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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
July DAYS IN THE GARDEN

Burn all ripened weed seeds.
Remove all roses before the petals
TALL
Keep all seed pods off of plants in
tended for bloom.
Tree Paeonies are gross feeders and
require deep, rich SOIL
Keep buds pinched off of plants in
tended for winter boomers.
Enco drage sturdy growth and pinch
pff all struggling branches.
Too rich soil encourages growth at
The expense of bloom.
Rambler roses should be trimmed
moderately as soon as done Towering.
If dry weather sets in do not neglect
TO stir the soil and mulch. This is i'm
portant.
Half the plants which refuse to grow
for amateurs are starved to death or
killed by kindness.
Adjust the knives Of the lawn mower
to cut within two inches Of the roots
of the grass.
When watering plants do not force
the water against the plant; let it fall
in form of shower.
Do not neglect to mark the wild flow
ers now which you wish to transplant
later in the border.
Stir in about the roots of the tea
roses little finely powdered bone
meal.
z Pick the blossoms Of pansies. mas
turtiums and sweet peas every day. II
allowed to seed they cease to bloom.
For gross feeders, such as cannas
caladiums, etc, thick mulch Of
strawy barnyard manure and plenty o.
water insures success.
Pinch back the tops of the scarle
runner; see that all climbers have sup.
port and watch for insect pests.
Do not neglect to bury all greer
weeds or stalks or put them on tn,
compost heap. Burn every weed tina
has gone to seed.
Stake the tuberoses, gladioli dahlia
and other plants likely to be blown
down by the wind or broken by storms
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
LITTLE HELPS IN HOME LIFE

The very best stove-lid holder can
be made OF an old cotton stocking by
cutting Off the foot at the ankle and
folding 1T into the leg, fastening it
well as b is folded over and over
until 1t is the square shape of the
common 1ron-holder A brass ring in
one corner is a great convenience for
hanging, and such holder can be
Numbered.
Take plank one foot wide and six
feet long. Inch stuff will do. Round
the corners of one end and taper the
other as shown in cut Take some
strips an inch and half or two inches
square for legs-four of them four OF
five feet long, according to the height
wanted. Fasten them together. neal
each end with rounds. Then fasten the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
COUNTY BONDS FOR ROADS
WHICH ARE PREPARED TO SPEND MOEY FOR ROAD BLD
AND MAINTAINING SHOULD FIRST LEARN WHAT or HIGH
Wars ARE BEST SUITED TO TRAFFIC AND CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

adoption. By legal proviso the coun-
ty could be bonded for only 31a per
cent of the assessed value of the real
and personal property. The plan was
decided upon and an issue of $143,O00
was voted. Dune hundred thousand
dollars worth of the bonds We're quick
ly Sold being disposed of in $4,000 al
lotments.
The first allotment brought a pre-
MUM of 1925 and the second one sS25.
Forty thousand dollars was at once
spent for mules and bodybuilding ma
chinery, and work was started.
With the sum remaining 118 miles of
the finest sand clay roads in the south
had been built within two years from
the date of the bond issue; a generous
sum was still on hand; eight gangs
We're at work, and the people were SO
pleased that they stood ready to take
UP the remaining issue of $4,000 and
expend 1t in the same way.
Many farmers fear a bond issue as
they do the visit of the chinch bug or
the Kansas grasshopper, but the bene-
fits they derive from that method OF
raising money for road improvement
are far-reaching and immediate. while
the individual tax on each is so small
that it is scarcely noticeable AS the
benefits derived from perfected high.
ways cover long periods of time. fair.
ness and equity demand that the ris.
ing generation should bear portion
of the cost, and that the increased
citizenship, always attracted to the 10.
cality by a system of good roads, should
also aid in paying for the added ben.
eflts.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24

tapeworms can be gotten rid of by
them, the seeds containing a special
element which Is fatal to them.
It is poor economy to get a cheap
ram. Get the best you can.
All animals love variety in their
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24

feeding. change being really equiva-
lent to larger quantity.
Your sheep may be suffering with
eye trouble without your knowing it,
Keep the wool clipped away from the
eyes
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24

The Department of Agriculture has
developed a Peruvian strain of alfalfa
which grows moro rapidly than the
ordinary kinds, grows earlier in the
spring, later in autumn and will stand
more cold. Its introduction into the
north is predicted in short time.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
NOTES OF THE SHEEP FOLD

Pumpkin seeds have always been a
safe and effective home remedy for
exnelling worms from sheep. Even
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24

The sketch shows the cooler with the
front curtain Topped back to show the
shelves.
We would put glass fruit cans full of
drinking water in this cooler, and it
was kept cool and refreshing, and prob
sbly much more wholesome for drink
Ing purposes than it would have been
had it been iced.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
LISTER WITH DRILL ATTACH

Proper implements to conserve tn,
moisture in dry farming.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27
origin of Thanksgiving.


Thanksgiving day has long been
called the first really American holt
day, as President Lincoln established
it as a national festival in 1864, and
since that time it has been a legal
one. But the day of Thanksgiving
goes back to the Englishman, William
Bradford, who led the Pilgrims to this
new land. Back of him we find that
Moses really Instituted the first
Thanksgiving day by issuing this
splendid proclamation: after thou
hast gathered in thy corn and thy
wine, thou halt rejoice in thy feast,
thou and thy son and thy daughter
and the Levite and the stranger and
the fatherless and the widow that are
within thy gate"
Bradford in 1888, called on the
55 surviving passengers of the May
flower to hold a feast of gladness and
thankfulness. He also followed the
Moses" proclamation to the letter,
for he asked ninety and one strangers,
among them the good Indian 'tMassa-
SOFT and others belonging to his IA
nous tribe. So our hospitality, for
which as a nation we have always
been known, was established by good
old William Bradford. History also
tells us that he was a good pro-
WIDER That first Thanksgiving day
feast consisted of wild turkey, which
comes down into history as the piece
de resistance" of our Thanksgiving
meal Then there was fish and succo-
fash. The book tells us, too, that the
Indians brought in nine deer as their
contribution to the white mans feast.
The origin of our thankful day is
strictly Biblical, as Bradford, the
leader of those seeking after religious
liberty and truth, was simply follow
ing in the footsteps of Moses, who
was leader and law-giver to a people
in a strange land.
Six years after Lincoln issued his
Thanksgiving day edict nine southern
states adopted the holiday. In 1877 a
general Thanksgiving day was pro-
claimed in Scotland, which comes in
the middle of November. When our
housewives are dressing turkeys this
year they may think of Alice Brad
ford with the three or four young
women she had to assist in helping
her prepare those first Thanksgiving
day birds, and how glad she must
have been when her blanketed and be-
feathered guests departed, the red
men were great trial to our fore
mothers.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27
GOING uPi

City ways were not altogether new
to him, but, as he waited at the eleva-
tor shaft, in one of Omaha's large of
nee buildings, he said to his COM
panions-
well. I'll be hanged If that isn't a
beater.''
why, what?''
''Just look at that confounded rail-
road advertising on an Omaha eleya-
tor-UP! What won't they do next?''
His companion replied, ''Sh-, Sh-,
those letters mean up"
When I see that word, this jingle
always comes to my mind:
Whenever the little word up you
see,
Think of Safety, Speed, Service via
u. p
You will see that word at almost
every passenger elevator in the coun-
try, but before you leave for the West.
be sure to buy your ticket via tThe
Safe Road to Travel
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27
lI%1STGIlES &M
:. ia IfI1I@ OH .REg'

Rocco ribbon is once more in high
favor for Christmas fancy work.
Gold embroideries give the needed
richness to many xquisite pieces of
handwOrk.
All of the pretty Louis boxes COW
cred with festooned tapestry are
touched with gold galloon.
Moire shares honors with tapestry
as French material for some of the
richest pieces of art needlework-
Melted bags of gold cord intended
for reticules are woven into shape
and lined with satin of an empire
green.
A single gold thread run along the
edge of a design to outline it will
improve the brocaded ribbon of a
sewing or opera bag.
The narrowest of gauze ribbons,
inlet between two widths of wider
ribbon, are used to hold them together
in the making of bags and aprons.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27
For the Hostess
Chat ON Interesting Topics of Many Kinds, by
a Recognized Authority

shades one finds in New Orleans.
After this a loving cup is passed and
all join hands standing up saying
with bowed heads:
God bless you and God bless me,
God bless every one
A simple repast is served, with no
servants in evidence, as this is a time
when the children are dressed up in
Pilgrim garb and serve the feast.
First, all standing round the candle
lighted board eat the few karnels Of
parched corn placed there in memory
of the time when all our forefathers
had for which to be thankful was a
few grains OF seed corn. Five grains
each, 1 believe, was the allotment to
each person. At the close OF the
supper child repeats Elder Brew
ster's glorious admonition to the Pill
grims when he babe them be true to
their purpose. l quote it here, for it
is worthy of being read by every one
on the coming festival day:
Blessed will it be for US, blessed
for this land, for this vast continent
Nay, from generation to generation
will the blessing descend. Generations
to come will look back to this hour
and these scenes of agonizing trial.
to this day of small things, and say,
Here was our beginning as a people.
These were our fathers. Through
their trials we inherit our blessings
Their faith is our faith; their hope
our hope; their God our God.
Seems to me this is a splendid way
of impressing historical facts upon
the minds of our young people, and it
does us older ones heap of good to
turn our minds and hearts backward,
remembering the times when this fair
land was not what it is to-day, and to
say thankful prayer for those who
laid the foundations so surely that
we have a day of Thanksgiving to
celebrate.
MADAME MERRI.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27
A Thanksgiving Day Party.

A yearly custom observed in the
evening of each Thanksgiving day is
SO interesting l want to tell the de-
partment readers about it. There are
about six families with their connec-
tons, all relatives either distant or
close, who meet at the old-fashioned
home of one they call great aunt -
On those occasions all the old-fashion-
ed heirlooms are brought forth, the
fireplace is festooned with dried ap-
pies and scarlet peppers. Apples,
nuts, cider and popcorn are served in
formally, and the first ceremony is
counting up the '-mercies'' of the year
Every one has a part in this, and
there is no light save from the logs
in the fireplace and a few candles in
brass sticks, some with the tall glass
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27
taking Care Of Yourself.

There never was time when peo-
pie paid as much attention to their
health and strength as they do now.
Time was when fine stock and fine
horses were fed more carefully than
human beings.
The result of properly balanced ra-
lions has worked wonders with stock
and recent experiments are proving
that the same thing is true of man
kind.
1t has been found that Quaker
Scotch Oats eaten often and regularly
taking the place of heavy, greasy foods
Will work wonders in the health and
strength of a family.
School children fed frequently on
Quaker Scotch Oats thrive physically
and are always capable of the best
work at school. For athletes, labor
ers, it is the best food. One of the at
tractive features of Quaker Scotch
Oats is the perfect way it is packed
Besides the regular size package there
is the large size family package. 10
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27
Mind over Matter.

Much may be done,'' said the Acute
Observer, by an authoritative voice.
Now, if a man says to a dog: Come
here!' with a note of absolute author
ity in his voice, the dog comes i'm
mediately."
Yes said the Traveller, I've no.
ticed it. And it is especially marked
in oriental peoples. Why, when 1 was
in Khalisandjharo, 1 heard a man say
with that authoritative note in his
tone: oh, king. live forever and i'm
nediately the king lived forever
Carolyn Wells, in Success Magazine.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27
ATaAIN LOAD oFTosAcco.
Twenty-four Carloads Purchased 70
Lewis Single Binder Cigar
Factory.

What is probably the biggest lot of
all fancy grade tobacco held by any
factory in the United States has just
been purchased by Frank P. Lewis, of
Peoria, for the manufacture of Lewis
Single Binder Cigars. The lot will
make twenty-four carloads, and is Sc
1ected from what is considered by ex-
perts to be the finest crop raised IN
many years. The purchase of tobacco
Is sufficient to last the factory more
than two years. An extra price was
paid for the selection. Smokers of
Lewis Single Binder Cigars will appre-
ciate this tobacco.
Peoria Star. January rs. 1909.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27
SKIN TROUBLES CURED.
Badiy-ln One Case ChiId's Hair
Came Out and Left Bare Patches.
cutieura Met with Great Success.

st have two little girls who have
been troubled very badly with eczema.
One of them had it on her lower
limbs. I did everything that 1 could
hear of for her, but it did not give
In until warm weather, when it SEEM
ingly subsidized. The next winter when
it became cold the eczema started
again and also in her head where 1t
would take the hair out and leave
bare patches. At the same time her
arms were sore the whole length of
them. took her to a physician, but
the child grew worse all the time. Her
sisters arms were also affected. / be-
gan using Cuticura Remedies, and by
the time the second lot was used their
skin was soft and smooth. Mrs. Charles
Baker, Albion, Me-, Sept. Fl, 'O8."
Potter Drug i Chem. Corp. Sole Props, Boston
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27
A Law Matter.

Would you like the floors in mo-
saic?'' asked the architect.
The Springfield man looked dubious.
Would you like the floors in mo-
sale patterns?'
Il don't know SO much about that,
he finally said. ct amt got any preju-
dice against Moses as a man, and
maybe he knew lot about the law
AS regards laying of floors, though, 1
kinder think I'd rather have 'em un-
rian-''-Harper's Weekly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

oy local applications they cannot reach the dis
eased portion of the ear There is only one way 70
Deafness and that by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by infamed condition OF the
lining of the Eustachian Tube When this
tube Is infarned you have rumbling sound or i'm
perfect hearing and when it is entirely closed Deaf
result. and unless the Inflammation be
taken and this tube restored to its normal cond
ton. hearing will be destroyed forever: nine cases
out of ten caused by Catarrh. which Is nothing
but infamed condition of the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case OF
Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure Send for circulars free
E J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O
Sold by Druggists. 75c-
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27
Eather Was an Invalid.

Il 1t had been hard day in the field
and father and son were very hungry
The only things eatable on the table
were II very large apple dumplings
The father had consumed ten while
the boy was eating one, and then both
reached for the one rem naming.
Son." pleaded the farmer, you
wouldn't take the last apple dumping
from your poor sick pa, would your
Success Magazine.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27
An Entirely Selfish Theorist.

do you believe in the theory of re-
incarnation?" asked the serious girl.
You mean to ask if 1 think we'll
keep coming back to the earth again
and again?' rejoined the f1ippant
young man.
Yes
81 have my doubts about it. The
creditors may all come back, but we
debtors are apt to go wandering along
to other planets if we can possibly ar
range it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27
Different.
Wholesale

Mr.. Wholesale Indignantly
What's that? You say the cash is
not correct I always thought that
bookkeeper was a rascal, and was rob-
bling me.
Expert Accountant-The cash is $50
over, sir.
Mr.. Wholesale-O, well, just give
me that and say nothing to him about
it. Perhaps he's forgotten to draw
some of his salary
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27
Philosophy.

Billy-Ma, does it do you any good
to spank me?
Mother-No, my son; it hurts me to
do it.
Billy-Then don't you think it's
rather foolish to be hurting the two
of us and not benefiting any one?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27
1t Cured My Raby-Hereafter I Will

Always Keep II IN the HOUSE.
1 cannot speak too highly for Res
mol Ointment. 1t cured my baby boy
of Eczema. He had a very severe
case and numerous other remedies
failed to do any good. I would not
be without Resinol Salve in the house.
1t is good to apply in cases of burns,
cuts or sores of any kind.
Mrs. F. Cox, Chicago, Ill.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27

The next time you feel that swallowing
sensation, the sure sign of sore throat,
gargle Hamlins Wizard Oil Immediately
with three parts water. 1t will save you
days and perhaps weeks of misery.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27

of to
in
i
be sewno
trimmed with of
a
nd of 10
of
side of skirt
3 - = ~-es "ue
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27
Social Progress.

The Pilters are getting on rapidly.
aren't they?"
Indeed, yes They used to employ
a washerwoman, but now they have
laundress. "-Rehoboth Sunday Her
aid.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27

Occasionally a schoolgirl is so 70
mantle that she imagines all poetr,
should be printed in italics.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27
Cloth Tops to Boots.

The new boots for dress wear have
black patent leather vamps without
stitching and black cloth uppers Few
colored uppers will be worn.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27

AS long as a man can find some
thing to kick about he feels that life
Is worth living
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27

ARE YOUR CLOTHES FADEDe
Use Red Cross Ball Blue and make then
white again. Large o. package, 5 cents
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27

First Golfer-Well done, old chap
That's the longest ball I've seen you
drive yeti
Second Golfer I'm afraid the
credits not all mine. A beast of a
wasp touched me up in the middle of
my swing-Punch
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27

If men could make money as easily
as they can make love we should all
be millionaires in a short time
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27
Paper-Hangers & Painters

Yon can greatly increase your business Nth ee
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HG,nlly ana % the nrse worthy applicant Wiz se16
books showing e25O,0OO.0O Wallpaper etoeS
Tor customers to select from. We offer liberal PROFITS
TO our representative Answer quickly that you
get the agency in vicinity for 1870
Alfred Peafs Co.. Izl-1le wabash Ave-, Chfcaen,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27

w. N. T., Kansas City,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27

You can't afford to accept Q secret most
holic. medicine OF KNOWN COMPOSITION, N
thereby make little bikeer profit.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets rekuIate
bowels. Sukar-coated, tiny sranules, cas-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-11-27
Honor Where Honor is %,

Sold by Druggists, 75c-
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-29
4 SAD CASE.



Many stories are cum eut in legal cir
Cles regarding former Judge w. l. Wal
lace, one of the best known jurists in the
history Of san Francisco, but here Is a
NEW one, vOuChed for by Billy" Barnes
at one time district attorney.
Wallace was examining d candidate for
admission to the bar. All questions mad
been satisfactorily answered and --.e law
yer TO be had paSsCC So brilliantly tuat
Wallace decided to put 4 simple question
to terminate the Oreal. Gazing beniguly
at The young man, ne asked.
What is the liability of common car
rier?'
although lawyers the world over ard
from time INN -morial have Wrestled with
this problem; though millions of words
have been taken into the record Of vail
Gus cases in which this Unansv-erq hIe
question was involved. the fedgliag calm
- eyed the judge and at last solemnly
rcDlicd:
"l our honor, 1 must beg you to with
irJW the question. I did KNOW the an
sW er. but. unfortunately. 1 have forgot
ten"
For q minute Wallace eyed the yorn2
mao. then. turning to the lawyers VINO
vert grouped around him, remarked.
"Ge1tleman, this is & sad case. m IA,
a calamity. The only living man who
ever knew the liability of a common car
ricr has forgotten"