Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-06
TRAVELS FAR TO
BECOME wooded
YOUNG SYRIAN OF MANY NAMES
LEAVES FOR HOME OF HIS
CHILDHOOD.
TWO BRIDES FOR HIM

That love continues to be wonder
full factor in the life of man, is demon
Marady, a Syrian in the employ OF
the local packing plant. Now most
anyone would take Joe Marady for a
Syrian name and never question
whether the nom de plume was import
ed from the straits of Madagascar,
Timbuctoo, Egypt or Turkey. Not SO,
however, il one knows anything about
these swarthy complexioned gentry
who in great numbers are dipping
hams, picking shoulders and sailing
bacon at the Morrell plant. Why Joe
Marady" has not the real genuine
burnt in the skin quality to it, what
ever. il you know the Syrians. No
indeed But if you should hear of one
ALI Mohamad Hassan Essa,' (Which
| by the way has the right ring to it,
| then you can readily see what license
Joe Marady' has to be considered a
| Syrian.
Love is the Magnet.
One is left to wonder how the ex-
PLANTATION Of Syrian names has any
thing particularly to do with the man.
ner in which love is a factor in mans
life. The explanation is thusly Joe
Marady, or properly known as ALI
Mohamad Hassan Essa, the above
mentioned employe Of the packing
house has been attracted many thou
sands of miles by the magnet Love y
welded by one Dan Cupid" This
person of the superiority Of nominal
appendages or prefixes is slated to
journey to his old home beyond the
distant seas, and enter the order OF
| benedicts, get married and take unto
himself not a bride but brides. Here
again explanation is necessary. Ordi
narily one wife at a time is sufficient
for the chiyalrous Assyrian, but Joe
or A. M H. e. as you will, is slated
for two wives and will travel to far-of
Assyria for them. The reason for two
is thus-Mother favors one of those
demure and captivating native dam
sells, while Joe, ETC., favors another
He, however, is a true son ant
mothers wishes are to be gratified
even if the two wives have to resor
to the Queensbury rules to settle 1t
: One is his choice and the other will
be welded to please mother.
May Suffer Arrest.
: Well, Joe what's his name, vii
sever his employment connection
: with the Morrell plant and soon leav
: for the old land to make his hear
conuuests. Tomorrow he takes trans
! portation for New York where he wi
n ship over the broad Atlantic for tn
scenes Of his youth in the village
Aynarrab, near Damascus, Syri
and some two to three hundred mile
= in the mountains from the well know
Beyreuth. Loves quest will not be con
d plete until twenty-three (fatal number
days has been spent in travel.
! AS it ever was, loves pathway fo
Joe at least, is not smooth and onl
, the anticipation of a happy meetin
with the desire of his own and mott
er's hearts leads him to make the tril
/ for perils of dire kind are anon
: the breakers ahead. A comic oper
plot would be the proper manner {
7 telling the romantic career of TIL
. Young man Of the far-east. The e.
perience of Castro at Venezuela is b,
7 little worse than that in store for tn
: chivalrous youth. Arrest threaten
him upon arrival in his native Ian
~ and perchance this explains his nan
: of joe Marady The facts of the cas-
as learned show that Joe, A. M. Fl.
- skipped the country at an early az
y. y. to escape the service in the army
~ Abdul Hamid or some other Abdu
Returning now after number of yea
= in America where he has been gat
ering in the golden sheckles for tt
: support of the prospective bride
- through the industry of pork pack1
at John Morrell C Cos. plant in c
tumwa, this intrepid cavalier runs tt
chance of being taken a prisoner al
made to- serve the period allotted
the young men Of the country In Il
national army. However, he has an ;
tentative or two and may be able
n elude the officers or can pay the su
needed for release from army sci
\ ice While Turkey is not known
be averse to a little addition to
standing army, it Is a well known fla
that little coin of the realm to t.
lp' extent Of IS pounds Turkish money
TX, in u S. money some $355.25 will sa
ne the youth from the army and perm
IT, him and his brides to perhaps cor
~ back here to Ottumwa and pursue
ed way in the search of fortune. 7
he chances are he would be "pinched"
he he brought his young harem he
C. however.
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