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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22
A DIVORCE REMEDY,

believing That an ounce OF proven
ton is better than pound of cure"
several young women of Ripley and
Dearborn counties, Indiana, have or
ganized club whose object is to learn
the qualifications of eligible men of
the district and thus warn girls who
contemplate marriage. So thoroughly
has the plan been carried out that 1t is
said the name of every unmarried resi-
dent and of every travelling man who
visits the two counties is on the cata-
logue compiled and kept up to date by
this leap year club"
| The large number of divorces in In
diana prompted the organization of the
club in the first place and though orig
inally som ething of a joke it has come
to be regarded as a serious affair both
by the young women who are members
and the young men who are listed in
the books of the club Late statistics
show that in Indiana there is one d.
vorce for every seven marriages and
the young women believe that their
club will keep the young women well in
formed as to the characteristics of the
men who WOO them, whether the WOO
er be resident of the town in which
the girl lives or of another in either
of the two counties.
Whether the plan will result in les
sening the number of divorces is a
question but If it does it may be we'll
to transplant it to Iowa. In some
parts of this state the divorces occur
in greater number in proportion to the
marriages than is reported in Indiana.
| 1t is interesting to note the manner in
which the catalogue is kept and the
objections that are raised to some Of
Of the young men.
Certain terse designations for the
records were agreed upon and each of
the young men was listed by number
| in the typewriter sheets and this
number correspondent to another num-
Der in record book where fuller de-
scription was kept.
If, for instance, No. on the type
written sheets was followed by the
! words, mot desirable" reference to
/ the book gave in detail the reasons
why he was so characterized If No.
was followed by the sentence, "a hard
worker, but stingy," the record gave
examples of acts from which the con-
clusion was reached.
| One man was characterized as "rich,
but dyspeptic," another as good look.
ing, put knows it," another as needs
wife with strong WILL" and SO on
| throughout the list.
| One good result is said to have been
obtained already, for some of the
young men have been known to change
| their habits. Surly ones have become
more affable, others have readjusted
their appetites to please the young
women, some have begun to dress
more in taste land still others have
done everything in their power to get
rid of the characterization, "stingy.''
No one has yet been bold enough to
say, however, whether the list has
been the means of breaking off any en-.
gagements because of some girls hav'
ing received warning that her intend
/ ed husband will not support her, or mas
1 been known to refuse to make fire for
breakfast, or has all the indications
Of not taking kindly to milliner's and
modistes' bills, or some other equally
reprehensible characteristic.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22
: $1,000
PARKER THE WEAKEST OF ALL

Cedar Rapids Republican. The
democratic party has not cut
much figure in national elections since
the war, except on three occasions
In 1876, 1884 and 1892. But In spite
of the fact that chances We're against
them In a majority of the elections
that have been held during the last
forty years they have generally man
aged to put up a fight and to present
a candidate that aroused enthusiasm
within the party ranks.
Tilden was a real leader. He inspir.
ed confidence and enthusiasm. On the
face of the returns he was elected,
and it is generally acknowledged now
that he was the choice of the people
In that year over Hayes who was
seated by the electoral commission. In
1880 the democratic party made poor
showing in the electoral college, but
they nominated candidate. General
Hancock, of whom the rank and file of
the party We're justly proud. He had
superb record as a soldier and was
clean personally, and democrats fought
for him gladly even after October
elections in Ohio and Indiana had
demonstrated that he would certainly
fail Of election.
In 1884, under the leadership OF
a new leader Cleveland attracted
many men who in previous elections
had supported republican candidates
and republican principles and though
there was opposed to him the most
popular and spectacular leader the re-
publican party had ever had he won
substantial victory for himself and
carried the country by sufficient ma
jority to insure not only his own cleo
ton but a democratic house of rep
resentatives. In 1888 Cleveland was
again the candidate. and though he
was defeated the result was in doubt
up to the night Of election. In 1892
Cleveland again being the democratic
leader, that party went into the fight
greater amount of enthusiasm than
| had ever been manifest before.
In 1896, prior to the assembling Of
the democratic convention, 1t seemed
as though it would be impossible for
| the democracy to make any kind of a
| fight. The administration of Cleve-
land insofar as holding the party to-
gether, was concerned. was an abso-
lutte failure. The nomination of Bryan
created new party and put forward q
new issue, and the campaign he made.
though it ended in overwhelming de-
| feat, will always be memorable as one
\ Of the most strenuous campaigns ever
waged by a candidate for the presi-
dency. The second Bryan campaign
was hopeless from the beginning, but
it was characterized by energy, and
thousands who continued to follow
him did SO with loyalty and enthusi-
| asm.
4 But Parker, 1.-THE Unknown" 1.-THE
| Sphinx" the safe and sane gentleman
who has yet heard a single enthusiasts.
tic shot for him? His campaign Is
dead failure. He will receive the vote
4 of certain number, who 1t seems
have been predestined from thu foHf'
\ dation of the world to vote the demo
cratic ticket, and that will be abou
! all. So far as the democratic part,
is concerned, the present campaign Il
the most spiritless in forty years.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22
GEoRGlA'S MILITIA TRAITORS.

Chicago Record Herald. If state
militia exists for anything 1t is to pro-
vide physical strength whereby gov
eminent can maintain itself in an
emergency against attack from with
out or within. When malitiamen align
themselves against government they
are guilty of treason. When they de-
liberately waste their power and pas
sively allow the enemies of govern
ment to prevail. their offense is hard
ly less.
The officers of the company Of troops
that was sent by the governor of Geor-
gia to prevent a threatener lynching
at Statesboro thought they recognized
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22
REPUBLICAN, (cENTER) TOWN
SHIP TICKET.
A PARTY OF DEEDS.

In the address of Hon. John F. Lacey
at Deep River, great truth appeared so
frequently that the casual reader of
the address scarcely noticed that the
speech is one of the strongest, ablest
ones Mr.. Lacey has ever made. He
touched every subject with which the
campaign deals this year. He follow.
ed the history of the republican party
from its inception and told of the work
1t has DONE After recounting the man.
ner in which it dealt with the slavery
question he prepared Ills audience for
the story of the reconstruction period
by saying:
mo party can live on its past alone.
The mill cannot grind with water that
has passed. A record of achievements
is chiefly valuable as giving earnest
of good works yet to come"
This is one of the greatest argu-
ments in favor of the republican par
ty at the present time. AS it dealt
with slavery, as it dealt with the diff
culties it faced at each turn during
the period of the reconstruction, SO 1t
has dealt with every knotty question,
every hard problem, that has arisen
since that time. So it faced the task
of retaining the nation from the de-
spafr which hung over it like a cloud
after the second Cleveland administra-
ton. So it will face and conquer any
problems that may present themselves
in the future. Mr.. Lacey in his char
acteristic strong and pointed language,
spoke at Deep River of the progress of
The party since the war. Even those
who read the address at the time will
do well to re-read this part and those
who failed to do SO should not miss
this opportunity. He said:
"The republican party met the is
sues of construction, greatly compli-
Gated by the assassination of the
mighty Lincoln, whose goodness of
hear. cd common sense would have
been the greatest value in the
solution of the problems which the
war had left for adjustment
But the party met and disposed of
these momentous questions as they
arose, stunning and Sinking nothing.
The national honor was involved in
the payment of the obligations arising
from that war, and the resumption of
specie payment became one of the du-
ties Of the nation.
Here again the republican party
was confronted with determined re-
sistence, but recognized the sound bus
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22


Now that the boomerang has ceased
to be a novelty the democrats, true to
their habits of digging up old relics of
the past, are springing boomerangs in
the shape of their attacks upon Roose-
welt. The only effect is to ridicule the
authors of the DOGGY man" stories.
uncle Joe" Cannon, in characteris-
tic address at Terre Haute, answered
the opposition in the right way, when
he summed up the complaint in the
following manner: "And SO this Presi-
dent of ours is a Caesar, dangerous
man who wants to kill you both where
you are and where you amt" But Mr..
Cannon, who knows far different, left
no doubt in the minds of his hearers as
to the sanity and safety of President
Roosevelt's every move and action.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22
ABOUT JUDGE WADE.

Judge Thayer's Clinton Age, demo
cratic). has waxed warm over the fact
that the Courier and other papers in
Iowa outside the second district are
taking an active interest in the con-
gressional fight there and are working
for the election of Mr. Dawson, the re-
publican nominee. The Age recently
said:
1.-THE fight on Judge Wade was inau-
gurated by such newspapers as the
Des Moines Register and Leader, the
Capital, Sioux City Journal, Burling-
ton Hawkeye, Ottumwa Courier and
Dubuque Times. AS if given the cue
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22

This lead is rapidly frightening. BY
1925 Germany will have double the
population of France, at the present
rate of increase in the two countries.
If numbers decide the issue. war be-
tween the two countries would be
hopeless for France, and therefore the
lost provinces of the conflict of 1870.
II are permanently lost. But revenge
idea is being abandoned by France,
Her statesmen and publicists are giv-
ing their attention to the vital prob
lens of the moment, and thus they
are making their country great, pro-
gressive and influential
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22

by concert of action, jumped into the
arena at one and the same time and
are now making a common cause of
the defeat of Judge Wade. We call
this a sentiment pure and simple. It
has no real meaning, except what
meaning there may be in sentiment
of that nature. The slogan uppermost
as it appears in those newspapers, is
that Iowa must be solid. That it is a
shame to have the state disgraced by
democratic congressman The point
made is not so much against the Judge
and his fitness for the office, as it is
there must not be any break in the
states representation in congress"
While the Courier cannot speak for
the other papers named by Judge
Thayer in his article, we can say that
this paper has not had q cue from the
party managers" or from anyone else
to oppose Judge Wade, nor have we en-
tered into any agreement for :, Con
cert of action" In fact, none of Judge
Thayer's charges are founded on fact.
The truth Of the matter is simply that
the Courier is opposed to Judge
Wade's reelection to congress for the
same reason that it is opposed to the
election of Judge Parker or any other
man who represents the principles Of
the democratic party. And because
this paper has large list of subscrib-
ers in the second district is sufficient
reason why it should take an active
part in the congressional contest there.
The Courier does not oppose Judge
Wade because of sentiment. Senti.
ment has little to do with politics and
should have less. The Age is wrong
when it says that the Courier has ad.
vocated Mr.. Dawson's election On
the ground that Iowa should be
solidly republican. We have rot
heard the slogan nor have we
said that it would be a disgrace to
Iowa to have a democratic congress
man. There is no sentiment about
this congressional contest. 1t is bust
ness proposition and the Courier OPP
poses Judge Wade's reelection on
business principles. He is democrat
and if elected on the democratic ticket
he will as matter of course vote with
the democratic congressman against
measures proposed by republicans il
line Will Lue TSpupllCdu party . VlSWs
and principles. Mr.. Dawson, if elect
ed, will be aligned with the republi
can side of congress and the Courier
supports him for that reason. Is there
any sentiment in that?
1t is not sentiment that teaches the
voter this year to support Roosevelt
and republican congressman. 1t is the
remembrance of the dire results thai
followed the election of tie last demo
cratic president. 1t is the remem
brance too, of the prosperity that fol
lowed McKinley's election in 1895 ant
has continued. despite the wal
and some heavy financial ven
lures. 1t is realization of the
fact that the country's history since
the organization of the republican par
ty shows that that party has stood al
ways for advancement and prosperit.
just as the democratic party has al
ways brought disaster and hard times
This is not sentiment but the sane rea
soning of people who have seen the eff
fects of administration by the TIVE
parties. have compared them ant
know.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22

THE general tariff policy to which,
without regard to changes in detail,
believe this country to be irreyocably
committed is fundamentally based up
on ample recognition of the difference
in labor cost here and abroad. "-Presi-
dent Roosevelt at New York, Novem.
Der II, 1902.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22

Fate has decreed. and her DEGREES
are forever irreversib!e, that we shall
dwell in perpetual unison. Political
demagogues, for selfish ends, and
senseless agitators cannot disturb the
ties which bind us together with more
than a Titans power" Hon. G. W..
Fairbanks. at Lancaster Mass, June
80, 1903.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22

"The man who tills his own farm,
whether on the prairie or in the wood
land, the man who grows what we eat
and the raw material which Is worked
up into what we wear, still exists
more nearly under the conditions
which obtained when the 'embattled
farmers of '76 made this country a ma.
ton than is true of any others of our
people. President Roosevelt at Sioux
Falls, South Dakota, April 6, 1908.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22

News from Kuropatkin is to the ef-
feet that the forces Of Japanese con.
tinue to increase in spite of the fact
that they are being killed off by the
thousand. 1t would seem that the cen
sus enumerator in japan overlooked
few citizens on his last round.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22

"The tariff affects trusts only as it
affects all other interests. 1t makes
all these interests, large or small, pro.
ftable; and it's benefits can be taken
from the large only under penalty of
taking them from the small also."-
President Roosevelt at Minneapolis,
Mimi, april Z, 1903.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22

An unroofing cyclone is a bad thing
even when it doesn't injure anyone.
Oskaloosa can show losses of about
100000 as the result Of last nights
how
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

1.-THE electric railway is revolution
ary," says the Marshalltown Tines
1T means a new era in
not only interurban
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22

Another week and the corn crop can
say to the weather man, Bring on
your frost"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL TICKET.

4 AsiehA III 10 10.
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL TICKET.
ForsPresident.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
of New York
For Vice President.
CHARLES w. FAIRBANKS.
of Indiana.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
For Electors at Large.
EDWIN S. ORMSBY.
j. H. TREWIN.
For Sixth District EIector.
ELLSWORTH ROMINGER.
of Davis County.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
For Secretary of State.
WILLIAM B. MARTIN,
of Adair County.
For Auditor of State.
B. F. CARROLL,
of Davis County.
For Treasurer of State.
G, S. GILBERTSON,
VI wlhnepaso county.
For Attorney General.
CHARLES w. MULLAN,
Oh hlackha"k county.
For Railway Commissioners.
N. 5. kETCEAM,
of Marshall County.
-
neI'eAN SoMehEes'oNAL
.
oo' go ,I9s,na", Sl1eH D'ser'et'
oiIlI r., ba ~
,---.-oo-l1 - 80
REPUBLICAN, COUNTY TICKET.
For Representative.
f.. M. EPPERSON,
VI ooiuiiiola ! o"nsiiip'
For County Auditor.
y. X. CRlLEY,
OF Center Township.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22

An Iowa train robbing story sounds
just like a Montana train robbing
story" says the Des Moines Capital.
Both invariably end with the an
nouncement-'An armed posse is in
pursuit,n
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22
but perhaps trans-continental. The
possibilities of electric rapid transit

Cows fed on malt do not furnish
nutritious milk declares the Dubuque
Telegraph. 1T Is not long since q
crusade was begun against this diet
and there is reason why more atten-
ton should be given the milk and
strick observance Of law exacted."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22

MT. Wade may be able to convince
his people that protection is possible
IN spots" says the Waterloo Reporter,
but they are taking a long shot at
credulity If they expect to retain adj
vantages for themselves while being
actively engaged in trimming the pro-
tecting branches Of the other fellows
trees"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22

President Roosevelt's logic and
courage make men like j. P. Morgan
and j. D. Rockefeller. who are going
to defeat him because he refuses to be
their tool, look like thirty cents" de-
clares the Cedar Rapids Republican.
Thank heaven. manhood as persona
fed in the President, is still above mil
lions as personifled in moneyed nuns
miles,"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22

In the opinion of the Marshalltown
Times Republican, every divorce case
is a warning to every man and woman
of manageable age, that ordinary
judgment and common sense are as
necessary in the selection of a life
mate as in the purchase of business,
a farm or a piano.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22

Every paragraph Of the Presidents
letter of acceptance bears the stamp Of
his individuality" declares the Dubu-
que Times. 1T cannot fail to increase
admiration for his literary skill and
his courage. The latter he expresses
by taking the people into his conf
dence. He trusts them and they will
trust him."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22

The Winnebago County Republican
thinks cheap teachers poor Invest
ment. 1t says: Cheap teachers are
generally poor teachers, because they
do not possess the qualifications or ex-
perience to fit them for successful
work in the school room. Raise the
standard Of teachers, and other things
will naturally follow for the welfare
of the profession" af
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22

Discussing the biennial election the
Cedar Rapids Republican says: Per
haps the question may be lost sight of
altogether in the excitement incident
to the presidential campaign. This
ought not to be, however, for it Is
really a matter Of great Importance,
and whatever the decision may be 1t
ought to be one that is manifestly a
decision thoughtfully rendered and
participated in by the full body of our
citizenship
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22

Discussing the relations Of Senator
Davis with his party. the Sioux City
Journal says: with this plain proof
that the managers of the democratic
campaign have not the confidence of
the candidate for vice president, there
is the more excuse for men not so
directly concerned to withhold their
faith from the combination which has
made a nucleus of Judge Parker. To
people who have as yet given the mat
ter no serious thought it will be we'll for
them to take tip from Grandpa
DaYiSn
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22

The Carroll Herald thinks it is like
ly that the great packers Of the west
will gradually reduce their plants in
Chicago till the business will nearly
all be done in the smaller cities of the
middle west. This is one of the ne
cessary results Of the recent strike"
says the Herald. Packers will have
to remove from the center of labor
agitation, where walking delegates
will have less opportunities for mis-
chief making. Chicago will be the
permanent sufferer from the late
strike"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22

The dressmakers' convention has
decreed that no gown shall be worth
turning around to look at this winter
that doesn't contain at least thirty
yards Of stuff. Commenting on this,
the Sioux City, Journal says: THE
dry goods manufacturers and mer-
chants agree that the new
style will be simply immense, but
husbands and fathers are already fill
ing their feeble protests"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22

The Atlantic Telegraph says the de-
mand for Judge Smith to make political
addresses in other states marks him
as man of ability and man In
whom the people have confidence.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-05-06
Snt nnteriecbppt.

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englt19en unterfee6oots CAB neuli9 Elm
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lift febr eigentbiimlt9. Man fIblt
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bas untertuu9en berurfa9t pirb. Qi6t
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beretn in elmer 5tefe bon apet ssaben.
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Ter pfortenDffnungen %6tnausblidt, fas
gen, ob Der 6immel beipDlft 1T ober
ob Die Some auf Die Observation-Disclosures
f9eint. Oas erite @efii6l, bas man
unter Wafer bat, lit cine Dirt 8etduz
bung; tie ntrb bur9 bas @efii6l Der
bDqigen StGflofigteit 6erbprqe6rant.
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gen bes 8ootes ftnb ni9t ~pabrnebm=
bar, telbf tpenn es nit feiner pouen
unter1eegef3Dinbigfeit BON Iieben Rnoz
ten fd9rt. 9us @efi4I Der @tine 1T
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mid unb ebenfO Elm f9redlt9es gefIbl
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blet9. 9as 1T, ipie i9 meine, cine
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bort eraeuqen."