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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-06
EDDYvILLE.

Quarterly conference Of the NJ. E.
church was held in Eddyville Saturday
afternoon. Rev. Shook Of Ottumwa wac
present
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Vance arrived in
Eddyville Saturday from Wisconsin
for visit with the formers sister Mrs.
Palmer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Chord were called
to Oskaloosa Saturday by the serious
illness Of Mr.. Chords brother.
Mrs. Isabel White Of Oskaloosa, Mrs.
Geo. Simms Of Ward and Mrs. Ellen
Wilburn of What Cheer are visiting ct
the home Of their sister Mrs. Lucinda
Grill who is seriously ILL.,
Miss Rena Ryan who has been nurs-
ing in Chicago came home Saturday,
called by the illness Of her mother Mrs.
J. Ryan.
Mrs. Samuel Arnold and daughters
Aleine and Gale Of Webster City are
snending the week in Eddyville visiting
Mrs. Arnold's mother Mrs. M. J. Cris-
we'll and other relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl True came up
from Ottumwa and spent Sunday with
relatives in Eddyville.
Mrs. John Curtis Of near Des Moines
came down Saturday for visit at the
parental Phil DOTS home and with
other relatives and friends.
Rev. c. w. Cochran who has been
pastor Of the M. E. church at Eddy
Vile for the past two years has tender
ed his resignation and the same has
been accepted. He will remain in Ed.
dyville for short time before leaving
for. his new work.
Mrs. Iantha Fish and two sons went
to Abba Friday to make their home.
Miss Edith Jones and Miss Alva
Jackson of Oskaloosa were guests on
Saturday Of Rev. and Mrs. G. w.
Cochran
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-06

ated his Columbus statementsthat "the
people have the right to rule" Have
they lost it? II SO, when? 1t is only
a little over three years since Colonel
Roosevelt was president He did not
claim then that the people were not
ruling. On the contrary, he lauded
William Howard Taft as great ex-
ponent of popular government, a safe
leader, a true guide and preceptor.
Since then there has been no change
in the constitution, or the form OF
government or important legislation
that lessons the prerogatives Of the
people. Whence comes this new
issue, this sudden alarm, this tenn.
pestuous warning that the liberties OF
the people are in peril?
It came into the political arena with
the third term ambition and the con-
sequent necessity to manufacture q
new issue in Justification. ....
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memories.
you did not answer the letter
wrote you when you were in Italy" he
said, responsibility.
Indeed. did," she replied. earnest
". but long. long afterward learned
that the train to cherbours had burn-
ed"
"Oh!" he said, his eyes full Of regret.
AS he became more attentive and
impressive in manner, and she caught
the Jealous glances Of her husband.
Vivian's spirits scared. and she never
seemed more beautiful.
Later in the evening, In the COM
servatory, she looked at Harry sud-
denly and laughed.
What vivid imagination you have.
Mr.. Walters!"
1T was awfully good Of you, Mrs.
Avery. not to give me away. am
roing to confess to you, my old
neighbour the object OF my fairly tales"
you needn't" said Vivian, with q
smile. Il think I can guess. May IT,
You may; but don't see how
Mrs. Gordon had confided to me on
my arrival that you were engaged to
Miss Nelson. and I OWNED from her
and she had had misunderstanding.
and you were trying to make her jeal-
ous.'
Mrs Avery, you must have second
sight! But it was awfully sweet Of you
to help me out"
Fellow feeling quoted Vivian to
herself.
Looking up she saw her husband
standing before her.
VIVIAN" he said in q tone trem-
ulous with feeling, this is our
dance"
He led her away from the astonish-
ed Walters and in the ballroom he
caught her almost roughly to him, as
they began the waltz.
"Tell me, did you know he was to
be hereT' he asked fercely.
She looked up with frank eyes in
which shone the gladness Of love re-
gained, and said with the earnestness
Of truth:
II never dreamed Of such thing. Il
was just a coincidence"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-06
SOUTHERN BOLTS.

Col. Roosevelt's campaign manager
declares that Roosevelt will file con-
tests against 112 delegates in the Chi
cago convention. This number in
cludes practically all the southern
delegates, although there is not the
slightest warrant for contests in those
southern districts. The announcement
of the filing of these wholesale con-
tests In the convention was the basis
for the report that Roosevelt contem-
plated boiling the convention after
Taft's nomination. @
In connection with these southern
contests it is interesting to recall the
view Roosevelt held of such tactics
four years ago when he was accepting
the service of the same federal Office
holders in securing delegates for Taft.
as he accepted their service in 1904
when they were securing delegates for
him Four years ago 1t will be remem-
bered that the Taft opponents, known
then as "the allies" set up a loud cry
against the so-called steam roller"
tactics, and had scores of contests in
the Chicago convention, contests which
were thrown out as wholly without
merit, just as the present contests are
without merit. Col. Roosevelt, then
president, was indignant over these
contests fled against the southern del
egations. Writing to William Dudley
Foulke, of Richmond, under date Of
February 9, 1908, COL Roosevelt said:
At present various efforts are being
made to get up boiling delegations
from the southern states, and the meet
ings at which these so called dele
gates are chosen are usually announced
as -officeholders" conventions. AS
rule, this means only, SO far as it
means anything, that they are held
under the lead Of persons who wish to
be put in Office, but whose character
and capacity are such that they have
not been regarded as fit to be ap-
pointed under this administration. In
these cases, be 1t remembered that the
failure to secure Office is not the re-
suit of the political action of the men
in question; on the contrary their poll
teal action is due to their failure to
secure Office.
What Roosevelt said Of the non
officeholder's bolts of four years ago
applies as forcefully now. The incident
merely gives an illustration where
Roosevelt's written and spoken record
rises up to confound him in the inde-
feasible course he is now pursuing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-06

The president of the New York cot
ton exchange declares that the tube
skirt and the general scantiness OF
woman's attire of late caused great re.
duction in the demand for finished
cotton goods. If the artists who draw
those pictures of men Illustrating
clothing ads in the magazines have IT
figured out right the WOODEN men will
have kick soon. The pictures seem
to indicate that masculine fashions
are inclined to run to skin fits and
high waters ,.a
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EVENING STORY
vlvIAN's PLAYMATE.
BY Belle Mandates.
Copyright, 1912, by the Associated
Literary Press.)


Vivian's keen sense told her that
the first signs of lost illusions were
visible in her liege lord. He had be-
come used to her beauty and his pride
in possession. He was naturally cold
and cynical, and her girlish, affec-
Tomato nature had made the first i'm
preston on his impassivity. In the
usual course of affairs his coldness,
she concluded, would naturally in-
crease. Her keen insight showed her
where the trouble lay. She had been
too easily won-too anxious to please
him. She should make him jealous.
Then she realized with sigh that
she could not, even to rekindle his
love, bring herself to fiirt with any
one.
Finally she decided to have an . in
aginary absent lover. Then she would
not harm any one else-or herself.
Her husband coming into her sit
ting room one afternoon found her
looking tenderly at an object she held
in her hand.
= He made no comment, and she
quickly slipped it backfnto drawer
in her desk.
II have been looking" she said.
with a flush for her deception, at
some of my girlhood keepstakes."
His Indifference was stirred.
ooh, then that was picture of an
old sweetheart you were gazing
upon?''
"Well, I suppose you might call him
that she replied with reminiscent
smile and deprecating manner. He
lived across the street from us when
we were children, and we grew up to-
gether. He was two years older than
T., but he was nice and protecting to
me-"
well" he asked sarcastically, as
she paused, what became of him."
1--WE went to school together. Then
he went to college. l went abroad,
and-well, you know how people come
and go in your life"
"And you told me-" he blurted,
"that I was the first"
How foolish l was" she thought,
ito have told him anything like that
but there are many things woman
can't learn until she has been mar
ried.'
ooh" she said aloud. "A boy and
girl affair. Valentines and all that
Stiffness, you know-hardly counts as
a love AFFAIR."
whats his name?" he demanded.
Her quondam sweetheart was rap
idly assuming tangible proportions.
She had no idea he would bite" SO
quickly and easily. She ran over in
her memory the scores of boys whom
she had known in the way she men
toned. She. had said that he lived
across the street, though. With the
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delightful inconsistency of her sex
she strove to adhere as nearly as
possible to the truth while in the
webs Of deceit. She recalled the
cognomen of boy who had lived on
the opposite side of the street.
Harry Walters" she said, lnger.
ing tenderly on the name.
"Show me the picture you were
incoming over when came In.
should like to see what your young
fancy chose.
She opened the drawer and selected
a picture of a cousin, youth OF
eighteen, who lived in the far west.
''This is he, Harry" she said, find
ing loophole for her conscience IN
the recollection that her cousins
name was Harry.
He scowled at the delicate features
and threw the picture down vindic
lively.
1T strikes me-" he saiu. with a.
air of cold displeasure, that you are
rather sentimental for a married
woman"
She laughed lightly. "Well, Hugh
why not? But it is time to dress
We dine at Mrs. Gordon's tonight
you know"
"Who will be there?'
1.-THE Langdons, Maude Wilbur
Arthur Beauchamp, and some others
It is given for girl from Los Angeles
who is visiting at the Gordons."
The last arrival at the dinner was a
stalwart, well-set-up man, whom the
hostess finally brought to Vivian as she
stood talking to the guest OF honor,
Maude Nelson.
Harry said Mrs. Gordon sweetly,
II want you particularly to know Mrs
Avery. Mr. Walters, Vivian"
Vivian blushed with pleasure.
"Oh!'" she cried excitedly. II am
sure-yes, you are the Harry Walters
who lived across the street from us
in Fostoria."
"And you are Vivian Allen. You
haven't changed in the least"
II am 50 glad I arranged for you to
go in to dinner together!" exclaimed
Mrs. Gordon.
Hugh" called Vivian to her hus-
band, who stood near by with an In
scrutable expression on his face,
come here. want you to meet MI
Walters. Such coincidence! l was
telling you about him this afternoon
Hugh coldly acknowledged the In
l1oouSIloh.
II should hardly know you from the
picture Of you that my wife treasures
he remarked.
Vivian felt Mrs. Gordon's surprise, as
well as that Of Miss Nelson. She did not
dare look at Harry Walters until she
heard him say:
ooh, did you keep that photograph all
this time? hope have changed IN
appearance since that time"
She was very grateful to him, and
turning to look at him. an idea came
to her which made her eyes dance. Hel
husband, with Miss Nelson, sat OPP
posite her and her "schoolboy sweet
heart at dinner Vivian racked her
brain for "reminiscences. Finding none
(for of all the boys who attended the
academy when she did, she had known
him the least), she originated several
To her delight and amusement, he not
only responded eagerly, but followed VI
her lead with much more thrilling
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-06
.oosEvELT a POOR SPORT.

Az Miller in the washington
ra,,o~r.t (democratic.) II there IS
anYthin9 a good sportsman hates 1t Is
ana who soueals when the game goes
ssa,nst him. There are plenty OF
1 snorts who are big guns as long as tne
game goes their way but Wnen tna.
stnns and when the tune turns tney
ora not game and turn out to be "nat ~
the hoys call tin horn sports. AND II
,oors to us as If Teddy were turning
n.,4 The cheapest kind of TIN morn
sport. uor who dis
.-ae. With him but he is not salts
ned with that. He calls everyo .l;y,, :,
thief who does not vote as ne tnin ns
10 ought to vote. He Is strohe W
having the people rule, as long as tnes
vote as he thinks they should, out ne
snneals fraud and dishonesty anu
frickery II he is beaten. ne IS poor
snnrt. indeed, he is tin morn spore.
When the boys shoot craps, the 1eilow
Tho ats in as long as he wins and
snuaals when he loses, Is calleo q
tinker" Is Teddy piker?
TIC shouted fraud in New YORK, put
az onlv trouble with Teddy was that
nc did not carry New YORK. we nave
aIvava known that he was weak in
New York. He never has shown him.
self a good runner where he was best
known.
Teddy shows a yellow streak clear
un his back. He is devil of hunter
n Africa when he has regiment OF
men and gun bearers and fiunk1es at
hts heels. but we would be willing to
het a forty dollar dog that if he were
set out in the woods alone to shoot
the big game Davy Crockett or Kit
Carson or Daniel Boone used to or even
like some of the hunters we used to
know around here, he would squeal like
coyote.
Teddy is cheap, common stuff. He
treated Taft worse than crap shooter
would treat his pals. Teddy did not
get anything In New York nor in
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-06
THE GIRLS OF WELLESLEY.

Chicago Inter-Ocean: The girls OF
Wellesley college have drawn up q
selected list Of "Don'ts" in which we
find the following:
Don't flirt with the handsome young
fellow down town. His wife may not
like it.
Don't retire with undrawn curtains.
The rubber industry flourishes In other
places than South America.
Don't kiss each other in public. It's
awful to see woman doing mans
work.
The girls at Wellesley have either
learned something at college or were
born with common sense. ~
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-06
REAL PROGRESS.

message to congress polheAAe
neana ~ saving $4,000, 900 every We,
- ~ naonle's money should De n ,.aa,
~ III citizens, regardless OF pol!'i 30
so,+h. al a matter of the graVeee 80
.,ar+ance such a message was trans mast
-. - - congress today by Presldent o..
Tsa rrasident recommended concieve
/ -asornna including the placing ol pos
30 stara az the first and secono eiaae
.moss n the classified service az =,
\ Snned salaries: abolishing the once ~
a ass,s4ant postmaster; abolisnlng sca
\ 1870 nension agencies, and paying ous
. . money from the pension one a
= Wosh,npton, and placing local ",
nars ~ the other governmental ue
,,ert,,ents in the classified serves 81
tr,at two men may no longer NC p"11
TOR doing the work OF one. tho
M recommendation MADE ny
..Sar+ we're based on the report "
r economy and eflciency conmlssl ~,
~ under authority gwen w
co NE changes recommended by ene
,o.n,ss,on and approved by the pres.
so,,. ave- strong. They propose to take
, M M. p"tederal patronage" question ~.
~. u r,arican politics by placing lug
s, :. off,cers on the civil serVice
-. there their positions Will not oe
y .,,hiact to the turn OF the poitt tha
sa nas, INIT Win depend solely on the
merit Of the ofacers oa ,,,,cb 10
.av about the activity OF 1euela a,sm
- -. holders in the present campaisn
~ 1870 ha n favor of this reform a.
.La.,.h 10 never was in favor Oh us
rn5ino this federal Office holding "
pant.atinn when he was using II 70 se
e,,-a- his own nomination or III uN. "a.
~ The nomination four years ago; M. .
n 1ns has had much to say aoopt
..-c~reaatveness. Mere Is proxies
/ p.s snre. a more progressive near
49, ran any ever fathered by Hoose-
,.,sM tor It not only guarantees
~, so.s - tha people's money, but II means
Ane atsrnntion of the only ponticai VI,
...n4vatioil that can be controlFeu ~
., accnnant Of the presidents cnair
- ~ question Of federal patr0nas11
-. o .nounted to much as pollucal
...,,a until Roosevelt's abuse VI
,n .ss. # rave him in building up q
ppo oWl machine called pubic a..e ah
I'm to the measure in when suS4
- co,,ld be abused. Prestuen,
49, 80 foSnrr removing all these 1eoeral
amcas from the patronage. nst. ~; ~
end p.set,es, Of m sTi WHO n pas
= - TIA hardest licks' during the c<am
n e ~ He would have these o ,ssxa
$1,000 IN the men who merit tnem'
49, rI,aaa of-the measure OF their pol
t IA innusnoe, and. as the pres n1tne
points ont he would ID f uoe ooo Of the
nennle's money every year: 4,,,
pG Tha matters recommended IN ms
,oa .ns are Of suflctent Importance &c
to secure the fullest eonsia I'D tns %am ,n
congress. II the me% no1a these Dl s recon.
m ,so while they continue to as us
nnss only measures designed to .n aid
their party IN the coming election ar ene =,
viii fall far short OF the measure prsas1eo Ut
craftsmanship dispiayesdi s W Tneasaee to.
.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-06

Louisville Courier-Journal: Speak
ing at St. Louis of the rumor that he
might bolt the Chicago convention, Mr..
Roosevelt announced: Anything pur-
porting to come from me, unless l say
it myself, is a fake" And sometimes
when he does say it himself, as, for
instance, when he said that under no
circumstances would he accept IAN
other nomination."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-06
Crack Bicycle Man Found Dead.

New York, April 4.-Joseph Orlando,
crack quarter mile bicycle rider,
who had hopes of going to Sweden
with the American Olympic team, was
found dead In bath tub today, it is
believed that he became over heated,
took a cold bath and died of heart
shock. He was 80 years old.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-06

deal of mud manufactured for political purposes when
vrtuous electorate is about to hoist somebody
into the white house against his WILL and some Of 1t
sticks to the person Of the hoisee with discouraging
results. Mud.slingng is gentee occupation whose
purpose it Is to make candidate for office wish he
had stayed on the farm. The other kind Of mud Is
mouth of the grave in whisper One of the most
popular brands of mud the market has for its
motto-"where there's SO much smoke there must be
sayings to be found in the annals of any people Many
man has been overtaken by this motto and request
ed to retire from the Y. M. c.. A. just after paying his
annual dues hereby being defrauded Of public con
fdence and several free baths. Agricultural mud Is
most common in the spring Of the year. and Is fire.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-06

A Chicago attorney told the Judge
that the young lady defendant flirted
with the jurors. If that attorney wanted
to start a real scene he should have
told the Jurors wives. . s4E-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-06

There is one engraving of female
face that all men and women too,
never get as many copies of as they
want. It is on the silver dollar.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-06

It looks as If Roosevelt will not get
better than third money in the race.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-06

Oh yes, Italy and Turkey are still
having a war.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-06

subso into the
home prolific citizens
hound Mud generally despised quality should
ely dries When found this called and collects with
upright
for the rubber and the nteng arctic is therefore
+.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-06
WHEN WAS IT LOST?

Burlington Hawk-Eye: In his Chi
cago speech Colonel Roosevelt reiter-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-06

If you wish to succeed, write more
deposit slips than you do checks.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-06

Indiana and North Dakota. They did
not know he was on the map and
squealing fraud does not help.
Teddy is tin horn sport.
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Sidewalk Sketches
MUD.
Ey Howard L. Ram

divided agr
is
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-12-27
A Boys Letter

The following letter was written
by Terrell II. Moore, a 7-year-old
pupil in the 3 B class of the public
school. In his epistle he takes the
role of Santa Claus:
NORTH POLE, Dec. 10, 1912.
DEAR TERRALL:
How are you? | liked your letter
very much. but you put in too many
nexts. think can spare YOU a
football, but | have no football suit.
| have Pinocchio and know you are
a bookworm because you chose such
a good book. can bring you an
engine and cars and track. ! will
bring you box of sugar plums that
Mrs. Santa Claus has been making.
She has been making candy all sum-
mer. In all she has made a thous-
and pounds of it, for you see there
are thousands Of little children on
the earth. She is a spry old girl.
forgot to tell you that | am
compelled to keep young.
The other day Mrs. Santa Claus
took the broom to me and gave me
such a branching" that | am bit
rheumatic. | would like to have
you come up here and drive my
sleigh and distribute presents. but
you cannot come up in the north
land where live, SO ! will have to
go myself.
A saddle would he just the thing
and you could ride my old polar
bear. You could have playthings
enough to make anybody envy you,
and visit the Eskimos and hunt deer
and skate on the pond and dig snow
caves.
Well, give my love to your school
mates and to everybody.
Your old friend. SANTA CLAUS.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-12-27
Peanuts

The seed were sent to me from
the State College. The ground that
they were planted in was plowed
about the first of March, after a
snow. They were of the big Viz
ginia stock. The day before they
were planted we broke each nut in
two and soaked them in water over
night. The ground in which they
were planted was slightly furrowed
with turning pillow, then the nuts
were dropped one in place about
twenty inches apart. Then they
were covered with the same pillow
and narrowed so as to leave a
smooth surface on the ground. After
every large rain we broke the crust
around the hill with hoe. This
was done to prevent the moisture
from evaporating too freely, which
otherwise it would have done. The
ground was frequently plowcd with
IA hve.shovel cultivator. | won first
prize on peanuts at the county fair
held at Clovis September p and Is.
| have won in all about SIP in prizes
this year. was very much pleased
with the success of Industrial Club
No. 20 at the state fair. 1t won
about half of the dry farming pri-
yes. believe Prof. Conway and
Miss Fielder and other leaders of the
Boys and Girls Industrial Clubs are
doing great work in getting the
juniors of New Mexico interested in
the farm, and it is work which is
necessary to the health and wealth
of any state or nation. | hope that
all the clubs will do a great deal
better next year. Gordon Wicks.