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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-09

she will retire to the hay NOW and sprinkle it's bosom
with bright emblems of industry which nobody would
give dime to get acquainted with. If the hen would
lay and lay off less, the oxygen treatment would
have be applied the cold storage trust Most Of
the eggs used in ths country born here as the
Canadian egg finds 1t hard to climb the tariff WALL
The egg differs from man in one important respect
the older it grows the stouter it gets. Some very
eggs distributed about the country win
which, being opened, found to date back
these in the ordinary of business
pleased with the results and refused to rec
ommend them for any decorative purposes. In
order prevent unsuspecting purchasers from invest
ing in eggs the farmer should
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-09
Dentists Hold Ruslness Meetlna.

Des Moines, May IA business ses-
sion was to be held this afternoon at
the annual meeting of the state dental
society and speeches were to follow.
1t is said that the campaign for one
thousand members of the association
has been successful.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-09
FUNERALS.

Funeral services over the remains
of Mrs. Lydia Jane Akers were held
this afternoon at o'clock at the res
idence, twelve miles north Of the
city and at o'clock at the Baptist
church in Fremont. Rev. Edmund
Brown was in charge of the services.
Burial in Cedar cemetery.
The remains of Raymond, the in
FAINT son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
McNabb, were laid to rest in the OF
tumwa cemetery yesterday afternoon.
Funeral services were held at 4:30
o'clock at the residence, 1908 West
Main street, conducted by Rev. =. w
Faris Heller.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-09


general a
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-09
MRS. JANE WOLFE DEAD.
Illness.

Bonaparte Woman Aged e5 Years,
Passes Away After a Few Days
IT, illness.
Bonaparte, May Mrs. Jane Wolfe,
wife of Afford Wolfe, died at her home
Eere Sunday after an illness of few
days. .s.. -.-...., .-.#
Mrs Wolfe was about IS years OF
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-09

BORN-Saturday May 4, 1912, to Mr.
and Mrs. William Rhinehart, Alta
Vista avenue, son.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-09
Sidewalk Sketches
EGGS.
By Howard L. Ram

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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-09
BIRTHS.

BORN.-Friday, May 8, 1912, to Mr..
and Mrs. Anton Ekwall of Pueblo,
Colo, a son. Mr.. and Mrs. Ekwall
formerly lived in this city.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-09
NO MORPHINE
OR CHLOROFORM .

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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-02-16
Mount Vernon Token Returned

When Mount Vernon, the home of Washington.
was restored some 80 years ago the various
states were asked to send some token to be
placed in the rooms The women of Kansas sent
a solid walnut, hand carved seal of Kansas to rep
resent this state. For 80 years the beautiful seal
has been standing in the former home of the
Father of His Country and 1t has just been re-
turned to the Kansas Historical society to be
placed in the exhibit of Kansas curios.
The piece is carved from solid piece of ma
tive Kansas walnut one of the few perfect pieces
of walnut wood found in the state. search of
several months was required to find tree suit
able for the work. One was found In Coffey
county and was cut down expressly for this carv-
ing 1t is four feet long and two feet high and
is intended to go over the door of some hall.
The seal was carved by the late Henry Worra
Of Topeka. the first artist in Kansas He worked
all one summer on 1t. In the center is the great
seal of the state, painted in colors in oil by Pro
fessor Worrall Around the seal are the words
Great Seal of the State of Kansas, January 20,
1861" carved by hand, each letter in relief
Around the seal grouped the products OF
Kansas.
When the servant quarters were restored at
Mount Vernon, Kansas school children raised the
money to pay for the restoration. 1t then
decided that Kansas had sufficient representation
among the relics In the home and the great seal
was returned to the Historical society
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-02-16

90

conspicuously before his countrymen Here in
the old Carlisle house, which remains to this day
one of the chief SHOW places" of the historic
old town, George Washington and other leading
men of the colony had a lengthy conference with
the British commander the night before the
expedition set out upon the campaign which was
destined to go down in history "Braddocks
defeat"
The old Carlisle house. which Is assuredly one
of the most interesting structures in the United
States, fell sadly into decay some years ago, al
though move looking to its complete restoration
has latterly been made by a patriotic society.
George Washington a frequent guest at
Carlisle house-the mansion of Major Carlisle.
and when, after social function in Alexandria
he returned to Mount Vernon by boat 1t was al
most invariably from the Carlisle house that he
set out, the terraced grounds of the mansion
soping down TO the river, rendering 1t convenient
for General Washington and his house guests to
step into the barge to be rowed TO his manor
house farther down the Virginia shore of the
Potomac. 1t also General Washingtons
tom to sup at Carlisle house each 22d of February
when he came to Alexandria to attend the Birth
Night Balls" which were instituted in his honor
in Alexandria after he rose to fame the hero
of the War for independence. These balls were
held at Claggetts tavern and constituted the SUI
preme height of Alexandrias social glory.
General Washington was most intimately identi
fled with the history of Alexandria from the year
1763 when he purchased considerable property In
the town. He showed himself a good citizen by
becoming member of the Friendship Fire En-
gine company. This volunteer organization
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-02-16

In George Washingtons time Alexandria-or
Beilhaven as it at first known along about
the middle of the eighteenth century-was one Of
the most prominent ports in the United States and
seemed to hold out every promise of extensive
development in the future George Washington
himself took hand in booming the port, which
developed an extensive foreign trade The docks
were crowded with warehouses filled with corn.
tobacco and other products, while in the harbor
were always to be found many of the largest class
OF cargo ships of that period loading and dis.
charging a variety of commodities. AS the Amer
lean terminus OF a heavy overseas's trade Alex
andria became we'll known In shipping circles in
England, and 1t thought for time that the
port on the Potomac would overshadow Balti
more Then came the various influences that
combined to bring about the commercial eclipse
of the little city so dear to the heart OF the ma
tons liberator. One of the first of these was the
establishment only few miles away of the capi
tai OF the nation, which speedily overshadowed
Alexandria in various ways Then came the
building of railroads. which diverted much traffic
to other channels and finally the Civil war
helped to put blight upon the community
which had long been of the strongholds of the
Lees of Virginia.
But in this twentieth century neglected
Alexandria gets ION the map as least day
each year-namely. the 22d of February, when
with each recurring anniversary of Washington's
birthday there is big celebration in the little
city that is filed with landmarks and objects
Identified with the private life and public career
of the leader of the Revolution Often the presi'
dent of the United States goes to Alexandria by
boat or trolley to participate in the exercises,
and the governors of Virginia and Maryland are
Invariably invited On such occasions the town
which is loc9t ted in closer proximity to historic
Mount Vernon than is any other community, ap-
pears almost too small to accommodate the
crowds that invade her public places. For, be 1t
known, for all that there handsome we'll
paved business streets that afford route OF
parade for the procession that is an invariable
feature of this holiday. there are other highways
and by ways In the stad. dignified conservative
old town that readily convince the visitor that
they have undergone little If any alteration since
the days of George Washington.
Old Alexandria is going on" three hundred
years of age, for 1t was founded as long ago as
1870, although, as previously explained, 1t was
known for some score of years by another name.
In 184s the general assembly of the colony of Vir-
ginia formally designated 1t Alexandria. The
town retains to this day the names of It's streets,
chosen in the days Of long ago from the titles OF
royalty and nobility. Thus find the most
conspicuous thoroughfares King Prince. Duke
ana Royal streets.
Alexandria was the starting place of General
Braddock's famous expedition against the French
Apd Indians which. Inflated though 1t was, served
10 bring George Washington. for the hrst time.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-02-16
NAMING THE BOY.

Old jun, gardener and general factotum, was
accompanied day by a bright-looking lad
eight or ten years old.
"Is this your boy?" asked.
"Yessuh, he mine. he las one got, suh-Junior
you wufies niger, elk your manners ter de
white folks"
Junior" commented. $50 he is named after
you"
"Nawsuh." the old man replied rather indignant
y; "he amt named fur mel My name Jumbo.
whar my nanny git out'n de Bible. Dis hyar
chile name Junior cuz he wuz bawn in June
Lippncott's
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-02-16

for any such thing as fre-hghtln8
department with paid employees was,
OF course, totally unknown in those
days. Tradition recounts that not
only was the Father of His Country
supporter of this old-time fire-fighting
organization, but that on the occasion
of more than one fire he 'ran with the
machine" in the good old-fashioned
way. Another organization which
rivals the veteran fire company
in interest is the Masonic lodge
of which Washington was a mem
ber, and the lodge rooms OF
which in the city hall at Alexandra
arc filled with Washington relics OF
priceless value.
Among the buildings in Alexandria
which attract much attention from
visitors is the old colonial mansion at
the corner of Duke and St. Asaph
streets, where Lafayette and his suite
were quartered when the distinguish
ed Frenchman visited this country
and where a great ball was given in
his honor. Not far distant is the build
ing occupied as the first free school In
America-a school established through
the bounty of George Washington.
On Fairfax street, near Duke, is the
First Presbyterian church, built In
1774, and on Cameron street is the
town house of Lord Thomas Fairfax,
a splendid example of the architecture
of the Georgian period and yet In
perfect state of preservation. Persons
who essay to tour Alexandria" by
motor car are destined to many a
bump and jolt, for whereas the prin-
oinal hnsinass streets are naYed with
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-02-16
A MANS WAY.

81 hear the bride and groom are having trouble
already"
Married. only month already and quarrel
ng?"
$50 they say"
What is the trouble?"
Seems her husband wants to quit going 70
afternoon receptions and get back to business"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-02-16
WISDOM FROM THE WE'D.

Singleton-It's wonderful what love will enable
a fellow to see in girl that he never saw before.
Wedmore-Yes. and it's equally wonderful what
love won't let him see that he'll see later on.
Boston Evening Transcript
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-02-16
WHAT WAS, "ETc."a

Writing about recent Junction" the society
editor of the Ellis. Yan.. Reyiew-Headlight says:
Light Refreshments were served. consisting
of popcorn. cider. ETC., served in courses"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-02-16

ashphalt most of the old residential streets have
the great cobble stones that have with stood the
traffic of more than century. However, 1t is
interesting to note that even this primitive paw
ing has its historic significance, for these self
same cobbestones were laid under General Wash
ington's direction by the Hessian prisoners, cap
tured by the continental army
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-02-16

Nothing like few COWS for the run
down farm.
Be careful how you handle the boar.
Keep behind him.
The keynote of the live stock breed
er should be quality.
There is no possible way of deter
mining the sex Of eggs.
The best egg producers are not al
ways the best market fowls.
Warm wheat for breakfast makes
the Biddies shell out the eggs.
Do not feed corn to the ewes while
they are carrying their lambs.
Feeding spoiled meat, moldy grain,
or any tainted food is not economy.
Hogs are in their highest perfection
from one-and-a-half to two years old.
Corn fodder costs less than timothy
hay, and makes a good change in the
diet.
1t is generally estimated that broil-
.ers shrink a half pound each when
| dressed.
No success can be obtained with
poultry unless the fowls are kept
| comfortable.
At this time of year a good lock on
the poultry house represents money
we'll invested
| Aim for early maturity and keep
hogs growing by intelligent feeding
and good care.
All milk utensils should be heavily
| timed and as free from seams as it
is possible to get them.
The late hatched chickens should
have a grass run to themselves, and
be given extra feed and care.
Warm drinking water on cold days
| does just that much to keep the hens
| in the laying notion in winter.
Keep sheep dry, giving breeding
ewes as much exercise as possible, but
| avoid exposure to rains and wet SHOWS.
InOlnipc fonly1a hoo @r,
make tree that is being felled pull
its own stump from the ground with
| it.
When hens lay soft shelled eggs
give them a very little raw linseed oil
once or twice day, writes one of our
folks.
Fresh air is all right for the hers,
but not when it is sifted through
knotholes and cracks between tae
boards.
Young apple trees are injured for
the most part by freezing at the
ground line and by sun scalding on
the trunks.
1t is not good for hens to dust in
coal or wood ashes only, some folks
claim, but we find that few ashes
Tighten up the dirt
To clean all wearing parts of the
separator frequently ard to use the
best quality of oil means to add to
the life of the machine
It is just as important that every
horse should have his own collar
all the time as that the man should
wear his own shoes.
Whenever the weather is mild 1t is
we'll to leave all doors and windows
open to let the wind blow through the
house for a thorough airing.
There never was year when al
feed failed entirely, and with winter
feed and few COWS the wolf can al
ways be kept at safe distance.
Since the discovery in England Of
the lawn moving proclivities of the
guinea pig the price of these little
animals has increased forty-fold
1t is claimed by those who have
tried 1t that to put frozen egg In
boiling water for few minutes is {
better way to thaw it out than by the
slower process of putting 1t in colo
water.
According to western journal, {
machine for wiping apples has beer
installed in the Hood river valley
that will save seven cents on eacl
1ox Of fruit. Heretofore all of thu
J apples have been wiped by hand. bu
this machine will wipe all of the ap
pies for 400 or 800 boxes.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-02-16
Trim the colts feet.

Separate the ailing eve.
The tank heater season is here
again.
Farm manure is too valuable not
to care for 1t.
Initiate the butter-fat test, and re-
call the boarder COW.
II you plant pear trees in rich soil
you invite blight
The early spring pullets make the
fall and winter layers.
Lambs should have one feed OF good
mixed hay once day.
There are more rabbits than sheep
in any state in the cornbelt
Either alfalfa hay or bran will bal
ance a corn ration for the COWS.
A tablespoonful of oilmeal day to
each eve will be found profitable
/
Limestone land and red clay land
under good culture are most profitable.
| A little pig loves sunshine and
needs 1t almost as much as he needs
food
Ventilation is n good thing If proper
ly done but drafts are not good venti-
lation.
Some feeders advise giving the
hogs medicated salt to drive out the
worms.
New South Wales is said to contain
more kinds of Towering plants than
all Europe.
The man who makes a success of
poultry is the man who starts with
the right aim.
The duck raisers on Long Island use
large quantities of fish to feed their
breeding stock.
With five or more COWS a hand sep
arator ought to pay for itself the first
year of its use
The weak sheep should be kept in
separate pens and the lambs separate
from the old sheep.
The hen that makes good record
for herself in eggs for the whole
year is the hen to keep.
One sign of good milker Is large
milk veins on the underside of the
mody. 1t doesn't often fail
A heavy covering of manure over
the outdoor vegetable pit will give
; frost less of chance to get In.
The cow should be studied individ-
ually, and food supplied according to
each animals consuming capacity.
With only three horses to every 100
person, Switzerland has the smallest
equine population of any country.
More bushels to the acre." is an
, exceedingly good motto for any farm
er, even If 1t should mean fewer acres.
Two Paris department stores use
} storage battery driven electric trl-
cycles to deliver purchases to custom
| ers.
Paint your tin wash basins on the
inside with good white enamel paint
II you would prolong their useful
ness.
Many flock owners make a serious
mistake by disposing of the ewes that
| are in a rundown condition at wean-
, ing time.
Soft-shelled eggs can be caused by
r one of four conditions: Lack of suffi-
> cient lime in the food; Indigestion;
! overfat; fright.
Dairy farming is good business, but
1 is exacting as the cows must be fed.
8 watered, MIXED and cared for every
S Cay in the year
The ability of the ewes to feed and
, nourish the lambs after birth will de-
pend upon the care and feed given
, them during the winter.
1t pays to have the farm fenced in
= to small fields and to have plenty of
yards to keep hogs of different sizes
i and ages separated.
Those who are feeding bundle corn
8 to their cattle must make arrange
5 ments to have hogs follow them or
e the waste will be too great.
Breeding ewes and store sheep will
i winter we'll on good, bright, wheat
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-02-16


seat OF the Father of His Country Old Alexan.
dria would be well worthy visit merely as
hne example of an old colonial town. rich in the
architecture of the period. but added to this is
me historical significance that 1t was George
Washington's home town"
hlther ne came to attend the balls and other
social festivities that brought out all the landed
gentry OF the old dominion; here he attended
church every Sunday when residing at Mount
vernon; and to this place he repaired when
business matters connected with his large estate
required legal other adjustment that could
not readily be negotiated on the plantation. AL.
exandria was the meeting place of the Masonic
lodge OF which George Washington so prom.
inent member and here was located volunteer
hre company that boasted our first president as
one of its members. In short, from every stand
point Alexandria meant more to George Washing
ton than the nearest town crossroads COM
munity is apt to do to the present-day American
farmer in this of rural free delivery and rail-
roads and trolleys and automobiles.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-04-19
TWO ALLEGED OFFENDERS
BEFORE JUDGE ANGEL

Milton Thiede. OF Wyandotte, aged
10 years, was arraigned before Judge
Angel, in the United States district
court, Thursday, and entered plea
of guilty TO the charge of sending an
obscene letter through the mails.
Judge Angel asked the boys lawyer
if he had conferred with his client.
The lawyer said he had not, where.
upon the Judge instructed the clerk to
withdraw the plea of guilty and enter
plea of not guilty temporarily.
Thiede sent 10 girl in Highland
Park, a letter SO vile THAI the court
stopped the reading OF the indictment
containing a copy of 1t.
John Fort was arraigned before
Judge Angel on the charge OF rob
ibng the postofilce in North Morenci.
Mich last September and a plea OF
not guilty was entered. Fort escaped
from an asylum in Washington, last
Jaly. While at large he sent a letter
10 Secretary Of. State Knox demand
ing 100000 as indemnity for wrongs
he had suffered and threatening war
on the United States" If the money
were not paid. Fort admitted that he
had been confined 10 years i'm vaNous
prisons and asyums but stoutly de.
MED that he was insane, as ihtimated
by his lawyers. The court ordered an
examination by alienists
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-04-19
I'll NEVER FORGET, SAYS
WOMAN FROM DETROIT
Mrs. Fred Quick and Children
and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bishop
Survive Shipwreck

NEW YORK, April 19.-Among the
survivors OF the steamship Titanic
who arrived on the Carpathia last
night, were Mrs. Fred Quick, of De
troit, and her two little daughters OF
Detroit, and Mr.. and Mrs. Dickinson
Bishop, OF Dowagiac, Mich. Mrs.
Quick wept tears OF JOY as her hus-
band met her All told thrilling stories
of the disaster at sea-
II knew nothing of the icebers
crash until som cone raped on my
door and told me to dress as quickly
as possible" said Mrs. Quick. HOW
got Phyllis / do not know, but re-
member refusing to enter the llfeboat
until my children had been put III.
we were lowered into the water ana
remained there for many hours. Inc
night was bitter cold. No one had
eheHgh- -elething and there was no
food. shall never forget the groans
ard screams of terror that night.
Mrs. Bishop said:
II was the first woman in the hrst
boat | was in the boat four hours
before being picked up by the Car
pathia. | was in bed at the time the
crash came, got up and dressed ana
went back to bed, being assured there
was no danger, There were very Few
passengers on the deck when ! reach-
ed there. There was little or no
panic and tn discipline OF the Titanic
crew was perfect Thank God, my
husband was saved also.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-04-19
ENGINEERS ON MICHIGAN
AND OTHER LINES READY
TO GO ON STRIKE TONIGHT
Grand Chief Stone Says Their
Wages Must Be Increased
BY 8 O'clock
HE HANDS IN ULTIMATUM
Railways East of Chicago and
North of Ohio River Are
Affected by Demands

NEW YORK, April 19-Unless
the managers OF the railways in the
territory east of Chicago and north
OF the Ohio river reconsider their
fiat refusal to advance wages of the
engineers by 3 o'clock tonight. the
worst railroad strike lin the history
of the United States may be precipi-
tated.
Grand Chief Stone, of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers. hatly
served an ultimatum OH the roads
today. He told j. G.. Stuart, vice
president of the Erie and chairman
of the General Managers association,
that the roads would have only two
hours notice of the strike unless they
meet the mems demands, and the
other officials of the organization
were prepared to act after o'clock
tonight