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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-10
ELDoN.

Van HOllen of DeS MONIES arrived
Tuesday for a visit with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hollen.
Mrs. Ike Johnson and son Art left on
Tuesday for Davenport, where they
will visit for a number of days with
relatives.
Mrs. Clyde Boltz and little son of
Trenton, No, came Tuesday for a visit
with her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Jake
Roberts.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Hemm returned
home Sunday from Colorado where they
have been the past month on a pleasure
trip.
Mrs. Guy Irwin and SON left We'd
nesday for Des Moines where they will
join Mr.. Irwin and there they will
make their future home.
Mrs. G. w. Franklin left Tuesday for
Newton where she will visit with her
daughter Mrs. John Sphon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Gray Of Springfield,
Ill, are visiting here this week with
Mrs. Gray's parents Mr.. and Mrs. Dan
Reigle, while enroute to their home
from Colorado.
Mrs. Roy Wallace of Trenton, Mo-,
arrived Tuesday for a visit with her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Roberts.
Mrs. Ray Wallace Of Trenton, Mo-,
arrived Tuesday for a visit with her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Roberts.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E.. Hills returned
home Wednesday from keosauqua,
where they have been visiting for some
time with relatives.
MI. and Mrs. Wolf Of s~Libertyville
came Wednesday for a few days visit
with their daughter Mrs. Floyd Craw-
ford.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Roberts went to
Ottumwa Wednesday for a few days
visit with their son Joe and wife.
Mrs. Chas. Abbott is numbered
among the sick this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Spencer are Wis
ting this week in Kansas City with
Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer's parents.
Mrs. George Whistler and daughter
Mary Jane Of Kansas City, arrived on
Tuesday for a visit here with relatives
and friends.
DR.. and Mrs. Spaulding of Douds-
Leando returned to their home Tuesday
after a weeks visit here with Mrs.
Emma Shelter.
John Elgin of Keokuk was in the city
Wednesday on business.
The ANS club met with Mrs. AL Veg
gandt at her home on West Elm street
Wednesday afternoon Oct. 7. Mesdames
Weygandt and Alice Hinkle were the
hostesses.
The Bay View Reading club held
their first meeting of the year with
Mrs. H. r. Hilleary at her home on
West Elm street Wednesday October Z.
The subject Of the lesson was "Phebes:
Her Ruins and Memories" INC Mrs.
George Holland acted as leader. Thir-
members answered to the roll call.
Mrs. J. o. Murphy read an interesting
paper on Art" The next meeting will
be held with Mrs. 1. A. Perjue, Wednes-
day October IA.
Miss Marguerite Anderson was
pleasantly surprised Monday evening
at her home in honor of her 18th birth
day. An enjoyable evening was spent
in playing games, after which light
refreshments were served. Marguerite
received many nice gifts. All the guests
departed at a late hour, wishing Mar
guerite many happy birthdays.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Meth
odist church will hold their monthly
social with Mrs. Clarence Appleby at
her HON on East Walnut street Friday
afternoon Oct. 8. A cordial invitation is
extended to all.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-10
MITE
SOCIETY MEETS

Eddyville, Oct. S.-The Mite society
of the M. E. church held their annual
business meeting on Wednesday at the
home of Mrs. Chas. Phillips. The fol-
lowing officers elected for the
year:
President-Miss Lincoln Lee.
First vice pres.-Mrs. R. J.. Oldham.
Second vice pres.-Mrs. Ed. Shields.
Treasurer-Mrs. Chas. Phillips.
Secretary-Miss Lizzie Oldham.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-10

are spending a few days at the Mrs. J.
M. Mccormick home.
~ II WEIGH and T.. D. Mum were
Ottumwa visitors Friday.
Mrs. John Diggs and daughter OF
Bloomfield were guests Thursday OF
Mrs. Harvey Post. :.
John Randall and Fl. c. McConnell
traded farms last week.
Mrs. Rhena Smell and children OF
bloomfield were guests Saturday at the
Frank Petit home.
Will Cox of Unionville spent Sunday
o+the Mrs. T. NJ. Mccormick home.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-10
r. YUST is BURNED
BY

H. T. Yust, 23S South Ward street
and chief engineer at the power house
was painfully injured this morning
about 1O:45 when the engine on which
he was working was short circuited,
Mr.. Yust was burned about the race
and on his right hand. He was
to his home where he is resting easy
this afternoon.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-10

well beloved as she is known and her
birthday is an event Of local interest.
Mrs. Randall was born in the state
of Kentucky, October 8, 1913, where
she lived for forty-eight years, com
ing to Bloomfield with her family in
1851. She has continued to make this
city her home since settling here fifty
three years ago.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-10
CHILD DIES ON TRAIN
GOING TO

Cedar Rapids, Oct. S.-A pathetic
incident occurred on one of the fast
G. NJ. & st. P. trains when the eleven
old daughter of E. w. Shirk Of
Oxford junction died as she was being
hurried to the state hospital at Iowa
City to be operated on for append
citis. Death ensued before the train
reached Paralta and the child was
carried off the train by the father at
Marion.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-10
WOMAN HAS
BIRTHDAY EVENT.
MRS. LOIS RANDALL CELEBRATES
HER ONE HUNDREDTH AND
FIRST BIRTHDAY.

Bloomfield, Oct. S.-The one hun.
dredth and first birthday anniversary
of Mrs. Lois Randall is being cele.
brated here today by the relatives and
friends of the venerable old lady who
has spent more than half her life as
a resident of Bloomfield. She is as
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-10

three sons, Richard T., Daniel r., and
John j. The funeral services were
held at the Welch Presbyterian
church today at 2 p. m, with Rev.
Lewis Morris in charge. Interment
in Oak Hill cemetery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-10
BELkNAP.

Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Yates of Elmer
son were guests Thursday and Friday
of MI. and Mrs. o. E. Pickett.
Mrs. Leila kruson of Muscatlne is
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-10

Electric (Brand) 1itters.
Helps dyspepsia, aids digestion, IN.
a appetite, keeps liver and kid
neys healthy. Buy q bottle today, soc
and $1.00.
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CENTER.

Mr.. and Mrs. M. Shaw left for their
home in Bla%ndingville, Ill, Monday AFT
ar a rleasant visit with the ~latter's sis
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TickIino Of the h

Tickling Of the Throat.
Quickly relieved by DR.. Kings New
Discovery, the great cough and cold
r. medy, a safe and sure medicine. soc
and S1.00.
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ter Mrs. J.. P. Wvcoff and family.
Mrs. M. Jones who has been very Ill
is somewhat better.
Mrs. O., Dawson and Miss Gretna
Grain and Mrs. D. G. Mccormick were
passengers to Ottumwa Saturday.
Erwin Phillips is very i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs.-L. Drummonds called
on friends neal Eldon Sunday.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. F. Rhodes Oct.
8, 1914, a SON..
Mr.. and Mrs. F. D. Wycoff Of Mas
sena, Ia, are visiting at the j. P. wy
coff home.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. A. McCloskey,
Sept. 20, a son.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Jones attended the
Houston funeral in Ottumwa Wednes-
day. !.
Miss Lena Emery of Ottumwa spent
Sunday with her grandmother Mrs.
william Emery. .
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-10

A Bruise or Cut.
Is rendered antiseptic by Bucklen's Ar
MICA Salve, a sure remedy for sores,
bruises, piles, eczema. 25c.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-13
)T JUMPING
OOTHACHE?C GET
FINGER PRESSED
Doston Doctor Tells All About
Il in Address to New York
Osteopaths
WILL INDUCE TWILIGHT
SLEEP, TOO, HE CLAIMS
49, --r,sssaE
New Treatment Promises to SUI
persede Other Methods Of
AIlaying Pain

& NEW YORK. Nov. Ibid you
1vor have a toothache--a Jumping
<1oothache? And cussed II you were a
nan7 And wept II you we're noty
And moaned II you were eitherI
Wo1ked the floor, used hot water and
Eeold, rowelled brandy around your
{ooth. hoped, laid down and the pill
low rot too hot. used oil OF cloves TILL
'you Smelled like a Christmas bun. and
; <not about as you fell asleep from
E &xhaustion M dawn concluded that no
noftally-wounded soldier In Euro
Doan trench had anything on you?
4 Well. all that stun was unneces.
Inory II you'd only knowingly. all
'xou needed was to have your thumb
md foreflnger (either HANDY properly
>roooed. Authority for this statement
5oonos from DR.. r. Kendric Smith, OF
|Dooton. In an address made before
~ stxteenth annual convention OF the
1ow York Osteopathic society, in
which he holds Office as a director OF
nc department. of public health.
His address was entitled "A pres
|@nro nnaesthesia" He asked no rec
1nition as the originator Of the the
~. This. he said. belonged to DR..
William H. Fitzgerald, chief surgeon
The nose and throat department OF
Francis hospital, Hartford. Conn
b Pressure properly applied on the
numb and fingers, DIR. Smith u GER
-. can make any toothache Quies-
nG And the same sort OF pressure
Mn make both teeth and gums insen-
me to pain. No gas, no cocaine
81 Dr. Smith gave clinical demon
rsfion ut the Park-ave Hotel. He
ortod scientific pressure on the sec
~ Joint of a patients left thumb.
~ thereby (the patient declared)
rddenly stopped all pain In the pa
ont's two left incisors.
Inst to show that the patient had
rs pain sensation left whereabouts DR..
nth drove lancet into the mans
inns. The patient did not 60 % far
y 10 say he liked II, but he asserted
ut he had felt no pain,
The same system. DR.. Smith SAID.
nd bring about the famous "twf-
lid sleep" OF maternity without the
- Of drugs. DR.. Fitzgerald, the lee
1ror declared, had discovered 500
lots in the mouth where pressure
naesthesia could be trusted to pro-
1co perfect numbness.
The patient" said DR.. Smith.
ntomptly says that the fingers feel
umb. and he traces the progress OF
~ wave OF numbness, extending
Endually upward the entire height OF
- body When the numbness passes
- location OF the pain for which the
roesthesia Is being administered the
U6ering ceases.
And when the area to be operated
"a by dentistry or minor surgery Ii
1nched by the numb wave surgery
1oy be Instituted without pain"
The osteopathist asserted that DR..
I)Ggerald had been able to operate
~ cases OF cancer OF the tongue.
1kfre, laryngeal tuberculosis and
eonchitis, relieving the patients from
tRering pain by the exercise OF sci
nEinc pressure.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-13

. ~LHe to me now In beauteous
IhInu, for have made all akin
oeoobIss thing Of the past"
N You must not believe that drugs
md snlyes win stop facial blemishes.
ho cause is impure blood filed with
70 manner OF refuse matter.
0tuArt's Calcium Waters cleanse
Nd clear the blood, driving out all
c(1ons and impurities. And you'll
ever have good complexion until
~ blood Is clean.
4 These little waters may be used
tllh perfect freedom. Science knows
10 more powerful blood cleanser.
khey are entirely free from harmful
Irugs or opiates Your doctor pre-
tribes these hundreds OF times a
6tuart's Calcium Waters go right
no your blood. Their purifying.
@onef1cial effect upon the blood Is felt
Ar0utl.out the body. not In year or
zenith. but I'm few days. You
better all over because your
~. the life-giving fluid. Is doing
~ properly
0lotter how bad your complexion
&I<'e Calcium WATERS will work
With II. You can get these
crVorkers az your drug
<>o<o . package. n you
r 1no1l sample nrst Il win
The Detroit times., 1914-11-13
SEED OF HATE NOT TO
BE SOWN IN SCHOOL

MEvLxO CITY. Nov. 13.--All nsxt
books In the Msxican public schools
containing Offensive reference 70
friendly nations are TO be immediate
~ discarded. by order Of the depart
ment 6f education, which also pro
hibits the teaching Of sentiments cal
culated to infams the youthful mind
against the people Of other countries.
Among the phrases In school books
now IN use which the order cites 90
examples Of what comes under the
ban are "the odious Yankees" and
"the Infamous Gachupines (span-
iards" - phrases which the ordar
dssignates as unsuitable for the
minds Of children because they gen
crate germs Of odium incompatible
with proper infant education, which
should instill goodness and love"
The Detroit times., 1914-11-13
TAFT URGES BIG
INCREASE IN ARMY

SOUTH HADLEY. Mass, Nov. IL.
An Increase I'm the army and navy
was strongly advocated BY Former
President Taft, who spoke at Found
ers day exercises at Mount Holyoks
college. He urged also the need Of
more highly trained ofacers.
The president Of the college. Mary
z. woolley, and Mrs. Lucy Pope Shell
mire, president Of the General Alum
nae association. assisted at the laying
of the cornerstone Of the new Stucent
Alumnae building, In connection with
the customary annual exercises com
of the founding OF the
institution by Mary Lyon, n years
ago.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-13
DENTAL PARLOR ONE
OF LARGEST IN COUNTRY

One of the largest dental parlorS In
the entire country IL that Of DR..
Adams. at Michigan and Griswold.
Eighteen chairs are In constant use.
only graduate dentists with at lest
six years practical experience being
employed. Df. Adams has been n
buriness for IA years In Detroit. HI
II firm believer In newspaper space
a. the best medium through which 70
reach the people and It h interesting
to know that the first advertising car
ried for him by any Detroit paper va
In The Times.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-13

occur with the expiration Of the term
Of Gov. Glynn.
II Is the hope OF the governor-elscs
that he viii be able to have something
like a definite program In mind when
he begins picking men for once.
AS far as the program b concerned.
II was perfectly clear tonight that Mr..
Whitman will follow very closely the
lines laid down In the statement OF his
intentions pinted In The World
Thursday morning.
Mr.. Whitman spent this evening n
his rooms. He received no callers and
said nc definite plans have been made
for tomorrow.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-13
Dh! the Charm
Of Beauty
Lot etuart's Calcium Waters Restore
de Color TO Your Cheeks and
Remove the Cause Of PlmpIes,
Biackheads, Etc.

4 Every one envies beautiful skin.
Inst as every one envies a healthy
1osson. Unsightly faces filed with
Dlmples. discolorations, blackheads,
61o- are nothing but unhealthy faces
'Gno to blood impurities. Cleanse the
blood and the facial blemishes disap-
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-12-28

New Years is grand, an inspiring
occasion, for it is always saturated
with hope We are wont to scott at
and deride it as a day when men
make good resolutions only to break
them; when they turn over new
leaves, as it is called, they merely
turn them back again. They want,
they hope to be better, and but few
of them are so. They determine to
advance, and if they do advance they
slip back Their failures are many,
are continuous, and often excite
laughter. But it is worthier to de-
termine and decline, to hope and be
disappointed, than not to determine
or hope at all. Determination and
hope add to our contest, or at least
diminish our discomfort, and they are
born of New Years. The great need
of human life is content never at
tanned, never attainable. And
through New Years we are deluded
into belief of its possibility. There
fore welcome be New Years not fol
what it gives, but for its promise tC
give.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-12-28
The Home Circle
Thoughts from the Editorial Pen
Hints for New Years Day.

Hints for New Years Day.
Look not upon the wine list when
it is read.
Don't eat pie with your fingers.
Try your mouth-it tastes much bet
ter.
In conversation, slide over the
weather chestnut and talk about
woman suffrage.
Don't ask how many calls the
young lady's had; you should rather
seek to discourage falsehood.
Don't enter the parlor with muddy
boots; you may be taken for carpet
cleaner anxious to work.
Do not carry a cane; some of the
ladies on whom you call may consid-
er one stick at call sufficient.
Have your boots nicely polished,
proving conclusively that if you can't
shine at one end you can at the
other.
Don't allow the young lady to help
you to any one think on the table
more than twice; the third time help
yourself.
Be sure that you have your own
hat and coat when leaving; this may
not be for your financial agrandize-
ment but it's safer.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-12-28
IN" ON THE FIRING
LINE.
[January number of Popular Me-
chanics Magazine.]

Lying flat on the ground, alter
nately digging with his bayonet blade |
and scooping out the loosened earth |
with the top of his meat can, a sol |
dier hastily makes at his side shall
low trench that extends from the
head to the knees, placing each little
scoopful, as he digs it, in pile at
his head. Every movement is made
with the utmost caution, for bullets
are whistling past only few inches
above his head, and the raising OF
any part of his body would mean al
most certain death. When this shall
low trench is finished the soldier
cautiously rolls into it. Under this
another and deeper trench at his
side, but one that is long enough
this time to take his entire body. If
he lives to complete the task he has
made what is known as a lying
down" trench. He has made but a
cover that protects him from rifle
fire but not from the shrapnel or the
flying fragments of bursting shells.
This is not an individual instance
but a typical case. 1t is one phase
of the "digging-in" process that COM
prises one of the biggest features of
the biggest war the world has ever
known. When a column of soldiers
has advanced until it can advance no
farther, and the men are ordered TO
hold their exposed position, they
dig themselves in" in this fashion
Perhaps they are compelled to re-
main where they are, for retreat
over exposed ground is often as dan
gerous as an advance. AS soon as
night comes. intrenching tools are
brought forward, and the little
trenches made under fire are en-
larged, connected, and deepened un
til they are continuous, and furnisl
cover in which men may stand ant
move about safe from rifle fire, bu
always in danger from shell fire anC
shrapnel In this shelter that thu
soldier has dug for himself he ma!
remain for weeks, or the trench ma!
be abandoned in a few minutes or ;
few hours for an advance or a re
treat. In the face of modern weap
ons. infantry troops, fighting loni
in the OPEN. simply get themselve
slaughtered. and the first thing al
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-12-28

army does after its preliminary ad-
vance has been stopped is to dig it.
self in.
This war is therefore primarily one
of field intrenchments. Much had
been written before the war about
field intrenchments and their impor-
tance in modern warfare. But bat
tie line 800 miles long, extending
from the North Sea through northern
France into Alsace, consisting of
practically continuous lines of in
trenchments so securely held that
neither side could make any material
advance in weeks, is a thing so big
that it had apparently never been
dreamed of. Along this battle field
the country is cut up, not by two
parallel lines of intrenchments alone,
but by numerous trenches, some of
which have been occupied repeatedly
by first one army and then the other
as the fortune of battle wavered
along the battle line. There are new
and half-finished trenches, trenches
with shrapnel-proof shelters and
with zigzag eXcavated approaches
from the rear, abandoned trenches
and trenches that have been wrecked
by artillery fire. So carefully are
the trenches and their occupants con-
cealed that the battle field would
have, much of the time, the appear
ance of a deserted country, if it were
not for the bursting shells and shrap-
mel. Back of the firing line, on both
sides of the great conflict, men have
been busy for weeks constructing
trenches for the army to fall back on
in case of retreat. Since this work
is not done under fire, these trenches
are carefully made on selected
ground, often motor-drawn plows
being used to break ground for them.
Since men not only fight in the
trenches, but must often eat and
sleep in them, the cave shelters have
become one of the common features
of the intrenchments on both sides
of the battle field, and, crude as they
are, they furnish the one homelikt
touch of the war. Here are found
dishes, simple cooking utensile, ant
the ever-present coffee or tea pot, the
latter being indispensable for thu
English soldiers. In spite of the dis
comforts and dangers of the trench
es, human nature, with its philoso
ply and a grim sort of humor, as
serts itself. Much ingenuity ha
been expended in naming the shelter
scattered along the trenches, and
is not an uncommon thing to see
crude sign above one of the cave
bearing some such name as "Hote
Cecil" Ritz Hotel,p Billet Dou
Hotel" or Rue Dormir."
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-12-28

Why is it that some people always
see the dark and unpleasant things
and never the bright and pleasant
things? No matter if all the sky is
blue except one little cloud they see
only the cloud. If concert is
marked by beautiful singing and
music with but one false note struck,
they hear nothing but that one note
and are deaf to all the harmonies
that give untold delight to everybody
else. A friend may be we'll night
perfect in his character and accom-
plishments, but they have eyes and
ears only for his few defects. Such
folks miss almost everything that is
good and beautiful for life and make
things unpleasant for both them
selves and others.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-12-28

If you find it so diffucult to keep
your New Years resolutions, per-
hape it would be a good idea to make
few bad ones this time, for a
change. For instance, you might re-
solve to cross your wife (if you have
one) every day during the year, and
then give her genteel words and low
ing kisses instead. You can thus be
consistent with your past record, and
possibly be a better man when an
other year rolls around.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-12-28
CONQUEST OF THE EARTH.
Mans Battle For Fruitful Fields
Against Natures Barriers,

Mans Battle For Fruitful Fields
Against Natures Barriers.
Nature has set up four kinds of bar
riers 10 mans conquest of the earth
Mountains, forests, deserts. rivers. The
first lie cannot remove; so he boreS
holes through them for his railways.
The second he mas. most unwisely.
largely cleared away altogether The
third he is beginning to treat like the
forests. The fourth he is shifting to
suit his purposes and to regulate their
dow at will.
Man lies now over all boundaries.
He cuts through isthmuses to remove
the barriers between the seas.
Into the deserts man sends rail-
roads. telegraph lines. irrigation en-
gineers. The Great American desert
marked upon the aliases of our fa-
theirs has ceased to exist The vast
desert of northwestern Canada has
become prairie of waving wheat
| The Landes of Gascony are now much
more than half covered with pine
trees. Over 22.000 square miles of the
Algerian desert has been made fruit
ful by artesian wells. The Australian
desert is rapidly being irrigated and
turned into grazing land. Almost TO-
900 square miles of desert in India
have been reclaimed. Operations are
now in progress for reclaiming 10000
square miles OF the delta of the Tigris
and Euphrates, and more than 4.OOO
square miles OF the Gezireh plain be
tween the Blue and the White Nile
are being transformed into cotton plan
tations.
Thus is man by obliterating natural
barriers improving upon nature
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-12-28

1t is very gratifying that business
throughout the land is on the up
grade. The truth is the American
people are so constituted that how
ever great may be the business de-
pressions that are bound to come
from time TO time, there is always
the rebound that means good times.
The average American does not lose
heart very readily, and there is with
him a resourcefulness that gets him
through almost any difficulty. This
is never better seen than in the crises
that occasionally occur in business
life.