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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29
Morris Williams
HORSE SALES AND REAL ESTATE
AUCTION EVERY OTHER FRI
DAY-PRivATE SALES
DAILY.
Big Two Days Opening Sale.

On Thursday and Friday, Jan. and
S. we will hold what now looks like it
would be q big sale.
Nor do / think there will be the
the least bit Of danger of getting too
many horses from now on.
The way ] am getting letters of in
quiry from buyers in Ohio, Illinois and
elsewhere new customers can
easily see that the reputation of OF
tumwa, as a great horse market, has
grown much broader than u year ago.
We will hold two day sales twice a
month through January and February.
Then beginning with the Big Annual
Three-Day March Sale we will hold
auctions every Friday In March and
April. A great lot of buyers for all
sorts, including farm mares, will be
here on the It'll and 9Th. Get busy!
Now is the harvest time of the horse
dealer
| have few head of my own I
would sell on time TO responsible
parties.
MORRIS WILLIAMS,
oTTUUMWA. IOWA.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29
CHICAGO Live Stock Market.

Chicago, Dec. 2S.--CattIe--Market
steady to 10c higher.
Receipts--l9 900.
Beeves-$3.65DT.70.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. $40.
F'eeders-S2.73@hS
Cows and heifers--$1.50G 800
Fogs-Market generally 10 higher
Receipts--30.0 900.
Light-$5.10@5
Mixed--s5.50@ 6.10.
Eeavy-$5.50@6.15
Rough-S5.50@5.70
Eulk sales-S5.60@5.9
Sheep-Marl..t steady to 10 lower.
Peceipts-25,00
Matured.-s2.6 4.S5
Lambs-$4.5007
Yearlings-S5.00@6
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29
Tuesday, December 20
at 10 o'clock "A. nj.

fen Cattle Two cows giving milk,
8 yearling heifers, 4 heifer calves and
a registered yearling Short Horn bull.
rs Hogs 8 brood sows. 20 shoays
'tsighing about $50 lbs and At fall
pigs. Feed 800 bushels of corn. Is
acres shock corn and fodder, 10 tons
gof hay in stack. implements Com
PLANTER, moving machines, new steel
harrow, stirring pillow, dozen chick
9ens and many other things.
Usual sale terms.
Eli Swain, Auctioneer.
Herman Bailey, Clerk.
Lunch on ground
IS EE Z BAILEY.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29
". LoWenberg & Son
For City Property and Farms.

For City Property and farms w
have solne of the best bargains on oui
property on Taylor street at $4,000.
a fine residence OH West Second for
$4,000. Several cheaper houses in most
any part of the city. In the farms ws
have the right price on large and small
and terms to suit. We have one of the
best stock farms in Wapello county
that must be sold. We have two houses
to rent. See US and get the bargains.
Over Bremhorst's grocery, coined Sec
ond and Court street.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE 2AcREFARAl, NICELY
located: all kinds of fKuit; joins
corporation of Agency; price $500
Also one farm of SO acres nicely
improved; all kinds of fruit; joins
$500. One fine farm of 100 acres,
fair Improvement; $40 per acre, One
a3S acre farm: this Is a, stock and
grain farm, nicely located, between
Ottumwa. and Eldon: price $6b per
acre. Also have SO good grain
farms for sale. Will be glad to see
any prospective purchaser. Livery
bill and hotel bill free. w. III. Hill
lery, Agency. Ia.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29
LEGAL.
Administrators Notice.

Nptice is hereby given to all persons
interested, that on the 2Sth day. OF
December, A. D. 1908, the undersigned
Iowa, Administrators of the Estate Of
Martha A. Smith. deceased. late OF
said County. All persons Indebted to
said Estate will make payment to the
undersigned, and those having claims
against the same will present them,
legally authenticated to said Court
for allowance.
Dated Decemer rs, 1908.
Earah r. Trotter
Administrators
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29
iowa NEBRASKA
INTERURBAN Plan
LONDON CAPITAL INTEND u
BUILD ROAD FROM DIES
MONIES TO FREMONT.

Des Moines, Dec. 2S.-Engish cap
italists are anxious to invest money
in Iowa enterprises. 1t Is this infor-
nation that takes two Des Moinesi
nlelf to London abou the middle or
January and they Will present their
plans for an interurban railway line
from this city to Fremont, Neh via
Council Bluffs. The Des Moines &
Western railway was in corporated
under the laws of South Dakota re-
Gently for 100000.
This was only the initial move,
however, for articles are now ready
for filing with the state of Iowa for a
like amount. Judge r. l.. Parrish, at
torney for the new line, will probably
20 to London with one of the directory
board and consummate the matter
pow in process through correspond
ence.
The directory board has under adj
visement the lnodus operanda OF
cross ing the Missouri river at Coun-
ell Bluffs. 1t is very likely, If present
plans prevail. q new bridge will be
built by the company but If this does
not carry, the terminal bridge across
the Missouri will probably serve for
| the present use of the road. The ter
minal bridge is ono used for freight
| traffic and Is also utilized by the llli-
nois line crossing into Nebraska. The
\ bTlQRe lCSelI ~ hIluWil W uoNe Liz
largest draw span in this country.
Will Accommodate Business.
Owing TO the fact that the terminal
bridge in the Nebraska side is located
on what is known as Cut Off island,
| and that there is a stretch of several
miles in a round about course back tc
the union depot or the city proper, the
| traffic of the present day Is not sc
large but that it will accommodate
more business.
Robert Pilmer of Dcs Moines j:
president of the new road, and Davit
A. Byers, now cashier of the Century
| Savings bank, is treasurer. The direc'
tory board is composed of III. A
Smith, r. c. Wallace, Il. r. Robertson
end r. l.. Parrish Of Des Moines DR.
n. Hanson Of Walnut, and +. r. San.
ders Of Chicago, III.
/ 1t is the purpose of the Des Moines
| &, Western railway to construct linz
south from Des Moipes to Winterset
thence direct west to Council Bluffs
From there the line vii be built ives
and north to Fremont, and maybe ex
tended to other Nebraska points at
later period
Survey is Finished,
Civil engineers have finished a SUI
vey and have SO far completed thei
work that the right Of way privilege
have been secured. Some capital la
been derived from the farmers an
business men along the line of tn
route. IT seems no hard matter 70
J the directory board to dispose of stock
but the offering of the English syndi
cate has been promised in that
would give the company a. large
working capital. and will enable 1t t
push the work of construction on to
, more early completion.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29
IOWA FARMS

$50 ACRES FINE LEVEL BLACK
IN soil, miles north Of city; good
s,rovemerts, 2 living springs; school
IS farm. Also lis acres, 1l1 miles
s@h of Fairfield. Iowa, county seat
Jefferson county: price right to
lex buyer. Address w. w. DYER,
IOWA.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29
ublic Sale!

ii will sell at my farm, six miles
lsoutheast OF. Albany store on what is
Iknown as the Orange Bailey Farm,
ION
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

The following market is furnished by
I. G. Furman, grain and stock
broker. Rooms z and s, Chiffon
block. New telephone, 1894.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29

wANTED---NIILK AND SWEET
cream. write for our prices at once.
Graham Sc Garretson Milk Co, OF
tunlwa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29
CHICAGO Poultry Market.

Chicago, Dec. observation-disclosures
steady.
Turkeys-16c.
| Chickens-11hc
| Springs--13c.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29
CHICAGO GRAIN Anr PRODUCE.

The following market is furnished by I.
G. Furman. gr ain and stock brokers,
Rooms and 8. Chiffon block. New
phone 1884
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29

Many man with wheels thinks he
is the whole political machine.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29
New York Poultry Market

Now York Poultry Market.
New York, Dec. 2S.-Poultry--M Mar
ket, dressed. firm.
Springs--16@ 20c.
Fowls--12@14c.
Spring turkeys-11M2S
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29

Peoria Corn Market.
Peoria, Dec. 2s.-The corn market
follows:
No. Sic.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29
Survey is Finished,

Antidote for staanation
but that's your limit.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29

If YOU WANT HOMES IN KANSAS
please write for lists of land, Adj
dress Burger Bros, Burlington. Kan.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29
FOR SALE.

SEE ]. NJ. LEPPER FOR BARGAINS
In farms and farm lands. Floris. Ia.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29

TO FARMERS BENNETT SAWS
wood. Old phone IA. South Ottum-
wa. Farmers line.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29

New York Butter and Ess Market.
New York Dec. 2s.-The butter
market: firm.
Receipts--4,S 800.
Creamery specials-SS1sc.
Official price-33c.
Creamery extras-321a @SSc.
Thirds to f1rsts-24@S1c.
Held-22@291ac.
Dairy--21@l3
Process-1S@25c
Factory firsts---21 " gaze,
Imitation creamery firsts--25@24c.
Eggs-Market steady.
Receipts, 800.
Firsts--32c.
Seconds--30@S1c.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29
WANTED.

WANTED - BUNCH OF GooB
Shropshire Ewes bred. l.. D. Akers,
| +. r. No. Ottumwa Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29

FOR SAI.E--Ss ACRE FARM -FOUR
miles north west of Bloomfield. Ia
Good improvements. D. M. Mum,
Drakeville. Ia.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29
LOCAL MARKETS.


Hogs are 10c higher today; other
wise the markets remain the same.
1l a. M. December 2S).
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29

FOR SALE-HOJSE AND LOT IN
Creston and SO acres of land In
Davis Co. l. N. Davis, Gdw. F'loris,
Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29
T0DAY'S MARKET NEWS

steady.
Creameries-s2mS1c.
Dairies-21h@ 25c.
Eggs Market firm.
Firsts-30c.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-26
Homemade Mouse Trap.

The mouse trap. the one which gar
rotes without killing as well as that
which keeps the small depredator i'm
prisoned in fear and trembling, is q
barbarism which may be favorably
supplanted by the following simple,
quick and sure death device:
Take a stone crock at least a foot
high. fill it with water and tie it up
across the opening. preserve jar fash
ion, with pigs bladder or parchment,
in which when tightly stretched you
cut with a sharp knife a cross cut.
Stand this crock near shelf. curtain,
jars or something which will provide
a foothold opportunity for the mouse.
Sprinkle near the cross cut bits Of
cheese or bacon. The mouse will scent
the goodies. will climb up on the crock
after them and will slip through the
cut in the parchment and drown in the
water In the crock The stiff points of
the parchment will immediately spring
back in position and be ready for more
victims.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-26
Hole in Brides Stocking
Direct Cause of Divorce

New York, Oct. 26.-The story OF a
hasty marriage and the leisurely re-
pentance of Richard V. Madison, son
of the Philadelphia millionaire and
asbestos king, prominent in society
circles, is told in the divorce suit
against his wife, Agnes Cruickshank
Madison, in which Justice Erlanger
awarded Madison an interlocutory de-
cree of divorce.
Young Madison, who is a member
of the firm of keasby & Madison. met
his wife, Scotch beauty, in London
in November, 1904. He fell desperate
ly in love and after three months OF
strenuous wooing they were secretly
married.
Family Consents to Wedding.
The family relented and the Glas-
gov beauty was received at Busby
Park. the Mattison Newport estate.
The engagement was announced and
a date set for the wedding.
Then happened an episode that caus-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-26
BOARD WILLING
TO Be ENLARGED
City May Have Additional
Members on Hospital
Board of Trustees.
TO HOLD CONFERENCE.
BELIEVED COUNCIL WILL VOTE
APPROPRIATION AND TAKE
CHANCES ON LEGALITY IF
GIVEN MORE REPREsENTATio

The board of trustees of the Reid
Memorial hospital at the meeting it
will hold this evening at the CONNER
cial club rooms with members of the
city council will not discuss the ad-
visibility of deciding over the prop
erty to the city of Richmond The
board could not do so if it so desired.
The trustees under the charter of the
hospital hold it in trust for the citi-
zens of Richmond" stated John H.
Johnson, one of the board members,
today.
1t is quite probable that as a result
of the conference this evening the
board of trustees will consent to in
creasing the membership of that body.
Council already has one member on
the board, Henry w. Deuker, and Mr..
Johnson stated, it was probable that
If council desired larger representa-
ton its desire would be complied with.
1t Is certain that council will not in
sist on a Encouragement of the admin
Ah'~i eSASh VA hiiC iiocpieai.
have been brought to realize that it
will be cheaper for the city, and just
as satisfactory, to continue to make an
nual appropriations for the maintain
ance of the institution, and to have 1t
remain quasimunicipal hospital than
it would be to have the property deed
ed over to the city, necessitating the
municipality to meet the entire ex-
pense of the maintainence and upkeep
of the institution.
1t is safe to state that at the next
council meeting the resolution intro
duced by Councilman Wettig, provid-
ing that the hospital be made a mum
cipal institution in fact as we'll as name
will be voted down and that the S4,OOt
appropriation for the use of the hospi-
tai next year will be voted over the
mayors veto.
Council will be satisfied with the ex
listing conditions at the hospital, it is
stated, providing the board of trustees
will permit the city to have a larger
representation on the board. The pres
ent system of management, it is con
tended, keeps the institution out Of
politics, which council believes to be g
redeeming feature.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-26
NEW SEWING BAGS.
Blk Bandannas Are Made Up Into
Pretty Effects.

Pretty new sewing bags are made
Of silk bandannas, finished at the top
with a wooden stick which is run
through casing. These sticks are fat
like those used in window shades. and
the bag made with them is far easier
to keep In order than are those pulled
up by the aid of ribbons. OF course,
ribbons are used ON these new bags,
but they are run through bone rings
which are sewed to the top Of the cas-
ing.
These bone rings are a great i'm
provement over those of brass which
were formerly used. The latter al
ways became rusty at the seashore
and never were neat and pretty like
the bone ones. The bone rings may
be purchased for about s cents a
dozen, while the. sticks may be pro,
cured for little or nothing. Have a
hole punched at each end of the stick
through which it may be tackled in
place to the material, and then when
the bag goes to the laundry the
stitches may be ripped. the stick pulled
out, and no harm will be done in the
washing
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-26
CREATING FIRE.
Curious Methods Employed by Savases
to Make Light.

Curious Methods Employed by Savases
to Make a Light.
1t is rather difficult for us to imagine
people who know nothing about fire,
and, as a matter of fact, there are no
people now on the face of the earth, no
matter how barbarous, who do not
know how to make fire. We make it
easily enough by striking a match, but
years ago our ancestors were com
PEELED to resort to flint steel and
finder.
The forest dwelling people of the
farther east have an odd instrument
for making fire. Near the coast every
man carries a bit of crockery in the
box of bamboo slung at his waist, a
chip off a plate, and a handful of dry
fungus. Holding the finder under his
thumb upon the fragment of earthen-
ware, he strikes the side Of the box
sharply and the finder takes fire. But
this method can only be used by tribes
which have communication with the
foreigner who supplies them with Eu.
ropean goods.
The inland people use a more sin.
gular process. They carry a short
cylinder of lead. followed roughly tc
cuplike form at one end, which fits a
joint Of bamboo. Placing this cylinder
in the palm Of the left hand. they fill
the cup with finder, adjust the BAN.
boo over it. strike sharply. remove the
covering as quickly. and the finder is
alight.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-26
UNIQUE HEATING DEVICE.
Plenty Of Hot Water by Means of a
Gas Stove Under the Bathtub.

Plenty Of Hot Water by Means Of a
Gas Stove Under the Bathtub.
In winter, when the demand for hot
water for baths exceeds the capacity
of the hot water boiler, the unique
heating device shown here would be
welcomed. This novel means Of fur
nishing an abundant supply of hot wa
ter Is the invention of a Missouri man.
Its undoubted usefulness will be ap-
parent at glance. In combination
with the tub burner tube is disposed
under the tub with holes for discharg-
ing the fame. These openings are
placed at distances increasing from
one end Of the tube to the other, the
openings adjacent where the water en-
ters the tub being closer together than
at the opposite end. The common prac-
tice of heating extra water in large
vessels on the stove can thus be done
away with. The Inconvenience of car
rying the water upstairs after heating
is also eliminated, together with the
danger of injury from falling.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-26

ed the greatest scandal and resulted in
Mattison, senior, ordering Madison,
juniors, supposed finance to pack up
and say farewell TO Newport
The young Mattisons had attended 4
ball given on board the battleship Vir'
ginia. A supper followed and young
naval officer, who was smitten with the
Scotch lassie. wagered that he could
put away more Scotch highhalls than
she. The bride accepted the wager and
drank so much that she had 10 be led
away 10 the officers room where she
was deposited on his bunk.
Darns the Brides Stocking.
Noticing a hole in her stocking, the
affidavit says, to show how accom-
plished a sailor man he was, he pro
coded to darn the stocking, all the
while Mattison, junior, holding heI
head.
In August. 1907, Madison instituted
suit for absolute divorce. naming DIR
Charles Wainwright of the Postcard
uate hospital.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-26
IN THE WON ANS WORLD.
THE GIBSON FIGURE.
Women Strive For Broad Shoulder.
and Small Hips.


Have you correct figure" or dom,
you know whether you have or not?
Well, you can answer the question
yourself with a tapeline and the fol-
lowing table: For q twenty-seyen inch
bust the chest should measure thirty
four inches. the shoulders thirty
the neck twelve, the waist twenty
three, the hips thirty-six, the upper
arm eleven. armpit to waist eleven. the
wrist six, the ankle eight. the calf four
teen and the thigh twenty-one.
A different bust would require a pro-
portionately smaller or larger trunk
measurement, but only a slight differ
ence in the extremities.
This indeed is the new feminine fig
urea graceful, refined adaptation of
that of well set up man, with strong
ly developed shoulders and hips that
when a woman is well corseted and
gowned should measure an inch or so
less than the bust.
And what first placed this type Of
sweetness long drawn out before the
public eye? The process of evolution
may be traced backward in this wise:
The tall girl in the sheathlike gown Is
q present fad decreed by the latest
fashion, and the fashion is dictated by
cultivated modern taste. which taste
sprang from-what else could 1t be?-
the creations of artists who are
specialists in beauteous Technology.
i.Charles Dana Gibson was such an art
list When he began to draw women
of distinction and refinement. the ideal
| of the up to date American man of the
| world, a change came simultaneously
over the spirit of the modiste's dream
Why? Because everywhere one saw
| them in pictures-a daughter of the
gods, divinely tall and most divinely
fair-whose garments were as par,
of herself, becoming, mysterious, yet
| truthful. 1t took long time to arrive
at the clew to the problem of how to
look like the Gibson girls. But, az
surely as you live, 1t was thinking In
this way that brought about the good
results which now appear.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-26
THE SLEEPLESS WOMAN.
She Should Live as Much rs Possible
In the Open Air.

In the Open Air.
What can the sleepless woman do TO
help herself? Let her note, In the first
place, some things that she ought not
to do. She ought not to drink tea or
coffee. especially toward bedtime, for
these stimulate the brain.
She ought not to spend all her time
indoors, but rather live much in the
open air and breathe deeply the while.
She ought not Immediately before re-
firing to read thrilling stories of bat
tie. murder and sudden DEATH"
She ought. above all. says Samuel
McComb in Harper's Bazaar, not to fear
the idea Of not sleeping. and the fear
of not sleeping will be dissipated by
the firm conviction that. even though
she should remain awake for hours,
some at least of the benefits of sleep
can be obtained by using those hours
Alright.
One goes to bed primarily to rest,
secondarily to sleep. If one does not
sleep one should not keep turning over
and over, growing more impatient with
oneself, but should impose on the mind
calm. peace and a state as near vacuity
as possible. AS has been well said
"Sleep is like a pigeon. 1t comes to
you if you have the appearance Of not
looking for it. 1t flies away IL You try
to catch it,
If possible approach bedtime with a
feeling of Indifference and learn to say
within yourself, IF / sleep. well: If i
don't sleep, also well, though not SO
we'll" This little lesson thoroughly
learned will have the most beneficial
influence in attracting sleep. Assum-
ing, then. that the sufferer has removed
the physical causes of sleepIessness-
that noise and light and material dis
comforts are excIude;i-there Is now no
reason for the insomnia.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-26
For the Good of Your Health.

Conquer your moods. Don't let your
moods conquer you. People who give
way to moods never amount 10 much
because they are never masters of
themselves. They never know in the
morning whether they are going to do
a good days work or not, whether they
are going to be a cheering or a de-
pressing influence on the people around
them. If they feel like being good TEN.
pered they will be. Ii they feel like
swapping at everybody they will
snap.
People who suffer from moods
should be careful about their habits
They should be regular about meals
sleep. exercise and work. The condi.
ton of the health has much to do with
moods. and there is nothing that con
tributes so much to health as absolute
regularity.