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The San Francisco call., 1905-01-25
EDISON SHOWS SIGNS
OF SPEEDY RECOVERY

Progress Rapidly Despite Serious
Operation.
ORANGE, N. j., Jan. 24.-Thomas
A. Edison, the inventor, was recover
ing rapidly to-day from the surgical
operation performed last night for a
mastoid abscess behind his left ear.
Owing TO a similar trouble few
wears ago the operation was diff
cult. but the doctors declared it was
entirely successful. Edison was in
good spirits to-day. The doctors say
they expect an uninterrupted recov-
ery..
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-25

CLEAR CHURCH OF DEBT.-Alameda,
Jan. 24.--Rev P. c. McFarlane. pastor of the
Christian Church. announces that the debt OF
$1,000 the house of worship has been cleared
away. This was done at a meeting Of the
church officers last night, when il was said
that but $500 of the original debt remained
This amount was Immediately subscribed by
those present. Officers were elected by the
NJ E. MacCauley; treasurer, Albert Hendry: !:
financial secretary j. G. Spence; members OF
the board OF deacons-Dr. w. w Chatterton
j.. G. Spence and Albert Hendry.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-25
Grand Jury Meefs.

OAKLAND, Jan. 24.-The Grand
Jury held session this morning and
listened to a recital of the facts in the
recent police scandal as told by Police
Commissioner f. c. Turner. Super
visor Joe Kelley and Treasurer Field
ler were called to state what in their
Judgment was needed in the way of
a vault for the accommodation Of the
county cash. Auditor c. w. Bacon was
interrogated In regard to the annual
statement of county affairs, which
needed some explanation.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-25

TO GIVE MASQUERADE BALIS-The San
Francisco Schwaben Veren will give a grand
masquerade ball at the Turner Hall 353 Ttlrl,
street ON Saturday January %.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-25

SCHOOL ATTENDANCE INCREASES
Oakland Jan 24.-Enrolment of pupils for the
present term in the public schools is To- $40 an
Increase Of 900 over last term. :
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-25
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

fOss u tIICII SIIIIsD IOrIns
after marriage. The bearing
of children is often destructive
to the mothers shapeliness.
All &c +L.~ L.
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lines have been equipped with tn

lines have been equipped with tur-
bines. It is reported that the expert
ment has proved such a success that
they will soon entirely supersede the
old style engines in ocean travel and
traffic.
The special advantage claimed for
the turbine is that it utilities 70 per
cent of the steam energy which Is
wasted by engines driven on the pis-
ton plan. This means a saving of 40
per cent in fuel-a no insignificant
gain when 1t is considered what an
enormous amount of coal is consumed
by ocean going vessels. Thus q
steamer $50 feet in length with dis
placement Of 5000 tons and equipped
with turbine engines, can steam $3.50
miles with $50 tons Of coal as against
2,140 miles steamed without such
equipment. So for speed gained and
space, room and power saved, the tur-
bine seems destined to be the steam
engine Of the future upon the sea.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-15

1t is amusing to note the many
shafts that are aimed at John d.
Rockefeller and by his friends at his
|accusers. The quarrel over the ac-
ceptance of the 100000 gift from the
oil king, which convulsed the mem
bership of the American board Of mis-
sions, has attracted national attention.
Tom Lawson, who might have been
expected to enter the lists early in the
game, has come out with gibe at Mr..
Rockefeller that is. like all Mr.. Law
sons work, worth reading. 1t follows:
Boston, April 8.--Thomas w. Law
son sent out the following telegram
last night:
1T is crying shame that the old
gentleman, John d. Rockefeller, Is so
pesterde and hectored at the vintage
time Of his wonderful career. The
head of the greatest band of ruthless
heart FUCKERS and soul drillers the
world has ever seen, the old gentle
man has risen to an eminence never
before attained by man, an eminence
where all, rich and poor, master and
slave, saint and sinner, can focus his
being between themselves and Gods
bright sun and size him up from his
breast bone to his shoulder blade, from
armpit to armpit. The old gentleman
kicks against the sizing up, but he
should bear with 1t, remembering that
pdClSIlCc anu lOTIlluQe AWAY AdSS
been the heritage Of the tribe of Shy
lock, and that he who dances must In
time pay the fiddler"
| 1.-THE tribe of the STANDARD OH has
had long and merrily mad dance.
Beneath their feet as they whirled
have been thrown countless thousands
of human hearts, brilliant brains, en-
| thusiastic souls, all gathered by the
tribe, and many and many a weary
fiddler has faltered,s dropped and died
or been dragged shrieking to the mad
house because he could no longer re-
spond to the old gentleman's inexor-
able on with the dance
"Old gentleman Rockefeller should
consult his Bible these nights of his
humiliation and chagrin and console
himself with what We have sown that
We shall reap Unquestionably these
are bitter days and nights for the old
gentleman Rockefeller, his men folks
his women folks, his beasts of burden
all his vast tribe, for at least 1t has
been written on the skies. Your gold
| Is tainted-rotten-so rotten that none
| Ia too low or too poor to accept It, and
| without gold there is no standard OIL
| tribe.
"It Is hard on the women folks Of the
tripe of STANDARD OIL but even they
should find consolation in the thought
that throughout the length and
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-15
TRADE CONDITIONS ARE Salts
FACTORY.

Now that spring Is open in earnest,
general interest naturally attaches to
the condition Of trade in the different
commercial centers. Reports from
these cities are unusually encourag-
Ing and there Is every Indication that
the years trade throughout the coun-
try will be heavy. 1t is noticeable
fact that travelling men report heavy
future sales, not only in Iowa but in
other states. This fact indicates q
confidence in the future on the part
of the retail merchants, those who are
closest to the people and who every
day feel the public money pulse. The
large commercial centers will no
doubt prove Of interest:
Chicago-Trade exhibits steady pro-
gress in the leading departments,
weather conditions being favorable to
all outdoor work and preparations in
dictate an early resumption Of lake
traffic. Iron and steel production main
tains heavy aggregate and new book
ings have held up well for deferred
delivery, particularly in pig iron, plates
and structural shapes. The foundry
and machinery branches have in
creased their output and further ac-
tivity j, seen in farm implements,
hardware, plumbing and electrical
manufactures. Lumber of all kinds
has been in strong demand for both
building and factory use and con-
tinued scarcity of hard woods has
given much firmness to values. The
good weather has brought many Wis
iting buyers into the jobbing market
and large orders were placed for dry
goods, clothing. footwear and food pro-
ducts, transactions in some of the sta
pies exceeding the volume of a year
ago. Shipping rooms are worked day
and night, more of the recent pur~
chases requiring earlier forwarding
than was expected. Retailers buy
more largely on a discount basis and
mercantile collections for both city
and interior are satisfactory. New
building permits this week aggre-
gated $s04,300, against $8S9,90o last
week and $323,250 a year ago. Real
estate sales, were $3,142,492 against So
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DUDLEY.

Dudley, April 10. - The various
schools around here began their
spring term on Monday of this week.
Miss Wallen Of Des Moines will
teach the Pleasant Hill school; Miss
Edith Pierson of Chillicothe, the No.
z school south of town and Miss Ella
Harlan the No. school in Polk town
ship.
Charles Anderson from south Of
Munterville was Dudley visitor on
Saturday.
Miss Clara Peterson returned home
Saturday on No. 8, after a several
days visit with relatives in Ottumwa.
Emil Larson and Edward Gustafson
from near Munterville were in town
yesterday on business.
John Swenson was in Ottumwa on
Thursday on business.
Andrew Cramblit of Ottumwa re-
turned home on No. 4 Friday evening
after a short visit with relatives
here.
Charles L. Swanson and son Elmer
were business visitors at Blakesburg
last Friday.
Miss Mabel Swanson visited at the
Alfred Gunnerson home on Sunday
afternoon.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-15
A pELusIoN pIsPELLEp.

To the rescue. of those Americans
who have been worried half to death
during the past few years trying to
dodge bacteria and microbes, comes
DR.. Wiley. Now DIR. Wiley hasn't
seemed to the common run of people
to be Of much more use than fly for
some time. He has been conducting
experiments in Washington with
young men as his victims. and has
been feeding them on poisons and
breakfast foods for the purpose Of see
ing which would kill them first. But
all this time that people have been
laughing at him he has been discov-
ering something that will be the means
Of making everyone, except possibly
a few other professors, happy beyond
any usual limits Of happiness.
For DR.. Wiley has discovered that
the little germ isn't half as dangerous
as he has been painted. In short, he
declares that the microbe theory has
been overworked. He says we may
drink wines, water and kisses without
the slightest fear of incubation. We
may wear the old kind offclothes and
discard the awful combinations that
enterprising manufacturers have fixed
up to torture us and constantly re-
mind us of the danger Of germs. DR..
Wiley says that beyond any doubt the
average age of man is increasing and
that the germs which have been pic
tured as such powerful destroyers of
life are not half as dangerous as we
have been led to believe. In his re-
view Of his work with his poison
squad and independently, DR.. Wiley
says:
81 have little faith in fads of eating.
Such formulas as the faddists present
generally are founded on no scientific
principle A man can eat almost any
thing, wear almost anything, and do
almost anything, SO long as it is within
the lines of moderation and conserva-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-15
week, and s1,sss,54s
sss,11o last


year ago.
Kansas City. Wholesale business
in dry goods and footwear has been
active the past week, and in volume
shows a good gain over last year.
Trade is good in groceries, hardware,
drugs, notions and millinery. Manu-
facturers generally are busy. There is
a heavy demand for lumber and build
ing materials. Collections are good.
Retail business Is fair Money Is in
good supply and easy, but the de-
mand is light.
Pittsburg The demand for window
glass has not improved during the
week. The factories are running stead
lily and stock Is being accumulated.
Prices are generally quoted at 80, 10
and 8, but lower prices are reported,
and the market is weaker. Imports Of
window glass for eight months ending
February 1905, amounted to 218,5S6
boxes, compared with 549,436 boxes
during the same period in 1904. The
decrease is due to the strike Of glass
workers in Belgium.
Gloversville - Glove manufacturers
continue busy, although a shortage of
leather stock has handicapped them to
some extent Indications are that
spring trade will not be fully supplied.
Retail business is fair, and collections
good.
Philadelphia - Manufacturers Of
textiles are slowly increasing their
output, with the exception of manu-
facturers of upholstery goods and
trimmings, in which there is consider
able idle machinery. Manufacturers
of dress goods, hosiery and carpets are
doing fair business. Manufacturers
and wholesale dealers in paper note a
steady improvement in trade sales
thus far being ahead Of last year.
Prices are firm and collections salts
factory. Wholesale dealers in millin-
cry goods report steady increase in
the demand as weather conditions i'm
prove. Collections are fair.
Minneapolis - Favorable weather
conditions have been of assistance to
spring trade, and shipments of mer-
chandise are steadily increasing,
though orders are still small and cover
pressing needs only. The tendency is
to curtail stocks as much as possible
until the present wheat crop is as
sured. Collections are fairly good.
Shipments of white pine for the week
were 8,016,000 feet, against $4,000
feet a year ago.
st. Paul - Trade conditions con-
tinue satisfactory. Spring goods are
seasonably active and new fall lines
are being well received Dry goods
jobbers report a substantial trade.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-15
SID E LIGHT s

breadth of the land, scores and scores
Of mothers, wives, sisters, daughters
are more miserable than they, for they
weep, moan, and groan for fathers.
husbands, brothers, and sons who fill
prisons and suicides graves because
Of the tribe of Standard OH
i would give one word of advice to
the wise old spokesman Of the old
gentleman Rockefeller, that wise law
yer who for forty years has shown his
great master how to play hide and
seek with the lords of his country, who
for forty years has shown the tribe OF
Standard OIL how to keep on the
sunny side of prison bars-my advice
is don't talk; it's bad habit.
when Standard OH talks the
American people listen, and they may
get irritated as they listen. UP to now
they only have refused tainted Stand
tated they may take 1t, take 1t all.
simply to fumigate It,"
The Hat Above Her Face.
To that friend of the milliners, all
femininity, the following from the
| April issue of the Importers and Manu-.
facturers Millinery company's paper Is
respectfully submitted:
| There's the cocky shape Napoleon,
There's the ruffle-brim Corday,
There's the fiat crown and the rolly
one
Built just the other way.
There's the Marquise and the varden,i
That Miss Dolly has in mind,
| There's the one with a back garden
| A-climbing UP behind.
There's one beneath an orchard,
| tell you it's peach,
| There's one that has been tortured
| Till the crowns lost in the brecch.
There's one they call the polo"
| That the tailor girl hurr's,
It's the one that sings the solo
\ And just knocks out Tommy AS"
| There's the hat that's lost It's gravity,
| And tips down to the nose,
| 1t looks highly. like depravity,
| But makes a stunning pose.
There's the hat dipped like mush-
! room,
| Then there's one for Edna May,
With brim built full for blush room
| When the tie-strir~ get astray.
J There's a hat for every maiden,
There's hat for every place,
But the one with beauty laden,
Is the hat above her face
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-15
TURBINE ENGINES.

The attention Of the mechanical ex-
perts throughout the world is at
tracted just now to the turbine steam
engine, the newest triumph of prac-
teal science. The principle of the
new machine is simple. The turbine
has been used in developing water
power for several years but the steam
turbine is of recent invention. OF
tumwa is among the first cities to
have one Of these powerful machines
in use. In 1900 the steam turbine re-
ceived its first practical test of import
ance. In that year 1t was tried on the
British torpedo boat Viper, which
made a speed record Of about thirty
four knots an hour. Since then the
use of the turbine in steamships has
grown rapidly. Many of the newest
vessels on the main transatlantic
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-15
FOR WOMEN

I can successfully treat you for any
weakness that you may be afflicted
with. Lack Of perfect health means
the loss Of nearly everything that a
woman holds dear in life and If you
are not perfectly well, call and see me.
Consultation costs you nothing and
it is always confidential. Many chronic
diseases, If taken in time e easily
cured by the skilled specialist and the
cost is so trifing, compared with the
suffering endured by their neglect,
that it is infinitely cheaper to be made
well again.
If women realized how much their
mental balance depended upon their
bodily vigor they would not hesitate
to be cured. Do not delay coming to
see me but do so at once and you will
never regret it.
have been instrumental in restor-
ing happiness to hundreds Of unhappy
homes and have great faith in my abil-
ity to successfully treat all diseases
peculiar to women
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-15
SOME OLD PAPERS.

A copy Of the Ulster County, N. Y,
Gazette published January A, 1900 and
containing an account of the funeral
Of George Washington is in the pos
session Of j. w. Boyles, 300 West Park
avenue. The paper contains four pages.
There is no telegraph and the only
news published of foreign countries is
composed Of clippings from newspa-
pers and letters brought to this side Of
the Atlantic by sailing vessels. Mr..
Boyles also has fac-simile copy Of
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tism. The man who starts out in In
fancy with a healthy, strong body
must be temperate II he is to live long.
/ do not mean that he must never
touch drop OF liquor. am not a
prohibitionist. mean that he must
eat and drink in moderation"
Great Is DR.. wiley
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-15

$1o0--Dr. E. Decthon's AntLDluret,o
may he worth to you more than 500
II you have child WAC soils bedding
from incontinence of water during
sleep. Cures old and young alike. II
arrests the trouble 1T once 81. Sold
by w. w. Ennis. druggist, Ottumwa,
Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-15
FOR MEN

I can cure you of any chronic dis-
ease that you may have. Perhaps you
do not realize how much your happi-
ness depends upon the state of your
health. If you are suffering from any
Of the diseases which ruin the lives of
SO many men, uniting them for busi-
ness and marriage, call to see me. I
can cure you.
My reputation has been built upon
my success and the truth Of the state
ments I have made.
If, after investigation, (Which costs
you nothing) I find that cannot cure
you will tell you frankly, thus avoid
ing any expense to you, but
IF UNDERTAKE YOUR CASE I
WILL CURE YOU.
II you are suffering from nervous
debility want too talk to you. can
cure this trouble and, by so doing, re-
store you to health and vigor.
Remember that the longer case is
let run the harder 1t is for me to cure
and the more it will cost you.
See; me on my next visit and let me
start you on the road to health.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-15

Why suffer with spring tiredness,
mean, crosr feeling. no strength, no ap-
petite? HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea will make you well and keep you
well. 35 cents, Tee. or Tablets. For
sale by w. l.. Sargent, the True Drug
gist, corner Of Market and Main.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-15
he first issue of the Baltimore Amer

A Letter From One Of Iowa's Leading
BARRIERS.
G. G. Thomas, Ottumwa, Iowa:
Dear Sir:-I have been using your
Thomas Vegicide" in my shop FOR
nearly two years, and can truthfully
SAL that it has given my customers
entire. satisfaction. 1t surely viii do
all you claim for 1t. Truly yours,
Jas. w. Crouch.
F. B. Clark, agent.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-15

The Dayton Review says that Sen
ator Dolliver SIS always found on hand
with the goods, all attempts to dis
credit him Notwithstanding"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-15

The Mason City Times-H Herald sug-
gests the possibility that in the future
gubernatorial campaigns in Iowa the
congressman will be too busy to take
hand in the state fight.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-15

Sherman Bell, ex-adjutant general
Of Colorado accompanies President
Roosevelt on his hunting trip by in
vitation. and the Dubuque Telegraph
expresses sorrow that the President
has chosen to be in bad company on
this trip.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-15

would Dolliver fight?" asks an
Iowa paper. to which the Mason City
Globe Gazette replies: We'll. Senator
Jonathan Is slow to anger but If suff1-
GENTLY prodded might cause the OPP
posing party to wish he had confined
his study of destructive agencies to an
examination Of buzz saw"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-15

"Col. A. G. Stewart must have found
Porto Ricans a congenial people," says
the Cedar Rapids Republican "And
he couldn't speak their language
either"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-15

Major Rathbun. OF the Marion Reg
lister, calls for political peace in Iowa,
which the Council Bluffs Nonpareil re-
CARDS as humor, inasmuch as it is well
major.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-15

It is not right to shoulder responsible
ity for ex-Mayor "Jim" Brenton on to
Gov. Cummins. "Brenton trots in a
class all by himself" says the Record.
1T is a slanderous piece of business to
attempt to make anybody responsible
for him."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-15

s'The lack Of an election this year"
says the Guthrie City Guthrian, will
have its compensation, when we come
to electing all the officers next year
Won't it be a hurrah time? We will
start at the TOP with the governor and
go down the line through the state
and county to township constable.
Say! Things will be doing in Iowa
next year. r
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-15

The Marion Register concludes that
biennial elections have come to stay.
"It is not the first time we have been
counted with the minoritv." it says
"and we yield as gracefully as most
men do when they are licked"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-03
FOR WOMEN
AND WOMEN ONLY
Much That Every Woman Desires to
Know About Sanative, Antiseptic
Cleansing and the Care of the
Skin, Scalp, Hair, and Hands.
WHAT CUTICURA
DOES FOR WOMEN

Too much stress cannot be placed
on the great value of Cuticura Soap,
Ointment, and Pills in the antisep-
tic cleansing of the mucous sur
faces, and of the blood and circulating
fluids, thus afording pure, sweet, and
economical local and constitutional
treatment for weakening alterations,
infammations, itchings, irritations,
Telaxatious, displacements, pains, and
irregularities peculiar to females.
Hence the Cuticura remedies have a
wonderful influence in restoring
health, strength, and beauty to weary
women, who have been prematurely
aged and invaded by these distress
ing ailments, as well as such sympa-
thetic Affections as anemia, chlorosis,
hysteria, and nervousness.
Women from the very first have
fully appreciated the purity and sweet
ness, the power to afford immediate
relief, the certainty of speedy and
permanent cure, the absolute safety
and great economy which have made
Cuticura the standard humour rem
edy of the civilized world
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-03
DAVENPORT DOTS.
New Incarceration.

The articles of Incorporation of the
Davenport Ice Cream & Supply COM
pany were filed with the county re-
corder yesterday. The incorporators
are David A. Wood and Charles Prinz,
and the concern is capitalized at $780,
600. Its object is the purchase and
sale of soda fountains, ice cream ute1-
sis, beer pumps, bar fixtures, glasses,
straws, coIOring matters, essences, eX-
tracts, etc. the manufacture of ice
cream, confectionery and bakery
goods and other things pertaining to
such a business. The directors are
David A Wood and Charles Prinz. and
the officers are David A. Wood, presi-
dent and Charles Prinz, secretary and
treasurer