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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-05
BUSINESS GETTING
BACK TO NORMAL

DeS MOineS, Nov. 3.--"We are not
merely on the eve but really in the
midst of a material Improvement in
business. is the way Homer a. Mil.
Ter, president of the Iowa National
bank, condenses the business outlook
in general letter on trade conditions
Some lines will suffer- says the
banker because Of the European con.
fict and other unsatisfactory condi
tons, but the majority of lines will
show Improvement from now on This
improvement is due partly to the war
and partly to the business repression
which has continued so long" The
banker calls attention to seeming
paradox in pointing out that the war,
which Is responsible for depressing
certain lines of trade, has bouyant
effect on many other lines He con-
tinues:
For two or three years, owing to con.
stantly changing and irregular tradd
situations, the most resourGeful bust
ness interests have been taxed to the
limit in each particular line TO keep
operating on an even keel and in fairly
satisfactory manner. AS conditions i'm
prove. therefore, violent reaction
must be expected The business strain
has continued about as long as it can.
September exports amounted to
$156, 100000 against $4,000, 900 for
August and 321S, 900, 900 for September
year ago. We imported $139, ZOO, 900
of merchandise in. September.
against $129.OOO,OOO in August, and
$171 100000 in September last year.
September foreign trade netted this
country a balance of $17,O0O,000, COM
pared with an unfavorable balance OF
SO 900, 900 in August and SAT 900. 900
of favorable balance last year.
"The adjournment of congress win
have the effect of giving an impetus
to business"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-05
HIGHLAND CENTER.

Mr. and Mrs. j. Yeager and son Don
aid and daughter Dorothy of Agency
and Mrs. J. Nj. Carr Of near OttumWa
called at the l.. Reiselt home Sunday.
Ira Summers of Bladensburg spent
Sunday afternoon with his parents Mr..
and Mrs r. Summers.
Mr. and Mrs. r. Handy entertained a
company of friends Sunday. Those
present We're Mr.. and Mrs. G. Grady
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Carter Of Bladensburg,
Mr. and Mrs. G. Boyd and son Clyde
Mr.. and Mrs. J. p. Wycoff and
daughter Carrie spent Sunday with
O. M. Wycoff and family in Batavia.
r. Drummond in closing the 9Th year
of business in Highland requests his
customers to make an effort to balance
their accounts by Jan. L. He appreci-
ates all former patronage and expects
to continue at the same place, and
asks for a share Of patronage in tn
future.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-05
PHYSICIANS WILL
GIVE HEALTH TALKS

The health department of the Y. M.
C. A. has arranged for eight men, doc
tors of Ottumwa, to make series OF
health talks before the schools,
churches, brotherhood classes and in
the shops and factories. Permission
has been secured from Superintend-
ent H. f. Blackmar and five of the
doctors will give their talks before the
ten public schools of the city Those
talking at the schools are DR.. e. T.
Edgerly on the fight for pure food,
H. w. Vinson on first aid to the in
jured. M. Bannister on common sense
in diet, j. F. Herrick on coughs, colds
and catarrh, and DR.. w. B. LaForce
On the latest facts of tobacco and
alcohol. The doctors who will speak
at other places are c. E. Huband on
race efficiency, E. ], Lambert on eye,
ear. nose and throat, and w. E. Ar
thony on sex hygiene.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-05
LIBERTYVILLE HAS
A NEW CHURCH

Libertyville, Nov. 3.-The dedication
of the Libertyville Presbyterian church
was a very happy occasion. The day
was perfect, the attendance was very
large and enthusiastic, the sermons
vigorous and stimulating, and the gifts
of the people were generous so that
not only was the sum Immediately
needed to pay bills provided for, but
there was a surplusage of $139.40 to ap-
ply on $500 loan to be paid in the
future at the convenience of the
church. The total cost of the enterprise
was about $4,000, not counting more
than hundred dollars Of donated
work.
This is a fine record for small con
gregation and shows wise manage
ment on the part of the officers.
The Presbyterians of Libertyville
now. have church building which is
modern and up to date, well adopted
to the new demands made Of the rural
church along social and educational
lines. 1t could not be duplicated fol-
$4,000. The building enterprise has
put new life into the congregation
WHICH 10 lelI III ofSly uoPs'i IiiiohI VI
the church work.
In many ways Libertyville and Gross
Lanes which are grouped together
make an ideal field and give promise
of rich fruitage if vigorously cultivated
The work done at Cross Lanes coulo
be duplicated at Libertyville, but or
a much larger scale, so DR.. J. r. Hink
house thinks. He has announced
social program which he soon expects
to inaugurate and could he find the
proper teacher he is confident that {
special school could be inangurated.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-05
THAT WAR TAX"

Regarding the '.war tax foisted on
the people of the United States at
time when this country is at peace
with the world, Congressman Henry
T. Heigesen of North Dakota says:
The Underwood tariff law is the
worst example of class legislation the
American congress ever produced
The present tariff was passed &C
cording to the democrats, to reduce
the high cost of living. 1t has failed.
Consumers pay just as much as they
ever did, while the producer received
less and the largest producer is the
American farmer.
He has been deprived of the protec
ton previous tariff laws gave him. The
result has been that he must sell the
products of his farm at free trade
prices, while for everything he buys
he must pay protection prices. The
democrats have overlooked what
seems to me the vital thing in the re-
duction of the high cost of living,
namely, the expensive cost of distri-
button.
It takes statesman to figure out
how he will reduce the cost of distri-
button. Any one can make fiat cut
in a tariff schedule, and that is what
the democrats did, to the injury of the
American farmer.
The democratic tariff bill reduced
revenues, and now we must pass a
revenue bill The people of North
Dakota will pay 100000 for democrat
ic mistakes Yet it should not have
been necessary. People should re-
member that when this revenue bill
was asked for. congress proposed to
pass an appropriation of $4,000, 900
for improvement of rivers and harbors.
That has since been cut to $20,00O,000,
making saving of s33 100000. Yet
the democrats have not suggested re
ducing the special tax to that extent.
They still declare they must have
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-05

1913. He reared large family and
lived there until his death. Ira Phil
lips was born in Madison county,
Ohio, May %. 1880, and on Oct. 81,
1854, was married to Miss Emily 7.
Henry, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Syl-
vester S. Henry. Mrs. Phillips was
born in Orange county, New Hamp.
shire, on August Z, 1885, and moved
with her parents to Van Buren, conn
ty in 1888. She lived with her par
ents on farm near Vernon until her
marriage to Mr.. Phillips.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips settled on a
farm in Van Buren, county near the
boyhood home of the former, where
they lived until 1875 when they moved
to a truck farm in what is now known
as Gravestown in the western part OF
Ottumwa. Mr.. Phillips later gave up
truck farming and engaged in the coal
mining business. The family house.
hold goods were moved to Ottumwa at
that time and for the past twenty
years Mr. and Mrs. Phillips have been
established at the present home, at
Fourth and Phillips streets.
Many interesting "reminiscences are
told by the Ottumwa Darby and Joan,
Of the customs, privations and condi-
lions of the early settlers day
Parched rice coffee was luxury only
enjoyed on Sunday and white wheat
bread was also special treat, corn
bread being a staple article Of food
The log cabins were finished with
clapboard roofs and puncheon floors
Mrs. Phillips spun the yarn for hel
blankets after her marriage and lin
sey wolsey for school dresses. The
young bride wove thirty yards OF rag
carpet during the first winter after
she went to housekeeping An OK team
aRd Yankee cart which had belonged
to Mr.. Henry was used by Mr.. Phil
lips for years. Grain was thresheo
with fail on the ground or on the
barn floor. Mr.. Phillips tells of driv
ing to Alexandria, near Keokuk, two
or three days trip, to sell grain and
to trade. Flax was raised, also, from
which cloth was woven. These re
membranes are duplicated in the
memories of other elderly pioneers OF
their children, who treasure the tales
of the early days in Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Phillips, two of OF
tumwa's we'll known pioneers, were the
guests of honor at unique and de-
lightful surprise dinner party Sunday.
Messrs. Henry Phillips and Philip
Phillips, son and grandson OF the hon.
or guests, acted as hosts, the occasion
wedding anniversary. An old fashion
ed Iowa wedding dinner, complete to
the smallest details, was served at l.
O. clock at the Phillips home, 1925 West
Fourth street. The dining room. which
was decorated with pumpkins, corn,
autumn leaves and fruit. was darkened
and tallow candles, or dips" were
used for lighting. The elaborate din
ner was served in the informal man
ner of the early days, and included
most of the dishes of that period,
such as corn pone, brown sugar and
coarse salt The dishes used in serv-
ing were OF an old family set and the
wooden handled knives and forks were
used.
A number of clever verses on the
customs, privations and interests OF
the early history of Mr. and Mrs. Phil
lips. written by Henry Phillips, were
read at the beginning of the meal and
ELECTED much amusement and interest.
Covers were laid for the honor guests,
Major A. H. Hamilton, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. e. Hunt, Mr.. and Mrs. G. Hicken-
looper, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hicken-
looper, Mr.. Robson, Miss Robson
and the hosts. During the after din
ner hours, an informal social time was
enjoyed the celebration of their
A number of the familiar old songs and
plantation melodies were enjoyed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips, both of whom
are in quite good health thoroughly
entered into the spirit of the affair and
enjoyed the commemoration Of their
wedding day to the utmost. Everything
was done to bring the old days back
to memory and the affair proved most
delightful.
Ira Phillips is the son of Asa Phil
lips, pioneer who rode horseback
from Ohio to Van Buren, county in the
winter of 1923. On his return to
Ohio he completed arrangements and
soon moved his family to a farm in
Van Buren, county in the spring of
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-05
RECHTEL co. PAYS
100000 INTEREST

Davenport, Nov. 3.-The Geo. M.
Bechtel Co., of Davenp port, bond deal
ers, is paying out 100000 as interest
on bonds bought through it's agency.
This represents an Investment of not
less than s10,OO0,0OO in Iowa bonds.
The bonds are held in all parts OF
the country, but the money passes
through Davenport.
The Bechtel company has had the
best month during October that it has
ever enjoyed. The demand for nun
icipal bonds is great, many invest
ments that heretofore were being
made in Industrial securities, now
being diverted to municipal bonds.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-05

evening.
Next day the wife Of judge chanc-
ed to meet the happy bride, who had
formerly been her maid.
well, Martha said Mrs. j., did
you have a big wedding?''
Deed All did, missus, deed All
did, de most splendiferous occasion of
de season"
Receive many handsome pres
ents?'
'.Yes'm, yes'm, de hull house was
Just crowded wiz de gifts
did you have your house nicely
decorated"
"Yes'm, yesm Everybody done
wear der very best, look jes' like a
white folks dress affaih, yes'm.'
And you yourself, Martha, how
did you look?"%
'Ah was suttinly some scrumptious,
yes'm. All done wore NAH white
bridal dress, an orange blossoms,
yes'm. All was some kid
"And the bridegroom? Aw, dat
triflin' low down houn' dawg, he didn't
show up at all, but we had imagnific-
Gus occasion wivout him. jest de
same
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-05
RAMSEY FUNERAL
AT ABINGDON

Fairfield Nov 3.-Ezra Ramsey, one
of the we'll known residents of Locust
Grove township, died Sunday afternoon
at his home in Abingdon. He was "a
years of age and had not been strong
for some time.
He had lived in this neighborhocd
for sixty years.
Mr. Ramsey was civil war veteran
and is survived by wife and three
children. The funeral was held Mon
day afternoon from the Christian
church at Abingdon.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-05
FIRE DEPARTMENT
HAS A BUSY DAY
SIX CALLS RESPONDED TO BY
CENTRAL FIRE TRUCK; HORSE
BURNED IN BLAZE.

The fire department was kept busy
Saturday from morning until night and
six runs were made throughout the
day. Only one of the fires caused
any considerable damage and that was
in the rear of Dan Shea's confec.ion-
cry store on Church street, where a
barn burned, killing horse and des-
troying buggy.
The first run was made to the Jai-
Alai rink on Second street at o'clock
in the morning when the tent used as
a covering was destroyed. The sec
ond call was to the Market street
bridge at 3 o'clock in the afternoon
where several of the boards had pe-
come lighted.
During the evening four calls were
responded to with the first at the
Main street skating rink where pile
of rubbish in the rear of rink had be-
come ignited and was extinguished
with chemicals. At 1890 the depart
ment was called to Jefferson and
Center avenue where a transmitter on
a telephone post was burning.
The biggest fire occurred at rs in
a barn at the rear of Dan Sheas store
on Church street BY the time of the
arrival of the truck the barn had burn.
ed considerable and horse owned by
Luther Lauderback that was in the
building at the time was burned to
death. A buggy belonging to Dan
Shea was also Destroyed. The origin
of the fire is unknown and the loss
will be about $500, insured.
The last run was made at II
o'clock to the Vine street bridge where
a small blaze had started and was
extinguished with chemicals.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-05
MEN WEAK ABOVE WAIST.

THE majority of American boys and
men are muscularly weak from the
waist line up, the legs equally show
ing up wen as regards strength" says
Surgeon j. A. Murphy, in report to
the navy department on the physique
of the average applicant for enlist
ment.
Discussing the physical attributes OF
the thousands of men and boys who
apply for enlistment he says that
many are strong, but through excess
of weight (fat usually prove relative.
ly weak. Many of the strong also are
awkward, unresponsive. ponderous
and through stiffening of joints and
contractures of muscles, lack speed
and agility. All those types, with few
exceptions. have rounded backs. pro
truding abdomens, dropping heads and
fat chests.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-05

When it rains on election day the
defeated candidates can claim that
the bad weather kept many of their
supporters away from the polls. When
the weather is perfect, the defeated
candidates can show how the farmers
and other outdoor workers were toe
busy to vote.
Tonight you will have cause to re.
greet that the city administration has
failed to divide the wards into pre-,
cincts. Had this been done, the re,
turns would come in about twice as
fast as they will under the present
cumbersome arrangement.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-05
Press Comment

Waterloo Courier: A tariff for
revenue would not be so bad but the
addition of "only' to the phrase at a
time when the people are required to
dig down into their pockets for an ex-
ira hundred million--it is an insult.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-05

President Wilson wrote warm
recommendation for 3 congressional
candidate in an Illinois district and
later it was discovered that the IA
vored candidate was bull mooser.
The recalling of the endorsement fol.
lowed making it very plain that vii.
son didn't know the man whom he
was endorsing and that the endorse
ment was merely political bunk. The
question is, what is an endorsement
from the president worth as indica,,
ing efficiency in a candidate?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-05

Men may differ at the polls as to
men and principles for whom to vote,
but they ought all be in favor OF "A
Greater Iowa and Bigger and Bet.
ter Ottumwa.'
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-05

Quincy Herald: Complaint is made
that our supply of drugs has been cut
off by the war, and there is no relief
in the reflection that cotton is now a
drug in the market.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-05
~ 1 n ne r
S tOri g

A popular society woman announced
a white elephant party Every guest
was to bring something that she could
not find any use for and yet too good
to throw away.
The party would have been a great
success but for the unlocked for devel-
opment which broke it up. Eleven of
the nineteen women brought their hus-
bands.
Some time ago the parson of a small
country charge stopped at the home Of
one of his parishioners for lunch, and
after being warmly welcomed he was
placed at the table by the good house
wife.
I'VE are going to have eggs, parson,
she gently said. How do you like
yours boiled?"
Medium well done, sister, if you
please" answered the dominic
With this mother repaired to the
kitchen and in few minutes the par
son heard her happily singing Shall
We Meet Beyond the River?" One
verse was sung and then another and
yet another. Then the singing stopped
and the housewife returned to the din
ing room.
Sister" queried the dominic, as the
eggs were placed before him, why
didn't you finish the hymn?"
ut wasn't necessary" replied moth
err, st takes only three verses to boil
EN- medium we'll done.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-05

I Clinton Herald; BY consulting the
files, it should be- possible to dig up
some of the 1900 jokes about General
De Wet. Let's see. Didn't every edi-
tor in America say something about
the British being afraid of de wet?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-05

Tomorrow will see bunch of can
didates wondering how they were de-
feated when SO many votes had been
promised them.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-05

accomplishments. The leaders w
.st;nn Ar THOUGHT are not mag'c'-
Ans but steady, persistent work
.u-rheo. N. Vail, presloent
American Telephone g. TELEGRAPH"
There are two ways to ellmlna !,s
waste One is to prevent It's occ ~,
renee entirely. The other is ~ w.
go waste in such a way as to pFihs !"
profit. 80 thrifty
scotch traders. They save things VA.
other people waste. They utlllze .ue
soot from their chimneys to mahulac
+,,re shoe backing. They llnpoi
sorans of wood from the Scandlna wa Wa
sawrni,,s to be used as fire WOOD: III
cory shayings brought from SPAN anu
Portugal they manufactuie 4ha ron.
They ship their old tin cans 70 .ne into
tinent where they are me1.eu hofnre
block tin Tor at least they oid oeao -
the war broke out). The Ola rass ". 70
the world are brought to Leltn ~ ~
converted into paper. ihey eAp ~
old horse shoes to China "heie nv
Mnnpols convert them into CUTLERY
and domestic utensils. ~
me secret of British success ~
manufacturing is said to lie IN inc e.
fciency Of labor in England, and ~
tha elimination of waste is TO be lounu
tho reason for the industrial suprehh-
acv Of Lancashire and Yorkshire.
Theodore H. Price, an American
economist says that in the col'oh
mills Of Lancashire very large pro
-,ort;on Of the cotton waste" discard
"a nv our American cotton manuIac-
turers is being worked over. lt - ;
MIXED with q certain, proportion %,
Am rican and East Indian cotton any
spun Intn yarns that are extensively
nsed for .weft" or filling.
The, coal that is used in the lAaa an "a
shire cotton mills costs about 1919
per ton. and yet in one Lancashire :
mill the cost of coal per lndlcaIeu
horsepower is less than seven dollars
ner annum for fifty-two weeks anu
sixtv-six hours each. This is SAID 10
no below the average in America, anu
the differenece is due to better stoK.
ing and more careful CONSERVATIVE =.
the heat produced.
But American manufacturers
learning the lesson. In the matter ~
labor-saving devices, there is no doup.
that America leads the world Inc eA'
perience of large Philadelphia hat
manufactures is a typical one inns
company installed an extensive me.
chanicai system of quick delivery OF
materials and finished product wlthln
it's plant The managers estimate that
by eliminating in a large measure
their old burden Of trucking, and by
expediting material in it's progress
through the factories, they save every
year the cost of the entire system
Such economies mean both better hats
and bigger profits.
It is thrift of this kind from the big
manufacturer down to the hum blest
wage-earner that will make and keep
the United States happy and prosper
GUS while wanton and wholesale waste
are taking place elsewhere in the
world
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-05

$100,000,000. The fact is, this bill is
necessary to pay for democratic blund.
ering and extravaganza.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-05

supposed that because there is no Bel
gian governme nt left that Brand Whit
lock, American minister to that coun-
try, is out of a job. He has just been
asked to collect a bill drawn up by
the people of Brussels against the
British government for damages dur
ing the recent siege amounting to $46,-
100000.
Cedar Rapids Republican: Boss
ism must GO Col. Roosevelt con-
tinues to declare sin the east But is
he sure that he does not aspire to be
a boss himself? What else is he in
his own party? Where has that party
ever done anything without the con-
sent of the colonel? What makes him
better fitted to be boss than some
other man?
Marshalltown Times Republican:
It is poor citizen who does not know
how to mark his ballot, but he is a
poorer one who fails to mark it at all.
Omaha Bee: If anyone had doubts
that the south is in the saddle, the
war tax putting nearly iii the bur-
den on the north should disabuse his
mind
Cedar Rapids Gazette: The British
are becoming hysterical when they
compel the first lord of the admiralty
to resign his position because of his
Austrian birth and his blood relation
ship to Emperor William. AS a mat
ter of fact his breeding argues in IA
vor of fighting qualities and he should,
by all means have been retained.
Quincy Herald: When the Germans
get their new guns that will carry
twenty-five miles they might mount
them at Calais and shoot the whole
southeastern corner off England.
Burlington Gazette: A dreadnaught
like the Wyoming costs about 100000
900, ready for work. and requires the
services of crew of about 1000 men,
says the Chicago Journal
A submarine of the most expensive
brand yet ordered for the American
navy costs S615,00O and will have a
crew of from twelve to twenty men.
Yet bring the two to close range and
the battleship is helpless before the
onslaught of the under sea pigmy.
1t is time to recognize these facts.
Battleships are not yet obsolete. Per-
haps they never will become SO. But
the day is past when gun fire alone
can insure the supremacy Of the sea
1t is high time congress began bring
ing our navy up to date in the matter
of submarines.
| Rock Island Argus: Seventy-four
! foreign-built ships have taken Ameri.
can registry since the war began. and
| in spite of England's protest seven Of
these were German. The protest has
since been withdrawn, and there viii:
now be no more disputes over nation
atty in the purchase of foreign-built
ships by Americans
Cedar Rapids Republican: Some
people who wonder where the money