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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-25
q CHRISTMAS STORY.

One night in small cottage in
Woodland Cove, South Lalvador, a
poor man and his wife sat in their
bare kitchen grieving because they
had no money to buy any presents
for their children, Betsy, Tom and
Anna.
A loud knock ct the door startled
them and made them think who could
be there such stormy night. They
let in white bearded man who looked
evry old. The children looked at him
with wondering eyes
Can stay with you tonight?'
asked the stranger. Yes, yes, and
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Junior Stories
CHRISTMAS I'm "A NORWEGIAN
HOME.
Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:
will try and write YOU story
on Christmas in a Norwegian home.
Once there was a family OF Norwegian
people. They were very poor people
and when it came Christmas and they
had nothing for Christmas dinner.
Their neighbors were very rich and
We're going to have turkey for Christ
mas dinner. So about nine o'clock on
Christmas morning these rich people
sent the poor Norwegian family an
invitation to eat dinner with them So
the poor people went over and took
dinner with them and that was the
happiest Christmas they had spent for
many a year.
Pearl Thomas
r. No. 2. Abba, Ia.
Age H.
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HOW TO BE A MEMBER.

The Christmas Stocking Club
Is a little society started. by the
Courier Juniors three years ago, its
purpose to make little children happy
at Christmas time, little children who
have no parents to care for them, or
whose parents are sick
You know that If we want to give
presents on Christmas, and do not
want our friends to know from whom
the gifts come, Santa will deliver
them for US, If we ask him.
Here is what you will have to do to
become members of the Christmas
Stocking club:
Each Junior gets one pair of nice
warm stockings, fills one with toy,
candy, ETC., also puts the other stock
ing in and sends or brings it to the
office of the Courier Junior. On
Christmas eve Santa Claus takes the
stockings and the other gifts to the
Open Door Rescue Mission, the Saliva
ton Army, the Orphans Home and to
the Volunteers. The Juniors living at
a distance can send us the stockings
empty and the Courier Junior will put
goodies into them.
We hope all the Juniors, their
mammas, papas, brothers, sisters,
grandparents and all their friends will
become interested in the Christmas
Stocking club.
The following is the roster of the
club up to o'clock this morning:
BEATRICE COUGH.
MADALlN COUGH.
CHLOE BURNSlDES.
CAROLINE TOUT.
FOREST WEBER.
/ ALETHA kRANZ.
MAUDE SkIRVIN.
JOHNNY SkIRVIN.
FRANK SkIRVIN.
MABEL SKIRvlN.
SAMUEL HARPER II.
RAYNER HARPER.
WALLACE RUSSELL HARPER.
HOLMAN FAUST.
DUDLEY FAUST.
NORMA DANIEL.
HEDVEG CARLSON.
BEATRICE SToEsSEL.
ETHA PARSONS.
JUANETA TRENT.
MAMIE TRENT.
MABEL REIFSNYDER.
MINNIE ADcoCk.
OLLIE LUCILLE SALLEE.
HAZEL F. CHAPMAN.
HAROLD C. CHAPMAN.
BERTHA 3. LUKo.
FLORENCE M'MlcHAEL.
+ ROBERT M'MlCHAEL.
LUCIUS A. ANDREW JR.
MARGARET kOETT.
GEORGE FRANCIS kOETT.
MARION LOUISE ADAMS.
ANNA RUAH ADAMS.
HELEN GAIL GRAHAM.
STEPHEN GUY GRAHAM.
RAY OFT GRAHAM.
LOIS CAROLINE GRAHAM.
VIOLA MAY SWIM.
WILLIAM ANTON BOONE.
JUNE JACKSON.
KATHERINE BENSON.
DOROTHY e. HARTMAN.
PHILIP BERNHARD HOFFMAN,.
JULlETTE EISENBElS.
MANILA JEWETT.
JESSE sEABURG. n
THELMA SEABuRG.
LACEY SEABURG.
ELSIE CHAMBERS.
LOIS GRIFFIN.
THE BACHELOR CLUB.
BERNlcE BAUM.
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Christmas and why we want to make
the little ones happy.
THE COURIER JUNIORS CHRIST.
MAS WISH.

"A bright and blessed Christmas Day,
With echoes of the angels song,
And peace that cannot pass away,
And holy gladness, calm and strong,
And sweet heart carols, flowing free!
This is my Christmas wish to thee,"
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Interesting Lette rs
to Santa Claus

Dear Santa Claus:
l thought l would write and let you
know what l want for Christmas. L
want doll and some candy and nuts.
InZa FultZ,
Bloomfield, Iowa.
Age q
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LILLE MYERS.
RUBY FERN KING.
MABEL ROOT

RUBY FERN KING.
MABEL ROOT.
RUSSELL HOLCOMB.
DONALD PICKETT.
BERNARD GlLLlLAND.
THOMAS GILLlLAND.
ALICE kELTNER.
SUNSHINE JONES.
ETHEL STARR.
GOLDlE MOON.
DOROTHY FRANCES HALL.
GRACE SMITH.
LEILA EVERlNGHAM.
DOROTHY BROWN.
. cHRISTOeEL SEAMAN
CASH--25c.
CASH-25c.
CASH-25c.
MAMIE LEE.
RUTH DAGGETT.
RUTH MARlNG.
LOIS WADE.
JOHN |. FINNERTY JR.
RUTH HELEN FINNERTY.
FRANK M'iNTIRE POLLARD.
HARRY BERGQUlsT.
HELEN GERGQulsT.
GEORGE FRANK TROTTER JR.
JOSEPHINE MONTGOMERY.
LORETTO ROBINSON.
DONALD GLEW.
HARRIETT MYERS.
HELEN MYERS.
MARGARET MYERS.
MARTHA MYERS.
CASH-25c.
CASH-25c.
IONA HANCOCK.
HOWARD CORCORAN.
FRANK CoRcoRAN.
PAUL coRcORAN.
NATALIE HARROW SMITH.
MR.. AND MRS. L. A. ANDREW, 25
iolIs in memory of Little Florence An
Drew.
NELL FRANCES EDWARDS.
HELEN M. EMERY.
WILLIAM T. HARPER III.
PAUL AR3ENZ II.
F. P.-25c.
CASH-4Oc.
DOTY DAGGETT.
JESSIE KENNEDY.
BONNIE SAYLES.
EVA LLEWELLYN.
MARJORIE WINlFRED Erwin.
CASH-25c.
HELGA SIESTRA!.D.
LAMAR RHODES
MAMIE LEE.
FRED WHALEN.
ARTHUR HALLRERG.
ADA VALENTINE STEVENS.
A FRiEND-2 PAIRS.
J. S. RANDOLPH.
nTTn EnMyhDn crhAIJp
FRANCES DANIEL SCHAUB.
MARY CECILIA SCHAUB.
FOR COURIER JR.
MARY ELEANOR LOGAN.
MILDRED cLAUD BENSON, 500
lincoln Pennies.
MARION WILSON,.
CASH-5o CENTS.
MRS. D. T. EMERSON.
BERT PHILLIPS, JR.
JACK PHILLIPS.
VIRGINIA PHILLIPS.
OVERTON PHILLIPS.
In memory Of Little George Merrick
MAX Won scHRADER.
OTTO Won scHRADER.
FREEMAN Won SCHRADER.
FRANCIS Won SCHRADER.
MRS. IRA MYERS.
MISS LOUISE MYERS, $1oO.
HAROLD HAYES HIGDON.
OTIS PAUL HIGDON.
MARK ADRIAN HIGDoN.
WARD Y. BELL.
WESSIE FULTON.
WILDA KRAMER.
LINUS n. NiEMEYER.
SAMUEL WORTH GILES.
HELEN HADSELL DUKE.
JOHN HUR6ARD-25 cents.
LAURA LEE.
HOMER ROTH-25 cents
REV. J. C. kENDRlCk-25 cents.
MILO C. BELL.
ALBERTiNA PARK.
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The Courier Junior:
My little granddaughter, Hazel
Hayden, said, please, grandma, won't
you send my letter to Santa Claus. l
have been trying to find out where he
lives and | don't know where to
send 1t, so will you please print it in
the Courier Junior, Yours,
Mrs. c. Hayden.
Selma, Ia,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-25
Dear Santa Claus:

Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring me Primer Reader, a
foot ball. a drum, skates, fire wagon,
automobile. ball glove, a desk, an
eraser, chalk, band, horn. buckled
pants. merry go round, tent, story
book, toy boat and gun
Ralph Head
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Hazel Hayden.
Dear Santa:

Dear Santa:
| will write you few lines to tell
you what l want for Christmas.
want guider sled and knife, pair
of skates and some nuts and some
candy. | hope other children will have
a Merry Christmas. If Santa brings
me some of these will be thankful.
Herbert Chisman, age 8,
r. F. D. No. 4, Ottumwa, Ia
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Dear Santa Claus

Dear Santa Claus
I am little late about writing, but
will write and tell you what I want
for Christmas. l want story book.
pair of blue hair ribbons, knife 18th
a pearl handle and cand. and nuts.
| guess that is all I guess this won't
be SO much but that you can bring
them, but dear me, how much your
head will have to whirl to get to every
little boy and girls home. l hope
there will be snow on the ground, SO
you can come in your sleigh and drive
your reindeer. I will have the front
door unlocked so you can get in easier
than to come down the chimney.
Leila Burnaugh, age 9,
r. F. D. No. /,
Pulaski, Iowa
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Dear Satna:
I will write you few lines about
Christmas in our town. We are going
to have nice Christmas. I am going
to speak and sing and there will be
an entertainment.
/ want doll for Christmas and
candy, nuts and oranges and nice
things. We are going to have turkey
for Christmas. / am years old.
Margaret McMullin,
Ottumwa, Ia, R. No. 8
Dear Santa Claus:
l thought l would write and let you
know what l want for Christmas
want sled, wagon, some candy and
nuts. Now Santa please do not forget
me.
Lloyd F'ultz,
Bloomfield, Ia.
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Dear Santa.

Dear Santa:
thought would write and tell you
pocketbook, box of colored pencils
some hair ribbons and doll. hope
you won't forget the poor little chill
dren. My little sister wants a little
horse and wagon, a doll and coal
bucket and shovel.
Beth Heady,
r. F. D. No. 5. Bloomfield, Ia
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Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring me a doll buggy and
doll, a new dress, doll sweater,
book and candy.
Miriam Head.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-25

Dear Santa Claus
want set of combs, new dress.
some hair ribbons and some candy
and nuts, and an orange. Please do
not forget me, Santa Claus
Your friend,
Ida M. Fultz, age IL,
Bloomfield, Iowa
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Dear Santa
There are going to be two Christ
mas trees in this little town, one at
the Christian church and one at the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-25

Dear Santa:
/ thought I would write and tell you
what I want for Christmas
I want guider sled and gun,
knife and some nuts and some candy.
will be very thankful if you will
bring me all these things. go to
school. We are going to have
Christmas tree at the school house.
Christmas eve. My teachers name IS
Edna Hadcock.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-25

Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring me pair of overshoes
and a sweater
Hazel Hayden.
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Harold Chisman,
R. F. D. No. 4, Ottumwa, la.

Dear Santa Claus and Juniors
AS it is getting near Christmas.
will write and tell you what want for
Christmas. want some colored leads
and story book.
l have little sister, and she wants
a doll and we both want some candy
and nuts.
Opal Loche, age s,
Hedrick, Iowa.
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CHRISTMAS IN DIFFERENT coUN
TRIES.

In America we observe Christmas on
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The Courier Junior:

R. F. D. No. 5. Bloomfield, Ia
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-12

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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-12
HABITS CHAIN
Certain Habits Unc0nseiOusIy Formed
and Hard 90 Break.

An ingenious philosopher estimates that
the amount % viii power necessary 10
break a lifelong habit would. if it could
be transformed, lift a weight Of many
tons
Tt sometimes requires a higher degree
OF herOlsm TO break the chains of a per
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I'm bloody battle. A lady writes from
an Indiana town;
From my earliest childhood 7 was a
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ing terribly at times with my stomach
IT was convinced that ii was coffee that
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indeed. Ny sister told me ] was In dan
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q But ] never could giVeruu drinking
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II am 80 longer troubled with dvspen-
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Look In Dkgs for the little hook "FFhe
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FRFE R00K AROUT CANCER.

THE LEACH SANATORIUM, Of Indian
apOlis, Ind, has published a book on can
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the cause OF cancer; tells what to do IN
case Of pain, bleeding, Odor, etc. In
structs in the care of the patient. and Is
in fact a valuable guide in the manage
ment Of any case. The book is sent free
to those Interested who write for it,
mentioning this paper.
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Trombone outfits complete, 1890 now, $500
Mandolin outfits complete, were $500, now " $1,000
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Victor ViCtroIas

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Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-24
BALLOON WILL
BE SENT NORTH
TO MAKE LAST VOYAGE AS LOS
ANGELES
NEW OWNER TO CHANGE NAME
OF HIS PURCHASE
Final Trip of Gas Bag In Southern
California viii BE Made This
Morning from chutes
Park

The balloon Los Angeles will have its
final trip under that name this morn
ing. as 1t has been sold to Gen. 2. A.
Van Tassell the San Francisco aero
naut. and will be shipped to him today.
A short trip with the balloon will be
made this forenoon by the secretary OF
the California Balloon club and George
Duesler, the airship expert, leaving the
Chutes park balloon grounds as soon as
the high fog clears enough to get the
sun.
The ascension is to be made under
the auspices of the California Aeronau-
tic company, of which ]. B. Lehigh is
president. and will round out for June
the efforts of Mr.. Lehigh and others
interested in the company to have at
least one ascension a month during
1909 If the balloon is weighed off
early In the morning it will probably
catch the westerly winds and drift
toward Inglewood or Venice.
This will be the second trip of the
Los Angeles, which was built by Frank
Leroyxez and sailed by him for the
first time at the Aero club show May @
General Van Tassell will change the
name of the balloon. He is planning
to buy a larger one of the standard
capacity of 2200 cubic meters, which
will be named the "Portola' in honor of
the Portola festival to be held at San
Francisco next October. The "Por-
tola" will defend the honor of San
Francisco in competition with the east
ern balloons which will be brought to
San Francisco for the aeronautical car
nival in connection with the festival.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-24
Municipal Affairs
COMMITTEE FORMS
PLANS FOR FOURTH
SPECIAL CELEBRATIONS ARE
ARRANGED
Flag Ralsings, Music and orations ln-
cluded in Programs to Be Rem
dered at Parks of
City


The Fourth of July committee ap-
pointed by Mayor Alexander promises
to be one of the busiest organizations
of the kind that has ever provided for
the observance of the national holiday
in Los Angeles. Mayor Alexander had
hardly named the members of the com
mittee before they held a meeting in
his office yesterday afternoon.
The committee is composed of H. w.
Frank, chairman /. ]. Mitchell, sec
retary; Charles Farwell Edison, Rich
mond Plant, M. c. Neuner, r. W.
Dromgold. w. J. Bryant, Gen. A. r.
Chaffee and F. w. Blanchard.
Before the committee had been in
existence more than a couple of hours
it had formulated the skeleton of plans
for the celebration of the Fourth. These
plans include flag raisings at Central
and Eastlake and Westlake parks and
a special celebration at Sycamore
grove for the benefit of the aged SOL
diers. Bands will furnish music in
these four parks; speeches will be
made and the Declaration of Inde-
pendence read. subcommittee were
appointed as follows:
Music, Blanchard and Edison; speak
ers, Neuner and Mitchell; decorations.
Bryant and Frank.
The committee will hold another
meeting Saturday morning In the office
of the mayor, when 1t is expected the
subcommittee will be prepared to re-
port.
The council has promised to appro-
pirate $500 to pay the cost Of the cele-
bration. There will be no fireworks,
because the $500 is not large enough to
more than cover the other costs in
Cured,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-24
WIFE ARRANGES FUNERAL
BUT LEARNS SPOUSE LIVES
Sons of Dead Man Identify Body as
That of Victim In Railway
Accident

CHICAGO, June 23.-Just as she was
preparing to bury the disfgured body
of a man she believed to be that of
her husband, Emil Lundgren, yester-
day, Mrs. A. Lundgren, living near
Chesterton, Ind, received a message
from Mr.. Lundgren from Michigan
City, stating that he was alive and
we'll.
Almost simultaneously with Mrs.
Lundgren's startling discovery the
sons of the dead man, whose body she
was making arrangements to bury
appeared at the farm and identified
the body as that of their father, E. T..
Moore of Hillsdale. Mich, who had
been killed last Saturday night in a
collision between two cars of the South
Shore Electric railroad near Gary, Ind.
The Moore brothers identified their
fathers body by ring on one finger
The twelfth victim of the wreck died
yesterday in a hospital in Gary. He
was an unidentified Pole.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-24
THINK DEATH OF STUDENT
FOLLOWED BLOW IN FIGHT
Classmates Attend Funeral of Youth
Who Died After Friendly
Boxing Bout

NEW HAVEN. Conn, June 2S.-
Many members Of the senior class of
Sheffield Scientific school went to
Derby yesterday to attend the fu-
neral of Erastus Hodges, q class
mate. who was to have been gradu-
ated this week.
The immediate cause of Hodges
death was given as Bright's disease,
but it was stated here during the day
that 1T was indirectly brought about
by a blow over the heart received in
boxing in the Yale gymnasium last
fall.
Hodges, who maintained a high
scholarship, had been interested in
sparring as a pastime. During a friend
ly bout with q classmate his opponent
struck him over the heart Hodges
sank to the floor, but revived suf-
ficiently to get to his room. Doctors
found an artery leading from the heart
had been broken, causing a hemorrhage
OF the lungs.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-24
SUNSET BOULEVARD
WILL BE IMPROVED
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS FIN
ALLY AWARDS CONTRACT
Work Begun More Than Two Years
Ago Likely to Be Completed
Before Rainy Season
Begins

With a sigh of relief the board of
public works yesterday awarded the
contract for the paving of Sunset bou-
Ievard to the Barber Asphalt company.
The contract will probably be signed
today, and when this is done an i'm
provement begun more than two years
ago will be in a fair way to be COM
pleted before the rainy season. The
price the Barber company will receive
for the work is $1S1, 1915, which the
board considers low, in view of the
fact that the Barber company must
pay a royalty of nearly cents a
square foot to the Warren Brothers
for the privilege of using bitulithic
pavement, on which the Warren Broth
ers have a patent.
The paving of Sunset boulevard is
one of the most important public i'm
provements attempted in Los Angeles
and because of this fact has been at
tended with more than the customary
amount of difficulty.
The first proceedings were begun
more than two years ago and involved
the condemnation of certain parcels
of land fronting on the boulevard in
order to widen the street. Legal diff
culties in the condemnation proceed
ings caused delay, and 1t was nearly
a year after the first ordinance of in
tention until the matter came to the
board of public works to let the con-
tract.
Threats of Litigation
The first bids received were from
the Pattillo Contracting company and
the Barber Asphalt company. A tech
nicality in the specifications caused a
controversy between these companies.
The Los Angeles-Paciflc had laid a
third rail on Sunset boulevard. The
specifications required that bids be
submitted for paving the roadway with
the exception of the space between the
railway tracks and two feet on either
side.
One of the contractors bid according
to the old right of way and the other
allowed for the third rails When this
difference was figured out 1t was
found that the two bids were less than
$50 apart and both contractors threat
ened trouble to the board If the con-
tract was awarded to either On this
account the board had to readvertise
for bids. Proposals were received the
second time in January, and the low
est bid was that of the Pattillo COM
pany, which offered to do the work
for $166000, including sidewalks. Be
fore the contract was signed by the
board of public works the appellate
court of New York sustained the pat
ent right of Warren Brothers on the
bitulithic surface and the board re-
fused to sign the contract on the ad-
vice of the city attorney, who held
the city would be liable for royalties.
Again all bids had to be rejected and
the advertisement was running for the
third time when the state legislature
passed a law making it necessary to
eliminate all sidewalk proceedings
from the Vrooman act work That
made it necessary to begin all over
again, but now it seems that the work
will proceed without further difficulty
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-24
HARTMAN SAYS MANY ARE
ANXIOUS FOR HIM TO DIE
Railway Magnate Declares He Will
Live Longer Than Most of
His Enemies

NEW YORK, June 23.-E. II. Harri-
man is quoted in a special cable dis
patch from Vienna as saying:
IT know there are many persons in
New York who would be glad to learn
that I was dead, but I intend to live
longer than most of them. 1 have only
a slight attack OF rheumatism and
know 1 shall be all right after few
weeks at the Semmering baths"
Mr.. Hartman is said to have made
this statement when he was asked
concerning recent rumors in America,
rumors which had an effect on the
stock market. that his condition was
so serious that the worst was feared.