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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-13

days previous he had joined the Res
taurant Keepers Association, which
had done so much to kill the six-day
bill in Springfield"
That the Restaurant Keepers As
ISOLATION had spies trailing Mrs.
Robins on all her speech making
trips was brought to light when At
torney Willard McEwen began read
ing stenographic reports of her
speeches in which she presented the
girls case.
I'm speech recently did you say:
Under the cooperative system we
may be even running Henrici's res
taurant," asked McEwen.
Mrs. Robins said she did.
81 noticed the mysterious person
taking notes at that meeting" said
Mrs. Robins. when l asked him
where he was from he said The Trib-
une."
Would he have been ordered out
if it had been known where he was
FROM"
Mrs. Robins smiled. 81 think it ex-
ceedingly interesting that a young
man acting for the Restaurant Keep
ers' Association Should misrepresent
himself that way"
McEwen began reading from her
speeches again. did you say eff po-
litical action will not accomplish the
standardization of wages and work
ing hours then trades unionism
must" Again Mrs. Robins nodded.
"In your speech at Hull House you
were very bitter over the defeat of
labor bills at Springfield" said Nc
Even.
mo, l wasn't bitter" Mrs. Robins
said very calmly. ''The defeat of
labor bills is too frequent. The Wo-
mans Trade Union League has had
to face defeat too often tobe bitter"
Mrs. Robins explained that while
Collins admitted there was a strike of |
the cooks and bakers, the mattresses
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-09-03
STATE FAIR WILL
HAVE AUTO RACES
FRIDAY IS get APART FOR SPEED
coNTEsTs-FAMoUs DRIVER
ENTERED.

Des Moines, Sept. This years
fair Is the first one in the history OF
the Iowa state fair and exposition to
have day given over entirely to auto
mobile racing. The interest In this
popular sport has influenced the
management OF the Iowa state fair
however to plan one afternoon entire
ly for automobile racing.
Friday afternoon, September 1, was
chosen and a persistent effort was
then made to secure the most sue
cessful racing men in the country a.
contestants. Some notable drivers are
entered and the management Is pleas
ed with the way the plans have worked
out
There will be sensational race be-
tween an aeroplane and ON automo-
bile. the aeroplane driven by the
famous Lincoln Beachey and the auto
mobile by Eddie " Rickenbocher of
Des Moines who gained fame In the
automobile world by winning the 800
mile race at Sioux City on July 1.
There will also be auto polo. Auto
polo has made big hit here at the
fair as it is played under the direction
OF r. A. Hankinson, the originator Of
the game. Some of the best games at
the fair will undoubtedly be played
Friday afternoon.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-09-03
HOTEL KEOKUK
CHARTER EXPIRES

iKeokuk, Sept. 1.-The charter Of the
Hotel Keokuk company having expired
by limitation under law. the hotel prop
erty, including the ground occupied by
the building, will have to be sold The
lease of the present owners, with Of
fees in Des Moines, expires on Deem
Der 10 of this year and will not be
taken up again. so that it is doubtful
if the hotel will reopen. unless a new
lessee is secured. The board Of direc-
tors of the Keokuk Hotel company, the
charter of which has now expired, will
sell the building and the property.
The sale is made for the purpose Of
enabling the board of directors to wind
u pthe affairs of the hotel COMPANY ac-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-09-03
ARE THERE ANY TRIPLES?

The patience of a spider repeatedly
repairing It's broken web filed the soul
of David Bruce with renewed courage
and led to a period of freedom for Scot.
land.
The fall of an apple led Sir Isaac
Newton to discover the law of gravi-
tation.
A shock from the angry heavens con-
veyed along wet kite string led to
Franklin's discovery of the lightning
rod and greatly advanced mans crap.
pie with the mystery of electricity.
A rain On the eve of the battle of
Waterloo decided the fate of Europe.
Admiral Mayo's sea-dog stiffness at
Tampico forced President Wilson'S
hand and nearly involved us in war
with Mexico.
A fanatics pistol shot in one of the
little nations OF the Balkans killed the
heir of Austria and brought on the
greatest conflict of the age.
Little things? Who knows when q
thing is iittle? Only God. The merest
trifle may be the pivot which will turn
consequences enormous.
Perhaps it's well we can't foresee.
The responsibility might prove over
whelming.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-09-03
WHAT SAVING DOES.

Abiding to the fact that so many
Greek immigrants here find employ.
ment as bootblacks, a newspaper wit
said: THE Greeks did not do very well
at the Olympic games, but they shine
in America"
The story Of Gus Travillas of Chi.
caeo shows that grit and thrift are not
the exclusive possession of any one
nationality, and the Greeks can sue
coed here as we'll as persons of any
race in America, which is the melting
pot" of many nationalities.
Ten years ago Gus was a newsboy
on one Of the busy street corners Of
Chicago. He early became savings
depositor, and as his balance in the
bank grew, he kept his eyes open for
opportunities, and with the timely aid
and counsel of his banker he made a
number of successful deals
HG now owns six nickle moving pic
ture theaters and other property. Any
time he wants it, he can borrow money
at the bank on his note.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-09-03
RAIN HELPS PASTURES
AND FALL FLOWING

Des Moines, Sept 1.-The weekly
bulletin of the Iowa weather and crop
service for the week ending August
80:
The weather conditions were much
more favorable during the past week
than they were during the preceding
three weeks. The temperature was be-
low normal, and the nights we're cool.
which, together with a few showers,
checked the rapid dessication OF corn.
The average temperature was about
four degrees below the normal, and
while the rainfall was light over the
central and northeastern counties 1t
was copious to heavy over the south
ern and northwestern counties, where
the amounts we're considerably more
than an inch In many localities. The
rain, however, came too late to be Of
material benefit to corn or late pota-
toes in the southern half Of the state,
but it will help pastures and fall plow-
ing. Practically all the corn in the
southern districts is dry and beyond
further injury by either drought or
frost. Much Of 1t has been cut, and
many silos have been filled. The yield,
although greatly reduced by the
drought and hot winds, will be ABOUT
up to the average of last year in those
districts. In the northern counties
corr is generally in good condition, and
heavy yield Is promised, although on
high or sandy land the crop has been
injured by the dry, hot weather. More
rain is needed for pastures, late pota-
toes, fell blowing and to replenish the
water supply.-Geo. M. Chapel, direc-
tor
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-09-03
FLEET OF ALLIES
DEFEATS AUSTRIANS

London, Sept. LA dispatch TO the
Exchange Telegraph Co. from Cettinje
states that the Austrians, supported
by the Cattaro batteries and their fleet
on Sunday reattacked Mount Lovchell
and Budua The Montenegrin posi-.
tions were being seriously damaged
when the English and French feet put
in a timely appearance, silenced the
batteries and forced the Austrian ships
to beat a hasty retreat The Montene-
grips under Prince Teter, Immediately
began a counter attack on the Aus
trian forces and repulsed them. They
killed $50 men and took many pris-
oners including several officers. Two
pieces OF artillery also were captured.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-09-03
In MemOriQm

Elvira Christy Cloyd was born near
Little Rock, Ark, October 8, 1924, and
died August 10. 1914, at the home of
her granddaughter, Mrs. E. G. Schafer,
1877 South Ransom street, at the age
of SO years ten months and eleven
days. 7# '12N
In 1880 the deceased moved to Cen
terville, Ind, and 1S45 came to Linn
county, Iowa, where she was married
November 23, 1880, to William Cloyd.
In 1347 they moved to Wapello county
and located on homestead two and
one-half miles east of Blakesburg
where three children were born, viz:
Cynthia A. Harlan, Ella M. Parker and
Perry e. Cloyd. In 1858 she was con-
verted and united with the Baptist
church and has been life long mem
ber
Grandma Cloyd as she was familiar
ly called by all who knew her, suffered
all the privations of the early pioneer
yet her happiest recollections were of
the days when she crossed the Des
Moines river at the Green street ford
with an OK team headed for the log
cabin home where she kept the spin
ing wheel going when not busy at
household duties and was helpmate
in every sense of the word. After the
death of her husband, February 10,
1892, she with the children OF her de-
ceased daughter Ella. moved to Blakes-
burg, where she resided until Deem
Der IS, 1909, at which time she came
to Ottumwa to live with her grand
daughter. Grandma Cloyd had been
patient sufferer for number of years
having been confined to her bed for
almost five years and only those who
knew her best know how well prepar-'
ed she was to take the journey to that
far country where she longed to go.
The bible and old hymn books were to
her constant source Of delight. Short
services were conducted at the home
Friday, August 81. and the remains
were taken to the Baptist church at
Blakesburg, where funeral services
were conducted by Rev. Jonathan
Lee, text, II. Timothy 4:6,7, 8. Inter
,ment was made In the Blakesburg
cemetery.
Thus ended the life of one who for
gave and sought forgiveness never for
a moment doubling the promise OF
her Saviour "And / give unto them
eternal life, and they shall never per-
ish, neither shall any man pluck them
out of my fathers hand" Beautiful
floral offerings showed expression OF
love by former friends. She leaves
numerous friends and relatives to
mourn her demise.-Contributed
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-09-03

SocS IuIOuSu his uOLl6 SCHOOL ana tnG
one who quits when he gets a Job,
grows wider and wider as the years
pass The boy who quits never can
recall the act. There Is but one time
in life for school. and the school is the
basis of every education.
He may quit school and make good
as man. He may even become richer
and of more Importance than his for.
mer playmate who remained in school
But II he does these things IL will be
In spite of his lack of schooling, not
because Of it. And 1t will be at the ex-
pense of harder study and more appli.
cation than school demands
When boy without schooling takes
a job side by side with the graduate of
the common school, the latter has a
distinct advantage. If both expend the
same effort the graduate has by far the
better opportunity for advancement. II
his fellow employee works harder he
keep even.
It is true that the boy who quits
school now will have the advantage of
three or four years start on his for.
mer schoolmate in the matter of maxi
ing a way in the world But the school
boy will be learning while the other
will be at work. When the three or
four years have passed the worker will
be feeling the limits fixed by his lack
of education, and the chances are good
that his former schoolmates may step
into a job several levels above the one
he himself holds.
Education opens new avenues of
work to "a boy. When his school days
are over he is eligible to jobs to which
the boy who quit school may not as
pire. He has broader view of life,
he can read and understand books
which are of no interest to the boy
who quit school. He never is smbar-
raised by listening to conversation
in which he cannot take part because
Of lack Of learning He can make
his life what he will, because he starts
on par with others who have COM
pleted their education.
The boy who quits school too soon
has all the rest of his life to regret the
act. Tireless reading and study will,
to partial extent, take the place OF
schooling, but it is seldom that the
boy who quits school has the inclina-
ton to read or the determination that
is necessary to conquer fatigue after
working hours and spend the evenings
in study.
With the widening of Industrial
study courses in schools, the sphere Of
the hoy who quits school is becoming
more and more narrow, just as that Of
the boy who stays in school Is becom-
ing broader.
A few years ago the farm was con-
sidered the typical place where indie
pendence could be achieved without
book learning. but the forward strides
of the agricultural school are taking
even that avenue from the non -school-
going boy. When Professor P. G.
Holden made his first trip through
Iowa, preaching the gospel of testing
seed corn, he met with good natured
laughter and in some towns with rid
icule. Now there is hardly success
full Iowa farmer who does not test his
seed corn. The professors are showing
more and more aptitude as farmers.
and the graduate Of the agricultural
college has marked advantage in
farming over the fellow who laughs at
the short course.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-09-03

street where the livery barn now
stands. The new building will be used
as a garage.
Miss Christina Hartman Of Keosau-
qua is visiting relatives and friends in
Eddyville this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Eankins and
sons Paul and Boyd were In Abba on
Thursday attending the fair
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Conner Of Des
Moines. Miss Mary Conner and Mrs.
Ida Hutchinson Of Marietta, Ohio, are
guests this week Of their cousin Mrs.
Ida Rowe.
Quarterly conference OF the NJ E.
church was hello in Eddyville Thurs
day morning. Dr.. Stafford Of Oskaloosa
was present
Mrs. w H. Reed who has been quite
III in the Ottumwa hospital returned to
Eddyville Thursday.
Mrs. C. Holbert of Agency Is visit
ing this week at the home Of her
friend Emma Anderson.
Henrietta DeWilde Hattie Lobber-
echt and veina Beamer spent Friday
In Ottumwa visiting friendA
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-09-03
HARRINGTON.

Mrs. Chas. Franks and Mrs. Lottie
Scott and daughter Marie are visiting
relatives at Valley Junction.
VIM. Breitenstein and family have
moved from the country into the Weir
property on Front street.
Leavitt Kouns has returned to his
home at ,Sylyas after an extended visit
with his grandmother Mrs. J. F. Leav-
it,
Ben seeley Of Mt. Pleasant was a
recent guest Of his uncle B. r. Ketcham.
Miss Leila French is visiting her
cousin Miss Gladys Hornbaker at Mt.
Sterling ~
Misses Esther and Dorothy Gilfllan
have returned to their home at Mount
Pleasant after visit with their aunt
Mrs. Fred Kick.
Mrs Will Hartrick returned Satur-
day from Bushnell, Ill. where Sc spent
some time with her children; her sister
Mrs. John Rogers accompanied her
home for q visit.
Miss Lea Bonnell of Donnellson is
the guest of her aunt Miss Lizzie
Bargar.
Born, on Aug. 20, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Bert Biedman, a SON.
3 The funeral services over the re-
mains Of the late George w. Smith
were held Thursday afternoon at his
nome IN cndIRe VI NeV. ". y. uoou-
enough. The deceased was born at
Westminster, Mass, Aug. 5, 1921 He
moved to this country in 1899 and set
tied on farm in Salubria about one
mile below Harrington. He lived alone
on his farm until ten years ago when
he came to town to live with his niece
Mrs. Nellie Therme. Capt. V. p Twom-
bly Of Des Moines came down to attend
the funeral Of George Smith.
Miss Margaret Anders Of Oregon,
ILL.,, was a recent guest OF her aunt
Miss Ida Anders.
Born, on Aug. 20, to Martin Harnagle
and wife, a daughter Pauline Anna.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-09-03
MRS. KIRKWOOD
90 YEARS OLD

Iowa City, Sept. Mrs. Jane Kirk
wood, widow of Iowa's famous war
governor, is spending the evening Of
her days at the old homestead in Iowa
City aud 1t is serene and tranquil
twilight.
Today is Mrs. Kirkwood's ninety
third birthday. She is still active in
body and mind with eyesight as good
as 1t was in her youth. and retenta-
tive memory that would be remark
able in a woman of Is.
Mrs. Kirkwood is little known to the
mass of the people of Iowa, or even
Of her own city, for she courts no
publicity. but prefers to live quietly at
home, spending the days in doing
fancy work. at which she Is an adept,
and in reading. She Is a tireless
reader, and eagerly keeps abreast of
the day on al matters of public note.
She also enjoys work in the garden
or the poultry yard, and gives ner
home duties as a reason for less &C
tive participation in matters outside Of
her household.
Few. Iowans know of the close rela-
tionship that existed between Gov
ernor Kirkwood and his wife. They
were inseparable. Governor Kirkwood
went nowhere without her. She was
his companion on speaking through
out the state. in the various cam,
paigns in which he took part AS a
consequence, she had an acquaintance
with the public men Of Iowa perhaps
unequalled by any other woman in the
state in the days Of Grimes, Harlan,
Wright, Stone. and other republican
leaders in the days following the civil
war.
Governor and Mrs. Kirkwood had no
children, yet their home in Iowa City
was never empty Of the voices Of
young people. Few could tell, per-
haps not Mrs. Kirkwood herself, how
many she and her husband helped to
an education. She was woman, 1t
has been said. who never had any
money or jewelry, but much for those
who needed it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-09-03

gone" You must have felt rather
queer" said the reporter. 1T Is
strange said Mr.. Rainey, but the one
thing that ran through my mind was a
story--a story about man who had
stayed out at banquet very. very
late. This man awoke In the dawn,
and saw. perched on the foot of his
bed. an organ-grinder's monkey that
had climbed through the window. His
hand trembling, his eyes bloodshot,
the man drew his revolver from be-
meath his pillow and said: III you're
a real monkey it's a bad lookout for
you, and If you're not it's a bad look
out for me-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-09-03
DON'T QUIT SCHOOL.

This is q plea for the public school.
In this article it is the public
next Monday many boy, with the
school that is meant. Before
aid of his parents, must make de-
cision on which rests much of the
boys future happiness. Perhaps 1t will
decide his citizenship status In years
to- come. and certainly it will go far
toward determining whether he Will
become a factor in his community or
. cog IN q great wheel.
The boy who works in vacation is
coming in contact with real, actual life,
in the same manner as is the boy who
quits school and goes to work. Some
actual work in vacation is just as nee
essarily part Of an education as
study during school. An effort to prac-
tically apply what Is learned in school
is necessary to enable the student to
separate the practical from the theo-
retical. Those who study the hardest
and then work the hardest to apply
what they have learned, will get more
out of both study and work than Will
the Indifferent performer.
Vacation time opens the way for
school boys to work. Their Jobs and
the acquiring of money are new
enough to be enjoyable even when the
vacation days are over. School, with
It's humdrum round of studies and reel.
tations, its rules and restrictions, it's
disappointing grades, holds little
charm for the boy who has learned
that he can hold a job and draw his
pay check each week.
This week, in Ottumwa, and all over
America, many boys are making their
declsions. In possibly nine out OF ten
cases the natural inclination is to re-
main at1ywork Quitting school" Is an
experience about which every school
boy dreams with pleasure. The indie
pendence Of the non-school-going bow
looms large in the eyes of the boy who
goes to school.
Now comes the plea.
Let every father whose boy shows
the slightest indication of desire to
remain away from the public school,
review his own life and recall the time
when the same desire came to him.
Let him advise the boy, presenting the
arguments that experience and know
ledge Of life provide. Let him use pa
thence, too, for the boy is pretty GER
tain to be determined.
The ditarence between the boy who
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-09-03
VISITATION CHURCH
SOLD FOR $50. OOO

Des Moines, Sept. 1.-The executive
council has arranged to purchase the
Church Of Visitation, East Ninth and
Walnut streets. for $4,000. The pur-
chase has just been consummated az
ter weeks of negotiation. The church
officials asked $125000. Plans for the
erection of new edifice have not been,
given ont The Church of Visitation IL
located within the capitol extension
tract.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-09-03
Eat less-ereathe moro.
Talk less-Thlnk more.
Ride less-Walk more.
Clothe less-6athe more.
Worry less-Work more.
Waste Iess-Give more.
Preach less-Practice more
RUNCOM6 e

The curse of congress is cheapness
ineftciency, buncombe, devotion 70 prl
yate and local interests, Indifference
10 the general public good OF the ma
ton. The intellectual average OF the
lower house-and of the senate also
has become low. The quality or the
average congressman is we'll illustrat'
ed by the utterances of Congressman
Charles Gordon Edwards Of Savannah
Ga. He is serving his eighth year IN
congress AS congressman go ne
not the poorest specimen. some VI
the things he says about himself III
order to get himself reelected, are no.
calculated to make an American prouu
OF congress. He says: 1T is IN numplG
obedience to this duty which l feel
owe to the people of the First Congress
sional District of Georgia" that ne Is
running for reelection. Bunk! ne Is
running because he wants the once
and the pay, There is this promise III
the metaphor Of pork and pie: lneIe
will be no second table for any county
40 Ear as I am concerned Mark this
anpeal to sectional prejudice: Has al
yocated and favors fair pensions lor
worthy confederate veterans ana tnels
widows" But on another page: Up.
nosed union pensions by his vote anu
nv speech on the floor of the mouse.
There are pages and pages OF MS rec
ord in getting pie:
introduced in the past dozens Oh
southern war-claim bills.
Secured a public building site for
Statesboro.
Secured a public site for
Waynesboro.
Has helped to distribute latest
and most improved cotton and otn-
Has furnished nearly every rural
school of the district with a
large United States wall map, IN
order that the greatest good from
these valuable maps would result
to the greatest possible number
instead Of sending them to the
favored few. 80.
And so on ad infln1tum. ne cahs
himself 'aThe Plowboy OF Tatnaii, ana
saws Of his opponent: HE can't out
country the Plowboy." Finally, ne
ennmerates as one of the reasons for
reelection that:
Hc delivered a speech urging that
the motto, ''In God We Trust, De re-
stored to the coins from which 1t was
stricken under the republican admins
tration. The motto was restored.
Do the people of Georgia really swai-
low this sort Of thing?-Collier's.
The answer to that question IS that
Mr.. Edwards has been elected Tour
times.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-09-03
EDDYvILLE.

Drs. F. NJ McCrea and F. E. Vance
were business callers in Ottumwa on
Thursday.
N. A. Thayer has let the contract for
the erection of new brick building. to
be erected on the lot south Of Main
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-09-03

Glory rather than results seems to
be the goal of the warning European
armies. Reports from each battle tell
of the wonderful courage and daring
exhibited by the soldiers but usually
omit to tell which side won the battle.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-09-03

Along with the annual fire proven
ton day" proclamation in Illinois,
comes the announcement that fire
losses in that state during the last
year averaged S1,700,000 each month.