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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-08
POSTMASTERS
IN SESSION
ANNUAL CONVENTION OF or
FlclALs OF THE FOURTH CLASS
OF oTTUMWA DISTRICT

Opening at l O'Clock this afternoon
the annual convention Of the fourth
class postmasters of Ottumwa district
is in progress at the postof1ice build
ing here. The division COM
prises Mahaska, Lucas, Wayne, Ap.
panoose, Davis, Van Buren,, Keokuk
Jefferson, Monroe and Wapello coun-
It's, all of which are we'll represent,
ed.
II. G. Paddock of Clio. Wayne coun.
ty, is chairman of the convention and
S. G. Wilson of Delta, Keokuk county
lis secretary.
Following is a list Of those present
at the opening of the meeting:
Ernest Lyons, Cedar; G. T. Wilson
Floris; G.. w. Brewer, Givin; Edna
Judson, Hickory; James F. Abraham
Talleyrand; Landon Homer, Harvard;
G. l.. Nye, Agency; Sarah R. Johnson
Kirkville; R. E. Cummins, Moravla;
Thomas Morrish, Beocon; M. ]. Clara
han. Harper.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-08
ToDAYs NEWS IN BRIEF.

Austin. Tex, Aug. 6.-The recent
order Of the state railroad commits
sion for separate classification as to
the state and interstate earnings was
discussed today at hearing OF the
commission and the attorneys and au-
ditors of the railroads.
Bemidji, Mimi, Aug. 6.-The Min
nesota State Sheriffs' Association be-
gan it's annual meeting here today
with nearly every county Of the state
represented. The meeting will con-
tinue over tomorrow.
Bar Harbor, Me-. Aug. 6.-Bar Har-
Dor will have large and fashionable
wedding this evening when Miss Helen
Simpson Seely, daughter of Mrs.
Helen Seely of Cincinnati becomes the
bride of Jack Wiltshire, also Of Gin
cinnati. Hillhurst, Mrs. Seely's villa
on the Clefstone road will be the seems
Of the ceremony.
Chicago, ILL.,, Aug. 6-The Western
Golf associations annual amateur
championship tournament opened aus
piciously today on the grounds of the
Chicago Golf club at Wheaton, ant
will continue through the remainder
of the week. The large number O
prominent players among the entries
gives promise Of one Of the most sue
cessful tournaments ever held by the
ASSOCIATION.
Dallas, Tex, Aug. 6.-The annua
grand lodge meeting Of the Knight
and Ladies Of Honor began in Dalla
today with an attendance OF nearl,
1 900 delegates and visitors. Calves
ton. Houston, Fort Worth, Sherman
i, Austin, Waco and numerous othel
cities of Texas are represented at tn
meeting. The business Of the CONVEX
, ton will occupy several days.
Wilmington, N. c., Aug. 6.-Wi
, mington extended royal welcome tt
day to the members of the Mort
Carolina Firemen's Association, who's
annual meeting and tournament WV
hold forth here during the next thre
J days. The attendance promises
be unusually large. and the program
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-08
the Smith store entrance was effected

the Smith store entrance was effected
through the cellar window and the
cash register was broken open and
some small change taken, also a quan-
THY Of cigars and other goods. At the
Preston store many goods We're taken,
taken Including a pair Of new shoes
owned by the proprietor, the tibet
wearing them off. leaving his old ones
in exchange.
Let Big Ditch Contract
Marshalltown.--The mammoth inter-
county drainage ditch. to be dug un-
der the direction Of Marshall and
Story counties, draining large portion
OF eastern Story and small part 81
western Marshall counties, has been let
by the joint boards Of supervisors ia
Theodore Dangerheld. The price for
which the work was let Is s44,750.
which is left than half the amount of
the lowest bid made several weeks
ago and rejected. 1t will require two
years time to complete the ditch, and
work will begin Sept !.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-08

Jennie Holloway, now Mrs. Parsons Of
Kansas.
Used for all Purposes.
"That old brick school house was the
one place for public meetings of all
kinds. In IS there was no other
school house within several miles, and
l think there was not church build
ing of any kind between the Des
Moines and Big Soap creek. In that
Hite school house the children attend.
ed Sunday school and there we're lteld
the musicales or 'singings' conducted
by William Grips. who was fine
vocalist.
The ministers Of several denomin-
atoms held services there occasion.
ally. Rev, B. A. Spalding, the pioneer
Congregational minister often preach
ed there. So did Rev. Anthony Rob-
inson and his predecessors of the
Methodist church and the writer held
services there occasionally from 1855
to 1869.
"Of that old house there remains,
suppose. not the least trace; and
most OF our people, young and old,
were not aware that it ever existed,
but 1t lives in the memory and in
the dreams of some middle-aged or
elderly people"
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Archbishop slenks soth slrthdsy =,

New Orleans, La, Aug. 6.-The
Most Rev. ]. H. Blenk, Roman Catho
lie archbishop Of New ORLEANS, was
fifty years old today. having beer
born in this city on Aug. 6, 1857. A
little over year ago he was appoint
ed archbishop of New Orleans, to FIJI
the vacancy caused by the death Of
Archbishop Chapelle. For some TING
prior to the elevation to the head Of
the New Orleans archdiocese he had
served as bishop Of Porto Rico. With
the single exception Of Archbishop
Glennon Of St. Louis, Archbishop
Blenk is the youngest member Of tho
Roman Catholic hierarchy Of America
The province Of New Orleans, over
which Archbisnon Blenk presides. Ii
one Of the largest in the United Stataa
1t includes the states of Louisiana.
Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas. Okla
homa and Indian Territory, and
reaches to the western part of Florida
When Archbishop Blenk was appoint
ed a year ago the province included
Texas, but new archdiocese wat
made and the diocese Of Galveston
was set aside as the province ceat
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-08

Funeral services over the remains
of Miss Bridget Breakey will be
held Thursday afternoon at 8 o'clock
at the Sacred Heart Catholic church,
Rev Father Foley officiating. James
Breakey brother Of the deceased
will arrive Thursday afternoon on
Burlington No. in time for the fu-
neral. 1nterment will be in Calvary
Gem eterH.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-08

H, Powell and their son, Halle Fran
els Powell are being held late this
afternoon at the residence on West
Main street. Rev. A. P. Johnson is
conducting the services.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-08
Mrs. Sarah Jane Weleh Cole.

Sarah Jane WEIGH was born In
Washington county, Penn, in Febru-
airy. 1925. and died at her home in Ba-
tavia August 8. 1907. She was mar
ried to John Cole June II, 1s46. To
this union was born ten children, four
sons and six daughters, her four sons
having preceded her to the better land.
Her husband John Cole departed this
life, Feb. I, 1898. Her daughters are
Mrs. E. NJ. Hanna Of Troy, Mrs. Della
Arthur OF Boone county, Neb.. Mrs. w.
L. Sconce Of Fender, Neb., Mrs. G. w.
Pinkerton of Logan. Kan, and Mrs.
Jennie Wright and Miss Lulu Cole Of
Batavia.
Early in liz she united with the
Presbyterian church, but later united
with the Methodist Episcopal church,
of which she was faithful member
until death called her home. The
funeral services were held from her
late residence In Batavia Sunday at l
p. M, conducted by Rev. Charles
Shook. Interment was made In the
Bladensburg cemetery. All her chill
dren were with her in her last sick
ness, excepting Mrs e. M. Hanna, who
is very sick at her home in Troy
Contributed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-08
Dies This Mornina

William H. Tackeberry died at his
home on Clayton avenue at II o'clock
this morning aged Sc years. Funeral
services will be conducted Wednesday
afternoon from the late residence. Rev
W. H. HORNED will be In charge Of the
services. Interment will be made in
the Shaul cemetery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-08
coLvlN HAS PAPER OF HIS OWN

Former Des Mones and Sioux City
Newspaper Man in Charge Of sioas
Valley News at Correctlonville.
Sioux City. Aug. 6.-Fred w. Coiyfn
formerly city editor OF the Sioux CITY
Tribune, with which paper he hal
been connected a dozen years. has
taken charge Of the Sioux Valley News
at Correctionville. which formerly was
owned by Prof. T. B. Morris, now su-
perintendent of schools in woodbury.
county It is one of the best of thu
smaller town weekles In this vicinity
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-08

The Powell Funerals.
Of the late Mr.. and Mrs. William
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-08
TELLS OF OLD
PIONEER SCHOOL
DAYS IN OTTUMWA
Req. J. M. M'Elroy Writes "reminiscences
of Hite School House That Stood in
Former Times Near the Site of the New
Star School Building.

Jennie Holloway, now Mrs. Parsons of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-06
5Spotsylva1lia Social News.

Special to The Times D!spatch.) m "a
Is sPOTsYI.vAEIA.. AZ. October b:S---lio'
sl,e of our people now. Many who had not
evcp contemplated making the trip are now
busy making their points meet so as to see
ant. Witness tho great terccnt ena ry cele-
ation. s34s . ~
Alfred Tompkins. Mrs. G. A.. ,rompkins,
Miss Ethel Garner and Miss, Faulconer have
Just returned, while. MI. and Mrs 4. a.
Harris crlsinona Y "a is lE
~. SE'.ss H. Crlsmond and many others are
about ready to start. &s4 ST sSjis
M r John ". Hays. formerly OF this scopn-
Sty, but now engaged In the real estate
jtriI TO this place 10 establls hsco- opera tive
office and agency here for the sale and en-
5change OF lands betwenns8t he two s sections
MI. Harris, ,lrY,of this town own y
from there 10 the Richmond Fair and from
$t ere to Jamestown Exposition .,s
s5l lebanon Method piscopnl Church, South,
in this county, vii j be dedlcatsd on sunday
8Frede ricksburg. vii l5spreacllSthe dedication
jsern,on, vice Itev.. 1or - George II. Ray.
a DR. H. r. assey. who lhs been critically
III for many weeks is galnlns SLOWLY Z to-
sss Major Edwin ri sgs, of New q 4 mpshire,
and Colonel Eoslins q Connect lieut., 9TH
Union Veterans ID no siyi |. WA q nd who
Observation-Disclosures Sls d Willingness ana spotsyls
syani,l Courthouse, arc visiting LII Csc bait
stleflelSls now, z hey both were wounded.
several times. s
Mr. r. III Waller and wi e. Of Mineral,
Va are visiting relat lives AMI friends here
81 ey Dr. George II. Il RAY, who is up IN tho
seventies In age. Is st lgoionaa and Sacf8
Sttye. md has jus closed several n trncted
1fIse rldas from twenty.
fin. TO- thlrtyB lies each 'u ay and
breaches three tim es. 5S 5s 33 S3s 8is
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-06
I ,yO,I44N's MISSIONARY MEEr1NG.
montgomery Prcshytcry Union Has
Pleasant Session ut IilackNhurg.

Special to The Times Dispatchl
E3T1ACkSBURGi.s " a.. October $E.--The
YlWoinan's Missionary Union Of Mont.
Eomcry Presbvtery which had, been In
session at the Presbyterian Church
since Tuesday evening djourned at
noon yesterday. Following the final
session lunch Was served the members
pfsstlie convention the Blacksburg
Inn. and the delegates left on the af-
lcrnoon trains forstheir homes.
Clifton Forge was selected as the
4 lex meeting place.@the first week in
6 Year are Mrs. Bulnet OF Roanoke,
rrcsident: Mrs Fl. G, v. Campbell, OK
salem. first yice-president; Miss Ford
~ Clifton Forge. second Vice president,
Miss May eminE. of Lynchburg s. cor
responding secretary: Misss.r NJ Gum,
of Vinton recording secretary; Mrs.
William Ingles. Of Radford. and Mrs,
E I'D Win Mann. of Blueiield. delegates to
the synodical Union in Baltimore In
November. Fl sgt sE
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-06

Inc arrangements Zoe ttle convention
have been made by an executive COM
lnittee, OF which j. 7. T. FIundley,
pastor OF the l'reemason Street Church
|of Christ. Norfolk. Is the Chairman.
Everything possible lies been done that
could minister to the comfort and con-.
venience OF the delegates. One Of the
greatest conventions ever held by the
Disciples Is expected. IS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-03
AMEND BILL
SENATOR TEAsLEY DECIDES TO
 CHANGE MEASURE.
Proposed Law to Provide fer Election of Judges Of Montgomery Court Will Be Altered by
 Auth0F.

The Senate bill making elective the offices of judge and associate judge of the City Court of Montgomery will be so amended by its author, Senator Teasley of Montgomery County, that the bill will make both elections come in 1910. As amended, the bill may pass without any opposition in either House.
 The original bill called for the eiec- tion of the associate judge in 1908, and the election of the judge In 1914. Hon. A. D. Sayre Is judge of the City Court and Hon. W. H. Thomas Is associate judge. Judge Thomas appeared be- fore the Senate Committee on Judiciary and entered a protest against the fea- ture of the bill fixing the date of the elections.
 The bill was reported favorably by the committee. and is now on the cal endar.
 An attempt was made Thursday to take the bill from the calendar but the motion was opposed by Senator Lusk, who alleged that the bill con tained discrimination in favor of one judge as in favor of another.
 The Senate suddenly went into the election ot q judge Friday. and Judge Thomas was reelected to his old place. The announcement of Senator Teasley yesterday that the bill would be so amended as to make both elections come in 1910. indicates that the bill may be passed by the Senate without opposition,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-03
Dollar Package
 F R E E Man MadiCina Free

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 Man Medicine has cured thousands I! ln thousands of weak men. Man Medicine will cure you; restore you to full strer Eth.
 Man Medicine cures vital weakness, nervous debility. early decay. dlscour- aged manhood, blood poison. brain flag, backache, prostatitis. kidney and blad- der trouble and nervousness.
 You can cure yourself at home by Man Medicine, and the full-size dollar package will be delivered to you free, plain wrapper, with full directions how to use it. The full-size dollar package free, no payments of any kind; no receipts; no promises; no papers to sign. It Is free.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-03

Canal and the Erie Canal improve ments, there is in contemplation an ex- penditure of nearly a billion dollars in the proposed canal improvements in this country and Canada.
 The busiest canals in the world are those which now permit the passage Of ships to and from the Great Lakes. WiIn the opening of the Panama Canal. it Is regarded as certain that Q demand will be made for ship transportation from the lakes to the Gulf, through either of the two projects of canals through Ohio and the improvement of the canal already in existence across Illinois.
 The Cape Cod enterprise Is likely to be the first of this development of in- land and tidewater canals. and the ca nal from Ashtabula to Pittsburg is likely to be the next. Already there Is a canal along the Potomac up to Cumberland, Md. and it is declared to be feasible to cross the watershed to Pittsburg.
 With two canals direct from Lake Erie to Pittsburg and the present open water to the Gulf by way of the Ohio River, and with a ship canal to the Atlantic, it is declared Pittsburg would become an inland port with such ad- vantages as are possessed at present or in prospect by no city in the world. Great Irrigation Schemes. The irrigation scheme in the West
 derives its revenues for construction from the sale of public lands. There is scarcely a State in the far West
 that is not to have one of these great canals.
 The water of freshets is to be i'm. | pounded and enormous dams. some of which. in canons, will be more than 300 feet high. will be constructed. Ma
 jor J. W. Powell, for many years di-
 rector of the Geological Survey. was
 the first advocate of the great irriga- | tion schemes.
 It was his dream and nearly two years ago his dream was first realized
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-03
BY KATHERINE LOUISE SMITH.

BY KATHERINE LOUISE SMITH,
 There are few situations in life call ing for more sympathy than that of a woman of mia He age who, with no special training for work is thrown on her own resources to make liv- ing. Only too often she is a widow with children, but in any case if the woman has been supported by hus- band or father, or has had enough of her own to live upon, the chances are she is totally unprepared to brave the world. Thes unsual recourse of such women is to take boarders, and in 70 out of 100 cases she fails.
 Why? Because she does not ap- proach 1t in a business way. No man would start in business without know ing the valuation of his goods. what he ought to obtain for them, where he can get the best goods at the best prices, the fluctuations of the market and without keeping a debit gand credit account. The woman who tries to keep boarders must do the same to succeed.
 .know of one woman who retired with enough to live on at the end of Is years of keeping boarders. She was ignorant of the business at the start. but determined to learn. She started in systematic manner. She
 kept the best of everything, asked
 good prices, employed competent help.
 but her real success lay in her per sonal supervision and her ability to do her own marketing. Early in her career, she saw her lack of knowledge
 as regards the best cuts of meat choice of vegetables and fruits, fair
 prices best se-sons to buy and when
 to purchase in quantities. She at once attended 8 domestic science school and studied the markets, wholesale andsre- | tail with the hesult that no butcher kor merchant could furnish her with an inferior article or overcharge, and her feet
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-03

when the waters of the rruckee Riv- CT. in Nevada. were turned into the Carson River, and impounded to supply irrigation for more than 5o.000 acres of land that was practically useless hitherto because of arid conditions.
 Work is going on so fast in the twen- ty-two projects under way that 1t is hard to keep up with the results. In Colorado more than i've miles of tun- nels have been made in the mountains near Gunnison for great water chan nels. Roads, bridges and side branch es are being made In connection with the various main ditches on which dredges are at work, and already an army of men is employed in the broad est scheme ever known to enrich and reclaim arable lands by the \use of water.
 The idea of canal building came from Asia in ancient times. Although Nit occurred several thousands of years ago, 1t will be news to most persons that old Nebuchadnezzarf built canal tributary to Babylon as long as the Erie canal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-03
WorIlan's Trials.

The bitter trau in Q woman's life is ta &echildle9a. Who can tell how hard the struggie may have bean ere she learnt to rsslgn heEsglf to her lonely lot? The abs nenee of this link to bind marital life 40ge&heg, tho absence of this one pledge @ mntual affection is . common disap- Yudusmenk. Many unfortunate couples hgco1ne estFanged thereby. Even if they @0n0t drift apart, one may read the whole extent of their disappointment in the eyes ek smoh q childless couple when they rest On the children of others. To them tho 4nEgse faM1aay y6oes not seem too numerous.
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 In all the various weaknesses, Ciisplace. ments, prO9apSus, inflammation and de- bilitattng, catarrhal drains and in all eases of nervousness and debility, Dr. Plerce's Favorite Prescription is the most ettcieDt remedy that can possibly be used. At has 10 It's credit hundreds of thousands of cures more in fact than any other remedy put up for sale through druggists, especially for woSlan's use. The in0redi- sats or which the "Favorite Prescription l" gs composed have received the most positive endorsement from the leading medical writers on Mdtcrtd MedScd of aH the several schools of practice. All the Ingredients are printed tn pId&n E,0IIst un the wrapper enclosing the bottle, SO Ehat any woman making use of this hhe ls taking. Dr. Pierce takes Ais pa- tseDta into his full confidence, which he e91 afford to do as the formula after w1lch the NFayorite Prescription" is made will bear the most careful exam nation
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-03
Whr the stoke. PIan FaIIed.

SaNannah IIa,. NeWS.
 Mir. and Mrs J. G. Phelps Stokes have abandoned settlement work for the reason that they cannot achieve the results they expected. The truth is probably that the poor don't appre- ciate the efforts of the Stokeses in their behalf They don't want to be preached to and prayed for: They want money and when MT. Stokes fall ed to divide his wealth with them they had no further use for him. It is a mistake for MT. Stokes or anybody else to think he can abolish poverty If it could be done it would have been abolished long ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-03
Respect for the Uniform

NEW 1Ork IrIDune,
 The war department is quite right in refusing to accept as final the judg- ment of a New York State magistrate that discrimination against soldiers because of the uniform they wear is legal. It is to be hoped the depart ment will carry the matter to high CT courts and not let 1t rest until che honor of the national uniform has been vindicated-