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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-30
RICHlAND.
Miss Alexander is in from Arka

Miss Alexander is in from Arkansas
visiting her cousin Mrs. Mike Enlis.
Mrs. Greescn and daughters Miss
Myrtle of Fairfield and Mrs. lila Crit
fifth OF Illinois, visited friends in this
city Wednesday evening.
Miss Baker Of South Dakota Is a
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Greeson.
A w. McLinn and family Of East
ST. Louis, ILL.,, are visiting William c.
McLinn and wife OF this city.
DR.. L. D. James, wife and daughter
Of Fairfield visited friends in this city
Sunday.
have been visiting the parental Aaron
Stalker home north Of town. returned
to their home in Grinnell.
Mrs V. T. White and son Ernest of
Fairfield are guests at the home Of VIM.
Harkins.
Mrs. Ida Morgan Of Burlington spent
Sunday and Monday with her mother
Mrs. VIM. Rice near Woolson.
Miss Pearl O'Brien Of Newbergh is
visiting her sister Mrs. L. Mills.
Mrs. Dsna Keck of Keota called on
friends here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Howell made an auto
trip TO Ottu1nwu Wednesday ON BUSH
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-30
SPENCER TO HANG
IS FINAL ORDER

Chicago. July pa final appeal for
reprieve for Henry Spencer convict
ed murderer of Mrs. Mildred Allison
Rexroat, was denied today by Gov.
Dunno.
81 believe Spencer is sane and guilty
and shall not interfere Nth the eX-
ecutiCn of the verdict of the jury" said
the governor
The hanging is set for Friday morn
ing in the Jail yard at Wheaton county
seat of Du Page county.
Spencer was found guilty of Turing
Mrs. Rexroat who had been a dane
ing teacher to lonely place near the
Hamlet of Wayne and there killing
her.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-30
CANNON COMES
OUT FOR OFFICE
Continued From Page ~

chairman for twelve years. I was
speaker Of the house for eight years
"Since first represented you the
population of our country has leaped
from thirty-eight to one hundred mill
ions. Our railway mileage has been
multiplied by six.
Production on the farm and In our
industries has kept pace with the in
crease of means of transportation.
All this has been by labor receiving
compensation more than double the
compensation paid to our competitors
in the world. This would be impos-
sible without tariff, levied upon
connecting products Of the world seek
ing our markets, equal to the differ
ence Of the cost Of production in the
world and in the United States. For
this kind Of tax the republican party
stands and as one republican l stand.
This is protection.
Blames the Tariff.
I'm my Judgment the tariff law
now on the statute books enacted by
subservient congress at the dictation
of President Wilson, Ia responsible for
the present condition of the country,
which condition will not permanently
improve until 1t is replaced by a law
in harmony with republican policies.
"The republican party has ever been
and Is now, a progressive party but it
stands for progress as conditions
arise; progress based on sanity, not on
hysteria favored with demagogy.
1--WE are trying the Wilson demo-
cratic policy. II you like 1t. choose q
demo cratic house In November next. If
you don't like it, return republican
house that will tie the hands of the
president, preventing further destruc.
tive legislation"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-30
DRAIN TILE
Fer prices and information writ,
Morey Clay Products Co
OTTUMVA, IOWA
Tri-W eekly Courier
CHANGING ADDRESSES.

Subscribers wishing their address
changed will please give the name CT
the pcstoffice to which the paper has
been sent as we'll as the pos, office
where they desire 1t to be changed to.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-30
BONAPARTE.

Mrs ], B. Long and daughter OF
Burlington were recent guests at the
Sam Bcecs home. G.
Miss Ollie Maclslin Of Davenport and
Beulah Shaffer of Fl. Madison are
enjoying visit at the Floyd Macklin
home.
y Mr. and Mrs A. c. Kerr Of Chicago
are visiting at the John Kerr home.
Miss Edna Steadman Of Lacon, ILL.,.
came Monday, to visit her mother Mrs
Matte Steadman.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-30

was ordered by the Russian war officl
last night according to dispatches re
ceived here.
1t is argued in official circles tha
although this action dangerously di
FINISHES the chances Of maintaining;
European peace, 1t does not necessa.F!
ly imply rupture of relations betwee,
Aystria-Hungary and Russia. The hop,
is still expressed that some European
power may yet succeed in bringin,
about an understanding between thos,
two states.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-30
TO remain on duty day and night.
Czar - Connn,and

st. Petersburg, July 29.-It is con.
sidered probable that if Russia goes to
war, Emperor Nicholas will become
generalissimo Of the Russian forces,
with his second cousin, Grand Duke
Nicholas Nicholaievitch, and Gencral
Soukomlinoff, the minister OF war, az;
seconds in command
London, July 29.-Partial mobiliza.
ton of the Russian troops in the
southern and south western districts
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-30
CANT RIL.

Perry Douglas died at his home
south Of Cantril Saturday. death re-
sulting from appendicitis. He leaves a
wife, daughter. mother, besides host
Of other relatives and friends to mourn
his early departure. Funeral services
were held at Bethel church near his
home Sunday at ! o'clock.
Rev r. F. Smith preached an il
Illustrated sermon Sunday morning at
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13


o ton IN he ~ elite from an
" ue m
The Washington times., 1914-02-22

Despite the fact that you are in Boston
this winter, your Mt charity, the kinder
garten of the Neighborhood House, is not
suffering. Sev-ra girls, most of whom YOU
know we'll have bought out the Monday
night performances Of "Fanny's First Play,
at the Belasco and will donate the entire pro
ceeds to the aid of the kindergarten work.
They have solo boxes and seats, and it All
looks like a successful effort. The leading
spirits of the Junior Auxiliary of the Neigh
borhood House are Genevieve Walsh, Madge
Pickett Stokes, Agnes Hart Wilson, Eleanor
Knowland, and Dorothy Campbell.
Someone who attended the dinner and
dance which John Barrett gave at the Pan
American Building Wednesday for the
Misses Wilson told me that Mr.. Barrett in
troduced an innovation. love innovations,
anyway and this particular one struck me as
being worth while.
He gave each of his men guests a card
like this:
The Washington times., 1914-02-22
Photo by G. V. Buck.

other women, who wore the conventional
slippers This proves itself to be true, for
she is famed for her endurance, and it is
always remarked of her that she looks as
bright and attractive at the end of a recep-
ton as at the beginning.
The divorce ring! Have you heard of it,
Susan? | have both heard and seen, and
right here in Washington, too. The funny
part of it all lies in the fact that the folks
who are wearing the divorce rings are not
Divorces at all. That is, not many of them
The Washington times., 1914-02-22

then wearing boots" to receptions is already
in vogue. At the White House the other
night, Mrs. Marshall wore high shoes, so
was told. And she is not the only one, either,
who has decided that high shoes are better
than bad colds. There is always draught
across the floor of the state parlors. The
President himself can testify to that, for he
is supposed to have contracted his last cold
at one of the state receptions, when he stood
so long in the Blue Room near an open win
dow.
But going back to shoes and receptions,
The Washington times., 1914-02-22
Now what do YOU think of it?

NOW Wnat 40 you tnllik VI II
1t does seem to me that it would be
great deal better if the roof served as an
introduction" (this is what they say in a lit
tie country place | know about and folks
would not stand about waiting to be intro
duced MANY times have seen girls standing
about land i've been a stander myself, too)
just longing 10 dance, and there would be
dozens of men just as eager to dance witt,
them, and yet simply because they had not
been introduced they had to stand there and
wish they haG stayed home. The very fact
that the host knows them and invited them
ought to be a sufficient argument against the
plea that many folks put up about making
undesirable acquaintances.
quite agree with you, Susan, about tine
Shoes Without a doubt, some sort of high
shoes will come into fashion for evening
wear, especially for receptions, that will
eliminate much of the discomfort for which
slippers and pumps are responsible.
If fashions are set by prominent folks,
The Washington times., 1914-02-22
\ Chronicle % ]
cCocie:ty q

are The fad has struck the debutantes hard
est, and you know nice, proper little debut
tante doesn't know what divorce means.
They are (or should be) like our little friend
Annette, who was so ignorant on the subject
that when her parents had little argument,
she told all her mothers callers, as she sat in
the drawing room waiting for mother to ap-
pear, that mother and father were dis
vorced" now and hadn't spoken to each other
for two days.
Anyway, to get back to the divorce ring
you see, it is really and truly much like
narrow wedding ring, and it is made Of plati-
mum. One honest-to-goodness divorcee start
ed the fad, only to have her admiring little
bud friends steal it and put it to other uses.
The divorcee brought the fad from New
York, SO I'm told. Some of the girls are
using these little rings as guard rings, and
some, of sentimental turn OF mind, use
them as guards for their arrangement
rings. You know what | mean. After they
remove the solitaire, or whatever form 1t
might have taken, from the third finger OF
the left hand, they place it on the finger OF
the right hand which is not busy, and then
the divorce ring on top. Then everyone un-
derstands that it is all off," do not know
for certain, but think that when one wears
the D. R., it is perfectly safe, not to say
proper, to ask questions, and even 60 as far
as to laugh about the former affair or affairs,
as the case may be.
had to stop and laugh just now, Susan.
Pete, who is sitting here beside me reading,
took a peep over my shoulder and read the
last line or two wrote, and said that D. K.
might stand for Daughter of the Revolution.
Revolution and Divorce are just about alike.
Mrs. Wilson has set the fad for wreatfls
of artificial flowers as coiffure adonment
among Washington society folk. When she
appeared at a large public function for the
first time-it was at the East ball at the Navy
Yard last spring-she wore a wreath OF
greenland gold leaves in her hair. Nearly
always she wears something of the sort to
match her gown, and it is always more or
less of a wreath effect and not those perky
stick-ups, but rather the soft, dainty, howery
things that are so becoming to not only our
First Lady" but to almost everyone. Since
then the fad has been growing.
Tonight is the reception at the British
embassy which the Ambassador and Lady
Spring-Rice are giving. 1t will oe the hrst
entertainment I've ever attended there, so
YOU know I am very enthusiastic about going,
and am really anticipating it, and-hoping 1t
won't snow any more or rain.
Write to me,
The Washington times., 1914-02-22
MR.. BARRETT
like this:

Requests that each man guest will be
good enough to consider himself an as
sistant host, as it were, and make sure
that each lady has abundant opportunity
to dance. If necessary, he is empow-
cred to present this card to any lady
not dancing as a medium of introduc-
tion.
The Washington times., 1914-02-22

one Cabinet hostess told me the other night
that when she was going to stand for long
time in receiving line, she invariably wore
comfortable shoes with a medium heel, and
laced up tight She said that if her ankles
were supported she found the reception did
not tire her one-half as much as it did the
The Washington times., 1914-02-22
LISAN DEAR :

IUSAN DEAR:
Because ! knew you'd just
want to hear all about the break
fast at the Congressional Club
todav decided to write to you
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-10-08
Shira.Mitchell.

Mr.. Lyman Shira, Of Butte, Mon
tana, and Miss Geneva Elsie Mitchell
were quietly married at the home Of
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
S. G. Mitchell in this city Monday at
ternoon at l O'clock, the ceremony
being performed by William ].
Campbell. evangelist Of the Church
of Christ, those present being Mr.. and
Mrs. Mitchell, Mr.. and Mrs.
Shira and daughter, Miss Wt1Ate.
Dow Asbach and Mr.. and Mrs. -.
J. Campbell. 35iiss5 lissfss
The marriage came as surpEise
to the many friends of the bride In
this city, where she had resided tor
a number Of years She is the only
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell,
and graduated from the Leon High
School with the class of '13. She
is beautiful and accomplished
young lady and enjoys the love and
esteem of a large circle of friends.
The groom is nephew of Mr.. 20, u.
Shira, of Eden township and is In
the employ of the Oregon Short Line
iR. r. as an electrician. He is a fine
Young man, who has visited here on
several occasions. i,ss
Mr.. and Mrs Shira departed on the
afternoon train for Butte, Montana,
where they will make their home and
many friends here extend congratula-
tions and best wishes for their afu-
Lture happiness. ..,.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-10-08

AS tomorrow, Friday, October 9th
is Fire Prevention Day, a reprint of
ordinance No. 81 will be quite in
order.
Sec. 1. Be is enacted by the City
Council of the City of Leon, Iowa,
That from and after the passage
of this ordinance no owner, Tenant
or occupant of any premises used for
business purposes in the said city,
shall keep or allow to be kept, re-
main or accumulate upon any of the
streets, alleys or sidewalks adjacent
to said premises, or anywhere on
said premises, except in building
therein, any coal oil, coal oil barrels,
boxes, straw, rubbish, litter or other
cOmbustible materials.
Any person violating this ordin-
ance shall be guilty of misdemean-
or and on conviction thereof, be
fined not to exceed ten dollars each.
Those Of you who arc not comply
ing with this ordinance, take notice
new that it has, and will continue to
be enforced in a just and reasonable
way. We would advise occupants
and owners of residence properties
to look after their premises in the
same manner.
Geo. R. Farquhar, Mayor.
October s, 1914.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-10-08
BiddisOn-Caster.

Mr.. Charles A. Biddison and Miss
Wilma Caster, were married at the
home of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence Caster, in this city
on, Tuesday evening of last week,
the ceremony being performed by
Rev. G. T. Ronk, only the immediate
relatives being present.
The bride is the youngest daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Caster, and is a
popular young lady. The groom is
q son CT Mr.. C. C. Biddison of this
Xtt,, and is an energetic young man.
,Mr.aand Mrs. Biddison went to their
home on farm ten miles southeast
Of Leon the following day where they
have gone to housekeeping. Many
friends of the contracting parties
extend congratulations and wish
them every happiness and much
prosperity.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-10-08
Valentine Attended Leon Meeting.

H. E. Valentine, of Centerville, the
democratic candidate for congress in
this district, spent a couple of days
in Decatur. county last week, visiting
with the voters. He made a short
address following the speech of Mr..
Meredith at. Pleasanton last Friday
evening, and also spoke for a few
minutes at the close of the Meredith
meeting insLeon Friday evening, and
he made a splendid impression with
those who heard him. He is a
talented man. a fluent orator, and
many expressed surprise after hear
ing him, remarking that he was a
much bigger, man than they thought
he was. Mr.. Valentine is receiving
splendid encouragement all over the
district in his contest against Con-
gressman Towner. =
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-10-08
He Was q Ringer.

Up at Humeston there is bunch
of croquet players who think they
are about the best players who ever
grasped a mallet. They have fine
grounds fixed up near the depot and
there is always a bunch of players at
the grounds. One of the best of the
players is Joe Killingsworth, a trav-
cling man who resides at Humeston
and Joe delights when he is at home
in inveigling some brother knight
of the grip into a game OF croquet
and then beat him. But Joe met
his match last week when he invited
A. r. McAtee, an Ottumwa travelling
man to a match McAtee was for
number of years the champion cro-
quet player of the state, and the way
he trimmed the Humeston man up
is caution. And Joe has gone way
back and sat down.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-10-08
and Papers Found on the
Reading Tables ut the Library.

The following list of magazines
and weekly papers are found on the
reading tables at. the city library and
they are read each week by many
visitors at the library:
Ladies Home Journal, Woman's
Home Companion, Everybody,s Mag
azine, Hearst's 'ss Magazine, Century
Magazine, Harper's Magazine, Cos
mopolitan Magazine, Good House,
keeping, Reviewgof Reviews, Worlds
Work, Outlook, Current Opinion, ST.
Nicholas Magazine, The American
boy, Youths Companion, Wallaces'
Farmer, The Saints Herald The La La
smoni Chronicle, The Leon Reporter,
The Leon Journal, The American
City (Town and Country Edition.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-10-08
Installed Up-to-date Machine.

C. "A. Hopes, of Des Moines, was
in Leon last week, installing new
electric Burroughs adding machine
in the Farmers & Traders State
Bank, which, is the very latest i'm
proved machine, and it will do the
work of several persons. The new
machine not only does all kinds of
adding, but actually does the book
keeping for the bank and does it
better and more accurate than can
be done with pen and ink. 1t is
operated by electricity, and does
away with the hand pulled lever on
former adding machines, the new
machine being almost human in it's
work. The boys In the bank are
mighty proud of the new machine,
for it relieves them of a world OF
work. Ss. ~ s
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-10-08
Big Celebration Out at Big Piney
Wyoming.

We have received copy of the
Kemmerer Camera, published at
Kemmerer, Wyoming, giving a good
account of the First Annual Rodeo
Days celebration held at Big Piney,
and local interest is t-'eated from
the fact that quite a number of
former Decatur county people live in
the vicinity of Big Piney. Big Piney
was laid out as a town only three
years ago, but it has developed rap
idly, many new buildings having
been erected, the streets are all nice
ly graded and the town has general
air of prosperity At the celebration
there were all kinds of frontier races
and sports, bucking contests, wild
horse races and other amusements
being provided, and there was an
immense crowd present on both days
Of the celebration. The paper also
speaks OF the hospitality sextended sat
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. James
nicholson, who have an elegant home
at Biz. Pinsy, Mrs. i Mick kelson being
Z former Econ girl, Miss 4 Millie
Avery !. they entertained "a large
number sof guests during the celebra-
tion, Including both the democratic
and republican candidatef for gov
ernor of Colorado, and several of the
other state candidates and persons
Of note who were in attendance. Mr..
and Mrs. Nicholson hays great
reputation out in thatspuntry as
entertainers end theiFd8 home is
often filled with guests.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-10-08
Sold Interest in Leon Stores.

O. Il. Tullis is some trader. He
recently purchased the Lindsey
second hand store in this city, then
purchased the stock of groceries and
merchandise in the Yarga building,
formerly owned bY.the Leon Mer-
cantiie Co.. and last week he sold a
half interest in both OF the establish
mSents to y. g. Tharp, of 1ndianola,
who will come to- Leon with his fam
lily and assist Mr.: Tullh in running
the two stores. r'ssss t.sEs,!
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-10-08
PAVING ASSESSMENTS
Total Cost Of the Paving was $780,
$3.50. Property Owners are
Assessed for $9l,O87.55.

The schedule of assessments made
by city engineer Hall and approved
by the city council for the paving
contracts recently completed in Leon
are now on file with city clerk S. G..
Mitchell, for inspection by the tax
payers who have to pay for the paw
ing. The schedule shows that the
total cost of all the three paving
contracts was $96,S19.5O, which in
cludes what the contractors will re-
ceive and the expense incurred by
the city, such as engineering, inspec-
tion. grading, printing, etc. The
total amount to be paid to the con-
tractors is $93,906.S3. The original
contract let last year cost $50, 1856,
Main street from the top of the hill
to the end of the paving at Possum
creek bridge cost $14,3O4O3, and
the block on Idaho street cost the
sum of $1,779.61.
The cost to the city for engineer,
plating, inspection, grading, print
ing, etc. on the original contract was
$1,923.67, on the south Main street
contract $835.OO, and on the Idaho
street contract $153.5O, a total of
$2,912.67, and to this is to be added
deficiency on the south Main street
contract, where some of the property
could not be assessed for enough to
pay for the cost of the paving on ac-
count of the low values on the hill,
~Of $2,S19.28, making the total for
the general taxpayers of the city to
pay $5,731.95,. in addition to the as
sessment for the pumping house
lots, and the city library lot. The
paving along the new Harvey park
will be paid for out of the park taxes.
We have compiled the following
list of the amounts assessed against
each of the property owners, on ac-
count of the paving, and we'll guar
antee that it will be read with con-
siderable interest:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-10-08
TEACHERS INSTITUTE
vii! be Held at Leon on Friday and
Saturday of this Week. leach
ers Paid while Attending.

The first Decatur County Teachers
Institute under the new institute
law, will be held at the High School
building In Leon on Friday and Sat
urday of this week, under the super
vision of county superintendent, Miss
Mabel Horner, who has secured a
splendid corps of instructors for the
institute, and 1t is expected there
will be large attendance of teach
ers, as under the new law, they are
permitted to close their schools, and
not lose their salary, if they attend
the institute.
The instructors are as follows:
Primary Training-Miss Carrie
Van Glider, Public School, Indianola.
General Professional Work-Prof.
Irving Hart, Iowa State Teachers
College, Cedar Falls.
Drawing-C. E. Avis, Chicago, Ill.
Teaching of Reading and English
Classics-Edgar S. Kindley, Daven-
port.
Manual Training-Prof G. B.
Woodstock, Graceland College, La
moni.
The program on Friday will be
held at the NJ. E. church when Edgar
S. Kindley will speak. Mr.. Kindley
was one of the lecturers at the Leon
Chautauqua in August, and he made
a hit, his lecture being one of the
best things of the Chautauqua. A
cordial invitation is extended the
general public to attend Friday even
ing, there being no admission charge,
80 don't miss a good thing.