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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-18
THE LAND HUNGER.

James w. Witten of the general
land Office, who has been in charge of
the recent government land lotteries,
has given an interview to an eastern
paper regarding these recent home
stead openings. He says:
We had 10000 quarter section
homesteads in our lottery on the
Standing Rock lands and 81 900 people
registered in person at the six places
of registration, for chance to draw.
at Aberdeen, S. D., alone no less than
$4,000 registered They came from all
over the country. but mainly from
Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota, Hi
nois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and
Ohio. Everybody in all that great val
ley is wild to get land-more land
They know that the supply of cheap
land will soon be gone forever. and the
eagerness with which every opportun.
ity is grasped is almost unbelievable
A very few more years and there will
be no more cheap land, say nothing
of homesteads.
The wonder to me, in all these
drawings l have been conducting, is
the number of people who come from
the cities. They want to get land n
order to be able to leave the cities
You could talk day with the people
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EDDYvILLE.


Eddyville Nov. IA, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Whitsen. son. Mrs.
Whitsen is in very dangerous condi-
ton.
On Sunday Walter Roberts. who
lives south of town, was given a sur
prise by his neiehbors and friends.
The occasion was in honor of his
thirty-third birthday. About thirty
five people were present. An clegent
dinner was served All report fine
time.
Mrs. Fannie Cassett went to Grinnell
this morning to spend a few days.
Pearl Hall and daughter Vera, spent
Sunday in Ottumwa visiting friends.
Porter Herendon is very sick with
pneumonia.
If you have some fruit, produce,
stock, or machinery to sell before
Christmas, you can sell it by advertis-
ing it in the Courier want adi. Write
the ad and send 1t in to the Courier,
with one-half cent word.
Nightwatch A. c. Black who has
spent the past two weeks in st. Louis
returned home Monday. He was ac-
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who came for that drawing, and con-
vince yourself that the cities were
about to be turned inside out, to dis
tribute their millions over the face of
the new west.
The people are going with plenty If
money; they build good homes right at
the outset; they introduce fine stock
and plenty of it; and they are going
to succeed as their predecessors could
not do.
One is constrained to wonder if
those thousands who were drawn from
the cities to try their luck in the land
drawings will persist in their effort to
get land in order to leave the cities.
Of course, about one-tenth of them
were successful in the drawings and
earned the right to prove up on home
steads. But how shout the other nine
tenths? The government has plenty
of land awaiting settlement that can
be secured without waiting for the
next lottery. This land can be pur-
chased cheap. In fact there viii he
cheap land. as long as there are
sparsely settled communities left in
the country,
Those parties who We're unsuccess-
full in the lotteries and are still con-
snmed with land hunger can get their
hunger satisfied without much trouble.
There are cheap lands and expensive
lands, ali promising good return On
the investment if honest effort is rx-
pended.
OF course, if the land seeker spent
all his money in railroad fare and
hotel bills while trying to win out in
the government lotteries, he will ha re
to start in anew and get. some more
money ahead. Ii he was induced to
take his chances in the lotteries by
the element of gambling that enters
into such affairs, the chances are that
he wasn't as land hungry as he was
chance hungry and more interested in
picking a winner than in becoming a
farmer
A bit of advice to all those who ear
nestly hunger for land and who are in
Guided in the list OF those who are ''go,
ing with plenty of money" is to start
out in the country and see what kind
of a dicker can be made with the
| farmers you meet on the way. Failing
in this there are a great many real
estate agents who can show you
around farms that are Just yearning
fcr real land hungry person to get
| t. work on them.
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A LEGAL REFORM NEEDED.

Efforts are now being made to place
the blame for the outrages at Cairo. a
circuit judge says that every effort
will be made to obtain the indictment
lof the leaders of the mob. The editor
of one of the Cairo papers holds that
Cairo's disgrace is not the mob, but
the conditions that made the mob pos
sible And for these conditions, he as
serts, the authorities, from the Judge
of the circuit bench down to the sher-
ifs and bailiffs and the police depart
ment of the city, are responsible. An
. Episcopal pastor from the pulpit de-
!, clared that the defiance of the law
made the lynchings necessary. A Pres
byterian pastor, while not justifying
the acts of the mob, said that in this
case it seemed the lynchings were ne
]! cessary to arouse the people.
\ The conditions in Cairo complained
of were that the city authorities had
] allowed Cairo to become a dumping
aground for the undesirable and crimi-
nal element all along the Mississippi
river, and that there was too much
delay in the administration of the laws
after arrests were made. For this first
cause the citizens and the officials
they put into Office are to blame. For
the delay in the courts, however, the
blame may be laid to the fact that
the people are slow in demanding rem
edies in the criminal procedure OF the
courts, although the highest author
tiles admit a remedy should be APP
piled.
Governor Deneen of Illinois sees in
the lynchines : lack of confidence in
the outcome of criminal processes and
a sentiment that in cases of intoler.
able atrocity the laws uncertainties
and delays justify recourse to mob
violence" The only permanent pre-
tentative he sees to such cases is 1.-THE
Improvement of our criminal jurispru-
dence and greater certainty and celer-
lty in It's administration"
Leading authorities agree that in its
effort to give the accused prisoner
every chance to prove his innocence
there are too many loopholes given by
which he may escape punishment
Even when there is conviction there
Is the right to appeal, and the highe.
courts do not decide these appeal cases
as promptly as they might. Finally
there is the delay occasioned by post.
poning the execution until a year or
more after the completion of the trial
which probably has been delayed for
months after the commission of the
crime.
President Taft has called attention
to the need Of reform in legal proceed
ure, especially in our criminal iuris
prudence The public should support
him In this movement and lend the
weight of It's influence toward accom-
plishing such reforms
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GRATING IN CLEVELAND.

County Commissioner w. T. Eirick
met E. A. Binyon, secretary of the
Municipal association, the other morn
ing in the courthouse.
'Binyon,'' says Eirick, what do you
think! I've just caught on to bit OF
petty graft in this county. Not only
in this county but right in my own
household! Can you beat that? It's a
fact
Eiricl bit off the end of his cigar
morosely before he continued. you
see" he went on, my wifes been al
lowing the washerwoman 10 cents car
fare every timt> she comes. And I've
Just found out that the washwoman
lives on 8 cent car line and has been
4 cents to the good on every one OF
the transactions for the last couple Of
years. Ever hear the like of tip
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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EDDYviLLE.

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Eddyville--F. NJ. Epperson and A. o.
Dilliner who have spent the past week
in Texas returned home Friday. Both
of these men have purchased farms in
Texas.
The G. A. Y. c. club held their reg
ula reception Friday night with Miss
Secrees.
CHS. Cook has number of men
here from Lucas tearing down his
house. He is shipping the same to Des
MONIES, where he is now making his
home.
Miss Pearl Williams, nurse from
Ottumwa who makes her home with
her sister Mrs. Geo. Stephenson was
called to Prairie City Friday night
VIM. Longcor is very sick with con-
gestion of the lungs.
Hiram Whitsel who sold his farm
north of town win move to Oskaloosa
soon.
Mr.. and Mrs VIM. Berry were pas
sengers to Marshalltown Saturday.
Gid Leiling. Harry Sheldon and VIM
Hankins returned from their land buy
ing trip in Minnesota Saturday. They
were well pleased with the country and
contemplate buying IN the near future,
Issac Riggs Is quite i'll with the grip,
Mrs. Sam Davis who lives south OF
town is suffering with blood poisoning
the hand.
Mrs. Henry Kitterman and son Pau
] We're Ottumwa passengers Saturday.
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MoULToN.

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Moulton. Mrs. John Tenant of o.
kaloosa visited Mrs. James Warner,
Mrs. C. M. Marshall and other friends
here this week. The Tenant family
lived in Moulton some thirteen years
ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Lane of Holy
oke. Colorado, visited Mo. Lanes
week
August Post and son, Paul, we're in
Des Moines Wednesday.
Born, to DR.. and Mrs Bybee on Sat.
urday, daughter
Mrs. Ira Ware of Ottumwa was the
guest OF her cousin, DR.. Ware, Tues
day.
G. w. Wilson is visiting his daugh-
ter, Mrs. John Wooden, in Brookfeld,
Mo.
Mrs. Mytinger of White Hall, ILL.,, is
the guest of her daughter, Mrs. George
Bovard.
Mrs. Wahl Mills left Tuesday even
| ing for Boise City, Okla, where she
will remain with Mr. Mills on the farm
| until spring.
/ .'lloo l. obhpoh VI
| Mo-. visited her sister, Mrs. Robert
Burgess, the past week.
Mrs. Joe Quinn Of Dean and daugh-
! ter, Miss Lucille, have gone to Milton
4 Oregon, on visit.
Mrs. Lii Black was in Grinnell Sun
day visiting her daughter.
J. v. Headly OF Youngstown, Mo.
I was here Thursday to attend the
funeral of her sister, Miss Nellie Head
ley.
L. M Clark left Wednesday for q
business trip to Bushnell, Ill.
George Pulliam has returned from
Sargent, Neb., where he has been
/ visiting.
/. Richardson Of Charleston. Mo-. is
here on account OF His fathers sick
ness.
/ Miss Anna Preston. the new high
school teacher has resigned and new
teacher will take her place by Mon
day.
The basketball game to be played
this evening Setween the Moulton ant
Milton teams, was postponed until
Nov. 90
Miss Nellie Heady died at the home
OF her mother in South Moulton Wed
lnesday morning. Deceased was 2.
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HILLsRoRo.
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Hillsboro-Mrs. S. c. Ellis and son
Deane left Thursday morning for a
short visit in Des Moines and Shurdan.
Mrs. IT. II. Wright and two
children who have been visiting rela-
tives here the past week left for their
home in Mt. Pleasant.
Misses Media Beckley and .da Gracey
Went to Ottumwa Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Blackboard return
ed Wednesday from Kansas City.
Kelley Van Wrinkle who has been
operated on twie for appendicitis.
was taken to the hospital for third
operation.
If you have some fruit, produce
stock. or machinery to sell before
Christmas. you can sell it by adyertis-
ing it in the Courier want ads. Write
the ad and send it in to the Courier
with one-half cent a word.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Harlan are vis-
iting in Stockport for q few days.
Mrs. Mary Alton returned Saturday
from a weeks stay in Mount Pleasant
Mrs. Amanda Cox and Miss Mary
Monkey returned Thursday from an
extended visit in Kansas and Okla
homa.
Mrs. r. J.. -fcDonald went to Fair
field Saturday for short visit.
GARFIELD Hollowell who was acting
cashier in the Sayings Bank returned
to Mt. Pleasant Thursday.
Mrs. jerry Monkey came home the
middle Of the week from a visit in F't
M2Gison.
The w. M. S. Of the Baptist church
gave a program Sunday morning.
Mrs R. e. Watts rsturned on Fri
day from two weeks visit in Bona
parte and vicinity.
II, A. Bockoff and family have NOV
e1 into the old Percival house.
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!. STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE.
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HARDER THAN FARM WORK.

Speaking of football the other day,
Judge John G. Homer of Mount Holly,
who is a warm admirer4 of the great
college game, told a story OF farmer
whose son was on one OF the big
academy teams. The boy, according
to the Judge, was sent to college by
his indulgent father, and On making
the first eleven, sent word to the
paternal relative to come and see him
play in an important contest.
The farmer complied, and for an
hour sat and watched the husky youth
pick up several tons of humanity and
throw it all over the gridiron. The
more the son struggled the more the
father stared. and noticing the old
mans rapt attention, one OF the prcfes,
sors went over to him.
"You seem to marvel at your SON
wonderful performance remarked the
professor.
Il kind O. kalkerlale thet / do re
piled the father. You fellers down
at this college hev got me beat like q
bay mule pacin' again an auterbile.'
In what way?' asked the profes
sor.
why. jes' look at him." returned
the old man. "all the coaxin', cussin
and drivin that I knowed how ter dc
couldn't make him work as hard as
tibet down OH Their farm. '-Philadel
| PIN Telegraph.
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sENToNPoRT.

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Bentonsport-Mr. Fulton, depot agent
of this place has gone to Vancouver,
Wash, having secured day leave
of absence. Fred Persinger of Bona
parte will fill Mr.. Fultons place dur
ing his absence.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Baker of OF
tumwa are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Musser.
Glen Downing is in Eldon. the guest
of her Aunt, Mrs. ]. o. Murphy.
Miss Grace Kemp Is at home enjoy
ins a weeks vacation from her school
work at Fair View.
Mrs. H. Murphy Who has been SER
icusiy i'll is reported as improving.
IL you have some fruit, produce,
stock. or machinery to sell before
Christmas. you can sell it by advertis-
ing it in the Courier want ads. Write
the ad and send it in to the Courier
with one-half cent a word.
Mrs. Nell Fulton and son Edo who
came UP for few DAYS visit with
friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clint Randolph are the
parents of a girl born Nov. /.
Edward Rigsby who lived south OF
Vernon died Saturday Nov. 10.
John Downing, Jr.. of Floris visited
his parents Thursday and Friday.
Lynn Bruce OF Des Motnes was thf
guest of Miss Ethel Huston Tuesday
and Wednesday,
The L. l.. c. met with Mrs. NJ NJ
Clark on Thursday.
Miss Mary Stevens was an ovel
Sunday visitor at home.
Rus Henry is very i'll with consump.
ton.
DR.. J. o. Murphy of Eldon was call.
ed here on account of the serious Ill
ness of his father-in-law. John Down.
ing. Sr.
l.. l.. L. and wife are at the parenta
home of Mr.. Campbell
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muscATlNE BANK DEPOSITS.

Muscatine Journal.--An interesting
sidelight upon the prosperity exper-
fenced by all classes in Muscatine dur
ing the last year is afforded by the re-
Gently published statements of the
four banking institutions of the city
other than the First National bank
which is not subject to the state call
Statements of the condition of these
four banks We're published on Novem
her IS, 1905 Their combined depos
it's, as shown by those statements
were $4,000. >25.61.
The combined deposits in these fonl
banks, as shown by the statement
published last Saturday, were s5,35S,
1926, or a gain Of almost three-quarters
of q million dollars.
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clark's Drug Store. swenson's Drug Store.
years old and tuberculosis was the
cause of her death.

years old and tuberculosis was the
cause of her death.
Mrs. j. w. Miller has returned from
a. visit with Des Moines friends.
Joe Mishler and wife of Selma, Cal.
have been visiting S. U. zook and
family.
Jim Bolton is arranging to put
steam heat in his residence.
Clyde Hough is now working at the
e.. Wood store again.
Clyde Edwards, wife Ind baby spent
Sunday in Kirkville.
Mrs. Clarence Edwards and Mis-
Maude Wood were .Ottumwa visitors
Wednesday.
Mrs. Downing went to Macon, Mo.
Wednesday for short visit.
Rev. Newton, the Orleans minister
was in town Monday.
Berry & Sons have put in an Gle
vator and are adding more to the real
of their store building.
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Stansberry were royal entertainers.
Those present were:

Stansberry were royal entertainers.
Those present were:
Messrs. and Mechanics VIM Stans-
berry. A. d. McCart, j. e. Harris. Lee
Parker. G. w. Wright, Clarnece Ma
honey, Ed Ball, S. Il. Berrier; Mrs
Frank Lasley. Mrs. -3arnev Muldoon,
Mrs. Mary Hedge, Mrs. Collins.
Misses: Lizzie Roberts. Anna Shep-
ard, Mona Holland Clara Muldoon,
Helen Roberts. ruth Brown, Bertha
Stansberry. lila Brown Nina Parker
Clara Downey, Jessie Dunn, Marta
Schafer. Julia Muldoon, Mary Downey,
Mary Muldoon.
Messrs Rex Ramey, Harry Redman.
Chas. Smith, Clyde Wright Leo. Hunt
err Ralph Harris. Ray stansberry 10y
Harris, Russell Hedge, Wyman Brown
John Smith, Dwight Berrier. Teddie
Lasley Robert Parker Melvin Arbo-
CAST, Robert Downev Fred Lewis
Frank Lewis, Frank MuIdoon, Raphael
Smith. Earl Hedge.
Several from here attended the
| wrestling match at Ottumwa on Wed
| nesday evening between Gotch and
| ArdahI.
| Mrs. e. Blosser and sister Mrs. Lot
tie Mohler left Monday for Columbus,
| o.. to visit a couple of months with
| relatives
| F. D. Nafziger and family have re-
tuiHcu Hoiiio lTOHI leIlVeTt ILL., WneTS
| they were called bv the death of rel
alive.
A large crowd OF neighbors OF Ed
Ball and family surprie | him Tues
day evening by calling on him and
family and snending the evening which
was spent in music and games. Mr..
Ball and family left Thursdar for
Washington to make their future
home.
| Mrs +. s. Gilbert and children OF
Ktlbourne ACCOMPANIED by Miss Jessie
Gilbert of near Eldon visited the last
of the week with Mrs. Clifford Cole of
this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. E. Copeland and
family visited Mr.. CopeIand's parents
Thursday. Mr.. and Mrs. John Copeland
of Hillsboro.
| A large crowd was present at the
social given by the Christian church
at Nelson's hall Saturday e nning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Tinsley and
family of Hedrick visited yer Sun
day with friends in this citv.
/ Willis Blanchard Is taking a trip
| through the west.
| E. N Sterner a prosperous farmer
residing west of this city four miles,
had the honor to be appointed by Gov.
Carroll as one of the delegates from
Iowa to the National Farmers Con-
gress which convened at Raleigh, N. c.
| Nov 4th
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The proposition of dividing the OF
tumwa wards into election precincts
of not more than 400 voters in order
to remove the delay in counting the
vote in the present top heavy wards IS
now before the city council. The mat
ter was presented at the meeting last
night in communication from the
Commercial association and was .e-
ferred TO the committee of the whole.
1t is to be hoped this matter will he
given attention in plenty of time 10
have the changes made before another
election is held. Especially since the
people seem to be united iii insisting
that the change be made.
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Packwood--Mr. and Mrs Wesley
Graham are the parents of son, born
last week.
A tom Thumb wedding took place
lat the Christian church Sunday night.
Sixty children took part.
Mrs. Stella Thomas and sister Mrs.
Ida Carr left Friday for a visit with
relatives in northern Iowa.
The Hugh Reimier family have NOV
ed to KesWick, Iowa.
Miss Maggie Sin Clair has gone to
Des Moines to spend the winter.
O. b. Myers Is business visitor in
Peoria.
The next number OF the lecture
course will be given Wednesday even
ing Dec. by the Ward Waters Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. M. Downey Rich
land visited friends here Wednesday,.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. r. Steigleder have
returned from a visit with the latter's
parents at Wapello.
Mrs. Kellogg, Miss Alice Cllnken-
beard and Miss Ruth Pollock visited
Sunday at the home of Miss Emma
Krout.
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CHARLTON.

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Chariton-The ladie OF the Charlton
Improvement association gave a min
strel entertainment at the Temple
largely attended and proved highly In
teresting. The ladies all acquitted
themselves with great credit. The
funds will be used in the improvement
of the streets OF Charlton.
Mrs. Ralph Brant. of Ude,l. arrived
yesterday for a visit with her sister,
Mrs. Ralph Brant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Brown who were
married Wednesday at the Presby-
terrain manse. Rev. McCullagh officiat-
ing, left Friday for Red Oak and will
reside on a farm near that city.
Msr. C. w. Johnson OF Omaha, who
had been visiting in Charlton with
Mrs. Will Slattengren and other
friends returned home yesterday.
Ben tanning of Leon, formerly OF
this city, made a brief visit in Chart
ton Friday with his parents Mr.. and
Mrs. g. w. tanning. while on his way
home from Indianapolis where he had
been attending the Winona Technical
Institute. He Is foreman Of the Decatur
County Journal and will operate a
linotype machine.
n. n. Wood and daughter Iona of
Cedar township. left Friday for a
The Misses Flura and Lura Fight, oil
Derby. are visiting in this city with
Miss Emma Taylor at the Frank Car
land home
Elmer Hasselquist, deputy postmast-
er, returned Friday from three weeks
visit with friends in Texas.
| Mrs. Alma McCauley and two chill
dren Of Baker City, Oregon. who have
been visiting here with her mother
Mrs. Nancy Law, and old friends. left
last evening for a visit with friends ir
| Mt. Pleasant.
| Miss Edna White left last evening
for visit in Marshalltown with rela
tiyes.
| Miss Sadie Combs of Humeston ar.
rived Friday to visit friends and at,
| tend the dance given at the Pythial
hall Friday evening.
| "A number from this city went t
Ottumwa Friday to attend meeting
Of the Mystic Sl1riners.
/ Mrs. Jennie Long Of Russell, return.
| ed home last evening after few
days visit with her sister Mrs. Ellei
Reeves.
! Clint Milthorpe has gone to Center
Vile whore he will be employed will
Elmore Marley as clerk in the Con
tinental.
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companied by his daughter Miss La
Rue Black who will visit in Eddyville
q short time.
Those reported sick are Walter
Hartman, Esther Vance. the sons of
Albert Secrees and John Powers, Mrs.
Chord and Mrs. Ollam.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Johnson are
moving this week to their new home
west of town.
Joe Smith OF Ottumwa spent sun
day in Eddyville with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Stuber OF OF
tumwa came up to visit Abe Stuber
and spent sunday at the Walter Rob-
ert's home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Waters are plan
ming to move Observation-Disclosures
detained on account of the sickness OF
Mrs. Waters.
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Russell

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Russell-Mrs. Roy Pray and little
son OF Dies Moines were visiting this
week with the formers cousin Mrs. j.
w. Plots.
Mrs. j. B. Robb and little daughter,
Eleanor. returned home Friday even
ing from Ottumwa.
r. A. Plots has sold out his butcher
shop to a Mr.. Robertson OF Confidence.
The N. H. s. club were entertained
at the home of Mrs. e. M. Blanchard
OF Charlton Thursday.
Fred Baker and Otis Garfield spent
Wednesday in Ottumwa
Mrs. Esther Werts went to Des
Moines Wednesday evening for a visit
with her son DR.. c. M. Werts and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. A. Marshall enter
tanned all the Marshalls belonging to
the immediate family at family din
ner Wednesday.
G. w. Riker has been at Abba, Cen
teryille, Corydon and Indianola before
the board of supervisors of the differ
ent counties in the interests of his
collapsible mould for concrete cuIverts
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