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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-03-12
MY BIRTHDAY PARTY.

My birthday is March the tenth.
am eleven years old and mamma is
going to give me birthday party.
Mamma has invited fifteen of my
friends and is going to invite some
more. She is going to make me a
nice cake and lots of other nice things.
She is going to get me new dress
and ring. ,5., ss, - $50 ~ Is, !
Mamma is going to have my dinner
at / o'clock and is going to set the
cake in the center of the table with
two candles on each side of it.
I am glad Lois Griffin is able to
walk some now and get around to see
things. She has been in bed SO long
things will look new to her.
| will close.
Your Junior friend.
Iva Webb,
Cantril, Iowa
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-03-12
Rainy Days
At The Farm

When go out to Grandpa's farm
To spend vacation-time,
like to have blue skies, of course
With birds and bees to chime;
But still, in spite of Mary Jane,
Who hates it, better | like rain.
You can't go fishing in the creek,
Or driving to the mill;
Nor riding on a load of hay. ..., ~
Nor berrying on the mill:
But in the barn there's lots Of fun
From early morn till day is done.
For all the neighbors' boys come in,
And stay about to play; ..
We climb to find the swallaws' nest,
We tumble on the hay;
And Ezra, GrandpaS hired man,
Gets thru his work as soon s he can.
And, oh. the stories that he tells,
They make us fairly shout,
For Ezra'es been to war. you know,
., To sea, and all about:
He's had such wonderful escapes,
And got into so many ScrapeS!
Grandpa himself comes out to hear.
The farmers next door. too;
The tin-peddler puts up his team
And waits till they are thru;
Then Ezra brings his fiddle in,
And, tell you, he makes us spin.
SO when at morning | awake.
And. stead of sunlight bright,
Find rain-drops dripping from the
caves. ...
/ It is a joyous sight. s
I shout harrah-but you should zee
The look that Mary Jane gives me!
Little Folks.
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FLOYD A NEW JUNIOR.

Editor Courier
My papa takes the Tri-Weekly Cour.
Ter. like to read the letters, and
thought would write l have broth.
er two years old. l go to school every
day. I have missed anly three days
in the spring, fall and winter terms
My teachers name is Stella Arm.
strong. My studies are reading, writ
ing, arithmetic. language, geography
and spelling.
From Floyd Harshman, age 9,
R. F. D. No. 1,
Libertyville, Iowa
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and the woman gave laugh and says
Are :'ou Miss Carrier mo,
| am Miss Cook" it saws. will you
tell Miss Carrie that l am very sorry
that | can't come to her party. | will
explain more fully later
you Deed not explain fully later.
Miss Carrie don't care at all that you
can't come. There are lots of other
ladies coming Then the lady laugh
ed and didn't say any more and the,
old lady didn't say any more either.
She only hung I'D the receiver.
Vcda Robson, age 10,
r. F d. No 2, Birmingham, la.
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farm joining us, about a week ago.
One of my other brothers, Roy, is at
Los Angeles, Cal. and we are expect
ing him home some time this month.
Now | will tell you about the re-
vival meetings which have just closed
at the Harrisburg church oen mile
north of here. Rev. Fred Berry, the
state evangelist was holding the meet
ings. He was certainly fine. On We'd
nesday afternoon of last week there
were thirteen baptized and my brother
Ray was one of them.
Lucy Morrison, age II,
r. f. D BonaDarte, Iowa.
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! think so because mamma and papa
have both made confession and given
their hearts to God, that He might
help them to live better and truer
life and put their trust in Him, and |
believe that the neighborhood has
helped to bring them to starting
point that they might be ever faithful
and make 2 clear road for my little.
sister, Jessie, and |. SO will bring
my story to close. hoping it will
start some other poor sinner on the
right road, no that they may live a
happier life. ....
Yours truly.
Ruby Hart. age 9,
Box so. R. F. d. No. 6,
Hedrick, Iowa
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A TELEPHONE STORY.

There was an old lady, one time
that answered the telephone when the
maid, Miss Carrie, had gone. She took
down the receiver and blew in it.
She said she couldn't near anything,
so she blew in it again with all her
breath. She said to herself You old
silly lady, don't you know how Miss
Carrie puts the receiver up to her
carr" So the old lady put it to her
ear and the telephone says. hello y
and she says hello and the teie-
phone says ARE you 475?' She says,
mo. I am 150.''
Pretty soon the telephone rang
again and says, Are you AIS Il
told you | only weighed $50 pounds
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At SCHOOL,.

Dear Juniors
| thought / would write you few
lines. as ] have never written before.
7 go to the Jefferson school. My
teachers name is Miss Rozzetta Kline.
7 think she is nice | study history,
language, music, geography, arithme-
tic, Cyr reader, book five. My best
playmates are Faye Chisman, Eva
Fisher, and Cleora Bales. They are
very nice There are Al children in
my room There are two too many
for the number Of seats. am in the
A class, grade 20, quarter 1. Another
schoolmate Is Thelma E. Peppers
Yours truly,
Lucy Elizabeth Ninemires, age 10
Ottumwa. Iowa.
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"OUR NElGHBORHOOD."

Dear Junior.
Our neighborhood is small, quiet
place.
1t is quite an old place and was at one
time owned by Mr.. Chisholm, but lat
er bought by the Whitebreast Coal Co.
The mines were run here for quite a
while, but finally played out and now
there is nothing to Chisholm but few
houses. l can look back and see
nothing but happy time Chisholm
is one and one-half miles from Lock.
man, Iowa. mining town on the Iowa
Central railroad. and it is seven miles
from Abba, Iowa.
I will close.
.... Maud Squire
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kENNETH'S FIRST AUTO RIDE.

Dear Editor
I will tell you about my first auto
mobile ride. Father and mother and
were visiting in Kansas a year age
last fall. We were visiting my uncle
and one evening / was out walking
around when looked down the road
about mile, saw an auto coming.
ran down to the cross roads. The auto
came up towards my uncle's house
waved my hat and it stopped, and
got in and it drove up just below my
uncle's house and got out, and that
my first auto ride.
Yours truly,
Kenneth Pottorff, age II,
Rural Route No. /,
Moulton, Iowa
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20 when the day came the Jackdaw
thought sure he would be king
They thought that the Jackdaw was
the prettiest bird, but when the birds
told what he had done he wasn't king.
All the birds were glad when they
said that the Jackdaw shouldn't be
king. So the Jackdaw was nothing
but Jackdaw, and he has never stuck
feathers into his body anymore.
| remain your friend,
Ella Mccoy, age 10,
r. F. D. No. 2, Box 10,
Blakesburg, Iowa. -
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MAx's PONY is NAMED FANNY

Dear Editor
AS have not written to the Junior
for some time, thought would write
to you My papa takes the Tri-Weekly
Courier
like the Junior page. l have a
pony Her name is Fanny. She is a
dandy. .. ......
| have dog; his name is Shep. He
is Scotch collie. l have two kittens.
l go to school. My teachers name is
Miss Kate Dean. Our school will
soon be out-in one more week.
Well, as my letter is getting long,
| will close.
Max Mccoy, age 9,
R. F. D. No. 2, Box 49,,
Blakesburg, Iowa.
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SEVEN RULES FOR THE JUNIORS,

/. Use one side of the paper only.
2. Write neatly and legilbly, using
ink or sharp lead pencil.
8. Number your pages.
A. At the bottom of the last page
write your name, age and address.
6. Always state choice of prize on
a separate piece of paper, with name
and address in full.
1 Z. Address the envelope to Editoc
Courier Junior, Ottumwa, Iowa.
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OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

Dear Junior
We have been having grand revival
meeting at the Friends church for a
week. We haven't been having very
large crowds on account of the roads
being so muddy. But the neighbors
have been taking great interest. Mr..
and Mrs. Gregson are conducting the
services Mrs Gregson is a fine sim
ger and Mr.. Gregson is a dna mi,iat.Ar
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WANT oooo LETTERS.

We especially want to have good
letters We will give surprise prize
at the end Of March to the Junior who
writes the best letter, as we'll as send
Eagter>.cards whenever their stories or
letters appear.
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THE BLUE JAYS PROCLAMATION.

Dear Editor
Once the Blue-jay sent out procla-
nation to all the birds to be at GER
tain place, so the Iackdaw found some
of the feathers Of his companions and
stuck them in all parts Of his body.
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SPECIAL SUBJECTS.

What think Of the ''Guess Who
contest.
The Courier's Special edition.
[Short stories Goo words) on the
above subjects will entitle the win
ners to special prizes,-Ed.l
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-03-12

were all sick at one time but seven.
and one of them was Miles Standish,
their leader. There were only fifty.
one out of one hundred alive when
spring came They had to cut down
the trees and build their houses They
built log cabins. The Indians were
very friendly to them when they first
came but they soon became trouble
some
Wessie Fulton, age 10,
Route 7, Charlton, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-03-12
The Courier Junior
Published by
TttEzscotaRtET. PRINTING CO..
oTTuNgAAeA, IOWA. .
MATHDA pENf REAUx.
EDITOR.
GUESS WHO

Dear :1uniors: We feel that all our
big family will be very proud to see
The Courier Junior in the special edl-
eionstoda. In planning for new con-
test we thought It would be nice to
use the pictures of some Of the Jun
lors who were the first born con-
iribattors to this paper, as the illus
tEated subjects for contest entitled
"Guess Who The Juniors writing in
this contest must tell us the names OF
the Juniors whose dear faces you see
today. However, if you feel that you
cannot call them by name, write q
story anyway, making up names as
you go along. We think this will be
very interesting contest. We want
your stories to come within the $50
word limit. This contest will close
Tuesday, March %. The prize will be
q surprise prize, and beautiful one
Use the numbers under each picture
as the Identification mark. H
"Our Neighbors."
We have some very interesting work
today in the above contest. The
indees awarded the Driz(s to jose
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LENA LIKES HER TEACHER AND
PLAYMATES.
Dear Editor,

Dear Editor
go to school every day. like to GO
to school. I like my teacher and my
playmates. too. I am in the third read
er. like to play. like to ride.
l have three little brothers.
My teachers name is Matte Wilson
Yours truly,
j.. Leona Davis, age g.
Rural Route No. 1.
Batavia, Iowa.
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"Our Neighb ors."

We have some very interesting work
today in the above contest. The
Judges awarded the prize to Jose
phine Norton.
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oTTuMwA-MAUDE skIRvIN.

We take the Tri-Weekly Courier.
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All letters for this department must
be addressed, Ea
Courier Junior"
"Ottumwa, Iowa."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-03-12

All letters for this department must
be addressed,
"courier Junior"
"Ottumwa, Iowa."
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-10-06

InterIsland anG q. II. & w. Shipping
bo"is f1r sale at the Rulletin
Jllce. SOC each
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Of
FERRAJI TO HELP
Continued from Page -

swer. They are your sons?" in
qWred Brown. yes" answered
Ferraji, but Brown did not press his
advantage.
After this testimony as to age was
given, the judge was asksd to rule
on the proposition that Joe Ferraji
Is under age and, as su h, IAN not
be held in custody in cell or pri9.
on. But there are three charges of
felony against this young man." said
Judge Andrade, "and his age, even
IL he is under eighteen, does no.
Save him.
Upon being pressed for decision
on the matter. the Judge reserved
his decision until TOMORROW. The
other eases against Ferrail for high
way robbery were sent over till Dc /
tCber ~. Chillingworth spoke of
getting. out writ of habeas corpus
In order to get Fcrraj out of Jail.
II developed in the cOurse of the
argument this morning that Joe
Ferraji got married without his
mothers knowledge, and that the
fiyst information the family got OF
his turning benedict was when he
was reen going to church with a
girl.
Chillingworth and Brown had a
scrap ever the juvenile law, and the
latter insinuatcd that Chillingworth
was the sponsor In the Legislature
of the bill, Ch!lllngworth denied
this, and then caused a smile by say
ing, Your Honor, this seems to he
question OF When Is juvenile
not n juvonllc?'
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-10-06

grew stronger, ana With three months
/ was q perfectly well woman.
81 want this letter mate public 10
show the benefit women may derive
from Lydia l.. pinkham's Vegetable
Compound."-- Mrs. JOIiNG q. MoLDAN,
2l15 Second St., North, Minneapolis,
MINI. b..
Thousands of unsolicited and gepu-
Inc testimonials like the above prove.
the efficiency of Lydia T.. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, which is made
exclusively from roots and herbs.
Women who suffer from those dis
tressing ills peculiar to their sex should
not lose sight of these facts or doubt
the ability of Lydia T.. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to restore their
health.
IfyOu want special advice write
to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass.
She will treat your le ttera as ri richly
confidential. For 20 years shO
has been helping sick women in
this way, free of charge. Don't
hesitate - write ut once.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-10-06
PLAYING FOR
FUN ISDEAR

Once more the willy Celestial gam
bier has been fined, Notwithstanding
the defense put up, which, as in
nearly all cases, is the same old
story of playing for fun"
The latest wooers of chan:e faced
Judge Andrade this morning and, al
though defended by Lorrin Andrews,
were found guilty and fined SIS each.
The gang was capture by McDuiIie
and party last Sunday. and It was
only by Disgusting themselves that
/, some of the detectives got anywhere
near to the gamblers.
An actor, who admitted playing
paikau, was a witness this morn
ing, but he discounted his admission
by saying that the bunch were play
Ing for love.
Prosecutor Brown proved his case,
and after Andrews had made fine
appeal for his clients, and had stat
ed that 1t was a custom for Chinese
to visit one another on Sundays, and
that 1t was very natural for them to
all meet under spreading mango
tree and play game for fun, Judge
Andrade simply picked up his pen
and remarked, Eight dollars and
costs" An appeal was noted by An
drews and the bond fixed at $l5 In
each case,
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APAALEASES
Still IN AIR
Land Board Finds Moro Time
to Get Hold of Facts Is
Necessary.

Lack of Information IA to the re-
| sources and possibilities of the Kappa
| lands caused the land board yester-
day TO adjourn after discussing the
leases for a long time aud with no
signs of reaching any conclusion in
the matter, except for the transact
ton of IA little routine business and
the discovery that u few lessons, cor
rcspondcnce aud otherwise, on the
Kapaa matter are desirable, the com
misslOncrs did not accomplish much
Commissioner Trent declared him
self ready to vote, but he refused TO
start anything that would bring tic
subject definitely before the Board.
asserting that he had been made the
goat long enough None of the other
commissioners iclt like making mo.
ton, so adjournment was taken until
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Some small lots in the kapaa dis
trict were purchased by Philip Con-
trades through his attorney, NJ. T..
Prosscr, and protest received from
Wahiawa residents against the sale
of a piece OF gulch land was favor
ably received. The residents wanted
the land reserved for park purposes,
and tie Board decided to reject the
application of Hugh Gaibraith for the
purchase of the land.
Superintendent Campbell brought
the kapaa leases before the Board by
producing the report Of the apprais-
ers, and the application OF the Makee
Sugar Company for 1890 acres of Land
and 100000 gallons of water, for
which the sugar company offers an
annual rental OF $1,000. II was over
the matter OF the amount of water
necessary to irrigate the land that the
commissioners found wide differences
of opinion, as well as over the word
ing of the lease in this respect
Superintendent Campbell in the
course of his remarks said that he
doesn't consider the Kapaa as more
than ordinarily good cane-land. The
Board found so many things to con
slider about which the members have
no definite knowledge that further
time for study and enlightenment waJ
| regarded as imperative.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-10-06
SKULL OF FRESHMAN
HARDER THAN STEEL

CHICAGO. Sept $. - Stephen A..
Kelly did not know that he had a
skull harder than steel helmets until
ho attempted to fire a 3Sciliber bullet
through il the other night. aud found
thar the lead merely nattened out like
q, putty bullet. Kelly was tired of liv-
ing and he believed that 3Scaliber
bullet fired into his head would re-
lieve his anxiety. He obtained a pis-
tol with long barrel-ya. weapon that
Is supposed to give bullet n itremen'
dous velocity, He placed the mnzzlo
against the side of his head Shut bis
eyes AMI pulled the trigger.
But nothing especial happened The
lo1l struck the Uranium squarely
knocking Kelly down by the force OF
tho blow. When the police arrived
they found Kelly sitting on the floor
calmly attempting to eNtract the Hat
tened bit of lead with his fingers, Kel
ly was taken TO a hospital, where the
bullet was removed. He will recover
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-10-06

KINGST. SOON
CONTINUED from Pege u

hand. The Fort Shafter extension, he
says, Is still in the problomatical
stage.
Contemplated improvements will
not digarTange the schedule To any
extent nor cause shutdown OF the
King street line. At ,he transit COM
rany'c power plant lot OF new ma
which will be called into u5o when
additional 'rackage calls for addi-
tional power
{. o. (. g, g. (. . o 9 @ {. g @ I. .
hours later the body was brought to
the surface.
Grant AMI his companion had dis
peel # ;hiir burden as If IL had
been the body of an animal. The blan
let incasing It was of cheap material
ana tao body was thrown In the hole
face downward, without regard tc
posliiuH When found, the limbs
wore crampci and the half-sawed ex'
ticmiticS jlMmed in at angles, much
IN The Same position as they had
been in, the trunk.
The ease IL now in full swing IN
thr courts, with witnesses being
brought from all parts of the coun
try. DR.. Grant's nurses are making
all kinds OF damaging statements
against hin--in fact, directly charS
inr him with the ',rime-but the
f1ctcr positlvely refuses to say
wcrd either for or against himself
William Snack, the do tors as
slstant, who helped the doctor dis
ncac OF the body, has been located
IL Is said, and Will be brought tC
SAN Francisco It is expected that
his testimony will come pretty close
10 putting n rope around the doc
tors neck
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one of those witnesses ana Is said ia
have diEclCgod much OF sensational
plturc NJ, Linn Bruce, chief counsel
for the committc, Is probing the
charges with vim and promises to
~ to tho very bottom of the charges
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HARTMAN
INTERESTS
tCon,inned from Pave y


and here Is where Senator lIughCj
believes tbs Gould ownerahip aud cNn.
troll ut the We tern Poetic wou'd -"
In evidence Manlf ~ I the H1r"!.
man interests controlled the Western
Pacific the sItultlon would be tau
slcd one, for the Hartman controlled
Pacific Mail line would no., ii rs
thought, be subjected TO rate war
with tho 7. X. X. company
From my knowledge Of the sltur-
were closely connected with the road s.,
should say that lialTimaD's intcre 4
Is not Il controlling one" says $ major
Hughes His loan to the Goulds was
about six million dollars, which Is bu,
n small percentage of tho investment
in the Western Pacific. which cost
fifty pr seventy million dollars.
AT the time Hartman made this
loan, II was said b. some thpt II was
his pe rsonal inves mcnt but others de-
clared II was not. However. II Is
pretty well understood that Hartman
helped out the Goulds when they
needed the MONEY, because although
perhaps no love was lost between
them, Hartman saw chance by help.
ing Gould to hit some he loved even
less. At any rate, II Is believed In
financial circles that the Hartman in
terests in the Western Pacific are too
a
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-10-06

YK-"For Rent" cards on sale at
the Bulletin office,
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Made Their Own Cement.

Made Their Own Cement.
In the cellar, In the dead of night,
they made their own cement. When
all was done they remained In. the
cottage, giving the cement time to
settle. Then they packed their be-
longlngs and left. The doctor went
calmly bal k to his work and his pa
tients. Willie Sack, the boy vino
had aided him, did not go back with
the dostor.
They left the cottage, with its
dead, behind them, but although they
did not leave hurriedly, they left be
hind them the blood stained trunk In
which they had packed the body OF
, the dead girl. Weeks afterward this
/ was found by new tenant of the
cottage. She told the police; they
were told also by her of strange
odOrs in the basement.
They came and Investigated and
dug holes In the yard, but did not
disturb the basement. The trunk. In
which were still strands of the dead
girls hair, was sent to the city
chemist for analysis.
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21S5 editorial rooms 2256
business Oiilcc. These are the tcle.
phone numbers Of the Bulletin.