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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-06
FosTER's WEATHER
BULLETIN
(Copyrighted 1909 by W, T.
Foster.)
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Washington, D. c., July 8. = Last
bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance
to cross continent June % to July 2,
warm wave June 81 to July 1, cool
wave July / to 5. This disturbance
was expected to cause a great high
temperature wave and be followed
by a great fall in temperatures. Next
disturbance will reach Pacific coast
about Z, cross Pacific slope by close
Of s, great central valleys 9 to II, east
ern states and provinces IL. Warm
wave will cross Pacific slope about 7,
great central valleys-longitude los
to 85-about 9, eastern states and
provinces longitude 80 to 75-about
July II. Cool wave will cross Pacific
slope about II, great central valleys
10, eastern states and provinces Is.
This disturbance will 1naugurate the
most severe storm period of the month
and for ten days-July II to 20-bet-
ter be on the watch for dangerous
storms. During those hot days of July
people love to be on the water and
therefore I advise all to select some
other period than the ten days men
| toned.
July, prior to 20, will bring too
much rain to the southern or cotton
states and l am expecting drouth in
northern states and Canada. The
highest temperatures usually occur
not far from July 10, the highest aver
ages covering July to 20, but this
year expect the highest averages to
occur eight to ten days earlier Not
far from July 5 very low temperatures
| III ,l,~ I, ~,
the northwestern states and the prov.
| inces about Manitoba.
Some danger OF destructive hail
storms July II to 20 in those crop sec.
lions of which Minnesota is central
| Those hail storms sometimes do great
damage and that period will be close
| ly watched by all interested parties
The disturbance that will bring those
storms are similar to those that cause
| tropical storms on our southeastern
coasts, but this year the disturbances
will come little too early for that
class of storms
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curbina a New CONGRESSMAN.

A new member of congress from one
of the rural districts of Michigan was
ambitious to distinguish himself by his
oratory, and accordingly watched for
a favorable opportunity. At length an
occasion presented itself. A motion
was made in the house for enforcing
the execution of some statute, where
upon the orator In embryo rose sol
EMMY up. and after giving three loud
hens, spoke as follows: "Mr. Speaker:
Have we laws, or have we not laws?
If we have not laws, and they are not
observed, to what end are those laws
nader"
So saying he sat down, his chest
heaving high with conscious conse.
quence. Instantly Cox, the clown OF
the house, with twinkle in his eye
rose and delivered his thoughts in
these words: "Mr. Speaker: Did the
honorable gentleman who spoke last
speak to the purpose. or not speak to
the purpose? If he did not speak to
the purpose, to what purpose did he
speak?" That particular orator never
troubled the house against. Louis
Republic.
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served as a clever preface to the cli-
max of the vaudeville program. The
concluding act was a short sketch,
Who is Clarice,' and in 1t Miss Jer-
sey and Mr.. Morrissey had ample ops
portunity to display their rich talent OF
thespians Miss Jersey was delight
full wife whose jealous tendencies cen-
tered about the actions of her husband,
Mr.. Morrissey perhaps never appears
ed to better advantage than last
right, when his role was TINT OF d
twentieth century husband, even I'd
the verge of disagreeing with Tho
quality of biscuits wifev made.
The Band Program.
The program Of band numbers fur.
nished by the Fifty fourth musicianf
follows:
March, "zacetacus"- Codina.
Overture, William Relationship.
March, Fort Fragne."--Farrar.
Selection, Honeymoon Trail
Howard.
March, IN onkey Honeymoon.'--
Morse.
Vocal solo. Just One Sweet Girl."s
Edward F. Blake.
| Overture, "Macbeth"-verdi.
March, "Ottumwa. '-Worrell
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ment at night were hurried to the f

ment at night were hurried to the
Adee home.
About l o'clock one morning such a
dispatch, of the utmost Importance, ar
rived. A messenger took 1t post haste
to Mr.. Adee's residence, but after re-
peatedly ringing the door bell, failed
to obtain any response. Upstairs in
bed Adee was snoring away, deep in
sleep. He couldn't have heard dyna-
mite explosion.
But the collie heard the jangling of
the bell. He waited in patience for a
time, and then. as his master did not
go to the door, he marched into the
secretary's room, pulled the bed
clothes off the sleeping official, greatly
astonishing that person, and then, hav-
ing aroused him, dragged him to the
door. 1t happened to be a dispatch re-
curing an immediate reply, and Sec
rotary Adee was more than ever i'm
pressed with the intelligence of his
fayOrite dog
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HONEST MEAT INSPECTION.

The report Of the committee named
] by Secretary Wilson Of the department
4 Of agriculture to investigate the
] charges made by ]. F. Harms that the
Z federal meat inspection at East S..
Louis was rotten and a farce" las
been made public and the meat in
spectors have been fully exoncrated
i of the charges made by one of their
number. Harms. who was one of the
inspectors in the East st. Louis stock
yards, declared that meat was passed
/ by the inspectors, due to pressure
1 from the packers, which was unfit for
human food The charges were given
/ wide publicity, and the department
i lost no time in beginning searching
Investigation. The report made at
the conclusion of this investigation, 4
/ portion of which is quoted herewith,
q should be reassuring to the public:
ct is the beliefe of your committee
that the men at the East st. Louis sta
ton from the top to the bottom are
4 absolutely honest and competent; that
4 they are discharging their duty to the
i service and TO the public in a con-
. scientious, high. minded, efficient way
II and that no meat is passed from the
z EdSI Sl. .l[OtlS ot<htAoIl pSAiiho siiS
mark of federal inspection which is
not In every respect fit for human
food. The record shows that many of
THE employees at the East ST. Louis
,rstation have worked overtime In their
efforts to give an honest efficient in
"pection, and 1t is to be regretted that
ieShe word of a disgruntled, dissatisfied
Mmploye. irresponsible and answerable
hao no one, should be made the occa-
,oGion of an attack on a service which
IFS honestly conducted, and which
AIneans so much to the American con-
.sumer of meat products and to the
f cattle, sheep and hog raisers Of the
.1country, who are bound to suffer from
,any attack, no matter how uncalled
FOR, which may be made up on the
aaservice."
u There is no doubt grounds for the
'rsbelief of the investigators, that, though
estherei is absolutely no basis for the
alcharges made by Mr.. Harms, that
sasthese charges will undoubtedly to a
I greater or less extent reflect injuri-
nfousIy on the foreign market for Amer
nsican meat food prooucts. The foreign
9papers may be depended upon to give
greater publicity to the charges made
by Harms than to the report of the
investigators. giving the lie to these
charges. 1t is regrettable that such
gVide publicity was given by the press
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TAFT Almost Missed a Kiss.

President Taft is fond of children,
with whom he is a favorite. A charm
ing story on this head comes from
Cincinnati.
Once, when a pretty Cincinnati girl
was child Of six or seven. Mr.. Taft,
calling at her house, found nobody
home excepting herself. She enter
tanned him little while, and when
he rose to go he stopped down and
kissed her.
Here's one" he said, "for the baby.
Here is another for little Jim. And
here Is third for Billie-boy."
The little girl, drawing herself up,
said haughtily-she had been reading
a novel:
"Mr. Taft, you forget yourself"
He bent down again.
so 1 did," he laughed. well
here's one for myself" Rochester
Herald
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The Sioux City Journal has just is
sued an elaborate progress" edition,
which, as announced by the Journal,
grew out of the disposition to "cut a
little splurge over the sixtieth ami
versary of the settlement of Sioux
City" The edition gives proof that
the Journal advertising and news staff
can cut loose N hot weather as we'll
as in cold anG that while the Journal
succeeded in cutting a little splurge, F."
in dwelling on Sioux City's growth,
the town has been making a steady
splurge forward.
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AND YET UNPOPULAR.

New York Tribune The annual
problem Of the graduating gown was
successfully and cheaply solved in a
Chicago public school this year. Thir-
ty-eight young girls composing the
graduating class, set to work several
weeks ago under the direction Of a
supervisor of sewing, and turned out
thirty-eight pretty frocks at an outlay
of $3.50 each. AS the dresses are all
alike, much heartburning and envy
was avoided on commencement day.
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for many errors, and their fallibility
is increased by the accidents of type
setting and proof reading, but the real
seat of false information lies further
back, according to President Judson Of
Chicago university "All men are pur-
veyors of false reports" he says,
partly because the truth Is SO elusive,
partly because 1t is so difficult to dis
associate knowledge from beliefs, and
partly because of the inaccuracies of
memory"
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TO TAKE VACATION
Rev. and Mrs. Pool rendered Purse
by Congregation to Pay Expenses
of the Trim
of the Trip.

AS a recognition of his having
faithfully performed his duties as pas,
tor of the Main Street Methodist Epis.
copal church, a position which he has
held for nearly two years. the congrss
cation pleasantly surprised Rev. j. W.
Pool and his family last night by
granting him few weeks vacation1
with sufficient purse to cover all tho
expenses Of the trip. Rev. and Mr.
Pool, together with their daughter
Miss Genevieve, will leave some tima
in the middle of the month to some OF
the lakes of the north for q th,---A
weeks stay.
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ON HER FACE.

She-You are always talking about
the fashions. Now, honestly. do you
think you would know the latest fash
ion in hats if you were to enter a mil
liners?
He-Certainly.
She-How?
He (ruefully)-By looking at the
prices-Tit-Bits.
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THE REAL THING.

mike" said Flooding Pete, "dere's
wuss things dan gold bricks"
What happened?"
"De lady UP de road said dat if I'd
chop an armful of wood she'd gimme a
cake"
Didn't she keep her word?"
yep. She handed me cake of
Washington Star.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-06

The advice volunteered to the White
Sox by the Chicago Tribune might be
appropriate to Rusty's men as well.
Tie Tribune says:
All is not lost. If the Sox will brace
up and win two or three dozen straight
games they will be hot on the trail CT
the pennant
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-06

Herbert Harrington made the state.
ment today in this office that he is
one of the consumers referred to in
the tariff talk in the senate. He
states that it is costing him much
more to live ,.nl that his expenses
are much higher new than they were
twenty years ago. Herbert is one OF
the Courier's newsboys and is IL years
of age.
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PERILs OF PRINTING.

Nebraska State Journal. - Newspa-
pers are written partially from official
records but largely from information
given to the reporters by word of
mouth. The reporters are responsible
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-06
CORN SIX FEET TALL.

Pat Rookie Exhibits His Product -
Has 80 Acres Al
together.
Corn six and a half feet tall at this
time Of the year with such weather as
has been experienced around these
regions is something uncommon, but
it is nevertheless a fact. The corn is
exhibited by Pat Rookie, who resides
southeast Of Agency and it is in the
very best of condition and only eight
weeks old. There is eighty acres of
corn belonging to Mr.. Rookie and it
is of the. same height. 1t was grown
in the river bottom land.
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associations to unfounded charges be-
fore an ofiicial investigation had been
made. Disgruntled and irresponsible
employees are not tho best sources of
information as to the methods of work
in any institution.
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ON BITE ENOUGH.

New York Times. Every dog is en-
titled to his first bite, but no dog is
entitled to two bites. That is to say,
congress may be- forgiven for having
once botched the matter of taxing in
comes, but it should not be entitled to
a pela in mitigation if it should repeat
former plumbers, as it seems in fair
way Of doing.
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STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE.
Secretary Adee's Smart Dog.

A A. Adee, assistant secretary of
state. is the proud possessor of an in
telligent collie dog, reckoned the
smartest canine in Washington. Dur
ing the Boxer outbreak in China,
while Mr.. Adee was acting secretary
of state, kilograms on the situation in
China received at the state depart
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SWEETNESS in THE cARoLlNAs

moon. sweet honeymoon! There were
eight newly weds on chair car from
Lake Toxaway to Asheville the ether
day and there was no one else in the
car except the four couples. That was
wholesale happiness.
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Humble apology is herewith made
to the weather mar for any unkind
references of the past as to his guess
ing abilities He came through beau
tifully with his promise of cooler
weather last night
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HIGHEST RAILROAD BRIDGE.

The bridge Of the Southern Pacific
railroad across the Pecos river, ten
miles west of Comstock, Texas, was
the highest structure Of it's kind in the
United States.
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SAFE ONLY WHEN DRUNK.

Minneapolis Journal. "A Chicago
man 83 years old broke his skull while
playing ring around the rosy. A man
83 years old cannot bump his skull
into the United States with impunity,
unless he is drunk
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DOESN'T LOOK The PART.

Chicago Tribune. - The father Of a
family Of grown daughters may feel
blithesome and happy when the vaca-
tion season approaches, but usually he
doesn't look that way.
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BAD DAYS FOR BRYAN.

Denver Republican. Apparently
the only chance Mr.. Bryan has for a
good hearty laugh these days is when
President Taft drops an occasional
golf game.
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HOLD TENT MEETINGS.
Volunteers of America Have Erected
Structure to Hold Revival
Serv;cee In

A tent has been erec.ed by the Vol.
unteers of America on the vacant LOT
between Court and Washington
street, in which they are holdjna
meetings regularly each evening. Flo
quent preachers have been secured IA
speak at these revivals. Rev. G. l.
Flowers of this city viii conduct tbd
services this evening. The general
public is invited.
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A POSER.
81 say, pa, what"
HASk yO1lr mother +"

ri say, pa, what
ASK your mother"
Honest pa, this isn't silly one
this time"
"All right; this once; what is it?''
well, if the end of the world was
to come and the earth be destroyed
while man was up in an airship
where would he land when he came
down ?"-The Housekeeper.
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Gard of Thanks.

We wish to express our heartfelt
thanks to all who SO kindly assisted
us during the illness and death of our
husband and son, and also for the
expressions of sympathy from those
who sent flowers.
Mrs. Fannie King,
Henry King.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-06

Bear in mind that Congressman
Townsend introduced Governor John
son as the next democratic candidate
for president-not as the next demo-
cratic president
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ELKS LAWNFE:TE
A Great SUCCESS
NEARLY 1000 PEOPLE AVAIL
THEMSELVES OF MONSTER
SOCIAL EVENT.
BAND WILL Go WEST
Sufficient Sum Nearly Raised to Pay
All Expenses of Taking Musicians
to the Grand Lodge
Meeting.

"The Fiftyfourth Regiment
band of forty pieces, including
Soloist Edward r. Blake, will &C
company the Iowa delegation to
the grand lodge meeting of the
Elks at Los Angeles. The tickets
were this morning purchased for
the musicians and their going is
assured. Sufficient money to de-
fray all expenses is on deposit
here, portion being advanced in
anticipation of the action of lodges
about the state and the receipts
to be gained here up to the hour
our special leaves Tuesday night
&C. M. Myers, Secretary of State
Committee.
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Tomorrow will be the quietest
Fourth Of July seen in these parts for
several years. But the fifth promises
to be noisy enough.
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The Des Moines river is certainly
doing its best this year to back up the
statements of those who claim that It
is deep enough Cor navigation pur-
poses.
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They are going to look for oil down
by Fairfield-and Jefferson county a
dry community. Well, well.
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BoGEY.

Whats boyle at your golf club?"
''The dues. Louisville Courier
Journal.
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Z. e->->%-~-e<-e-e-e-4-o-e- 3
= FUNE RAl is =
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The funeral Of Francis Edward, the
infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. Head
ley, was held at o'clock this after
noon from the residence, 308 South
Benton street, conducted by Rev. l..
H. Otto. Interment in Shaul Gene
terry.
The funeral of little Johnnie Nc
Davitt will be held Monday from the
residence, 923 Hayne street to the
Sacred Heart church where service
will be conducted by Rev. Father
James Foley. he hour is not yet de-
termined upon. Irterment will be n
Calvary cemetery.
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Here's little final advice to the
boys: If you can't be good, be care
full.
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Did you read tho Courier Junior yes
terday? 1t is an interesting page.
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The sugar trust says that the mix
up it is now in is not a sweet one.
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Don't say word against these hot
nights They are making the Iowa
corn crop.
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Ottumwa can win long games, too
thank you.
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every Elk in Ottumwa has my
most sincere thanks for the part
they played in last nights success
full venture, and all who attended
are hereby given the hearty thanks
of Ottumwa lodge No. 347"-John
w. Lewis, Exalted Ruler.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-06

New York has her Coney Island;
Atlantic City her board walk and OF
tumwa her Lawn Fete," were the
words of Press Agent Larry Garner,
when referring to the monster Elk
street. This reference would have
been correct had p. A. l.. G. given the
lawn fete preference over the eastern
resorts, for to Ottumwans last night
there was one.place that had Coney
Island and the New Jersey joy-spots
whipped to custard. The Elks grand
lawn fete, the magnet for nearly two
thousand Of Ottumwa's happiest rev.
elers, was a success beyond even the
most sanguine hopes of those identi,
fed with the project, and in order
that the good things it affords may
reach more of the jewellers of this
bustling city, the promoters have de,
cided to continue the fete tonight,
having reduced the admission price
from 81 to twenty-five cents, with an
additional charge of twenty-five cents
to those who desire to enjoy dane.
ing For this nominal fee, the Garrick
vaudeville performance will be free
and all the enjoyment so thoroughly
appreciated last evening will be con
tinued for no extra expense except the
dancing. The cool weather Of today
gives promise of the spacious dancing
floor of the Elks hall being literally
patronized tonight.
Scene Was Magnificent.
The grand lawn fete was all Its
promoters said it would be, and more.
Ablaze with hundreds of varied col
ored incandescent lights and famed
by cool breezes from the leafy trees
and the constant sprays of the foun
tain, Green street afforded the one
enjoyable spot in Ottumwa last night
The rare beauty of the scene was en-
HANGED by the magnificent floral dec
orations and the cordially that greet
ed each who entered the tented for
est-palace. Elks were there in mum
hers and Mine Host" was never
more perfectly portrayed. Seated
around the many tables, flanked or
all sides by huge tubs Of hollyhocks
SNOWFALL hydrangeas and hemerocallis
the merry throng of jewellers enjoyed
to the full the service of ice cream
and delicious cake served by many
"Lady-Elks" under the supervision O.
Mrs. T. A. Pallister. While the frs
performance in the Garrick was il
progress, the belated arrivals enjoyed
the refreshing GOODNESS provided or
the street, only to give way to those
in the less comfortable playhouse a
the conclusion of the vaudeville mum
bers The Fifty-fourth band, stationed
at the south entrance, furnished pro
gram of numbers and Edward F. Blake
as soloist for the band, gave his fam
GUS song, "Just One Sweet Girl"
A Veritabie Garden Spot.
Explanations of wonderment at tn,
transformation of barren Green stree
to the beautiful appearance it mad,
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osTEoP ATHY.

Diseases OF Domes- Calls answer
tic animals Treat ed day or Night
ed by. the Latest Promptly
Veterinary Science.
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ATTORNEYS AT Law.

R. r. Ramsell. L. M. r, Morrisey.
RAMSELL G. MORRlSEY,
Attorneys at Law.
IND Floor, Ennis Building, Ottumwa, Ia.
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Professional Cards.
DENTISTS.
DR.. TuLLls
Dentist.

Artificial teeth scientifically cons
structed.
crown and brtdge-wofIs expert.
Office over Cullen's dry goods store
Aain street. Ottumwa, Iowa.