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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-26

Phillips, formerly of this place, and
well known here, but now of Portland,
Oregon.
| Mrs. Catherine Fox. who was taken
to Oskaloosa some time ago. and who
has been quite poorly, is reported as
Worse
Craig Pos, who has been working
at Pella. visited over Sunday with his
parents here.
John Liebus and son, Herman, of
| Oskaloosa, were in town Friday
| Born Saturday, Oct. 81. to Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM Sherlow, Of White City, a
| daughter.
l.. e. Gray, who formerly held a po-
sition as agent for the Iowa Central
at Coalfield, is now serving as night
operator at Fairfield.
NJ. ]. Ward, formerly of Bluff Creek
moved to town Saturday and will oc-
cupy the VIM. Sumner property on
| North Third street until March l. when
he will take possession of the w. f.
JAEGER farm on Bluff Creek, which he
recently purchased.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. H. Seifert return
ed from Des Moines Thursday. after
visiting relatives. Mr.. seifert also at
4 tended the Yeomen conventions.
Mrs. Ben Moorish, of First street
who has been Ill with paralysis the
| past ten days or two weeks, is SLOWLY
| improving and is able to sit up some
The force of men who have been al
/ work building the new switch from the
Rock Island railway to the Estes sane
beds south of town, We're laid off las,
| Wednesday after working ten days
and so far as known here the switch
will not be completed this fall.
Mrs. j.. F.1ull and the baby of FREQ
Saville, of South Third street, have
been quite sick.
Robert Morgan has been i'll the pas
week.
| Kinds brothers. of Ottumwa, pur-
chased L. L. McCords' 1 OF acre farm
east of town Wednesday for $4,000, o.
a little less than $56 per acre. Mr.
i McCord Is said to contemplate moving
to Ottumwa.
Il G. j. Schafer, east of town, is i'm
proving slowly from an attack of con
gestion of the lungs.
c. l.. Funk, ]. f. Hall and L. l.. Nc
\ Cord were in Ottunwa yesterday.
Walter Vance of Hayden Chapel
who works at Shaft No. 10, has beel
shoulder which he injured in tn
} Emines.
The Masons had work in the thir
degree last Wednesday night, afte
which they enjoyed refreshments an
a social time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde, Sumner attende
the funeral of their aunt. Mrs. w. H
| Sumner at Olivet Thursday. Cynthi
r. Jewett was born about Sc year
ago. She passed her girlhood at Pell
and was married to VIM. H. Sumne
in 1877. Their married life had bee
passed at Olivet, Oskaloosa, Eddy
Vile, Ottumwa and Bluff Creek. The
: had lived here from 1888 until 1891, re
turning to this place about four year
ago. Last summer they went to OF
tumwa to live, in order that Mrs. Sum
ner, who had been suffering for som
, time with a cancer, and their daugh
ter, Mrs. June Findley, who is also q
invalid, could have better medics
r treatment. Mrs. Sumner passed ava
| Wednesday morning, Oct. 1S, leavin
a husband, one brother, one sister,
daughter and a little granddaughter
. to mourn her death.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-26

e 7 j Fl X.
came unfastened from the hitchins
post quite r Gently and ran away. The
buggy was badly damaged.
Mrs. Al Masden is at home after an
extended visit with relatives at Colo
RADIO Springs, Colo, and at LaPlata,
Mo.
G. A. Stevens was the delegate from
Salem 7. o. o. +. who attended the
Grand Lodgs Of Odd Fellows at Cedar
Rapids last week.
Saturday of this week teachers
meeting will be held at Salem. Prot
Cruiksbank, superintendent of the TT.
Madison schools, will give an address
Tuesday. Dr.. Kawhouser returned
from visiting at lis home at Columbus
Junction
r. Tones and ]. T. Ingrim spent last
week in Southern Missouri.
| James Leech arrived today from
| Ohio and is a guest of friends.
Mrs Samuel Sweter has returned
home after several weeks treatment
at hospital in Keokuk.
Mrs. Ed Williams Is visiting her .iis-
| ter, Mrs. Wallace in Oklahoma.
| VIM. Melton has returned from WIS.,
iting relatives in Indiana.
Newton Box and son, James Box,
and I. J, Brown are listing In and
around Enid, Okla.
Mrs. Edith Perisho and child are the
| guests at the home of Mrs. Parishes
grandmother, Mrs. Leah Widdif1eld.
Mrs. B. F !. Azers is entertaining her
daughter, Mrs. w. M. Reichley and
children from Missouri.
Mrs. T. Hampton and children from
1 Wyaconda, Mo-, are visiting at the
home of the formers father, John Nc
yey.
Rev. and Mrs. b. G. Hawkins visited
relatives at Fairfield last week.
/ Mr. and Mrs. Logan, Of Ottumwa,
have located in Miss Anna Collatt's
| rooms.
Mute Morrison, of Mt. Union has
purchs sed the Geo. Ollie farm and the
William --all farm west CT Salem.
DR.. Ringland, wife and daughter,
of Hamilton, Ill., were guests of DR.
and Mrs. Evans several Gays of last
week.
4 Quarterly meeting OF the Methodist
Episcopal church was conducted by
PRESIDING Elder Mye:s Sunday.
! The Horny county Sunday sc..oAl
convention heldAat the Methodist Epis-
; copal church Thursday evening and
Friday was quite a success.
Rev. B. G. Hawkins Is holding a ser
: les of meeting Mt Donaldson chapel.
O. S. Ratliff has purchased Charles
Havenhill's farm
| DIR. Evans and wife returned from
Keokuk Thursday where they have
been visiting relatives.
J Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Ozburn have
returned from visiting relatives In
: Ohio.
i, Postmaster C. A. Stevens attended
the district postmaster's convention
: held at Keokuk Tuesday
Frank Richardson. after spendina
J three weeks with his aunt. Mrs. ]. w.
Hawkins, returned to his home at
Hannibal. Mo-, Tuesday.
} Miss Addie Hawkins. who has been
visiting at the home of her brother, ].
l w. Hawkins, expects to return to her
home at Basco, ILL.,, this week.
I In the west part of town, about II
3 o'clock Sunday night, the house be-
! longing to Mrs. Icy Cramer, Of
/, Pennington. and occupied by Milo
Fem and family, was destroyed by
fire. Some of the household goods
were saved. No insurance. At day
light Monday morning, the cry of Are
; was again resounded, and the c.. B
3 & @. depot was in flames. The depot
/ and all its contents were consumed.
The rules that do not work at an
have big advantage when 1t comes
ltc cprptino I'm
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-26
THE FIGHT is ON.

The fight in Iowa against tubercu-
iosis has been launched and the mem
hers of the Iowa Association for the
Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
have begun the work of sending out lit
erature and appeals for financial and
moral aid and support. The plan is
rot thoroughly outlined nor has it
been fully decided upon, but the main
object of the association is to secure
an appropriation from the state legis-
lature Of money enough to make fight
upon the disease. Money will be nee
essary, whatever the plan may be that
is followed out, and 1t is important,
that the people of Iowa interest them
selves in the work. How important it
is is not recognized by the average cit.
izen until he scans the figures pre-
sented by the association that is in.
tent upon whipping out the plague
within the borders of Iowa. A table
included in the associations litera
tLre now being mailed abroad in the
state shows the number Of deaths
from seven of the more common and
deadly diseases to be more than 40C
short of the number of deaths from
tuberculosis alone. The figures given
refer to Iowa and are from the official
tables furnished by the census OF
1900. The showing follows:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-26
SALEM.

Salem, Oct. 24.-On account Of re-
pairs being made on the church. the
servises of the Congregational church
were held at the opera house Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bonnell have returned
from several weeks spent on the Pa
cific coast and in, the western states.
A team belonging to Pearl Fem be-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-26

career; such, for instance, as "never
look at the clock" and never talk pri--
vate affairs during BUSINESS hours.
All this is wise and proper, but some
negative advice is needed fully as
much. This plebiscite gives it with
out waste of words. Study how other
men lost their jobs and avoid repe-
tition of their experiences.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-26


In the international gallery.
Cold weather, the Mason City Globe-
Gazette concludes is what makes the
peopl. of the northwest the most ac-
tive and progressive people in the
United States. IF nature a. not
compel man to dig and hustle it says
than according to some authorities it
once was"
Governor Cummins is trying aw-
fully hard to pick a quarrel with Mr..
Shaw" remarks the Muscatine Jour-
nal
what municipalities ned is bet
ter atmosphere, clearer vision and
Sioux City Journal. "Cowardice is the
meat of rascals. 1t is more important
to the public to have honesty in the
public service than it is, to have men
whose published views on the burning
issues of the day are clearly UNDER
stood. And that would come to pass
| If patriotism, as Governor Folk calls
| it, had the courge of mouse
But in the meantime Iowa has not
lost population and its farm values
have not declined, the census and the
executive council sitting as an equal
izing board Notwithstanding" says the
Cedar Rapids Republican.
Football brutality has undoubtedly
been very effectually squelched If 1T
be true as reported that Secretary
| Taft has sat down upon It," remarks
the Keokuk Gate City.
The Dubuque Times predicts that
there will be no legislation at the APP
preaching session of congress for the
purpose Of repairing the revenues, be-
cause they are not seriously in need
of repairs.
isn't 1t about time in this country
that men applauded right regardless
of whether 1t Is democratic or repub-
lican?" asks the Dubuque Telegraph
4 Herald.
In the opinion Of the Marshalltown
Times Republican it will be time
enough to number the rural letter
boxes when the patrons Of routes ex-
press a desire for it.
4 The Des Moines Capital observes
that Iowa newspapers are not COM
PEELED to indulge in a daily scream In
several different languages this year
4 Don't forget to register.
i eff Johndee continues his riotous
course of entertaining his friends
the Sioux City Tribune opines, 'he
\ will become separated from some Of
his cash and become merry mixer.
Il The publication Of the text of the
!, treaty of Portsmouth is all that recalls
the fact that there was such a treaty
: to the Courcil Bluffs Nonpareil.
i, The Des Moines Capital is sure tia
those petrified apples of Colorado car
hardly be much harder propositions
than the Ben Davis have the reputa.
ton of being.
The Des Moines Register. and Leade1
says the grating insurance officials
must 60" and the Cedar Rapil5 Ga.
zette says it "looks as though the!
had been going some"
at will take more than a doctor!
} dictum to stop the kissing practice.
defiantly asserts the Waterloo Cou
rier. MANY a man has willingl.
braved death for a kiss and there still
be men of courage in the world"
The Washington Press pronounce
Hon. John N. Irwin of Keokuk ''on
of the most brilliant and likeable mel
in the state and the Keokuk Cat
, City says, Among the gentleman
many acquaintance in Iowa, and gu
of it there is none who will dissen
from this Judgment"
WHY THEY LOST JOBS
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-26
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS

Hundreds Of sickly people have &C
cepted this advice and are now well
and hearty. 1t is the best health
maker before the public and always
cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, costive-
ness, Poor Appetite, Female Ills, or
Malaria. Try it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-26
GOOD HEALTH

Increases the pleasures of life a hun
dred fold while bad health brings
nothing but suffering and discomfort.
If you're slckIy, we urge youSto build
up and strengthen the system by
using
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-26

suits than the best climate without the
right care.
THE lamentable lack of information
must be overcome by educational
methods"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-26
WHY THEY LOST JOBS.

Des Moines Register and Leader
The result of a plebiscite on the sub
iect "Why Lost MY Job" shove that
drunkenness is the most prevalent
cause. although personal pride Is a
close second Out of forty-fve posi-
ton losers which conducted the in
yestigation. seven attributed their mis-
fortune to LIQUOR while four frankly
confessed that their downfall was the
result Of nothing more or less than
an aggravated case Of "swelled head
In only one instance out of a total of
1000 answers thus far received was
sickness attributed. A summary of
the answers is given herewith:
Drunks -. Z
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-26
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

The Cedar Rapids Gazette foresees
that if France is forced to spank Cas-
tro the act will be warmly applauded
In the international gallery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-26

The rules that do not work at an
have big advantage when 1t comes
to counting up.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-26

Cold weather the Mason City Globe
Gazette concludes is what makes the
peopl- of the northwest the most ac-
tive and progressive people in the
United States. IF nature a. not
compel man to dig and hustle it says
1.-THE race would soon be more slmian
than according to some authorities 1t
once was"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-26

Governor Cummins is trying aw,
fully hard to pick quarrel with MI
Shaw" remarks the Muscatine Jour
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-26

Phillips, formerly of this place, and
we'll known here, but now of Portland,
Oregon.
Mrs. Catherine Fox. who was taken
to Oskaloosa some time ago. and who
has been quite poorly, is reported as
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-09-25

Thus when the wheat should have
reached the miller who nnally makes II
into hour a dockage Of 500 pounds
would have been made and every one
Of them has as mucn moral right TO the
doclage as has the Kansas city ele.
vator men.
However the Kansas City elevators
desire to rob Missouri farmers that
ought not to bother Kansas farmers II
il we're not for the fact that the rail
roads OF Kansas make rates to com.
pei Kansas farmers to ship their wheat
TO Kansas city. where they must pay
this toll. II Kansas City takes 100
pounds from a car Of wheat OF 500
bushels and Wichita does not Il will
be seen that Kansas City could BID
two and one-quarter.tenths Of cent
over Wichita and really be paying the
same price for the wheat that Wichita
would be paying on the fun carload.
II Kansas and Oklahoma farmers do
not des re to give this 100 pounds OF
wheat to Kansas City elevator men.
they can sell their wheat in wichita
and get paid for all their wheat put
into q car.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-09-25

Cities in which violent strikes
abound will be more or less interested
in judgment jury has given the
Panhandle railroad against the city OF
Chicago In the strike of 1894 a num-
Der OF cars were burned by rioters, and
the jury sustsins the company's con.
tentio1 that tlie city is liable for the
damage because of alleged inadequate
measures for the protection of the
property taken during the strike.
Should a line of such decisions follow.
il is predicted that labor unions will be
compelled to incorporate and be made
liable for their share Of damages
caused by the strikers. Il is remarked
that incidentally the verdict seems to
be vindication Of President Cleveland
who aroused a good deal Of feeling by
sending troops into Chicago in 1894 to
perform the police service which he
considered the local authorities were
not attending to with proper diligence. /"
Labor unions are coming to see the ia.
tility Of violence in labor wars. and the
discouragement Of il rom within their
organizations will perhaps have quite
as much effect in restraining riotng 81
the police may have.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-09-25
A Crocodile sunsrstltIon.

The superstition that death by croco-
dies are the inevitable result immedl-
atey after curtain has been wash al
in The river has been constantly con.
iirmed.
A curious note upon this superstition
appears in the monthly report OF w. b.
smith district officer at Timbang Batu.
North Borneo, He Gays;
Two crocodile fatalities have been
reported, and there have been several
narrow escapes Toward The end OF
December the enlightened authorities
al Pangkalan Randau seut up an aged
Chinamn TO rimbang Batu under ar
rest for having washci mis- mosquito
net in the river, A woman was taken
in the same place by a crocodile lew
hours later coincidence which great
~ enhanced his guilt. while adding. I
am afraid. fresh authority 10 the super
stition. North Borneo Herald.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-09-25

The Massachusetts census and that
of Other eastern states reveals that
While the increase OF population in
the cities and very large towns has
not been what was anticipated. that
n the small towns adjacept TO the
cities has been remarkable. This is
explained by the fact that with wide.
ly extended trolley systems, men Of
small incomes have found Il much
cheaper to move out OF town, and
make Their homes in places where the
taxes are very low and where the rents
and the prices OF household commodi-
ties are correspondingly cheap a ride
Of half an hour or a little more takes
them 10 business every morning. The
extension OF trolley lines IN eastern
Kansas is already having its effect in
increas ng the country population
With towns Of only moderate size and
rentals not exorbitant, the increase Of
country homes convenieut to inter
urban car lines has been but small
one. However there is a tendency to.
wand smaller farms. and tracts for
market gardening which is an evidence
Of added country population. and such
growth will cont nue.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-09-25
4 Demon Throuoh whiskey.

Vigorous efforts should be made to
expose the worthless creature who
sold the whiskey thu, converted the
Nez Perce Indian, Mox-Mox into a
raging demon. This Indian is said 10
be kindly and charitable when sober,
but liquor converted him into a neud,
While under the influence Of whIskSy
a few days ago, Mox-Mox tried 10 mur
der several members OF MS family,
aud succeeded in burning his aged
mothers house on the Nez Perce res
ervstion
The Indian lslyarticulafly Is suscepti-
BILE to alcohol A small quantity Of
spirits thst the average white man
COULD take without apparent effort
will make the red man bowling
drunk This fact was early discover
ed by the Hudson Bay company,
which sold rum sparingly to the say.
sses OF this country--and at that d.
iuted with nine parts Of water TO one
II rum. Well attested cases are re-
ported of Indians getting noisily
trunk by smelling a recently emptied
iquor flask
1t is this phase OF the evil that fos-
'ers the Illicit business Of selling
iquor 10 indians Worthless and ir-
'esp0usibie white men can buy a
Task Of wbiskey. dilute II several
imeS over and peddle # to Indians at
big protS and always the trafhc 10
cheap and vile grade OF liquor.
The Indian problem is largely the
liquor problem II the red man could
'e entirely deprived OF alcohol the
ask Of lifting him TO plane OF in
mstry and civilization would be trs-
nendonsly simphhed Spokane
spokesman Review.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-09-25


when Admiral Dewey started for
his station in The Pacific oceaa. prior
to the Spanish war, said well.
known railway man recently, "he At.
iracted little attention. On his way
west he TOOK the Baltimore & Ohio
train to Chicago. He and his secre.
tary had a drawing room. White
they were temporarily absent from it
some one stole $50. This robbery
soon became known and the officials
in Chicago were notified.
Two of The companys trusted
officers were sent down to the line 10
meet the train After conyerslng with
the Admiral, SO as to obtain q clew.
the Pullman conductor said another
man had also been robbed This vic.
tim happened to be a conductor who
had Just had his months pay cashed
all OF which the robber took pos
session OF He was interviewed and
was asked If he had any suspicious.
He said
Yes, ! have ! believe that little
short man III the drawing room. mean.
Ing Admiral Dewey, has my pile
az Chicago Admiral Dewey and
the Baltimore Ohio officials went
into a restaurant and had something
10 wash the dust down, as well as TO
appease their hunger
After the bate OF Manila the Bal
timore & Ohio officials went into the
restaurant and said to the proprietor;
Do you know who that was brought
in here some time ago? Wen that
was Admiral Dewey This was
enough for the proprietor, for he had
the bottle labeled as follows: This
is the kind that Admiral Dewey
drinks 10 whip the Spanish
"on the Admiral's return he stopped
At the same restaurant, and the bot
tie was presented to him. He vas
also told OF the suspicion OF the con.
ductor who had been robbed and he
enjoyed The Joke very much. ."-PhllA-
delphiA Press AM
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-09-25
Pagan and Christian

~saH aHd ANTlStfdH.
Russian loyalty flows out Of Christian
devotion; that OF Japan out OF race
sympathy and unity.
These sources Of loyalty are so utter
~ unlike that the Russian source has
no existence at all in Japan. and the
eolitical history OF Russia has made
loyalty of race impossible. She has no
race sympathy or unity.
It may be that the world will never
see again, on grand scale, the heroism
which can be kindled by loyalty II
race. Even Great Britain and Ireland
races are so mixed and there are such
differences Of speech and Of ideals in
politics and religion. that wide AMI
deep race sympathy is impossible. We
have TO substitute loyalty to Aag.
That flag does, It is true, represent 20
Us the devotion and courage OF our
knsmen. But on every well fought
field Irishmen have borne that Sag in
the front OF the battle, and yet thsy
declare that il is not their nag. Side
by side also with the British ensigns
in the Low Countries. in the Peninsula,
ana in the Crimea, where our soldiers
have won renown, there have been the
days Of other countries In al,ianes
With us
The little Island Power ia the Pacific
presents the intensely interesting spec
tacle Of single ancient race. armlng
itself with weapons invented and forg-
ed by other and alien people. anl al
yancing with one great shout OF deh-
nee, uttered in tongue unknown to
The rest OF the world, and bearing
to~n before it the greatest military
power which the Christian world has
kloan. II will be safe to say thai
such a sight the world will never see
again.
Properly speaking Japan has no re-
iigious system. Russia is all religious
system. But Japan has. as has been
well said. the soul Of a nation. aud
Russia has not Indeed. we may ask.
where else on the earth can we look tcr
the soul OF a nation?
The present war has given us vast
and most impressive pageant and has
given II in a pagan community. What
ever measure OF success may yet attend
the Russian armies, there must stll o.
the recollection Of her frightful losses
and defeats during this war. A pagan
nation defeats her, Notwithstanding all
her real piety and her imposing rellgi-
ops standing. Westminster RevieS