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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-11
SENATOR ALLISON.

The accounts of the memorial SER
vices in the senate Saturday for the
late Senator Allison, state that never
in the memory of the present mem
bers has such deep feeling been shown
on such an occasion. Memorial SER
vices are often Of perfunctory char
acter, frequently looked upon as
duty, and marked by stereotyped
speeches of eulogistic remarks. One
has but to read the speeches of the
senate leaders Saturday, however, to
learn that this was no such occasion
There was a depth of feeling in the
speeches, distinct note of tenderness
2 that could only come from the heart
The senators who were speakers at
the memorial services had been asso-
ciated for years with the unassum-
ing statesman who served his state
and his country so faithfully and so
long.
Senator Aldrich said of Allison that
though he was an acknowledged lead
err, he never ,paraded his powers of
leadership, and was apparently uncon-
scious of their existence. His posi-
ton in the senate was unique he
concluded. HE was Oldest in service,
the wisest in council, the friend and
mentor of all"
Senator Burkett of Nebraska, who
I dwelt on the kindness of heart and
fraternal sympathy that attracted all
men to Allison. brought his remarks to
a close with this tribute:
every state in the union is indebt-
ed to Iowa for giving to the country
William B. Allison, and one Of the
tn l., No. ,S0h
Is his honor and his fame. He was
honored by state and he honored a
nation His fame was broader than
his state, his rank among men was
higher than the position he held and
his honor was greater than the honor
of his Office"
Senator Lodge declared that had
his labor been performed In England
his statue would have its place in the
capitol as at Westminster are found
the statues Of English prime minis.
tiers and parliamentary leaders, many
Of whom" he added, Allison sur.
passed in all that goes to make a
statesman"
There is movement now on to
have his statue placed in the national
capitol, as Senator Lodge suggests
There is another movement on, and
one in which all Iowans will have a
part. to have monument dedicated
/, TO the memory Of Senator Allison In
the capitol at Des Moines. If every
state in the union Is indebted to Iowa
for giving the country William B. AL
I ]ison, as Senator Burkett declares
then every 1owan is indebted to Sen
)ator. Allison for the proud place he
made for Iowa in the sisterhood Of
states. This debt may be repaid by do
ing part in furthering the plans to
4 erect suitable Allison monument IN
the capital of the state he SO hon
ored,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-11
A VOLUNTARY ALLISON FUND.

The Courier today publishes the de-
tails of the plans formed for raising
Wapello county's part Of the Allison
memorial fund. 1t has been decided
that there shall be no solicitation Of
subscriptions by committees. The
call will be merely sent out and the
people Of Wapello county will be
given an opportunity to make their
offering to the banks and newspapers
OF the county, a strict record being
kept of each subscription and the
name Of each subscriber Of the fund
being published by the press. The
school board will also be asked to set
aside day when the school children
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-11
MUNTE RVILLE.

Munterville. = Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Gustason entertained number Of
their friends last Wednesday in honor
of their little daughter Maurine.
Rev. E. T. Linden departed for
Burlington Tuesday, where he will at
tend the yearly meeting of the Iowa
conference.
w. r. Smith and wife were Blakes.
burg visitors Saturday.
Miss Emma Pohlson of Ottumwa is
visiting here with friends
Mr.. and Mrs. ALT Anderson and son
Lenart, visited at the Johnson Pear
son home recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Burgeson enter
tanned few friends Sunday evening.
Miss Lena Anderson departed for
Ottumwa Monday to visit with rela,
tives
Mrs. Charlotte Carlson and fam
lily spent Sunday evening with Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Wallace.
August Locke was business caller
in Chillicothe Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cbas. Anderson gave
dinner to a number of their friends
Sunday.
Albert Burnstedt called at the home
Of his brother Charles Sunday
indianapolis Star.-If California
merely works up its anti-Japanese fury
to get more warships to build at it,
iron works, then there would he some
method in It's madness.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-11

Rev. Billy Sunday witnessed one
of the greatest receptions he ever re-
ceived in his life Sunday in Spokane,
when his enthusiasts had an opportun-
ity of contributing in the free will
Offering. The amount first rendered
exceeded the $4,000 mark, and this
later was swelled to nearly $4,000.
Sunday, the closing day of the reyi-
val, was attended with great enthusi-
asm, the days converts numbering
8O2.
Minister Wins Helen.
Beginning with the commencement
Of the revival in Spokane, and ripen-
ing at rapid rate, 1t is now an
nounced that Helen, the daughter Of
Evangelist Sunday, Is to marry Rev.
George T. Stephens of Spokane. The
announcement was made just before
the party left for the trip to the coast
en- route to Springfield ILL.,, where a
revival will soon begin. The news
came as surprise to every one as
the acquaintance was Of such a short
period, beginning with the Sunday
crusade In Spokane.
It Ia probable that Mr. Stephens
will take the place of Mr.. Pledger
who Is seriously, if not fatally Ill in a
hospital An operation for a tumor OF
the stomach will be performed on Mr.
Pledger, with slight chances of sue
cess.
Anderson-ButIer Concert.
Miss Edith Anderson, the fancee o.
Charles Butler OF the Sunday party
reached Spokane in time to assist il
a concert at that city following ths
close of the revival services. Mr.. But
Ter, assisted by Miss Anderson, con
Quoted a concert similarsto that giver
in Ottumwa. The Sunday party will
leave Spokane for trip to Portland
and will probably stop at Tacoma e1
route II proper railroad arrangement!
| can be made. A talk by the evangelis
will be made at both places. Tacoma
Is anxious to hear the booze sermon
by the famous Sunday and an effor
to accommodate will be made by thu
revivalist this afternoon en- route tt
Portland, where he is slated for an ad
dress during the evening.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-11

of Ottumwa may add their donations
to this popular fund
F. w. Simmons, chairman for Wap-
clio county of the Allison monument
committee, believes that no personal
solicitation is necessary to raise a
fund in this county, that the voluntary
offerings will reach sum that will
give lasting testimonial of Wapello
county's part in the Allison memorial
plans
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-11

New Orleans papers contend that
the Louisian alligator is infinitely
superior to the Florida alligator in the
quality known as "succulence," says
the Chicago Tribune, while South
Carolina paper insists that a good
shote" is far better than either.
These, however, are trivial matters.
The all important question, the Trib-
une continues, IS: Where is Mr..
Hopkins going to get those thirty-two
YOteS?"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-11


delicate
every those and
which
blood medicines violent their action,
the by disturbing the stomach and Digestion affecting
and when used prolonged often
absolutely
BILE tt made entirely Of herbs and bar selected Tor their
Ulcers, sco Contagious Blood Poison and all other blood diseases
purfes the blood the time builds
vegetable effects S. S. taken
young safety with the
reaching hereditary
medical advice free all who write
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA. GA
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-11

According to the Richmond Times
Dispatch those who declare possum
and taters a nause Gus dish are com
monty "despondent, thin-chested gen
tlemen who have to make three tries
with running start before they can
negotiate a soft boiled egg" To this
keen remark there is no adequate an
swer
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-11

Gov Hadley of Missouri saws his
own firewood in the cellar OF the eX-
ecutive mansion for exercise. Lots Of
boys who have bucked up against a
few cords would call it work.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-11

What's the matter with Nobel
prize or a Carnegie medal for that
Missouri woman who stayed a.
night Feb. / to set traps for Bre'r
Grounding and by catching six of the
animals when they came out to see
their shadows proved to the satisfac-
ton of all Missouri that grounding S
day is no myth. If it transpires, now,
that the untimely end which these
half dozen animals met upsets that
tradition that the groundhog's return
to his hole means six weeks more of
winter, it may be found cheaper to
lay few traps every year and beat
the grounding at his own game than
to lay in couple of extra tons OF
COAL
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-11
THE SCHOOL PROBLEM.

Henry Wallace, who is member
of President Roosevelt's country life
commission, spoke before the senate
and house school committees the 9TH
er day on the need of better schools
In the rural districts He made the
criticism that the country boys and
girls are taught In the terms of the
city, not Of the country; that the city
banks are used for Illustration when
arithmetic is taught and that the far
mer boy learns little that will be of
use to him if he stays on the farm.
They teach the geography class
about Kamtchatka, Uganda and the
height Of the mountains in Asia" said
Mr.. Wallace, "but they don't say any
thing about the country in which the
pupil lives.
But Mr.. Wallace seems to draw the
picture a trifle dark when he says that
If the present system of rural schools
is not improved it will result in the
degeneration of the whole of the farm
Ing people into a peasant class Ger
tainly there could be an improvement
in the methods of all the Iowa schools
and this improvement will doubtless
be made, now that the best thought in
the state Is being turned to it, but
there is nothing in the present situa-
ton to grow hysterical over Domes-
tic science may be needed in the
country schools, but it is needed less
there than In the city schools. The
girl in the country learns from prac,
teal experience at home more about
preparing a good meal than her sister
of the town learns at her school.
In Investigating this school problem
1t might be well to consider if some OF
the trouble is not due to tne drawing
away from the educational methods OF
the past; If some of the so-called
"fads" of the present day might not be
abandoned and little more time Civ
en- to spelling and the three RS
which Mr.. Wallace thinks have re
ceived too much attention.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-11
THE MAN OF FAMOUS PATIENCE
Terse Comments Upon the Christian
Endeavor Topic for February Il,
"Life Lessons for Me From the
Book of job" Job AZ: 1-6, 1917.
BY William r. Ellis.

Jobs adversities were multiplied
and ng-continued-and not the least
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-11

The wealth Of historical matter be-
ing brought TO light in connection
with the Abraham Lincoln centenary
has served to bring the American
people, especially the younger genera.
ton, closer to this great man The
personal "reminiscences of men who
were associated with Lincoln in his
early manhood, before he became the
first man of the nation and the lead
er of great cause, bring out his hui,
man side, his faults as well as his vir-
tues, and when all is said we can
form truer estimate of this great
historic character. In some of the
writings of the past there has been
a tendency to apotheosize this man
who sprang from the people. The re
suit has. been that much Of the human
side has been overlooked, and Lin
coin has. come to be pictured as a man
with none of the faults of humanity.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-11
BILLY SUNDAY is
GIVEN HUGE sum
FREE WILL OFFERING REACHES
$1,000 MARk-cONvERSlONS
NUMBER $500.
DAUGHTER HELEN ENGAGED
Will Marry Western Mnister--PIeds-
er to Undergo Operation for
Tumor Of acknowledgement
is Given.

Free will offering ......... $10,80S
Conversions total to Sunday :. $500
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-11

III nave fa.leTeu more OF leSS
In my great task of happiness
If I have moved among my race
And shown no glorious morning face.
If beams from happy. human eyes
Have moved me not; If morning skies
Books, and my food, and summer rain,
Knocked on my sullen heart in vain
Lord, Thy most pointed pleasure take,
And stab my spirit broad awake.
Robert Louis Stevenson.
If you see fault in others, think
of two Of your own, and do not add a
third one by your hasty Judgment
Flamner.
News and Notes.
The qualification Of Joan of Arc
will take place in st. Peters, Rome
on April 18.
| New York clergymen of many de
nominations have united in protest
against Sunday theatrical perfor
mances and moving picture shows.
What is said to be the largest
banquet ever held in Canada was thai
of 1900 men members of the Toronto
Bible classes recently held.
Three Of the Southern Presbyterian
wbeklies, the Central Presbyterian
the Southern Presbyterian, and the
Southwestern Presbyterian, have beer
consolidated into new publication
the Presbyterian of the South.
| A new idea in church work ha.
been developed in the Euclid avenue
Christian church of Cleveland, where
the men of the congregation devote
the first and third Thursdays of eacl
month to parish visitation.
/ The dean Of Westminster. address
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-11

of them were the friends who pro-
fessed to know all about the reason
for them.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-08-25
A PUSSY LIGHT.

Capt. Hall of the Salvation Army
and Rev. Newcomb of the Baptist
church, gave the fourth open air lee
ture in the series last night on Main
street The subject was "China's
Teeming Millions, second part Mr..
Newcomb was we'll under way in the
delivery of the lecture when the coils
of wire, which govern the current sup
plying the lantern, came in contact
with each other and sudden darkness
ensued. After some time it was ad-
justed and the lecture was all but
completed when it again gave trouble
and the crowd was dismissed. On
every hand the efforts of Messrs Hall
and Newcomb are being commended
for this enitiative in entertaining the
crowds that assemble on Main street,
with good, wholesome pictures, full
of instruction and moral preoepts.
The public is assured that I'll will
go we'll on Friday evening, when
new lecture will be given. The sub
ject will be announced subsequently,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-08-25

In the fall of 1883 Mr.. Our remov-
ed with his family to Cass county,
a., where he remained until the fall
of 1903, when he changed his resi-
dence to Mt. Vernon, III. The stay
at Mt. Vernon proved to be silly a
short one and in the spring of 1906 he
started a new home in North Dakota
on the prairie. Mr.. Our became brok-
en- in health, and the winter of 1908
and 1909 was one of great suffering.
When the weather became warm he
went to Ardale, Ia, for medical treat
ment An operation seemed neces-
sary and was successfully performed,
but the disease, diabetis insipidus,
had made such inroads upon his
strength that he was not able to be
out of bed again. He was connected
with the Congregational church for a
number Of years, where he served as
a deacon, and in later years with the
Presbyterian church, in which he was
an ordained elder. He was a devoted
husband and father and those who
knew him best loved him for his
beautiful Christian life.
He leaves a wife, one son and three
daughters, one son and one daughter
having preceded him to the future
home, two brothers and five sisters.
The funeral services were conducted
by Rev. w. E. Fisher at the home of
Mr.. Ours daughter, Mrs. o. L. Minert,
at Ardale, a., On July 1. The last
resting place is in Union Ridge Gene
terry in Butler County, Ia.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-08-25
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Miss Elvira Peterson returned to
her homestead from Painted Woods
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Humphrey Bailey
went to Wilton Thursday. Mrs. Bal
ley remained in the hospital for medi-
cal treatment and Mr.. Bailey return
ed Thursday evening.
Miss Lillian Ong was hustling
goods in the Garfield store Saturday.
during the absence of Mr.. Sundberg.
There is preaching service an
nounced to be held in the Andrews
township school house, near Garfield,
Sunday evening, September S. Rev.
Samuel of Sterling will conduct the
service. Everyone is invited to at
tend.
Miss Dorothey Elrick, is at home on
her homestead after spending a few
weeks in the Garfield neighborhood
Some weeks ago we mentioned the
death OF our neighbor, G. F. Our, the
following is the obituary:
George F. Our was born September
49,, 1914, in Montour county, Penn,
and died June ~, 1909, at St. Joseph
Mercy hospital at Waiverly, Ia, aged
GA years, 3 months. About 1857 he
was confirmed in the Dutch Reform
ed church at Milton, Penn. At the
age Of 10 he moved with his parents
to Muscatine county, Ia. In the sum-
mer of 1861 he enlisted in Company
D, 18th Iowa infantry, Crocker's bril-
gade. He was in the service until the
end Of the war, being with Sherman
on the march to the, sea, and passed
in grand review before President Lin
coin at Washington, D. G. On Sep
TENDER %, 1862 Mr.. Our and Miss
Jennie Peterson were married at
Wilton Junction, Ia, at which place
they made their home for fourteen
years. Six children were born to
them, two sons and four daughters.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-08-25
RAY SCOTT PAYS Big ]
PRICE FOR CHICKEN
TEMPTATION PUT IN HIS WAY
AND THREsHlNG CREW So ~
PEACHES ON HIM..
JUDGE Pierce Collected $1875 From
Wogansport Farmer For One Little
Prairie Chicken.

The first arrest in the county un-
der the new game law was made Mon
day afternoon, and Ray Scott, young
farmer living near Wogansport, was
taken before Judge Pierce Tuesday,
and after pleading guilty was fined
$40 and costs, making a total of
$1S.75.
Scott was on his way to town after
some help to harvest his crop and
carried 22-calibre rifle with him and
when he saw a covey of chickens the
temptation was more than he could
resist and he fired and brought one
of the birds down. He attempted to
conceal it under the seat of his bug
gy but the head fell down below the
Stats in the bottom Of the seat box,
and was seen by some members OF
a threshing crew where he stopped
for a few minutes to talk with neigh
Dor. The man who had seen the
chicken Immediately sent word to
Fred Carstens, the newly appointed
deputy game warden for the county:
and he went and made the arrest
with the above results.
1t seems that Scott was also dep
uty game warden.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-08-25
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Good morning. It is good to be
alive these pleasant mornings and to
live in North Dakota.
We are pleased to note in the Trib-
une that war has been declared on
blind pigs. Some seem to think the
law is not the right thing, but this
does not seem to be the case among
the good American element. If those
who complain could visit Kansas for
awhile and imbibe some of her pure
moral atmosphere they would see the
difference. By all means enforce the
law, one of the very best for North
Dakota or any other state. We are
pleased to see that a strong prohibi-
ton movement is everywhere, which
goes to show that people are realiz-
ing the great need of stricter morals
in all walks Of life.
Jacob Hauck lost a horse recently
as did, also, VIM. Middlestetter. Both
died of old age.
An agent for the Watkins Medical
Co. passed through here recently.
Mrs. Hauck visited Mrs. Leach re-
Gently.
The farmers are busy cutting hay
and grain and the farmers wives are
assisting in every way possible.
Mr.. Benjamin Stotling is about to
resign is position as superintendent
of schools so he can better look after
his lumber interests. This is right
and we hope his successor will have
no interests beyond his Office. That
he will visit the schools and assist
the teachers as he should, for if any
one needs help and encouragement it
is our North Dakota teachers, who in
many cases suffer all kinds of abuse
We would like to see the compulsory
education law rigidly enforced for If
we are going to make Americans OF
our foreign children. this is one of
the greatest steps.
Many Of our teachers have already
found employment.
An auto just went past. These are
ideal roads for auto-driving. Many
land-seekers are abroad in the land
The Ronda correspondent planted
an ounce of pie-plant seed, costing
eight cents, last spring, and now has
314 thrifty plants.
The difference between prohibition
and open saloons can be seen in Far
20 and Moorhead.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-08-25
buffers RETURNED
: FROM. A TRIP EAST
SAW MANY OF THE SIGHTS, or
2 THE EAST AND ARE PLEAS
ED WITH TRIP. ~
Visited Old Home and Attended Con-
vention of Observation-Disclosures
of the Eastman Company.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. e. Butler are back
from their six weeks trip to the east,
and they report most enjoyable
time.
They went directly to Chicago
where they spent Sunday in looking
over the city, riding nearly all day
in the taxicabs.
Next day they took the special train
containing all the western photo
graphers, and started for Rochester,
N Y, stopping at Niagara Falls for
six hours on the wav.
Arriving at Rochester, they attend
ed the convention, at which 5000
photographers were present.
The Eastman Kodak company gave
a banquet at Ontario Beach, few
miles from the city, at which nearly
four thousand were present.
They next visited Albany, N. Y.
and from there took the day ride
down the Hudson, the Rhine of the
United States, On the palatial steam
er Robert Fulton. Spending twenty
four hours in the largest city in Amer
lea they then went to Boston, the
Athens of the United States on the
Harverd,' one of the fine steam
ers that ply on Long Island Sound.
They went to Maine from the Hub
and spent days in the vicinity of Mr..
Buffers birth place. The old home
was recently destroyed by fire and
many of the old land marks have
gone the same way.
Returning to Boston they took the
Yale, a steamer, back to New York
City where they spent two days in
taking in the sights of the modern
Babylon. On leaving there they came
directly back to Minneapolis, and
then went to Hutchinson, MINI, where
Mr.. Buffers son is in business and is
succeeding better than he expected.
Thev reached Bismarck tired after
such a long trip but much benefited
by the change.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-08-25
PERSONAL.

Attorney B. Anger has gone to
Chicago to engage in the practice of
law. He has been a resident of this
city for four years, and was assist
an states attorney under A. T. Pat
terson. His friends here wish him
success in his new field.
Miss May Swift is back from a
visit to Wisconsin of two weeks du-
ration. She was accompanied by her
mother.
August Raugust, clerk of the court
Of Mclean county. was visitor in
the city last night.
Clyde E. Van Der Maaten of
Louisville, KY, is in the city in the
interest of the INTERIOR" published
in Chicago.
A E. Jones the land man, was a
guest in the city yesterday with a
number of prospective buyers.