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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-03
State of Iowa.

Office of Attorney General
Des Moines, Aug. 81, 1908.
Mr.. F. A. Nimocks,
Cttumwa, Iowa.
My Dear Mr. Nimocks: Replying
ferring to the nomination Of township
officers | have to say, that 1 enclose
you an opinion written some time
ago which I think fully covers your
question.
Yours very truly,
H. w. Byers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-03
FOR JUDGE ROBERTS.
Jefferson County Republicans Er
dorse OttumWan in Highest

Fairfield, Sept 1. - At the Republi-
can county convention resolutions
were adopted endorsing Judge Rob
erts in the highest terms. The dele
gates chosen were instructed for the
Ottumwa man. Those will represent
Jefferson county Republicans at the
state convention are G. D. Leggett,
R. j. Wilson, E. F. Simmons, A. G..
Jordan, J. l.. Raney all of Fairfield,
Henry Pickard Of Pleasant Plain and
Samuel Salts Of Brookv1lle.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-03

Mo-, have been visiting the past week
at the A. M Elliott home.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-03

Beauty in the wind no longer de-
ponds on the drawina mower Of sim
gle hair.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-03
State of Iowa.
Office of Attorney General.

Office of Attorney General.
Des Moines, July, 80 1908.
j. v. ]. Lohner.
Extra, Iowa.
My Dear Sir: Replying to your
letter Of the 18th l have to say, the
only way that | know of that the
name Of a candidate for township
Office can go on the ballot is by petit
ton. The primary law makes no
provision by which either the county
convention or the county central com
mittee are authorized to fill vacancy
on the ballot.
You will find the law governing
petitions in section HOO of the code.
Yours very truly,
H. w. Byers.
You will notice in the copy of letter
addressed to J. v. j. Lohner, Extra
Iowa, the attorney general refers to
section HOO of the code. This sec.
ton Of the code provides that nomina:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-03

People who go to church in the
and TO the ball game in the
afternoon f1atter themselves they are
well balanced
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-03
Double Apple
on Single Stem
a Fruit Freak

From Tuesdays Daily.
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Middletown transcript., 1908-07-25
FOUND AFTER HALF CENTURY

After parting from his sister in July,
1857, when they were in Philadelphia,
Thomas Raycraft, al aged man Of Black
bird station, had not seen or heard from
her until last Monday when he received
letter from her in Lyme, New Hamp-
shire, where she has been living for the
past 81 years. In the letter she told him
that she had married man by the name
OF James Peltan, AMI that he has been
dead for several years. She states that
she is now making her home with her
three grown children all of whom live in
Lyme or nearby. The story as told by
Mr.. Raycraft of his long search to learn OF
the whereabouts of the sister was related
in an interesting manner to The Star
correspondent on Wednesday. He said:
For long time have | made diIigent in
quiry TO learn whether my sister was liv-
ing or dead, and tried so many ways to
learn of her whereabouts A few days ago
louuu d LlhA tO liud duCCtuIJ Va
all the towns of the different states and
the names and address of the residents
of each place. I had heard that
my sister had married man by the
name of PeItan, and foundAthis name
among the list of residents OF Lyme, New
Hampshire. sent letter to the address
given and soon received reply which was
very cheering to me. The letter brought
forth the news that ! had located my
sister whom have not seen nor heard
from for 81 years. My last time being
with her was when we decided to leave
Philadelphia for other parts OF the country
and my sister stated that she would try
living in the New England States.'' MIR.
Raycraft came from Ireland when mere
lad, and as he has no other sisters or
brothers in this country, he is naturally
much elated over the success that has
crowned his long search. Mr.. Raycraft
is now about so years of age, but is as
active as person much younger. He
states that he will try to pay visit to his
sister, Mrs. Mary A. Peltan, in Lyme,
this fall Wilmington Sunday Star.
Middletown transcript., 1908-07-25
ANOTHER MURDER

On last Saturday night during drunken
quarrel William Humphreys shot and
instantly killed Augustine Robinson. Both
principals are colored. The tradegy oc.
Cured in a house, said to be an illicit
whiskey joint, kept by Levin Jenkins on
Marsh Poin. farm, near Locust Grove,
Kent County, Md. Coroner John H.
Greenwood viewed the body of the dead
man and held an inquest on Sunday.
The fiuding Of the jury was that Angus
tine Robinson came to his death by a
pistol ball fred from pistol in the hands
of William Humphreys The evidence
before the coroner's jury showed that
Humphreys and Robinson in company
with several others left Locust Grove
together and went to ShalIcross' wharf
where liquors were secured and taken
TO the house on Marsh Point farm, A
quarrel ensued during which Humphreys
pulled out pistol and fired at Robinson.
The bail entered the breast and pierced
the heart causing instant death. The
murderer has not, at this writing, been
apprehended. @|
Middletown transcript., 1908-07-25
MIDDLET0WN, DEL, JULY 26. 1908
THE JACKSON MURDER

The people of this community,
whites and blacks, are deeply
concerned over the dreadful kill
ing of Columbus Jackson, at Clay
ton, on Sunday, July 18th. That
a man, black or white, for whom
there was no warrant issued,
could be arrested on a railroad
train; on bare suspicion, treated
as he was treated by Detective
Hawkins, and run to death like a
mad dog, is abhorrent to Ameri-
can principles and belief. He
was not a criminal. AS every
citizen of Middletown knows,
Columbus Jackson was a law
abiding, we'll behaved, polite col
ored man. The story sentout by
those guilty of his murder that
he was engaged in the illegal sale
of liquor is not regarded here as
worthy of denial. Those of US,
who like the writer have seen
this young man grow up and have
watched him, know that he never
went into or hung around a hotel.
Every community knows the bad
people in their midst, and when
a man of Jackson's class is ac,
cused of doing an illegal act,
something more than the word
of the men responsible for his
deaeh IS needed to reverse the
opinion formed from years of &C.
tual knowledge of his life and
character. We are not trying to
set this colored man up as hero,
a holy person or anything of the
kind. But we are sure that he
is a martyr to brutality, ignor-
ance and disregard Of the safe
guards that the constitution has
thrown around every man.
Therefore, we are not trying to,
nor will we try to, answer or dis
nrOve the scurrilOus attack made
upon the memory of this man by
an anonymous writer in one of the
Wilmington papers. The best
answer that could be made to
this would be to have the truth
told as to what was in his box and
bucket, for the carrying of which
Detective Hawkins placed him
under arrest "on suspicion"
But there is a feature of this |
case which we think should have
free discussion. Detective Haw-
kins is plainly interested in the
case and therefore not an impair
tial examiner, and the affair has |
been placed entirely in his hands
for investigation. What kind of
an investigation is to be expected.
We have no quarrel with Detec-
tive Hawkins, but when a man
makes such a botch of a case as
has been made of this, we feel
sure that he should not have been
put on it.
Middletown transcript., 1908-07-25
JUDGE SCARED BY FREAK FINE

In behalf of Christopher Brooks, col.
ored, who is serving 40 days in the New
Castle county workhouse for contempt OF
City Court in speaking of ~coIored
woman as "Mrs." Archer, after warned
by the court not to apply such titles to
negroes, Attorney Fl. L. Rice Monday
began habeas corpus proceedings. The
hearing will be before Judge Spruance
on Thursday. The petition charges that
Brooks is unjustly deprived of his liberty
by City Judge Cochran, and asks that
BROOKS be produced in Court. After the
papers in the case had been served on
Judge Cochran, he ordered the release
of Brooks and also sent bondsman to
the workhouse to secure his release on
another charge OH which he was held
under a peace bond. Chief Warden
Crawford, however, refused to accept the
order OF the City Court until he could
consult with Judge Spruance. of the
County Court.
Middletown transcript., 1908-07-25
cEClLToN

Manly Drennen, Of Elkton, was in town
on Monday.
William Brown, Jr., is visiting relatives
in Wilmington.
Mr.. S. T. Mofit and wife, of Still Pond,
are visiting relatives here.
Miss Florence Boggs, of Camden, Del
is visiting Mrs. George Richards.
Mrs. ]. R. Smith and children, of Viii.
mington, are visiting tier parents here.
Mrs. J. Starr, of Baltimore, is being en-.
tertained by DR.. M. R. Black and wife.
Miss Grace Strickland and friend, oI
Elkton, have been visiting James Smith.
Mrs. F. F. Myers, daughter and sor
have been visiting relatives in Baltimore.
Rev. T. R. VauDyke, of Deal's Island
Nd, is the guest Of Miss Martha Vande.
grift.
L. B. Manlove, wife and daughter, oI
Warwick, spent Sunday with Robert
Snyder and wife.
Davis Taylor and wife, of Philadelphia
spent weeks vacction with his parents,
Mr.. John Taylor and wife.
Misses Hilda and Agnes Osterom have
returned home. after spending sometime
with relatives in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Eddie Pierce aud daughter, oil
Philadelphia, are visiting her parents,
Mr.. Charles Bennett and wife, near town.
Mr.. James Brown died Saturday after.
noon after lingering illness. Funeral
services were held at his home in town on
Tuesday afternoon at 2 O'Clock; interment
in Cecilton Cemetery.
Middletown transcript., 1908-07-25
SWINGING INTO LINE

"The Wilmington papers on
Monday briefly recorded the fact
that a conference of Republican
party leaders had been held at
Rehoboth ON Saturday. State
Chairman DUPONT, Col. W. D..
Denney, private secretary to Sen
ator Richardson and his repre-
sentative; Frank A. Davis, of
Dover, prominently mentioned
for the Office of Attorney Gen
eral; Alden r. Benson, treasurer
of the State Organization; former
State Senator Pennewill, who
will be the party's gubernatorial
nominee; Thomas Curry, of Sus-
sex, and others equally as well
known, were present at the con.
ference, and even the Democratic
reports of the gathering vouch
for the fact that but one senti-
ment pervaded the gathering, and
that was determination to con-
tinne Republican party control
of Delaware through the nomina-
ton of strong and popular candi-
dates for all State offices.
"Tbe presence at this confer.
ence of the very ablest men.
claimed by Democrats and Mug
wump influences to be disgrunt-
led and at odds with the State
Organization and its campaign
plans, was the best refutaiion
possible of these eanards. And
plainly was it evidenced that the
Republican party workers of
weight and influence in all parts
of the State to man are enlisted
in solid column, back of Chair
maa dupont and his cabinet, both
on ticket selection and policy.
And this means victory all along
the. line. "-DelatCare Republican.
Middletown transcript., 1908-07-25
sH0PTEsr nN RECORD

The National Prohibition ticket
was nominated at Columbus,
Ohio, on Thursday: for President,
Eugene W. Chain, Of Chicago;
for vice president, Aaron S. Wat
kins, of Ohio. The platform
adopted is the shortest on record,
containing but 321 words.
Middletown transcript., 1908-07-25
CAMDEN CAMP

Camden Camp will open on August 5,
with an evening song service beginning
at 7.3O P. NJ, and the camp meeting
promises to be cns OF the most elaborate
in many years. Thereafter, each day will
be commenced with morning deyotions
ate 80 to z A. NJ. Children's meetings
will be held regularly at 45 and these
will be conducted by Rev. L. l. McDon-
gall and Mrs. ]. A. A. Buckson, expert
eaced Sabbath School workers.
Middletown transcript., 1908-07-25
THEIR THIRD DEFEAT

Bryan has twice been defeated
for the Presidency. Kern has
twice been defeated for Cover
nor of Indiana. 1t is eminently
fitting that they should take their
third defeat together.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18
EccENrRIC BARONESS.

spoke to the women. counsefing pru denee and moderation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18
SCAPEG0AT FOR
 ENGLISH COUSIN
AMERICAN SPARROW THE FARM
 FRS ALLY.
Sins ef napnciOus Relative Visited en His H6ad--.AudubOn society's Campaign of Eduea-
 tl0n.

Because not one American fin a hum dred has been found who knows the difference between the pestiferous Eu- ropean house sparrow, commonly known as the English sparrow. and the intensely valuable sparrows native to this country. says The New York Trib- une. an educational campaign is being launched in this city with the object of making every citizen of the United States acquainted with his feathered compatriots Taking as a text the sins of the foreign bird which are visited upon the head of his innocent Ameri- can cousins. the National Association of Audubon Societies Is planning to es- tablish what may become a university of ornithology for the nation. When an adequate endowment for such an institution is provided. 1t Is intended to carry the simpls facts of bird hab- its and their economic value to every mind fin the land.
 That ignorance of the Cistinction be- tween the native sparrows Lnd the .r- jurlous invader from across the ocean Is causing the wholesale slaughter of one of Americas most valuable bird igations of-the projectors of this scheme. Great nu. .bers of the little Yankee birds. which. it has been shown. clear 90 per cent Cf the weeds from every garden and field are found to be falling before the uninformed re. venger of the ravages of their cock ney cousins. That "a sparrow ia Q sparrow" has been discovered to be the unhappy belief of the great major ity of the people of this country. where the pest of the -nglich house sparrow Is being more and more resented.
 With q score of such American va- rieties as the treo. chipping. neld swamp. lark, grasshopper. vesper and song sparrow, the junco and gros- beak enlisted to kill weeds and harm
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18
Peifnh Wemmm Persuaded to
 Away Money,

Peifah Wenaan Persuaded to Give
 Away Money.
 Warsaw. Oct. l7.---The wife of one of the greatest manufacturers of Lods. Baroness Heinsell. who a few weeks ego disappeared from sana- toriuH. has just been discovered In Kion.
 The baroness, whose maiden name was the Countess Kolnna- -walewsixa a. and who belongs to one of the oldest families of Poland. is still young and beautiful. She married Baron Hein- zell in le96. Three years ago the cou- pie received the visit of Q childhood 6 friend of the baroness, certain Fil- omena Smolenska, who was lame and had to be wheeled In an invalid's chair.
 This woman Is alleged to have ac- quired extraordinary powers over the baroness. who allowed herself to be hypnotized. SmoIenska then suggest ed to her friend that wealth Is a sin and an obstacle on the road to salva- ton. The baroness. 1t is asserted. gave her all the money she could get, besides her rings earrings and even the family jewels. The baroness breeding over the thought of her dan gerous" wealth. began to fall into a decline.
 The baron travelled with his wife abroad. and took her to a sanatorium in Rome. ffe entreated her to get rid of SmoIeuska's influence, but the bar oness. 1t es said. kept on sending thou sands and thousands of dollars to her friend. She even got into debt, and went so far as to borrow money from her servants.
 When the director of the sanatorium attempted to interfere, the baroness left Rome and went to Russia, For A long time her whereabouts remained unknown, but finally the police dis covered her in Kieff, She was staying there at the hotel de l'Europe in the cheapest of all the rooms. and lived a most ascetic life Baron HeinzeIl sent someone to her. and the baronoss agreed to go to Berlin to a sansteriurn,
 The woman SmoleDska has been ar rested.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18
TURKISH WOMEN.
They Are Slowly, Hut Surely Enamel
 pating Their Sex.

They Are Slowly, But Surely Emanci-
 pating Their Sex.
 Constantinople, Oct. 17-One of the most difficult questions which will have to be solved by New Turkey is that of the future of Turkish women. It has already given rise to consider able discussion, and will sooner or later become a national question.
 For many years among the better classes there has been a steady move ment towards emancipation. and the old Turkish life has practically dis appeared in all the houses of the edu- cated people. The change came with education as the daughters of the house were trained by foreign gover- nesses. They began to read foreign literature and papers. and brought up their children better than themselves. with the result that no family of any consequence keeps up the old Turkish customs In their entirety.
 Thus very few modern Turks have more than one wife. the life in their houses is quite European. including their dress, mode of living, food, etc. Only out of doors do they wear tho veil as before.
 But the women want more; they want to institute home life, and many have done so already. They also de- sire to receive visitors without restrie- tion and adopt more becoming dress in public. The educated Turks have no objection to this provided the change Is not too quick. as they also have mixed in foreign society and feel the want of ladies in Turkish society.
 If it remained with this class alone the change would come rapidly but there are the common classes and the country people. who cannot under stand 1t. and can never imagine any change by which their women folk should be anything else than what they have been for centuries. And 1t is noteworthy that in the provinces whenever reactionaries have tried to start a movement against the Consti- tution they have always declared that one of the first objects of the Con stitution would be the complete emancipation of the women and their going about unveiled. and this has never failed to excite the people, as was the case at Medina. where the situation was saved by the arrival of a number of troops and the arrest Of the agitators.
 This Is the reason that Prince sabah ed Din in a recent speech specially
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18
Cszstem of Sending Paekawen by NefWhbors WhO Went on
 Short Journeys.

Custem of Sending Packages by
 Nefwhbors Who Went on
 short Journeys.
 m the early days of the settlement oz New England the custom of sending packages by neighbors who journsyed to different parts of the country was an established one. says Youths Com- panion. The note book of Schoolmaster Joseph Hawley, of Northampton, Mass ., was filled with such varied items as: Captain Partridge. a dial. and dish kettle" son Joseph, speckled red rib- bon, whistles. buckles and fishhooks.' "2 psalters. a bosom and a quart pot" In "old Paths and Legends of the New England Border" Katherine M. Abbott says that It was the same even as late as Judge Lyman's day. his daughter, tions of My Mother"
 There were no expresses then. and so when 1t was known in the village of Northahampton that Judge and Mrs. they always took pains to make 1t known-a throng of neighbors were coming in the whole evening before, not only to take an affectionate leave but to bring parcels of every size and iety.
 one came with dress she wanted to send to a daughter at school: one brought patterns of drygoods. with a request that Mrs. Lyman would pur- chayA and bring home dresses for a family of five. And would she go to the orphan asylum and see if a good child of ton could be bound out to another neighbor? Would Mrs. Lyman bring the child back with herr
 The neighbers walked into the library where the packing was going on, and when all the family trunks were filled my father called out heartily. Here. Hiram, bring down another trunk from the garret. the largest you can find. to hold all these parceIs!"
 A little boy came timidly in with A bundle nearly as large as himself, and would this be too large for Mrs. Lyman to carry to grandmother
 "No, indeed. Tell your mother I'll carry anything short of cooking stove."
 Another trunk. Hiram said my
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18

full insects for the farmer and orchard ist in every section of this country. the government authorities Lave declar- ed the native sparrows to be "of greater value to agriculture than any other variety, and we'll worthy of pro- tection and encouragement" Ex- haustive scientihc investigations by these exp:-ts have proved that these sparrows are practically innocent of consuming san:' cultivated fruits. while the Englisk sparrow is a notorious de- stroyer of buds and blossoms, grain. fruit and garden seeds. This imported house sparrow, utterly unlike ours. is also guilty of driving away native birds from their fields of usefulness and in addition Is noisy and filthy, be- fouling vines and buildings.
 Ever since 1850, when mistaken zeal- cts brought the English sparrow to this country to exterminate caterpil- lars. the American people have failed to distinguish the virtues of their own little birds from the vices of the Euro pean species. the Audubon workers de- clare. The failure of the foreign spar rows to do anything but drive away birds who could consume caterpillars, as well sas the subsequent revulsion against the spreading pest from Ety. rope, has been visited unjustly on the native variety by their own people. they assert. In this one instance, 1t tR believed. the project for a national ed- ucational movement is warranted
 "The case of the maligned American sparrow is straw showing the sad economic loss and injury due primar- fly to general lack of information of our national .ird resources" said William Butcher, president of the Ma tional Association of Audubon Socie- ties .at its headquarters, No. III Broadway. yesterday. We have la- bored to offset this by sending q mill lion educational leaflets. reports and colored plates throughout the country this year, Our greatest field is in the schools. where the teachers and chill dren of the nation are already picking up this seed we are sowing. We want to reach every farmer, orchardist, ranchman and forester in the land. as well, with the facts about his bird helpers. These great industries would be practically impossible without the help of birds But this should only be . beginning. hope soon to see e na- tional university of ornithology made possible by some great Ihilanthropist, through .ich this educational work
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18
FOR PIMPLES, TOO
New Discovery Cures Hezema ant Erndieates Minor slkim Troublei Overmighf

New Discovery Cures Hezena ant
 Erndicates Minor Skin TroubIei
 Overnight
 A few months ago the dispensers O posiam, the new discovery for the cur of eczema, decided to allow the drug, gists of the country to handle 1t. Pre-, vious to that time it could only bt obtained direct from the laboratoriea
 Since this change in the method ol distribution, poslam has met with thl most phenomenal success of anythinI introduced to the druggists in tho last thirty years. All leading drug. gists, including E. c. Fowler. Mont. gomery, are now, carrying the special so-cent size recently adopted. also ths S2 jar.
 This great success is not surprising when 1t is remembered that, in ecze. ma cases, posiam stops the itching witl first application. proceeds to heal i'm. mediately, and cures chronic cases ir few weeks. Tn minor skin troubles such as pimples, blackheads. acne herpes, blotches, rash. etc. resulti show after an overnight application. Experimental samples of poslam are sent to anyone by mail freS of charge by the Emergency Laboratories, 3; West ,Twenty-fifth Street. New York City. (2l