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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14
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ELDON.

Mrs Elmer Weber was hostess ia
the Fortnightly club Thursday after
noon at her home on East Elm street
A delightful afternoon was spent by
all present.
"The National Troubadours," home
talent play, will be staged at the opera
house April Is and IA. A home bene
fit Turn out and hear them
c. A. Owen, ST.. of Rock Island, is
visiting his son, G. A. Jr., for few
days this week.
Mrs. George Whistler of Kansas City
Mo-, is visiting friends here over Eas.
ter Sunday.
The ladies of the Baptist church will
serve lunch at the church Wednes.
day evening, April 10, beginning at
p. m.
Ned Lutz of Iowa City college is at
home for few days visiting his par.
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. ~ I. Lutz
The story hour at the library Thurs
day was we'll attended by the children
Miss Bella Albert was in charge.
Mrs. Ed J. Moore was hostess to
the P. f. o. society Monday afternoon
Many letters were received from out
of-town members. Tea was served.
The Bay View club entertained
Wednesday afternoon at the home OF
Mrs. T.. H. Finney. The committee in
charge consisted of Mrs. C. NJ. Stanton
w. c. Lutz, L. A. Myers, 1. A. Per.
jue, A. G.. Daniel. The afternoon was
spent in the study of Germany and
the Easter season. Refreshments
were served.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

daughter. Mrs. Fred Kick.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Beard OF Bona
parte were Pennington visitors Wed.
nesday. Mr.. Beard came down to at,
tend the Modern Woodman conven-
ton which was held in this place Wed
nesday afternoon.
Mrs. Clara Cellyhan of st. Louis Is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. w. RI.
Gentner
Mrs. A. A. Freshwater has returned
from visit with her mother at Bur-
lington.
The following teachers last week
attended the Southeastern Iowa
Teachers convention which was held
at Burlington: Prof. A. l.. s. Owen,
Misses Kate Mathews. Bessie Lang
with, Cora Swingle, Iowa Nne, Olga
Mccormick. Margaret Smith, Gladys
Knott and Mrs. Nellie Lueckel.
MRS. vandruff and daughters, Auden-
tia and Mamie, are visiting Mrs. w. II.
Knott.
Mrs. Edna Robson was a recent
Keokuk visitor.
Nv. A. Martin and daughter, Edna,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

Mr.. Parkins took my sistir Gladdis to
a danse last mite. and he was setting in
the parler watching for her, and | was
setting in the parler watching him, and
he kepp taking out his watch and look
ing at it, and aftir vile he sed, Say
Benny wood you mind running up
stares and asking yure sistir II she noz
its haff past 8 and we haff to katch the
trane at 10 minits to 9.
WITCH l went up to do. and heer Glad
dis was neeling avn the ,floar In her
room In her danse dress looking undir
the bed and saying, O goOdniss. wares
my uthir dansing pump, l Good OF
| sworn they were both undir heer the
last time looked, Benny, did you see
enything OF wun Of my dansing pumps.
No, sed. Mr.. Parkins sed for me
to tell you it's han past and the trane
goz at 10 minits to 9.
| O. wares that pump. wares that
pump, sed Gladdis, don't no wy I'm
looking undir this bed, I've looked un-
dir heer so times awlreddy, Benny you
must Of seen it sumware.
And she started to feal undir the
be~ro, and sed, Wat will you give
me II I find it.
|
| sed, Will you give me dime.
| II you will find 1t in minits Ill give
you dimes sed Gladdis starting to
look undir the bed agen.
And / startid to pertend to look err
round undir things and awl Of sud
din I ran into my room and reetched
undir the bed and wat was undir thare
but Gladdises uthir pump, beeing thare
evvir sints me and my cuzzn Sue
played Sinderella the uthir day. and
put 1t undir my cote and went down
into Gladdises room agen and heer
Gladdis was avn her neez looking un-
dir the bed agen, saying. Its not heer
now, that's serten, but 1t was heer the
uthir day, Good of sworn 1t.
And she got up awf of her neez agen
and got down and pertendid to look
undir the bed, pulling out the pump
and saying Heer 1t is, hee 1t is.
Well for pity sakes, don't tell me it
was under thare, sed Gladdis.
Dident you see me pull it out, sed,
wares the dimes.
And Gladdis kwick put the pump
avn, saying, Thares sumthing funny
about this. II looked undir that bed
wnnts I looked so times. hope we
katch the trane, thares sumthing funny
about this
Ware the 2 dimes, sed.
Ill see you tomorro wen have moar
time to think about it. sed Gladdis,
nobody can tell me that pump was
undir the bed awl the time, thares
sumthing funny about 1t awl rite. And
she kwick ran down stares and yell
ed ovir the bannerstirs, Hay, wares the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

When the baby begins to 60 to the
table or eat three meals day in the
nursery, the teeth should be cleaned
after each meal
Mothers often say in extenuation OF
the bad condition of the babys teeth
that 1t has bad teeth from the begin.
ming. Except In the case of constitu-
t1onal disease and weakness, this is
Incredible. The baby's teeth come in
strong and white. They are neglected
and abused. II the teeth turn discOlor.
ed and crumble, one of three conditions
exist. They are not properly cleaned
or the diet given the child is not right
or the teeth are not used. The diet
should be looked into by some one who
understands the proper proportions OF
starch and minerals, of meats and veg
etables, of mushy food and hard. OF
saccharine and acid. Just as soon as
a child has enough teeth to chew with
and has outgrown the choking age, he
should be given we'll toasted bread,
zWeiback, and hard crackers to
strengthen his teeth on
Il the teeth are in bad condition and
will not yield to ordinary cleaning and
sensible changes in diet, doctor or
dentist should be consulted. The health
and shape Of the permanent teeth de-
pend on the care given the first.
In visiting Better Babies Contests
have been shocked at the number of
babies scored low for irregular fea-
lures which might easily have been
corrected in infancy.
The baby laid carelessly to sleep
may grow up with mis-shapen ears.
have seen babies lying in bed with
one ear curled forward. The wee baby
is such a tender, pliable bit of flesh and
blood. Just let it get into one habit
of sleeping or lying, and it may be
marked for life. When you lay it
down. be sure that you lay back its
ears smoothly and firmly.
OF course if child has Inherited
protruding ears, this defect Is not easy
to overcome, but it can be helped or
softened by having the baby sleep right
from the start with thin netting cap
that will hold the ears not tightly but
easily in place.
Go be continued.)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14
THE VALUE or EDUCATION.

An advocate of a high school educa-
ton as a financial investment has pre-
pared some very interesting figures to
bear out his contention that the four
additional years of schooling which
a high school course requires of boy
and during which he receives no di-
rect income from his own efforts. are
not to be considered as wasted. He
states that the average yearly income
OF an educated man is $1,000 while
that of the uneducated man is but
$3.50. He estimates the time that a
man puts in in working at forty years
and his totals then show that the edu-
Gated man has earned $4,000 and the
uneducated man $4,000. a difference
of $4,000. which is the value of the
education acquired by the first men,
toned man.
He then goes a little deeper into
details and shows the advantage in
earning power that is enjoyed by the
youth who stays in school until he
Is eighteen years of age over the one
who quits at fourteen to take job.
His figures show that when the boy
who quit at fourteen reaches the age
Of twenty-five he will have earned
school four years longer earns 1880
by the time he is twenty-five years old.
Because of his four years of schooling,
the educated man is worth 1884 more
year at the end of the twenty-fifth
year and his advantage mounts up fast
er each year thereafter. In other words
the schooling in this case amounts to
an investment of $17,680 at Ave per
cent interest.
Boys will do we'll to consider well
before quitting school to take up
job even though it may offer a few
dollars week more than the educat-
ed boy gets at the start.
THE EXTENT OF MINERAL WASTE.
1t is estimated that the present
waste, in large measure unnecessary,
of mineral resources amounts to a ma
tional loss of not less than $1,O00,OO0
day
In one respect at least considera-
ton of the mineral wastes has basis
quite different from the consideration
of agricultural wastes. Our crops rep
resent an annual production from a
reasonably permanent soil; our for
ests may grow again, though much
longer period Of time is required: and
the soils themselves may be repro
duced from the subsoil and the rock
beneath. But of our mineral resources
we have only the one supply. This
supply is to a considerable extent de-
stroyed in use; and at the present IN
creasing rate at which we are using
and wasting it, our one supply will
be either exhausted or largely depleted
while the nation is yet in it's youth.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14
WHERE THE FAuLTLIEs

That inefficiency in municipal gov
eminent is as much responsible for
bad civic conditions is the belief of at
least one citizen of certain Illinois
town which is gaining a reputation
for laxity of morals. A prominent
citizen of that place in letter, written
prior to the recent election to an &C
quaintance in Ottumwa, says:
'In all truth we have had an intoler-
able situation for long time, due al
most entirely, believe, to an ineffici-
ent city government.
I'VE now have ninety-two saloons
and our population is something less
than thirty thousand. Thirty saloons
would be ample. No city Of this size
can support ninety-two saloons con-
Quoted in a legitimate manner. Be-
cause of the willingness to license SO
many saloons, a premium is placed on
the illegitimate in the saloon bust
ness. am putting it in it's best light.
It's true light is hardly fit reading.
Many of our people who favor the
saloon, when run in decent way, are
going to vote dry as slap against the
administration and the breweries,
which they believe are largely respon-
sible for present conditions
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

were Keokuk shoppers Thursday.
Mrs. Walter Coffin visited recently
with her son, DR.. Lonnie Coffin, at Des
Moines.
Misses Anna Masmar and Neva
Ponte spent Thursday in Keokuk.
Chapter o. P. e. o. enjoyed an Apri'
Fool party Monday evening at the
home of Mrs G. P. Franks. Late that
afternoon the members were notified
the place Of meeting had been changed
to Mrs. Fl. +. Folkers on the opposite
side Of town and after walking this ex-
ira distance found very inhospitable
home with barred doors and a sign in
the window marked April Fool"
This only proved an incentive to far
Their walk and the real party at the
Franks home was most delightful
affair and delicious refreshments were
served which were not joke.
Miss Cora Stevens was hostess to
the Kensington club on Tuesday even
ing.
Miss Freda Hoyer of Cottonwood is
the guest of her grandmother. Mrs. Il.
Pfister.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

Dispatches from Alaska indicate that
the results of the elections in various
parts of the territory this week were
determined to a measurable degree by
the women who voted for the first time
and who were given suffrage. by mea-
sure passed by the first territorial leg
islature a year ago. In Skagway the
familiar methods of campaigning
brought victory to the feminine poll
ticians. Electors were steered to poll
ing places by women workers who
bought cigars and lunches and sup
piled conveyances while explaining
sample ballots. They elected their en-
tire non-partisan ticket in Skagway
against the tax payers ticket which
has been in power six years.
Like results were found in other
communities,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14
Mental Indigestion.

Mental Indigestion.
I've mental indigestion.
As doctors are agreed.
This Intervention question
Has put me off my feed.
Canal tolls and such reading
Have cluttered up my brain.
I find that I am needing
Relief from all the strain.
Before the troubles chronic
I'd better cry enough.
I'll try a mental tonic
And read some baseball stuff.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

If any one doubts the wisdom of the
paint up and clean up" campaign now
on in Ottumwa. let him walk through
the residence portions of the city and
observe the numerous improvements
that cleaning up yards and painting up
houses, barns. fences and the like have
brought about.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

The baseball season opens officially
in Ottumwa tomorrow provided the
weather does not interfere. Ned
Egans embryo pennant winners will
make their first appearance at home.
They are welcome.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

Missouri is said to have 1896
acres of land subject to overflow. BY
proper effort it can all be reclaimed
for farming purposes, the Nevada Post
believes. 1t is rich and would produce
abundantly. Much land has been re-
claimed in the southeastern part of
the state.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

The state civil service examination
for state road engineer in Illinois was
passed by twenty-seven applicants.
Only eleven of the successful were
from Illinois. Mississippi, North Carol
ina, Massachusetts,, Montana, Ken
lucky, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, New
York, New Jersey, Indiana and Mis-
souri, were represented among candi-
dates for the position.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

The national bureau of mines has
been able during the current year to
stop waste of natural gas valued at
not less than $10,00O,0OO. an amount
that exceeds by six times the total
cost of the bureaus Investigations to
date H
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

The construction of cigar box may
seem to be very simple matter to the
novice, but the box passes through
nineteen processes before it is ready
to receive the cigars.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14
Announcement

| am a candidate for the
nomination on the republi-
can ticket for the office of
sheriff Of Davis county, Ia,
subject to the republican
voters at the June primary.
M. Dabney, West Grove. La.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

Sioux City Tribune: Will Iowa be
expected to raise protective tariff to
keep the surplus of Illinois breweries
out Of the state now that two or three
thousand saloons in that civitas are
put out of business by the women.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14
FARM

Miss Cora Ray left Wednesday to
enter the training school for nurses
at the Burlington hospital.
Mrs. w. d. Moon of Milton arrived
Wednesday for a visit with her
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14
Just A. Happy.

Just A. Happy.
What has become of your cousin?"
"She went crazy over the tango and
we had to send her to sanitarium."
Hers is sad lot"
ooh, no; she's perfectly happy. They
tango at the sanitarium and she has
learned four new steps,"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

Anything that you planted yester-
day is bound to grow, says tradition.
But that don't mean that anything you
plant now will not grow. Better late
than never
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

Experience shows that success
10 due less to ability than to zeal.
The winner is he who gives him.
self to his work, body and SOUL
Charles Buxton.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14
Drs. Huff 4 Volnler
Mound Valley, Kansas, the we'll known
Cancer Special ISIS
Of over IS years experience.

Of over IS years. experience.
Concers and tumors treated without
the use of knife or caustic or X-Ray or
any poisonous medicine-They are all
dangerous to cancer. Consultation
Free. Best of references given. Let
tiers of inquiry promptly answered.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

Boys in the Ishpeming, Mich, high
school repair the school building for
pay, conduct cooperative school farm
for profit and are about to erect a
gymnasium for their school.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14
BOARD PROCEEDINGS.

Ottumwa April 9, 1914.
RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY.
Board Proceedings April 9, 1914.
Be it resolved by the board of super
visors of Wapello county, Iowa, that it
is deemed advisable and necessary to
construct the following described
bridges and culverts.
Dyer bridge, 1920 feet E. Of S. w.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

Sweden is to send an expedition to
the Antarctic region in 1915 that is to
remain in the far south five years.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

The persistent man often has to
push, but you'll generally find him
near the front Of the crowd.-The
Business Builder
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14
A Poor shov

A Poor Show.
tive been bounced on everything |
attempted this week"
GO to a show and forget your
troubles"
Il tried that last night and got hun
coed again"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

Des Moines Capital: King George is
trying to be useful public servant
a most unusual but at the same time
wholesome exhibition in a king.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

Ireland's first strike took place in
Dublin about 100 years ago, when the
the great piers of Kingston harbor
were being constructed
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

A sound-proof house in Berlin has
fifty rooms, and musician may prac-
tice in any one of them without inter-
fering with his neighbor.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14
A Bio Man.

''He seems to feel rather important.
We'll, yes. He thinks tobacco stocks
ought to slump bit whenever he
swears of smoking"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

"He who can, does. He who cannot,
teaches. BERNARD Shaw.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

The tenth successive year without
a forest fire has been passed by the
Powell national forest in south cen.
trail Utah.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14
A Few Laughs
Mefhod In II

"Your heroines always dress rather
poorly"
my wife would get jealous re-
sponded the author. 'if one of them
had any more gowns than allow her.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

Matter Of Interest.
II wondered if ex-President Taft
would answer personal letter."
81 believe he is very glad to explain
his views on important questions.
This is important, all right. |
want his rules for reducing. | see he
has dropped seventy-five pounds"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14
Press Comment

Chicago Evening Post: 1t is almost
time for the official physician to sug-
gest' a sea voyage as essential to Mr..
Huerta's health.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14
Looked Bad,

81 knew you would get into trouble
swiping jokes"
What's wrong?"
you've tackled an English anecdote
onto United States senator and left
it in cockney dialect"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

Modern business is founded on hui.
man service.-Elbert Hubbard.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

More Sanitary.
The moss-covered bucket that hung
in the well
Is no longer the caper.
Individual cups the farmers now sell,
Made of parafin paper.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

Foreign representatives: Cone. Lor-
engen & Woodman, Mailers Building,
Chicago; 225 Fifth Ave-, New York
City; Gumbel Bldg, Kansas City, Mo.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14
a PJaintive Statement.

I'VE admit that drunkenness is a
bad thing" wrote the editor OF the
Plunkville Palladium, but plainly Of
men come in when they're that way
and pay for the paper"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14
Couldn't DO It.

CoUIdnt Do It.
Now, if you'll meet me at my of.
flee tonight I'll put you onto big
deal"
Sorry, old man, but I'm following a
continued story in the movies. | must
be there tonight or I'll miss an impor.
tant installment."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14
Always. Suspicious.

Always. Suspicious.
1--WE are never satisfied"
"How now?"
1--WE all want front seats at the the.
alter. we're peevish if we can't get
them, and if we do get them we begin
to think the play can't be very good. y
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14
Annreciatlon

Appreciation.
He kissed a girl against her will,
Was fined $40 bill.
The girl now thinks him rather nice
He said that it was worth the price
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

Oskaloosa Herald: The most sue
cessful men are described as those
who have acquired liberal education
out of their own mistakes and in OBJ
serving the mistakes of others and
prcfiting therefrom.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14
Quite So,

In the spring young mans fancy
lightly turns to thoughts of love and
some of the middle-aged gentlemen
perk up, too.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14
Next Step.

Next Step.
1--WE need an amendment to our con.
stitution."
For WHAT"
providing for the Impeachment Of
high Off Gals by the magazines"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

Cedar Rapids Republican: Cedar
Rapids is unique in that it Is the first
and the only city under the commission
plan which has reelected full set Of
commissioners. And then, think Of the
majorities besides, men like Zika and
Lazell getting practically the entire
vote cast in the election. This en-
dorsement at the polls of Cedar Rap
ids is in effect an endorsement of the
commission plan itself It means that
cities can attain degree of municipal
government that satisfies even the
clamor of political campaign. A sys-
TEN under which men in office can do
such good work for the city. work that
meets with almost unanimous approval
of the voters and the taxpayers is and
must be good and desirable system
for the government Of municipalities.
1t has taken Cedar Rapids some
years. it may be remarked, to work
into this degree of perfection. 1t has
taken eight years of the new form to
round it out into good working order.
the kind of order that it has now.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-14

commits himself, when that can be
avoided. and so he has the opinion OF
the attorney general which is to the eff.
feet that the governor has no authority
to establish holidays by proclamati lion,
Now, that we have half holidays In
many towns, and that summer vaca-
tor Of a few weeks Is almost tho rule
there seems little sense or need of 9th.
er holidays. that simply break up the
week and interfere with business, and
that are rarely observed in the man.
ner which was intended when the holi.
day was instituted.