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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-21
MRS. c. ]. HUNT
SERIOUSLY HURT
MOTHER OF WELL KNOWN OF.
TUMWAN SERIOUSLY INJURED
IN pEs MONIES ACCIDENT

Mrs. c. J. Hunt, mother of Frank
Hunt, ga West Woodland avenue,
and w. e. Hunt, $40 North Court street,
met with serious and painful injury
Thursday morning at Des eMoines
when she was thrown to the floor of
q street car, sustaining a broken hip
and numerous other bruises.
Mrs. Hunt was en- route from her
home in washington Springs, S. D., to
Ottumwa, where she will make her
home this winter. She was met at
Des Moines by Mrs. w. E. Hunt, who
was with her at the time of the acct
dent. The ladies boarded street car
on Thirty-seventh street and had not
secured a seat when the car started
up with a jerk, throwing the ladies
forward. Mrs. c. J. Hunt was thrown
to the floor with the above results.
She was taken to the union depot
where a physician examined her in
1uries. A wheel chair was secured and
the aged lady was removed to this
city where she is under the care of
physicians. ..a. ..a
The broken hip was set and she Is
resting easily. The outcome Of her in
turies cannot be ascertained at the
present time, on account Of her age,
Mrs. Hunt being Is years old, but
the attending physicians look for a
speedy recovery. .
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-21
MILLER CHAPEL So
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

There was good attendance at the
chapel services last Sunday afternoon.
Rev. D. M. Lower Of Webster City was
in the pulpit with Mr.. HORNED and de.
livered a splendid sermon on the sub.
ject, ''The Unity OF Believers" He
held the audience with undated In
terest and many expressions Of ap.
probation were extended to him after
the meeting. Mr.. Lower was the
pastor of the Congregational churches
at Agency and Cliffland for a period
OF eight years. Therefore he was
greeted last Sunday afternoon at the
chapel by many of his old friends.
Mrs, Lower was also present at the
meeting. In the evening Mr.. Lower
preached in the East End Presbyterian
church.
Sunday school next Sabbath at p.
M. Glenn Waddle, superintendent:
Mrs William Grewell, assistant sup.
erintendent. Services for worship and
preaching at 3 p. m. The pastor will
preach on the subject, "A Startling
Call" Everybody welcome to these
meetings.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-21
NEXT PICKEN REUNION
IN SEPTEMBER, 1914

Eddyville, Sept. 20.-The annual re
union, of the Picken family was held
this year at the Will Balm home on
Ottumwa route No. 8, and one hundred
and eighty people ate dinner under a
tent on the lawn. .. -.
A program was rendered during The
afternoon. The election of officers re-
suited in reelecting all the old officers
as follows ..
Presidential. H. Picken, Cedar.
Vice president-John D. Funk
KirkviIle. .s.... -..s..
secretary-Mrs. Geo. Argenbright
Fremont.
Assistant secretary-Mrs. Jasper
Warner, Cedar.
Treasurer-Mrs. George w. Argen
bright, Fremont.
The next reunion will not be held
until the first Thursday in September,
1918, and will be at the John Picken
home on Ottumwa route No. 5.
Miss Opal Funk. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Funk, of Kirkville
gave defamation which all enjoyed
and several older persons present gave
pioneer "reminiscences. "a,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-21

Taft 100000 and Roosevelt 1000, 900.
However, all Of these estimates were
to certain extent the result of per
sonal predictions, but notwithstand.
Ing that fact both the republican cam
paigners and the democratic cam
palgners wanted to wager that
Roosevelt will be a bad third in
the race, and finally the republican
national campaigners were inclined to
quote remark which has been fire..
quently made to this effect:
Taft Confident Of Victory.
THE republicans are standing by
the constitutional government of the
United States. No president In the
history of the government has beer
subject to such treachery as Taft, e1.-
cept Washington, whom a cabal at
tempted to remove as head Of the
American army or Abraham Lincoln,
who was subjected to the malign in
fuence and the treachery Of some of
the best men in his party" ~. ~
President Taft, 1t was learned, sent
word to Chairman Hilles and his
associates that the republican ma
tional campaign would hourly improve,
and that he is exceedingly confident
Of reelection.
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SARAH ". MOORE
DIES OF INJURIES
~
WOMAN CONCEDED TO BE BEST
AUTHORITY ON DOMESTIC
SCIENCE, KILLED.

Des Moines, Sept. 2O.-Attendine
I physicians announced early today. that
Mrs. Mary A. Rowley of Chicago. prob
ably will recover from injuries sus
tanned when struck by the runaway
horse which last night caused the
death of Mrs. Sarah Wharton Moore,
the we'll known authority on domestic
science. Lying in q room In the same
hospital where her sister, Mrs Moore
died, Mrs. Rowley had not been in
formed of the death at an early hour
this morning, physicians fearing that
the shock would prove fatal.
While crossing down town street
last night Mrs. Moore and her sister
MRS. Rowley were knocked to the
pavement by runaway horse which
Unexpectedly dashed around a corner
Mr.. Moore made an attempt to save
the two women but was unsucceSnf,,l
MRS. Moore received serious fracture
OF the skull and died from her in.
1urles soon after being removed tn a
hospital. Mrs, Rowley sustained bad
cuts about the head and was other.
wise injured. oA
Mrs. Moore was one OF thu hest
authorities on domestic science in this
section and had gained wide nromi.
nence through her lectures and news.
paper articles on the subject, She
also was prominent In club circles
she was connected with local news.
paper. 80
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-21
DIVORCE NOT
FORTHCOMING
PLAINTIFF Ack N O WI z o q Ed
AGREEMENT WITH HUSBAND
NOT TO RESIST PETITION.

Her admission that she had agreed
with her husband not to ask for hel
share Of their property If he would
make no resistance to her divorce &C
ton, spoiled the plans of Viola Miller
who asked the court for a divorce from
Ernest Miller. The admission came
too after she had been practically
given her decree. The apparent in
difference Of the woman as to the care
and custody Of three minor daughters
got Judge vermilion to think over his
action in ordering a decree and he
asked the plaintiff If she wanted her
children. Answered indifferently he
pressed the question and was told that
she woulI like them but did not know
just how she would provide for them
without her share Of the property her
husband possessed This led to the
court asking why she did not claim
her share Of the property and he was
told by the plaintiff that she did not
want It.
The court asked for more informa,
ton and was finally told by the plain
tiff that she had agreed with her hus-
band not to ask for her share Of the
property II he would make no resis-
lance to her divorce.
If you are in the right when you
say you should be divorced on account
Of tho cruelty OF your husband" asked
the court, why did you fear to have
him resist. and why should you not
have your share Of the property"
The plaintiff seemed unable to give
An answer to the question and the
court ordered the case dismissed on it's
merits and ordered the judgment for
the costs against the plaintiff. The
court then erased the order for the
decree and made the above record in
his docket.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-21
CASE TO REACH
THE JURY TODAY
PATTERSON DAMAGE ACTION BE.
ING ARGUED SINCE YEsTER.
DAY AFTERNOON.

The testimony concluded yesterday
in the Patterson damage case against
the city and arguments to the jury
commenced about o'clock. The case
will probably reach the Jury this after
noon. While the hearing was confined
to two days, the case was strenuOusly
fought by both sides and the claim for
large damages was fought out chiefly
on the grounds that the street contain
ed debris from paving that had been
finished but short time prior to the
time Of the accident. The matter Of the
effects of the injury was not SO much
a question as the liability Of the city
for the condition Of the street. The
remainder Of the jury was dismissed
until Monday when the criminal as
signment begins. A habeas corpus ac-
ton was filed this morning entitled
Mflda, Dyer against Chief Of Police Alva
Fielder and Sheriff w. E. Knox. The
case is brought because Of the deten-
ton at the county Jail Of Milda Dyer
Ter. The girl it Is claimed resides at
Wapello and came to Ottumwa to visit
her mother when she was arrested as
an incorrigihle. The case came up for
hearing at 1880 today and is being
heard before Judge c. w. Vermilion.
The plaintiff claims that the detention
Is unlawful. The girl was a ward at the
American Home Finding association
and had been placed in a home at
Wapello. Tho sheriff of Louisa county
wrote Chief Fielder to hold the girl
and that was his object in the arrest.
The court postponed the hearing until
Monday and released the girl under
bond of 5000 to her mother.
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DIR AIN TILE
Tor prices and Information write
Morey Clay Products Go
OTTUMVA, IOWA
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CHANGING ADDRESSES.

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we'd by the clerk of district court this

we'd by the clerk of district court Thu
afternoon. =
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Burkland, 20
West Woodland avenue, arrived HON,
this morning from visit In memphis
Tenn, New Orleans, Ala, and othel
southern cities. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Coffman, whc
reside on Arrison street, have re-
turned home from an extended visit
with relatives in Portland, Ore, and
other western points
Mrs. W. E. Martin Of Milestone,
Mont. arrived in the city this morning
and is a guest at the home of her par
cnts, Mr.. and Mrs. F. l.. Donahoo,
on Forest avenue. Mr.. Martin will ar
rive in a few weeks.
Mrs. A. C. Barney and daughter,
May, and son, Andrew, Of North Ben
nington, VT, are visiting Mrs. A. J.
Miller, lis North Wapello street
Mr.. and Mrs. E. R. Mitchell who
have been on wedding tour in the
east returned home yesterday. ..t
Mrs. e. R. Moses and Mrs.. George
Nimocks Of Great Bend, Kas.. who
have been guests at the home of their
niece, Mrs Frank Jaques. PA North
Marion street, left this morning on the
Milwaukee for their homes.
Lee Van Patten departed via the
Burlington this morning for Salt Lake
City where he will enjoy an extended
visit.
N. F. Reed went to Burlington this
morning on business.
Mrs. j. e. Long and children, 1905
East Main street, left last evening on
Burlington No. 2 for Aledo, ILL.,, where
they will visit relatives.
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LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

SAINT Kirkpatrick went to Melrose
this morning where he will deliver an
address at the home coming celebra-
hon.
Mrs. w. A. Stevens, 1913 West Fifth
street, went to Omaha, this morning
Tor few days visit with relatives.
]. F.. Weber is in Melrose to be
present at the home coming celebra-
lion.
Mrs. M. A. Keether and Mrs. Bessie
Van Landingham went to Oskafoosa
this morning for a few days visit with
Mrs. D. Bowles. g.
Mrs. John REM, 421 Sheridan ave-
nue. left for Melrose this morning to
be present at the home coming cele-
hration.
Mesdames G. E. Burkman, I. E. Fish
er and Miss Velma Bogardus are in
Abba for brief visit with relatives.
DR.. A. M. Fulton and family of
Thomas, Okla, who have been visiting
at the home Of their sister, Mrs. J. J.
Morrissey, AL East Fourth street, left
for Fairfield today to make a visit
with relatives.
Our shoes are coming in most every
day. School shoes for all. Dress shoes
to suit everybody. Work shoes that
stand the test of wear. They are here
ut less price than they are found
elsewhere-come and see them
Church Shoe Co. South Side
Frank p. Montgomery and Mrs.
Della Mick were granted license to
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.29O ELECTORAL
VOTES FOR TAFT
RECENT SWING TO G. o. p. CON.
VlNCES PARTY MANAGERS
PRESIDENT WILL WIN.

New York, Sept. 20.-Friends aSwhc
have visited President Taft at Beverly
within the last few days have re-
turned to national headquarters i'm
pressed with the idea that Roosevelt
will gain from the republican party
not more than Is per cent Of Its vote
in 1908, and, furthermore, will gain
from the democratic party Is per cent
of it's vote. of that year.
In other words, the president and his
campaigners are relying upon arb1-
trary figures for their calculations as
to the support Mr.. Roosevelt Is to re-
ceive on election day in all Of the
states. They believe, according to the
presidents personal friends and &C.
cording to Chairman Hilles, that these
arbitrary figures will give President
Taft 290 votes in the electoral college
when only 266 are necessary to re-
elect him.
The presidents calculations and the
figures submitted to him by Chairman
Hilles, 1t is learned, are based on a
total vote this year of 100000.
whereas the total for all candidates in
1908 was 14,8Ss,442.
Prosperity to Be Campaign Cry.
The president has sent word
to Chairman Hilles and to all national
campaigners interested in his cause
that from this time on the business
prosperity of the country, which ap-
peared to have an accelerating momen-
tum, would become a telling factor in
the campaign. In other words, Presi-
dent Taft and his advisers believe
anG so state, that President Taft
is daily gaining and that the average
voter by election day would appreciate
the real facts of the situation.
The Roosevelt campaigners in their
widest moments of confidence, it is
asserted, have never believed that
Roosevelt would receive more than
3,00O,0 900 votes. Indeed, as matter Of
fact, the ex-president's friends In per-
'sonal conversations have never
claimed that he would be elected
president of the United States. They
have contented themselves with the
remark: I'VE do not expect to elect
our man, and President Roosevelt Is
we'll aware of the fact, but we do ex-
pect to eat into the vitals of all repub'
lican state organizations and event
ually to eat into the core Of the re-
publican national Organization, and be-
tween the closing of this campaign and
|1916 to absorb or annex the remnants
of the republican party SO that Roose-
welt will be nominated in 1916"
The most experienced campaigners
in the republican, the Roosevelt and
the Wilson camps state that
from their reports the Roosevelt
bull moose movement is not bursting
with enthusiasm at this moment. They
believe that the Roosevelt movement
is q single-man movement; that with
out its leader it would go to pieces.
1t may be stated that Col. Roosevelt
wholly appreciates this situation. The
bull moose movement, from a ma
!tional standpoint, it was declared, is
without spontaneity; it requires the
pumping Of hot air constantly to keep
lit up to the imitation point. and as
time goes on this pumping of hot air
will be Intellectual.
The Wilson campaigners insist
that from their reports their can
didate will receive 100000 votes,
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Of the school laws. The parents are
charged with neglect and refusal to
send their children between the ages of
seven and fourteen to school. Truant
Officer Porter stated that he has visit
ed the parents Of the children and that
they refused to send the children to
school, and when told that they would
be arrested. are said to have told the
officer that they would fight the case.
Officer Porter states that he will pros
ecute every case of this kind where the
parents refuse to send their children to
some school after they have reached
the school aga.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-21
DIVORCE THE
FEATURE TODAY
Out Of Three Cases Filed in Court Tws
We're for Separation and One
on q Note.

Two divorce actions and suit on q
note were fled with the clerk Of the
district court today. The divorce petit
lions each charge q statutory offense
and one Of them charges desertion also.
George Chapman asks the court to dis
solve his marriage with Nellie Chap
man on a charge Of committing a
statutory offense and wants the right to
remarry within year. Lucius Pratt VS..
Betsy Pratt is another divorce petition
in which both desertion and q statu-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-21
johnson Rests Today.

Indianapolis, Ind, Sept 30. Gov
ernor johnson. having cancelled his
day engagements In Indiana. today
rested here at his hotel. He planned
to take train late this afternoon for
Cincinnati where he was scheduled to
speak tonight From Cincinnati the
governor will 60 to Akron and Cleve-
land on Saturday and leave that night
for the east.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-21
IF aVOred Few
private Car Excursion Oct ~

those hnkwho study and
cities continues bigger
than spite the back the land The indus
getting who
localities land which they enough
forced out Of fields by machinery that
easily formerly who
land probably have
perhaps faith in it because all
be dear Without nvesga
further they drift factory benches with
1stence. s8
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-21
DAMAGING FIRE
NEAR BATAVIA

Batavia, Sept. 2o.-Fire caused bv
the kitchen flue completely destroved
me dwelling occupied by c. H. Goff
near mere last night. The damage
amounted to $1,000 and was partly in
sured: Mr.. Golf announced that he
would rebuild his home at once.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-21

tory offense are charged. s. q. Heinz
man through Grinnell attorneys has
filed g. suit to recover on two promis-
sorry notes which he purchased from r.
M. Hunter and ]. G. Mitchell. The
notes were given by the Strouse Auto
matte Stoker Co. Of Phoenix. Ar1x., and
are Of $4,000 and $1,000 denominat tons.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-21
PARENTS WILL ..
BE PROSECUTED

An information filed this morning in
the court of Justice of the Peace W. J.
Berry by Truant Officer G. T. Porter
charges A. W. and Clara Lehman of
South Sheridan avenue with infraction
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-12-11
~As YE DID UNTO THEM"

So he died, and they said unto him:
1T is written against you that you
needed not the sorrow and the want
of them that were stricken in poverty
and suffered in Illness and want"
And he said:
THAT is unfair, for all my life long
I noted especially the suffering and
want of the poor, and not Christmas
went by that did not say over and
over that l was sorry for them. No
one gave them more sympathy than I,
no one showed more commiseration
for them. Why, lots Of times
thought of them on cold winter
nights, and said to my friends that it
was too bad they had to endure prl-
vations."
THAT is correct" they said unto
him. But it is. written that you did
not materialize your sympathy-you
simply sympathized in words, and
words are not eaten, nor are they
worn, nor are they burned in stoves"
So he was abashed, and stood silent
for a space. Then he said meekly:
"Ard l must not come in?"
AS to that, they did not answer, but
they said again unto him:
Call those that you sympathized
with are here, and now they will SYM
pathize with you
Wilbur D. Nesbit.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-12-11

at Christmas, which happened to cor
respond with the Yuletide festival, at
the time of the winter solstice.
Longfellow has used one Of these
stories in king Olaf's Christmas"
Another, in which real religious fer
vor and moral heroism play part, is
the story Of the first Christmas tree.
There stands at Altenbergen, in
northern Germany statue erected in
1911 in honor Of Saint Boniface; and
the place of the statue is said to be
the site of the first Christian church
in north Germany.
Boniface, who must not be confused
with any of the nine popes who bore
the name, was a Briton by birth, and
his name was Wynfrith. Declining
high ecclesiastical honor, he chose to
be a missionary to the rude tribes of
the German forests. Of these tribes,
Tacitus tells US; and We know that
they were implacable in war and
bloody in their worship, but that
among their virtues was marked
purity Of private life and love of
home.
Each year these people sacrificed
to their gods One of their holiest
shrines was great oak at Geismar-
There they gathered at midnight at
the winter solstice, and offered fair
lad as sacrifice TO call back the re-
treating sun.
Thus they were assembled at the
Yuletide in the year 724. AS the mid
night approached, an old priest raised
the hammer to strike down the child,
when Boniface interposed strong
arm and an eager word. He told them
of child who was born seven hum
dred years before, and how he show,
ed to men that they need offer no
more bloody sacrifices. He told them
of the love of Coo and the beauty Of
his service. The stern men heard and
believed. Urged by the heroic mis-
;ionary. they hewed down the dark
hunder-oak, the scene of so many
sacrifices.
The legend says that when the tree
fell, it left young fir growing be-
tween the shattered branches, and un-
broken by their fall Boniface told
hem to take that tree to their BAN
,ueting hall; to serve God with joy
md feasting; and to take for their
Eule tree this one, with roots un-
stained with blood, and with ever
green foliage for a symbol of immor-
tality.
If part of the story is myth, it is not
II myth; and it is surely a beautiful
way Of explaining one of the most
beautiful of Christmas customs.-
Youths Companion. .---.---.L
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The Fan-You can talk about base
ball, football and basketball. but the
mistletoe game Is the best OF all.
Christmas Plum Pudding.

The Christmas plum pudding is de-
scended from the plum porridge and
ds q time-honored dish at every
Christmas feast. To be properly
made, each person in all the house
hold must stir it before 1t is boiled
and the mistress Of the house must
add the spices with her own fair
hand" and so she favors fortune for
year. If she is. an American and
mixes her pudding in an ancient china
bowl, stirring it with as ancient a
spoon, whose handle is adorned with
an old English crest, so much the bet
ter, for in the new land she is help
ing to keep alive the customs that
made, old England merrie.
The pudding should be Soiled in a
well-foured cloth six hours upon the
day of mixing, six hours upon the day
Of eating, and the steam should not
cease to arise from the pot while the
pudding is within it."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-12-11
Mlstletoe and the Druids.

The custom Of decorating strategic
points in the household with sprigs Of
mistletoe at Christmas dates far back
to the time Of the Druids, who held
the little plant in great veneration
At the approach of their winter festi-
val, twigs of it were placed above the
doors Of their houses to serve as tails
mans and signs to the sylvan deities
that shelter and comfort awaited them
within.
Present-day customs relating to mis-
tletoe represent the evolution of the
Druidical legend.