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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-29
RUSSELL CHAPEL

Russell Chapel A large crowd at
tended the sale of George Devol's last
Thursday. Everything sold well. Mr..
Devol intends to move to Oskaloosa.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Drummond
moved Thursday to the farm of Sam
Rankin northeast of Fremont
The friends and neighbors of Mrs.
E. B. Picken gathered at her home and
gave her surprise Thursday evening
Every one took well filled baskets so
no one went away hungry they took
this way to show their esteem for
her and family before leaving for her
new home.
G. F. Donley and son Charlie spent
Thursday with Mrs. D. T. Evans.
A. K, Phillips, F. A. Rhoades, c. w.
Crawford. J. " Buchanan, Ed Wood
ard, Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Simmins,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Gilyeart, Mrs. Lula
Arganbright, Gladys Beck, Myrtle
Bergman, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Reeves,
Mrs T. r. Funk, and Earl Reeves,
were shopping in Ottumwa Friday
Miss Robertson closed very sue
cessful term of school at Shiloh Fri
day and returned to her home her on
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs A. G. Philippe, Mr..
and Mrs. G. F. Donley, Mr. and Mrs
J. N English and Mr.. and Mrs. D. T.
Evans attended the big ball and sup.
per of the X. Ps at Fremont Friday
evening
Mail carrier No 8 out of Ottum.
wa failed to put in his appearance on
days last week on account of the
snow
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Whitner, George
Stout, Lige Russell. Mr.. and Mrs G. B
McEwen and D. T. Evans were in
Fremont Saturday
| Hazel Gilyart spent Saturday even
! ing an Sunday at the home of Mrs. ]
! NJ Fellers, in Fremont.
Lester Kent and mother spent Sun
! day at the home of G. w Crawford.
| j. G. Albertson butchered Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. c. W. Crawford spen
Monday with Mr.. and Mrs. J.. C
| Albertson.
E. E. Gilyeart assisted by Ed. All
man and Job Stout took his engin,
over in A. G. Phippippe's pasture t.
saw wood Monday.
Stinson Clark and son Dale We're il
Fremont Monday forenoon
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-29
PLEASANT HOME

Pleasant Home.-A surprise was
given Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Willard, on
last Saturday evening which was their
silver wedding anniversary. About
thirty relatives were present and an
enjoyable evening was spent in music
and games, In the course of the even.
ing, oysters, cake and fruit were ser.
we'd.
Bert Brooks has returned from
Ridgeway, Mo-, where he has been
visiting his brother Robert Brooks
and family.
Mrs. Hendricks of Kansas is visit
ing relatives in this vicinity.
Ralph Bachman and family visited
at the parental John F. Bachmar
home Sunday.
DR.. A. o. Diller of Ottumwa was al
Geo Millard's giving treatment to {
sick horse.
Rev. Randolph and family spen
Sunday at the home of J. B. Brooks.
On account of the prevalence O
smallpox around Bethel church the
quarterly meeting has been postponed
to March IS and IA and the place
changed to Sherman Chapel.
Mrs. Mary Bachman, who has beer
i'll the past few days is not much i'm
proved.
Scott Johnson has moved to Ottum
wa
A large number from this vicinit,
attended the Yenney sale near Higl
Point Wednesday. Mr. Yenney will
soon move to Kansas
Rev. S. M. Johnston filled appoint
ments at Pleasant Home and Hig
Point Sunday Rev. Johnston recent
ly organized class at High Poin
which is starting out very good.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-29
LEGAL.
Notice-Proof of Will.

State Of Iowa, Wapello County, ss.
To All Whom 1t lay Concern: Mo-
tice is hereby given that an instru-
ment in writing purporting to be the
last will and testament of Joseph
Jewett, deceased, was this day pro-.
duced, opened and read by the UNDER
signed, and that I have fixed Monday,
the 9Th day of April 1908 as the day
for hearing proof in relation thereto
Witness my official sig
nature, with the seal of
said Court hereto affixed
(Seal) this goth day Of February,
1908.
George Phillips,
Clerk District Court.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-29
GREcIAN NOSE WORTH $4,000.

Chicago, Feb. q. = Beauty attend
ant upon perfect Grecian nose was
valued at $4,000 by jury in the SUI
perior court yesterday afternoon. Dr.
Bessie M. Andrus, a handsome young
physician, with an Office at S24 West
North avenue. suffered injury to her
nose on North avenue car some
time ago and sued for 100000 dam,
ages She said she was satisfied with
the jury's decision, though the dis.
aster to her nose had been consider.
able.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-29
SUITS FILED
Clara M. Hall Wants Divorce-lnjun.
ton Asked to Prevent Illegal
Sale of Liquor.

Clara NJ Hall has filed a divorce
suit against her husband, William H.
Hall. Nonsupport is charged in the
petition. The couple were married in
Fairfield, Aug. l, 1898 and separated
ii Ottumwa in February, 1908.
w. S. Moore for the anti-saloon
league has FLED suit against a wom-
an named Smith anG Elizabeth Mier
asking for an injun against the
former to prevent them from selling
liquor contrary to law and the latter
allowing it to be sold in her building
at sos East Main street
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-29

Pills. Delay may run you into
Bright's disease or diabetes.
Doans Kidney Pills are special
medicine for the kidneys. and do not
affect the bowels or any other organs;
There is mot particle of poison In
them-just the pure roots and herbs
that nature intended for curing the
kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure every
form of kidney trouble. Read the testi-s
mony of a woman Of your own city,
perhaps neighbor.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-29
SELLS 100000
POUNDS OF ORE
u. S. METAL SELLING CO., SENDS
BIG COPPER SHIPMENTS TO
EUROPE.

New York. Feb. 27.-Thus far in
February the United Metals Selling
company has sold S9,O00,00O pounds
of copper in bulk in England and
Germany. 1t is stated in official quar-
tiers that there is now less refined
copper unsold in the United States
than there has been in many years.
Copper brought prices of an average
slightly under thirteen cents.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-29
Floods Close Mills,

Philadelphia, Feb. q. - Seven
mills in Manayunk have been com
PEELED to close down on account of
a flood which swept down the Schuyl-
kill river as consequence of yester-
days heavy rains. More than 5000 OPP
aratives are idle.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-29

Girls, clear skin is he first re-
quisite for personal beauty:to secureit
good digestion is the secret Perfect
digestion comes from the use of Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea. Makes
rich red blood and clear healthy skin
35c, tea or tablets.-Sargent, the true
druggist, corner Market and Main
streets
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-29
CHARACTER is DEAD.
John Jones, Known as the "Jim
BIudsoe" of the Upper Mis-
sissppi Succumbs
,to+a Mimi Eeb 81

Dakota, Mimi, Feb. 27.-The re-
mains of John Jones. famous as the
Jim Bludsoe, of the upper Mississippi
river. were laid al rest here yesterday
Jones experience was so much SINH
lar to that of the hero of John Hays
famous poem that many believe he
was the inspiration of it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-29
kIDNAPERs SENTENCED.
William Jones and Wife Are Given
Penitentiary Terms Prescribed
by the Jury.

Chicago, Feb. 27.-William Jones,
alias Birmingham, and wife. Irene
Alzina Jones, were today sentenced
to the penitentiary by Judge Kersten
for KIDNAPPING Lillian Wulff aged 8
years, last December. The man was
given a thirty years term and the
woman twenty-five years, the punish
ment fixed by the jury which last
week found them guilty.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-29
WESTERN LINES TO
ABIDE BY THE LAW
TRAFFIC OFFICIALS OF BURLING-
TON, NORTHWESTERN AND
UNION PACIFIC AT OMAHA SAY
THEY WILL EMPLOY MORE MEN


cific, Northwestern and Bur
lngton railroads today following
a meeting of the operating and
traffic officials of those lines. that
they would observe literally the
nine-hour law, which becomes eff
fective March a. These three
roads will employ about 200 ad-
ditional telegraphers on the lines
west of the Missouri river. Train
service is to be curtailed where
1t is found possible to do so.
Washington, D. c., Feb. 27. = The
operating officials of railways from
all parts of the country today were in
attendance upon the hearing given by
the Interstate Commerce Commission
of applications for an extension Of
time for making effective the mine
hour law" In all thirty-seven applica-
tons were received by the commits
sion asking for an extension.
At the opening of the hearing
Chairman Knapp made it clear in a
brief statement that the commission
could not undertake to pass upon the
legislative features Of the law or such
features as clearly involved legislat-
i've policy.
In the course of the hearing two i'm
portant railway systems, the Chicago
Burlington & Quincy, and the South
ern Railway indicated by statements
and evidence that while it might be
possible to procure the necessary adj
ditional labor required by the obser-
vance of the law it would involve
great financial hardships upon rail.
roads.
The Question at Issue.
The question at issue is the power
and willingness Of the commission to
postpone the enforcement of the law
beyond March 4, the date upon which
it is slated to go into effect, until such
time as the railroads can file with the
commission exhaustive reports and
statistics concerning it's effect.
In these reports they conted the
law will cause hardship in operation
of the roads, general inconvenience tc
the public through the withdrawal OF
operators at the small stations who
also do the commercial work of the
| telegraph companies under contracts
| and at least cause a readjustment Of
the train dispatching business of the
roads to meet the new conditions.
The conference today is the last hope
of the railroads and every effort viii
be used by the vice presidents a
Washington and by high railroad
officials all over the country to con
vince the commission that postpone
ment in enforcing the law is right
especially at the present time whel
retrenchment in the operating depart
ments of the roads and trimming o
expenses is necessary. According tt
railroad officials the commission a
Washington has been receiving dali.
thousands Of letters from all parts O
! the country against the enforcement
of the nine hour day law in addition
to the statistics and reports whicl
the railroads have submitted through
their representatives.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-29
BEGINS HIS SENTENCE
Captain Van Shack of III Fated Gen
eral SIocum" Is Sent to
Sino Sino

New York, Feb. 81 - Captain VIII
liam Van Shack. master of the i'll
fated steamer General Slocum," in
the burning of which one thousand
persons were killed, was this morning
taken to Sing Sing prison to serve his
term of ten years Imprisonment Q.
hard labor.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-29
a Ton OF cold

could buy nothing better for female
weaknesses. lame back and kidney
trouble than Electric Bitters. SOC. r.
B. Clark. ]. H. L. Swenson & Co.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-29
A Pleasant Surprise.

follows the first dose of DR. nirg 6
New Life Pills; the painless regu-
lators that strengthen you. Guaran-
teed. Csc. F. B. Clark. J. H. =.
Swenson & Co
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-29
"Died of pne,moniav

is never written of those who cure
coughs and colds WI h DR.. Kings New
Disc overy. Guaranteed. SOC and $1.00.
F. B. Clark, J. Fl. T. Swenson & Co.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-29

Many a toothache has been eased
by the appearance of forceps.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-29
Restraining Orde,

The court orders that restraining
order be issued, restraining and en-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-06-26
on a platform high enough to prevent
the litter being rescratched into it.
A New Graft.

One of the latest types OF swindle
that has been perpetrated on some of
the unsuspecting farmers of a western
locality was worked in this wise :
There has been good deal Of talk
about bovine tuberculosis in the State
in question, and, taking their cue
from this, two fellows Joined hands
to fleece the dairymen of the section.
One, well dressed, wearing glasses and
having professional and learned bear
Ing, went through a neighborhood in
specting the dairy cows, representing
himself to be State dairy inspector.
In one instance when he ran across a
good looking herd of cows he con-
demnod a dozen animals as afflicted
with tuberculosis, but told the farmer
on leaving not to say anything about
it, but to sell them for whatever he
could get for shipment out Of the
State. Two or three days after this
fakir No. 2 Informed on the quiet of
what had been done, came along to
the farmers place and asked if he
had any cows for sale. The farmer
explained matters and thought himself
lucky to get $50 apiece for the sup
posedly diseased animals. When he
learned a few days later that the whole
business was a fake pure and simple
the dictionary was entirely inadequate
to furnish words which would express
his feelings. 1t is a pretty good thing
to give the good looking, glib talking
stranger a wide berth unless his iden-
tity can be established beyond doubt,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-06-26
Prison Life In Rebellion.

Like a voice out Of the past, a letter
written in 1864 by a Union prisoner
at Charleston, s. c., has come to light,
which tells graphically Of the suffer
ings of the men confined in the Con-
federate prison there. 1t was found
among the effects Of the late Major
George Vanderbilt, q. S. A., who died
in Washington last August. Major
vanderbilt's son, George Vanderbilt of
this city, deciphered the document,
which is written on scrap Of paper
in a penciled hand SO small that 1t re-
quires magnifying glass to read it,
SAYS the New York Times.
The letter was written by Capt Bur
ton B. Porter Of G company, Tenth
New York cavalry. Capt Porter, in
the early stages of the war, was first
lieutenant OF L company and a close
friend of Major Vanderbilt, at that
time the commander of company L.
The letter he wrote to Capt. Wander
bilt from the prison follows:
Charleston, S. c., Sept. %, 1864
Friend Van: Yours Of the 31st of Au-
gust came to hand day or two since
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-06-26
SHORT METER SERMONS.

killing time is soul suicide.
Many mistake 1utdity of mind for
faith.
Truth needs no authority other than
it's own.
He is good-natured whose nature it
is to do good.
They are richest who give the world
most refreshing.
Hope and aspiration Joined make the
energy of any life
Making a name for gold does not
make a golden name.
Truth rests on facts, but her face
reaches higher realms
It often takes a great load to get a
man down on his knees.
The failure to be feared is that of
fearing to begin lest you fail.
That is a good lesson on patience
which is learned through pain.
Even the Almighty cannot use peo-
pie who are born petrifed.
You can do little for humanity with
out the saving salt of humor.
No learning can make up for the
lack Of that which the home can give.
Every time you depend on bracer
you knock out your own underpinning.
The greedy are always needy.
Life is the mill in which men are
made.
The soundness Of your virtue does
not depend upon the volume of sound
you can make.
There is something wrong with a
mans prayers when they never choke
his utterance.
1t seems to be as easy to think our
cheerfulness to ourselves as it is to
think our troubles out loud.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-06-26
Denatured Alcohol school.

As a result of plans which have
been matured by Secretary James Will
son Of the department of agriculture,
there will be established shortly in his
department at Washington a denatured
alcohol school. This will include a
small but complete distilling outfit, in
Guiding watts. worms, engines and other
necessary apparatus, while it will be
the aim Of the secretary and his spe-
ciaIists to give a practical demonstra-
ton of what denatured alcohol is, how
1t is made and from what products to
all visitors at Washington who may be
Interested in the subject. DR.. H. w.
Wiley chief chemist of the depart
ment, has been assigned to the job.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-06-26
DoN,rs FOR cHURcHMEN.

Don't underestimate truth.
Don't promise more than you can do.
Don't try to climb to heaven on
smooth words.
Don't neglect the sinner if you would
fight sin.
Don't profess faith unless you give
evidence Of it.
Don't allow the milliner to make your
heavenly equipment.
Don't forget that the life Of saint
must be q living sermon.
Don't dream of heaven elsewhere, but
get to work creating it here on earth.
Don't get so busy trying to regulate
others, that you have no time to regu-
late yourself.
Don't close your eyes to things which
your religion should look out of coun-
tenance.
Don't spend your time trying to solve
problems whose solution will affect
your future, neither one way nor the
other.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-06-26
~ an Amateur POultryman

- an Amateur POultryman.
About the most sensible (and l
,,;gh+ add, also, the most profitable,
1oSfnring | ever saw made in the poul-
trT business was by young clerk, who
,,,,oa in the suburbs of a nearby city.
~ sustained g. severe attack of the
a,or fever" and, as is the usual occur
roncn became enthused over the "enor-
.oo,,s,, nrofts to be made with poultry.
To hid not however, allow his
an+bnsiasn to get the best Of the bet
TOW Judgment, and cause him to resign
his clerkshfp and Immediately embark
in the poultry business on more or
Iosa extended scale, as has so frequent
i, occurred but, instead, he held on to
bfe cIprkshfp, fixed up good, comfort
ob7n little house on a back lot, bought
dozan standardized hens and a
rooe+pr AT a dollar a head, OF a neigh
barring fancier, and thus made his
start.
This was early in the spring; during
+ba epring and summer he furnished
+bp family table with eggs and chick
ons and besides, Matched and raised
something like a hundred young chicks.
Ont Of these he retained twenty-five of
tho hest bullets for breeders, and, of
course at the same time charging his
bonse room; and SO. by the next spring,
r,o find that his business has, from nat
nraI causes tripled itself, and all this
time our friend has been steadily and
rapfdly gaining in practical knowledge
of the business.
This natural increase continued for
another wear or two, and by this time
bn had his business so firmly establish
ed on a paying basis that he was Justi-
fed in buying a small farm out at the
edge of town, and then and there be-
coming a full-fedged poultryman, max
ing +his lis exclusive occupation.
speaking of profits, he recently told
me that he scarcely managed to meet
pvpenses the first year, the second
wear he slightly more than kept even,
while subsequent years have not failed
10 show a nice little sum on the right
side of the Iedger.-Outing.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-06-26
Farm Notes.

A colorado railroad is running potato
snocials over it's lines for the purpose
If teaching farmers how to raise Det-
ter potatoes.
IF milk cans and utensile are washed
thoroughly and scalded last "lpnou'
subsequent wiping they will De nue.
freer from contamination by bacteria
+bat If scaded and wiped dry with q
rag.
The 1900 pound draft horse at tnree
rears old can always be counted on by
tho horse raiser as SAFE ana pron',
ahle proposition. During the past Re"
oars snch an animal has been "or'h
sron, 10 to u cents per pound
Some one who has tried it says tna'
e aour of sulphur is mixed lloeralls
.+,, tho seed corn in the planter DoA
t y % c,1tworms will not touch the corr
- sne +raated. 1t is certainly an easy ano
;r,oxnensiye recipe and at least "ol'H
trying.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-06-26
Squash Bugs.

The squash bug never lays it's eggs
on the stem, unless by accident, but
the under side of the leaves. The eggs
are of a dark chestnut color, globular
in form. and exist in clusters. They
may be found by turning up the leaves,
when the eggs may be crushed. An
other insect deposits it's eggs on the
stem. this is the borer. The larvae,
as soon as Matched, eat into the stem,
and are then difficult to dislodge. one
of the most effectual remedies against
enemies of the squash is a solution OF
saltpeter. which is prepared by dis
solving a teaspoonful in quart OF
water and sprinkling it over the plant
though sawdust, saturated with tur-
nentine, is also used on the ground
around each plant with success.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-06-26
CAPTURE of "a Georgia Flag.

Among the many brave deeds done
during the war Of the rebellion tEIerz1
is none more worthy of note than tRgEe
capturing of the colors of the Seven
teenth Georgia regiment at the battle
of Fredericksburg by Jacob Cart Cd
Carlisle. Cart was a private in Coma
pany * Captain Ecurius Beatty1 CT
the Eleventh regiment Of the Penn
sylvania volunteer corps. In this bHT~
tie, on the 18th day Of December
1862, prominent part was taken by
the Pennsylvania reserves.
The Seventh regiment was foremost
on one of the charges, which resulted
SO disastrously to the Union forces, aIfa
had attained a point within a few
feet of the rebel lines. A color bearer
of the Seventeenth Georgia fIaunfeEE
the stars and bars in the faces OF fEse
men Of Company A, and Cart, leaving
his companions, rushed forward ana
tearing the flag from the staff, gxre-
ceeded in carrying it to his regiment.
After the battle he turned 0yer tire
captured rebel colors to Captain Beatty
who presented them to General Meade
For this act Private Cart was awapiea
a gold medal by Congress-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-06-26
WHAT rs A CHRISTIAN?

ny heuTy c. Nope.
whatsoever does not bear his cross
and come after Me cannot be My dis
ciple. Luke Il: %.
A Christian is disciple of Jesus
Christ Yet there are many who are
called Christians who are not the dis
ciples of the lowly prophet of Nazar-
eth, and there are many who are truly
His disciples who are not known as
Christians.
II may be that there are those who
are Christians and do not know it; it
is certain that there are those who are
not Christians, according to the simple
standard of the founder of Christianity,
who nevertheless comfort themselves
with the delusion that they belong to
His followers.
Organizations, churches, and sects do
not make Christianity; they are only
the instruments for its work, the yehi-
cles for its expression. One might have
his name emblazoned in the largest
possible letters on the officiary or the
plain membership of the church, AID
still be altogether a stranger to Chris
tianity.
There are many able to prove by ar
guments elaborate and carefully erect
ed the historic accuracy of the various
accounts of the life and word of Jesus,
usually proving more for Him than he
claimed for Himself, who yet are utter
strangers to His spirit; who, while bit
terly defending His reputation, by all
their lives entirely mfsrepresent His
character.
These are they who, while with their