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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26
WEDDING AT
RLAKESRNRG XMAS

Blakesburg, Dec. ga beautiful
home wedding was solemnized Wed.
nesday, December IS, 1872 at IL
o'clock at the home Of the brides
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Walker,
when their youngest daughter Miss
Rosa and the last of eight children,
was married to Laris H. CLOSER, a
prosperous young farmer of this vicin-
ity. Rev. J. A. HUH of1ciated in the
presence of eighty guests. After con
gratulations sumptuous wedding
dinner was served.
The home was artistically decorated
with chrysanthemums and potted
plants. Mr.. and Mrs. CLOSER were
the recipients Of many beautiful and
useful presents. They will be at
home to their many friends after jan
uary l, 1913, on farm near Blakes-
burg.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26
CHARITONC0U
WEODED YEARS
Mr.. AND MRS BENTLEY HONORED
BY FRIENDS AND
NElGHBORS.

Charlton, Dec. 24.-Mr. and Mrs. J.
A. J. Bentley, pioneer residents Of this
city, are today celebrating the fifty.
fifth anniversary of their marriage
They had planned to observe the event
by entertaining their relatives at din.
ner but their neighbors gave them a
surprise and came in, bringing we'll
filled baskets, so that about seventy
were present After the edibles had
been disposed of, some time was
spent in social converse, and several
musical selections we're rendered. At
3 o'clock the happy couple were mar
ried again, the ceremony being per-
formed by Rev. H. j. Bryce, pastor of
the First Baptist church. J. A. J. Bent
ly and Annie M. Scott were married in
Charlton on Dec. "a, 1857, at o'clock
In the afternoon, at the residence of
Judge Edwards with whom the bride
made her home, and the ceremony was
performed by Rev. Dixon of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church. All OF their
married life Of fifty-f1ve years has been
spent in Chariton-a remarkable fact.
Five children have been born to
them, only two Of whom are living.
They are Mrs Mary Throckmorton and
Miss Carrie Bentley Of this city. One
son, John Bentley. died in Alaska
fourteen years ago March %, last.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Bentley have been
members of the Baptist church for
many years.
Mr.. Bentley served his country dur
ing the civil war, being a member of
company r, Thirty-fourth Iowa in.
fantry.
J. A. ]. Bentley and his twin brother,
T. G. W. Bentley, who is now de.
ceased, were born in Henderson. Ken.
lucky, on Feb. IA. 1889. He came to
Charlton in 1855. Annie NJ. Scott was
born in Jackson county, Indiana, on
Dec. rs, 1888, and came to Charlton in
1850, and has lived here continuously
for sixty-two years.
For over thirty years Mr.. Bentley
conducted a blacksmith shop here.
Both he and his good wife enjoy the
high esteem of all who know them,
and very large circle OF friends will
wish them many more years Of happy
welded life. ...
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26
WIRELESS MAN
MEETS HIS DEATH
First Known Death of Operator While
on Duty is Recorded From German
Station Norddeich.

New York, Dec. 24.--Wireless oper-
ators here say that the death Of an
operator in the German wireless sta
on Sunday is probably the first case on
record Of a wireless operator being
killed at his post. The Berlin dispatches
indicated that the operator, a man
named Mueller. must have carlessly
come in contact with the wires en-
ployed for the crest OF electric waves,
which are charged with such powerful
voltage that death comes instantan-
eo,lslx with anyone touching than,
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FL0RIs.

Hazel the twenty months old daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ham Cavert, pass
ed away at IL o'clock Sunday night at
her home about one mile northwest
Of F1oris, with membraneous Group.
Funeral services were held at the home
this morning at 10 o'clock. Burial in
the ROUGH cemetery east of F1oris.
The marriage of Earl Knedler of
near Bloomfield and Miss Florence
Belceme Johnson, took place Sunday at
IL o'clock at the home Of the brides
parents, southwest Of F1oris In the
presence of about fifty relatives. Rev.
J. Fl. Yount of Bloomfield performed
the ceremony. ....
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26
Legal Notice.
Proof Of Will.

State OF Iowa, Wapello county. SIS.
To all whom it may concern: Notice
Is hereby given that an instrument in
writing purporting to be the last will
and testament Of c. G. Peters deceased
was this day produced, opened and
read by the undersigned, and that
have fixed Saturday the 18th day OF
January 1918 as the day for hearing
proof in relation thereto.
witness my official signature. with
the seal of said court hereto affixed,
this 18th day Of December, 1912.
Geo. Phillips. Clerk District Court, by
Clara Peterson, Deputy.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26
SACRED COLLEGE r.
GREET PONTIFF
Pontin During Reception Of Cardinals
Referred to Peace Of Nations
and Was Hopeful.

Rome, Dec. 24.-The pope during
his Christmas reception to the cardin-
ais To-Day referred to the peace con-
ference saying that all Christians
should unit in prayer that the outcome
of the present councils Of the nations
should be peace, for which he rejoiced
that there was reasonable hope. The
pope deplored the attempt to assassin
ate the viceroy OF India at Delhi.
He looked remarkably we'll in spite
of the arduous week OF receiving many
delegations who had come to bring
him the greetings OF the season.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26
FRUIT co. SHIP
HARD AGROUND
Steel Steamer Turrialba Blown Ashore
In Hurricane Enroute From
Jamaica to New York.

| Sandy Hook, N. j., Dec. 24.---Nosing
her way through binding snow storm
the steam ship Turrialba Of the
| United Fruit Co., line went hard
aground today on the sandy waters of
the Jersey shore line bewteen Barne-
gat, and Atlantic City. A stiff nor h.
west gale was blowing but this after.
noon word was received by wireless
, that she was resting easily.
The vessel carries nearly sixty pas
sengers. Wrecking tugs, life savers
and the United States revenue cutter
Seneca started for the scene at once.
The weather was so thick however,
! that the rescuers had trouble In locat.
ing the stranded ship and the Seneca
putting out from New York under
forced drapght, reported by wireless
that she would have to proceed eau.
I tiously.
New York, Dec. 24.-The United
Fruit Co., steamer Turrialba was hard
aground near Bergandata early this
morning according to wireless reports
received here. The steamer was
bound from Kingstown, Jamaica, to
New York. The worst blizzard of the
winter prevailed of the coast this
morning. ....
At the United Fruit Co., Office It
was said that the Turrialba probably
had about so passengers aboard. The
boat was due in New York tomorrow.
She is one of the newest steel vessels
I in the company's service and is of
5000 tons.
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tails Of letters they wrote five years

tails Of letters they wrote five years
ago?
Some of these men did not know
what they were charged with. They
came to me and asked me what 1t was
all about l had to explain to them
hitting. but only with transporting ex-
plosives illegally. You jurors can't
convict these men of crimes with
which they are not charged. You can.
not convict them Of causing explos.
ions, but only with carrying explosives
on passenger trains or conspiracy to
violate the federal laws"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26
SEN. KERN MAKES
PLEA FOR 40 MEN

Indiana Senator Asks Consideration
u for the Dynamite Conspiracy De-
PENDANTS Of Jury.
Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 24.-United
States Senator John w. Kern argued
in behalf of the forty defendants at
the dynamite conspiracy" trial to-
day. He appealed to the Jurors to re-
member when preparing their verdicts
that most Of the defendants came
from distant parts of the country.
plain workingmen," he said, some
Of them union iron workers, taken
from their homes hundreds and thou
sands of miles away and made to face
a strange court with a district attor-
ney hurting harsh and abusive lam
guage at them-is it any wonder that
some Of them couldn't remember de-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26

supply in anticipation of the Kenyon
bill becoming a law and he does not
account for 1t on this ground"
G.. w. Creath was the plaintiff in the
actions against Mr.. Nelson and Mr..
Erbacher.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26
Hospital Notes.

Herbert Johnson, the young lad who
was accidently shot last week by ids
friend. Bob Fleming, was removed
from the hospital to his home yester-
day
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26

FOR SALE-65 GALLON TO 10 GAL
lon oak barrels suitable for packing
large hams and. side meat. Ottumwa
Barrel & Crate Co., Union Street.
New phone 1341-K.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26

FOR SALE-c2 HEAD OF COWS.
coming fresh In 80 or 60 days. WIN
guarantee. Will sell your choice or
all. w. e. Griffith. III N. Court
Phone 897-K.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26
GL LEE CLUB BOYS rs
DELIGHTED ALL
GRlNkELL COLLEGE MUSICAL Or
GANIZATIoN GAVE EXCELLENT
PROGRAM. !

The music that everybody likes was
given by the Grinnell college glee clut
Saturday night at the First Congrega-
tional church. The club is in it's nine
teenth season, and this was the sec
ond appearance in Ottumwa. No
where can you flnd student body
more enthusiastic. more conscientious
or more genuinely talented They
equalled. The solo numbers were de-
lightful. r. P II. Manuel, the star
singer who was i'll last year, appeared
with the club Saturday. He possesses
a beautiful tenor voice and his NUN.
bers on the program were greatly en-
joyed. Professor George L. Pierce
pianist, is new member Of the club.
He has just returned from studying in
Berlin. and is valued musician at the
Grinnell conservatory of music. David
e. Peck violinist, H. Raymond Steven
son, baritone. Paul F. Sprague, tenor
and John S. Evans are the soloists ap-
pearing in the program.
Music of high order as well rs
humorous Is sung by these young men,
and hearty encores were graciously
acknowledged. The complete program
follows:
Sailors song-Mosenthal, Glee club.
The Shores Of Sighing-Chaffin, Glee
club.
Three Comrades-Hermann Mr..
Manuel.
(a) Calm as the night, Bohm. (b)
Love Sympathy, Damrosch, Glee club.
Part Two. ta..
Songs from the southland-Glee
club. ...."
Carry Me Back to or Virginny-A
banjo song, Arr D. E. Peck, solo-Mr.
Manuel.
o Susannah
Come Kiss Yo' Nanny.
Massa's in de Cor, Coz Groun'.
Solo-Mr. Stevenson.
My or Banjo.
Part Three.
Songs Of Araby-Clay, Mr. Sprague
and Glee club.
Romance-dAm brosio, Mr.. Peck.
Archers Marching song-D. L.
Smith, Glee club. 49,. 49,.
Alumni song-Otis- Odds, Quartet
and Glee club.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26

MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYS
for sale. Mrs. Thos. Miller, Selma, la.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26

ARE YOU UNEMPLOYED OR DIS
satisfied with your work, or get very
low wages with no prospect OF adj
vancement? The automobile business
offers you opportunities. Our gradu-
ates are trained by practical expert
ence in demonstrating, repairing and
driving all makes of automobiles,
and command large salaries. Enor-
NOUS sales of automobiles have left
great shortage Of good men. Write
Tor full particulars and learn now
before the spring rush. National
Automobile Training Assn, Omaha,
Nebr.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26
Farm Property For Rent.

FOR RENT-20O ACRE FARM NEAR
Farson. C. A. Dickey. Farson. Ia.
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For Sale

FOR SALES. c. r.. I. RED COCK
erels. Large bone, fine color, aristo-
crat strain, farm raised birds. John
H. Short, Hedrick, Ia. r. No. 1.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-26

FOR SALE-PURE BRED BOURBON
Red Turkey Toms. Phone 211 on 4
Address Mrs. Frank Larson, Dudley
Iowa. '.a''
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Wanted.

wANTED-TO CRY YOUR SALES,
live stock and general farm sales a
speciality. Satisfaction guaranteed
Col. w. H. Hillery Ottumwa, Iowa,
r. No. 2.
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For Sale.

FARMS FOR SALE OR TRADE
right here at home. The Baldwin
Agency, Unionville. Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-24
Plain Miscarriage Of Justice.

Harry Elgin Webster, a ne'er do
well and pervert. who deliberately
and brutally murdered his wife, in
stead of expiating his crime on the
gallows is to spend his life in prison.
1t is miscarriage of justice
There was nothing extenuating,
nothing TO suggest leniency in Web
ster's monstrous deed. a betrayer
of women, the murderer OF one he had
wronged and who trusted him, no
punishment is too severe for him.
Yet he gets of with life sentence
with the hope and prospect of a par
Con before him.
No wonder this country has star
tied the world with its record OF
murders. No wonder the record is
made blacker each year.
E IL may be a rule that when q muir
sderer pleads guilty his life shall be
Spared. But II II is to save men like
Webster and Rlcheson 1T is a rule
.hat adds to the black record of this
country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-24
NASHVILLE TennesseeanO

Nearly $4,000 farms in the United
States-49,6 04 to be exact-contain
over 1000 acres of land. And there
in lies the full explanation of the
failure of many farming districts to
improve and attain their full posi-
bilities. Few men have the organ
ization, the capital and the equip
ment to operate a farm of 1000
acres in such a manner that it yields
adequate returns on the actual
value of the land. More farms and
better farming are the crying need
of the nation.
Ten farms of 100 acres each, op-
Grated by 10 farm owners, yield a
vastly greater income to a commun-
ity than one farm of 1000 acres OPP
Grated by a single man. A farm
owner keeps up fences, paints his
house, cleans the weeds out of the
corners of fields and takes pride in
keeping the lanes and roads about
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-24

we can be unaffected very materially
by weather or other adverse conditions
If we force ourselves to forget the evil
and keep our minds actively engaged
on the good, the beautiful and the
true. You cannot do this instantan-
eously, but you can progress along
such lines growing nearer perfection
each day.
If you don't believe this try for
just a week or two to overcome bodily
discomforts by right thinking. If you
catch yourself about to complain of
the cold, or the heat, or your neigh
boris unfairness, or your friends in
difference, or your minister's poor ser
mons, or your grocer's poor eggs. or
any Of the innumerable ills that pos
sess your mind, just check your mental
attitude and think something pleasant.
See if you cannot do somebody a good
turn.
Get out Of the personal nut. Try to
forget yourself. And the result will
be a great surprise to you.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-24
The Weather and the Mind.

Man is born to trouble. as the sparks
: TO fly upward. When II Is 20 below
zero, he bowls for warmer weather.
when II is 35 degrees higher. he says
the east wind is colder than the below
zero. And next July hell kick him.
self red in the face because It is 81 in
the shade. The only one who finds life
worth living IS the fellow who takes
what comes and says its bully"
It's not the weather which raises
merry hades with a disposition and
breaks up the physical system. It's
the worry over Il. The men and wo.
men who load themselves down with
thick fiannels until they can scarcely
waddle. may keep out the wind. but
they also keep in the impurities Of the
body. and the germs. and the baciui.
and all the other things that the spe.
cialists keep US constantly scared
about.
During the coolest OF the recent
frigid snap, a rudy specimen of mid
die manhood. who lives the cheerful
life. rolled up his trousers when asked
II 1t was not cold. and showed a bare
leg from the knee down, and only thin.
short-length undergarments OF the
summer weight. Il never change" he
said, with the changing seasons. I
never get cold or suffer from the ex.
treme freezing, because I do not think
about e."
This idea may be a little strenuous
for the average person. but It is sur
prising how much cold and heat and
inclemency Of the atmosphere one can
stand without suffering If he only al.
lows himself TO forget Il. II we think
warm thoughts; thoughts that take in,
with kindness and the desire to be
OF service, the rest OF the world-the
reflected influence on the body is some.
thing wonderful.
We are largely what our minds make
us. We can be miserable, or happy;
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-24
gsAE.RS uxA
Our
ONgEsNlEN
BEA1BgEIRS

many a woman with little money but
much good taste has contrived an ap-
pearance equal to that of her neigh
bors who could afford to indulge in
the latest styles and best materials,
A woman with taste even though she
has little money is really the one TO
be envied, for she has ability and the
chance to exercise it. Surely 1t is
more of a matter of pride to possess
ability than to possess mere money,
which may only buy ability.
One of the keenest sorrows of those
who practice compulsory economy is
the lack Of amusements.
To the average person amusement
means the spending of money. One
can't be entertained without buying a
ticket for something or hiring some
thing or tipping somebody for some
thing.
And you will find people who have
pursued expensive pleasures for many
years, who will tell you that there's
really nothing in it; that a plain meal
at home; that the society of few
whose congeniality has been tested
outside of the monetary bounds; that
good book read in the light of the
green-shaded home lamp; that a tramp
along the road, with squared shoulders
and deep-breathing lungs, and eyes and
ears alert; that a tussle with the dog
or an hours play with the kddies;
that these things and many, many
more just as simple and just as COM
mon and human, are far greater joys
than those which are bought with dol
lars.
Don't just endure the economy YOU
must practice. Enjoy it. Enjoy every.
thing you do. Your work needn't be
tedious. Your duties needn't be a
humdrum. AS long as there is this
big, wonderful world about you, there
are enough interesting things going
on to make life mighty well worth
living, even if you can't own an auto.
mobile and dress the children like
those of Gotrox around the corner.
Instead of quarreling over the bills
and wailing over expenditures and
blaming each other for extravagances
as some husbands and wives have q
habit of doing, why not sit down
amicably together and study the dol
lar-and get the better of it, instead
of letting it boss you?
Play game with it, between you
1t beats bridge all hollow, and you'll
find the game so interesting that sooI
you won't care much whether othel
people are looking up or down at you
though it's almost invariably tn,
case that those who follow their con
sciences and do the best they can al
cheerfully as they can, are the yer,
ones who have the real respect O
their neighbors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-24
Cost Of Bosses.

II is figured by the New Orleans
Times-Democrat that the II ward
bosses OF the city have held Office for
number Of years totaling $40. and
have received altogether in salaries
S2,l95.50O. OF course, since bosses
rarely give anything OF value in re-
turn for what they receive, this sum
Is almost all clear profit from the
business Of being boss.
Reducing the figures to averages,
IL appears that the term OF office
holding per boss comes to nearly 90
years, and the annual profit OF each
amounted TO approximately $4,000
From all OF which one may conclude
that the bosses Of New Orleans do
not vary much in their characteristics
from those Of the entire genus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-24
Waste of Big Farms

his place in presentable condition.
The result is a condition of general
thrift which makes a neighborhood
attractive to other farmers and en-
hanees land values.
But tenant farmers have no inter-
est in the appearance of land or i'm
provements. They rob the soil with
out qualm of conscience and have no
heart in advancing the reputation of
a neighborhood or in improving
schools and churches. Smaller farms
in the hands of working farmers are
the demand of the hour, north and
south alike.
Intensified farming must come in
all sections. 1t means the salvation
OF thousands of families and it also
means the financial salvation of
landowners who are blindly holding
large tracts that do not yield even a
fair interest on the investment. Cut
up the big farms. Live and let live
Give the ambitious settler a chance
to make a home for himself.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-24
State Wins Swiaert Suit.

Kankakee, Jan. 24.-Judgment for
S24,147, the amount of two warrants,
with interest, was entered by Judge
Campbell in the circuit court in favor
OF the state against George Simonds,
surviving surety on the official bond of
the late Charles P. Swigert Of Kanka-
kee, state auditor from 1880 to 1888
The warrants on which suit was begun
several months ago by Attorney Gen.
eral stead were drawn on the state
treasury against the municipal bond
fund. Upon Auditor Swigerts death
his estate was said TO be insolvent and
action on the bond followed Mr. 81
mond's attorneys will appeal to the
Illinois supreme court.