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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-03
"rHE alEIlE GLE us.n

Could Judge Parker see himself as
others see him it would, perhaps be
more easy for him to realize one week
from tomorrow night when he receives
the election returns, that he is defeated
in the pres. dental race. Could he view
the situation from the vantage point
of the public, see it as the masses of
the voters do, he could understand
why his talk against the trusts is not
taken seriously, why the republicans
do not worry about his carrying the
ultra-Bryan vote, why the country at
large views the election Of Roosevelt
as a foregone conclusion. How can
the people accept Judge Parker's de-
nunciation of the trusts as sincere
when he was put into office by the oil
trust, whose counsel Patrick McCar-
rem, is one Of his managers? How can
they believe him sincere in his talk
about the common people" when he
takes advice from August Belmont. the
American agent Of the Rothschllds
How can they think him acquiescent
on the money question when he voted
for Bryan and free silver in 1896 and
in 1900? How can they think that he
would make a good president when
he votes against proposition which
he believes to be right? For if he
did not believe the gold standard right
he wou-d not have taken the trouble
to send his famous telegram to the st.
louis convention.
William Jennings Bryan, for years
the acknowledged leader of the democ.
racy ana a man who, even his political
opponents have to admit, is consist,
ent in his political views. does not
view the candidacy Of Judge Parker
with favor. Shortly after the conven
ton in st. Louis Mr.. Bryan had the
following editorial in his paper, "The
Commoner." showing, his position with
regard to Judge Parker's campaign:
| 81 shall not misrepresent the situa
ton, or appeal for votes for the ticket
upon false grounds. a democratic vic
tory will mean very little, if any, pro
as the party is under the control of the
| Wall street element. The la
Dor plank as prepared by Judge Park
er's friends on the subcommittee was
a straddling, meaningless plank.
The nomination Of Judge Parker
virtually nullifies the antitrust plank
A man is known by the company hi
keeps, and though, to be sure, polite:
makes strange bedfellows, Judge
Parker has gone little past the limi
in choosing the companions for hi
presidential race. The democratic
party contains many men more accept
able than Hill, McCarren, Taggert an,
Belmont, but to these men Parker in
trusted the whole work of his nomina
ton and his campaign. But the peopl
of the country know politics too wei
to believe that Mr. Parker would b
able to cast aside these men shout
he be elected to the presidency. The
know that the Hill-McC arren- Tagger1
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THE PATH TO VICTORY.

tuesday November the electors of
the nation will cast their ballots in
national election which will decide the
policy OF the nation for the coming
Iour years. Two parties, each with a
candidate, stand out before the eyes
OF the people. The one now in power
seeks to elect the man who now stands
at It's head and at the head of the ma
tons government. Theodore Roose-
welt, representing republicanism in its
truest sense, has been the nations
President for three years and more,
having taken up the work of the mar
tyred Mckinley where that noble man
laid 1t down when stricken by the as
sassin's bullet. Three years time has
been given the former vice president
to prove his ability as chief executive,
and his every action has been charact-
erized by the same straightforward
honesty, the same painstaking care,
the same unfaltering faithfulness to
the interests of the people that guided
William Mckinley when he stood at
the head of the American government.
The nation has prospered beyond the
widest hopes of those who believed in
the ability of Mckinley to rescue it
from the abyss of despair into which
democratic mismanagement during
Cleveland's second administration had
plunged 1t. That prosperous condition
has continued since McKinleys death
and Mr. Roosevelt has proved that he
is equal to any of the questions which
arise daily to confront the chief execu-
tive of a great nation. He has demon
strated his ability to grapple with the
most knotty diplomatic questions and
to secure settlement in the best way
for America He has brought about
improvements and advances which
move the old world forward a genera
ton or two in single leap. His re-
election will insure a continuation of
the conditions that have proven so
beneficial to the nation and to the
world at large, a continuation of the
policies advocated by the beloved Nc
Kinley.
Next Tuesday the voters of America
will have the opportunity to show their
appreciation of the untiring efforts of
President Roosevelt in their behalf BY
voting for Roosevelt. for republican
congressional candidates and for the
entire republican ticket, is the way in
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EDDYvlLLE.

Eddyville, Oct. 81. - Born to Mr..
and Mrs. M. W. Barnes east of town,
Friday October %, a son. Weight
about eight pounds.
Charles Morris and son Poulton Of
Oskaloosa, came down on Thursday
night and visited over Sunday with
the father-in-law of Mr.. Morris, G. D..
True.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Terrell, who have
lived on Mrs. Morris Young's place
just east of town. the past year. have
moved into the Sullivan property on
North Fifth street.
Miss Frances Penick of Oskaloosa,
was Sunday guest Of relatives and
| friends here.
Frank Wells and son Claude, of OF
tumwa. came up Saturday for short
visit with relatives and old friends
| here.
! Mrs. Matilda Odem of North Fifth
street, has been quite sick the past
/ few days.
Jesse Belzer, west of Givin was Sc
verely shaken up and has his spine in
jured Saturday by fall while assist
| ing in tearing down house at Much.
akinock.
Mrs Maggie Brunt spent Thursday
with relatives at Abba.
Rev. J. O. Beard of Des Moines
preached at the Seven Day Adventist
church on Saturday forenoon, after
noon and evening. He also conducted
quarterly meeting Sunday afternoon
The following officers were elected;
James Bowles. deacon; James Watt
leader; Miss Eva Bowles, clerk; Mrs
4 G. Burt, treasurer; Miss Laura Bea
mer, missionary secretary.
! Mrs. Grant Bolibaugh, Mrs. Lev
Baldwin and Ciss Ceara Bolibaugl
have returned from Waterloo WHERE
they we're attending grand chapter o
the P. o. E. S. society which convene,
Wednesday.
Mrs. Lucinda Spencer has been en-
PERTAINING her sister from Oskaloos'
since Thursday.
The masquerade ball given in TIN
Lakonta hall Saturday night by Her
bert McFall and Joe Foley was
largely attended affair, seventy-fiv
numbers being out. The music for tn
occasion was furnished by Grattan'
orchestra, Of this place. A good tim
is reported.
Mrs. G. Lamar Of Lost Creek ha
been i'll lately.
Mrs. L. A. Geneva returned to he
home at Oskaloosa on Saturday afte
spending a few days here on bushes
and visiting friends.
James Watt departed Sunday morr
. ing for st. Louis to attend the World
fair. He will also visit Mrs. J. MFisl
. Mr.. McGinnitie and also sister.
Lincoln Mercer of Des Moines wa
, here over Sunday visiting his mothe
and greeting old friends. His mothe
) Mrs. M j. Mercer will accompan
: him on his return to Des Moines to r,
: side with him.
Mrs. F. D. Martin returned on FIR
, day night from short visit at Osk;
loosa
Mrs. Hanna Sampson will return /
!. her home at Delta today after Wis
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-03

with her friend, Mrs. John Sharp, Who
recently moved from Delta to jtha
property Of Mrs. A. M. Hfi}ttabidGi
Attorney j. f. Hall was attending
district court in Ottumwa on Satur1
day.
Mrs. Fred Wilcox entertained a
friend from Hooking for a few days
last week.
The following young men who for.
merly lived here but now of Abba,
spent Sunday here. Cap Saunders.
William Cowden and Edward Hawke.
T. w. Walters will soon commences
erecting a large barn on his farm
where N. H. Padgett lives, to take the
place Of the barn which was burned.
The moving picture show at the
opera house on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday. nights drew good audiencesl
and was quite we'll spoken OF by those
who attended.
A large new store building is being
erected at White City, the new mining
town west Of Lakonta. The first floor
will be used as drug store and the
| second story as a dance hall.
| Ralph Allen and his friend Bert
Bloom Of Belfast. were in Oskaloosa
on Saturday. The freight train whichj
they went UP on on the Iowa Central
collided with switch engine in the
yards at Oskaloosa, resulting In consi
siderable damage to one Of the ens1
gines Il
Mrs. Marguerite Morris and Mrs.
Mamie e. Conklin of Omaha, Neb.sl
i who have been stopping here for sew.
eral weeks, will soon leave Eddyville.
Leonard Beamer OF Bluff Creek
were sightseeing at Bussey on Satursl
i day. i
Mrs. Mary Lennon of Tacomas
Washington, came here from OttumwH
Saturday for visit with DR.. and Mrs.
I e. M. Fasnaugh.
/ Mrs Mary Homer, who has BEEN
quite sick. is reported as no better atl
| the present time.
, The name of Miss Mary O'Connorl
should have appeared as president OF
the Philomathean literary society Of
the high school, in the item In the
: Courier few days ago regarding the
! literary societies.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Oldham east OF
) town were giving a rousing surprise
vi odLul uttJ cNSuiuE NY idUOut
persons coming in on them unexpectA
edly to spend the evening. The guests
> were members Of the Eastern Star and
> relatives Of Mr.. and Mrs. Oldham. The
3 party was in the nature Of farewell
surprise as Mr.. and Mrs. Oldham will
5 lease November for Los Angeles.
California to reside. Mrs. Oldham was
r presented with handsome silver tea
r pot by the Eastern Star. Games were
$ played and fruit was served The sur
prise was very successful one The
I following were present: Cras. schaferJ
S Chas Oldham. Chas Bolibaugh, and
!, Adam Embling and families Messrs
and Mesdames F. M. Epperson, Geo.
S Hartamn, Samuel Williams, Levi
r Baldwin. Grant Bolibaugh, r. j. Old.
r ham, and W. F. jaeger; Mesdames G. L.
Y Funk, F. W. Fails, Georgia Boyd,
y Sarah Oldham and F. P. Elliott. Misses
Clara Hartman. Clara and Olive Boli-
/ baugh, Lizzie Oldham and Lizzie Lin.
l derman.
Misses May and Nina Riegel enter.
o tanned number of friends in a social
tlway one evening last week.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-03
WEE VS.. INCOME.

Certain newspapers are exploiting a
new epigram uttered recently by
plain Methodist minister from the ups
state counties Of New York, before
conference Of his brethren. He was
telling of the hard work and small pay
of himself and fellows in tho poorer
districts of the country and he closed
with this tremendous question::
"How shall man support seal.
skin wife with a musk-rat income?"
The epigram may provoke smile
and there are all kinds and conditions
of morals to be drawn from it. Certain
it is that no one familiar with the cir
cumstances but sympathizes with the
poor Methodist preacher and his good
wife on the average country circuit
in their necessarily strenuous efforts
to make both ends meet financially
1t is difficult task and none but those
who have been through 1t know the
degree of self-sacrifice and almost des-
perate economy that is required to
meet this situation.
AS we view it, however, the ordinary
Interpretation of this new epigram
does not apply to such conditions. Most
of the comments seem to assume
that the wife is ordinarily the extrava-
CANT member of the family and hence
the difficulty of supporting "seal-skin
wife on a musk-rat income" One pa
per declares that it is this condition
of affairs, which is responsible for the
increasing number Of bachelors, par
ticularly in the cities, and for cor
responding increase in the number OF
middle aged spinsters.
We don't look at it that way. There
is not one wife in a thousand who will
not sacrifice and economic and labor
to keep the family expenses within the
husbands income, provided she is
taken into her husbands confidence
and knows what that income is, and
provided also that the husband himself
is not a spendthrift and does his part
along the line of keeping down current
expenses.
1t is true tina. there is c. lam en;abie
| lack of knowing chow to keep house.
especially on the part of girls who arr
employed in offices, stores and factor
les. One of the necessities of this
commercial age, when so many youns
women are engaged in bread winning
is an euuCdtlonal pTopaSdnud dloiiS Liz
line of teaching these same Young
women the science of hread-making
housekeeping and the care and con
duct of the home. The home IS the
foundation of civilized society ard the
greatest happiness in life. The care
and coad'lct of the home is the true
mission Of woman, always oas beer
and always will be till the end Of time
1t is safe to say, however, that in thu
vast majority Of cases the wife is thu
4 one who saves, economies and utilities
the family income to the last penny
j The spendthrift of the family is usu
ally not the one who wears the seal
skin coat, or the musk-rat jacket.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-03
A GREAT RALLY.

The meeting held in this city Monday
evening under the auspices of the re-
publicans of the county was the great.
est rally Ottumwa has seen during the
present campaign and one of the great
est ever held in this city at any time.
The main address was made by Hon.
Robert G. Cousins, representative in
congress from the fifth Iowa district,
and preceding him Major John F. La
cey, the man whom the sixth district
delights to honor, addressed the large
gathering in his forceful, inimitable
manner. The attendance was very
large. filling the Grand opera house,
and many were forced to stand during
the whole evening. But no one com
planned. Republicans and democrats
alike enjoyed the speech of Major La
cey, brimful of arguments that come
straight from the shoulder, a heart to
heart talk by a man who, though ele-
waited to a high place in the govern
ment OF the nation, is never too busy
nor too important to lend an ear to the
poorest of his constituents The sixth
district knows Major Lacey and re-
spects him. and his splendid address
of last night went home with convic-
ton to his hearers.
The address of Mr.. Cousins was a
masterpiece This brilliant, brainy
and eloquent orator, whose ringing
tones have been heard in every large
city in the nation, whose reputation as
public speaker ranks him among the
greatest the nation has ever
known, made his first appearance in
Ottumwa in many years last night.
Inc great majority of those who lis
tened to his address had never heard
him beforehand never before listened
to 30 strong speech from anyone
Oratory flows from his lips with the
spontaneity of waterfall, his diction
Is as carefully chosen as If he wrote a
classic his logic is as sure and as in
contestible as the truths of the Bible
and his speech last night combined
these characteristics so perfectly thai
everyone who heard was charmed.
Both the speakers agreed thatther
Is no such thing as apathy among the
republicans of the country this year
There Is, they said, a feeling of salts
faction, not only among republicans
whose votes have brought these happy
conditions which exist in the country
today, but among the democrats as
WCil, WIZ oil plOulluS liOlll Cu6 Q0ISa
OF the very ideas which they favored
four and eight years ago. Major La
cey, seasoned campaigner that he is
admitted last night that he is unable
to look into the faces of an average
audience and pick out democrats from
their facial expression, as he has beer
In years gone by.
Mr. Cousins tribute to the represen
tative from the sixth district was in
dicative of the regard and esteem il
which Major Lacey is held by his col
leagues in congress. Return the Ma
ior to congress-" said the elouuen
Cousins, "for we need him there. TIL,
fact is that he has become so usefll
that he is we'll nigh indispensable
Send him back to congress-"
Last evenings meeting was abb,
presided over by Hon. F. w. Simmons
and will be long remembered by al
who attended it as one of the creates
events in the citys political history.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-03

After his letter of acceptance, his
speech Of acceptance, his letters to
friends, and his front-porch talks, it
must be humiliating to Judge Parker
to have his democratic friends insist
that he should say something before
the campaign closes.
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which they can best show this appreci-
alton.
And they will do it. For they know
the causes of the unexamDle1 prosper
ity the nation now enjoys and, too,
they know the causes of the almost
unexampled depression which pre-
coded McKinley's election eight years
ago.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-03

The democrats are all sorry now
that they tried to make an issue be-
tween President Roosevelt's vigorous,
honest independence and Judge Par
ker's pleasing Elasticity.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-03

If Judge Parker is defeated he is to
have a $4,000 a year job as attorney
for the Belmont interests. The people
will see that he has an opportunity to
get that position.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-03

The Des Moines Register and Leader
says that Mr.. Parker has not at any
time in this campaign opened his
it," Ills utterances of late have been
marked by blunder after blunder," it
continues, Suggesting that his old
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Russia seems to be the victim of
the irresponsible men who have had
control of its affairs" says the Bur
lington Hawk Eye. such a deplor-
able mistake as that of the sinking
of defenseless British schooners and
the killing of unoffending English sail
ors by the Baltic fleet, could not have
been committed under well-managed
government"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-03

Discussing the rules of the simple
life the Cedar Rapids Republican says:
ali these resolutions can be carried
out, provided the person who has con-
WINGED himself of the. wisdom Of such
q course Possesses that moral courage
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-03
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Discussing the proposed peace par
lament, the Sioux City Journal says:
Whatever the outcome may be- it
should be borne in mind that President
Roosevelt has not made the first
move on his own initiative but in re-
Spouse to the request of the interpar-
liamentary union. The president is
not pushing the project and is, OF
course. ready to accept any develop
ment that may be supported by inter-
national opinion"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-03

"Why not take the censorship at
Iowa City out on the gridiron and let
the university's sturdy eleven kick 1t
over the field awhile?" Is the sugges-
tion of the Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
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MALARIA. n

Holly Springs, Miss, March "a, 1905.
While building railroads in Tennessee
some twelve years ago number of hands
contracted fever and various forms of
blood and skin diseases. Icarried S. SIS.
in my commissary and gave it tony hands
with most gratifying results. can recon-
mend S. S. S. as the finest preparation for
Malaria, chills and fever, as we'll as all
blood and skin diseases. w. I. MCGOWAN.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-03

There is talk of James S. Clarkson
formerly editor of the Iowa State Reg
lister, for postmaster of New York, and
the Keokuk Gate City says the APP
pointment would be meritorious one.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-03

The Marshalltown Times Republi-
can has figured it out that only eight
days remain between Mr.. Parker and
the day set for his execution.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-03

The Waterloo Courier says that Can
didate Swallow is the Gloomy Gus of
the campaign.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-03

"Mr. Bryan is swallowing the demo-
cratic platform because there is no
gold plank In it," says the Clinton
Herald. Bryan and his supporters
know that platform declarations are
superior to dead-head kilograms from
candidates."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-03

An Independent coal operator com
plains because the trust squeezed him
to the tune of $S00,OO0. "a man with
such small notions" comments the
Council Bluffs Nonpareil, has no bus
mess in the coal trade"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-03

I suffered greatly from Boils, which
would break out on different parts of my
body. I saw S. S. S. advertised and after
using about three bottles / was cured,
and for the last three years have had no
trouble whatever. A. w. ZEBER.
2I7 Read St., Evansville, Ind.
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Possibly Admiral Rojestvensky
stopped at Vigo to give the czar time
to cable congratulations on the splen-
did victory in the North sea-" says the
Sioux City Journal.
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"The American manufacturer and
the American workingman must de-
eide whether they want a continuance
of Mckinley prosperity or a return to
Clevelands tariff for revenue only
says the Muscatine Journal.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-03

Eyes, Iowa is in the doubtful column
all right. The politicians are unable
to say whether the republican plu-
rality will be 10000 or whether it will
be 100000" is the admission Of the
Des Moines Capital.
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Judge Parker is making the failure
that he forsaw," declares the Des
Moines Register and Leader. but that
his advisers have apparently concluded
cannot make the situation more des-
perate than it is. He was beaten by
silence, in the jangling and contention
of debate, even though he come off
without credit, something may turn UP
that will be of advantage. He must
talk in any event. and make assertions,
withor without merit. The role is a
difficult one and one without honor"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-03

Ibegan using your S. S. S. probably ten
years ago for Malaria and blood troubles,
and it proved so good that have con-
tinued ever since using it as family
remedy. 1t is a pleasure for me orecom-
mend S. S. S. for the benefit Of others
who are needing a first rate blood purifier,
tonic and cure for Malaria.
Arkansas City, Ark. G. G. HEMINGWAY.
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The Hawk-Eye foresees that Mr.
Craig will have to take water on some
of his waterpower charges, after the
election.
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The Council Bluffs Nonpareil says:
There is much regret over the fact
that Viceroy Alexieff was allowed to
back out Of the Russian army instead
Of going out head foremost, propelled
from behind"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-03

"In asking for the votes Of those
who are going to support Roosevelt
Judge Wade practically admits that
Roosevelt admirers are in the majority
in the district" says the Davenport
Times,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-03

Gen. j. Ellen Foster has been spell
binding in Colorado. and the Cedar
Rapids Gazette says: ~. Ellen always
is found where there is to most pros
pect of curtain-call. She would sim
ply stagnate in Iowa."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-03

Eternal vigilence is the price Of get
ting some voters to register. And even
then there is failure sometimes to
deliver the goods, says the Des Moines