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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-14
PRINTING THE NEWS.

st, LOUIS CLERGYMAN anu a ~:
Louis. new spaperI have recently ex-
pressed tho. wish that good actions
might: receive more publicity than bad
ones, says the st. Louis Globe Demo
crat, which adds: $50 ,-,en..ea. .1a.
The wish is shared by many. people.
including publishers, but reflection
shows tho plan is not altogether prAc-
ticable.' There are two reasons for
this. One 10 that good actions. are 80
general that it would be impossible,
physically, to publish them all, The
othersis that accounts, Of good actions
unless they are strikingly unusual.
are not a. readable as accounts OF alb
normally bad actions. ~.
A newspaper could not run list
o. all the husbands who kissed their
wives after breakfast. The list would
be too long and it would grow monot-
onous. But the husband that blackens
the eve Of his wife or smashes the
dishes over her head furnishes what
the world calls news" Why An &C.
connt OF 4 fight In which some one is
fatally stabbed is more interesting
than . verbatim report Of prayer
meeting IL problem for the psyche
logists to wrestle with. But the pub
fisher. is confronted with the fact.
A newspaper could not run a list OF
automobiles who have run nobody
down during the day, but it can. keep
track Of the accidents. 1t cannot
keep track Of the thousands OF acts OF
kindness performed each day, but 1t
can recite the striking acts Of cruelty
When Z young woman concludes to de-
vote her life. to = conversion OF the
heather Of darkest Africa. the fact be-
comes news item. But for some
reason the story OF her decision Is not
"a interesting as the account of wo-
man who. pours rat poison into her bus
bard's coffee. There are certain hero
t. or philanthropic acts that are OF q
character to arouse universal interest
and such acts receive due attention
from the newspapers. Mr.. Ford has
won as much publicity by his proht
sharing plan for his employees as ne
could have secured by numbering his
,notherin:law. The signal heroism
and SELF. sacrifice shown in the rescue
Of helpless people at sea has been CIV:
en- wide publicity and the thrills IN the
reports show the newspaper workers
1oy in chronicling such glorious DEEDS:
But the fact remains that normal
things do not make news. The states
man who is merely safe and sane rom
the very nature Of things does not az
tract the attention drawn by the man
IA public life who says and does strik.
Ing things. The freak bills introduced
in q legislature receive many times
the publicity given bills that are SEN
sible, even as the person who dresses
loudly or Enthusiastically attracts more
attention than the person Of modest
tastes. BY bearing in mind these facts
which are rooted in human nature,
one may save himself from forming
hasty pessimistic conclusions from the
collection of world wide news served
him before breakfast.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-14

Nevada is now among the states that
produce gems The development OF
the opal beds of Humboldt county has
been attended with considerable sue
cess, and a quantity of superior gem
material has been obtained. The opal
is OF an unusual type, consisting of
dark. translucent mineral with vari-
ETY. of rich colors. The deposits prom
Use to supply a'gem equal If not SUI
perior to the opal from Australia.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-14
Ideas are constantly changing.

Ideas are constantly changing. So
also must men change. The methods
of yesterday are not those of today
nor will those of the present be in
vogue tomorrow The man who will
not change is check on progress-he
retards the onward march of others
The Linotype Bulletin.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-14

How long could a private business
run if 1T was conducted like cities, and
counties and states are? When enter
prises are mismanaged they go into
bankruptcy and become defunct: when
communities are mismanaged and
their resources and funds wasted, the
people replace the lost money by in
creasing their own taxation.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-14

A new rear signal for automobiles
controlled by driver is four-sided
prism to be mounted below number
plate, displaying words indicating that
the car carrying it is about to turn to
left or right or to stop or that there is
danger ahead. s......
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-14

Automatic delivery of rural mail is
provided by North Dakota mans in
vention Of car to run on an aerial
track, from which it takes electric pow
er, automatically stopping at each
house on a route and ringing bell to
announce it's arrival.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-14

the same number of people, the same
number of advertisers and the bust
ness of disseminating news and give
better service at less cost than can
two papers. 49, -.t-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-14

Des Moines Tribune. "A nation
with no saloons is reported to be the
dream of John l.. Sullivan, who has
been on the water wagon for nine
years. Johns dreams are more pleas
ant since he quit the booze fighting
game.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: Chicago has
hit upon the innovation of political
tea. While it may be somewhat less
attractive than tango tea, 1t is better
than the beer and whisky stunts that
used to be all the rage in political
campaigns.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-14

Boone News-Republican: 1t is all
right for w. G.. Brown to come back
from the presidency of the New York
Central railroad and raise horses in
Iowa, but to most young men the ap-
peal would so the other way
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-14

Freight charges for the passag
through the Panama canal will be SIP
a ton; passengers will be free.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-14

There are sixteen varieties of maple
trees in the United States. most o
them being Eastern species. y
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-14

Texas is; anxious to tackle Mexico
single handed and it has enough poll
ticians to fill all the Offices south OF
the Rio Grande with some to spare.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-14

Good humor is one of the best art
,icles of dress one can wear in society
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-14

In parts of Switzerland shepherd
girls wear mems clothes.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-14

The ancient town of Cambridge
Eng. is soon to have women police.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-14
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-14

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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-07-03
Woolfitt Family Reunion.

The fifth annual reunion of the
Woolfitt family was held at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. F.
Gusts, in Genesee township,
Thursday, June 25, 1914. Din
ner was served in the dining
room Of the M. E. Church, of
Mt. Morris by the Ladies Aid.
Over fifty members responded to
roll call, being present from La
Trobe, Penn, Bay City, Saginaw,
Charlotte, Clio and Mt. Morris.
The following officers were elect
ed for ensuing year: President,
Burtis. E. Woolftt, Flint; Secre-
tary, Harry T. Gillett, Clio;
Treasurer. Miss Marjorie Wool
fit, Bay City; Historian, Mrs.
Bert Bunker, Eaton Rapids;
Asst Historian, Mrs. John Wool
fit, Saginaw. The next reunion
will be held at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. John Kingman, Eaton
Rapids, Mich, on the last Thurs
day in June, 1915. After the
business session, the entertain
ment committee took charge and
the young people gave several
recitations and songs.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-07-03
CARD OF THANKS

To those kind friends and neighbors
who lent assistance and extended SYM
pathy during the illness and at the
death of our beloved sister, to the Rev.
C. w. Greene for his words of comfort
and hope and to those who contributed
the beautiful flowers, we desire hereby
to express our heartfelt thanks.
Mrs. HI. j. Hinkley,
VIM. Wadsworth,
Josiah Wadsworth,
Fred Wadsworth.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-07-03
THE LOST CHORD I
Continued From Page u

osopher, wit and sage alike she'll reach
and draw and draw again so long as
gold shall glitter and diamonds CLEAN.
Young people of Clio High School,
God bless you In your upward journey
after knowledge. The potentialities
are within you. Let me emphasize this
truth in closing. God says to the
flowers in this glad June time, Bloom,
and their blossoms come forth and their
fragrance fills the air without either
willing or refusing to will. He says to
the barren earth LIVE again and the
barren earth covers itself with green
and leaves and delicate blossoms and
everything that bendetb with the
green and stirreth with the daylight
lifteth up its head to catch the beauty
of the springtime without either willing
or refusing to will. He says to the sun
Arise, shine and without either will
ing or refusing to will he rolls his golden
chariot up the eastern sky and the
world is flooded with blessed light.
But he says to you, young men and
women of Clio, seeking after truth,
Choose, the blessing is before you and
no power of earth or heaven or hell can
determine your destiny but you.
"Go forth then, pray you, with His
help and sanction into the blessed battle
of life, and nothing shall deter you,
nothing shall hinder you in your journey
toward the stars"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-07-03
w. G. T. U. NOTES.

A meeting was called at the home of
Mrs. l. Gillett on Tuesday evening,
June 9th, to listen to splendid talk by
Miss Margaret Belz, national organizer
and lecturer. Mrs. Gillett served re-
freshments and one new member was
added
The regular meeting was held at Mrs.
Conger's June 18th. 1t was flower mis-
sion day. Baskets were filled for the
graduates, bouquets sent to the sick and
shut-ins and aged. Mrs. Conger furn-
ished us several selections on her Vic
trola. Mrs. Gillett, our delegate to
state convention, gave a splendid re-
port as did Mrs. Newton and Mrs. Jen-
nings, who attended.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-07-03
CARD OF THANKS.

We sincerely wish to thank all who
extended kind sympathy and who did
all they could to help in the hour of
our sad bereavement, occasioned by the
illness and death of our beloved wife
and mother. Words cannot express
our thanks for all the kindness shown
to us.
Abram Miller,
Mrs. VIM. Spencer,
Lewis Curtis,
Jesse Curtis.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-07-03
old at the time of her death which oc-
Cured at 10 a. m. on June II, 1914.

The death of Mrs. Caroline
Guild, resulting from heart fail
ure, occurred at the home of her
nephew, A. E. Peters, Thursday,
June Is, 1914.
Ann Caroline Christoe was
born in Lostwithal, England, on
Jan. %, 1886. When about eight
years of age, she with other
members of her family. moved to
Canada, where she lived until
about 1871, when she came to
Michigan. In 1873 she was mar
ried to Wallace Guild and lived
in Vienna township, later moving
to Wisconsin, but returning to
Michigan in 1891 and resided at
Montrose. In 1904 Mrs. Guild
came to Clio, where she has since
lived. One daughter remains,
Ella M. Guild, who is a teacher
in Flint.
In all of the affairs of life, as
wife, mother, neighbor and
friend, Mrs. Guild was an admir-
able character, and all who had
the privilege of her acquaintance
will tenderly cherish her men,
DRY. Funeral services were held
from the residence of Mr.. Peters
on Saturday afternoon, June q,
Rev. E. C. G. Benson officiating,
and the remains were laid at
rest in Woodlawn cemetery.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-07-03

Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Huff and daugh-
ter, May, the Misses Elsie Lembach,
Cecil Henderson and Leota Hurd and
Messrs. Earl Shorten and Edwin Will
liams, of Clio, and Grin Plue, of Flint,
make up camping party that isspend-
ing the week at Cases island, Long
Lake.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-07-03
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to express our appre-
citation and gratitude to the
friends who were so kind and
sympathetic in our recent be-
reavement.
Ella M. Guild
A. E. Peters
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-01

stroys our forests, crodes land, exhausts our
mines adnlterates our food stuffs overworks.
starvcs and destroys our workers, corrupts our
institutions and pliers the body polite
We have In this country. in other coun.
tries, tho crying problem of unemployment.
thousands are lighting for n chance to labor
that they may live without beggary and pauper-
Ism Let the nation levy an Income and In.
her1tance tax. and then, If its treasury over.
noWs, let it solve the problem Of unemployment
There is work to be done The forests must be
restored the land must be saved from erosion
the farmers from exploitation.
There are highways TO be built Let the Coy.
eminent in It's extravaganza build a network
of the finest highways in the world highways
that could be built according to some cohesive
ana organic plan. plan that would not only
make for utility, but beauty: highways that
would lead from somewhere TO somewhere. In
tercounty roads that should merge into Stats
roads; State roads that should merge into =
great national highway stretched across tho
continent from the Atlantic TO the Pacific That
Kind of extravaganza would reclaim social dere-
ilcts would end poverty and would dlfrt,se pro.
perity.
Let the Government become more cytr,vo.
CANT in Analysing and inspecting our foodstuRs
and force the manufacturers into supplying thu
pubic with pure food Let the Government
carry Its extravaganza into all the ramifcations
Of every department OF every industry there 70
guard and protect the limbs and the lives OF ths
workers. Let 1t completely suppress child labo-
and become spendthrift in facilitating the do.
velopment of the children OF the nation into
robust, usefui snd joyful men and women. Let
1t squander It's money on a system of national
parks that shall beautify and purify the entire
country. If the Legitimate function OF govern.
ment Is to keep the peace and protect life as
well as property, then let the Government do
that which VIII make the people prosperous for
the only way to keep the peace is to end over.
work and starvation. and the only way to keen
the people prosperous is to give all tho peopls
work to do all the time. Private enterprise ba.
failed IN this ANONYMOUSLY. The time has come
for the Government to take Il hand, and if this
be unconstitutional, then let the pcopIe bring
pressure to bear upon the courts that shall make
IL constitutional. Whatsoever is to the nublie
welfare ought always to be constitutional
And now, in conclusion. let me say to vou
who are so generous In endowing institutions Of
mercy, education and science. that you ought to
be the very first to advocate graduated income
and inheritance tax, and thereby endow tho ma.
tion in tho interests OF the entire population
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-01

their children to fight as they fought, to be as
industrious as they were, in the part they took
In acquiring the fortunes bequeathed.
The facts Of life bear this out We see all
through the country the sons and daughters ~
Inc rich living life Of idleness, spending all Of
their time and energies In merely deyising ways
anu means OF expanding wealth In the making
OF which they had absolutely no part Most of
these heirs of the rich are absolutely useless to
the world, and they have been made useless by
the fact that they were born into comfort and
luxury which made 1t unnecessary for them to
make any effort in the direction of selfrelianca
acknowledgment and self-cultura
SO it to ME chat the most danperon.
KIND OF "paternalism" is the kind that Is being
practised by the holders Of those swollen for
tunes, practised upon those whom thew love most
In the world. Society ought to come To their
rescue, to the rescue Of their children and their
heirs, and the Inheritance tax is step In thia
direction, step In the direction OF rescuing
human beings that would be useful from life
of parasitism. A parasitlsm which is the direct
result OF the paternaism Of the rich.
And then. again. am told that taxation
should only be used for the purpose of obtain
Ing mere necessary revenue, and that the pres.
ent Federal taxes are more than sufficient to
supply the Governments needs, and that an nd.
ditional income to the Government would en-.
courage extravaganza on its part Suppose we
admit the truth of these statements. Then
what? How does the Government at present
secure revenues sufficient for its needs3 1t doea
it by levyins taxes upon the necessities of life
and so taxing the least fortunate members of
society most heavily If, perchance the Gov.
eminent could not find ways Of making a whole.
some use of the Increased revenue from the ex-
tension of its powers of taxation, then 1t could
put every article OF necessity on the free list
Let the population of this country be benefited
by all the industrial progress that has been
made In every part OF the world Let the cost
OF living be reduced And let the Government
derive It's revenue from those who can best az.
ford and who ought TO be made to pay the cost
Of government.
And if after that the Government has rnors
than 1t can use, let 1t become e1travagant. Ell.
travagant in serving the common good.
Extravaganza, indeed!
1t seems to me that it Ill becomes the holders
Of present day swollen fortunes to talk Of OK.
travagance. Their extravaganza Is tho shame
OF modern civilization.
The extravaganza Of the rich wantonly "a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-01

win remain with as. In one form and an
other all Summer
There Is an ever-increasins demand for
those two delicious little wisps Of under
clothes OF which sent YOU news some
weeks ago but which. l, Is worth remind.
ing YOU are made either in plain or below.
cred ninop or flesh .coored crede de chine
the chemses. cut out rather deeply under
the arms. and the slight fulness Of the front
draped Empire fashion over the bust. and
caught up into central and fatty ooped
how Of the satin ribbon which is also used
for the shoul6eT-straps Little corset
hodfces TO match are also being made uow
the fronts curved 10 the same comfortable
and becoming way and the fastening being
OF course at the back while again shoulder
straps OF ribbon are used so that the whole
pretty thing is quite ready and worthy to
come into the semi publicity which Is likelv
10 DE it's portion.
Absolutely plain net bouses are also
being made In the same way.as the "invis
ible" blouse. but, in my opinion the whole
point is los, unless 6esh pink be the chosen
shade
Indeed. all the new shirts and blousee
are exceedingly and delightfully."- simple. and
their increasing looseness and fulness OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-01

Sacrlhces and the isolations, the struggles and
the disappointments the lack of opportunities
Tor education, and the unceasing toll of those
who have converted the plains of America into
nelus OF golden corn and grain. Yet few
thousand landlords, who have possessed them.
selves of township have come into posses
sion of wealth half valuable as all the farm
products produced in single year Ia the
United States
NO thrift OF owners created this value. but
the coming of population. the development OF
commerce and industry and the perfection az
the arts and sciences--thcse agencies hnve
brought into existence Gnearned incomes more
princcly than that which enabled Crassus TO
unite with Caesar and Pompey in the control of
the Roman Republic.
And what IS true Of land values Is true OF ali
Industries They arc largely social products an.
proprated by individuals I do not deny that "a
great dea IS due TO the Ingenuity, industry and
the planning powers and far sightcdness OF in
dlvduals, but the value Of their boldinps &c =
social product. These stupendous yalues horn
OF the social fabric continue to pour into tba
Golfers OF private individuals and result in fnb
uious private fortunes. These fortunes ara
held intact and passed Oh to the chosen beir.
or the fortunate. The heirs may be mental
End physical cripples. or they NAV he LITTLE
children, but the fortunes they continues "a
simply because values grow, not through the
mere efficiency OF individuals, but mainly
through the demands and needs of society
is there anything unfair In society taxing the
recipients of values almost wholly the result
OF social growth or created by society? In
proportion TO the value so received? IL not,
then graduated income and inheritance tar
is perfectly just.
Some opponents hurl epithets such as
"paternalsm," Socialism," Communism"
and other unmentionable "isms' that they
say would rob the individual OF the
incentive to struggle for development. AS
matter OF fact, tho opposite of what
they say is the truth. II is because we
DO not have a graduated income tax that pri.
into fortunes swell to point where they give
rise to popular and social demands in the direc.
tion or the Very isms feared graduated In.
come tax would save from the paternalsn
feared by the rich. Moreover. by holding their
vast fortunes intact and bequca thing them to
their offspring they make 1t unnecessary for