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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17
Daddy sBedtirne
~ Why There
1f0TV- Is SAINT
Valentines Day.

ACK
before the
found all cardboard
around the and
This
daddy &ft Web f..~3
"oh have said Evelyn We've quantities
Of al sizes and we'd like daddyT
But mustn't look at them carefully added
oh no. agreed daddy n thing
look at Of them wonder III vaentns CHANGER
and Evelyn looked
A
wait daddy
do tell story for wasting much time talking"
What I'd
St Valentine and Why have st. Valentines
1--WE always wondered Why too" added Evelyn.
Yes said daddy there really st. Valentine
man and always went about doing kind things But
Romans didn't Ike him. and In those days the
didn't like any one he them they had him beheded
md Bishop Valentine be then called beheaded
Ills friends felt dready that good should
dered talk Of nothing
Valentine and tell
about him until before
that him.
$50 that
still his deeds Of charity kindness
thoughtful
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17

The recent election in this city furn-
ished ample reason for change in the
number of polling places. Despite the
simplicity Of the ballot, the judges
found it impossible to finish the count
some of them-much before mid
night. In only one ward was there
less than 700 votes cast and in most
of them there were over 300 and In
one over 900. In Chicago where
the population is much more concen-
trated and where it would be an easy
matter to have from 1000 to 10000
citizens vote at one place without any
of them having to go as far as many
Ottumwa voters must in order to
reach their voting place, the law pro-
vides that precincts containing 800
voters or as near that many as posi-
BILE. be laid out in each of the wards.
That facilitates the voting and the
counting OF the votes Precincts are
what is needed in Ottumwa. There is
no valid reason why the Judges and
clerks should be kept up all night and
often part Of the next day counting
votes and the people kept waiting all
that time to learn the result.
Each ward should be made into at
least two precincts.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17
BRUSH CREEK.

Revival meetings began Sunday at
Mt Zion church, Rev. Butterf1eld ar
rived to assist in the meetings the rest
of the week.
Cap Hunter will leave In the near
future for his new home In Arkansas
Amos Proctor made a call to Ottum-
wa Saturday on business
Those on the sick list are Robella
Wind, Dillon Hamilton. Hazel and Jes-
sie Garrison, May Dye. Maud Majors.
Miss Mamie Seaburg Of Bidwell was
an over Sunday visitor with Trueson's
: Oscar Arnold made business call ia
Ottumwa.
William Dale who has been In Of
tumwa for medical treatment is I'M
proving.
There is quite a few farms changing
hands in this neighborhood. Fred
Proctor purchased the old Jacob Baker
farm. Walter Lewis Of Ottumwa pur.
chased the John Strador farm OF zoe
acres. w. f. Jones purchased the Car
Hunter farm Of 80 acres. Prices rang
ing from $50 to $3.50 per acre.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. Emerson are visit
ing this week In South Ottumwa.
Miss Jessie Garrison will start next
week taking music lessons In the con-
servatory in Ottumwa.
Misses Hazel and Jessie Garrison en-
tertained Earl and Ray Campbell OF
South Ottumwa over Saturday anc
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Smith was ir
the county seat recently.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17
40 TO CHURCH SUNDAY.


n conformity with q nation wide Go
10 church Move, Ottumwa will observe
such a day on March /. Every effort
viii he made to have every able bodied
man woman and youth in the city at
tend at one or another of the sunday
services of that day. The movement
Is non.sectarian and. there Is no argu-
ment that can be used against 1t. NO
one will be pressed to attend any
particular church, the whole aim ana
idea being to get everybody to at
tond some one or another church.
There are numerous people who have
within them the desire to 60 to church
on Sundays but who have staid away
50 long that they fear being embar.
rassed. OF course that is not valid
eli1se for failure to attend divine
= arvices. but even it will be wiped
away on March for on that day prob
ab1y more than half of the congrega'
tions in most of the churches Will De
people who have been lax IN thelr
church attendance.
The GO to Church plan is so pal
nably good that everyone in the city
ought to personally interest. himself
or herself in it and help make 1T a sue:
cess. Chicago recently observed
such day and over a million people
attended church services during the
day. Burlington observed Go to Church
Sunday last week and despite the fact
that the day was a most unpleasant
one over five thousand people turned
out. Other cities were equally sue
cessful in getting majority OF their
citizens into the churches on one day
and it is up to Ottumwa to show what
can be done here.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17

your experience and see II he can't
do something to protect w0men-oh
here he is now" Jean turned to fling
herself into the arms Of the man who
had come In with suit case in hand.
Wren gasped! 1t was the man she
had just seen on the train.
She turned from white to red and
in. an attempt to gain time turned to
take of her outdoor garments.
Great Scott! jean" the man whisp-
cred hoarsely. II mistook her for you
on the train and"
Wren turned laughing, dimpled
face to Jean Muller and her excited
husband. 1T Is all Jeans fault" she
explained and extended friendly
hand to Jeans husband; ''she insist
ed on lending me her new Easter bon
net because she said looked too "hay-
seedy" in my own Oldville clothes.
also had on Jeans tweed coat" Wrens
laugh was infectious. She liked Jeans
husband now that she had met him.
and with a sudden start she realized
that she liked him because he looked
liked--yes--like the person who had
sat behind her and pulled her golden
tassel
Jean stopped laughing long enough
to Inquire as to the appearance OF her
earlier admirer.
Wren blushed and whimsical light
dawned in her eyes II only remember
that he was very good looking much
like your husband She bowed in mock
fattery His eyes were laughing and
brown and he had black mustache
and his cheeks were like the sunny
side OF a maple"
John" exclaimed Jean and George
in one breath. Then Jean continued:
ST showed Georges brother my new
Easter bonnet yesterday and he has
made the same mistake that George
did, u
! Wren blushed happily. and nalf-
81 wonder if he will forgive me?"
wistful smile played upon her lips
Gle is coming to dinner tonight,
you know, Wren Jean reminded the
girl.
Later in the evening. when Wren
and John had abandoned the house for
the cool of the hammock under the
apple trees. Jean cast trium plant
glance at her husband. I.
Matchmaker" he admonished and
pulled her down into the chair beside
him. -
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A Few Laughs
Always Unhappy.

..N Always unhappy.
When he was a salesman on twenty
week ...
His wife found the outlook decidedly
bleak. .. ....
She couldn't be happy on this little
hoard. ..-.. ..
For others had things that he couldn't
afford
He got along nicely and doubled his
pay. ....
But wife still complained in a petu-
liant way.
Care over them hung like menacing
sword,
For others had things that he couldn't
afford.
He made a big strike and his profits
were clear;
His income runs now to four figures
a year.
But wife is still peevish and sullen and
bored, ..-
For others have things that he cannot
afford.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17
% recall the girls face.

to recall the girls face.
II Muller's day was filled with
gloom Wren Davis's was not. Her
day of shopping in the big city had
scarcely been marred by it's unpleas-
ant beginning. II the goodlooking face
OF her annoyer had crossed her mind
during the day she did not let it
trouble her.
Happy with her many purchases
she was returning to the Long Island
suburb on the evening commuters
train. She was crowding into the
train at Jamaica when she was startled
by mans voice in her ear and at the
same time strong arm encircled her
waist under cover of the many persons
boarding the train.
Caught with the goods" the laugh
ing voice chided her.
Wren jerked angrily away and turn
ed to face the second man who had
thus insulted her. "How dare you?"
she cried, beside herself with rage But
the man more stunned than she was,
drew back. while a crimson stain flash.
ed into the bronze of his cheeks.
II beg your pardon" he managed to
stammer. 81 thought you were my
wife,"
Thoroughly unstrung Wren got
quickly into the train and secured a
seat beside comfortable motherly
woman with baby, and kept close be.
side her until the car stopped at her
station.
She had several blocks to go before
reaching the home at which she was
visiting, and during her swift walk she
knew that the man who had put his
arm about her was just behind
Hysterical and trembling with fear
she reached the house and Jean Mul
Ter was there to welcome her.
! Wren, dear! What's the matter!
jeans startled eyes scanned the girls
face. But before you tell mel have
J good news! George will be here tonight
Isn't that dandy! Now tell me wha,
happened and all about the shopping
ooh, it's nothing, except that every
| man in town insults you.' cried Wrer
beginning to get her dimples into place
now that she was with Jean again
"This morning on the train man pull
ed my-or rather your gold tasse
and said. Ding. ding to mel
| How perfectly accountable. Ant
on your first visit to me. When yol
meet George ] want you TO tell hin
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17
TRUE RECREATION.

We hear much Of the need OF relax
alton for the "tired business man. and
the 'jaded society woman Their
needs are supposed to be met. in the
first place, by amusements devised for
inert and vacant minds, observes The
Journal of the American Medical asso-
citation, and, in the last resort by the
"rest-cure." Meanwhile, our octogen-
arian colleague whose name is SO fire.
quently associated with this method
OF treatment is demonstrating in his
own person the fact that one may fill
wellordered days with steady accom-
plishment ...1 find recreation, not in
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17
THE. HIGH COST OF GOVERNMENT.

THE. HIGH COST OF GOVERNMENT.
It will be- only very short tllhe
until the people of Iowa will nave 10
name their next governor ana Almost
a complete new set Of other puDhc
servants. In selecting that set or or
ficials which will best serve ana COIL
serve the public good and goods there
are many things to consider. perhaps
the most important Of these is tne
COST OF GOVERNMENT.
In round numbers the people OF
Iowa pay ONE HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLARS a year for GOVERNMENT.
About one-half of this goes TO pay lol
that portion Of our government Wnlch
we call national. The balance is 1or
home government. Think OF IT! iowa
with her boasted corn crop, and yet
paying it all for what? For govern
ment. And for what sort OF govern
ment? That is something which the
people must determine for themselves
at the coming elections-primary ana
general.
Our forefathers in framing the
organic law of the land provided Tor
the payment of governmental expense
by taxation. This appears in many
different forms, and under many dl1-
ferent names, but It all comes unoel
the general head Of taxation. 1t was
necessary and as it should have oeen:
And It worked very we'll until some OF
our fool lawmakers began to be haro
put to pay their political obligatlons.
That is, to find jobs for their trlenos'
The trouble was that there were SO
few Jobs they wouldn't 60 around. IL
seem ed to be easier to create new JOBS
than to lessen the number of apph.
cants 40 we have this commission and
that commission. We have not oniy
the principal officer In most OF the VI
Aces but first, second and some times
a third and fourth assistant. or course
these omces pay nice salaries Wnicn
tend to materially increase campaign
funds. The trouble with 1t all IS ina.
these bills have to be paid, ana tna'
tina tar payers have them to pay. me
makers Of our constitution In all their
wisdom didn't expect and couldn't 1or.
sea that we would have a lot or 1ool
commissions to do FOR US q FEW
things which had always been Done
without them, and to DO US for LOI
OF EXTRA TAX MONEY.
Take the attorney generals once.
T. costs the state of Iowa more tnan
aix times what it did few years ago
for salaries alone. Then when the ex-
pense is added for foolish, vicious
Iitieation-of course the attorney gen
eral and his assistants must put up q
show OF being busy-the sum total De-
comes appalling. ~.
Case after case could be cited. Inc
.hova mentioned are only few OF
the many existing. The question Is
WHAT are YOU going to DO ABOUT
Il? These evils did not creep IN IN
a day. Nor can they be removed IN
a day, However, the sooner the ]oD
Is commenced the sooner 1t Will pc
comnleted-Osceola Democrat.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17

Postmaster General Burleson may
be held up in the midst of his grandly
conceived plan Of federal ownership OF
telegraph, telephone, transportation
and intercommunication in general, by
an unfeeling democrat from Colorado
who declares he will institute proceed
ings to have the postmaster general
ousted from Office Congressman Kin
del says that Burleson's direction OF
the parcel post shows either gross in
competency or wilful mismanagement
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17

Only some 400 of the famous forest
cedars of Lebanon remain. and they
have been Enclosed by stone wall in
order to protect the smaller trees from
the ever hungry mountain goat. The
cedars stand on small plateau at an
elevation of 5000 feet A winding road
leads up the slope to the spot where
the ancient trees excite the wonder
and admiration of tourists. The high
est rears it's top eighty feet skyward.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17

eve will recognize no government
which is not based on law and order
says President Wilson. Despite this,
the United States yesterday extended
official recognition to the usurper of the
Peruvian presidency who organized his
revolution so carefully that there was
mo chance Of resistance and therefore
no bloodshed The real president OF
Peru is an exile. - f.. .
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from anything that means wages and
bread and butter.

No American baking powder Is on
sale in Amsterdam. Nothing OF that
nature is found except what Ameri.
cans would consider very inferior sub
stitutes. An explanation Is that few
families do any baking
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17

It became matter for news dis
patches yesterday when the word went
out at Washington that the senate
doorkeepers would have to do some
thing in the way of work Their new
duty is to keep people from throwing
things over the rails Of the balcony
and on to the heads Of the sedate SEN
ators. Formerly the doorkeepers had
nothing to do but draw salaries.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17

In Geneva, Switzerland, every old
picture and antique must be regis
tered in the town hall, and it's value
stated. This is done to protect pur'
chasers Of such articles.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17

The makers Of cement have started
a safety first crusade and turned II 10
their own account by preaching the
doctrine of concrete buildings to avold
danger of fire
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17
StaoinQ a Trial.

1T would help some IL you had a
pretty wife"
"Alas, | am bachelor said the
malefactor of great wealth.
ri have an idea You plead illness,
and J'll have you 60 on the stand with
an attractive trained nurse in attend
ance" .ts
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17

We wonder If the new freedom
idea of the administration at Washing
ton means freedom from work. Re.
ports from various parts Of the coun-
try indicate a conspicuous freedom
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17

A New York hospital is experiment
ing with illuminating the floors OF
rooms from beneath with electric
lamps set under glass and backed by
ref1ectOrS
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Judge NC
Pherson decided the blue sky law con
stitutional, and Judge McHenry de
clares it isn't constitutional. Judges
like doctors and editors and other fall
ible people, often disagree. '.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17
Sure 1hinu.

ct is said that a worm Will eat
twenty times it's own weight from sun
rise to sunset"
"Then what's the use Of being an
early bird? Better ketch the worm at
the end of the day"
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A Tjdbjt,

The goat had lunch, was glad to MUNICH
Newspaper eight or nine; +
And for dessert found in the dirt
A lacey valentine.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17

To secure the attention of busy men,
to induce them to listen to your story,
you must speak often but quickly, and
straight from the shoulder. The
Office Outfltter.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17

Burlington Hawk Eye: There Is
good deal of newspaper talk about tn
democrats pointing with pride to th'
result of the election in the secont
district, There must be some mistake
about this-at least about the pride
part of the statement. ~
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17

The English channel is nowhere
more than 900 feet deep; the Irish sea
is 2,13O feet deep.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17
Press Comment

Waterloo Reporter: Why don't W.
hear from Walter Wellman about thu
probable success of the fight acros!
the Atlantic in an airship. He triet
it couple Of times.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17
The Comic Valentine.

The Comic Valentine.
The alleged comic valentine,
A literary hit,
Displays gem in every line
OF satire and Of wit.
AS art it makes the cubist blink,
The futurist turn pale -.
It runs in blue and green and pink,
A weird chromatic scale.
l dearly love each year to note
It's lines so crisp and terse.
I doubt if Shakespeare ever wrote.
Such keen satiric verse.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17

The Lady In the Tank.
Just to please his wife the stout man
consented to take peep at Marie Cor.
ellis house before doing" the historic
part of the Standardization. He re.
garded it with evident appreciation.
''Pretty nice place. he said. u
knew when saw her in London that
she was making money, but didn't
think her salary was big enough to at,
ford house like this" .-.
why, dear" said his timid wife;
"you never saw Marie Corelli In Lon
DON"
I'D like to know why didn't" he
retorted. Amt she the lady saw
swimming in a tank at the Tivoli?'
In no wise abashed at having con
founded Marie Corelli and Annette Kel
hermann, the stout man moved compla'
Gently on to Stratford's other shrines
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17

Burlington Gazette: The Murphys
are having a hard time. He of Tam
many fame is watching his sun SCI
and he of baseball fame is being abus
ed as the result Of his treatment Of
Evers. 0.I
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17
A Triumph Of Peace.

A Triumph Of Peace.
peace hath her victories"
"How now?"
"Instead Of wanting a cannon for the
public square, one town has asked for
a discarded mudscow from the Panama
canal"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17
The Viailant Guests.

"Do you think the bride and groom
will be able to give us the slip?"
Hardly. We've manned an auto
mobile at the front door, a flock OF
motorcycles at the rear, and an air
ship on the roof"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17
lntersteIlar Ball.

Interstellar Ball.
Communication with the planets had
been established.
What next?" was the question.
/ ITO form an eight-planet baseball
league. of course" was the universal
reply.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17
Just the Man.

Cone of the talesmen blew out the
gas last night" announced the sheriff.
1--WE brought him around. though
(Which one was it?" inquired the at
torney for the defense.
THAT pale fellow over yonder''
Gust the man for jury duty" COM
menied counsel with enthusiasm.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17

commission form as we'll as the old
aldermanic scheme will vanish from
the earth.
There can be little doubt that
when Waterloo gets ready to advance
from her present mode OF govern
ment She will adopt the most progress
sive plan which experimentation has
yet revealed.
Clinton Herald: Governor Clarke Is
making numerousN addresses in differ
ent parts of the state just at the pres
ent time. In these addresses he is 60
ing very extensively into the capitol
extension act, presenting the matter
from his standpoint. The governor Is
acting wisely in giving the people all
possibl, information on the subject.
Practically all the trouble that has
arisen over this matter is due to the
fact that the people were not given
this information before action was
taken that apparently has committed
the state to program that may be re-
pulsive to considerable number OF
the men who pay the taxes and upon
gram out will fall. The people Of Iowa
are not niggardly and 1t Is seldom
found that they are unwilling to go
down in their pockets and provide
literally for every need Of the com
munity or the state. Had the people
been given the information in the first
place and If the act had not been
pushed through the general assembly
at the very last moment and in a man
ner entirely out Of the ordinary, 1t is
more than likely that all that could be
desired would have been done and that
without any trouble. AS a general rule
it is pretty good plan to advise the
people what it is proposed to do and
trust that they will come to just de
cision.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17
Gluttons For Work,

A great many human dynamos may
be found at the matinee.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17
No Wonder

Il No Wonder.
whats the matter, dear? Your iail
is standing on end
81 put it up in curl papers last night
and the newspaper I used was filled
with horrible crimes
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17
Some damsels make a fuss.
| think I'd rather have for mine
Some new asparagus.
>Man and the Hour


mine at last! could face ogres for
YOU"
well, while you are feeling SO
spunky would be a good time for you
to interview papa, George"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17

Waterloo Reporter: The bull moose
is a fleet-footed animal, hence it is no
surprise that he "also ram in the sec
ond Iowa district.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17

Waterloo Courier: The city man
ager plan is now on trial in American
cities of every size up to that Of Day
ton. O.. which has over 100000 inhabit-
ants. Unless all present indications
fall this will become the universally
approved plan of the future and the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17
Next Best.

Study your lessons. my boy and
you may be president
BAH"
anyhow, if you're not president
you'll be fitted for the lecture plat
form.
A Practical Choice.
Ger roses, as valentine,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17

Des Moines Tribune: The Chicago
thug who slugged suffragette because
she was too active in politics confirms
the suspicion that it is high time al
legged men like him are retired from
circulation.