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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-17
SELMA.

Sunday visitors-Wm Widger of
Birmingham with Mrs. H. w. Ritz his
sister. Charles Rable and family and
Mrs. Kester of Valley Junction with j..
A. Ruble, Miss Spilman and Miss
Stephens of Agency visited with FL
lery Hughes and wife, Miss Shafer of
Keokuk with Roy D. Stump.
Noah Stump of Eldon spent the day
with his father, w. Sutton, who is I'm
poor health. H.,
Mrs. Josephine Overturff returned
home this week from Des Moines.
Miss May Ransom was an Ottumwa
shopper Saturday.
Mr.. Hackert of Douds-Leando moved
in where Charley Gardner lived one of
the Hinkle farms Charley bought
Church Corners farm that is the An
drew Mccullough farm.
VIM. Baldwin moved to Eldon the
last of the week. He has lived in
Selma forty years. He will be missed.
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CHARLTON.

Mrs. l. G. Smith of Greeley, Neb.
returned home yesterday after few
weeks visit with her daughter, Mrs
Jesse Peterson, and old friends. She
formerly resided here.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Decker of War
rem township, and Mr.. and Mrs. j. B
business visitors in Osceola yesterday
Mrs. E. E. Bay and two daughters, o,
Mercer, Mo-, returned home yesterday
after visit with their son and broth
er. John Bay.
Mrs, Frank Horstman and two chill
dren of Mystic, came yesterday for a
visit at the home Of Dave McNeish.
Mrs. M. r. Hoskins, Of Lakonta, and
son, Frank Perry of Kit Carson. Colo
RADIO, came yesterday for visit with
their son and brother, Vernon Perry
Wilberforce Coles, whoh as been
critically ill the past week, is reported
greatly improved, fact his many
friends will be glad to learn.
Miss Leota Devol, of Kansas City,
who has been spending some time at
the home of her uncle, O. E. Hoskins
left last evening for weeks visit with
relatives in Oskaloosa. "a
Mrs. Fannie Mccullough and Miss
Cora Tacker visited in OIceola yester-
day with their sister, Mrs. Frank Will
son.
Peter Shannon left yesterday for a
few days visit with relatives ana
friends in Hiteman and Abba.
Mrs. Chas. Wexford left last evening
for a visit in Eddyville with her par
ents and frieds.
Mrs. Ed Clark and two children, Of
Weldon, are spending week at Oak
ley with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
LATE Mauk. and with her husbands
parents. Rev. and Mrs. M. S. Clark,
of this city.
Miss Irene Farrell, who is principal
of the high school at Lamont. visited
over Sunday in Charlton at the home
of her mother, Mrs. John Farrell.
Leslie Smith, of Brookfield, Mo-, re-
turned to his duties last evening after
spending a few days with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jay J. Smyth.
M. and Mrs. Jos. Culbertson of Po-
catello, Idaho, returned home yester-
day after few weeks visit with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard gilbert
son, and with her sisters, Efie, Myra
and Myrtle DUNCAN. 't'
Miss Jessie Andrew left last even
ing for Hibbing, Mimi. where she has
accepted a position as manager of a
millinery store.
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CHARLTON.

Frank Alternately of Columbus juno
+ion has been spending Few Gays III
charlton with his parents Mr.. ana MIS-
= M. Abernathy while on his way
home from a trip west.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Smith nave re-
turned from Oskaloosa Where they Aao
nean called by the death of niece
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Wentz are the
narents of a son, born recently. .,
Mrs r.. S. Glenn who has been IN III
health for some time, suffered anothel
stroke of paralysis few days ago aho
is now in a very serious condltlon.
Albert Carroll has returned from a
visit in Denver, Colo, with his daugh-
tor Mrs. Florence Wallwork.
Miss Mary Kidd Of Des Moines has
returned home after visit northeast
of Charlton with her sister Mrs Jas
Rounds.
Edwin BEEN left yesterday for Chi
c,~o where he will take up his duties
az railway postal clerk. He expected tc
ston in Batavia, ILL.,, for a brief visit
with his uncle Bert BEEN.
Miss Emma Andrew and nephew
Richard Householder are spending a
few days in Lacona with her sister
Mrs. Mary Nine.
Mrs. Sam Boyd and baby have re-
turned from a visit with relatives in
NllllSCd.
Mrs. Gussie Buchanan and son
beaumont have returned from a brief
visit with friends in Des Moines.
Elmer Taylor has returned from
Creston where re recently underwent a
surgical operation for appendicitis. His
many friends will be glad to learn that
he is rapidly regaining strength.
Phillip and John W. Smith Of Cedar
Rapids, Nebr, formerly of this county
hay returned home after visit with
their relatives and old friends here.
Rev. o. A. Overdose Of Pennington
is a. guest at the Albert Carroll home
in WhitebreaSt township.
Mrs. Lou Parsons Of Leon returned
home yesterday after a two weeks
visit at the C. NJ and Harvey Piper
homes.
Ed Morrison Of Des Moines, former
ly Of this city, came yesterday for a
brief visit with his old friends here.
Mrs. F. M. Beall of Shannon City
returned home after a visit with her
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-17

March 14-Burt LaForce has gone
| to Chicago to complete course ir
pharmacy. Bert is close student anc
he will get there.
| The lumber yards are sending Out
large Quantities of lumber and seem tc
be doing an unusually good business
for the season of the year.
We think it is safe to say that there
is more hay in the stack and more corn
in the crib in Wapello county now
than ever before in the month Of
March. If farmers have done as they
should and raised hogs, we shall have
fine quantity Of eight and nine
months pigs for market next summer
and fall .
Preparations for building new dwell
ings are going on all over the city. and
soon the buzz of the hammer and sa"
will be heard in all directions. There
never was season that gave better
promise for building boom than this
does. 1t now looks as if the mechan'
les and laboring men would have plenty
to do.
It is reported that the officials OF
the C. B. & c. railroad intend to snort,
ly put in some huge IS pound steel
rails on the grade between Agency
ard Ottumwa, the heaviest grade on
the east division. The rails wear out
very fast on this hill and something
had to be done to ~''t stop to the
continual laying of new rails. THESE
new rails will be the heaviest in use
in the state of Iowa, and probably IN
the west 66 pounds being the maxi
mum weight of rails used at present.
March 15-Charles Connolly, deputy
treasurer, is getting lumber on the
ground for the erection of large and
handsome dwelling on Green street,
above Fourth.
There will be a literary social given
at the residence Of G. Haw.- BIG west
Fifth street, Under the auspices or the
Young Ladies' Missionary society OF
the Main Street M. E. church, on next
Tuesday evening, March 10. A cordial
invitation is extended to all. Come
and encourage the young ladies'. A
very interesting literary and musical
program has been prepared. .'..
March 16-The occupants of the old
Nudge property. the site of the new
opera house, have had notice to va
cate it within fifteen days.
Harlan C. and Chester Y. Smith have
leased the office Of the Fairfield daily
journal and will continue its publ
cation. They are said to be industrl'
GUS and capable young men and we
welcome them to the newspaper field
.5 wish +bop, abundant success
Prof w. w. Jones informs us that
his flying machine is we'll under way
and has no doubt Of his success IN
making it go. The elevating power
will be what he calls a balloon, a gas
bag, while the propelling power is two
wings and a rudder steers it. He has
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EDDYVILLE.
| Mrs. Mary Oldham went to Grinnell
Friday to- visit her friend Jessie

Mrs. Mary Oldham went to Grinnell
Friday to- visit her friend Jessie
Lemon. .
Mr.. and Mrs C. Neal who have been
visiting relatives in Eddyville return
ed to their home in Illinois Friday.
The basketball team of the Eddy.
vile high school went to Grinnell
Friday where they expect to play the
same evening with the Grinnell team.
A game which was especially inter
esting was that played on Thursday
evening by the young ladies of Beacon
high school with the Eddyville team.
E. Muir who came to Eddyville re-
Gently has gone to Kirksville, Mo-, for
a short visit with relatives.
G. H. Stuber is in Pella this week
looking after business interests
Claude Wells and family who re-
Gently disposed of their household
goods will leave Monday for Seattle,
Wash, to make their home.
Roy Reams of Indianapolis is in
Eddyville this week and has arranged
to take up the repair work on the
garage owned by Lee Warner.
Mrs. VIM. Jardon is quite i'll this
week suffering with pneumonia.
Dave Templeton is also quite i'll.
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WEST POINT.

Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Heberer re
turned Monday from a few days visit
| with relatives at FIT. Madison.
Mrs. w. H. De Lashmuth was the
guest of Mrs. Emma Coon at FIT. Madi
son during the week.
Mrs. Mary Beatty of I<ahoka Mo.
| is visiting her mother Mrs. Theo
Lampe.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Clemens
Tuesday March 10, 1914 son.
There was citizens caucus held
BY the citizens party at the city hall
Friday evening March 49, mayor, treas.
urer. assessor and five councilmen are
to be elected March 30.
VIM. Link is in Des Moines this
week attending the threshers conven'
ton.
VIM. Weber and Laurence SCHNEIDER
Of Keokuk have been visiting their
sister Mrs. Henry Vonderhaar.
Tom Dropped who has made his
home at Sawyer the past year has
again became resident of West
Point.
Jos Hellige of Bloomington. ILL.,. has
been visiting his aunt and uncle Anna
and John Fichtenkort.
Mr.. and Mrs John LutZ Of Dounell-
son have been visiting the former
sister Mrs. Barbara Kreikenbaum.
Misses Thresa and Louise Welsing
of Calumet, Mich, are visiting at the
Jacob Benjamin home.
Jacob Miller and daughter Martha
have returned to their home at Bar
ing, Mo-, after a several weeks visit at
the VIM. Weishaar home.
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At four months If the baby shows a
normal gain in size and strength, ac-
cording to the Better Babies Standard
Score card, he should not be nursed
between r. m. and 6 a. M. but should
be sleeping soundly. Between 6 a. m.
and p. m. he will now have six feed
ngs and this schedule should be main
tanned until he is a year old.
Many mothers ask contest physici-
ans whether the baby should be awak-
ened to be fed. Physicians seem to
agree that baby should never be
awakened at night to nurse, and that
the healthy baby will wake Of it's own
accord 20 be fed once in three hours
during the day. There are rare eXcep-
tons to this rule. For example, when
a mother has fed the baby irregularly
from birth, it sometimes turns night
into day, sleeping by day and fretting
healthy, normal in every way. then
it must be re-trained to waken during
the day for nursing and to sleep by
night without nursing. This very ex-
ample shows the importance of start
ing the feeding habits Alright from
birth. by not nursing more than once
during the night.
Another question asked by many
mothers who are nursing their babies
is: May | mix the baby's food, CIV
ing him an occasional bottle?"
Doctors agree that the answer is
governed by conditions. Sometimes
the mothers milk is not sufficiently
nourishing. In that case, under the
direction Of the family doctor, bottle
and breast milk may be alternated. In
this way, the baby is gently prepared
for weaving. Again. in certain fam
lilies it may be necessary or advisable
for the mother to have certain
amount of freedom from her duty Of
nursing the baby. The mothers milk
will still provide certain elements
which baby's system demands, and
the bottle may be alternated with
breast-feeding, always with a doctor
advising as to the food in the bottle.
(To be continued)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-17
Twenty-Five Years Ago
From The Courier Files

tried the propelling power in a room
with the machine suspended. and the
wings work satisfactorily in changing
directions in connection with the rud
der. He thinks there's millions In
it, and that it's capacity to carry
passengers or freight will be only
limited by the size OF the gas bag, the
car, and the propelling power.
March 1S-John c.. Jordan returned
from the east yesterday and more new
goods will begin to pile into the mann
moth store pretty soon.
A new style bicycle, with two low
wheels, is coming into use. 1t makes
falling off more easy, and less danger
Gus. than the big wheels.
In Council Bluffs DRINKS who get a
ride in the patrol wagon are charged
60 cents more than when they walk
to Jail, by the police magistrate.
Mrs. Kate Crary's art tour lecture.
Paris and the Alps illustrated by $50
stereoptican views, will be given at
the Presbyterian church Tuesday even
ing March 10. This entertainment is
under the auspices Of the Ladies' So
ciety, and it is highly endorsed by the
press throughout the state.
March 19-s. G. GRUB Sherrod,
who has been away for some time,
celebrated his return by getting on a
razzle dazzle drunk, and into jail. The
new mayor charged him SASS for his
fun. and he is scrubbing the city hall
floors
The arrests made by the police in
1867 were 1.13O: in 1875, 1,275: in
1889. $50. Nothing could more clear
ly show the benefits of abolishine the
saloons. In 1867 there were AIS ar
rests for drunkenness: in 1878, 403:
in 1889 there We're only ,274, showing
a large reduction and less arrests for
that cause than have been made in
any year since 1891. When the new
city government tightens up on the
..holes in the wall" we may reasonably
expect that the arrests will be less in
number than for the past year.
March 2O-Street Commissioner
Smith is making the fills for approaches
to the new Mill street bridge. It
will take about 500 yards of dirt to do
the job
Mayor Epps had regular picnic in
the police court this morning. Four
tramps were sent down to pound rock
for eleven days each. One paid, two
went to the rock pile, and one proposed
to squeal and tell where he got his
booze. One man, for carrying con-
cealed weapons, was fined S. and
$4.S5 costs. He paid part and was
given time tO nav the balance
The arc lights were burned at the
new depot last night, and they made
everything from Court to Wapello
streets and all the yard nearly as light
as day. It is wonderful Improvement
over the lights at the old ramshackle
down below Union street
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sister Mrs. Nichols, and brother in law

sister Mrs. Nichols, and brother in law
J. G. Flatt and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Williamson Of
Lincoln township and Miss Mary Big
ham Of this city, went to Lucas yes
terday to attend the marriage of Mrs.
Williamson's sister Miss Agnes Ham
, ilton to Royal B. Osgood, of Des
Moines.
Miss Pearl Burchett went to Ottum-
wa yesterday for a brief visit with
friends. - f-.-..-.
Geo. M. Noble of Chicago came on
Tuesday for a visit with his brothers
Warren, Clint and Charles Noble War
r.H has been quite i'll and his condition
is but little improved.
Mrs. D. B. Cowles left yesterday for
Agency to attend the funeral of her
mother Mrs. /. E. Love, who passed
away on Monday at the home of her
son Conductor Lee Love in Brookfield
Mo. at the advanced age Of nearly 93
years.
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FLORis.

Allen Jon, has moved to the Ellis
Rhine farm. ."##
Joseph Waller Of Sherman Chapel
has moved to his farm on North Soap
that he bought of Mr.. Black.
Miss Sadie Wagner and Brother
Frank of Carbon were shoppers in OF
tumWa Saturday.
Joe ROUGH has gone to Colorado to
make his future home.
John Benge Of New Mexico has
moved to the farm vacated by Mr.
Kennedy near F'loris.
Jesse Candy shipped his household
goods last week to Colorado where he
has claim.
Aaron Post has moved to the ole
ROUGH farm. w.
Claude King and wife have moved to
the A. Garretson farm.
John Swinney Of near Carbon spent
Sunday with his son Jim and family in
OttumWa. s.a
w. H. Dyer made "a business trip to
OttumWa Saturday.. a,-...
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Obituary
Mrs. Barbara L. kitterman.

Mrs. Barbara l.. Kitterman, wife OF
George w. Kitterman, on North Van
Buren, street, died Sunday morning at
3:45 o'clock Death resulted from
heart trouble.
Mrs. Kitterman was born February
II, 1874, in Somerset, Pa, and came
to Wapello county while a small child.
She was married August 20, 1866, in
Dahlonega.
She is survived by her husband, one
son, w. c. Kitterman of Charlton, and
five daughters, Mrs. Rowena Parker,
Mrs. Lydia Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Hattie E.
Schmidt, and Miss Edna Kitterman of
this city, and Mrs. Lillian X. Lyon of
San Francisco. Z .-
Funeral services will be held Tues
day at noon from the residence, in
charge of Rev. c. A. Field, assisted by
Rev. B. F. Patt. Interment in Nc
Cormick cemetery, Highland Center.
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ALBA.

Frank Way of Lovilia was in Abba
on business yesterday.
Miss Grace Petite one of the kinder
garden teachers left for her home in
Atlantic last evening for an over Sun.
day visit
At the basketball game at the high
school gymnasium Thursday evening
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Pulaski to visit here, daughter, Mrs.
John Hull and family.
The Misses Helen Bell and Beryl
Lockman spent Friday night at Moul-
ton with Miss Lucille Zeigler.
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the Humeston team defeated the high
school faculty by score Of AZ to 20.
H. c. Roll and Geo. M. Grantur OF
Loyilia were Abba visitors yesterday
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-07-17
Children, Color Up This Picture to suit Yourself.

Copyright. 1914 by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
Long time ago, before the Indian
ball players went on the field to play,
the old men used to come to the camp
fire after dark and lift the lid of the
pot and drop something in to cook
And while the thing in the pot was
boiling, the little boys would crowd
up close to the old men and listen to
the story of the great race between
the rabbit and the terrapin-
It is very old story. and the old
men would tell it this way:
Now, you listen close to what the
pot sings when it begins to smoke.
Can't you hear it say Mi, mi, mi, mil!
Just like rabbit when he runs so
fast and so far that he cant go another
step and has to lie down?
Well, in those days, the rabbit
Dragged about how fast he could run
was always Dragging. Once the deer
tried to prove that he could beat the
rabbit, and fine pair Of horns was
offered by the Great Beaver as a prize
for the winner of the race: but the
rabbit cheated, and the deer got the
horns without running the race.
Well, the rabbit Dragged so much
about how fast he could run that he
made all the animals tired. And at
last the terrapin, who never did have
much to say, got up from his seat and
said that he could beat the rabbit
running. That made the rabbit laugh
so hard that finally he had to roll over
On the ground, and all he could say
was Mi, mi. mi, mi!'-just. like the
sound the pot is making now.
$50 the animals all sat down with
their heads close together and lis
tened while the rabbit and the terra
pin fixed up the plan for the race next
day.
They fixed 1t to run far across the
hills, then turn and r"u back to the
camp. And the rabbit laughed as he
went to bed in his house in the broom
grass down by the river. (Now, can
you hear how the thing in the pot is
chuckling?)
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-07-17

man among them realized that they had received
kilograms that were epoch-making
Everybody In the United States was quite pre-
pared to learn that the Langley airship when the
attempt to fly her October was made was
wrecked and the bold navigator OF the air almost
killed in his foolhardy attempt to emulate real
bird.
AS spectacle it was dramatic impressive.
The aeroplane taken from the houseboat
early in the morning, weather conditions being
ideal for the first time In weeks, and under the
direction of Mr.. Manly was assembled with the
greatest care.
The aeroplane poised on the turntable atop
the superstructure, fifty or sixty feet above the
Potomac, with open water on all sides, and a
vast stretch of unobstructed sailing area in three
directions, so that in the event of success the
aerodrome might have flown for miles. Had the
aeroplane been tested on level stretch of
ground, which would have been possible had 1t
been equipped with light bicycle wheels. that day
might very well have witnessed mans triumph
over gravity
The aeroplahe a beautiful thing, like some
great white bird poised there on the houseboat,
and waiting only the signal to spring into the
air. Its long white Penaud tail added to its bird
like appearance.
1t was about sixty feet in length, exclusive of
the tall with main body elliptical in shape to
which were attached the four spreading white
silken wings
Mr. Manly weighed but $50 pounds. He was
the highest man in the party. Moreover, he was
coinventor and for these reasons he claimed the
privilege and the honor of making the first flight
as pilot.
AS Mr. Manly climbed into his dizzy perch
and took his seat he looked down at the handful
of newspaper reporters who were gathered
around the houseboat and who, in addition to the
members of the Smithsonian staff and represen-
tatives of the army and navy, were the only wit
nesses, and smiled at them The reporters gave
him cheer
Manly started the motoc and braced himself
for the start
The aeroplane ready for its voyage, was held
in leash on the turntable by a powerful spring.
which, when released, would give it an initial
velocity of about thrty-hve feet per second. and
enable ii TO clear the superstructure. AS Mr..
Manly put his hand to the lever and set his Jaws
the spring was released.
There was a whirring noise increasing to a
roar as If thousand eagles were passing over
head 1t was 1920 o'clock p m when she start
ed The great birdlike thing flew swiftly over the
60-foot track of the launching apparatus passed
over the edge of the houseboat, and then some
thing happened,
Instead of soaring of into the air like the thing
of life she looked her beak dipped. and she shot
downward, plunging head first into the river only
80 yards from the houseboat The propellers
worked perfectly until the very last and one of
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-07-17
PUTTING Father In BAD.

That parents should exercise the
greatest care in speaking of family
secrets in the presence of little chill
dren was proved by the experience OF
North avenue resident recently.
The man in question was visiting
maiden aunt, who is extremely stout
and very sensitive about it.
A four-year-old bay who accompa-
MED his father looked very carefully
at the rotund form of his relative and
then inquired with a friendly smile:
Aunt Myrtle. you don't have 10
put ashes in the bed to keep from slip
ping out, do your
Then, when the man held up his
hands in CONSERVATION, the youngster
exclaimed:
There, papa, she says she doesn't
Youngstown Telegram.