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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
THE OLDER SISTER,
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE.
Copyright, 1913, by Frank Crane.)

| She was one of those born-mot herl,
souls. There are some women (for then
our warmest thanks go up to heaven
who come into this selfish world equipped
/ with the mOthering instinct
| She was the Older Sister. The mother
weak, lovable and entirely incompetent
| being. died after she had brought 81,
| girls into life.
! The Older Sister moved naturally ur
| into the mothers place She looked aft.
er the younger sisters. mended thei,
| stockings. kept their frocks neat aand
! their bedrooms in order. their hail
| combed and their nails cleaned.
| She watched the home expenditures
| checked up the grocery man.. and saw
| fit to eat.
She also attended to father, had his
| suits pressed. his laundry we'll done
and his slippers ready.
There are two classes of human be
ings. One assumes responsibility. The
other avoids it. She assumed it. The
others unanimously let her.
She sent the children to school She
got most of their lessons for them. She
was the High Wall and the shepherd
| lily.
| She saw them all married. Then she
herself was married. She was beauti
! full. with a demure kind OF beauty. Hell
| husband adored her.
b He took her away and loaded her with
| attentions. He surrounded her Will
! servants. LuXuries were at her hand
| She pinned away. She was not happy
Some women are by nature wives ane
some are by nature mothers. Sh'
III I,,x
| none.
| One day her husband was brough
home a cripple. He had been in a rail
way accident. He would never be wei
| again.
They said he should be taken to the
/ hospital There she stood firm, insist
| ing that she would care for him her
| self So she nursed him. And begar
| to pick up. To be coddled did not agree
with her, coddlng some one she lovet
| gave her health and happiness.
| After her husband died she begai
| taking care of her sisters children. He
sisters handed them over to her as I
matter of course She mothered then
! all. planned, worked and dreamed 70
| them.
| Her whole life was spent in an unend
| ing sacrifice for others. Perhaps sh'
| deserved no credit for this, because
! she liked to do it.
Once. when she was fifteen. her ia
| Their brought home six large, red ap
| pies. She gave each of her sisters one
| laying her own on the kitchen shelf
| They devoured theirs. Then the tw,
| smallest came in and stood about look
| ing at the apple on the shelf. She GU
| it in two and gave each one-half. The.
/ ate joyfully.
Their explanation of this was tina
| sister did not like apples.
Perhaps the Older Sister was def
| cient in some way and possibly Their
| was truth in the remarks Of som,
neighbors. that she lacked spirit, tina
| she never amounted to much. and tina
! she would have done better to hav,
| asserted her rights.
Perhaps.
| But, please Lord, don't stop maxim.
| such as she!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
Limiting Skyscrapers.
, Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The mayor of New York has been
authorized to appoint committee of
three to investigate the whole broad
question Of skyscraper building. The re-
port to be formulated after perhaps six
months of study and investigation should
be interesting and profitable reading in
every siZable city in the world.
New York was the originator Of the
skyscraper and from the first has been
the chief builder of them. But even In
that city is. reported a growing convic-
ton that forty or fifty-story structures
do not tend toward the health or safety
of community. New Yorks chief in
spector of buildings believes that a maxi
mum height for buildings should be fixed
at 80 feet
Conditions are right for just such an
inquiry as the Gaynor commission should
be qualified to conduct Large human In
terests are involved In a wise decision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25

49,;
The past week was a busy one for the
Naval Battalion. There was not only hard
work for those having the interest Of the
organization at heart, but like true naval
and Tuesday night there was a real
naval dance given in the armory, at
the foot of Water and Q streets
From the time the Naval Battalion
Band struck its first note until The Star
Spangled Banner was played. at ex-
actly midnight. the first dance Of the
Naval Battalion Band was one grand
round of pleasure. There were Just
dancing in the spacious drill hall COM
Portable The officers and men wore
their white uniforms for the first time
this season. and a naval air permeated
the occasion. Commander Dempf and
the officers and men of the battalion
mingled with the guests. and made sure
hall was beautifully decorated with the
signal flags of the navy. The feature
Of the evening was so-cal!ed moon
light dance which was the idea of the
officers of the battalion. All the lights
of the hall except one was turned out
and the rays of this light are so d.
rected that they flow through the orders
UNFOLDING the roof of the building.
They are reflected through the bunting
the effect being pleasing.
Ensign Frank w Sigourney has been
detailed as aid to Commander Dempf
This officer. who is one of the most active
i'm the work Of upbuilding the Naval
Battalion also has been appointed sum-
mary court and recruiting officer for the
battalion In these positions he sue
ceeds Ensigns Walter w. Burns ana
Buist c. Getsinger, who were relieved
He will have charge of all the recruiting
at the naval station, and also VIII ts
delnauents whose offenses are no' grave
eonugh to require q general court martial
Ensign Frederick J.. Nudge. just pro-
noted has been assigned to command the
1th Division, Naval Battalion. EnsignS
William r Hoefer and Paul Y. Thonlp-
son, promoted at the same time as was
Ensign Nudge have been ordered TO
duty with the ith Division under that
officer.
X x X
Ensign Walter W. Burns has been re-
lieved from duty with the 18th Division.
and has been ordered to report to Ensign
Walter G Guss. commanding the I'd
Division for duty there.
x =
Ensign Sigourney last week sent out
postal cards to every officer and MEM
Der of the local Naval Battalion asking
them to make known to him as soon as
possible whether or not they intend TO
take part in the cruise on the battleshlp
Ala ba ma this summer. Ii is the inten-
ton of Commander Dcmpf to insist that
every man in the battalion take the
cruise. unless there lie reasonable eX-
cuse submitted. Only illness or the re-
fusal of employers 70 release men for the
cruising period will be accepted as eX-
cuses for not making the trip.
The officers Of tho Naval battalion had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
A Desirable Profession.

From the Galveston News.
Personally we have no crouch. hut IL
We ever choose another profession We
shall pick out line in which are
authorized TO spend a lot Of somebody
elses money in entertaining customers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
Not a Battle.

From the Pittsburgh Post.
a little more grape" ordered the
general
Sorry. general responded the orderly,
but the wine Is all gone"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
Doesn't Work There.
From Ii

From Life.
Say. ma. who said Neither a borrower
nor a lender be-
Some person who'd never lived in the
suburbs Tommie"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
Prize.


Father can't understand why you
want to he prizefghter,
Son--Easy. Because it's all prize and
no fight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
Her Ideal.
Prom Puck

The lnveutor-That machine can do the
work of ten men.
NiSitor-tice whlz' Ny wife ought To
have married il.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-26
RAIN AND WIND
D0Es.s0ME DAMAGE
TREES BLOWN DOWN AND STREET
CURLING TOPPLES OVER
DURING STORM.

| Not the least among the sources
that suffered from the heavy rainfall
of yesterday and more particularly
last night, was the paving zone on
East Main street where considerable
excavating had been made for laying
sewer pipes and preparing the road
way for the paving that Is In course Of
construction. CURLING has shifted and
holes have sunk in the street along
the route Of the paving. The street
is veritable mudhole and the side
walks alongside are we'll nigh impass-
able. Along the center of the block
between Ash street and Cooper avenue
on East Main, several sections Of the
'curbing toppled into the street on &C
count of the weight OF earth behind II
and the excavation OF the street that
took away It's support.
Elsewhere in different parts Of the
city tree limbs and branches were
blown down, windows blown In and
awnings. torn from their moorings.
w. e. Jones & Co.. had window
blown in at their plant on West
Main street and an awning was torn
of. Huge trees were uprooted on
Third street and Washington and
near the city park, also on East Fourth
and streets in the west end.
The huge sign erected by the Com
mercial association opposite the Bur
lington union station, suffered the loss |
of large section due to the wind Of
yesterday afternoon. Some fifteen |
feet of the sign was torn away and !
precipitated into the race where it |
lay submerged.
The storm which started cbout FL
o'clock yesterday afternoon, was &C. J
companied by high winds and hail |
which tended to cool of the atmos-
phere considerably. Much lightning |
featured the afternoon and night |
storms and the rainfall reported at the
weather station was 2.52 inches.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-26
CHILLICOTHE.

Mrs, Claude Kitterman and children
of Hyhes have been spending few
days at the parental j. B. Kitterman
home. E t
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Arnold and son of
Montvideo Mimi, were guests at the
G. E. jenkins home recently.
Those attending the funeral Of the
late Michael Riley were Mr.. and Mrs.
D. N. Biggs, P. l.. Guggerty, Mrs. L.
Guggerty and daughter Mary, B. e.
Guggerty and DR.. D. T. Rambo.
Mrs. A. L. Warren of Calhan, Colo,
who has been visiting relatives will
depart on Friday for her home.
The wedding Of Jean Scots Of Of
tumwa and Miss Minnie Peterson of
near Chillicothe, was solemnized at
the home Of the bride Mr.. and Mrs. G.
F. Peterson on Sunday, June %.
Mrs Lois Mcdonald entertained at
dinner on Thursday the following:
Mesdames A. L. Warren, J. Warren
aid daughter Dorothy, Fred Hull and
two children Glenn and Mary Margaret
M. McCarty, B. Mcdonald.
A lawn social will be given at the
home Of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Clark on
Friday night, June a..
Otto Lock and family visited Mrs.
Myrtle Venator on Sunday.
The ladies' aid society will meet on
Thursday afternoon at 2:3O at the
home of Mrs. Bailey.
Mr.. and Mrs Bert Ward and George
Moss and family were Sunday guests
with Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Moss
The Epworth league met recently
and elected the following officers:
PRESIDENT. A. Stump. ~
First vice president-Vern Burgess.
Second vice president-Bessie Con-
diff.
Third vice president-Mrs. John
Stump.
Fourth vice president-Mrs. Jessie
Stump.
Secretary-Lena Condiff.
Treasurer-Frank Hull.
Organist-Ethel Dunlavy.
Mr.. and Mrs Duke Of Ottumwa, Wis
tied at the parental Scott Condih
home on Sunday.
DR.. and Mrs. Rambo and daughter
Marion visited at Douds-Leando recent
ly. "
A pleasant evening was passed at
the C. H. Crump home on Saturday
when the neighbors and friends gath
cred to celebrate the wedding ami
versary Of Mr.. and Mrs. D. N. Biggs.
Miss Emma Nye Of Eddyville, was
in town on Thursday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-26
AGENCY.

Dr. James LaForce Of Bloomfield
visited. friends here last week.
F. M! Edlman Of North Henderson, Ill.,
is here visiting his sister Mrs Fred
Miller.
Mrs. George frost Of Chicago is WIS.,
iting at the Ed Jones home
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Reeve visited over
Sunday at Libertyville. ~~e~-- -..,s.-.'. D"
Mr.. and Mrs, E. T. Allen who went
west last fall to spend the winter, ar
rived home last week,
There will be a lawn social held on
the Christian church lawn Saturday
evening June. %. All are cordially in
vited to attend.
The Children's day exercises at the
Christian church Sunday evening were
well attended and q nne program was
given by the children.
Mrs. Joseph Lawson who has been
visiting at Cedar came home last week.
Her daughter Mrs. Cora Richie accom-
panied her
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-26

turned upon the entire retail business
of the United States outside of the
great cities. 1t is also plain that q
gigantic trust is rapidly forming. The
small retail merchant Is facing ruin
That the grip Of the octupus is al
ready being felt Is shown by the
population statistics. Nearly 1000
small towns lost population In the
census of 1910. It ls declared that
something must be done by immed-
late legislation, or the parcel post
will not be the complete blessing it
ought to be. 1t is asserted the solution
of the problem will be in the form Of
a heavy tax On mail order business.
This tax would, it Is commended, tend to
stop the expansion of the mail bust
ness, and to reduce its present formid
able size. The money thus collected
would be spent for road building or
other local Improvements In the dis
tricts which contributed to the mail
order houses. -1a @@1~'r-
The small retail merchant is the
prop Of distributed prosperity and the
growth Of the. mail order trust serves
no common good. Here is a principle
which works out: III you spend your
money where you get 1t, you will be
able to get 1t where you spend it."
Through systematic advertising
campaign, the mail order capitalists
have sought to poison the public mind
against the small merchant. The peo-
pie have been told that there are too
many merchants, and that their retail
methods are wasteful and costly. But
I will point out the other side of the
question.
The Chicago vice investigation
showed that $4,000 women employees
of mail order houses are existing on
wages, many of them be-
shame. The mail order houses are the
great distributors Of prison-made
goods. They are the exploiters Of mis-
fortune, buying much of their goods
at bankrupts' sales.
But who takes an interest in local
affairs and has a hand in the up
building of communities? Whose
goods are assessed for the taxes to pay
for local improvement? Who, when
the crops have failed or the strike Is
on, and there is no cash to send away,
extends the credit which enables the
community to live? The local mer-
chant and not the Wall street owned
mail order house.
We want cheapness. a lower cost of
living That Is what we are all work
ing for But we do not want it at the |
expense of the woman wage slaves OF
and of the million little mer |
chants of this country. .'..
.. ."..'. g. o. Nelson.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-26

Noble: mother, four sisters, Mrs.
charles Lee, Mrs. VIM. feathers, Mrs
Alvin Harper, Mrs. Frank Simmons,
and one brother, Perrin Read, to
mourn her loss. The funeral services
we're held at Cross Lanes church on
Monday, June Is, at 10 o'clock. Tho
services were conducted by Rev. F.
F. Hinkhouse. The remains were in
tered in the family lot In Evergreen
cemetery at Fairfield.
That the deceased was a woman
who was highly respected and mucn
beloved by her neighbors was made
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-26
Obituary.

Nellie Nadine Read Samons was
born April 2, 1870, in Perlee, Jeffer-
son county, Iowa, and died at her
home four miles east Of Batavia, on
June a., 1913. She was united in
marriage to George Sammons April
3, 1885 To this union were born
seven children, five girls and two
boys, six Of whom are living. Arthur
preceded his mother in death ten
years ago. She leaves husband, five
daughters, Malissa, Nellie, Georgia,
Marie and Carrie Frances; one son
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-26

Mo-, came Thursday to spend the
summer with his brothers, Glenn and
Fern, and sister, Mrs. George
Blanchard.
Mrs. Albert Chapman of Vermillion,
S. D., who has been visiting relatives
for the past three weeks, returned
home Friday evening.
Misses Estella Marshall, Jennie
Ewald, Ethel LaFollette. Edith Boyd,
and velma Hanks, returned home Fri
day evening from Diagonal, where
they have been attending the district
convention Of the Epworth League.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-26
Editor COURIER

II you spend your money where you
get it, you will be able to get it where
you spend it," This principle" is sc
well outlined by the Hon, Clyde H
Iavenner, member of congress from
the fourteenth Illinois district in "Tav.
enner's Democratic Congressional
Gossip" of a recent Issue in the Cour
Ter. and has my hearty approval 1t
clearly shows, the gentleman has
thoroughly studied the subject which
is Of great importance everywhere, not
only to the retailers of community,
but the public as we'll, and bears upon
The vitality Of the community itself.
We as republicans, may differ with our
democratic friend on the tariff ques'
ton, as we'll as other great national
problems, but hats off, to him on the
subject Of the great mail ORDER trusts
which he treats in this article so In
terestingly, and overwhelmingly with
facts, that I kindly ask you to re-
produce the following:
So silently and insidiously that the
great public Is as yet almost unaware
Of its presence, a new trust is extend
ing its tentacles out over the country.
1t Is the mail order trust Already it's
strangling grip is Tightening about the
million small town and country mer-
chants who are the backbone of
national prosperity
The mail order trust has capitalized
women and child labor 1t has capital
ICED prison labor 1t has capitalized
misfortune. 1t has capitalized vice. 1t
has turned all these things into dol
lars dollars which should have found
their way into the tills of the coun-
try merchant, instead of flowing into
the trusts Wall street hoard. H..
One mail order house recently in
creased its capital stock from $780,
600 to $40,000,000. A new $10,000,O00
merger OF mail order houses has been
formed. Wall street fnanciers, in
Guiding the, Morgan banking firm, have
had charge Of both these financial
operations. Still another mail order
house, with sixty-three acres of floor
space, made net profit of $17,000,O00
last year.
It Is evident <that the greedy eyes
Of the great mail order tinanciers are
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-26
Agency, Iowa, June 2

-. Agency, Iowa. June 81, 1913.
Editor Courier:
In yesterdays issue Of the Courier a
report was given Of Mr.. Woertendyke's
lecture at the Y. M. c. A. in which 1t
was stated that the lecture was given
under the auspices Of the Anti-saloon
league of Iowa." And further that the
lecturer urged support for the prohi-
bition party in Kidding the state Of sa-
looms and liquor traffic"
I wish to say. that the gentleman is
not working for the anti saloon league
in any manner and also that the league
is not supporting the prohibition party,
nor any other political organization.
but is maintaining with great impair
TALLY its non-partisan character.
Yours truly,
C. s. Cooper, Supt- Southeast District
Iowa Anti Saloon League. -
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manifest by the unusually large num-
Der of people that attended the fu-
neral and escorted the remains to
their last resting place, forming a
procession three-quarters Of a mile
long, and also by the many beautiful
floral offerings the last tokens Of
friendship and love that covered the
casket. &
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-26
S to l6 Miles
II to 20 Miles
Fl to SO Miles
81 to 81 Miles
81 to IS Miles
ee to 100 Miles

u-s o..L.
Longfellow Book Store. -, -
Cigar Stores.
Reed & McQuaid.
Norfolk News Co.
Clothing. !
Dysart & Pearson Clio. Co.
Iowa Clothing & Shoe Co.
Peach & Cresswell.
]. B. Sax Co. "1.
Martin Clothing CO.
]. H. Anderson. g~. -..-:
Cramblit & Polling.
Trueflt Clothing & Shoe Co.
Cloaks and Suits.
Nelson Cloak Co., Ladies' Ready:
to wear goods.
J. e. Scase Co., Ladies' Ready-to-
wear goods and millinery.
Confectionery.
Dan R. Shea. . t@
Puritan.
Drayase and Transfer.
Daggett & Sons. w
Department Stores.
Donelan, W. J. & Co., Dry Goods,
Cloaks, Millinery, Carpets, Shoes,
Mems Furnishings, Etc.
James Swirles, Dry Goods.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-26

Globe Tea Co.
Gibbons Grocery Co.
Farmers Grocery Co.
Frasier Grocery Co.
East End Supply Co.
Eugene Burnaugh.
Otto Bremhorst.
M. F. Chisman & Co.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-26

D. J. Grimth.
Model Market.
S. j. Seistrand.
J. S. Swenson.
Henry Throne.
Geo. D. Head & Co.
4. P. Anderson.
KeyLoe's Grocery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-26
RUSS ELL

.vsrle Jennings Of Excelsior Springs.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-07-03
HOG CHOLERA COST
SIXTY MILLIONS
Loss Adds Greatly to High Cost Of
Living in Uniteed States, II 10
Claimed.

Washington, June 19.-Convinced
IN the face of the increased cost OF
living. that something must be done tt
save the hog as food animal, experts
OF the department of agriculture an.
nounced today that they would begin
q campaign July to eradicate hog
cholera. On that date the $4,000 ap-
propr1ated by the last congress for
the work, will become available.
The losses in hogs which succumbed
to cholera last year were 100000, 900,
according to the departments figures.
This is so obviously an unnecessary
waste, in the experts opinion, that
1t Is proposed to go into the work
with the end in view of stamping out
the disease altogether. Previously
the department conducted experiments
by which it developed a serum that
was specific in cholera epidemic, but
now 1t proposes to go to the root Of
the trouble and eliminate the cause
Because of the short supply and
high prices Of meats" says the de-
partment in its statement, ''it is be-
coming imperative that something be
done to check the ravages of this
disease"
The first experiments will be made
In Dallas county, Iowa, later in In
diana and possibly in one or two other
states.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-07-03
TRIBUTE TO RIVER
The Mighty Snake a Tremendous
Factor In Idaho

The Snake river is to Idaho what
the Nile is to Egypt. From it's source
in the vicinity of tho National park,
the Snake river flows it's sinuous
course across the southern part of the
state, at times lost between the per-
pendicular walls of deep canyons,
pouring its great volumes in falls OF
indescribable beauty and incalculable
power, forming the boundary line be-
tween Idaho and two adjoining states,
it at last turns abruptly to the west
at Lewiston, in north Idaho, and fin
ally joins the Columbia as it moves
onward to the sea.
The Snake river is one Of Idaho 8
greatest assets. Its waters have trans
formed the sagebrush desert into a
veritable garden and made homes for
thousands Of happy, contented and
prosperous people. And the work of
reclaiming the desert is still in it's in
fancy. The waters OF the Snake river
and it's tributaries will go on making
homes in Idaho for tho overflow from
the crowded east.
But there is another benefit from
the Snake river which has hardly
begun to be realized. The possibilities
In the way Of electric power develop
ment are beyond computation. The
many falls and rapids afford ideal
conditions for tho installation of powell
plants, and even now the cheapness
of electric development has resulted
in the utilization Of electricity on the
irrigated tracts to q greater extent
than in any other part of the west.
Already electrically heated houses are
common and it seems only Ques-
ton Of few years when it viii be
utilized generally for heating and for
cooking purposes and the entire irri-
gated tract will be a network Of cleo
trio railWays.-Wallace Miner.