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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30

Mrs. A. a. Pcttigrcw and Miss violc
Pettigrew. who have been guests o
Mrs, .. b.. Enright for two weeks
nave returned to Richmond
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30

Especial to The Times Dispatch.
Eureka Mills, Va, September 30
The marriage Of Miss Lucy Eggleston
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Beverly p
Eggleston. to Robert Friend Hutche-
son, young attorney OF the Charlotte
bar which is announced to take place
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Elmore d. Hotchkirs
Jr, VIII shortly move into their nov
apartment in Monroe Terrace on West
Franklin Street
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30

DR.. and Mrs. Alexander q. Brown
spent the week end with Mrs. Mann
Valentine. at her country place, in
Powhntan County
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30

Mrs. j. Garland Pollard has returned
to richmond. after a visit TO Baltimore
and Washington.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter S. MCNEIL hav.
taken an apartment in Monroe Ter
race FOR the winter
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30

Mrs. William II. Cardwen. presiien
OF the Ashland Chapter, L. D. c.. vii
be the guest Of Mrs. Thomas IT Big
ger this week.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30
FOUR MOREDA THENANEND.
OF ALL BACK PICTURES FREE

ture, making n total of 3S5 answers.
MIR. Il is entitled to first prize. This
iS simply an illustration
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30

Mrs. Mason Miller and Miss Fannie
Miller are returning October 3 from
Biddeford Pool, Sharon. and New York.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30

Miss Essie Archer Is leaving this
week to visit Miss Helen Stevens, al
Virginia Manor"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30

Mrs. John II. ingram and family b,ye
returned to their home on West Grace
Street. after spending the summer at
Buck HILL"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30

Mrs. Walter X. Martin, who has been
spending some time with the Misses
Walden, is now the guest of friends ut
Castle HILL" In Albcmarle.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30

DR.. Fred Hodges, nephew OF DR.. J.
Nilsson Hodges, will leave Richmond
inns evening For Baker, Oregon
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30

Mrs. b. NJ. Jones has returned IN h,
nome In Richmond, after a visit to h,
sister. Mrs. Virgil a. Payne. in Ale,
andria.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30

Richmond. after spending several
weeks at Natural Bridge
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30

Mrs. w. G. Newman. of Fnrmville. Is
ut tho Willis Hospital here
for treatment
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30
Diamond Rings

or perfect quality and elegant set.
tings.
Our Diamond Department Is tho
most extensive In the South
sCHwARZsCHILD BROS.
Hichmond's Leading jewelers..
Second and broad Streets.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30

Edwin Conquest has returned to
Virginia Military Institute, after
spending several days in this city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30

Miss Evelyn Gordon has returned to
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30

Miss Nancy Perkins is the guest O.
her grandfather. c. ID. Langhorne. a
"Mirador," Albemarle County.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30

at the Methodist Church at Charlotte
Courthouse on Thanksgiving Day. will
be an event OF much interest, as both
young people arc popular and proni :
ncut in social circles
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30

Mrs. w. r. Robins and her dau-h-
ter Miss Moselle Robins who have
been on an extended visit in the NortI
and West. have returned 10 Richmond
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30

Miss Alice and Lou Leigh, who have
been In the mountains since June, have
returned to their home here.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30

such an extraordinary death on Friday
last, succumbing within quarter OF
an hour to the sting of n wasp on her
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30

Miss Florence Rex has returned &c
tne city, after visiting Miss Jane,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30

In and Out of Town.
Miss Emma Conquest has returned
from visit to Mrs. John Shelton Will
Hams at her summer home near Blue
Ridge Summit, Pa.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30

An interesting informal reception
was held at the Womans Club yester-
day afternoon from TO Z o'clock. and
great many members dropped in
for tea during receiving hours. Tho
club parlors were decorated in fall
flowers and roses.
The club Is open this week to all
delegates and altcrnates attending the
State convention of the United Daugh-
ters of the Confcdcracy.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-28
concluded Next Weekly
Eugene Lives In
Holland

Dear Editor:
. l thought would write in the travel
contest. I will write about Holland.
I do not wear shoes like American
boys and girls do. wear wooden
shoes. I do not carry water like
Americans. do. carry it on long
pole which I put across my back with
ropes hanging down from each side
and buckets tied on each end Of the
ropes.
Whenever baby boy is born in our
family We have blue ribbon on the
door outside, and whenever baby
girl is born we hang a pink ribbon
on the door.
In the winter time we have skates.
We carry water when skating. There
is a lady on a sled that goes around,
when she comes to the door she knocks
and yells, oranges, bananas, lemons
and fruits" Sometimes the people
buy of her and sometimes they do
not.
But best Of all, like coasting on
my sled on the ice. 1t is more fun
then anything else.
In summer we have good times, too.
Eugene Beck, age g.
Hedrick, Iowa.
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Alice Tells 0fMQnv
Tragedies

London is the capital OF England
and is the largest city in the world.
1t is situated on both banks Of the
Thames river. It has a very dense
population. 1t has many old and In.
teresting buildings.
The Tower has been the back.
ground Of all the darkest scenes Of
English history. It was here that
Maud Fitzwater, King Johns victim,
was poisoned.
Another interesting tower IL the
Bell Tower. Many prisoners have oc.
cupted rooms in the tower and on
the walls OF passage that leads from
1t to the Beauchamp tower are carved
with their names.
The execution spit is at the north.
ern end Of what il known now as the
Tower Green.
The first execution was that Of
Lord Hastings in 1888.
The next victim was Annie Boleyn,
queen Of Henry VIII.
The execution OF Lady Jane Grey.
the gentle girl Of 10, followed in 1854,
The last one that of Earl OF Essex,
took place on Ash Wednesday, 1901.
Another place Of much interest Is
Westminster Abbey. The. original
church was erected by Edward the
Confessor, 1049-1065, and was rebuilt
by Edward I.
All English kings and queens haya
been crowned in the abbey from &c.
ward the Confessor to the reigninG
sovereign.
Alice e. Thompson. Lge Ii.
Russell, Iowa, Route No. a
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-28
DREAMa
BY Mary e. Merrill.

A gay young tree came out in spring
In bright green shimmering gown;
And It had most ambitious dreams,
To wear glorious crown.
what would you have, which do you
think
The prettiest Of all?
Would you choose apple blossoms pink
Or do they too soon fall?
Perhaps you'll say the radiant white
Flowers Of the cherry tree,
In clusters or in solitaires.
Would most becoming be.
aWhat are those long and feathery
pfumes
OF yellow and pale green,
That hang SO gracefully on trees
The largest have SEEM"
I'll tell you, for Of course see
You wish to make a show,
That apples, cherries, chestnuts too,
On their own trees must grow.
would advise, be your dear self;
It Is much better far
To be content and a fine tree,
An oak, just what you are.
Great cakes are very grand. know,
But from small acorns grow;
And, when you reach the proper age,
Great honors they'll bestow.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-28
WHAT COMES OF BEING DIssAT
lSFIED.

Once upon a time, there was an Ole
woman and an old man. who had an
only son. The old woman was angry
because they had a son, because she
wanted a daughter. She would whll
her son, so one day she drove him
away from home
Then she was sorry because she nae
sent him away and one day. the OLD
man drove her away from home. He
was very angry.
One day there was q boy came and
asked him where Browns lived. He SAID
Browns! Why my name is Brown.
While the old man was talking ne De
gan to cry, for he thought Of his Wlfe
and his only son.
"Why. you must be my father, SAID
the boy. And then the old man looked
at him closely and saw that he spoke
the truth.
He was very glad. He took the boy
In the house and gave him food.
The next day they both went to look
for the old woman. At last they came
to q house In the forest where some
robbers lived. An old woman came to
the door and told them that they
might come in and get food but to be
careful for fear OF the robbers! While
they were eating they found out that
she was the one they were looking for
They were very glad and were going
home, but just as they were starting
the robbers came. They started to Kill
the man and boy and old woman tried
to save them. Then the robbers got
angry and killed all three of them.
Nora Reardon.
Eldon, Iowa.
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JQck-in-the
Pulpit
CHAPTER II.
Blessed are They that do Hunger and
Thirst After Righteousness.

Blessed are They that do Hunger and
Thirst After Righteousness.
SIN your little brown cottage down in
the village" began Jack, Lives a little
gray kitten called Slick. She belongs
to Nellie, a dear little girl, who Is
fond of her pussy, keeps her warm,
clean, and fed, and is trying to bring
her up into a well-behaved and honest
cat. BY we'll behaved l mean gentle
and bed and drawing room avoiding;
and by honest I mean content to eat
what's given her, not encroaching upon
The pantry nor upon the cream-jug on
the kitchen-table. Slick, in her turn,
loves Nellie as much as cat can purr,
and has never been known to take bite
or sup not rightly coming to her
Zone day while Nellie was working
hard in school, Nellies mother was un-
expectedly summoned by Mrs. Sim
mons, In the very next house, to come
in for minute and see her daughters
brand new baby; and mother, being
surprised and hurried, not only shut
the pantry door with Slick on the in
side of it, but forgot to set into the
ice box the piece Of liver which was to
"Of course Sticks keen little nose
smelled the liver, but from under the
table only; and, quite as much of
course, Sticks small cat-tummy craved
yes, fairly hungered, for it, so much so
that the poor kitten could stand 1t no
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-28
Aurelia Visits Art
Galleries

Venice, Italy, June 81, 1918.
Dear Editor and Juniors:
I arrived here In Venice at 8 o'clock
last Wednesday morning and have
been enjoying myself ever since.
I spend most Of my time In the are
galleries. l love to see the pictures
that were painted years ago.
wish all Of you Juniors and the
editor could have been with me last
night. I am sure you would have en-
joyed yourselves to the utmost.
was down to see the arena where
they used to have 50 many fights. the
stains OF human blood were yet upon
the floor.
I also went to see the Bridge OF
Signs. There Is prison on one SIDE
and . court room on the other. REQ
pie who went into that prison never
came out again. Some never got as
far as the prison. There was trap
door on the bridge right In the CEN
ter and when they stepped on that
they fell through into the canal.
There is more meaness going on IN
this town than any place have ever
been in. They all talk Italian here,
but am getting used to that. =.
Will start home June 80. VIII not
be sorry. Hoping to hear from you
soon.. am
Yours Respectfully,
Aurelia Mccormick, age IL.
Farson, Iowa.
p. ST. would like to exchange
cards with any Of the Juniors.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-28
LueHa Wood In
Amsterdam

Dear EGitor-I am in Amsterdam
and 1 thought would write in the
Travel contest.
Amsterdam Is the capital of Hot
land. The statue of Rembrandt Is in
Holland.
The land Is crossed by network
of canals and litches.4
It's wide meadows look as level II
Ia floor. No fences are needed fol
water separates the fields.
The people of Holland use strips
of soft, dry earth filled with roots and
grass, for fuel
The horses wear small boards un
der their hoofs, which keeps them
from sinking into the soft earth. The
people wear wooden shoes, but Of
course they take them off at the
door. ...s
Holland is lower than the level Of
the sea. Great dykes or bulwarAe
have been erected at a heavy cost OF
money and labor to keep the ocean
where it belongs. On certain parts
of the coast it sometimes leans with
all it's weight against the land, and
it is as much as the country can DO tc
StanO the pressure.
Sometimes the dykes give way OF
spring a leak, and the most dfsas
trous results ensue. They are. higl
and wide and the tops Of some Of
them are covered with buildings and
trees.
Every year millions of dollars are
spent in repairing the dykes. II these
important duties were neglected the
country would be unhabitable.
In Holland there is grand parA
nearly two miles long, containing the
celebrated House in the Wood. :
sometimes used as a royal rest
dence.
This building, though plain out
side for a palace, is elegantly fur
nished within. The walls and ceiling
are covered with groups and de
signs painted directly upon them
while the plaster was fresh. One Of
the rooms contains a number of fam
lily portraits, among them group OF
royal children who in time were or
phaned by a certain axe which fig
ures very frequently in European
history. These children were painted
many times by the Dutch artist Var
Dyck, who was court painter to theil
father, Charles the First Of England
Luella Wood, aged 8.
Mou1ton, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-28
600 CHICKENS At GERTRUDE,s
--a. HOME.

Dear Juniors.-I want to tell 1ou
about my chickens.
! have one hen and twenty little
chicks. They are all colors and are
about one week old.
My sister Ruth has twenty-five lit
the Brown Leghorns They all have a
brown stripe down their backs and
are awfully nice.
We have about 600 little chicks in
all and have Is little turkeys and lots
of eggs yet to hatch.
like to help to feed and take caro-
OF our little chickens and turkeys.
l wish some Of the little Juniors
would send me some postals and
will send them some.
Gertrude Gail Jameson, age Z.
r. F. D. No. q, Stockport, Ia.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-28

Mrs. Edith Wilson, young and
charming New York woman of great
wealth, recently expressed her will
ingness to contribute 100000 toward a
fund to be used in establishing in
New York City a permanent home OF
healthful and inspiring entertainment
and training for children. What she
proposes is children's house, to en-
brace a theater, library, reading and
rest rooms and training school for
promising talent-such an enterprise
to be self-sustaining after the needed
working capital is provided, with its
benefits and service within easy means
of even poor families. Whether such
q plan will be worked out successfully
depends, says Mrs. Wilson, on the CO
operation and interest of the general
public. If the house is established, 1t
will be operated as a regular busi-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-28
MARES SKETCH.

l will write sketch Of my life.
I was born June II, 1901 in Stiles We
lived at Stiles one, year. Then moved to
Bloomfield and lived there seven
months and then moved to a farm
south Of Pulaski and only lived there
year, then six miles south Of Pulaski on
a farm owned by Chap Corrick and to
a farm northeast Of Bloomfield and
live here yet.
We are going to have sale and
move to Bloomfield. We have lived here
seven years.
l have only attended two schools and
they are the Union school and Frank
lin Star, and will have to go to town
school when we move. Our last teach
er was xeia Swinney. I liked her fine.
She only taught q four months term.
Maria Lafern Wilson, age II,
Floris, Iowa.
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"a SKETCH OF NY LIFE"

I will write a little sketch Of my life.
I was born in Marshall county. Ia,
May 4, 1900 in little town called Gil.
man.
I lived there about two years and
then we decided to move to Davis coun-
ty. Iowa.
In 1908 my papa bought farm con-
sisting of about 81 acres one mile
northwest Of Chequest. We lived there
about one year and then we moved one
mile east Of Belknap on farm con-
sisting Of 81 acres where we now re-
side.
We lived there about nine years.
In 1904 papa went to the worlds fair
at st. Louis.
In 1905 started to my first school. I
went to Pleasant View school.
My first teacher was Fanny ROUGH.
liked here fine.
1 have gone to school thirty-nin
terms and liked my teachers fine.
Cleva Killen, age IL.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-28
Gerald Ready To
Come Backbone

Dear Editor and Juniors:-I thought
would drop you a few lines and let
you know I arrived in Liverpool all
O. K.
l left Dudley, Iowa, Monday evening
June at $50 p. m, arriving at New
York City the following Friday at
p. m. There l stayed until morning
when l sailed over the Atlantic on the
steamship Olympia,
We passed bloody foreland which Is
located in the northern part of Ireland
We sailed down the north channel
over the Irish sea where we passed the
isle OF Mans and arrived at Liverpool
at 1880 a. m. There was met by my
cousins James and Robert Ingles. They
took me down to the Palace hote]
where we had dinner. After we ate
they suggested that we take trip out
through the country for they wanted
to show me what the farmer boys
were doing in England.
That suited me all right for l am q
farmer boy myself SO we agreed. They
rented a taXicab and took me out tC
Chester, small suburb Of Liverpool
While there I saw many herds Of
fancy cattle and sheep.
I find in England as we'll as in old
Iowa many sections Of highland unfit
for cultivation and is in large part
given over to grazing. These facts
explain why there are more than four
teen million cattle and eighteen mil
lion sheep In England.
We returned back to Chester where
we stayed over night, leaving the next
morning overland for Brussels. While
there we visited factories and places
of industry. Brussels carpets suggest
one of its industries, but carriage and
lace making are at present among its
most important kinds of manufactur
ing.
I think I will be ready to return to
America on or before August rs.
Gerald Fulmer, Age IL.
Chillicothe, Route J..
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The Ants Fire
Escape

1t was not quite bedtime, for they
had tea early at the Island, so that
after the fire was lighted in the big
chimney the children might have a
little hour with the grownups for a
game or a story, or for whatever pleas.
ant thing might happen.
Papa began to poke the fire to make
it burn more brightly. Somebody
forgot to fill the wood-box today" he
said. "Who wants to run out to the
wcod-pile and bring In nice birch
Logo
II do" cried Kenneth, jumping up
eagerly.
"oh. dol" cried Rose, jumping up
too.
well, run along then,' said papa,
"and get a good big one between YOU"
Out they ran to the wood-pile, which
was just behind the house. And they
poked around until they found great,
big old log, one of the very largest in
the whole pile; for they wanted to
show their father how strong they
were. They tugged and grunted and
pulled, and finally, after much laughing
and squealing, they got it up on the
piazza with bang! Out came their
father and mother to see what all
the noise meant.
well, this is a fine, dry log, and
will make a grand blaze for our fire"
said papa, picking it up and carrying
it into the house. He threw it on the
fire, which spouted UP with a burst Of
sparks like a fiery fountain, and the
bark began to cackle deliciously.
Little tongues of flame began to lick
the cid log greedily. Suddenly 4,ose
cried out, oh" so suddenly that even
Kenneth jumped. She was pointing
into the fire, and her forehead was all
puckered with distress.
What is it, Rose?" asked her
ooh, OH" cried Rose again. ooh,
the poor little ants! Do look
been an ants house. The poor little
things were creeping out of their holes
in it, scurrying wildly about in every
seeking a way OF escape
from their dwelling, which was grow
ing hotter and hotter every minute.
The foremost OF them tried to climb
down the andirons. But these were
too hot, and they soon went hurry
ing back again. Up and down they
wandered crafty, as if they did not
know where to turn. Some Of them
tried to Jump down.
ooh, what shall we do?" cried Rose. |;
Kenneth, can't we do something? ~
Ding dong! Call out the fire en-
gine!" roared Kenneth, jumping up
and galloping away to the kitchen for
a pail OF water. Kenneth was always
ready for a new game.
Water will do no good. You can
not put out the fire now" called his
father ut is blazing too brightly.
am afraid the poor ants are doomed,
Rosie.'' The poor little creatures
crowded together like people in the
upper story windows, hoping for lad !
Ter.
THAT Is what they need, fire
ESCAPED" cried Rose. ooh, must make
4 fire escape quickly"
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SOME OF RICHARDS RELATIONS

Dear Juniors:
am a little boy six years old in June.
Nichol and two sisters, Anna Louise
and Dorothy Helen Bracy.
MY cousins names are Irene Hawk,
Goreen Hawk, What Cheer, Iowa;
Jennie Bracy, What Cheer. Iowa and
Walter Bracy, Nathaniel Bracy, Spok-
ane, Wash; Matte McKeg, Deep River,
Iowa; Jim, Bell and Louise Dillesaver,
Brooklyn, Iowa; Henry, Bertha, Ava,
Fred and Lewis Hulse. Brooklyn, Ia;
Iowa; Lloyd Lewis and Archie Sharp,
Canada: Garlic Fred, Ernest, Earl,
Mary and Lloyd Farrell, Miltonville,
Iowa; Lille, Art and Elmer Cobb,
Moulton, Iowa; June and Johnnie
Khan Buxton, Iowa; Fora, Ruth By
ran, Jessie, Grace, Allie and Joe Will
liams, Eddyville. Iowa; Nicholas Will
Hams, Givin, Iowa; John. Flossie and
Reva Steiner, Eddyville. Iowa; Ollie
old and Roy White, Eddyville, Iowa :
Helen WILDER and Alberta Hiltabidel,
Lakonta Iowa: Howard Hiltabidel,
Lakonta, Iowa: Adah and Claude Hill
tabidel, Atwood, Kans.; Jim, Iva,
Blanch and Two Sharp. Lizard. Colo. !:
Ethel, Alfred, Hazel and Dorothy Mill
eman, Los Animas, Colo; John, Louise
and Georgia Scr1bner, Canada; Mary,
Roy, Dwight and Mary Matter, Fraker,
Iowa; Clyde and Roy Williams, Eddy
ville Iowa; Willie, Nellie, Maude. Fred,
Mary, Jerry and Johnnie Mustipher,
Hartley. Iowa: Leora and Gladys Ry-
bolt, Abba, Iowa: Pearl and Alice Shep-
pard, Wiley. Colo; Reno, Willie, Goldie
and Mildred Hiltabidel, Wiley, Colo.
Well, have eighty-f1ve cousins and
have seen nearly all of them. 1 think
that lis doing pretty good, don't you.
MY mamma wrote this for me.
Richard Bracy. age s,
Cedar, Iowa, r. No I.