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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-03
Nerve Tension.

A foe to health is nerve tension.
sometimes due to hurry and worry,
but nine times out of ten due, to poor
digestion, a bad stomach torpid
liver or constipation. These condi-
tions all react on the mind and will
keep your nerves on edge if you do
not remove them by suing Green's Au-
gust Flower. There is no better stom-
ach medicine in the world than Au-
gust Flower and no surer cure for in.
digestion or dyspepsia. Trial bottle
Csc. Big bottle. 75c. At Sargent's, the
True Druggist, Market and Main.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-03
SUSPECTED As SPY.
Supposed Representative Of Starch
Trust Arrested At Keokuk.

Keokuk, Dec. 2.-(special.)- A
stranger was arrested here this after
noon, while prowling aroung the HUI
binger starch factory When searched
he had a complete set of the plans of
the Cedar Rapids starch factory, list
OF the employees and full details. 1t
is thought he is spy of the starch
trust He gave his name as Fred
Page of Cedar Rapids.
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EDDYVlLLE.

Eddyville, Dec. 2.-Died, at II
o'clock. Tuesday night, November 30,
at her home at Coalfeld, Mrs William
Davis, aged 40 wears. death being due
to pneumonia, The deceased leaves a
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-03

Don't Be Bothered With Dandruff.
Use Vegecide, it saves and beauti-
fes the hair. F. B. Clark sells it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-03
Farmers Discouraged.

lowe. had not been raising good corn
crops for several years. The farmers
were discouraged. Iowa was in dan
ger of losing her place as the first
corn state, and realization Of this fact
led to the engagement of Prof. Holden
in the Agricultural college.
Prof. Holden invites the farmers to
go to Ames in the winter and attend
his school of seed corn selection and
termination. They go by hundreds,
and each returns an apostle Of the i'm.
provement idea.
The results are read in the crop re.
ports on Iowa's corn yield this year.
The average crop Of Iowa corn for
1904 is forty bushels to the acre.
For nine years it has been twenty
seven and a half bushels. This years
crop will aggregate 350,000,000 bush.
els, about 125,O00,000 bushels more
tnan last years yield The crop is
worth about $3O,J~ 1000 more than a
year ago, and Prof. Holden is univer.
sally credited with a third interest in
lie extra yield.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-03
Evidence of Success.

r.
Evidence in the professors favor is
overwhelming The counties in which
he made speeches did better than the
others. Those in which he had the
largest audiences did best of all
There are fields worked under care
full application of his methods, which
have produced more than one hun.
dred bushels to the acre. Those with
eighty bushels are frequent, and sixty.
five bushels is common yield.
Every farmer is reading Holden lit.
erature this fall, selecting his earliest
and best ears of corn for seed, testing
its terminating qualities, preparing his
soil according to Prof. Holden's direc-
tons and getting ready to break all
records next year.
wedding suits a specially a. the Huh
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Special cut price sale on boys cloth
ing at the Hub.
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is WORTH MILLIONS
PROFESSOR P. q. HoLDEN,s SAL.
AIRY MUCH SMALLER THAN
HIS SERVICES.
Good Results Of His Teachings Are
Showing Themselves in lowa's Corn
Crop and the Farmers Are Happy
His Plans Tor the Season Of 1905.

Sioux City, Dec 2.-The state Of
Iowa has been paying $4,000 year for
the last two years to man who in the
last twelve months has earned $12-
100000. His name is Prof. P. G. Hol-
den. He is an agronomist.
Iowa farmers laughed at the idea
of man with SUCH title trying to
teach them, the best corn growers in
the wo; d, anything about the art OF
raising corn. But .ley do not laugh
now
Instead they flock by the hundreds
to hear Prof. Holden talk, and they
go away and do exactly as he tells
them AS result in large part, OF
following his advice, they have raised
about 100,000,0,J bushels more corn
this year than in any year of this CEN
fury, and they expect to add another
100, 100000 bushels to their crop next
year.
4,rof Holden became an agronomist
that is, an expert in grain raising
by accident. When he taught school,
in Michiga he got up corn growing
contest among his pupils. He In
duced the boys to pick out the earliest
biggest and r-ost perfect ears from the
fields, save them and plant from them
the best and most perfect kernels.
The result. aided by scientific meth
DDS of cultivation, was that the boys
raised more corn on their little patches
than anybody had eve-- dreamed of.
Becomes Famous.
Prof. Holden worked on his system
until was perfected. His fame
spread, and The Funk brothers, who
own a $4,000 acre farm in Illinois, Of
fered him a big salary to run It,
He planted 10000 acres Of corn
year for them and added to their yield
mere than 100000 bushels the first
year. The state of Iowa thought he
was a good thing and engaged him to
occupy the chair of agronomy in the
Iowa Agricultural college, in Ames.
The chair was created especially for
him.
Prof. Holden made the farmers be.
lieve after time that he knew more
about corr raising than they did. He
| travelled all over the state in special
trains last spring and winter, making
J "tail end" speeches and getting better
crowds than any vice presidential can.
didate was later in the season
+! He told the farmers how to select
their seed corn, how to plant and cul.
tivate it, and on what sort of ground
to plant diff rent sorts of corn and
how to handle it under different condi.
| tions.
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NorE.-Avoid baking powdersmade from
alum. They look like pure powders,
and may raise the cake, but alum
is poison and no one can eat food
mixed with it without injury to health.
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wedding suits specially a. the Hub.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24

The long jump was the eighth event, A.
Leach representing Oxford; Smith, Oxford;
I. P. Sheffield, Yale, and d. NJ. Ayres,
There were five rounds. Ayres led off
well with q feet inches in the third
round making his best record up to that
point Sheffield kept close behind him.
beating his last jump.
Sheffield made q feet 1Os. inches in the
last round thus gaining the victory Ayres
was second, with II feet 81 inches, and
Smith third, with q feet 61s inches.
Five-mie Race
There were five contestants in the two
mile race: A. R. Churchill, Cambridge; H.
W. Gregson, Cambridge; Colby, Oxford;
Cnlwell, Harvard, and A. King, Harvard.
Gregson took the lead, but exchanged
his position at the second lap and dropped
out after the third lap and Godby won in
8 minutes so seconds
The spectators then turned their at
tenticn to the high Jump. England was
represented by E. e. Leader and Door
ley both of Cambridge, and America by
G. F. Victor of Yale.
At 3:4S the men appeared IN the field
and Immediately began the tries. Victor
won the high jump. Leader was second
and Doorley was third. Vietors best
jump was feet Is inch. The high jump
ers began with the bar at 5 feet inches.
The two Englishmen went out when the
bar was at 5 feet los inches.
The half mile run followed the high dg
ford; Holding. Oxford; e. P. Parsons,
Yale, and H. B. Young. Harvard.
Parsons got off ahead. but Holding
forged past him and. just passing Corn
wallis, won in an exciting finish. Young
was third and Parsons last. Time,
1855 Id
From the start of the half mile run
the race was never in doubt. SO far as
England was concerned the only question
being whether Holding, Oxford or Corn
wallis would be the victor
Barclay and Wilson. both of Cambridge;
R. Long, of Yale, and z. j. Dives, of Har-
event. which was the quarter-nile run.
Barclay led for two-thirds the distance
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24

Cambridge in six out of nine events be-
fore an immense crowd which never lost
interest even in such a tedious contest as
the hammer throwing. A mast was placed
on one side of the field from which flew
American and British flags as the victory
went from one side to the other. 1t finally
fioated the stars GAd stripes as an official
notification of the Success of the blue and
crimson.
The weather suited the Americans
spIendidly. being intensely warm, and the
clouds covering the heavens occasionally
letting fall a light sprinkle OF RAIN 7. n.
Jackson steward for Oxford and Cam
bridge, sincerely congratulated the Amer
leans. He said:
while expected the Americans would
win. 7 did not believe it would be by to
8. Our men in the high jump and quar-
ter were not UP to practice form. l do
not believe we shall go over next year,
though the matter WIN be CONSIDERED.
Crowd Gathers Early
The keen interest of the English peo-
pie in the international sports was shown
hy the early hour at which the throngs
of spectators began to arrive at the
Queens club grounds. west kensingt on
and by 1925, when pistol shot warned
the participators in the first event to get
ready, the stands had been crowded for
long time and masses Of spectators had
gathered behind the ropes.
At s:27 the men appeared for the 100, 100
yard dash w Barelay in the he i1ght
blue OF CampIluSe, Ciid pIuY III Tic uoi u
blue of Oxford w. A Schick Jr. in the
crimson of Harvard and D. J. Torrey In
the dark blue Of Yale.
The runners made the marks amidst
the breathless attention of the spectators
who had greeted them with applause when
they first appeared. The men started at
1892 p. m. =.
Schick won the 1oO-yard dash. with
Barclay second. Time, 8 4-5 seconds.
Rritons Applaud
There was considerable applause when
the result was known, but the crowd
waited for the time to be announced.
Slowly the British flag was hauled down
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24


Is to by the W. 3. & S., maintaining
the score was to at the end of the
six innings.
The Reeves and Cortlands will play on
the Palace and West Seventh street
grounds this afternoon Maggie and Weber
will do the battery work for the Reeves.
and Kruetzen and Connors for the Cort-
lands.
The Hardenberghs defeated the Pioneer
School on the Laurel and Lexington
grounds yesterday by score of IA TO S.
The Thomas Street Juniors want game
today with any thirteen-year team in the
city. Address 1875 Thomas street.
The Oaklands will leave the union depot
this morning at $3.50 to play the Hudson
White Caps at Hudson. The Oaklands
want games with eighteen-year teams.
Address Ellis Wright, As West Fifth
street.
The Town and Country Club Caddies
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24
HONORS FOR SCOLES
Winner of Diamond SOULS to
Be Rewarded

NEW YORK, July 2s-Lou f. Scoles,
of Toronto, winner of the diamond SOULS
at Henley England, arrived from Liver
pool tonight. Accompanying him We're
p. j. Mulqueen, representative of the
Toronto Rowing club. under whose colors
Scoles competed; Eddie Durnane, a
nephew of Edward Hanlon, who handled
ScoleS in his preliminary work for the
RAGS; P. Malion and Thomas Mitchell
The champion was met by a deputation
from Toronto, consisting of his father, j.
F. Scoles, Charles Bailey and J. P. Fitz-
gerald. He will be received at Buffalo
by many friends.
At Niagara on Monday afternoon the
party will be met by a civic reception
committee and large delegation from
the sporting organizations of Toronto.
The city of Toronto is presenting the
souls, winner with $1,000 silver service
and the sporting clubs have banded to-
gether to give him a dwelling house. The
Toronto BASEBALL club will present him
with $500 diamond medal
At Toronto a procession, headed by the
mayor and city council, will escort the
champion through the principal streets
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24

from the pole leaving the American flag
flying.
Barclay got away first, but schick
caught him after thirty yards, passed him
and held the lead to the end: Schiciks
time, 8 40 seconds, equaled his previous
record for the same distance.
At 1887 the one-mile race began, with
Welsh and H. w. Gregson, both Eng
lishmen, in the lead. Gregson increased
his lead at the halfnile and won. C. c.
H.. Hamilton. Oxford. was second. Walsh
third. P. l.. Olcott and Hill, both of
Yale, came in last. Time, minutes
81 1-5 seconds.
The hammer throwing was tedious and
the crowd looked forward with greater
interest to the hurdle race which came
next. F. Fl. Teall represented Cambridge;
A. M. P. Lyle, Oxford; e. j. Clapp, Yale,
and Bird. Harvard.
The hurdle race, though short, was ex-
citing throughout. Clapp and Bird both
went over the first hurdle in the lead
Then Bird took the lead. but Clapp over
took him at the last hurdle and won by
six inches. Bird was ahead of Teall, who
was third by four yards.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24

would like to arrange games with any
fourteen-year teams. Address Frank Cur
ran, 8S6 Tatum avenue.
The st. Luke's defeated the A. A. C.
by score of 16 to 8, and viii play the
return game the Nushka grounds
Wednesday morning at o'clock. The
st. Lukes want games with thirteen
year teams. Address III. Culligan, 1872
Marshall.
The Palace and the Plymouth teams will
play this afternoon on the greens, Mis-
sissippi and Cayuga streets. Hoffman and
Geraghty will be on the points for the
Pfymouths, and Fred Bowman will work
for the Palace.
The Parlors and the Minnehahas will
play on the Payne avenue grounds this
afternoon. Weisel and Olson will do the
battery work for the Minnehahas, and the
Parlor team will be picked from the fol-
lowing; Swanstron, Chelgren. H.. Johnson,
Nydell, CaTlstrom Hanson, Winquist st.
German, Berg and j. Johnson.
The Metropolitan Ushers will play the
Straight Bros. this morning on the
Grotto and St. Adams grounds Game call
ed at 10 o'clock.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24
WITH THE AMATEURS
COMMERCIAL LEAGUE
Standing of the Clubs

The Great Northern team defeated the
Farwen. Ozmun & Kirk Commercial
league team on the Hamline grounds by
score of 8 to 4. The feature of the game
was the pitching of lie Gore. Batteries
LIE Gore and Salvus. Meacham. Jahnke
and Berg.
The Ayons claim forfeit from the st.
Paul Colts for on-appearance. The
Avens want games with sixteen-year
teams. Address John Mcmahon. So Ed
nlund street.
The James Boys defeated the Young
Colts 16 to s.
w. j. DHyyer & Bros wholesale and re-
tail department met on the diamond at
Manchester yesterday, the retailers win
ming by q score of to 8. Cameron was
on the slab for the retailers and Merteur
for the wholesale department The bat
ting and base running of Goodwin and the
fielding OF McCracken were the features.
The Picl<wiel1s defeated the I.incolns on
the Hamline grounds by a score of to 4.
The Picllwicks deny they We're defeated
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24

LONDON, July 23.-Yale and Harvard
were the victors in the International games
held today at the Queens club, West
Kensington. They defeated Oxford and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24

2:24 pace and trot-Red King won. Bill
Bailey second, Gordon V. third. Time,
2:23.
Running. five-eighths of mile-Tim
Lacke won. Stewart Young second, Dora
v. third. Time, 1:03.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24
Breaks HaIf-mjIe Record

DENVER, Col, July 23.-In an official
speed trial today Jim Ferry, Denver
horse, broke the trotting record for a half
lille to road wagon over half-mile track
making the distance in 1:02% He was
Gentlemen's Driving Club of Denver No
apparatus, such as a wind shield was
used.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24
WESTERN LEAGUE

At Des Moines RH.E.
Des Meines IL 0 0 o. 1 1 o. 10 6
Batteries-Brown and Gonding, Morri-
son, Leifeid and Towne.
AT Denver. RHE.
Denver ......S l0lo1o 1s-7 10
ST. Joseph .....0 0 @ 0 IS Ia 4
Batteries-Eyler and Lucia, Maupin and
Mcconnell.
At Colorado Springs. RHE.
Colo. Springs "A ] 2 0 0 - Il 2
Sioux City 49,. % Q 5 0 0 0 0-3 Q
Batteries-Nash and Baerwald, Jarrett,
Cadwalladcr and Anderson.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24
covinoton Wins Gun

Covington won the cup at the regular
weekly shoot Of the st. Paul Rod and
Gun club yesterday. The scores:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24

when Dives, who had been keeping Just
behind. forged ahead and won by two
feet. Long was third.
Throwing the hammer was the sixth
bridge; 1Tomiinson. Oxford. Shevlin Vale
and e. 7. Glass. Yale, were the contest
ants. Shevln won the first round, max
ing 49, feet inches in his first throw,
145 feet liz inches in his second and
$50 feet 1 y inches in his third.
Spicer was second in the first round,
but Glass beat him In the two subsequent
rounds. Temlinson never had chance.
I he best throw Glass made was lbs feet
liz inches. Spicers' best throw was III
feet z inches
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24
Nil! City Elks Win

Special to The Globe
ST. CLOUD, MINI. July 2S.-The ball
team of the Minneapolis lodge of Elks.
No Al. defeated she ball team of the
ST. Cloud ledge OF 5lks by the score OF
S to Z. Former Congressman Frank M
Eddy WAS umpire.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24
Three 1 League

Davenport .. Rock Island. L.
F. Dubuque 9, Decatur ..
Cedar Rapids l, Springfield )
Bloomington ,. Rockford b
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24
Valley EXPOSITION closes

Valley Exposition Closes
Special to The Globe
GRAND FORKS, N. d., July 23-The
Red River Valley exposition closed to-
The races this afternoon resulted as fol-
lows:
2:1o pace and trot-Baby Kid won, Tags
second, Dell S. third. Time. 2:15.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24

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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24

The James Boys defeated the Young
Colts 16 to s.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1904-09-22
Ball Drops When Cannon is Fired.

Speaking of clocks" said the
traveller, ''Edinburg, Scotland,
has the most interesting time
marking defice | ever saw. The
city lies between two hills. On
one of these, known as Carlton
Hill, there is all observatory
tower, in the top of which q large
black ball is suspended. Across
the valley, probably mile away,
is Castle Hill, surrounded by the
historic Edinburg castle. One
of the large guns in this fortress,
pointing toward Carlton Hill, is
electrically connected with the
ball with the tower q mile away.
Every evening at 6 O'Clock the
gun is fred, and at the same mo-
ment the ball falls. The defice
sets the official time for all
Scotland.
at is interesting to stand on
Carlton Hill at the appointed
hour to see the simultaneous
flash of the gun ON Castle Hill
and the fall of the ball close at
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1904-09-22
No Bees There.

The following is told of an
American gentleman who was
recently stopping with his wife
at the Hotel Cecil, in London,
says the Cleavland Plain Dealer.
On his first evening there he
happened to retire somewhat
earlier than his spouse. Arriv-
ing at the door of what he sup
posed was his own room and
finding it locked he tapped and
called "Honey!"
No answer came, and he again
called more loudly "Honey!"
Still he got no reply, and be-
coming somewhat uneasy he
shouted the endearing term with
his full lung power.
This time reply came, and
in a male voice:
$50 away, you blithering i'd.
lot. This is a bathroom, not q
blooming BEEHIVE ok.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1904-09-22
More Wages in Water.

Ex-Mayor Van Wyck, of New
York, said in talk about success
before he went abroad:
"Meanness is positive draw
back to financial progress. The
other day | took Turkish bath.
The place is not getting on well
and l was surprised when a rub
Der told me a story of the mean
ness of the proprietor.
"The proprietor, seeing the
man one day at the butcher shop
where he then worked and taking
note of his huge mustles, told
him to resign and take a rubber's
position with him.
"I'll give you more than you
are getting now,' he said.
$50 the young butcher, resign
ing in good faith, turned up the
next morning at the bath house.
"'Well said the proprietor to
him, 4 will put you on at once.
What did you get at the butch.
er's.'
"'Six dollars and my weeks
meat, returned the young man
what did your meat amount
top
"tAbout So
"'Let me see said the propri
etor, 4 offered you more to come
here didn't l? Well I'll give
you SO and "a worth Of baths
weekly. That is a dollar more
than you got at your old place. -
New York Tribune.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1904-09-22
Tricks to Avoid Service.

1.-THE life of q Russian SOL
der" said the sage, sis desper-
ately hard, and owing to the
compulsory service laws there
are all sorts of attempts made
by the supplemented peasant to
avoid the quicker witted recruit
ing officer, the Philadelphia
Press states. AT q station in
eastern Russia, for instance, a
conscript recently pleaded deaf
ness and so wouldn't answer
any of the questions put to him.
You can go home,' said the
surgeon at last, in very low
tone.
"The fellow jumped for the
door and so was caught.
"Near Moscow Hercules
said that the index and middle
fingers of his right hand were
joined together and could not
be separated. They didn't look
it, but the surgeons strength
was not great enough to separ-
ate them and at last the exami-
ner said:
How were your fingers be-
fore this accident?'
They were this way said
Hercules, and to the surprise of
every one he illustrated by open
ing his fingers as easily as any
body else"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1904-09-22
Adventures of a t,00OF. Note.

A lady passing down the Rue
Richelieu had the misfortune to
lose pocketbook containing
among other valuables a 1000
frame note. The pocketbook
was picked up by a chair member
named Remand, who lives at
Montreux; he placed it very
carefully in his pocket and pro-
ceeded home. 1t is not very
often that a chair member has
occasion to change note for
that amount, and Renaud, re-
cognizing the impossibility of
turning it into good without de-
lection, agreed with a friend to
do the business for the consider
alton of 200 francs. This friend,
Lucien Mathern also chair
member, was in turn filled with
apprehension. The difficulty
was solved with the aid of hor-
ticulturist named Simonnet,
who kindly consented to buy
himself a horse for 300 francs
and return the change. Renaud
was thus riched by 900 francs.
All might have gone well if, two
days later, it had not been dis
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1904-09-22
A Trick Worth Knowing.

There are in the world many
tricks colloquially called 'wrink-
les some of which are common
enough. and some more known
only to a few.
The other day at the Graves
end track a horseman invited a
friend, formerly of the sea, TO
inspect some horses in charge of
fellow horseman. They found
him doubled up in an earnest
endeavor to get a big jack-kpife
open, and using language suffi-
cient for any purpose except
getting the knife open.
"If you'll let me have that
knife a minute" said the ex-
seafarer, "I'll show you a sail
or's trick"
The horseman passed it over.
His visitor took out a handker-
chief, laid one end of it on the
side of the knife, put his thumb
on it and held it there firmly ;
then went on winding the hand
kerchief around the knife in a
fold about three inches wide.
When he came to the other end
he passed the knife to the hand
which had done the fielding and
then threw it on the ground,
holding on to the end of the
handkerchief, which unwound
and remained in his hand. The
horseman picked up the knife
every blade was open.
81 don't care how badly stuck
a knife is" said the exponent,
"that will fetch it every time