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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-31
RUPTURE
Gu R E D |!

Thousands of people are afflicted
with Rupture. Many children are al
lowed to wear truss in hopes that
they will be cured by such means
There are but few cases cured by
wearing truss So you are wasting
time by allowing your child to &C
through life ruptured. A young man
or lady who is ruptured is handicap
ped for life. cure such cases easily
and readily. l have not failed to cure
a single case among children or young
people.
have cured Mr.. B. F. Harmon OF
Bladensburg, who is 76 years old, who
tried all kinds of cures and trusses
cured Mr.. G. G. Bartlett of Ash Grove
who was ruptured from infancy csc
years.. Mr.. John Yeomans of Free
mont, who was ruptured all his life
have lately cured nephew of Mr.
B. F. Harmon and his brother-in-law
who is rs years old.
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RUSSELL.

Russell, Dec 29.-Harriett DeLaus
arrived home Friday night to spend
her holiday vacation.
Miss Harriet Curtis, of Milwaukee
Wis. and brother John, of Des Moines
are visiting at the home Of their par
ents, VIM. Curtis and wife during the
holidays
Mrs. Florence Childs and daughter
Winnie are visiting at the home OF
the formers daughter. Mrs. John
Steck.
Elmer Lodge and wife, of Western
Kansas are visiting with relatives and
friends in and around Russell.
Frank Stote of Chicago, and brother
Archibald and wife, OF Kansas City
are spending the week at the home OF
their father Rev. A. Fl. Stote.
DR.. Chas. Wertz, of Des Moines
spent. Xmas day in Russell with
friends.
John Hill, of southwestern Missouri
is visiting his brother E. c., of this
place.
Harley Childs, of Walnut, is visiting
with his sister, Mrs. Fay Steck this
week.
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THE GENIUS OF THE WORKSHOP,

The retirement Of an old mechanic
was marked the other day by a. com
plimentary dinner at the Waldorf-As.
torla and the rendering of a lovina
cup. :
Had this man been statesman. q
rlch banker, or great prince Of com
merce. there would have been nothina
to excite remark in the honors paic
him. p'e
But the world is growing better.
Men are learning to distinguish
sometimes between the highly polished
gliding and the raw true gold.
To this old mechanic is due perhaps
more than to any other man the mar
velous development Of the typewrite,
from an untried experiment to the ne.
cessity 1t has now become in the
worlds work.
Through his genius and labors the
activity and celebrity of all business has
peen UNNECESSARILY quickened. He is
as true a benefactor of the race as IS
known to this generation.
10 the man who furnishes the capi-
tai, builds the factory and directs this
sale OF the product, richly lining his
own pocket, the world has long beer
accustomed to pay reverence.
1t is a good thing, for change, tc
take our hats off to the man who fur
nishes the ideas-whose brains and
Drawn, passing through the crucible
turn to gold.
We have had a surfeit of Captains
OF INDUSTRY" commercial magnates and
kings of finance, who barter and ex-
change the products Of other mems in
t. teliect ,s and toll. It is charming relief
to exalt one of the few men who have
really enriched the world by giving to
1t a new idea.
Customs and public opinion move In
given to the old mechanic at New
York's swell hostelry there is sugges-
ton Of the same spirit that marked the
great feast IN honor of the completion
Of Solomon's temple, when the artists
IN mosaics, the skilled cutters Of stone
the fine workers in wood and precious
metals We're waved aside by this great
king, and the humble. hard handed
blacksmith was given the high seat Of
honor because he had made the tools
which all these men had wrought their
wonders with.-Des Moines Da..
News. -
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REBATES AGAIN.

one OF the arguments that are pre-
sented In support of the plan of gen
eral supervision Of the railways adyo-
Gated by the President in his MESA %
to congress Is the result of recent find
ings of the Interstate Commerce com
mission and the refusal CT one of the
parties affected by the decision to live
up TO the recommendations. The
United States Steel company has sbso-
lutely refused to accept the refusal OF
the railways to divide freight rates
with the terminal railways owned nv
the steel trust.
The Interstate Commerce commits
sion. after long Investigation. arriy-
ed at the conclusion that the railways
nave been subjected to unfair methods
by large companies owing railways
which are nothing more or less thar
yard switches. Instead of allowing
snese terminaf railways what would
De fafr price for switching; the rail-
ways have been compelled to divide
the freight rate received for the en-
tire haul of the car and n this way the
shipping company has been enabled
70 get more than its share of the
freight rate, thus securing a rebate
that placed its competitors without
terminal railways at decided disad-
vantage
Inc Interstate Commerce commits
sion suggested that railways allow
only switching charges to terminal
railways and refuse to divide the
freight rates with them This the
railways decided to do. Then the steel
trust announced that 1t would not ac-
cept the condE 'ons. The RAILWAYS will
be influenced hy the amount of bust
ness the steel trust can throw and
sooner or later they will have to give
In to the robbery busines again.
II the Interstate Com ,rce commits
sion had the power enforce what
now 1t can only reco4 nd. the stee]
trust would be powerless to enforce its
demands from the railways and all
shippers would be Placed on an equal
basls.-From the Davenport Times.
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THE POSTAL SAVINGS BANK.

Congress should give to the people
OF the United States a postal savings
bank In Canada, England and other
countries, which have the postal bank,
there Is no feature of the government
service more popular or which rem
ders a more distinct benefit to the
people. The great need of the times
is to 1nculcate and encourage the habit
Of saving among the masses. The vast
majority of wage earners have no idea
OF regular and systematic savings; a
large majority of them have never
been inside of a savings bank in their
lives, but every one of them is familiar
with the postoffice, know where it is
and that it is part of
the peoples institutions. So
strong is the desire on the part of
some people to have the government
take care of their savings that they
frequently buy money orders, payable
to themselves, and leave the money on
deposit at the postoff1ce for months at
a time without interest, besides hav.
ing paid the regular money order fee,
just because they want to feel that
their savings are in the hands of the
government. There have been times,
within the past few years, when sin
gle individuals in Ottumwa have had
hundreds of dollars on deposit at the
postoffice in this way All this goes
to show that the people want the pos.
tai savings bank and will patronize it
by the thousands If given an oppor-
tunity.
The banking interests of the coun-
try have heretofore opposed legisla.
ton along this line. but we believe
they are coming to realize that this is
a short sighted policy and it seems
to Jus that bankers themselves could
soon be enlisted heartily in behalf of
the Postal Savings Bank. Let the
government arrange to receive at any
postofice in the country deposits of
the people in amounts of from one cent
up to $1,000 dollars. Let the govern
ment pay interest at the rate of 8
per cent annually on all amounts kept
on deposit for period of four months
or over. Let the government loan this
money not to individuals but to banks
under proper safeguards at the rate of
a per cent annually. This would
give to the banks the most desirable
class of deposits in the world and
would Immediately place the money in
general circulation, where it ought to
be. The per cent margin, between
what the government would pay for
the money end what 1T would get for
the money.+would pay all the expense
of the postal bank and return a hand
some profit to the government In addi-
tion. Such a postal savings bank
would not only be a good thing for the
government and for the banks
throughout the entire country, but
would be of inestimable value to the
masses of the people, who do not now
save their money, but who would do
so If they knew that their savings
were absolutely protected from loss by
reason of the government of the
United States standing behind them.
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.lNTER-URBAN RAILROADS PROF
ITABIE

The reports made to the state rail
road commission of the large profits
made by the few inter-urban railroads
now in existence in this state, is mat
ter of immense Importance 1t is
shown that the inter-urban railway be
tween Des Moines and Colfax, last
year, enjoyed a net revenue of nearly
fifty per cent. 1t took in over S137 ,OOO
and spent scarcely half that amount.
This was almost entirely from passen
ger traffic, as the reports to the state
commission show that freight hauling
by the inter-urban railway is in its In
fancy, having as yet, scarcely begun.
There is little question but that the
greatest development in the transpor
tation facilities of this country in the
next decade is to be brought about by
the inter-urban electric railways. The
fact, as shown by the above report
that from the very beginning, they
have proven to be profitable enter
prises in this state, means that capital
will be attracted to them more and
more, and that we may expect to see
a distinct boom in the building of in
ter-urban railways throughout the
state of Iowa in the next few years
The cities and towns which move first
along this line, are going to secure the
greatest benefit. 1t behooves Ottumwa
to be on the qui vive and to extend
every reasonable and proper encour.
agement to enterprises Of this char.
acter. The projected inter-urban rail.
way between Ottumwa and Oskaloosa
via, Fremont and Wright, ought to be
built this next season Such line
would not only do a large local passen.
ger and freight business, but would
give this city direct connection with
the Iowa Central and the Chicago &
northwestern railways. Ottum wa
should be alive to her opportunities In
this direction.
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fine Christmas dinner Sunday. 1t was
a surprise to them and Mr. Byerlee In
tended it to be SO. Many Of the guests
We're from town as well as transient
visitors.
q. f. Finney, of st. Louis, was bus
mess caller in this city yesterday.
Earl Elder, of Monmouth, ILL.,, is Wis
iting relatives and friends in Abba
Earl is Freshman In the U. p college
of that city.
O. II. Thompson, of Des Moines, was
in town on business yesterday.
j. c. Classify. of Russell. was an
Abba visitor yesterday.
T. j. Fitzsimmons, of Tracy, was
transacting business in town this
morning.
Ed Murray, who fell and broke his
leg early Monday morning, is getting
along as well as could be expected.
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BLOOMFIELD.

Bloomfield, Dec. 29.-Invitations are
out in this city for the marriage Of
Miss Alma Rominger. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. U. Rominger, to Rev.
George Edward Monkman, of Chilli
Gothic, "Wednesday afternoon, January
4, at four o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Rominger and
little daughter, Dorothy, formerly of
this city, now of ST. Paul, Mimi, have
returned to spend a few weeks with
relatives and attend the marriage of
Mr.. Rominger's sister Miss Alma.
John Snodgrass, one Of the largest
cattle feeders Of Van Buren, county,
was business visitor at this place
Wednesday.
The Fortnightly whist club met
Tuesday evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. F. G. Traverse with whom a
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NEIeHRoRHooD NEWS.
BoNAPARrE.

Bonaparte, Dec. 20. The worst
storm Of the winter visited Bonaparte
Tuesday. A regular blizzard ragged all
day and snow fell to the depth of sew
eral inches and drifted very badly. The
thermometer lowering near the zero
ceded by heavy rain, amounting to
about one inch of precipitation being
the first rain that has fallen since
early in September.
The public school Is closed, giving
the scholars two weeks vacation.
Miss Lola Wilson was very pleas
antly surprised Monday night by a
number Of her Young friends calling
on her and holding very pleasant
entertainment at her home
Miss Blanche Haywood, of Eldon is
visiting Miss Patti Percival this week.
John KILLER was a Pennington visi-
tor Monday.
H. P. stidger went over to Fairfield
Monday.
Richard Hale and Herbert Middleton
were in Keokuk Monday.
James Cameron Of Keokuk Is visit
ing at the King home north of town.
George Chairman and wife, of
Bloomfield, are visiting home folks in
this city.
Mrs. Bliley and son. John are visit
ing relatives here.
Mrs B. ]. Sommer returned to Chi
cago Tuesday.
chas. stebbins was in ottumwa on
| Monday.
Joe Beck, of Keokuk, visited home
folks here Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Morris and Miss
Dorothy Ryland were Bentonsport Wis
itors Monday.
Misses Lizzie Fuchs and Minnie
Betsel are visiting relatives In Maui
voo Ill.
Mrs. Lulu Ewing and daughter, Ethel
went to Creston Tuesda-,
o. Finney and family are visiting in
Douds this week.
Alta Burrier, of Pennington, is vis-
ting Miss Grace Merrldth.
DR.. Cresap and wife attended the
funeral of Mrs. J. f. B. Cresap In Ell
don Monday.
Mrs. e. H. Borland returned to Kan
sas City Monday.
Mrs. P. s. Entler and Mrs. Bert
Smith and daughter are visiting in
Ottumwa.
Mrs. Harry Greggs returned to Des
Moines Monday.
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Governor Cummins is winning the
sincere gratitude of the Iowa veterans
Of the civil war In his determined
fight to see that the inscriptions on
the monuments of the Fifteenth and
Sixteenth Iowa regiments on the
Shiloh battle field are historically &C
curate. The testimony Of the Iowa
veterans now living, who were on the
spot and know what they are talking
about, is certainly entitled to every
credence Governor Cummins will
have the hearty endorsement of the
people Of Iowa in his effort to see that
justice and right is done in this mat
tor
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There must be something very wrong
with the British penal system when
the British government insists that
Mrs. Maybrick be prevented from 60
ing about the United States on lee
ture tour to expose" that system.
There is very little question but that
the conviction of Mrs. Maybrick in an
English court was one Of those fright
full miscarriages Of justice that oc-
casionally occur which make up one
of the saddest features of civilized So
ciety. The constituencies Of the Brit
ish government as to what Mrs. May
brick might say about their prisons
would seem to be very clear indica-
ton that British prisons need to be
talked about and need to be reformed.
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ALBA.

Abba, Dec. 2s.-The worst snow
storm of the season was that of Tues
day and Tuesday night. The snow has
drifted, making both walks and roads
impossible in many places.
Capt. Amos Brandt, deputy state
auditor. wife and daughter, are the
guest Of their daughter. Mrs T.. w.
Martin, Of this city. Capt. Brandt re-
turned to Des Moines Tuesday. but
Mrs. and Miss Brandt will remain a
few days. f
]. r. Sumner has moved from Mo-
ravia to Abba He will live in the
Knight property. which he has pur-
chased.
Miss Helen and Arthur Mitchem,
who have been visiting their brother,
w. e. Mitchem during the holiday
trade, have returned to MarshaIltown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Mitchem also went
to Marshalltown for the Christmas
holiday.
Miss Lulu Reeve Is in Des Moines
this week.
Miss Effie Robson is the guest of
friends in Greenfield, including the
home of Rev. Jacobson, who was until
recently located here.
Miss Maude Ireland is visiting in
Des Moines this week and will also
attend the state teachers association.
@sAiSo LAG w diAClo 4dllo MISS Alltfs
Akers are in Ottumwa this week, Wis
ting relatives and friends.
Beginning next Sunday evening, In
continuance with the custom through
out the country, the week of prayer
will be observed in the First Pres
byterian church OF Abba
An excellent program will be given
by the Ladies Missionary society Of
the Presbyterian church next Friday
a ~ M OF -
H. Edris.
Will Kirby. who is employed in the
stock yards at st. Louis, is visiting
relatives at Georgetown. Mr.. Kirby
at one time lived near this place.
Miss Mable Allison has recovered
from her recent injuryiso far as to be
able to visit her brother, Rev. Win
throp Allison. She is from Beatrice,
Neb.
E. A. childs, Of Niagara Falls.
New York, returned to his home
this morning. He has been the
guest of his son, Arthur Childs, Of this
city. the past week.
The rural roads in this vicinity are
badly blocked by snow drifts The
road to Hiteman was opened yesterday
but people who attempted to make the
trip to that place last night found the
way impossible, the snow having
Iowa Central is running his morn
Ing.
Joe Kobb and family, who have been
the guests OF parents and otter rela-
tives and friends over Christmas, de-
parted for their home at Hastings.
Neb., this morning via Burlington.
H. e. Voiland and Wade Cramer are
hunting today in the country about
Tyrone.
Fred Boyer, of Chicago, transacted
business in Abba this morning
) A. j. Byerlee treated his guests to a
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happy evening was spent. Mrs. A. RI.
Fortune received the first prize, and
second honors fell to the lot of Mrs,
w. A. Scheaffer The guests Of the
club We're Mrs. HI. c. McCahan Of
Huntsville, Mo-; Mrs. A. H. Finney, OF
Cleveland. Ohio; Misses Edith and
Mildred Steckel, Mr.. and Mrs. A. II,
Fortune and Mr.. and Mrs. Henry G.
Taylor.
Miss Florence Watkins, of New Lon
don, who formerly made her home with
her grandmother, Mrs. Mary Findley,
is guest of Miss Jennie Leasure.
Mrs. III. c. McCahan, who has been
spending the past week with her par
ents, Judge and Mrs Fl. c.. Traverse,
returned Wednesday to her home In
Kirksville, Mo.
Miss Charlotte Doris very pleasantly
entertained few friends at a chatting
dish party Wednesday evening.
The twenty-fifth wedding anniver-
sary of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Rankin was
observed Christmas, when happy
day was spent In entertaining about
twenty friends at dinner. Mr. and
Mrs. Rankin received number of very
pretty presents.
Mrs. Ed Linnaberry. Of Des Moines.
formerly of this city, is visiting at the
home Of his sister law, Mrs. Mary
Young.
Mi o. AHA LIZ lOWIlSenQ ana QauSn-
ter. Edith, have returned from
Quincy, H., where the former is a
student of the Gem City Business COL
lege, and the latter is being educated
in convent. They are en-
route to Moulton, but were detained
here by the blocking of the trains
which is due to the blizzard Of Tues
day.
Mrs. S. c. Lattimer left Tuesday
evening for Creston to spend several
weeks with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Newcombe.
Hiram Cronk, the sole survivor OF
the war Of 1872 who died at his home
In New York a few days ago, was the
great uncle of Dr. C. II. Cronk.
of this city. The funeral services OF
Hiram Cronk, who for SO many years
was the only living veteran Of the
Mexican war, will be one Of national
interest and will be attended by Press
ident Roosevelt and other national off,
Gals.
Watch night services will be held at
the Methodist Episcopal church New
Years eve, which will be the beginning
of series of the revival services held
by the pastor, Rev. c.. T.. Stafford.
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sIGouRN EY.

Sigourney, Dec. 29.--Miss Edna Do
bic has gone to Newton, Iowa.
There at the home of her aunt
she is to be united in matrimony
to ranchman from Kansas. Miss
Dobie Is one of Sigourney's most es-
here all her life. Sigourney's
best wishes for her future happiness.
Druggist Meissner and family from
Rhinebeck are visiting at the Nathan
Mantz home here.
Prof. Workman. Of Delta, was here
a few hours the first of the week.
County Superintendent Capp e. Mil
Ter Is attending the state teachers
meeting In Des Moines.
Laura Carol, of Riceville, is visiting
at the parental home. Miss Carol IS
teaching music and literature in the
high school there.
The M. r. Christmas spread at the
church dining room Monday night was
quite we'll attended and was an even
Ing well spent for all who ventured
out in the rain.
Mrs. ]. F. Seymour is visiting at
Winterset, with her mother.
Miss Bessie Seymour and Mile
Brown leave for Oskaloosa the first
of next week to enter Penn college.
The funeral Of Fred House occurred
at the home of his mother in North
Sigourney Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock, conducted by Rev. T. b.
Hughes. The Sigourney band attend
ed and furnished sacred music. Inter-
ment in West cemetery
The county, fair was grand
and attendance were bevond ex-
pectations. The list of ex-
hibits shown. prizes won and special
features of the several meetings would
require too much space to attempt to
list them. Prof. Holden, Of Ames,
while here for this fair, judged the
corn of the contestants at the w. D.
Beatty & Co.'s store, giving first prize
of six dollars to Mr.. Wolf of the
second prize of four dollars to Mr..
Strohman of German township.
Misses Leila and Vada Lesan are on
the sick list.
Charley Priest, who has been seri-
ously i'll for so long, had relapse
yesterday and is not SO well again.
DR.. Hoffman Of Oskaloosa, was called
in consultation.
The rural carriers were unable to
make their long drive Tuesday on ac-
count of the blizzard. This is quite
a. radical change from the excellent
roads that have been at their service
for SO long time this year.
Miss Kline, Of Webster, has Joined
the Frank Page family to help them
out in the numerous duties evolving
from keeping both a home and mil
linery store.
The Christian church people have
placed a new plano In the church on
trial and expect to buy it is satisfac-
tory.
S. A. Potts and family and Clarence
Moore. of Gibson are spending the
week with Mr.. and Mrs. William
Moore.
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.ANEnT THE eovERNoRsHIP.

The talk of Major e. H. Conger as
a candidate for governor of Iowa, sent
out from Des Moines, during the past
ten days, is sheer nonsense. A few
years ago, just after the Boxer rebel
lion in China, when Major Conger had
Won the applause of the world for his
splendid courage and services during
the trying ordeal, he permitted the use
of his name as candidate for the gov
ernorship. This candidacy was warm
~ espoused by number of the news