davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-23
i >-e>->-e-<4>->->*->->- y
COLUMBIA. .


Mr. and Mrs. Ben Grooms and fam
lily visited relatives near Blakesbure
over Sunday.
Mrs. Wynn. Bird entertained the
young people of this place Tuesday
evening in homer of her niece Miss
Zella Wells of Burlington.
Mrs. Roy Gardeners mother, Mrs
Lucky and daughter of DesMoines, Ia.
are visiting her this week
Andrew Louis of Chillicothe. in com
pany with his family and Mr.. and Mrs
Jas. Goltry and Mrs. Laura Shields
went to Charlton Saturday to visit at
the Glenn Shields home. returning
home Sunday afternoon. The trip was
made overland in Mr. Louis fine new
automobile.
Miss Genevieve Louis visited at the
J. R. Stogdill home Saturday and with
her friend. Ellen Winhlad Sunday.
Little Ruth Ryrum is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Carl McElroy in Eddyville.
Mr. and Mrs W. ". Rapp visited at
the Harry Stevens home Sunday and
also Mrs. F. l.. Garfield of South OF
tumwa. .-
Mr.. and Mrs Chas Leander have
gone to Minneapolis, MINI. for a visit
with relatives.
Will Cranblit of Ottumwa is visiting
the parental home.
George Burum and son Leslie visited
Saturday and Sunday at the Joe
Byrum home Al Highland
The friends of Miss Mary Johnson
are glad to learn that she is GONZALES
cent.
The Misses Anna Seahurg. Ethel
Nye and Nancy Goodwin visited their
friend Miss Isal Crambiit Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claire BURLINGTON Of
Blakesburg visited al the Chas Funk
home Sunday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-23
STORY co. VETS
MEET AUG. 25-6
REUNION IN AMES CITY PARK
PROMISES TO BE A SPLENDID
ONE.

Ames, Aug. 2O.-The Story County
Veterans annual reunion will be held
in the city park at Ames, Iowa Thurs,
day and Friday, Aus. 25th and 26th.
The people of Ames realize that If
the plan of rotating these reunions is
carried out in the future, that the re,
union will perhaps never be held in
Ames again. The citizens wish to
have this more than ordinary reunion
and have appointed committees and
expect to make preparations on a large
scale for the entertainment of visitors
The reunion will be held in the city
park which is near the center of the
city. It is a block from the street car
line, and is large and we'll shaded.
Street cars run every half hour during
the day to the grounds of the Iowa
State college. Visitors are welcome
to the grounds and buildings at all
times.
Gen. James B. Weaver, former con-
gresham and candidate for the presi-
dency of the United States, will speak
Col. Dyer, commander of the Iowa G.
A. R. will also be present. Many other
good speakers are expected.
The following Is list OF the COM
mittees appointed:
Finance-E. w. Valentine, L. c.
Tilden, Robt. Mccarthy, A. L. Champ
lin and M. X. Smith
Vocal muscle. e. Haverly.
Entertainment-Ladi Relief Corps.
Martial music-M e. McMichael
and r. D. Clark
Advertising-L M. Bosworth
Program-Parley Sheldon.
Grounds and neutrality-suspicious.
Thompson. A. S. Liddle, A, H. Buck
and G. D. Knight.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-23
Injured BY Pitchfork.

Iowa City, Aug. 2O.--While pitching
sheaves into self-feeder threshcr al
the Buhr home west of Oxford, August
Minormen was terribly hurt Mr.
Karsten was throwing in from one side
and the boy from the other. Mr.. Kar
stems fork was suddenly caught and
the middle tine of the fork struck Au
gust Minormen in the tLroet, passing
directly through. The boy was at once
brought to Oxford where he was put
b charge Of DR.. Peters and rr. Ioty.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-23
SEYMOUR.

w. b. Perkins. Taylor Ammons Jas.
Hickerson and Irwin Cain went to
Centerville to hear ". J. Bryan speak
at chautauqua.
w. l.. Livingston of Corydon was
in this city yesterday on business.
Mrs. Tess Barirckman Of Kentucky
is visiting relatives in this city.
Mrs Nora Powers of Coatsville.
Mo, returned home after visit with
relatives here.
r. \. Davis of Unionville, Mo, is in
this city this week.
F. r. Fry, republican candidate for
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-23

representative was in this city Wed
neSday. Uy
Chas. Adcock Of west of town died
! Tuesday evening. lie was about 5!
years Of age.
J. J. Jackley of Pierre, S. D., was in
this city the first of the week visiting
ibis brother A. M. Jackley.
Miss Eva Armstrong Of Fl Madison
is visiting relatives In this city this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. C. Benson are Wis
iting Seymour friends this week:
Miss Emma Miller of Sewal is visit
Ing friends in this city this week.
K. F. Broadhent and son S. w. and
daughter Alice .ef MeLouth Kan, are
visiting with B. e. Noel and family
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Matkin left
Tuesday for an extended visit in
Seattle, Tacoma and othe: points In
the Pacific coast country. They will
visit his daughter; Afrs: A. w: Erwin
of Catlin, W"si,:
Mrs. Jennie Lawson Clark, repub-
lfcaf1 candidate for superintendent Of
schools, and he; father Of Ccrydon,
were In this city yesterday:
Mrs Lena Barrickman Is visiting
relatives III Brookfeld, Mo-, this
week.
Mark West of Burlington Is visiting
his parents, FIR: and West Chas West
this week: .. ...
VIM. Bowie of Cincinnati Is visiting
his daughter, Mrs. Harry Evans this
week. .., @
Miss Louise Scott of Chillicothe. Mo-,
is visiting hir sister, Mrs r. r.
Thomas this week.
Mrs julius Fromm and daughters,
Louise and Manila, of Darbyville, are
visiting relatives in this city.
Mrs. Maria Pendergast of Jerome is
her sister, Mrs. A. E. Fender
CAST this week.
Mrs George Watts is visiting rel
atives in Trenton this week.
Miss Grace Shirley left the first of
Colorado Springs.
3. F.' Jared Of Corydon visited
friends in this city yesterday.
j. f. Rowe, John Handlin and M.
left for Montana Tuesday
to look over the country. -
Miss Emza Scott of Fairfield is Wis
ting with her sister, Mrs. E. F. Hibbs. |
md friends In this city.
Mrs L. Hockett of Dobey Springs,
OKLA. who has been whiting relatives
n this vicinity, went to Sewal Tues
lay.
The small son Of L. L. Davis, while
idlng his tri cycla recently, WIS
'un down by a. team on the corner of
Fourth and Lee streets. The back
Wheel Of the buggy passed over the
'oy's back, but he is not thought to be
eriously hurt. although the full ex-
ent Of his injuries cannot as yet be
scertajned.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-23
PROVES ALFALFA GROWS IN IOWA
p. n. Brown Harvests Third Crop This
Season From Seed Planted Six
Years A 90

Des Moines, Aug. 20.-Despite the
theory that alfalfa will not grow in
Iowa P. Brown of S45 Ninth street has
proved that it will and does.
Six years ago Mr.. Brown bought
some alfalfa seed in California and
sowed it at his home Every year
since then he has harvested from one
to three crops without replanting. This
year, the first growth was nipped by
the late frost. But despite the claim
that alfalfa freezes out in Iowa Mr..
Browns crop was not hurt when the
alfalfa had reached the height of three
feet he cut. The third growth is now
foot high and still growing.
Mr.. Brown did not inoculate his
ground with soil from an alfalfa field
as is advised but simply planted the
seed and let nature take her course.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-23
Rothert Again Head Of Blind School,

Rothert Again Head Of Blind School.
Des Moines, Aug, 2O-Henry w.
Rothert will continue to be superinetn.
dent Of the school for the deaf at
Council Bluffs
He was reappointed yesterday by
the board of control for the term
which commences in October.
Mr.. Rothert has been at tn, head
Of t. school for many years, having
been selected for the place by the old
board when he was member of the
state senate.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-23

Tillman of Sigourney, were in Keota
Sunday.
Mrs. O'Brien and her niece Mrs
Dunn entertained the Embroidery club
Wednesday.
Mrs. Dunn of WILLIAMSBURG, Mrs
Will Reid of Texas and Mrs. Harris
of Williamsburg are visiting at the
O'Brien home.
Mrs. and Mrs. John Kurtz started
for Kansas Friday evening.
Margaret Kurtz, who has been visit
ing in the country. has returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlton and Emma
Grjgs attended Chautauqua in Wash
ington Wednesday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-23

Grandpa Stoutner is visiting in Cal
ifornia
Chautauaua will be held here mex,
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wirick of Cedar Bluffs
Kan. ars visiting at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Moore.
Mrs. Mcfarland is camping at
Washington this week
Mr. A. M. Miller and sister Eliza :
beth and Henry Bankey and Gertrude
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-23

day morning for their new home in
De Soto, Ia. They will stop however at
West Grove and Moulton and visit rel
atves before going on to De Soto where
Mr. Lawson will take charge Of the
schools at that place.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-23
DR.. BANN|STER
LAUOS 0AKDALE
|OTTUMWAN SAYS STATE TUBER.
CULOSES SANiTARlUM IN Elk
CELLENT CONDITION..

Des Moines, Aug. 20"There are
105 patients in the state tuberculosis
sanitarium at Oakdale, near Iowa
City said DR.. Murdoch Bannister of
the state board of control this morn
ing. Dr. Bannister has just returned
from trip tC independence and Oak
dale. Il found everything at the
white plague colony in excellent con-
dition. The capacity of the hospital
is 10 now, as the new cottages
were completed the last Of June"
DR.. Bannister stated that DR.. Clar-
ence Van Epps of the University Of
Iowa college Of medicine is acting
superintendent in the absence of DR..
II. E. A>irschner, VINO is taking four
months trip abroad, arriving home
October, /.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-23
Program i'm Detail

Hooking VS.. tiiteman.
IL m.-DiNNER. Band Con-
concerts by 54th Regiment
Band Of OttumWa, Hiteman,
Abba, Buxton. Hooking, etc.
1880 p. n.-Vocal Music.
2:3O p. m.-PubIic Addresses.
$3.50 to q .. m.-Bali Game
Hooking VS.. Ward.
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-02-11
2Ep Zz7ZI E>zLEIIzIEE

sages hidden in it's depths
 Transformation pictures consisting of crude draw ings in ink at best or less artistic render ing water color preceded by many years the trans formation valentines that introduced by the Germans, the manufactured valentine became established institution In these old valentines of the before and afer' order favorite subject that of bachelor sitting disconsoate and alone in his cheerIess home Upon lifting flap of cardboard there disclosed by way of contrast the happiness and contentment that might be his in home pre- sided by devoted wife
 One of the valentines of this class in the Baer collection seems at first glance nothing than a commonplace representation of the exterior of a church. but shifting of scene displays the inte- rior of the church with the bride groom man. maid of honor and other attendants The part of the scheme is that the young ady-her name was Flora who sent this keepsake century ago went to the trouble to duly label each person represented entrancing that the recipient presumably had advance information all the details of his own we'd ding.
 Some idea of the extent which the custom of ex- changing valentines carried is indicated by the great number of different designs shown Baer col lection above mentioned After 1880 the practice of preparing valentines at first hand have gone rapidly into decay and the valentine writers" bears date of the year mentioned Following this the manufactured valentines increased rapidly and pretensons. From the lace paper confections which were a gradual evoution-and which, by the way have remained perenniay popular until the present time the development turned to the production silk and satin valentines beautifully water color
 glance through the gallery of old valentines gives clear and accurate idea of the various changes
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-02-11

reach the proper destination, but ap parently the senders of valentines either do not know that their tokens have failed to fulfill their mission or else accept the loss philosophically. For the imaginative person there is opportunity for speculation as to how many romances have been nipped in the early stages because of the valen- tines that never came. Finally, one more cause of the straying of valen- tines in the mail is found in the nu- merous attempts to send such souve- nlrS through the mails with insufIi- c1ent postage. Many little folks, for instance, seem to be under the i'm pression that valentine in a sealed envelope will be carried for one cent instead of two cents. If the envelope bears the address of the sender it can be returned for more postage, but, as above explained such clew Is seldom given in the case of valentines and when the valentine is forwarded to its destination postage due" the per son to whom it is addressed-p suspecting it's contents-often refuses to receive it and then, of necessity. it Is turned over to the dead letter office.
 The dead letter office, the final rest ing place of the unidentified valen- tines, is very busy institution. Some thing like seven million pieces of lost mail are every year sent to this insti. tuition to be examined and it's experts or blind readers" are wonderfully skillful in deciphering the true mean ing of incorrect and misspelled in- scriptions that would prove absolutely baliiing to any ordinary individual. At the dead letter office Uncle Sam main tains perhaps the oldest museum in the world-a collection of the queer things that have been found in the malls. Much money is found in the letters that go astray. It totals as much as $50,O00 a year in coin and currency, to say nothing of an aggre. gate of about million dollars a year In checks, drafts and currency.
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-02-11
NOT WHAT HE HAD PICTIlp|
Athletic Girl Hardly the Dome, Jewel That Fond Fancy
 Had Pictured.

Not long ago man married m lletic girl, thinking how fine if NY, be to have wife who would he . to wait on herself and build the fl if necessary, and keep the dust mon on the jump without bringing an acute attack of nervous nroo, tion. Said he to himself: "A girl n swims and rows and plays a ratn good game of tennis, not to sDeak her fondness for walking and drivi is sure to be domestic jewel if happen to be without a servant can keep the household machinI humming." Somebody must have \ that girl she was marrying a man N, money. Anyhow, she hasn't been al to dress herself without the assista1 of maid, and the only time she ever had the broom in her hands one day when she picked it up to the cat with. If she'd clean house as much as half an hour she'd hava go away to some fashionable spris to recuperate. And yet, to look at \ you wouldn't think she was so al cate-EXchange
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-02-11

ed, however, in the Valentine day mail. Either the identity of the sender is kept profound secret or is indicated only by tiny initials, which are of no possible benefit in tracing the origin of the missive. Consequently there is nothing for the dead letter officials to do but to either destroy these dere- licts of the Valentine day mails, or, if they be deemed of sufficient value, to set them aside to be disposed of at the annual auction sale at which Uncle Sam sells to the highest bid ders all the unclaimed articles found in the mails
 Incidentally it may be noted that it is very seldom that any person ever writes to the postoffice department to inquire regarding valentines that have gone astray. Many people make in- quiries from time to time with refer ence to packages which have failed to
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-02-11

that accumulate in all of our post offices at the valentine festival In innumerable instances youngsters send particularly the com ic variety-to persons whose initials they do not know and regarding even the spelling of whose names they are in ignorance. Similarly there is often a woeful lack of detail in the ad- dresses embodied in these hay in- scriptions All these irregularities make for difficulty in delivering the mail on St. Valentines day. Some of the bafling products of the instinct of mischief the letter carriers or local postoffice officials are able to decipher and deliver to their proper destina- tons, but many of these mysterious souvenirs must needs be sent to the
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-02-11
The Cows of Muscof

Muscat is famed as the hotbed of smugglers in the Persian gulf, the nearby desert tribes being regularly supplied with arms despite the efforts Of the British patrol. But to the writer reared on Missouri farm the odd antics of the cows of Muscat seemed nothing short of freakish
 They actually eat fish. No grass grows, so the willy Arab teaches his family COW to subsist on dates and dried fish The milk tastes queer to
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-02-11
Teamster's Punishment Earned

Apparently it pays not to be CT to horses out in Chicago. A teams who admitted abandoning his hor for six hours on a recent stormy was fined $50 by a magistrate. humane society prosecuted the c vigorously and promised to report matter to the drivers employers. sumably he will lose his job, as was unable to pay the fine and have to serve a jail term.
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-02-11

foreigner which is probably why the Arab likes it. He also claims if IS rlcner and makes more butter, but most ridiculous of all is the deception practlced on cows when the calves are "Weaned." A calfskin. or some tlmes goatshin, is stuffed with rags ana ted not far from where the moth. CT COW is anchored. This effigy of her late amented offspring soothes her nerves and keeps her from going dry" according to Arabic tradition
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-02-11

class and Meredith did not like the accommodation.
 Why don't you go first, sir, and let me go third?" the servant asked.
 No" said Meredith, "Td rather have your company than travel first class alone"
 Sometimes" MT. Cole said when I worked for him first, he would write all or nothing. He never seemed to care about his own comfort. He used to sleep at first all the year round ip the little chalet near his house, and he would get out of bed every morn
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-02-11

slzv-bue rose with pink leaves-isn't it artistic?
 And you'ye seen those that just of pen dants all busly pending from twisted and tasseed silk cord haven't you? Great! On the top card whct is shaped like scalloped pancake, is painted beau ful little girl with the scarlet dab that had been for her lips striking her the end of the chin and with golden hair that has blue high lights
 On the next pendant (which is square hangs about inches below the other) is a picture al Oklahoma landscape with the pyramids of Egypt Dutch windmill in the distance
 The just below is a cut-out figure of Queen Maria Teresa the Venus Medici Katherine de Milo Mrs Maybrick some early Christian martyr
 Still below hangs twoinch heart of red, with cupids 1t, and below that continues string of ones
 So, when it gets right down cases and to the kind of evidence that would be accepted in a competent court of law where nobody corrupted which are the comic valentines?
 Don't all speak at once.-Strickland w. Gillian
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-02-11

dead letter office at Washington-the ultimate destination of all the waifs of the mails.
 Even in this final clearing house for lost letters, the unique characteristics of the Valentine day mail prove handicap ill it's disposition. Articles sent through the mail at other sea sons of the year usually contain some indication as to the identity of the
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-02-11

ing to let me in until I suggested that he would save himself from catching cold, if he gave me a key His only luxuries were good wine and good ci- gars, and he was a splendid judge of both. Every now and then he would have bit of luck and get hold of some extra precious wine, and this al ways delighted m."-London Corre- spondence of Denver Republican.
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-02-11
The Caoev Bachelor

The woman who wanted the bs elor to come to dinner called him at his rooms.
 Hello" she said, adding in the tating way of women, do you kl who this is?"
 The tactful bachelor didn't, but was too diplomatic to admit it.
 Hello, beautiful lady, he made SWer.
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-02-11


 tines in America and indeed the most notable private or public collection the kind in the world is the ertv of MT Frank House Baer a well1nown resident of the state Ohio and prominent railroad official MT Baer who has the to indulge his unique fad, has covered all quarters the globe in his search This specimens in his gallery and many of his prizes have cost him pretty penny
 Antedang all forms of manufactured valentines were the valentine writers"-books of specially prepared verses and sentiments designed for the of swains and maidens of a century and half ago, who must needs prepare their valentines These first aids to the sentimenaly inclined that have been preserved in the Baer collection have such suggestive titles The Bower of Cupid "The School of Love-" "The Ladies Polite Valentine Writer" "The Satriea Valentine Writ CT" and sRhapsodies for Gentlemen Who Wish to Ad- dress Ladies in SOnnets."
 The anG,fY valuable valentines in existence those in the BaeF collection believed to be the only ones of the kind exant-are the cut paper valen- tines These are carefully folded and decaely cut with saw-tooth edges the average love token of this kind being so arranged that its unfolding discoses tinuous succession of penned sentiments One of these cut paper valentines, bearing the date 790 is formed from sheet of paper about the size of ady's hand kerchief folded squares of about four inches It was originally sealed with the representation of heart
 Particularly quaint conceits in the line of od-time valentines found in this collection those which rep resent in each instance either single flower elus- ter of gay posies fashioned from tissue paper somewhat on the order of modern artificial flowers However, these ancient counterfeit slit into lattice like meshes the pulling of attached thread will cause each flower to unfold disclosing sentimental mes
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-02-11
e v e

sender if such information has not been given on the outside wrapper
 Thus when the wandering parcel final ly reaches the dead letter office and is opened there, there is every chance if it's proper destination cannot be de- termined, at least the identity of the sender can be learned and the postal orphan sent back for better address ing. No such clews are to be expect
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-02-11
In Rad Shane

The Missus-Jim, you've been dr ing again!
 The Mister-Mabel, m dear, I not tell a lie-I-
 The Missus-Goodness, Then must be worse than 1 thought. Gt bed in the other room. sssk h,
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-02-11
Faithful Companion of Meredith Great English Author, in
 Reminiscent Mood.

III a flower-deeked cottage in the village of West Humble lives the man who for 30 years was the faithful servant and devoted friend of Mere dith. A mile away at the foot of Box Hill is the house in which the poet and novelist lived for large part of
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-02-11
BOTH FRIEND AND SERVANT

his placid beautiful life. Frank Cole
 was much more than Meredith's gar dener; he was his body servant and
 general handy man, and in the poets later years took him for his daily air lngs. First MT Cole supported his master with his arm, then came a bathchair period and finally donkey chaise. He also accompanied the master" on the latter's infrequent journeys. They always travelled third
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-02-11

which have taken place fashions during the past cen tury and half pertaining the costumes of both and women. The distinctive styles of the periods of 1850 and the civil shown well Her epochs Especially significant regard an old valentine bearing date of S05 in which lad is shown bidding sad farewell his sweetheart The costume of the tar is interesting as exemplifyng the togs by naval early in the history of the republic.