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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-05
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

Mrs. A. E. Graves, 813 North Fifth
street, will depart Sunday morning
for her winter home in Calpon. Miss.
Mrs. C. W. Waite. 40 West Fifth
street has gone to Colfax Springs for
a weeks stay.
Mrs. Mary Pilking has returned to
her home in Moravia after short visit
with friends here.
! Mrs. W. r. Adams and daughter Miss
Vivian of Centerville have returned
home after short visit with rela-
tives in Ottumwa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Harris of Athol,
is. D.. are visiting with relatives in
Ottumwa.
Miss Emma Virginia Prussia of
Cedar Rapids has returned home after
visiting with friends and relatives in
and near Ottumwa.
Mrs. Guy Grooms and little daugh.
ter Dorothy, formerly of 81 Birch
street, have gone to Des Moines. where
they will make their future home Mr..
Grooms has already located there.
Mrs. c. F. Bryant of Indianola has
returned home after visiting relatives
here.
Mrs. l.. W. Roth, 1907 North Wa
pello street, has gone to Excelsior
Springs, Mo, for her health.
Mrs. G. NJ WEIGH has returned to
her home in Kirkville after a short
visit with friends in Ottumwa.
NJ IJo1 - ~,,:~
turned home after visiting with friends
here for several days.
| Mrs. S. E. Humble Of Batavia has
gone to Eldon after a few days visit
with friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs John S.. Moore of Keo-
kuk have returned home after visiting
with friends in Ottumwa since last
Tuesday.
Mrs. Edward Johnson. of Dudley has
returned home after visiting with rela-
tives in Ottumwa for several days.
Miss Fay Veeder, 3O5 Lyndel street,
is making short visit with relatives
in New Windsor.
Mrs. c. E. Lehman of st. Joseph,
Mo, has gone to Rock Island, ILL.,, after
a short visit here on business.
Miss Anna Seaburg has returned to
her home in Dudley after a week S
visit in OttumWa.
Mrs A. Giles, ia South Schuyler
street returned Thursday from an
overland trip at various points in
northern Missouri
Miss Lois King, 125 North Sheridan
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-05

this afternoon. He is the sixth dis
trict candidate for presidential elector.
He predicts Iowa will go for Taft by
from $4,000 to 10000 plurality. and
that the sixth district will be the ban.
ner republican district in the state,
He says many of the substantial demo.
Gratis of the sixth district are strong
for Taft. Mr.. Rominger predicts the
election of Milton McCord to congress.
Mr.. Rominger favors Governor Herbert
E. Hadley of Missouri for vice presi.
dental candidate.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-05
FORMER IOWAN
KILLED IN West.
BROTHER OF J. e. AND Or. HULL
VICTIM OF FATAL ACCIDENT
IN DENVER.

Pinned beneath casting machine
weighing 1900 pounds, which fell upon
him while he was assisting workmen
assigned to load 1t on fiat car, Geo.
Hull, aged IS, brother of j. e. Hull
and DR.. ]. A. Hull Of Ottumwa, who
was employed as shipping clerk for
the Denver Engineering Works, direct.
ed the efforts of the men to liberate
him from her perilous position late
Thursday afternoon in Denver. Mr..
and Mrs. J. e. Hull and DR.. J. A. Hull
left Friday afternoon for Denver.
The wonderful nerve of the injured
man Is evident when it is known that
every bone of his body was crushed,
but his head was uninjured and he re-
tanned consciousness for fifteen min.
utes. He was removed to Mercy hospi'
tai, where he died an hour later.
The accident occurred late Thurs.
day afternoon while the casting was
being loaded on car for shipment.
Mr.. Hull stepped beneath it to release
corner that had been caught against
the car, when the rope cable by
which it had been suspended, parted.
The men at work with him turned
away as the casting fell, believing that
he was instantly killed, and when
finding that he was not killed, they
replaced the cable with another,
which took fifteen minutes to adjust,
during which time the injured man
suffered untold agony until the weight
was removed from his body. He had
been in the employ of the company
for twenty-five years and Is survived
by his widow and three married chill
dren. He was native Of Wapello
county and resided for years near
Blakesburg before going west.
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STOCKPORT MAN, 90,
TRAVELS TO CAPITAL

Stockport, Nov. 4.-John Harlan OF
Stockport, Iowa, is the guest of his
grandson, Edgar R.. Harlan, curator OF
the state historical building. The
grandfather is wonderfully preserved
old gentleman Of 80 years and made
the trip from Stockport, which neces-
states change of cars, alone.
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LOUIS D. GUSTOS
KILLED IN YARDS

Valley Junction Nov. 4.--Louis p.
Gustos, twenty-one years of age, for
several years worker in the railroad
wards here was killed last night under
a fall Of coal. He was helping unload
gondola cars at the time. In some
manner the hinge bottom Of car be.
came loosened precipitating the load
upon his head He died almost IN
etant1V 81. ..... .ae
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long years he had confessed his
Master before men.
Good servant, great hero. gentle
friend. farewell. We, the pilgrims of
the night still lodging in tents, hail
thy secure abode where all shadows
are swallowed up Of day. Let the NOR
tai put on immortality! Thanks be to
God for every good fight ended, for
every victory won through pain. for
the captain of our salvation, guiding
by angel hands to where, beyond
these voices, there is peace!'"
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DRAIN TILE
For prices and information write
Morcy Clay Products Go
..- OTTUMVA, IOWA
Tri- Weekly Courier
CHANGING ADDRESSES.

Subscribers wishing their address
changed will please give the name of
the postoffice to which the paper has
been sent as we'll as the postoffice
where they desire it to be changed to.
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ROMINGER CLOSES
SPEAKING TOUR

Prairie City, Nov. 4.-EllsWorth
Rominger closed strenuous speaking
campaign in the sixth district here
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HARTLAND

The Guild entertainment, Thursday
evening was well attended and a good
program was presented. The play
given by Miss Frances Lancey, Miss
Freda Bowman, w. S. Guptill and Geo.
Moulton, was we'll presented and af-
forded much merriment. Miss Gladys
Moulton of Livermore Falls made a
charming picture as she gave The
Minuet' in costume and responded 10
two encores. A short sketch by Geo.
Mouton and his daughter was much
enjoyed. The moving pictures which
made up the remainder of the program
were we'll received as usual.
The officers of Corinthian Lodge, F.
& A. NJ, were installed Wednesday eve
ming by District Deputy Daniel Pack
ard of Exeter. The following officers
we're installed: Frank Farnum, w. M. !;
Fred Fuller, S. W; G. NJ. Lancey.
Treas; Percy Buttertield. Sec; Ed
ward Wright, J. w; Harry Smith, S.
D.; Leroy Harding, j. D.; Harry Cros-
sley, S. s.; Fred Palmer, J. s.; A. P.
Howes, Chaplain; Andrew Buck, T.;
Lewis Graves, NJ. A short program
followed: Reading, Miss Freda Bow
man; Song, Mrs. George Sturtevant;
Reading, Miss Knowles; Song, Mrs.
Sturtevant. A banquet was then ser
we'd and a social time followed.
Monday evening the pupils of the
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Teachers Certificates Without Writ.
ten Examination.

Among the recommendations which
State Superintendent Payson Smith
will make for legislation before the
coming season is that for bill which
will enable teachers to secure state
certificates upon their records In
higher educational institutions aud
upon their teaching records without
written examination. Under the pres
ent law it is possible for teacher to
secure a state certificate only by pass
ing a written examination. If thu
proposed measure should pass, in az
dition to the present method OF Sc
curing a certificate by examine ton.
it would be possible for a teacher 10
secure a state certificate upon pre-
sentation of satisfactory evidence OF
successful teaching experience or OF
scholastic qualifications as shown in
the records of the higher educational
institution attended by the candidate
The proposed bill will also maxi
provision for granting reciprocal Ger
ficates in recognition of state certi-
ficates granted by authority of other
states. Under the present law 1t is
impossible for Maine to enter into
the usual reciprocal relationships that
are made among the various states
There are now only four states which
do not make some provision for the
granting of all teachers certificates
by the State. In all four states efforts
are to be made before the next legis-
lative sessions for laws which will
place '1e granting of teachers Ger
tificates upon the same general basis
that is now approved by the great ma
jority of the states.
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WOMAN IS TREE CHOPPER
Does the Work of Man in Lumber
Camp in BackWoods of
Maine.

D. Woodbury. Bachelor of this city
engaged in the lumber business at
Damariscotta, Me-. has in his employ
a most remarkable woman as regards
strength and endurance. She is Mary
Gregory, wife of Frank Gregory, says
the Manchester correspondent of the
Boston Globe
She first entered the employ of Mr.
Bachelor to provide meals for the
fourteen men in the camp. This she
was able to do and have half day
left in which to engage in the wori
of the men, and asked permission Of
Mr. Bachelor to take her place will
the choppers.
Mr.. Bachelor gave his consent ant
was astonished to see her perform
She welded an ak and made a rec.
ord one day of chopping, splitting and
| piling three cords of wood, a task that
most men, hardened to the service of
the woods, are incapable Of equaling.
Mr.. Bachelor says:
She is the strongest woman / ever
saw. No sooner does she fell a tree
than she is on top of 1t. limbing it out,
and in every line of work she is the
equal Of the men in camp. She handles
a cross-cut saw with all the skill of
a man and not laborer In the camp
can surpass her in the amount of work
accomplished"
She Is thirty-five years old, weighs
about IT'S pounds, stands feet
inches, and is as quick as a fash. She
is fond Of sport and expert as a
wrestler. Mr.. Bachelor says he has
yet to see a man in camp who can
match her at wrestling. She is not
afraid to try conclusions with any OF
them. She has put every man who
has been willing to wrestle her on his
back. and yet is modest in speech and
manner, the mother OF seven children,
a native of Nova Scotia. and prior to
making her home in the Maine woods
lived in Massachusetts.
Her husband works in the woods
with her, but Is far from being her
equal In strength.
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Members of the Century Club hold
Mrs Bina Preble 1t is expected that
K. w. Moore will be present and give
some information upon the doings of
Congress.
Big Brown mare for sale in good
condition, already for the woods. One
hundred dollar buys her. A. s. Burke.
2w43
Mrs. J. j. Lander is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Louis Hopkins in Pitts
field, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Sawtelle and
Benz. Steward entertained at Thanks
giving, Mrs. J. Walker Mason and three
children of N. Waterford and Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniel Steward of Monson.
News was received on Monday night
that Mr. and Mrs. Vanderpool and their
son we're all injured in an automobile
accident in Massachusetts. Their
daughter, Mrs. Ned Moore of this place
was summoned Tuesday morning. Mr..
and Mrs. Moore both went to Massa-
chusetts and friends are anxiously
waiting for favorable report of the
condition of the Vanderpool family
who lived in Bingham for several
years.
Thanksgiving preparations are go
ing on in most every family not invited
to enjoy the day with others.
Christmas goods will soon be dis
played.
The interest in the Bingham Last
Block Company held by the American
Shoe Finding Co, has been purchased
by J. J. Lander of this place. The ma
chinery for turning last blocks that
has been in the American Shoe Find
ing company's mills will be moved
into a new mill which will be built
by Mr.. Lander on the foundation
formerly used by the hub mill. This
mill will be 100 80 feet. There will
also be a boiler house and engine
room as we'll as a large store shed.
The power will be generated from a
150-horse power engine and boiler.
When the mill is completed it will
have a third more machines than are
run at present Mr.. Lander has con-
tracted for 100000 feet of maple.
part to come down the railroad, aud
part to be RATED down the river.
Many of the last blocks made by the
company are shipped to England,
nearly 100000 being shipped at one
time. The cause for the American
Shoe Finding Co. selling is that Tie
company needs all the room available
in their mill for the machinery used
in making their product, and they
will, as soon as possible increase
their output by so per cent. This
with the new plant being built by
the Bingham Lumber Co. for the
manufacture of box shocks will make
a large increase in the business of
Bingham.
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electric-bell. and connect the remain
Ing binding-post of the battery with
that Of the bell.
Gut small slot through the back
board of the case for nail E. You will
see that when nail E is pushed up,
block c will turn, and that when nail
ID strikes nail F the electric circuit
will be closed and the bell will ring.
The rubber-band G figs. 8 and g. is
necessary to break the connection
when the pressure on nail Z is re-
moved.
Now all that is required to com
plete the mechanism Is a lever extend
ing from the winding key of the alarm
of your clock far enough over to strike
nail +, so that when the clock alarm
goes off it will push up nail E and
make the connection between nails
D and F. This lever III, Fig. 81 may
be piece of brass rod, or large wire
nail. 1t must be fastened in a wood
en- post q, Fig. 81, and the end of this
post must be cut to fit over the alarm
key and be wired to it, as shown In
Figs 7 and 8. All clock keys do not
turn in the same direction when un-
winding. If the alarm key on your
clock turns from right to left in I'M
winding, the lever will press nail E
down instead of up; in this case the
contact nails D and F must be so
placed that the contact will be made
when the nail E is pushed down. To
shut off the alarm, it is of course only
necessary to give the alarm key half
turn. ....
AS it will take very little material
to cover the woodwork, you will prob
ably have enough stain or paint left
over from some other work with
which to finish 1t.
Copyright, 1912. by A. Nicely Hall)
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S0L0N

The Womans Club will meet, We'd
nesday, Dec. 4, with Mrs. L. l.. Patter-
son.
Mrs. Marcellus Irvine and little
daughter, spept day or two in Lew
iston, returning home, Monday.
Mrs. Eula Irvine is the guest of her
sister, Mrs. F. NJ. Vittum this week
The l.. H. C. will meet with Mrs. l.
F. McIntire, Thursday, p. NJ, Dec. D
Ladies please bring their thimbles.
The village schools closed Friday
for a vacation.
John McCollar, who has been at
work for Fred Adams the past five
months, returned to his home in Bling
ham where he has work for the win
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs Harold Randlett spent
Thanksgiving with Mr.. Randlett's
mother, Mrs. Geo. s. Webb in Skowhe-
gan.
Mrs. Ralph Larrabee returned Sat
urday from a few days stay with her
people in Arson.
Mrs. Thomas Cross, who has been
suffering from pleurisy the past week
Is some better.
Roy Rowell, who is in the employ
of Wade & Dunton in Lewiston, is the
guest of his parents.
Miss Gwendoline Moore Is at home
for her Thanksgiving recess from Oak
Grove Seminary.
Mrs. l.. l.. Patterson and daughter
Harriet, spent number of days in
Lewiston and Waterville recently.
At the next regular meeting of Key
stone Chapter, o. E. s., will be the an
nual election of officers 1t is hoped
there will be a good attendance.
Mrs. Lydia Rowell, who has been
confined to ner bed for a number OF
days, is gaining.
North Somerset Grange will hold a
special meeting for comforting degrees
Saturday, Dec. 80.
The Willing Workers met at the
home of their teacher last Saturday
afternoon. Another meeting in two
weeks.
The next regular meeting of North
Somerset Grange will be election OF
officers.
Miss Laura Davis is spending her
vacation in Hartland.
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AN ELECTRIC ALARM CLOCK.

Here is the best kind of an alarm
clock for the sound sleeping boy who
has difficulty in awakening on time,
1t will not only arouse him, but will
keep on ringing until he gets up and
turns the lever that opens the cleo
trio circuit.
You will see by examining the de-
tails of this electric clock that 1t is
very simple to make. Almost any
kind Of an alarm-clock that you own
can be used, but for clock designed
similar to that In Fig. l 1t should be
of the common round form shown in
Fig. 4. If you own a clock of differ
emit kind, you can change the design OF
the wooden case to suit It,
Fig. 2 shows the pattern for the
front and back of the wooden case for
the electric clock illustrated. In or
der to get the sides Of these pieces
alike, first draw center-line as
shown, then each side of this lay off
the measurements given. Box boards
about " inch thick will do for mate
rial. The opening for the clock should
be cut through each piece before the
pieces themselves are cut out, so as
to leave as much margin around the
hole as possible this will lessen the
danger of splitting the wood In cutting
the hole. Bevel the face edge of the
hole cut through the front piece Gig.
u.
The wooden case must be deep
enough to allow for dry battery. This
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BINGHAM

Mrs. Howard Moore was in Madi
son one day of last week
The village schools are closed for
Thanksgiving vacation.
Beatrice Smith, principal of the High
school, went to her home in Holyoke
Mass, on Saturday.
There were very interesting schoo
exercises on Friday afternoon by thu
grades under the instruction OF Miss
Hisler and Miss Putnam. Many pa
! rents were present, and greatly enjoy
! ed the entertainment
Frank Boynton of New Hampshire
has recently been in town, storing his
household goods preparatory to rent
ing his house on Owen street
Mark Down Sale of Ladies' and Chill
dren's coats to close. A. S. Burke. 2w4S
J. B. Williams of Narberth, Penn.
shot deer at Mosquito, short time
ago, having a very remarkable set Of
horns AZ points. E. E. Baker is sett
ing up the head.
Two of VIII Whorff's little girls are
visiting their grandmother, Mrs Johr
McCollar.
The Kennebec Hall Amusement Co
will show Moving Pictures ever,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights
in Kennebec Hall. Matinee every Sat
! urday at O'Clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Gallivan have
baby boy born Monday, Nov 20.
At the next meeting of the Bingham
/ Grange there will be the election o.
officers.
Remember the Chicken pie suppe!
and sale at Fraternity hall, Dec. 4th.
Mrs. Powell of Caratunk is visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Pierce.
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The 46th annual conclave of the Ma
tional Grange began a two-days ses-
sion in Spokane, Wash, Nov. 10, with
representatives from SO states in at
tendance. The days business included
reports by National Master oliver Will
son of Peoria, H., and by the execu-
tive committee. 1t was said the con-
clave would devote considerable time
to discussing proposed national legis-
lation, particularly reform of the ma
tional banking laws.
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Academy held another of their inter
esting debates. The question, Re
solved: THAT Prohibition is better for
the State of Maine than Local Option"
was contested by Miss Annie Fuller
and Miss Mildred Webb, affirmative,
and Miss Leta Merrick and Herbert
Seekins, negative. A song by Fred
Clark closed the evenings entertain
ment
A Social dance will be held at the
Grange hall, Thurday, Thanksgiving
evening. Reyes orchestra will furnish
music An oyster stew supper will be
served.
Frank Van Aukn and Mrs. Laura
Ames were united in marriage at the
Methodist Episcopal church, Saturday
by Rev. NJ. H. Hill.
Earl Coston of this town and Miss
Ina Foster Eddy of Seal Harbor, were
married at Seal Harbor, THURSDAY
noon.
Mrs. Paul Brown is in Camden for
few days, the guest of relatives.
Maurice Deering of Waterville is
the guest of his parents for few days
DR.. Jennie Fuller left here Monday
for New York where she will spend the
winter.
Mrs. Arson Gratrix is moving into
the house recently vacated by Harry
Morrow.
Atty. T. A. Anderson of Pittsfield
Norris Trafton of Canada passed the
week end at Great Moose Lake.
Mrs. Eta Ferguson of Bangor was
guest at the home of Mrs. Fred Pal
mer for the week end
The building known as "Parkmans
Shop" on Main street, is being torn
down and a new building is to be
erected.
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Deadly.

The most amusing story of an
American in France that ever heard"
said a recently appointed attache to
the French embassy, as this"
"A well-known French actor be-
came involved in discussion with an
American. grew heated, drew his card
from his pocket, threw 1t ON the table
with a tragic air, and stalked out.
1.-The American regarded the card
for some moments, then took out his
fountain pen, wrote. Admit bearer
above the engraved line. and went of
to the theater.'"
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battery will govern the width of the
side and top pieces; the lengths of the
side and top pieces will of course be
determined by the front and back
pieces already cut. Fasten the side
and top pieces to each other and to
the front piece, using flnishing-nails
for the mailing; then cut the base
piece Of the proper size to make a
projection Of Y inch outside of the
case all around, and fasten the case
to 1t. The neatness Of your work
will depend great deal upon the &C,
curacy with which the ends of the side
and top pieces are cut, so be careful
In preparing them.
The alarm-clock is supported upon a
narrow shelf fastened to the back
piece "a. Fig. A., The face of the
alarm-clock should be set flush with
the inside face of the front of the
wooden case, so in fastening the clock
to shelf A, you must take this into
consideration. II the clock Is exactly
as deep as the wooden clock-case, the
ring at the top of the back Of the clock
can be screwed to the wooden back
(B, Fig. A. If smaller, 1t will have
to be blocked out away from the back
piece The bottom of the clock is held
to the shelf by wiring the legs to
nails, as shown. The back board is
screwed to the case so it ca1 be re-
moved easily when the bell or battery
requires attention.
The battery should be placed in the
bottom of the case, and the electric
bell should be screwed to the inside
of the face, as shown in Fig. 3. Cut
the wooden block C tri1e smaller
in diameter than the inside depth of
the case Gigs. 8 and g., drive the
nails D and E into the edge at right
angles, as shown In Fig. 6, and screw
the block through its center to the
side of the case on a line with the
center of the alarm-clock Gig. 81.
Drive nail F into the side of the case
one-half inch below block G and In
line with its center figs. and g.,
then connect this nail and one of the
binding posts of the battery with a
niece of electric-bell wire, connect nail
ID with one Of the binding-posts of the