Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-06-02
HOLD MEMORIAL
DAY EXERCISES
]. M. FUTILE POST AND LADIES
RELIEF CORPS HAVE APPRo-
PIRATE SERVICES.
w. A. WORK GIVES TALK
Paid Deceased Comrades Glowing
Trbute-FIoat of Flowers Will
be Launched This Afternoon
by Woman's Relief Corps.
From Saturdays Daily

From Saturdays Daily
Memorial day exercises were held
this forenoon by j. NJ futile post, In
South Ottumwa. Veterans, members
of the Woman's Relief Corps, and
children from the South Side schools
assembled at Odd Fellows hall cor
ner of Vine and Church streets at $3.50
o'clock and headed by platoon of
police consisting of Patrolmen Mel
son, Llewelyn, Mcbride and Beaman,
followed by the South Ottumwa band.
members of the j. M. futile post,
headed by Commander John Scully
and color bearer c. E. Cotton the
children of the South Ottumwa
schools, marched north on Vine to
Ward street, west TO Church street.
thence north to Weller and turning
counternarched to the hall where the
speaking program was carried out.
Buildings Decorated.
Many of the stores and business
houses along the lire of march were
decorated by small flags and bunting
The hall was appropriately decorated
with flags, bunting and cut flowers.
Con,rade Joh; scuily, commander
of the post, had charge of the exer-
opened with prayer by Rev. F. A
Zickafoose, pastor of the Second Con-
gregational church, after which songs
children. A recitation was tr"E
ably delivered by Miss Josie Fulton.
Member Of the relief corps then car
order, among which was a S>.ng,
&. r..
ualistic services CT j NJ. Tuttle rcst,
"Columbie." Gy the children of Irv-
log sch>u
w. A.. Work Talks.
| w. A. Work was then introduced by
the chairman and delivered a touching
tribute to the living and the dead.
Comrades, ladies and gentlemen
| said he, "a few days ago / was asked
| by a couple Of members of ]. NJ Tut
tie post to make short talk this
morning but not speech. One of
! these gentlemen was Comrade Sch
/ wartz and expect his reason for ask
| ing me to talk was that we We're Jack
| Tars together"
The speaker then continued ani
told of the two small gun boats thai
assisted in the battle of Shiloh on on:
Of which was Comrade Schwartz ant
it was there that those two boat.
poured shot and shell so fast intt
/ Shiloh that the rebel general didn'
know whether they We're coming from
the north or the south.
The Fading Line.
Il could not help but note this morn
| ing when / saw the few comrades
gathered in the line of march in honor
of the dead comrades that it was but {
fading shadow of what it was llttl,
| o.. ~
4 diers did in those days was so extra
ordinary. so wonderful that it will
!; stand for ages as the beacon light o
4 heroism.
The cost of liberty is great
I would not honor soldie
for going to war just becaus
he liked the call of the bugle or tn
humdrum of battle, but oging into tn
protection of his country and fightin
, for liberty is an honor that few of Il
have had. Tyranny has always bee
practiced more or less and people hav
been slaves to their fellow men to
degree, but these peonle are the one
that purchased liberty at the cost c
life. and not at the cost of dollars an
cents"
Launch Float.
At 4 o'clock this afternoon the WON
en- of the Relief Corps will launch
float of flowers at the Market stree
: bridge in honor of the unknown dea
of the stream and the seas who perish
a ed for their countrys cause.
The outlying cemeteries of the cour
} ty in which are dead comrades hay
2 been decorated with small flags Of til
! land
: This afternoon many members of
I. M. futile post participated in tt
I ceremonies of Cloutman post
I =
S would prove disastrous to the De
e Moines river cities, A two inch fal
). even now after the river has recede
i over two feet would bring it up to