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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-28
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Albia-A. c. Rankin spoke Sun
day at p. M, and p. M, in the
Friends church on the Prohibition
Movement. The meeting was for men
only. At o'clock Tuesday night he
will speak on the above mentioned
topic to the public in general,
The mid week prayer meeting of
the First Presbyterian church will
gather at four points Wednesday even
ing. Members of the First ward will
meet with Mr.. and Mrs. Hyatt; Sec
ond ward with Rev. and Mrs. H. G.
Rice; Third ward, with DR.. and Mrs.
Taylor Jackson and Fourth ward with
Mr.. and Mrs. J. !. Collins.
E. G Morris came from Iowa City
Saturday night for an over Sunday
visit with Abba friends. Mr.. Morris
was piano salesman here fer several
mouths and is still engaged in that
business in Iowa City.
Capt. A. R. O'Brian will begin evan
gelistic services at the First Presby-
terrain church next Sunday morning
The meetings will continue three
weeks.
The Illinois Glee club opens the
Christian lecture course the first part
of this week at that church. A large
number of tickets have been sold and
a great treat is anticipated.
Landlord Stevens of the Monroe
hotel came from his farm near Forest
City yesterday to look after business
interests here for few days.
Fremont Turner of Des MONIES was
business visitor at Abba Saturday
Tom Plasters will occupy the Rowles
property on South Second street as
soon as it is vacated by the present
occupants,
G. R. Ganaway Of Seattle, Wash.
was an Abba visitor last week.
Mrs. Hugh Atchison of Avery is
slowly recovering from the burns
which she received several weeks ago
The Associate Presbyterian church
enjoyed it's usual service yesterday
with Rev. Hugh Atchison of Avery II
the pulpit. No regular pastor has yet
| been rendered call.
! A masked ball will give pleasure tt
the lovers of that form of entertain
ment tonight. A large crowd of young
people are anticipating great fun fol
the evening hours.
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EDDYViL.LE.

u 81 q - % 90 $50 49, -
Eddyville.-The Royal Neighbors
gave a pumpkin pie social in the
Palace hall Saturday night after the
regular session of the order. Perhaps
100 persons were present, and a pro-
gram of musical numbers, rotations,
etc, was given, during which time the
members of the order put on the drill
which they gave here during the Fra
ternal picnic here last month. After
the program had been concluded, ta-
bles We're spread and pumpkin pie and
coffee were served, and quite sum
OF money was realized from the sup
per. The evenings entertainment
concluded with games.
The first dance of the season was
given in the Pythian hall Friday night
and was attended by about 10 couples.
Mr. and Mrs. D. e. Ward of Ottumwa
furnished the music for the occasion.
Drs.. F. M. and Eppie McCrea. who
have occupied the south half of the
property of Miss Cornelia Goldbash, on
North Third street, since their mar
riage about fourteen years ago, moved
Friday to the Peter Francis property,
which they purchased ten days ago.
Mayor w. L. Hays arrived home Sat
urday night after spending six or
eight weeks in the south and west at
tending the exposition at Seattle and
visiting relatives and friends at var
ious points and seeing many interest
| ing sights.
Claude Hiltabidel and family of At
| wood, Kas.. and Mrs. Will Sharp o.
Huron, S. D., who we're here to attend
the Hiltabidel family reunion, and who
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-28
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

From Tuesdays Daily.
Neasham sells the best watches.
Cherry Juice Cough Syrup relieves
the severest cough at once, Csc, SOC
and $1.O0, at Sargent's.
G. T. Redmen and wife of West
Grove, returned home this morning
after attending court in Ottumwa.
Mrs. Robert Green of Douds-Lean-
do has returned home.
Mrs. R. F. Kittle and Mrs. Charles
Hagg of Eldon transacted business
affairs in the city yesterday.
Mrs A. L. Nicklin of Douds-Leando
was a visitor in the city yesterday
Mrs. Elizabeth Haifey of Hynes
has been visiting Mrs. i. H. Kelley,
who resides east Of the city.
Mrs. Oren Henry and daughter,
Miss Bessie, of Keosauqua, have re-
burned home.
We pay cash for good apples OF.
tumwa Seed Co.
New lot of "Rubdry" towels at Don.
PLANS.
Adrian Fairchilds of Stockport was
q business visitor in the city yester
day
Miss Helen Gardner of Douds-Lean
10 is visiting Mrs. M. M. Gardner a
Agency.
Miss Marie and Lizzie THE of Muir
Jay who have spent the last week IL
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A CARLOAD OF BABIES.
Shipment Coming From New York
Founding Soci-

Des Moines, Oct. PA car load of
babies is coming to Des Moines from
New York next month. These babies
are orphans and foundlings picked up
in New York City and are sent out
west for distribution by the New York
founding society This is an immense
institution unied ire direction of the
Sisters of Mercy. Monsignor Flavin
of st. Ambrose church will take charge
of the applications Cor the babies. Of
ficials from New York City will be OH
the car with the babies and remain at
one of the depots until all of the chill
dren booked for here are called for by
applicants. The exact date for the ar
rival of the car is not known, but 1t
will not be before November 20.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-28
the city visiting friends and relatives,
returned home this morning.

the city visiting friends and relatives,
returned home this morning.
George Morrow and l.. x. Doud of
Douds-Leando has returned home.
Miss Moletus Rhodes Of Buxton
was a business caller in the city yes
terday.
Venetian red, SC pound, at sar-
gents.
Mrs. M. A. Wood of West Point
passed through Ottumwa yesterday
en- route to Omaha, Neb., to visit rel
atives.
Misses Ruby and Jessie Grubbs of
Douds-Leando, after visiting their
brother, Perry Grubbs, 1015 West Sec
ond street, have returned home.
Mrs. j. D. Griffin and daughter,
Miss Ruth, of Abba, after spending
Sunday with Mrs. Mary Huband, 819
West Main street, have returned
home.
Mrs. j. w. Rowley of Keosauqua
passed through the city yesterday en-
route to Sioux City, where she will
attend the annual state convention of
the Order of Eastern Stars.
Solution Silicate Soda for presev-
ing eggs, 15c pound, at Sargent's.
Mrs. S. NJ. Brown of Keosauqua Wis
| tied in the city yesterday en- route TO
Council Bluffs to visit her son, John
M. Brown.
Nine. Diana Harrison OF Abba has
returned home.
Mrs. Dora D. Ross of Avery was a
shopper in the city yesterday.
Mrs. f. ]. Stewart of Centeryille,
after visiting short time with Mrs.
| J f. Muller, ia Sheffield street has
returned home.
Mrs. Ida Shank of Bear Creek left
over the Milwaukee for home, after
visiting Mrs. Nation Brier, 223 Frietag
avenue. Mrs. Brier also went to Bear
Creek to spend a few days.
Mrs. U. G. Scott of Kirkville was
shopping in Ottumwa today.
4 Mrs. ]. F. Mum of Belknap and
Mrs V. D. Bell of Carmen, Okla, were
passenger on the Rock Island for
Kirkville to visit Mrs. Hockersmith
and Mrs. Peter Lickers.
! Mrs. w. 7. Evans Of Avery has beer
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-28
visiting her brother Luke Evans
East Ottumwa.

visiting her brother Luke Evans in
East Ottumwa
Mrs. Farney Blakely and niece, Miss
Hazel Paul of Eddyville were shop
pers in the city today.
Miss Opal Funk of Kirkville was a
shopper in the city today
Miss Nina Port of Alton passed
through Ottumwa today enroute to
Sigourney.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Kirkendall of
Douds-Leando passed through the city
today enroute to Burlington.
Newton's Heave Cure, SOC and s1.00
Sargent's.
Kelsey Finney of Eldon was a bust
ness visitor in the city today.
Mrs. Thomas Edwards of Hynes,
after visiting friends in Ottumwa and
Oskaloosa has returned home.
Mrs. w. R. Watts Of Keosauqua was
in the city today.
Mrs. Lola Collins and Mrs. James
Bradley of Eldon was in the city a
short time, being enroute to Chilli
cothe to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Philip Duffy.
Mrs. M. L. Clark and daughter, Miss
Mabel, of Farson, were in the city yes
terday.
Miss Freda Simpler of Libertyville
is visiting the John F. Miller home at
Frederic
Miss Grace Brown of Kirkville was
a business visitor In Ottumwa yester-
day.
Miss Mary Sellers of Kirkville was
a visitor in Ottumwa yesterday, en-
route to Dudley to visit her sister,
Miss Elyie Sellers.
Mrs. BERTHE McFarling Of Ash Grove,
visited in the city today enroute to
Grass Valley, Oregon to visit relatives.
Sargent, the True Druggist, treats
everybody right.
From Wednesdays Daily.
Sargent the True Druggist, guaran-
tees every Rexall preparation.
Mrs. Curtis CHANNEL Of Batavia was
in the city today on business.
/ Mrs. w. t. Harris of Keosauqua was
1 a business visitor in the city yester
day
Mrs. T. ]. Riley and Mrs. Catherine
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-28
CHARLTON.



Chariton,-On Saturday forenoon at
10 o'clock, at the Office of the of1iciat-
ing Justice, j. G. Seward, occurred
the marriage Of Roy Darlington OF
Hynes and Miss Edna Van Wrinkle OF
Oakley. The bride is a daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Van Wrinkle, OF
Liberty township. The groom IS en-
gagged in mining at Hynes. Both have
many friends here who will wish them
many years of happy welded life.
Mrs. G. E. Combs is spending the
week in McCook, Neb., with her
daughter Mrs. Cora Olday.
Mrs. c. M. Wells, Of Bethany, Mo-,
has returned home after a visit with
her daughter, Mrs. Clark Noble. She
has just returned from visit with
relatives in Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Stodghill OF
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Directions for Collie in Horses-con-

Directions for Collie in Horses-Con-
tents of small bottle Painkiller (Perry
Davis) in quart bottle, add pint warm
or cold water. sweeten with molasses,
shake well until all mixed. Give about
half al once, then balance in fifteen
minutes, if first dose is not sufficient
This will be found a never-failing rem
edy. 35c. for a large bottle. Also in Zoe
and soc. sizes.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-28

Mrs. NJ. Hobson, and other relatives
and old friends.
The Charlton high school football
team suffered defeat by the Creston
team at the game played in that city
Saturday afternoon, the score standing
5 to O..
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FINDS B0TTL.EOF
CARBOLIC ACID
TWo.YEAR.oLD LILLIAN JONES
10 BURNED BY DEADLY DRUG
ON FACE AND HANDS.

Burned upon the cheek and hands
from contact with the deadly carbolic
acid, Lillian, the two-year.old daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Jones, 1349
East Main street. caused some little
excitement to the people in the vicin-
ity bounded by Iowa and Foster ave-
nues on East Main street last even
Ing before the supper hour. The for.
tunate circumstance that the accident
happened near the residence of the at.
tending physician, Dr.. w. G. Newell,
was perhaps the means Of preventing
worse effects from the awful drug
than was experienced.
The child picked up bottle near
vacant house ut the corner OF Van
Buren, and Main street. owned by
Henry Weber, 1905 East Main street,
and occupied until few days ago by
family named Benson, who removed
from the city. Upon cleaning the
house after being vacated, number
of Walls Of various medicines were
found and these were thrown out.
among them was the bottle containing
a small amount OF carbolic acid. which
little Lillian Jones, In her childish In
nocence of It's contents, picked up
Her cries of pain soon alarmed per
sons in the vicinity and seeing the
bottle Of the deadly drug, 1t was fear.
ed the child had partaken of some
by drinking 1t as child might be ex-
pected to do. She was Immediately
taken to the office Of DR.. w. G. New
ell, few doors from the place Of
finding the bottle and the necessary
attention was given her. The child
was found to have taken none OF the
acid inwardly, although her cheek and
hands were painfully II not seriously
burned by 1t.
Riley, 500 East Fourth street are Wis
iting friends in Farson
Guy Copeland of Libertyville has re-
turned home.
We are busy. Prices, quality and
style cause people to come and see
us. We do better by you than others.
We have the goods. Watch us. Church
Shoe Co.
Just received a large shipment of
the famous "Rubdry" towels. Done
hans.
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The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-18

Abe he left that out fur other men
to divide up among EN-"
These qualities which were so con-
spicuous in Lincoln the man were
also in evidence in Lincoln the boy.
He fought, worked, played, read.
fished, hunted, courted, told stories,
played jokes and did the other things
that healthy, genuine boys do. 1t was
not the doing or not doing of any of
these that differentiated him from his
fellows. What, then, was it? Was
it not in the habits of his thought
lying back of all these, in his very
soul texture, in the indefnable quality
of his innermost life that compelled
him to remain close to truth and
mercy, that made him democratic, gen
uine and simple, that forced him to go
to the bottom of everything and that
would not let him do or think a mean
thing-waS it not in these that Law
the secret of Abraham Lincoln both as
boy and man? The corn terminates
corn; the lily brings forth a lily; the
oak begetS an oak. If some one can
tell of the divine seed that grows
soul he can find the sources of the
greatness of Lincoln-nOt otherwise.
Neither heredity nor environment,
neither occasion nor a combination
of all three, comes within a million
miles of explaining such a man. One
might as well ascribe the plumage of
bird of paradise to the water it
drinks. Lincoln went below the sur
face in studying any question he APP
preached, and we must go below the
surface, and far below the surface at
that, in studying him.
Returning to IKE Dennis Hanks in
terview, here is an illuminating touch
Seems to me now" says the ire
preSSible Dennis, 81 never seen Abe
after he was twelve at he didn't have
a book in his hand or in his pocket
He'd put a book inside his shirt an
fill his pants pockets with corn dodg-
ers an go off to pillow or hoe. When
noon come he'd set under a tree an
read an eat An when he come to
the house at night he'd tilt a cheer
back by the chimbley, put his feet on
the rung an set on his backbone an
read. Aunt Sairy always put a candle
on the mantel tree piece fur him If
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-18
1S09-The Lincoln Centenary
The Boyhood of Lincoln
By James A. Edgerton
Copyright. 1908, by the
American Press Association

believe thing he said so, whatever its
effect on himself If a problem puz-
Zled him he would dig down to the
very roots of it, make it all as clear as
daylight to his own mind and then
practice on giving it the plainest and
simplest statement possible to others.
Lincoln was honest with his own
soul. There was not the slightest
sham or pretense in his makeup. If
Washington could not tell a lie, Lin
coin could not think or live one. he
simply had to see things as they are,
and then his own nature compelled
him to live true to what he had seen.
The man who finally sums up Lin
coin will come to see that four of his
chief qualities were truth, logic, love
and humor. Simplicity was a fifth
and democracy a sixth. He was al
ways apprOachable and met everybody
on terms Of equality.
A seventh trait has been spoken of
by Dennis Hanks in the interview al
ready mentioned. THAR was jist one
thing Abe Lincoln didn't know" he
said. HE didn't know how to be
mean, to do a mean thing or think a
mean thought. When God made old
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-18
His Unsuitable Craving to
Know Things He Even
Read While He Ate-Sim-
plicity and Democracy
N a one room log shanty with an
earthen floor and lighted ONLY by

RN a one room log shanty with an
II earthen floor and lighted only by
III a glazed paper window Abraham
Lincoln was born. He died in a
theater by the hand Of an actor. AS
bald statement of the method of his
arrival and departure that is not very
promising. But what of it? 1t is not
the manner of a souls entering the
world or leaving it that tells the story.
but its conduct while here. Jesus Of
Nazareth was born in a stable among
the cattle and was executed as a GRIM
inal, but there was so much radiance
in his life that it has reflected a glory
over both manger and cross. In like
manner Lincoln has made a log cabin
entrance and a theater exit honorable.
After all, it is the man that counts and
not the accidents that surround him.
Many writers profess to believe that
with a less humble birth and rearing
Lincoln would have remained I'M
known. 1 do not believe it. Despite
his ephemeral surroundings he would
have been great, a loving and a
mighty soul who would have left his
impress for good. He was not so puny
as to be dependent on mere happen
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-18
"When noon come he'd set under a
tree an read an eat"

ings outside of himself Nobody that
amounts to anything is. The fact that
Lincoln arose from humble beginnings
to place among the unforgotten ones
is an infinite encouragement to all 9TH
vr boys who are similarly born, but
it is they who need the example more
than he needed the hardships. The
simple lesson is that the soul should
arrive through any kind of circum-
stances whatsoever. 1t is not the be-
ginning, but the end of the road, that
counts.
The best account of Lincoln's boy
hood l have ever seen was contained
in an interview with old Dennis Hanks
which was published in one of the
magazines a year or two ago. Dennis
Hanks, who did not amount to much
in any other way, was Lincoln's cousin
and boyhood friend. But he did have
eyes, memory and a tongue By
the use of the three he has left a
graphic picture of his playmate and is
worthy of note for the pictures sake
II for no other reason. Little Abe. it
seems, was just a plain, long legged
American boy who wanted to know
everything and who spent most of his
spare time in playing FRANKS, reading
every book he could get his hands on
and asking questions. Did you ever
see boy like that? 1t seems to me l
have seen several thousand. 1t is
hardly possible that they will all be
president, but they are starting right.
Did you ever reflect that it is this
very fact of Lincoln's being so like
everybody else and yet so different
that has endeared him to the heart of
the world? He has revealed to us how
divine and noble and beautiful this
common life can be made. To walk
along the way we walk, amid the dust,
vexations and annOyances, to meet the
hardships and temptations we meet, to
be cast down and sad and discouraged
ike as we are and yet to go through
1t all with honesty, with truth, with
strength and with good nature-that
does not sound so difficult or wonder
ful, and yet that is the very way Lin
coin went. The most apparent things
about him, even in his boyhood, were
his thoroughness, his fidelity to truth
and his mental honesty. II he did not
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-18
You Cannot Answer These Questions!

why have a dry, dismal
lacking yard when you can have
it filed with green grass and
blooming flowers, and can at the
same time get rid of the dust In
the street,
5-Why suffer other incon-
veniences when you can have
everything for the comfort and
health of your family right In
the house?
els it not true that the an
swer is not "lack of money" but
lack of economy and enterprise
and indifference to getting the
most out of lief
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-18

WHY do you continue
bathing your knees and elbows
one at a time, when you can
stretch out In a full bath tenn
pered to suit you, and can do so
every morning if you wish?
2-Why pump and carry wat
er for your kitchen and laun-
dry work when you can have it
at hand for the turning of a
faucetf
3-Why take chances on
drinking germ-filled cistern wat
er when you can get it from a
large reservoir filtered through
the best filter plant South of the
Ohio Riverq
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-09-21
OPENING OF FAMOUS
GUNN|S0N TUNNEL
PRESIDENT TAFT WILL BE THE
GUEST OF THE DAY.
Celebration of a Notable Event in the
West.

The state of Colorado has invited
the people of the entire country TO
Join with them on September % in a
unique celebration and at least one
citizen, the president of the United
States. has accepted the invitation.
For the second time in its history the
people on the western slope of the
Rockies in Colorado are to have the
honor of entertaining the president
The first time was when President
Roosevelt spent about ten days in
that section hunting bear. Now Pres
ident Taft is coming to christen the
Gunnison tunnel, one of the greatest
projects ever undertaken by any gov
eminent in the world.
In a little valley in the western
part of Colorado this great work,
which is nothing less than modern
miracle, has been performed. In the
lands through which flow the Uucom-
pahgre river unlimited treasure has
lain for centuries closely locked in
the sagebrush desert. On the other
side of formidable mountain range
the waters which might deliver it
flowed between frowning canyon
walls. but Uncle Sans magIc:zi., .he
civil engineer, smote the rock, and 10!
the desert is changing under our very
eye to a land flowing with milk and
honey.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-09-21

The story of the construction of the
Gunnison tunnel is one of unequalled
daring and devotion to duty. II is the
fulfillment of a long cherished dream
its completion depended the reclama-
ton of one of the richest valleys in
the whole west.
Years ago when the Ute Indian res
ervation was thrown open to white
settlement thousands of homeseekers
rushed in and took up farms, for the
fame of the wonderful yields, even
under the imperfect farming methods
of the Indians, had gone abroad. 1t
was only a short time, however be-
fore they discovered that the I'm
compahgre river did not carry water
sufficient irrigate more than a
small portion of the lands. The only
hope of relief lay in the Gunnison
river flowing uselessly in a canyon
| more than 1000 feet below the sur
| face of the earth. A wall of rock six
miles thick interviewed, and engineers
who viewed it shook their heads and
departed for more promising fields.
But among the farmers who had Sc
| cured one of the first water rights and
whose land was yielding bountiful
crops there was a man who still mad
faith in the feasibility of the under
taking. So well did farming pay him
that he finally found time to. repre-
sent his district in the state legisla-
ture, and there he so imbued his col
leagues with his spirit of optimism
that they voted $4,000 toward build
ing a tunnel through the mountains
| This sum, however, was not sufficient
for even the preliminary work, ant
when the reclamation act became {
law the residents petitioned the gov.
eminent to come out and help them.
So one day there came to the resi-
dent engineer of the reclamation ser
vice at Denver an order which read
Advise me if it is feasible to con
struct a tunnel under Vernal Mes;
to carry the waters of Gunnison rive
to Uncompahgre valley" The orde
was signed by the chief engineer
No man had ever lived to pas
through the Black Canyon of tn,
Gunnison, but without hesitation tn,
engineer. A. L. Fellows, and assistan
engineer, w. w. Terrence, prepared t