this union were born four
children, two sons and two daughters.
all of whom survive him. He hau
lived in Davis county for thirty EIGHT
years. The funeral services took place
in the Mark church, after which the
remains were laid to rest in the Hop
kins cemetery.
The young people had singing here
Sunday night, conducted by Will Spur
geon.
Tyre Dabney was business caller
in Bloomfield Saturday.
Mrs. UT was elected hello girl for
the Mark Telephone company.
Miss Meade Clerton Of Moulton, who
has been visiting at the D. I. Edwards
home, returned Saturday.
Fred McMains ind Miss May Ed
wards were in Moulton Saturday.
The North Union Telephone COM
pany held meeting in the M. w. A.
hall Saturday evening to hire man
to put in the wires.
Frank Rominger, the marshal of
Bloomfield, passed through here Fri
day.
Abner and Albert Thorp were Moul-
ton callers Saturday.
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DahIonesa.

Dahlonega, May 14.-Sheriff Cremer
was in the city Saturday of last week
on official business.
Will Amsbaugh had a valuable
horse fall and break It's neck while
working in the field last week.
Most all the farmers are busy plant
ing corn this week.
Monroe Handy and family of High
land Center visited recently at the
home of their daughter, Mrs. John
Lowenberg.
Several from this place have been
attending the tent meetings in Ottum.
wa the past week
The Dahlonega Sunday school will
give an ice cream social Saturday, May
16. Everybody is welcome.
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Bloomfield.

Bloomfield, May IA lecture was
given at the Methodist Episcopal
church Tuesday evening by DR.. Frank
Loveland of Vinton. under the auspices
of the Epworth league on the subject
"Follies of Fogyism" The speaker was
greeted by fair sized audience only,
but those who heard the lecture speak
very highly of 1T. and consider it one
of the best lectures delivered here for
some time. DIR. Loyeland Interested
and entertained. the audience in a
splendid manner from the beginning to
the close, and those who failed to hear
him missed a rare treat.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Baldwin and chill,
dren of Correctionville, who have been
visiting to- some time at the home Of
Mrs. ]. J. Miller, of Pulaski, visited
Mrs. Baldwin's uncle, County Treasur-
er U. S. Miller here the first of the
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Knoxville to see her brother married,
and returned the following Sunday
evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Hawkins of Des Moines
spent Sunday at this place.
Charley BOLTON went to Des Moines
Saturday where he will remain this
summer.
Harry Carpenter spent a few days of
last week at his home in Des Moines.
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Soap Creek.

Soap Creek, May 13.-Wash Haw-
kins and family called on Mrs. Haw-
kins' mother.
Norah Schubert was Belknap call
er Sunday.
Nora Sample of South Ottumwa
came home Sunday morning for Wis
1t with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Sample, for a few weeks
Frank Crest of West Grove visit
ed at the parental home Sunday.
Matte and Verlin Carson were Bel
KNAPP callers Sunday.
Will Morgan and R. T. Sample were
in Bloomfield last Saturday on bust
ness.
Will Morgan is now visiting in
South Ottumwa with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. d. Morgan.
Jacob Snow called on Mrs. Mary
Crist on Sunday afternoon.
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Hiternan.


Hiteman, May 1S.-Born, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Dinsmore, Tuesday May
5, daughter.
Mrs. E. Jefferys went to Beacon,
Thursday to attend the funeral of Mr..
Garland, who died at Clarinda.
Misses Nellie M. Miller and Frances
E. Gregg, two of the school teachers
elected for the next term have re-
signed Miss Miller will teach in FL
don and Miss Gregg has quit teach
ing.
Miss Nora Burns accompanied by
Halle Warrne, Charlie and Ralph Hull
of Chillicothe, visited over Sunday with
relatives here.
Frank Barker was taken to the OF
tumwa hospital for treatment Sunday
evening.
S. A. Cory was a business caller in
Ottumwa Thursday.
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Amador,


Amador, May 14.-Mrs. Baker re
turned recently from Kansas City
where she has been at the bedside OF
her mother, Mrs. Wellman.
Mrs. Shields called to see Mrs. Jas
Smith Friday.
Mamie Wellman called on Mrs
Mcfarland Friday.
Mrs. John Mcfarland spent Monday
evening at James Smiths.
E. Myers and wife and daughter
Laura and Mrs. Emily Myers were
guests at the George Myers home Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. d. Williams and
Rev. d. w. Hastings were guests al
F. L. Bakers Sunday.
Mrs. Annie Sponsler and daughter
Nettie spent Sunday afternoon at Mer
rit Sponsler's.
W. l.. Carey lost valuable COW re
Gently.
A severe hail storm visited this com
munity Saturday evening, doing con
siderable damage to fruit and gardens
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Martinsburq.


Martinsburg, May 1S.-Dr M. F.
Mooroe reports case of measles al
the home of William Messerschmidt
northwest of town.
The family of S. Pollock spent Sun
day with the family of z. Morrow al
Nugent.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. Glass were visit
ing at Lancaster, Sunday.
The selection of teachers for the en-
suing year for the Martinsburg schools
time the day is ahte same and itaohrd
are:
Primary-Mrs. e. L.. Walton.
Intermediate-Miss Emma Love.
Principal-Prof. Yerger of Bladens
burg.
Miss Nettie Alexander who is stay.
ing at Fremont visited over Sunday
with her mother.
F. Love who is running barber
shop at Hedrick, was visiting relatives
here Monday.
Miss M. Bryant of Fremont is visit
ing relatives here this week.
Dug Jacobs of Haysville was trad
ing in this town Monday.
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The ChreStOmdthednS.

The "winter Public" was given
Wednesday evening by members of
the High school. The program was
carried out as published, with two
exceptions. A piano daet was given
by Misses Clara West and Lucille FL
liott, and piano solo by Miss Char
lotta HerskovitZ.
Miss Kerr's selections were played
beautifully; her technique is fine
and her Interpretation good. 1t is
always a pleasure to listen to her
music.
Paul Harner brought tears to the
eyes of his hearers, which was the
truest compliment to his rendition OF
"a Settlers Story"
Mr.. Lewis Kalb was almost as good
as Ingersoll himself, as he gave that
orators speech, placing in nomina-
tion the name of James G. Blaine.
The farce" was better than many
by professionals, and the recitations
were all worthy of special mention.
The chorus by the young gentlemen
was splendid, nearly every singer
having a good voice.
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SOlilOquy.

Now lay me down TO sleep
Don't want TO sleep; want to think.
1 didn't mean to spill that ink;
only meant TO softly creep
Under the desk an be a bear
T amt bout the spanking that l care.
p she d only let me 'splain an tell
lust how it was an accident.
An that never truly meant.
An never saw it till it fell
1 feel \ whole lot worse n her.
I'm sorry. an said I uere.
Is'pose II d just cried n lot
An ehoked all up like sister does
An, acted sadder than l wuz-
An sobbsd about the naughty spot.
She ID said He sha'n't be whipped. he
sha'n.t,'
An kissed me-but, somehow, can't.
But don't think It's fair = bit
That when she talks an talks At you,
An, you W ait patie Mt till she's through
An start TO tell your side Of it.
She SAYS Now that II do. my son;
Eve heard enough" fore you've begun
FL should die before l wake
Maybe amt got any soul;
Maybe there's only just a hole
Where I ought to be-there'S such an ache
Dozn there somewhere, She seemed to think
That Just loved to spill that ink.
The Century
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Real Estate changes Hands.

John Fl Farmer and wife to Mar,
E. Boggs, 10 acers in Pleasant town
ship, $500.
Robert Cotton ct al. to John III
Farmer, lots 1870, 1911, 1872 and 157;
in Garfield Place addition to Bellefon
tame, $500,
John Kelly ct al. to Jonas ID. Yoder
part of lot In West Liberty, $3.50.
George Mays to s. A. d. Moore, lot
1882 in Sunnyside addition to Belle
fontaine, 1925.
Jeanette A. Kennedy to LizzieGregg
lot 1915 in Iron City addition to Belle.
fontaine, sos.
Martha and Whitman to Charles
L. Stuart, lot 9s in West Liberty,
$500.
0Christiana Means to David Martin,
small part of lot in Degraff, s25.
Elizabeth and William L. Austin to
Carl Rice, 24-l0 acres in Zane town
ship, $3.50.
James d. Gamble and wife to Seth
L. Lewis ct al. l9-l00 acres in West
Mansfield, 81, 800.
William II. Hamilton and wife to
Charrick L. Shearer, lot sos in Belle
fontaine, sl,500.
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HONEST LAWYER
Says His Client Should Go to the
Penitentidry.

Edith Peacock, wife of William
Peacock, has brought divorce suit
against her husband, charging him
with non-support, cruelty, etc. She
says he has compelled her to move
eight times in Is months; that he
kidnapped their child and will not dis
close its whereabouts She petitions
for restoration of her maiden name.
the custody of her child and reason
able alimony.
Wednesday William Peacock was
before Mayor Haviland, and at the
close of the testimony, NJ. r. Brown,
the lawyer for Peacock, remarked
that If half of what the witnesses
said was true the prisoner should go
to the penitentiary. Mayor Havi-
land bound the prisoner over to the
grand jury. and, being unable to give
bond, he was remanded to jail
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Marriage Licenses.

December
10. Robert Hull, Huntsville, Carrie
Crissup, Huntsville.
10. Charles Layman, Bellefon-
taine, Della Hathaway, Bellefon-
taine.
% Charles F. benson, Bellefon-
taine, Ottie May Arbegast, Jerusa-
lem.
q. Jasper Altman, West Liberty,
Bessie o. Stanley, West Liberty.
%. Andrew ID. Losey, Union Coun-
ty, Mabel Little, Middleburg.
2s. James G. Marshall farmer,
Middleburg. and Mrs. Jennie Pash-
Marquis, Middleburg.
%. Earl Miller, farmer, Degraf,
and Nellie Pearl Wolhnger. Bellefon-
taine.
%. Leroy Sutton, Xenia, and
Florence Kiser, Bellefontaine.
%. Wesley Peterson, mechanic,
Beliefontaine, and Minnie Carter,
Bellefontaine.
"a. Samuel r. Shultz, railroader,
Lima, and Rosa May Reed, Lakeview.
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Trinity ChnrCh Services.

At the Christmas night services at
Trinity church the following music
will be rendered:
Pro. 60-"Angel From the Realm of
Glory"
Psalms 90, ll0, l32.
Gloria in Excelsis.
Cantate Domino.
Muc Demittis.
Anthem-''The Heavens Declare the
Glory Of God
Hymn 59-'It came Upon a Midnight
Clear"
Offertory-"Christm Song"
Hymn $50, Little Town of Beth
lehem."
Recessional 404-'I Heard the Sound
of Voices" -
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Just Like a Man.

A gentleman went into the stores
of this city, Wednesday, and three
of the lady clerks broke into a laugh,
and said "we were just talking about
you" And then they said he was one
of the men who always waited un-
til the last day to buy the Christmas
gift for his wife. But instead of tel
ling him he had to buy the leavings,
they fixed it up like this: ''She is
sure to get the handsomest thing we
have, that costs so much we couldn't
sell it to anyone else Weren'tthe
smart?
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At the Innrmdry.

The Infirmary Directors met at the
Logan county home. Thursday, and
enjoyed one of Mrs. Blacks good
dinners. Perhaps 1t will be their
last, If the law Is changed and the
work of the Directors given TO the
Commissioners, the Commissioners
will be the ones to enjoy the dinner.
Today. Friday, the inmates will
have a turkey dinner and Christmas
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-25
OHIO HISTORY
In Short Paragraphs. Inter.
eSting and Instructive.
ChillIcothe News.

) General Grant was born in Cler.
mont county.
Ohio has held three constitutional
conventions.
Three thousand Revolutionary sol
diers are buried in Ohio.
Adam Betz was the doorkeeper OF
the first convention and was paid
81. so per day.
The first constitution of Ohio was
adopted in Chillicothe, November
Goth, 1902.
There were thirteen of the fighting
McCrooks commissioned officers in
the war between the States.
The first Supreme Court judges
were Samuel Huntington, Return
Jonathan Meigs and Willis Spriggs.
The first church in the Western Re-
serve was organized at Austinburg,
Ashtabula county, in 1901.
The Northwest territory (of Ohio
and the territory of Indiana, Mag J,
1900.
May 20, 1912, Congress passed an
act ordering a re-survey to designate
the Western and northern boundar-
les of Ohio.
The capital of the state was moved
to Columbus in 1916, the proprietors
of the town having agreed to erect
necessary buildings"
Washington, Hamilton, Adams and
jefferson were the first counties
formed, these while Ohio was still the
Northwest territory.
The act of Congress directing the
creation of the State of Ohio was
passed in 1902, and a supplementary
act was passed March 8, 1908.
Simon Kenton gave us the 30. K. =
so generally used in this country.
1t comes from a statement written
| by him in which he announced that
''The People is OIL Korrect."
Rev. John Rankin. who came from
Tennessee, was the first person in
Ohio to go into the underground rail-
road work, by which many slaves
were conveyed to Canada and away
from danger.
The Legislative Council of 1892 was
held in Cincinnati, with Winthrop
Sargent acting as Governor. The
session of 1895 was held in Cincin-
natl.
An act of Congress was passed Febs
ruary 10, 1908, recognizing the state
of Ohio as a member of the union.
It provided for the due execution of
TIE laws of the United States within
the State of Ohio.
The site of Toledo was not Ohio
territory until 1905, when a treaty
was made by which the Indians ceded
for the use of the Connecticut Re-
serve all, of that part of the Western
Reserve west of the Cuyahoga.
When the constitutional conven-
tion was held the counties of Cuya-
hoga, Franklin, Lucas, Montgomery,
Stark, Muskingum and Mahoning
were not created, and yet today they
contain the largest cities of the state
excepting Hamilton.
The grandmother of Edwin NJ
Stanton the great war secretary,
drove to Ohio from North Carolina
in 1929, in a four-horse wagon and
settled at Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson
county. Her name was Abigail and
no woman ever lived in Ohio with
more force of character. 1t wa;
from her that the grandson obtained
his powers. They were ouakers, al
Though Stanton was a member OF
the Methodist church.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-25

a butter exhibit in the shape of
two cows, to show the relative value
of Jersey and "scrub" cattle, will be
shown by Indiana at the Wor- DIS
Fair. The COWS, sculptered in but
ter, will be kept in a cold storage
glass case. One COW will repre- sent a
full-blooded Jersey and the one a
''scrub." The Jersey will be exactly
four times the size of the scrub, -
showing the proportion of butter that
is produced by the Jersey over the
scrub
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-25

The Zanesfeld Presbyterian Sun
day School will hold their Christmas
exercises in the Town hall, Friday
night, December 25th. After the
program the members of the
school will be treated to fine supper
Oysters viii be served at 20 cents pei
dish to all who desire them.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-25

DIR. George A. Hubbell, son of Mrs.
Emily Hubbell, of South Main street,
has received a call to the Vice Pres
idency of Berea college, Kentucky.
Mr. Hubbell was born in Logan coun-
ty, and has been for some time con-
nected with the Hall High school of
Brooklyn, n. Y, and has the degree
of Doctor of Philos ophy in Peda-
gogies from Columbia University.