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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-30
WAPELLOCO. HAS
q RURAL ROUTES
COMPLETE NAIL DELIVERY
SERVICE WILL BE ESTABLISH
LISHED APRIL 1.

Washington, Jan. 25.-Complete
rural delivery service has been or
dered established in Wapello county
April l. The total number of routes
in the county is twenty-one, Of which
the following three are new:
Chillicothe, route No. /, Eldon
route No Q; Ottumwa, route No. 9.
Other routes in the county are as
follows:
Agency routes Nos. 1, 2; Blakes-
burg, routes Nos. 1, 2, 3; Dudley,
route No. L; Eddyville, routes Nos. l.,
2, 3; Eldon, route No. 1 Ottumwa,
routes Nos. /, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6, Z s.
Other Iowa Routes.
Feb. Is, Tracy, Marion COUNT
(route No. ~; length IL miles; fam
lilies, 43.
April /. Oskaloosa Mahaska county
Traditional service, route No. Al;
lenghth, 25 miles; families. Sc; Woo,
stock, Wright county Traditional sery
ice, route No. %; length, rs miles:
families, 81. Gale, Wright county
(route No. ID; length, 10 miles; faEl-
lilies, Ga.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-30
BLOOMFIELD.

Bloomfield. Several business
changes have taken place around the
square in the last few days. Mrs.
Howard Sax and Mrs. Clara zook yes
terday purchased the northwest corner
millinery store from Mrs. Jennie
Saunders. S. A. Lorenz has purchased
James Rouch's interest in the ROUGH
and Lorenz furniture business and be-
comes sole proprietor.
Glenn Herod, who was tried before
Justice KELSEY several weeks ago and
found guilty of the larceny of a rife
from Frank Morse's second hand store
and was bound over to the district
court. was brought before Judge Yer
million last eevning. The judge sup
of good advice as to his future con-
duct and released him on good behav-
Tor, with instructinos to report week
ly to Attorney Ramseyer uneil next
term Of court.
Mrs. H. C. Day gave o'clock din
ner Wednesdr evening to about thir-
ty guests, complimentary to her
daughter, Mrs Edith Knott of Lin
coin, Neb.
The Swastika Card club met on
Tuesday evening with Mrs. Ruth Bur
chett Mrs Edith Knott, Mrs Flora
McAchran and Guy Walrod were the
only guests outside the club member
ship. The usual luncheon was served.
On Wednesday evening the CONVEX
sational club met with Mr. and Mrs. S.
A. Lorenz and discussed American hu-
morists and their work. Ten minute
sketches Of Bill Nye, Artemus Ward,
Robert j. Burdette. Mark Twain and
S. p Dunno. Mr.. and Mrs O. D.
Wray. Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Taylor, Mrs.
Mayme Matthews and Misses Mary
and Carrie Davies were guests of the
club.
The Modern Woodmen admitted six
teen new members and served din
ner Wednesday evening. About one
hundred and twenty-five We're present
Mr. and Mrs. John BURGESS enter
tanned the F'ortnightly Whist club
Wednesday evening.
Judge H. H. Trimble. Palmer Trim
BILE and F. c. Overton of Keokuk are in
town today on business.
Clarence Heady of Fort Wayne, De-
troit, Mich, is spending a weeks fur
Tough at his home here.
Charles Duckworth of Lancaster
Mo-, is in town today
Edd Good, who lives south of town
returned Thursday from business
trip to Chicago.
| J. A. Karr of Newton Kansas, was
| in Bloomfield on business Wednesday
| Felix Dickson had an attack of heart
| failure and fell unconscious in the
| postoffice this morning. He was taker
| to the hotel and put under the care Of
physician and was able to be out or
| the street later in the day.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-30
OTTUMWA PHYSICIANS SAY
CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE ;.
A GoDSEND.
GRIP CHIEF AlLMENT
Warm, Sunny Days Caused Grip
Germs and Microbes to Fly Fast
and Many Became
Sick. ,lIM

The cold weather came just in time
to save Ottumwans from an awful
siege of grip and disease, say Of
tumwa physicians. There have been
microbes and grip germs III the
sunny days of the past two weeks
which was bringing on the disease at
rapid rate when the winds came
down from Medicine Hat and chang
ed the entire aspect of things.
So prevalent was the disease of
grip in the community that it almost
reached a small sized epidemic as it
seemed as If almost everybody was
indisposed and had a touch Of it.
Pneumonia is at its height or Just
passing from it's height. The number
of cases had increased over the same
period last year. Again this was at
tributed to the warm sunny days,
which were deceptive enough to cause
many to lay aside heavy clothing and
don top coats and spring jackets to
the peril of their health.
A Des Moines Paper says:
Motor Car Throat Is Latest.
There Is a new. rare and exotic dis
ease in the city. 1t is only the select
few and of the cult that can have it..
1t is the automobile throat. Talk
hoarsely and in deep stentorian tones
and the diagnosis will point definitely
to your automobile. This disease
comes, the physicians say, from the
particles of dust in the air that find
Judgement in the throat, causing a
peculiar irritation. This gives the
rasping throat tones. 1t can not pos
sibly be acquired in closed street car
transit 1t is not the same kind of
dust. The street car dust rises from
the damp floors and falls on the warm
atmosphere Of the throat, thereby
breeding all sorts of germs. The
automobile throat Is a porcupine of
gllnts Of stone and that bury them
selves in the throat membrane lin
ing. There is a wide differentiation
SO fragrant has been the growth CT
diphtheria culture that the location
of the Drake university culture test
has, been kept rushed for several
weeks. The number of diphtheria
| cultures outgrew the Iowa City lab
oratory, so the state board Of health
appointed the Drake university lab
oratory as the local culture station
Incipient cases became so many that
physicians could not wait to have the
cultures sent to Iowa City and report
returned before they could put the
case under quarantine.
Drug stores are now aiding the sta
ton by receiving the cultures from
physicians and notifying the college
Until removed the cultures are how
cred over by the apothecary clerks
and are put for growth in boxes under
radiators. Although these cultures dt
not always point to diphtheria ths
sort throat season is SO severe tina
physicians are taking this extra pre-
caution to ward off diphtheria cpl
! demic.
To prevent the further spread o
the disease the graduate nurses o
the city are asking the school boars
to place visiting nurses in the schools
for throat examination and the Poll
County Medical association is asking
for regular medical examiners.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-30

ual training in the schools was given
by DIR. Emil G. Hirsch in Chicago
address the other day. He held man
ual training to be more than mere
technical course, aimed to make a
boy handy with TOOLS" He held it
to more important as guide to the
morals. Dr. Hirsch bewailed the ten
dency that In the schools the idea OF
is always in the foreground-tha the
appeal is to the head, and only in
cidentally to the heart This, he be-
lieves permits the interests of the
student to lag. There is, ne says, a
reluctance to go to school, then fol
lows truancy, and the next step is de-
linquency, which, unless it is properly
treated in It's first stage, develops in
to incorrigible criminality. Pointing
out what he believed to be the remedy,
the doctor said:
"The remedy lies in giving the
hands something to do. Manual train
Ing satisfies the natural impulse of the
boy. the desire to create. 1t gives
him the gratiflction of visible accom-
pl1shment and results in a feeling Of
self-dependences Pride and feeling
of responsibility go far in the molding
of character, and the first lesson of all
morality-that work, unless it Is well
planned and diligently executed, is
Worthless-may be brought home to
every child at the bench or anvil
Sucn a course, Dr. Hirsch believes,
would send the student out into the
world with an appreciation of the
dignity of labor, and with knowledge
and love for the work they are fitted
to undertake
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-30
TRAGEDY AT MT. STERLING.

Keosauqua, Jan. 27.-Miss Gladys
Cochrane, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Cochrane of Mt. Sterling, was
found in her room Friday evening
with her throat cut.
Miss Cochrane was engaged In
teaching school near Bonaparte.
About 8 o'clock she dismissed her pu-
pills and phoned her brother to come
after her After he arrived home she
retired to her room and later she was
found with her throat cut She is not
expected to live. 1t is believed she
attempted suicide
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-30
SHE BELIEFS OF THE VERY RICH
The above heading is the caption

SHE BELIEFS OF THE VERY RICH
The above heading is the caption
the Des Moines News puts over the
following remarks about a new novel
There is whole lot of truth in
Edith Wharton's new book: The
Fruit of the Tree
"She shows us the inner springs OF
The motives and thoughts of the very
.ich; how impossible it is for many
Of them to understand and appreciate
an honest motive.
"She shows how the men who have
accumulated money by questionable
means fail to understand how any
proposed reform is anything more
than scheme to deprive them of
their money.
They are really sincere in their
beliefs that all reforms are selfish.
TT is easy to fall into this way Of
thinking.
$50 many ARE selfish in their pub
lie efforts, caring only to stop into
power on the crest of the wave of
some popular reform. So many are
tainted with the desire of getting on
in the world to the exclusion Of the
public good.
"Of course it will not do to get into
the way Of disbelief in pure motives.
That is a mistake. But in her book
Edith Wharton clearly shows how
easy it is for rich people, reared un
der our present standards, to think
that way.
eff you want look into the rich
mans heart this book will give 1t to
YOU"
This is some more of the Glasses
and masses" rant 1t is strange
cog in some newspaper men that
makes them try to arouse prejudice
against those who are successful
financially. Any kind of wild state
ment against a rich man is supposed
by this class of editors to find an
audience of listeners.
We, who read such books, we who
read this article, must remember that
1t Is not what we have. BUT WHAT
WE ARE, that should be the standard
by which our life should be judged.
A man may manage business that
amounts to millions and yet be as
good and true and honorable as the
humblest clerk in his employ
Another man may work by the day
all his years-he may not be able to
save cent from his weekly wage, yet
his every day life can be model of
good citizenship and honesty to all.
AS to whether man is rich or poor
has nothing to do with and cannot be
held responsible for his being good
citizen or bad one. A poor man or
rich man can both be bad or they
can both be good-the abundance of
riches on the part of the one doesn't
necessarily make him bad. Nor the
lack of riches on the part of the other
doesn't necessarily make him good
That is a matter that each man de-
cides for himself-whether he is to
be help or a hindrance to society.
Money or the lack of it does not have
to enter into it.
1t is a dangerous doctrine that
teaches that the poor are better than
the rich because of their poverty, u
that the rich are worse than the poor
on account of their wealth. Newspa
pers should not try to work up feel
ing among rich against the poor OF
among poor against the rich.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-30

On the eve of another political cam
paign in Illinois. the Chicago papers
have unearthed another big scandal
in one of the state institutions. The
Chicago papers usually keep a few
scandals in cold storage to spring
when the campaign opens up. but it
is not matter of record that any
steps have ever been taken to remedy
these suddenly found horrors aside
from devoting columns Of print to
their exploitation.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-30
TO THE CONGRESSIONAL COM.
MlTTEE OF THE SIXTH DIS
TRICT OF IOWA,

A meeting of the congressional
committee of the Sixth district Of
Iowa is hereby called to meet at the.
Lacey hotel in Oskaloosa, Iowa, at
1.30 p. M, Friday. January 31st, to de-
eide the place and time of holding the
Sixth district convention that will Sc.
lect two delegates and two alternates
10 attend the national republican con-
vention to be held in Chicago, and to
transact any other business that may
properly come before the meeting.
Ellsworth Rominger,
Chairman.
VIM. Reese,
Secretary.
Chairman Rominger states that he
has received several letters asking
when this convention will be held and
that he called this meeting to let the
committee decide the matter as it
thinks best.
The members of the COMPRESSION al
committee of this district are as fol-
cws:
Davis county-Ellsworth Rominger.
Jasper county-M. D. Riddle.
Wapello county-F. B. Clark.
Keokuk county-W. H. Young.
Monroe county,. G. Sloan.
Mahaska county-Chas. Hoffman.
Poweshiek county-W. G. Ray
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-30
PROGRAM FOR CHARLTON
BUSINESS MEMS BANQUET

Chariton-On next Tuesday evening,
Jan. rs, the business mems banquet
will take place in the BIZ Dewey room
in the Pythian temple Over two hum
will be present, and toasts by promi-
nent business men of Charlton, with
an address bv Hon. Jerry Sullivan, of
Des Moines as a climax, will follow
the menu. Hon. George Dobson OF
Des Moines will represent the capital
city's commercial club and will deliver
an address.
Toastmaster, Hon. ]. H. Darrah.
Invocation, Rev. N. Evans.
1.-THE Ladies'" Col Warren S. Dun
gan.
A Lucas County Hospital" DR..
Guy Larimer.
THE City Schools Mrs. Kate W..
Penick.
Business Organizations" H. G.
Larimer.
Soldiers and Business Colleges
Capt. VIM Bell.
THE Farmer" Hardin l.. Exley.
Address Hon. Jerry B. Sullivan.
Other News of Interest.
Miss Ida Mitchell, the efficient tele-
phone operator, was called to her
home in Weldon this week by the
serious illness of her mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. T. Hatton, Of
Bloomfield, are visiting in Charlton
with their daughter, Mrs. Fred Uu-
dyke.
Mrs. Louise Clark has returned
from four months visit in Keo-
sauqua with her daughter, Mrs. G.. f.
Leavitt.
Mrs Walter Lingle, of Topeka.
Kansas. is visiting In Charlton with
her mother-in-law, Mrs Levi Fluke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Culver have re-
turned from Corydon where he has
been managing the branch store of
the Charlton Dry Goods Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Newhouse, of
Fremont, Neb.. who had been visiting
in Lincoln township with her parents
Mr. and Mrs. 8. L. Morrison, left
yesterday for Sidney where they ex.
pect to reside In the future.
Miss Dot Kirkhart of Ottumwa
came yesterday for visit with her
aunt, Miss Helen Leach.
Mesdames John Hollingshead, OF
this city. and H. " Garfield, of Hum
eston, visited in Russell yesterday
with Mrs. Dr.. Buzard.
Miss Lizzie Conger. of GAINESVILLE
Mo-. who had been spending several
weeks with her sister, Mrs Fred
Roberts. returned home yesterday.
Mrs. F. NJ James, of Lincoln town
ship, went to Derby yesterday tc
spend a few days with her daughter
Mrs James Hit.
| Mrs. Will Mauk and daughter, o.
Rawlins, Wyoming, are visiting ir
Charlton with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs w. F. Graham.
Mrs. Frank Baldwin and baby, o
Abba, came yesterday for a visi
with her husbands parents. Mr. anC
Mrs. VIM. Baldwin.
Mrs. S. J. Bledsoe, of Tacoma Wis
tied in Charlton yesterday with hel
daughter. Mrs. Ira Karman. while OF
her way home from an extended
visit with relatives in Burlington
, Kansas.
Miss Zaide Rabidou, of Cleveland
came yesterday for visit with hi
with Miss Maud Alternately and othe
friends
Mrs. E. e. Lyman and little son
Edward, went to Bussey last evenin,
to spend a few rays with her PAL
ents.
H. N. McGill, of Great Bend. Kas
!, came yesterday for avisit with hi
cousins. Mesdames H. w. and G.. ]
!. Gittinger, and with relatives at Rus
sell.
Mr.. and Mrs. N G. Lutz are spend
,. ing few days with relatives in Rus
. sell.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-30
FARSON-

Farson.-Mrs. C. c. Sylvester return
ed home Tuesday. after spending
few days here
Mrs. Charlotte Hawthorn is visiting
her sister this week, Mrs Thee Addi-
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Warder and
Miss Katie Thompson went to Blad-
ensburg to attend church Sunday
night.
The Ladies' Aid society OF the
Methodist Episcopal church met with
Mrs. G. w. Dickens last week for an
all day meeting.
Mrs. Harry Buttoff spent the day
with her sister Mrs. Harry Hupp.
Alice, the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Sours, is very Ill with lung
fever.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Bap-
fist church met with Mrs. B. r.. Mef-
ford this week
Mrs. D. II. Thompson went to Sig
Quincy yesterday to see her motherf
who Is very sick.
Mrs. A V. Beaman was here recent
ly from Batavia on business
The Ladies' Aid society of the Meth
odist Episcopal church will give q
| supper Saturdav night in the base
ment of the church and will serve
! chicken pie and salad
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-30
BLAkEsBURG.

Blakesburg Hurst was in
Blakesburg Tuesday on business
Mr. and Mrs. Miles Hough are the
proud parents of son, born Sunday,
January -
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-30

Referring to the presidential
chances of Gov. Hughes, the New
York Evening Mail says it is inclin-
ed to feel "enthughesiastic'
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-30

The Chicago Record Herald says
the count is now related by marriage
to the Vanderbilt millions.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-30
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survived by his wife and one little
child. Funeral services. conducted by
Rev Stote, will be held at the Bap-
fist church in Russell on Sunday aft
ernoon at o'clock.
The business mems banquet will be
held in the large room in the Pythian
Temple on next Tuesday evening. An
elaborate menu has been provided,
which will be served by the ladies of
the Women's Relief Corps.
Mrs. Elizabeth Girton of Bloom,
Pa. who has been visiting in Liberty
township with her sister, Mrs. Shelter
Chapple, returned to. her home yes.
terday.
Miss Helen Leach went to Des
Moines last evening to make brief
visit with her niece, who is quite ILL.
Mrs. Sherman Teas was a guest OF
Osceola friends yesterday.
Miss Mamie Stalker Of Lincoln
township left yesterday for a months
visit in Denver, Colo, with her sis.
ter, Mrs. W. A. Stone.
Rev and Mrs. M. S. Clark left yes
terday for few days visit with rela-
tives and friends at their former
home in WOODBURY.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mackey of Prom.
Use City, visited In Charlton several
days this week with his cousin, M.
A. Williams and afmily.
Mrs. Amanda Edwards returned yes.
terday from a three months visit in
Witt, Ill, with her daughter, Mrs.
Dora Ransdell.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. e. Darrah of Der.
by visited friends in Charlton yes.
terday. ai
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-30
MANUAL TRAINING.
A new view of the question of man
YOUCAN LAUGH

AT THE THOUGHT
of any distress after eating If you will
only begin the meal by taking dose
of Hostetter's Stomach Biteers. 1t will
prepare the stomach to receive the
food, aid in it's proper digestion and
assimilation and keep the bowels open
HOSTETTER'S
ST o M AC H BlTTERS S.
can thus prevent and cureSick Head
ache. Flatulency, Heartburn, BIoating,
Vomiting, lndiaestion, Dyspepsia,
Colds and Female Ills. Try it today.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-01-23

latter are known as Skier" and the
island belt as the "Skjergaard," which
acts as a breakwater along the coast,
inside of which islands, ships may go
in comparatively smooth water
at the same time, a storm may be rag
ing outside.
AS one comes nearer to shore. the
cold dark-ooking mountains first dis
cerned in the distance are gradually
trasformed into more cheerful pros
pect. clad as they are from the waters
edge to the very top with trees. chiefly
pine and spruce. though other var
ieties also occure such as birch, beech,
maple, ash, elm and oak. This growth
of trees on the mountains occurs all
along the south and east coast, so
on the mountains and hills of Norway,
where nothing else will grow, trees
are left to grow, for the narrow val
leys, which are all there is to cult
vate, is laid out in small farms. Ma
ture has done much for tree culture
in Norway. as trees seem to grow
without attention in the most incredit-
able places; for instance. one fire.
quentyl sees pine trees growing on
the perpendicular side of mountain.
fastening its roots in the cracks often
TOO small to permit the larger roots
so they follow the cracks on the on.
side while the lateral fiber roots eli
ter the seams and tenaciously hang
on, hundreds of feet upon the seeming
ly SMOOTH granite precipice. and there
stands the pine trees often 40 to 30
feet high, clinging on and holding
their own defying altitude.
The mountains of Norway are large
ly composed of primary rocks, said to
present the same form as when origin.
ally solicited and rarely overlaid with
recent formations, so they possess for
biologists the charm Of the most boar
antiquity. These primary rocks. con
! sist OF granite, gneiss, mica horn
blende, slate. quarzite. clay slate, lime
stone. etc. In places, notably in Roms-
dalen, the gneiss, oldest of rocks, tow
ers III most imposing pimacles ) to
g thousand fee in height. The mining
and metal industry OF Norway is UNI
. developed and unimportant; total val
he OF ANIMAL mineral bro1uct Tins fan.
amounts to about two million dollars,
but promises rapid development in the
near future, owing to recent rich finds.
Norway has no coal; Sweden some.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-01-23
The Letter Followed Him.

Just as Henry Labouchere had been
appointed secretary To the British en-
bassy al tonStantinople his chief. Lord
Hammond. requested him to proceed
TO Constantinople without delay. But
this arrangement did not suit Mr.. La
boucherc. and week later his chief
saw him stroling leisurely along the
Strand. The latter glared menacingly
upon him and hurried on to his club.
A very peremptory letter was the re
suit. but Mr.. Iaboucherc guessed the
nature Of the message and recognized
the writing. 50 he did not open the en-
veopc, bat placed it in the tail pocket
of his coat Then he set off for little
holiday AT Baden Baden, and when he
had been there for week or SO he
opened the letter.
"Now," he remarked to friend,
'you can appreciate my foresight in
placing Hammond's letter in my tail
pocket, for | shall write him as fol
lows:
"'My lord. have just read your let
ter, which followed me to Baden Ba-
dem"
This explanation of the delay was
regarded as wholly satisfactory by
Lord Hammond. who until he received
it had been disposed to be very wroth
with his dilatory assistant.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-01-23
Flats Harm Book Trade,

FLATS and apartments damage my
business dreadfully," said publisher
The minute a family gives up its
house and takes to fiat that same
minute it stops buying books. In the
first place, fiat dwellers are cramped
for room. Having little enough space
for their furniture, let alone for books,
they naturally buy no books. In the
second place. fiat dwelers are nomads;
they move often, and your nomad hes
itates 10 buy book because he knows
it will be nuisance to pack at the
next moving
I'VE are all taking to flats and apart
ments, housekeeping in them is SO
much easier and pleasanter. We are
all freeing ourselves of needless things
in order to have more space in our
cramped quarters. Books we free our
selves Of first, taking in their place a
subscription TO public library.
Indeed. thanks to the fiat, private
libraries in the future will be as rare
as private theaters or private chap
lains. New York Press.