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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-29
BLOOM FIELD.

Bloomfield, Sept. 2S.-The first
meeting of the Bloomfield Business
association which organized last week
with Jas. A. Dunn as temporary chair
man and ]. w. Johnson. temporary
secretary, was held Monday evening
with most satisfactory results. About
seventy-tive business men and citizens
We're present and the spirit of the ev-
ening was that of harmonious enthusi-
asm. To promote the business inter-
ests of the city, to create a fraternal
spirit and labor for the further ad-
and prosperity of the town
in which we live is the object of the
and one for which every
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DOUDS.

Douds, Sept. 2s.-Lee Doud is visit
ing at the home OF his parents, Mr..
and Mrs, T. P. Doud.
H. G. Poe, of Bloomfield, was in
town on business Thursday and Fri
day.
Mr.. Davis, with the Yorkshire
Creamery Co.. of Ottumwa, was in
town on business last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas D. Morrow
start on Tuesday for visit with their
daughter, Mrs. A. G. Lining and fam
lily near Jefferson, Okla.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Finney, OF
Pennington, visited over Sunday with
relatives at this place and Leando.
Miss Chloe McCrary, accompanied
by Miss Carrie Bell, visited her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. r. McCrary, on
Sunday.
Mrs. John B. Morton died at her
home at Business Corner on Friday
Sept. "a, and was buried Sunday at
the Zion Lutheran cemetery, the fun
eral services being conducted by the
order of the Eastern Star.
Dan s. and Jay Plowman have built
new barn, 50x64 feet, With steel roof
on their farm near Leando
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sIGoURNEY.

Sigourney, Sept. 2s.-Mrs. E. E.
Phelps and Mrs. C. C. Heninger have
been on the sick list the last few days
Mrs. Phelps is much better at present,
but Mrs. Heninger does not improve
so fast
Clara Barth is visiting her father in
Oklahoma.
Miss Zena Thomas has been com
PEELED to give up her school duties as
teacher in the primary room of the
Lancaster schools for the present, and
Is at home trying to recuperate from
an attack Of illness Her elder sister
Elizabeth is caring for both rooms OF
the school.
Mrs. Ed Johnston, of Des Moines, is
here helping to care for her father, c,
NJ. Harlan.
J. w. Loan is the new agent at the
G. M. & st. P. depot here. He comes
to relieve Mr. Eldridge and expects to
be permanent residenter.
). w. Lesan, the accommodating and
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CHARLTON.

Charlton, Sept 2S.-Mrs. Martell,
the aged mother of Mrs. James White,
will leave tonight for her home in
Prairie Du Chem, Wis, after an ex-
tended visit with her daughter and
other relatives,
The Misses Esther and Ella Arvid-
son, Rev. and Mrs. ]. p. Borg return
ed home Monday night from Swedes-
burg, where they had attended a con-
vention Of the Young Peoples So
ciety.
Mr.. and Mrs. John White and little
daughter of English township, return
ed home yesterday from a ten days
trip to the exposition in st. Louis.
Mrs. Sarah Sigler, of Indianola, is
spending a few days this week with
her brother, w. A. Eikenberry.
Mrs. NJ. A. Phillips was passen-
ger for Creston yesterday.
Emmett Enslow made a business
trip to Humeston Tuesday.
Lew Champlin, of Ames, who has
been spending a few days with rela-
tives, returned home yesterday even
ing.
Misses Laura Fitch and Eloise
Copeland returned yesterday from
their trip to st. Louis.
j. w. McDougall has been enjoying
a visit with a brother from North
Argyle, New York, who left yesterday
for st. Louis.
Mrs. Francis Howard went to ST.
Louis last evening to see the EXPOSE
ton.
The Methodist conference at Allan
tic has closed and Rev Miller, who is
the present pastor here, has been
made presiding elder for this dis
trict. Rev. Thompson, the present
elder, has been transferred to Bedford
Rev. Benjamin Franklin, of Des
Moines, was appointed to the charge
here made vacant by Rev. Miller.
The trial of Tom Osborne. who was
arrested for receiving stolen goods
had his hearing before Justice Long
yesterday, and after the evidence had
been heard, he was acquitted. Osborne
was arrested couple of weeks ago
on the above charge, that of receiving
goods that were stolen from the store
of Simon Press by his clerk, w. J.
Jordan.
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A well known Indiana man,
One dark nieht last week,
Went to the cellar with a match,
In search of gas leak.
(He found it,
John WEIGH, by curiosity,
dispatches state) was goaded;
He squinted in his old shotgun
To see If it was loaded.
ut was.)
A man In Macon stopped to watch
A patent cigar clipper;
He wondered IL his finger was
Not quicker than the nipper.
ut wasn't.)
A Maine man read that human eyes
OF hypnotism were full:
He went to see IL it would work
Upon an angry bull.
Ut wouldn't.)
San Francisco Bulletin.
A man from Cedar Rapids
Found a "varmint" in a chunk;
He put his hand into the hole
To see II 1t twas rabbit or {
skunk.
ct was.)
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BIRMINGHAM.

Birmingham. Sept. %. - VIM
Beardsley and family went to Eldon
Monday to attend the funeral of the
little child of Frank Shane who Is q
brother of Mrs. Beardsley.
Hugh Mccoy and wife moved their
household goods to Keokuk last week
and they will make that place their flu
ture home. Mr.. Mccoy having secur
cd position with commission
house.
George Israel has rented the resi-
dence of j. s. Ragsdale and moved In
to 1t October 1.
@. L. Steward and wife returned or
Friday from st. Louis. where they at
tended the exposition.
Bert Smith of Louisiana, Mo.,return
ed to his work as an operator Satur
day after several days stay with his
parents.
Miss Katherine Lundgren spent
Sunday at her home in Burlington.
II. Huffman and wife returned last
week from a six weeks trip to Salt
Lake City and points in Colorado and
Nebraska.
Miss May Ward returned to hel
home in Los Angeles, Cal, Monday
having spent the summer with hel
sister. Mrs. John Parsons.
Harley Graham, wife and son, Leo
returned from a ten days stay at the
exposition at st. Louis, Mo-, on Sat
urday.
Mrs. Nelson returned last weel
from Selma where she has been visit
ing her daughter Mrs. A. B. Adams.
Mrs. E. H. Skinner who has beer
quite sick is slowly improving.
Mrs. A. V. Buck and infant Of Ell
don returned to their home, after a Wis
it at the home of DR.. W. P. Norris
Miss Nettie Morse of Eldon is stay
ing with her aunt Mrs. Mary Kersch
ner who has been quite ill.
Mrs. Crate Murphy of Ottumwa i:
visiting her parents. ]. S. Goodsor
and wife.
There is very little change In the
condition of Will Bennett who was Sc
seriously injured by a gasoline en-
CINE explosion.
A. C.Hesbacher and wife are attend
ing the exposition this week.
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patriotic citizen may be not only will
ing but eager to put his shouldre 70
tue wheel and push the effort forward
to permanent beneficial results. The
report of the committee appointed TO
uraft the constitution was heard ana
.he constitution was read ana adopted
ny the organization. the principal
lection of home industries. The pa
troniz1ng of foreign industries which
is a common practice Of the citizens
mas done much to retard the business
interests OF the town. 1t Is the pur-
pose. of the association to provide
public entertainment by furnishing
band concerts and street fairs such as
similar organizations are doing IN
other towns. A cordial invitation to
attend these meetings Is extended to
all who have the best interests of the
city at heart.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brenneman and son
left Tuesday for Quincy, ILL.,, and Keo-
kuk, where they will visit for a short
time before going to ST. Louis. where
they will attend the worlds fair.
Col. s, A. Moore, while moving
the lawn at his home recently be-
came exhausted and Is at present
seriously sick suffering from pain
about the heart.
Charley Reagan, after spending two
weeks with relatives left Tuesday ev-
ening for his home in Cripple Creek.
Colo.
John Gentry has sold his farm near
Locust Grove to Frank Warner. Mr..
Gentry intends entering some educa-
tional institution and take a course In
civil engineering.
Hon. w H. and Mrs. Taylor accom-
panied by their daughters, Mrs. H. e.
Young and children and Mrs. W. B.
Taylor left Monday for st. Louis to
spend week at the fair.
Captain J. A. and J. K. Warrington
left today for Selma, where they were
called to the bedside of John Horner,
who is very low with dropsy.
Messrs. Jas. and Frank Uoble made
a. business trip to Ottunwa Monday.
Mrs. Jack Noble and daughter Hazel
left today for Stiles to spend week
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. August
Hess.
The 1vanhoe club met Monday after
noon at the home of Mrs Grant and
next meeting will be held with Mrs.
John Evans. The subject OF the les
son will be the Congressional Library.
The year book Is now being prepared
and will probably be completed by
next week.
Rev. w. H. Miller. of Pulaski, has
returned from Donaldson, where he
has been holding revival services in the
Mennonite church.
w. G. McMains left Tuesday night
for Texas to visit his son who resides
near Austin. He will remain a couple
Of week.
Mrs. Jas. Evans has gone to Parker's
Prairie. Mimi, to visit her sons,
Messrs. r. L. and T. H. Hardy.
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efficient secretary OF the school board
was reelected to succeed himself at
the regular meeting of the school
board last week.
Mrs. VIM. Veitch returned to her
home in Ottumwa last Saturday
morning. After few weeks visit
with her daughter here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hinkley have gone to
Lone Tree for a visit with the doctor s
parents.
Mrs. Burton Wertz and infant
daughter have gone to visit Mrs.
Wertz parents near Gregory in the
northeastern part of Iowa.
pr McLaren. of Denison, visited in
Sigourney over Sunday.
a very heavy rain fell Monday
night.
Rev. Barton, of ottumwa, preached
to two large audiences in the NJ. e.
church here Sunday.
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BlDW ELL.

Bidwell, Sept %. - Coy and Clara
Bellies of Blakesburg visited Stella
and Lowell Potter Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Hiram Webb of Blakes-
burg returned home last Sunday after
of their daughter Mrs. G. o. Potter.
Mrs. Mary Smith returned Friday
after a weeks visit with relatives in
Ottumwa.
Mrs. Fisher Of Ottumwa Is visiting
her neice Mrs. Mary Smith.
Roy Gates departed Sunday evening
for st. Louis, Mo-, to spend week at
the Worlds fair
The South Ottumwa Rambler club,
were royalty entertained Wednesday
evening by Miss Stella Potter at the
home of her mother, Mrs. c. O. Pot
ter. Light refreshments were served.
Ernest and Ruth Smith delightful
ly entertained large number of their
young friends Saturday evening at a
lawn party. Numerous games were
the amusement of the evening.
Charles Smith and family of Nun
terville were guests Sunday of Mr..
and Mrs. Rolla Lewis.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Childs of Ottum-
wa spent pleasant Sabbath at the F.
E. Perry home.
Miss Clara Lathrop has gone to
High Point to stay with her sister Mrs.
F. E. Berkey who is very ill.
Carl Chisman is still very i'll with
the whooping cough.
l.. L. Loudwick has force of men
at work on the farm of Daniel Rose.
Grams. prospecting for coal.
School began last Monday at White
Oak with Lena Brokenburgh as teach
er.
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PAckWOoD.

Packwood, Sept. 2S.-A great deal of
stock is being shipped to Chicago
from here this fall N. d. Smith ship
ped Sunday seven cars of hogs, other
parties also made large shipments of
cattle and horses.
VIM. Cathey, of Martinsburg, visited
his son, w. K. and family, here Satur-
day.
Mrs. Mary O'Connor of New Sharon,
is the guest of relatives here.
The youngest child, little girl 2h
years old. of Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Wool
umns, died Friday night.
Editor Perry, of the Packwood Re-
view, is preparing to go to Gillette,
Wyoming, where he believes he sees
a fine opening for his business. The
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Review will be conducted under the
management of the business men of
the city: An editor and publisher,
Mr.. Greenley, of Richland, having
been engaged by them to take charge
of the business:
Cal. Estes, who had bone in his
thigh fractured by an 1S-foot fall some
weeks ago, is walking around town on
clutches.
Mrs. Bertha Myers and Miss Fay
Hughes will start to the Worlds fair
Saturday:
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IRISH BEND.

Irish Bend, Sept. 2s.-Messre. Jam es
Kerr and Stoves are having some tin
work done on their dwellings.
Plowman Bros. are building large
barn on their farm below Leando.
Messrs. ]. Day ana VIM. Jallman. of
Bloomfield, were here on business last
week.
Messrs. VIM. Strait, and Burg Strait,
accompanied by their wives are at
tending the Worlds fair this week.
Geo. Duf1ield returned from visit
with relatives in Davis county, and
while there took in the Davis county
fair.
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NAY GET CLAIM.
IOWA FIGHTING Fob FARM OF 1eo
ACRES WITHIN BOUNDARIES
OF SOUTH DAKOTA
Farm Of James coIiIsan, An Inmate
Of the Cherokee Hospital for insane
Wanted by State to Pay for Twen-
ty Years Of Care.

The State of Iowa owning $50 acres
within the boundaries of the state of
south Dakota is the unique situation
that will be brought about II a case In
the supreme court which is to settle
matter OF ownership Is decided in
favor of the state. The case Is without
a parallel in the entire country as no
such action has ever been introduced
into court Of Justice.
The farm, now the property Of James
Colligan, an inmate of the Iowa state
hospital for the insane at Cherokee, is
being brought into litigation by the
state of Iowa trying to get control Of
the property for the twenty years OF
care and attention which has been be-
slowed upon the owner.
1t was over twenty years ago that a
poor, >decrepit and apparently insane
man was found wandering on the
streets of Sioux City. He was ad-
Judged insane, his care taxed up
against the state at large and was con.
fined in the hospital at Clarinda. Since
then he has been a ward of the state
of Iowa,
Thought to Be PennIess.
For a long time it was believed he
was penniless. After time it became
known he was James Colligan, of
Chandler, Clay county, S. D., farm er
in comfortable circumstances, owning
a quarter section without a lien upon
it,
The matter was referred to Attorney
General Mullan, who began in the dis
trict court of Woodbury. county an &C.
ton to get possession of the farm by
the state for the $4,000 which was
claimed to be due the state for the care
of Colligan. Attorney F. L. Ferris of
Sioux City has been in Des Moines dur
ing the last week comforting with At
torney General Mullan on the affair.
District Court Decision.
The case was tried in the district
court and Hon. G. W. Wakefield, Of
the Woodbury. bench decided
that the state voluntarily took Coli
gan as ward and that they had no
right of action against the property.
He questioned jurisdiction as well.
An appeal has heen taken to the SUI
preme court to decide the peculiarly
constructed legal question.
Colligan is still at Cherokee and sane
at intervals. He told the story about
his farm to the warden of the hospital
at the time of one of his lucid periods.
Investigation was made and it was
learned that the farm, unincumb ered,
has been kept by his father and broth
ers, who had long since given him up
for dead. 1t had however, never pass
ed through the probate court.
| Worth Amount of Claim.
| Attorney General Mullan is quoted
as saying that he had faith in the right
hof the state to attach the property
notwithstanding that it is located out
side of the boundaries of the state OF
| Iowa. The farm is worth about the
amount of the claim the state has
against the insane mans estate.
The action, peculiar in detail, is
said to be watched with much antici.
patton by Colligan, who, unable to real
ize the value of his property, is glee
fully watching the fight at long range
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SUES PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE.
George E. Taylor Is Defendant In a
Suit at Abba

Abba, Sept 27.-George E. Taylor,
the liberty party candidate for the
presidency of the United States, is
made the defendant in civil suit by
Fisher Bros. of this city who charge
that he has failed to settle for machin.
cry purchased from them during the
time that he operated sa farm near
here. The suit will be tried during
the present term of court.
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Lanauaae AS She Is SIuna.

They were enriching the English
treasury of figurative speech.
Gee. like your work. You seem
to think you're all the eggs" said one.
ooh, / don't know. s'pose l carry
just about as much pressure as you
do said the other.
''Is that so? Turn around and let me
look at your steam guage."
ooh. it amt necessary. don't sup
pose I'm no radiator. like you, am II"
II know what you are Jimmy. You
are a furnace, but you've got a bum
draft"
us that so? Well 1 don't see no
storm doors on your face"
mo? 1 guess that's becuz your win.
dows is frosty. You want to get some
body to wipe you with hot CLOTH"
Gee, you're full O. comebacks, amt
you? Where's all your medals? Gotten
on the other vest?"
mo, I can't wear 'em. I'm so hot /
melt 'em. Feel O. me. I've got on as
bestos underclothes."
"They tell me different
Eyes? Well that's very lumpy
work. They tell me different You
must "a read that on some wrapper"
Don't let that annoy you. No mat
ter where get EN-. | can pass 'em
back to you every once in while"
ooh, don't know"
ooh, I guess yes. You know, you
amt the north pole. You can be
reached
eyes? Well you amt the only shirt
in the laundry, neither, You can be
done up"
"Yes. easy-but not by the boy that
drives the wagon"
Huh"
'tHuh New York Press.
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HlAwATHA ON VICE PRESIDENTS

Would rum, said atawatha,
For vice president. you ask me?
Not upon your plated shirtwaisti
Not IL the remuneration
Were two dozen times as hefty
AS they figure it at present.
Think, my dears, of all the dead ones
Who have sought to lead the nation
And have somehow thus been side
tracked
BY the wise old party leaders1
Think OF Stevenson, old Adlai;
Wasn't he the noble Roman?
Who remembers him, my children?
Everybody knows Jim Corbett,
John L. Sullivan, Fitzsimmons.
Jack Munroe, and Thomas Sharkey;
Who knows Stevenson? Pray tell ms.
Think of Davis, Mr.. Davis,
Chosen by the grand old donkey
For Judge Parker's understody.
Tell me. who is Mr.. DAVIS? I
All of you know Lefty Davis,
Playing right field for Columbusr
But this democratic person
Isn't on your list, reckon.
Now and then we find a live one
In the role vice presidential;
Take our Theodore, for instance
Mighty hard is he to sidetrack,
Mighty hard is he to nluzzle,
But he is a great exception /!
To vice presidents in general /
When tsink of Mr.. Davis. Y
Trotting slowly after Alton
With his fountain pen already
And his checkbook in his pocket \
am forcibly reminded
OF a childish old gazabo
Known as Rodents in His Carrot,
Who for many moons resided
Rather should say existedl
In the land of the Slanbangos,
Who were rough and ready InjunS
Always looking for a nixup,
In a certain hard fought battle
The Slambangps lost their chieftatnA
Brave old Soakem- in the Kisser.
Who was punctured by an arrow
From the bow OF an Ojibway.
All the tribe went into mourning
For their late lamented ruler
And for many moons they mourned
him.
Finally they all decided
To elect another leader
And old Rodents in fIis- Garret
Butted In to seek the Office.
Very flush was with wampum,
Richest Injun in the outfit.
And the foxy old Slambangos
Did not dare to disregard him.
So they held a solemn council,
Smoked the Calumet, the peace pipe
After much elaboration
Sent for Rodents-in- His Carrot
And to him they spake as follows:
Dear old Rodents in II is-Garret,
VIE are all yours very truly,
VIE are all your humble servants.
You must not be taken from U.s.
Must not be dispatched in battle
AS you would be Ii we made you
Leader of the fierce Slanbangos.
We have chosen Swelling Biceps
AS the leader Of the nation,
And have made you Grand Exalted
Leader Extraordinary.
Very simple are your duties;
While the brave young Swelling
Biceps
Hastens forth upon the warpath
You can stick around your wigwan
Smoking cigarettes and eating
Poor old Rodents-in-the-G Carrot!
After that he was so chesty
That he didn't know his neighbours
In one year he spent his fortune
Buying medals, giving parties,
And in every way behaving
like drunken navigator.
This. my children, is the story
OF the foxy old Slambangos
And the cunning way they sidetracked
Weak old Rodents In His Garrett
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REALLY IT is.


Foolish to fret.
Silly to cry over split milk
Wrong not to take some sort OF a
rest in the summer.
Unwise to ask people to lend their
books. Wait till they offer, and then
think twice.
Desirable to do ones marketing and
shopping early in the day.
Exceedingly disconcerting to find
everybody yawning.
Quicker to do most things yourself
than to tell other people how.
Seldom the person who has the most
trouble who talks most about his woes
Extremely annoying to be compelled
to change ones plans at the last mo-
ment
Not wise to be too sensitive. A per-
son may be disagreeable and still bear
us no ill-wiH.
Not advisable to spend so much on
a vacation trip that one must be a
shut-in the rest of the year.!
Better to go slow. than too become a
victim of heat prostration.- Chicago
Journal.
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DooIln and the "Thunder. BoIt.p

Doolin ana the huhoer.Bolt."
p. Doolin was track-walker on the
Erie railroad. He attended wedding
one day, shortly before 1t was time
for him to go on duty, with the lament
able result that early in the evening
he seemed am bilious to walk on both
sides of the track at once.
The "Thunder-bolt" express was due
to pass the Haskell Road at 8:45. At
that time Doolin reached the road, but
the train did not appear She was
still invisible at 500, and Doolin be-
gan to worry about her in maudlin
way. When she was twenty minutes
late he could control his anxiety no
longer, and began walking the track
toward her as fast as he could in his
unsteady condition.
The "Thunder-bolt" meantime was
flying along at unusual speed. She
had been delayed by trifling wreck,
and the engineer was making up lost
time. Suddenly a lantern whirled
like giant pin-wheel in the gloom far
down the track. The engineers face
whitened; the brakes ground into the
complaining wheels; the engine rock
ed and trembled, passengers lurched
in their seats; and with hiss of air
and steam the "Thunder-bolt" stopped.
Dropping from his cab, the trembling
engineer ran up to where P. Doolin
stood.
"What-what's the matter? he gasp
ed.
"Ye're late" said Doolin. "Fwhat
kept yez?"
Earl Hooker Eaton in Harper's.
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An English Limerick.
A lady who lived on the Thames
Was robbed of her jewel-case of
ghames.
She was meek as lamb,
And she never said dam,
But her husband gave vent to some
dhames.