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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-03
THE slGNERs OF THE DECLARE
TON OF INDEPENDENCE.

Some of the signers of the Declara-
ton of Independence were:
BENJAMIN Franklin of Pennsylvania.
Benjamin Harrison of Virginia.
Benjamin Rush of Pennsylvania.
John Adams of Massachusetts.
Roger Sherman of Connecticut.
Oliver Wolcott of Connecticut.
Lewis Morris of New York.
Thomas Jefferson of Virginia.
And MANY others. Fifty-six men
signed it and cheered for being an In
dependent country. For If 1T hadn,t
been for the war of July A.. 1875 we
would have been under control Of old
England, like Ireland and Scotland
We would have been like babies under
control of their mothers.
John Hancock was the president OF
the signers. If these men were living
yet they would cheer and sing fol
having won the victory.
Laura M. Mares, age 10.
1928 N. Wapello st.
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WHY | LIKE THE FOURTH OF
JULY.

The Fourth of July is celebrated IN
honor of the Declaration of Independ-,
ence. This Declaration of Independ-i,
ence was adopted by congress the 2ndl
day of July, 1776, but was drawn up
and signed by Sc men the 4th day Of
July, 1776. And like the Fourth of
July because we can see all of our
friends and acquaintances and have
picnic in the park and groves.
This year the Fourth of July comes
on Sunday, but some of the cities will
celebrate on Saturday and some on
Monday. The people enjoy making n
noise such as shooting fire crackers.
torpedoes and toy pistols. The red.
white and blue flags are generally
worn on independence Day.
{ Lola F. Post, age ID.
| Floris. Ia, R. r. No. 2.
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cake, lemonade, butter, bread, rasp-
berry pie, strawberry jam, said. pick
les, and friend chicken. After dinner
Mabel and May took long ride on
the merry-go-round. They went to q
stand and bought some ice cream,
candy and peanuts. They watched the
balloon go up and then they Went
home. May took her little brother
some candy and peanuts. May told
her mother all about the picnic.
Ruth Maring, age u,
r. F. D. No. 4, Mexico, Mo.
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Ube Queen See

Once upon time there lived three
kings sons. I never heard the names
of the two elder sons, but the young
est was called Dummling. This was
because all though lin simple, TOOL
ish fellow.
In time the two elder sons went out
to seek their fortunes. Years passed,
but no word from them came back to
their father.
One day the old king said: Dunn
ming, 1t is time you were starting out
in the world. Perhaps you may at
least find your brothers"
pummling did find them after a
stime. They were poor as ever. How
they jeered when Dummling said he
had come to seek his fortune! But
thew all three went on together till
they came to an ant-hill.
.What spoil" cried the eldest. LET
us stir up this ant-hill."
eyes," said the second brother. ut
will be jolly sport to see the ants car
rying off their eggs"
But Dummling stepped before them,
saying, Leave the poor little ants
alone. / will not let you harm them
Further on they came to lake,
where number of ducks were swim
ming about
LET us catch few" said the
eldest.
eyes, and roast them" added the
second brother. 81 was always fond
of roast duck.
But Dummling cried, leave the
ducks alone. l will not let you kill
them"
Presently they came to bees nest
in tree. The bees had stored sc
much honey that 1t overiowed and
ran down the trunk.
eHow I like honey!" cried the cid
est. ssBut the bees would sting US
badly, should we try to get It,
LET us build a fire under the tree,
said the second brother '"rhe smoke
will stife the bees, and then we cal
get the honey with ease"
But a third time Dummling stood II
their way. Leave the poor bees alone
l will not let you stifie them.
At last the three brothers came t.
an enchanted castle They wen
through the great rooms TIL final!
they stood before door fastened
with three bolts In the middle Q
the door was small WINDOW throusi
which they peeped.
IQGY SdW d Sllttll 81 A4hN''
sitting at a table. They called to hin
several times, but he did not hear.
last Dummling called alone and tn
small man heard. He undid the bolt
md came out.
Silently he led them to a tabl
spread with delicious food. When the
had finished their meal, he led theI
each to a bedroom.
In the morning the small ma
awoke the eldest brother He led hi1
TO a table of stone on which wa
some writing. The writing told of tn
three tasks by which the castle coul
be freed from is enchantment.
Thet eldest brother read thus: "UI
der the moss in the castle forest ar
hidden the pearls of the princes
They number one thousand. He VIII
would free the castle from its spe
must first collect these. If he VIII
undertakes to gather them has M
finished his task by sunset-if but on
pearl is misslng-he must be turne
10 stone
The eldest brother went to the TO
,st and searched all day. But at SUI
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LAURENCE HAS A GUN.

Dear Editor: ~
AS / have never written before Y
thought 1 would write. My sister
wrote last week.
have a gun and was out shooting
caught young one WHICH I aim going
to have as a pet. I am Tri-Weekiy
yesterday and shot one squirrel and
caught a young one which am going,
to have as pet / am Tri-Weekly
Junior. / go to the weeds every day
and help papa chop down trees. We
have forty acres of timber land one
mile south of Cotton.
Laurence Dahlstrom,
Cotton, Ore.
Age l.
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arst On the Declaration of 1ndepent1.
ehee He aied Oct. 8, t79s at Quincy,
Mass,
Josiah Bartlett, born 1870; died,
tTaa. He was All American patriot.
William Whipple, died 1855,
Matthew Thornton
Samuel! Adams, American revulu.
tienary patriot and statesman. Born,
1873: died. 1903.
John Adams, lawyer and second
president Of the United States, Born,
1895, died. 1895.
Robert Treat Paine, American law.
yer. Born. 1'13: died. 1914,
Nlbridge Gerry, fifth vice president
+, Of the United stntes. Born, 1744; died.
1914.
Stephen Hopkins. American states
men. Born. 1907; died, 1875.
William Ellery, born. 1877; died,
1890
Roger Sherman, American states
man. Born, 1921; died, --79s.
Samuel Huntington, born, 1882; died
1896.
| William Williams. horn, 1881; died,
1915.
Oliver Wolcott, governor Connecti-
cut. Born. 1926; died. 1897.
William Floyd.
Francis Lewis.
Lewis Morris. Born, 1925; died
1898.
Richard Stockton. Born, 1880;
died. 1881.
John Witherspoon, American author
divine and statesman. Born, 1922;
died, 1874.
Francis Hopkins, American author
Born, 1897; died, 1871.
+! John Hart.
Abraham Clark.
Robert Morris, American states
man and financier. Born, 1874; died
E1S06.
4 Benjamin Rush, American physt
cian Born, 1745; died, 1913.
Il BENJAMIN Franklin, American phil
osopher and statesman. Born, l7O6i
died, 1880.
! John Morton.
! George Clymer.
Jasper Smith
George Taylor. Died, 1881.
Caesar Rodney. Born, 1928; died
1884
James Wilson, American jurist
Born, 1742; died, 1898.
| George Ross. Died, 1779.
George Read. Born, 1888: died
1898.
1 Thomas Mexican, American patrio
and jurist Born, 1884; died, 1871.
4 VIM. Paca.
Tho. Stone. Died 1887.
Charles Carroll, American patriot
Born, 1887; died 1882.
Geo. Wythe, American jurist. Born
1875; died 1906.
Richard Henry Lee, American
statesman, orator and patriot. Born
1892; died, 1894.
Thos. Jefferson, author Of this docu
ment. Born, 1743; died, 1926.
Benjamin Harrison. Born, TAO
died, 1871. -,
Thomas Nelson, Jr. Born, 1888
, died, 1889. He was statesman.
Francis Lightfoot Lee. Born, 1874
died, 1897.
Carter Braxton.
VIM. Hooper.
Joseph Hewes. Born, 1890; die
1879.
John Penn. Died 1888.
Ed. Rutledge, American jurist. Bor1
1749; died, 1900.
,, Thos. Hayward, Jr.
Thos. Lynch, Jr. Born, 1749; die
1779.
Arthur Middleton. Born, 1742; die
1887.
Button Gwinett. Died 1777.
Lyman Hall.
George Walton. Born, 1740; diet
1904.
: Philip Livingston. Died, 1878.
Norma Daniels, age IL.
ppv EldOn. Iowa.
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Friday, March rs, was the day our
school closed this year. 1t is called
the Ogg school. Miss Nellie Crowley
was the name of our teacher. In
stead Of having picnic or program
we had part of our lessons, which were
history, arithmetic and language.
In the morning we had our history
and arithmetic and in the afternoon Wa
had our language lessons. About half
past two or three o'clock we Went
home. The number of the visitors
were eleven. Our teacher gave us
each pretty Easter booklet and I
have mine yet.
Maude Sllirvin. age II,
R. F. D., No 7. Ottumwa, Ia.
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ANNOUNCE PRIZE WINNERS NEXT
WEEK.

Dear Juniors: We are publishing
some Of the stories for the fndepen-
dence Day contest today, but we will
not announce the names of the prize
winners until next week. when the
rest Of the splendid stories viii ap'
pear. We will also announce a new
contest next week. In the meantime
the juniors who want to receive beau
tif,il souvenir cards can write short
story on one Of the following sub
3ects:
WHAT | DID TO CELEBRATE IN.
DEPENDENCE DAY.
A DRUM MAJOR.
SOME BEAUTIFUL FIREWORKS,
A SOLDIER CARRYING A FLAG.
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EIGHT RuLEe FOR TIE JUNIORS

1. Use one side of the paper only
2. Write neatly and legfbly, using
ink or sharp lead pencil.
8. Number your pages.
A. At the bottom Of the last page
write your name, age and address.
s. Do not copy stories or poetry
and send us as your own work.
4. Also state choice Of prize on
separate piece Of paper, with name
and address In full.
8. Address the envelope to Editor
Courier Junior, Ottumwa, Iowa.
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Blakesburg, Iowa.
THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARE
TON OF INDEPENDENCE.

John Adams was born at Quincy,
Mass, in 1875 He was elected 10
congress in 1774 and was among the
strongest supporters of the Declare
ton. He was the first United States
minister to England. vice president
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THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL.

William Ed NdneS, HR
1923 North Wapello street.
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THE FOURTH OF JULY.

Hazel MOISaru, age
McBain, Mich. Box AZ.
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Leona Irene Vest, age 10.
R. No. 6, Box AS. Ottumwa, Iowa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-12

tain portions of the Holy Land This will of course. be under the protectorate of Turkey.
 There 1t is planned, Jewish institutions will be erected and the surplus Hebrew population from all countries be well comed Already hundreds of Russian Jews are pouring into Palestine and es- tablishing homes. owing to the favorable conditions created by the societys funds is expected that vastly large numbers of this race, from every country in the world, will go to their new home.
 Funds will be advanced by the Jewish Colonial Trust company of London, and the Anglo Palestine bank of Jaffa, the two financial institutions of the Zionists The former institution has 165,00O share holders scattered all over the world.
 For the first time in the history of tho movement the United States will have the largest number of delegates surpass- ing Russia, which has the largest Jewish population in the world. The number of delegates is based on the number of peo- pie paying dues to the organization. The United States will have 80.
 Preliminary conferences will be held here by the delegates from each nation. at which they will elect officers of their respective organizations.
 The present officers of tho American Zionists are: Dr. Harry Fried E'rieden- walt of Baltimore. president; Dr. J. l.. Magnus of New York, vice president, and Joseph Jasin of New York, secretary.
 Herr Wolfssohn of Germany is presi- dent of the international movement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-12

of the Missouri railroad commission in threatening the Missouri Pacific with re- cetyership in order to compel the ex- nenditure of S750,0O0 for absolutely neces- sarv repairs and maintenance or MissouH Pacific lines is fair Illustration or the Gould methods. They have an almost uncomfortable prejudice against spend inp money on their own properties to keep them up, and that is driving them ont of the arena of active management. 1t is predicted that within the next haif dozen years they will disappear into the retired class The Goulds, while nowhere near as rich as they were live years ago are still possessed of large fortunes and can maintain themselves among the very wealthy families of the country, even though they do not do stroke Of work. That they were obliged to liqui- date on a heavy scale duNng the panic is now well known, and t'%ir losses were large. They were not equal to the oc- casion and could not travel in the high financial company they were in. They were outclassed by the Harrimans and the Hawleys. and the Reid-Moores, and the Hills. and all the rest of their con- petitors. The result is another case of the survival of the Attest.
 The New York public service commis- sion is very much perturbed over late court decision which defines and min imizes it's power over corporations in the state. The commission is judicially ad- yised that while it has the authority to prevent the unrestrained issuance of watered stocks and bonds of New York corporations. it has no right to interfere
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-12
ZIONIST CONGRESS.
Vs Interested In Meeting to Be Held
 at Hamburg.

Hamburg, Germany, December H.
 pat interest is being manifested by 3ys throughout the world ffSthe Ninth lernational Zionist congress to be held this city December 26 to January 2.
 This society, which is composed of ointment Hebrews all over the world h numbers it's members in the thou- hds, has for It's main purpose the es- blishment of legal home for the Jews,
 race. in Palestine. AS definite steps III be taken at the forthcoming con ess toward this end, 1t will be by far 3 most important meeting of the so- Ety since It's organization 12 years ago. The revolutionary changes which have ken place in the Turkish government e deposition of Abdul Hamid and the es- olishment of a parliament-since the last ternational Zionist meeting two years o, have made 1t possible for the Zion
 leaders to aot promptly. A request II be formulated at the congress which II be presented to the Turkish govern ent asking that a charter be granted e Zionists to reside in and govern cer-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-12
Aviation In Mexico.

Mexico City, December 1.-The first flight in a heavier than air aerial craft ever attempted in this country will be made early next week near this capital by Alberto Branch. who has just re- turned from France. The aeroplane, which has reached Vera Cruz from France, is duplicate of the machine in which Hubert Latham attempted to cross the English channel It is due to arrive here on Monday. A. P. Loquin, a pro- fessional pilot. who coached Latham, is coming with Braneff's machine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-12

with or hamper or dictate the policies or legitimate development of such corpora tions. In other words, if 1t seems best for the railroads of the state to ex- tend themselves by new construction or the purchase of other properties 1t Is not for the public service board to mix in and say nay, not even to the extent of refusing the right to issue securities for the payment thereof. This decision IS very disquieting and is being made the most of by the New York corporations which now threaten to run over the com mission and flout it's authority.
 A feature of the market which is becom-. ing more conspicuous every day, and which Is very much enjoyed by the bank ing interests Is the increasing volume of investment buying for foreign account. The securities of American railroads and high-class industrials afford the safest investment for foreign capital, a fact which is being more clearly recognized by the better class of people on the other side. There is not . royal house in the old world that has not money invested in "Americans.'' There is one great banking house in New York that Is the custodian and trustee for scores of mill lions of dollars worth of American stocks and bonds bought and held for the ac- count of the royal families of Great Brit ain and Europe. This practice is growing daily. The United States now has standing among the nations of the world as being one of the most stable on the liat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-12

meals when your stomach can't. A sin- gle dose will digest all the food you eat and leave nothing to ferment or sour and upset the stomach.
 Get large 5o-cent case of Pape's Dia- pepsin from your druggist and start talk ing now, and in little while you will actually brag about your healthy, strong stomach, for you then can eat anything and everything you want without the slightest discomfort or misery, and every particle of impurity and gas that is in your stomach and intestines Is going to be carried away without the use of lax atives or any other assistance.
 Should you at this moment be suffering from indigestion or any stomach disordeN you can get relief within five minutesL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-12
ONE DOSE MAKES DYSPEPSIA.
 HEARTBURN OR GAS VANISH

You can eat anything your stomach craves without fear of indigestion or dyspepsia. or that your food will fer mont or sour on your stomach if you will take little Diapepsin occasionally. thing you eat will bs digested; nothing can ferment or turn into acid or poison or stomach gas, which causes Belching. Dizziness, Q feeling of fullness after eat ing, Nausea. Indigestion 0ike lump of lead in stomsch), Biliousnsss. Heartburn, Water brash, pain In the stomach and intestines or other symptoms.
 Headaches from the stomach are abso- lutely unknown where this effective rem edy s used. Diapepsin really does all the work of healthy stomach. It digssts your
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-12
Grain Broker Enioined.

Chicago, December 11.-A temporary injunction was issued today in the fed eral circuit court restraining Salmon Mo- Hie, wealthy grain broker, and the Capital Investment company, controlled by him, from acquiring and using the market quotations of the Chicago board of trade, and from organizing another company for the same business. The complainants are telegraph companies, who claim that the grain dealer was ac- quiring and using continuous board of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-12
yeaamen Loot a Bank.

Des Moines, Ia. December 11.-Dyna- miters wrecked the vault of tho Farm CTS Savings bank at Carlisle. ra-, . small town near Des Moines. at o'clock this morning. and got away with $socn They escaped on . hand car which was found in South Des Moines . few hours later The robbers bro,rs open the Rock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-12
Chinese Win. Prlxe.

Nsw Haven. December 11.-For the first time in the history of Yale university the Ten Eyck prize for speaking was won by Chinese when Yun Hsing TsAo of Shanghai. junior. was award ed the honor tonight. The award carries with it tho income of fund of s26Oo established in 1888 in memory of Henry James Ten Eyck of the class of 1879. Ts'Ao's subject was American and the Far East"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-12
BIa Mortgage Filled,

Jacksonville. Fla. December f1.-A N.oooooo mortgage was filed hero today by the Florida railway of which Frank Drew is president The mortgage was filed to secure a bond issue of equal amount the money to be used in extend- ing the line from this place to Fernan- dina and some point north. Work on the extension is to be commenced in . short time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-12

door of the bank. They then blew hole in the side of the vault large enough to admit a man. One of the yeggmen crawled inside, released the combination and the vault door flew open. Three other explosions tore off the other doors and the robbers seized the money and fled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-12
Prominent Farmer Commits Suicide.

Montgomery, December n.--A special from Wetumpka says: F. c. McElhnney. a prominent farmer of Fillmore county, shot and killed himself early this morn- ing in a room of the residence of a rel alive with whom he spent the night He had been in III health. Pink Lett was sleeping in the room but was not aroused by the pistol shot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-12
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-12
Thirteen Sailors Drown.

Cleveland, Ohio, December 11.-The tug Ava B., standing of Cleveland breakwater tonight after ss hours search for the captain and 12 sailors of the burned steamer Clarion, reported by megaphone to the lighthouse keeper that the men had surely drowned. No trace of them was found.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-12

trade quotations without a contract. Similar actions have previously been brought against Nellie
The Dickinson press., 1909-09-25
Struck by r. r. Train.

Mandan, N. D., Sept. a.
Train No. 6 on the N. P. road on
Monday morning picked up an
injured man lying along side the
track near Judson. He had ap-
parently been struck by some
previous train. He was brought
to this city and taken to the rail-
road hospital where DR.. Furness
made an examination. He found
no bones broken but the man is
badly injured about the head
and is living in an unconscious
condition.
From papers on his person
his name and residence was dis
closed. His name is Louis M.
Dornay and he has been work
ing at the trade of painting in
Minneapolis. His people have
been communicated with. {
The Dickinson press., 1909-09-25
Max Schultz a Forger.

Bismarck, N. D., Sept. a.
Commissioner Max Schultz of
New Salem has demonstrated
the fact that he is an expert
CRATER but not that kind on
whose tracks the officers of the
law are in hot pursuit. MI
Schultz had an exhibition of ma
tive apples at the Morton county
fair. Here we're exhibited twelve
varieties of apples all grown on
one tree, that many gratis hav-
ing been budded on to the tree.
The apples we're fine quality,
and shows what can be done in
this climate if only pains were
taken to cultivate the apple tree.
Besides apples Mr.. Schultz exhib-
tied a fire collection of grapes.
Mr.. Schultz is quite a horticul-
turist. and has an orchard of 100
apple trees besides plum trees
and other fruit trees. This sum
mer he grated fine rose on a
wild rose branch and in five
weeks it was in bloom.
The Dickinson press., 1909-09-25
FOOD FOR HI SEINE.
An Incident Of Whistler's Student
Days In Paris.

An Incident Of Whistler's Student
Days In Paris.
The early enc in "Trilby" have
shown US the hilarious squalor Of the
student life IN Paris when Whistler
joined the studio that Gleyre carried
on in succession to Delaroche. It was
the Bohemia, barely modernized, Of
Murger's novel, and the shifts to
which these raw recruits in art de-
scended furnished Whistler for life
with some Of his raciest stories. Once
when an American friend unearthed
him Whistler was living on the pro-
ceeds Of a wardrobe. One hot day he
pawned his coat for an iced drink.
Invited once to the American embassy.
he had to borrow Poynter's dress suit.
But the best story Of these frolicsome
days arises from the eternal copying
in the Louvre, either on commission
or on "spec," which kept them alive
between remittances. Whistler's chum,
Ernest Delannoy, had done a gorgeous
replica of Veronese's Marriage Feast
at Cana" that took when framed the
pair Of them to carry It. They tried
It on every dealer up and down both
sides Of the Seine until the first price
Of 500 francs had dropped with sew
eral thuds to 100, then 20. then 10.
then 8. Suddenly the dignity Of art
asserted itself.
On the Pont des Arts they lifted the
huge canvas. "Un," they said, with
a great swing, "deux, trois-v1anT"
and over It went into the water with q
splash. Sergents de vile came run
ming, omnibuses stopped, and boats
pushed out on the river. Altogether
It was an immense success, and they
went home enchanted.-Pall Mall Ga
Zaffp.