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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-18

tern wheat crop. One doesn't partic-
ularly approve of the 'hurdy-gurdy"
cure as administered by the police de-
partment. but there are times when we
feel we would like to try applying 1t
to a few buns ourselves.
Rock Island Argus: The season OF
risk is at hand and every day tells OF
some accident, easily preventable, re-
sulting in one or more deaths. With all
the warnings against deep water the
novice still goes beyond his depth and
is drowned. II the idiot does not rock
the boat there is a trifling with death
in some other way. Keep away from
the shelter Of trees in a thunderstorm
is the old warning and yet people rush
to such shelter and are instantly kill
ed by the lightning. Beware of the
cars is the warning at railroad cross
ings and yet automobile with Its
thoughless load Is driven onto the
track just in time to be struck by the
death dealing locomotive. The round
up Of the season, by the time 1t is over,
will include hundreds II not thousands
of fatalities against which there was
ample warning-all because the Ameri'
can people are disposed to take risks
and forget the rule Of safety first.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-18

Pop was reeding the papir last mite
and awl of a suddin he startid to laf,
saying, Ha. ha, that's troo awl rite,
the womun that rites this stuff is pref
ty shrood.
Watts that, ed ma.
wy, sed pop, she ses If you wunt to
ask yure husbind a perticuler favver,
ask him vile hes shaving, that's troo
awl rite. Id give away my last sis
pendir buttin rathir than be inter.
rutid vile I'm shaving.
i nevvir Nthawt Of that, sed ma.
And this moaning vile pop was
shaving his face she stuck her he'd
in the doar. saying, Willyum.
Huh, sed pop.
l wunt to ask you sumthing, sed
ma.
Huh, sed pop.
l say l wunt to ask you sumthing,
sed ma.
Ask me latir, sed pop.
I no you hate to match samptls, sed
ma, but I've got 3 peeces of silk that
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-18
BOY
OF r YEAR CADETS

Oskaloosa, June 16.--Telegram to
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. Woodruff,
brings announcement Of the appoint
mcnt Of Roscoe Woodruff to be cap
air of the first yea cadets at West
Point Military academy. This is the
topmost honor that can come to a
cadet at West Point and is gained
only by first place in scholarship, ath-
letics. and everything else that con-
tributes to the general average upon
which the appointment is based. 1t
makes young Woodruff the ranking
captain Of the academy for the year
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-18
Famous Foot Specialist
To BE In OttumWa

We take pleasure in announcing
that we have arranged for the cele-
brated foot specialist, Mr.. Keenan, Of
the Scholl Mfg, Co., Chicago, to be
in attendance at our store on Friday
and Saturday. June 10 and 20 for the
purpose of demonstrating the various
foot arch supports and foot specialties
manufactured by the Scholl Manufac-
turing Co., Of Chicago and New York.
We have reserved a part of u
store where the foot specialist may
be consulted privately, and any one
suffering from foot troubles Of any
| description can receive professional!
advice absolutely free Of charge.
This is an unusual opportunity for
you or your friends to be relieved Of
the various foot ailments, and should
you have any friends or acquaintance
suffering from foot ailments, we
would be obliged if you would kindly
hand this advertisement to him.
Awaiting a call, we remain,
Yours very truly,
Stevens Shoe Store
! 100 East Main
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-18
By E pApE

I simply must have matched today,
will you stop in wun of the stoars
vile yure down town today and do 1t
for me.
Don't you see I'm shaving, sed pop.
Yes, sed ma. will you.
Will | wat, sed pop.
Match that silk for me today, sed
ma.
No, confownd it. I tell you, don't
you see I'M shaving, sed pop.
Yes, sed ma, that's wy I'm asking
you, will you.
Will I wat, blast it awl. now you've
made me cut muyself ,sed pop. no, no,
watevvir it Is, no, I wont do it.
O deer. sed ma, then wy did you
say last mite you'd do enything a per.
sin asked you If they only asked you
vile you were shaving.
Huh, sed pop, looking in the glass
to see If he was still bleeding, witch he
was.
o, nuthin, sed ma. And she stuck
her ned back agen and slammed the
doar.
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fourth million dollars, against II and
one-half million.
SURPLUS MANUFACTURERS.

The trade interests Of Germany are
growing constantly in all parts of the
world and German workmen scarcely
know what slack periods such as
We sometimes have In America, are
The reason Is this: German manufac-
turers are encouraged to keep their
plants running all the time and aided
in disposing of their surplus manufac.
lures in other countries. In this way
the employer Is aided because his field
Is constantly growing and the employe
is aided because he has steady work
the year around. There has been much
agitation in the United States to stop
the disposal of surplus manufactures
at reduced rates on the ground that to
do so was unfair to consumers of the
United States. The Philadelphia Pub.
lie Ledger recently printed the follow.
ing relative to this agitation and its
results:
Chemnitz has grown great because
Germany has an intelligent CONNER.
cial policy. The city had 10000 popu.
lation in 1885: 20 years later that popu.
lation had grown to 244.000; and in
1910 the date of the last census, it was
2S7, 900. German statesmen are con-
WINGED that the government should en-.
courage every business man to do all
the business possible and to sell his
goods in every possible market at such
a price as will attract buyers. 1t Is
not considered a crime in Germany for
q manufacturer to dump" his surplus
in a foreign market. They know there
that 1t is much better for German mills
to run full time than to be closed part
of.the year and they are aware that II
foreigners can be trained to buy Ger.
man goods, a market won on low prices
can be kept on higher prices.
This policy, combined with an Ill
advised American Tariff law, is now
flooding the American market with
Chemnitz hosiery offered at less than
ordinary Chemnitz retail prices. Tho
surplus stock of German hosiery iscon-
s%equently displacing hosiery that would
have been made by American workmen
in American mills. And the American
manufacturer. already suffering from
the low tariff, is threatened with fur
Their punishment by this administers
ton If he seeks to find a sale for his
goods in some foreign market at a
price less than he has been charging
at home.
Germany knows that a manufacturer
is in the business Of selling goods and
it does not consider for a moment any
proposition that will prevent German
enterprise from invading any market
in the world. It does not care what
price the manufacturer gets abroad, so
long as he keeps his mills running and
keeps the German workman employed.
German commerce has grown great
under this policy, and the American in
dustries have expanded under 1t also.
But in these latter days dumping" a
surplus on the foreigner is an ohense
against the American consumer, &C
cording to the wise men in Washing
ton though these same wise men DO
not think it an offense against the
American manufacturer to open the
doors and lower the tariff TO- make It
easier for the foreigner to dump his
surplus In the markets here.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-18

She blushed very prettily as she
walked into the tobacconist's big shop.
Yes, madam?" said the assistant,
smiling interrogatively, Is they say In
the best novels.
"I--er-oh, I want some cigars,
please" she said hurriedly under her
breath, fastening to add: "But-er
mot for myself-for my husband"
Certainly, madam. What kind
would you like?"
ooh, the best-quite the best,
please"
Certainly, madam. Strong or med.
ium?"
THE very strongest you've got,
please" she answered, In decided
tones. "My husband vas only com.
planning the other day that the last
lot he bought all broke in his pocket;
so they had better be strong hadn't
they"
And the young mar behind the coun.
ter hadn't the heart to contradict her.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-18

says the May total was "dishearten-
ing" Cupid Is In for a bad year." he
said. After preparing figures on the
first five months of 1914. he says he
has found a slump in the number of
marriage licenses such as Chicago has
not experienced in forty-hve years.
During the month Of May we issued
253 fewer marriage licenses than we
did in May last year said Mr.. Legner.
Under normal conditions there would
be an increase Of 200 as the records
for the last twenty years will show.
Apparently the entire year will feel
the effects of the slump. There Is no
way l can explain 1t unless the trade
conditions are responsible"
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smocks, stood squirming In line while
Indy proudly surveyed them.
what are their names, Lindy?" her
mistress asked.
"Dey's name after flowers, ma'am.
All name EN-. De bigges' ones name
Gladiola. De mex one, she names
Heliotrope."
Chose are very pretty" her mis-.
tress said. What is the littlest one
named?"
"She name Artuhficial, ma'am."
my husband is just getting over a
spell of sickness and I want to buy
him a shirt" said Mrs. Binks.
Eyes, ma'am,' replied the clerk.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-18
CHURCHES HOLD THEIR OWN IN
MEXICO

That educational and mission work
goes forward in Mexico, despite the
revolution, Is stated by cable from a
native pastor in the federal capital to
DR.. John w. Butler Of the Methodist
board of foreign missions. who is now
in New York. Services are held as
usual at Guanajuato, Puebla. and Mex
leo City, with an attendance even
above the average. Most of the schools
in these cities are also maintained as
formerly" There are approximately
fifty native workers in the centers
named and about a dozen schools with
q combined enrolment of 1880 pupils.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-18

The state law Of Iowa and the law OF
practically every other state says: IN
cities and towns, it shall be unlawful
for the operator Of any motor vehicle
to overtake and pass another vehicle
at street intersections When the
street car stops at a street crossing,
If you are driving your car close up be-
hind, you stop too, and doesn't start
again until the car does.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-18
CUPID LOSING OUT.

A sharp drop in the marriage record
this year in Chicago is attributed to
business depression-particularly by
republicans and the clerk at the IL
cense window, Louis Legner, himself
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-18

Experience teaches us the paradox
that the easy job ia hard to get.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-18

Clinton Herald: Some candidates
who say they are ready to stand on
their records must have great conf,
dence in their balancing ability.
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Press Comment

Clinton Advertiser: Nayigators nov
descending the River Of Doubt arr
wondering whether it will lead then
into the Progressive Sea or the Re
publican Ocean.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-18

Those that wish to be fairly paid
should work fairly. There is as much
Woodworking as underpaying.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-18

It's easier to make both money and
friends than to keep them.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-18

We wonder now, II we really ought
to forgive Noah for not swatting those
two flies he took into the ark, says the
st. Joseph NeWsPress.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-18

, Distance fails to lend enchantment
, when you are riding in a taxi.
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PERklNs-AND WHAT OF T. RI

PERklNs-AND WHAT OF T. r.?
In a sweeping denunciation labelling
George W.. Perkins as an evangel OF
the trusts who must be discarded ii
the bull moose party Is to survive.
Amos Pinchot, little brother OF
Clifford Pinchot, arch-conspirator with
Perkins, Garfield and Roosevelt to as
sassinate the LaFollette presidential
candidacy at it's flood tide, when the
chances had been tested and found
good, in order to saddle the organiza-
ton with ready-to-serve 1T. r." tells
enough truth about Perkins to damn
any a politically.
The peculiar thing about it is that
the ~offenses of Perkins which have
aroused Mr.. Pinchot were committed
during or prior to the Chicago conven.
ton, the lost trust plank" figuring, by
innuendo, in the indictment.
And after all that Mr.. Pinchot work.
ed with Mr.. Perkins, hand in glove
To-! these many months.
The question arises what, having
read MI. Perkins out of the bull moose
party, Mr.. Pinchot proposes to do with
MIR. Roosevelt?
The colonel has openly and by sill.
ence endorsed everything Perkins
stands for; he stood for election upon
the platform from which Mr.. Pinchot
subtly says he does not say that Per.
kins stole the missing antitrust
plank" He CIT. R."), since all that,
boosted Perkins into the national bull
moose craftsmanship, the place of
greatest power for good or evil.
Mr.. Pinchot's tar brush has a v1se
sweep. The truth about Perkins, -
lars and principles, is the truth about
Roosevelt.
What is the use of sweeping only
the corners Mr.. Pinchot? Clean
house.-La Crosse (Wis.) Tribune.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-18
FOOTING THE BILL FOR CHILD
LABOR.

1.-THE High Cost of Child Labor" is
the name of the national child labor
committees new exhibit which Is now
ready to be used in various parts Of
the country where interest In child
labor is to be aroused or guided. This
exhibit places the liability for the cost
Of child labor squarely on the shout
ders of society. The child certainly
profits nothing by premature labor,
and industry profits little or nothing,
but society. every citizen, pays the
ultimate cost of the exploitation Of
childhood. Pictures, captions and
charts tell this story so strikingly that
the observer cannot escape the moral.
BY way of contrast there Is n panel
showing what can be done with chill
dren along constructive lines If they
are successfully kept out of industry.
Here the school garden and the voca.
tional training school receive their
share of praise.
The exhibit was constructed by
Lewis w. Hine of the national child
labor committee and is hailed by those
who know as the last word in the art
of exhibit making. It is at once ar
tistic and convincing and cannot fall
to command the attention 1t deserves
as a definite presentation OF the social
extravaganza of child labor.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-18
Some Glory.

Not every a can support a safe
deposit vault. but most of us can main
tain a mug in a barber shop.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-18

Otherwise Roosevelt, after the next
campaign would be on to put 1t on the
map.
Clinton Herald: Connolly spent S.
900 in the senatorial primary cam
paign, and Meredith probably spent
twice that. But Connolly isn't through
yet.
Kansas City Journal: There is this
difference between Huerta and the
business interests of this country: Tho
president is relentlessly pursuing both,
but the business interests can't get
away.
Kansas City Journal: If the British
parliament eve adopts q woman suf-
frage proposal it will be to stop the
militant outrages, not because parlia-
ment is convinced by these Outrages
that women are qualified for suffrage.
Webster City PREGNANT Tribune: Re-
publican success in Iowa means some
thing to republicanism this year. The
party is trying to get together nation
ally and 1t will retard the movement
to have Iowa slip into the democratic
column this fall.
Springfield News: If Billy Sundays
choirmaster shows a tendency to sing
of the key for awhile, his delinquency
may be attributed to the somewhat I'M
expected request the jury made of him
to pay over $4,000 damages to Miss
Georgia Jay, as balm in a breach of
promise suit. The circumstance is
not calculated to stimulate the spirit
of song.
Davenport Times: And now the pro-
posal OF Carranza is that the United
States step into Mexico, just as it did
into Cuba, and conduct the election of
a new president. The announcement
If true, is surprising in view of the
previous attitude OF all factions in
Mexico that they are capable OF settl-
ing their own differences. Some, how
ever, suspect that the suggestion Is
made to win time.
Waterloo Courier: One of the sur
vivors of the Empress Of Ireland dis
aster was a little girl who testifes
81 am very glad l took swimming les
sons at Havergal." Where men perish
ed for want of a similar equipment
this child lived to present a smiling
face instead of a corpse. Parents
should not be unmindful Of such an
example. Swimmers are sometimes
drowned, but the list of dead would be
much longer were it not for those who
have learned to keep their noses out of
the water.
Davenport Times: 1t will be noted
that some indication of the sentiment
in Iowa was expressed by the Iowa
State Federation of Labor when 1t re.
fused to go on record as expressing an
opinion either for or against national
prohibition. Every once in a while
it is brought home to Davenporters,
in some such way as this, that opinion
in the state as a whole differs radically
from that which it is usually assumed
prevails here.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: If there's any
little thing which makes the average
citizen wax exceedingly peevish it is
to be approached by an ~able-bodied
vagrant desiring the accommodation
of a couple of dimes. and then read in
tho nan that thousands of farm
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-18
n n e e
S tor s.

Aunt Lindy had brought around her
three grandchildren for her mistress
to see.
The three little darkies, in calico
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-18

Marshalltown Times Republican
Unfortunately Doc Cook and Lieut.
Peary have discovered the North Pole
Otherwise Roosevelt, after the mex
campaign would be OF to put 1t on tn
map.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-18
OF Course.

IAN actor on a holiday always goes
to another show
81 suppose actors in the movies go
to see themselves perform
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-18

Cedar Rapids Gazette: If there's any
little thing which makes the average
citizen wax exceedingly peevish it is
to be approached by an able-bodied
vagrant desiring the accommodation
of a couple of dimes, and then read in
the paper that thousands of farm
hands are needed to harvest the ives.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-18

Clinton Herald: Connolly spent S.,
900 in the senatorial primary cam
paign, and Meredith probably spent
twice that. But Connolly isn't through
vot
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-18

Would you want something in a stif
bosom?"
mo sir" said Mrs. Binks. "The doc.
tor says he must avoid anything with
starch in It,"
This infant may some day make
himself heard in the world" said the
clergyman about to christen a baby
boy.
And the next moment when the
youngster felt the cold water the good
clergyman's words came true.
Idle Thoughts.
"Why are you watching that fly 80
intently?"
81 was just wondering If men will
aver be able to tango up and down the
walls like that. Wouldn't it be fine?"
Shrinking.
Fine values all the icemen gave
In March, but housewives vow
The bargains they pretend to have
Are not SO striking now.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-18

Kansas City Journal: There is thi'
difference between Huerta and thu
business interests of this country: The
president is relentlessly pursuing both
but the business interests can't ge'
away.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-15
wArrERsoN TO SEE WILSON
Arrangements Virtually Completed
For Visit, Oct. Is.

Washington. Oct. 12.-Henry a
terson. editor Of the Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal, who, with Col. Geo. Har-
vey, editor of the North American Re
view. quarreled with Woodrow VIII
son while he was Governor OF New
Jersey and a candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for President is
expected to pay a visit to the "hioe
House about Oct. Is.
II Col. watterson accepts the ar
ranrements being made for his visit
il will be the first time he has seen
the President since the evening oil
the quarrel. Col. Harvey. who was a
party to the "scrap," adjusted his dii-
ferences with the President while OF
a visit to the White House last Sun
day.
Both the President and Col. Waiter
son have been willing to bury the
Ratchet" but circumstances have mol
been propitious for Watterson to WISH
Washington.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-15
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES
By W. Clyde johnson,
County School supt.

The past week has been spent try
inc TO catch up with the office work.
One cannot spend the week visiting
schools and keep up the office work
miles he works all day Sundays.
Next week, L. B. sipple. latel u
p-erintendent Of Adair County, but
now an instructor in the Agricultural
Department Of the Kirksviile Normal,
viii visit schools with me for a tAy or
two. Then Farmer" Rusk and will
spend about two weeks visiting those
schools that want US and interest
them in the great Roundup that is TO
hs held here the first week in Novem-
her. | wish II were possible TO have
all the school board members, all the
teachers. all the school children, and
all the patrons here every day. We
sbaIl have here entertainment and
Instruction that will be of more prac'
teal value than a week Of school
Book-learning is a good thing as Tar
,s II goes, but il does not prepare vi
TO meet and overcome the difficult
les of life. True education prepares
us for making a living in this worlt
inst as il is, also to enjoy ourselves
as VIZ make it.
A number of schools have al
ready invited us. AS we can visit bu
a few days before the Roundup w
shall give preference to those VIII
send in an early invitation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-15
HELPFUL WORDS


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Does it ache especially after exer
ton?
Is there a soreness in the kidne,
region?
These symptoms suggest weak kid.
neys.
II so there is danger in delay.
Weak kidneys get fast weaker.
Give your trouble prompt attention
Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys,
Your neighbors use and recommend
them.
Read this Mexico testimony:
Mrs. T. Dollens, 1912 w. Liberty
ST. Mexico Mo-, says years ago. |
was a terrible sufferer from kidney
complaint The disease affected me SO
badly that couldn't go out and the
pains were awful. | doctored and used
remedies, but had no relief until |
took Doan's Kidney Pills. They
brought great benefit"
prlee Doc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-pet
poan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Dollens had. Foster Milburn Co.
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-15

THE Kansas City Star is fighting
to divorce the County government
from the control Of the interests of
Jackson County and says we are right
ing for good government" to divorce
the county government from control
by the whisky ring. To do this they
propose to elect men as judges Of the
circuit court who will not be afraid
to render just decisions if those deci-
sions might hurt the whisky bust
ness; to elect county judges who will
not fear to offend the bosses by refus-
ing to fill the county offices with bar
flies and ward heelers; to elect a coun
ty prosecutor who is under no obliga-
ton to the whisky ring and who will
enforce the local option law and close
the roadhouses in rural jackson
ty, and to elect a county marshal who
will help the prosecutor in the enforce
ment of the law. All of this would
mean a new deal for Jackson County.
1t would put the lasoon and the brew
cry out of the county boss business.