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The Yale expositor., 1915-09-30
In Thousands
of Homes

early and certain relief is found
i, the ailments to which all are
subject ailments due to defective
or irregular action Of the stomach,
liver, kidneys or bowels-in the
most famous family remedy,
the world has ever known.
The Yale expositor., 1915-09-30
SLR4N1EHHhE5 7HATHzA0E ERE7U0NS Of
OHER S|OO PER ACRE
From "Michigan-the Land of Plenty

ICHIGAN is pre-eminently
a horticultural state. It's
many regions of soil
adapted to fruit-plant pro-
duction and the proximity
of these regions to large
bodies Of water and short |
The Yale expositor., 1915-09-30
BEEfgH4hhkES EfgH4hksS

are justly famous because they have
proved to be SO reliable as correctives
or preventives of the sufferings, dull
feelings and danger due to indigestion
or biliousness. If you will try them
to cleanse your system, purify your
blood, tone your stomach, stimulate
your liver and regulate your
bowels, you will know why SO
many rely on Beecham's Pills to
The Yale expositor., 1915-09-30
Small Fruits.

The profits from small fruits are
fully equal to those from tree fruits,
The Yale expositor., 1915-09-30
Michiean's Horticultural Rating.

Grapes vines II, ,O18.57s l2O 6s5, ,s97 1881
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-02
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
PAPE

Last mite l started to reed In bed
before went to sleep, reeding a book
called 20 Ghost Stories, and eetch
time red story l wood look er-
round the room and start to close the
book and then start to reed the next
ghost story to see If it was as scary
as the uthir wuns. witch eetch Of them
was, and aftir I had red of them I
closed the book and looked awl err
round and laened over and looked
undir the bed, thinking, G WIZ, I wish
had red those stories in day time
insted Of mite time.
And got UP to put the gas out, and
wen 1t was half way out looked awl
Ground the room agen and evvry-
thing looked funny and wen 1t WAS 8
quarters out | looked GROUND agen
and everything looked as If it was
going to jump out at me as soon as
the gas went awl the way out. So I
termed 1t up half way agen and went
to bed, leening over TO look undir-
neeth Of it evvry wunts in a vile, and
/ was pritty neer asleep and the door
opened and who was it but pop, say
Ing, Hello, thawt saw the lite bern
ing in your room, watts the big ideer.
Sir, sed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-02
SYNOD WILL MEET
AT CLINTON NEXT

Iowa City, Oct. 3d. Clinton was
designated as the next meeting place
Of the Lutheran synod of Iowa at the
closing business session of the synod
held here. The Women's Missionary
society of the synod elected the fol-
lowing officers at their final meeting:
President, Mrs. w. Luther Bright of
Newton; first vice president, Miss
Josephine Werner Of Cedar Rapids;
second vice president, Miss Annette
Bricker of Nevada; recording secre-
talv, Miss Vivian Kivita of Des
Moines; corresponding secretary,
MIS-. Fl. G. Vollmer of Burlington; his.
torian, hrs. Allen owen Of Iowa City.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-02
VETS MAY FIGHT
TO THE LAST DITCH
DRYs THINK LIQUOR FORCES
WILL OPPOSE ATTEMPT TO
ENFORCE NEW LAW.

Sioux City. Oct. so.-whils an
nolncement has been made by the
local liquor interests that no tight to
keep open after January will be
made here, the dry" forces sec in q
number of queer moves an intention
on the part of the VETS to Tight to
the last ditch the attempt to enforce
the mulct law repeal.
Attorneys here declared that the re-
peal OF the mulct law as performed
b. the last legislature is full Of holes
and leaves countless vulnerable points
o. attack. They point out that the re-
peal should have been made to be-
come effective in cities operating UNI
der petitions of consent at the time
the petitions expire, which In the case
of Sioux City would be In 1918. The
amendment to the mulct law, passed
in 1906. provided, it is claimed by the
"wets' here, that all petitions Of con.
sent should be permitted to run Ave
years from the time Of passage.
The liquor interests are expected to
fight the repeal on the ground that 1t
is confiscatory. Government licenses
are held here until July l next and
county permits have been issued to
extend past the first of the year. In
junction proceedings in both the state
, and federal courts are expected at this
point.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-02
|OREss $50 YEARS
OLD ON DISPLAY
ANCIENT GARMENT IN WINDOW
OF ALBA STORE FOR FALL
FESTIVAL SHOW.

Abba, Oct. s0-The fail festival 10
proving to be . success with big
crowds. The farmers had their pa.
rade Thursday and Friday the auto.
mobile parade was held with about q
hundred and fifty cars taking part
Several of the cars were prufusely
decorated. Today the United States
Marine band plays and all the school
children in Abba will parade. Tho
decision in regard to the best deco
rated window was awarded to the
Strasburger drygoods store. The
decorations consisted OF two models,
one dressed in the height of fashion
of today with the other dress Access
SORES, and the other was dressed In
a pink silk dress made In England 100
years ago. On that side OF the win
dow was an old spinning wheel. The
dress belonged to the mother Of the
late Dr. Clutch. The prize was $25.
The second prize was given to the
Golden Eagle Clothing Co. Their
window was of autumn leaves. In
the center of the window were two
rows of pumpkins representing SOL
dicrs with their little guns shooting
ing across ravine. They were given
the second prize Of $40. Ssi
The football game between Abba
and Corydon was failure for Abba,
the score being II to 0. 8
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-02
KICK
RESULTS FATALLY
12.YEAR-oLD BOY SUFFERS IN.
JURY WHILE Wrestling WITH
15-YEAR-oLD BOY.

Sigourney Oct. 30-A sad and
fatal accident occurred on Thursday
at what is known as the LATER school
two miles west of Sigourney, when
the minor son Of John Scott met with
an accident that cost him his life.
The accident occurred during the noon
hour while number of boys were
'scuffling and wrestling. In some man.
ner young Scott was kicked in the
temple by Charles Kerr, son OF Sam
ual Kerr. Young Scott was IL years
old while the Kerr boy was Is years
OLD. At the time nothing was thought
Of the accident and the boys con-
tinued their playing, but soon the
Scott boy was taken sick and by mid
night death claimed him. Both the
Scott and Kerr families are heart
b1 oxen over the sad accident.
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l say have you eny partickler rea
son for retiring with the lite berning
sed pop.
Yes, sir, sed.
Name 1t, sed pop.
Sir, sed.
State your reason, sed pop.
It makes the room more cheerful
1 Sod.
And do you insist avn the room be.
ing cheerful looking vile you slumbir
o no, that wont do, that's to thin, sed
pop.
II makes the room warmir, sed.
., see, sed pop, you put your win
dew all the way up to let the air In
and leeve the gas lit to make the
room warmir, very poor, very poor.
And he started to wawk over to tern
1t out, and sed, Don't tern 1t out, pop,
don't tern it out.
Wy not, sed pop, and sed, bin
reeding ghost stories
That's diffrent, sed pop. And he
went. out and I looked under the bed
about more times and then went
to sleep and in the morning wen l
woak up the lite was out, proving pop
must of came back agen and termed
1t out wen dident no it, being asleep.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-02

: silently urged her. then up the stair.
way leading to the now deserted ball
room on the third floor. In spite of
her lack Of enthusiasm Madge now be.
gan to feel spirit OF adventure taking
possession of her. The stiffness of the
dimly lighted ballroom was intensified
by the occasional sounds Of laughter
from far below. Her strong companion
grasped Madge's hands firmly but very
tenderly and as he bent over and look.
ed into her eyes he spoke to her In
voice that sounded familiar and at the
same time unlike any voice she had
ever heard.
Little ghost" said the voice, "rve
travelled far and fast to find you. and
because I've been kept away from you
SO long I'm selfish enough to steal you
away from all the other ghosts. DO
you carer" E1
DO l carer" repeated Madge, who
was strangely thrilled by the deep
voice and strangely uncertain whether
she had heard 1t before She lifted her
masked face until It almost touched
the masked face bending over her.
Something In the frm tightening OF the
hands that held hers made her want
to say she didn't care, but she answer.
ed nothing.
The big ghost released her hands,
and with one OF his own strong hands,
pulled the pillow slip over her head,
at the same time pulling . larger ono
from his own head, and Madgo looked
blushingly up into tho smiling face Of
Stanley Parker. He smoothed his
rumpled black hair and she sunoothed
her wavy. auburn hair. His brown
eyes laughed down into her hasel eye.
Then his two strong hands took both
of her slender hands, and In . voice
moro soft, moro deen more altogether,
wonderful than she had ever heard, hsl
said, @Madge, do you caro- - for mer'l
And this time Madge answersd
promptly, though almost insudfbly:
yes, Stanley, Oh, how l care!''
Long before he had finished telling
her how he came BY tho last train ana
dilapidated j1tney IN order to be WITH
her at Halloween midnight, or before
she had finished telling him she hAd
hoped that he would INTERNATIONALLY -
pear at the last minute, the sound 81
Laughing voices on the stairway reach
ed them. In voice Of friendly warn
ing, Mrs. Smith called. ''Oh, we're com
ing to rout the ghosts from the bail
room BY singing "Auid Lang syne..
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-02
The Measure of Offense
Preparedness Should Take Into Consideration the
Possibility That Defense Is Not the Only Contingency
G.
of Pan-Ge nsm".

When we consider matters Of de-
Tense which call for the preparation or
g military and naval force, we must
not forget that other nations Will D.
only too sure to remember that a
weapon of defense may also be USED
for offense. The Germans insisted for
many years that their army was a
purely defensive instrument, but 1t was
an extremely useful offensive instr'l
ment during the invasion of Belgium
and the dash upon Paris. The English
fleet was also purely defensive IN
strument, but its uses as an offensive
weapon were only too clearly demon
strated when it cleared the seas OF
German craft on the outbreak OF the
war. Other nations will Immediately
begin to ask whether our preparations
tor defense are likely to be used for
offerse.
There is also a question regarding
offense, for us to consider. The issue
between offense and defense Is a
simple one - the difference between
desirable things and Indispensable
things. We must defend ourselves
against the loss of what we cannot at.
ford to lose We must prepare often
sive strength if there are any things
which we feel it desirable to obtain
Defense is what we cannot get along
without offense is concerned with
what we should have. 1t raises the is
sue of our ambitions as a nation.
Surely it is not very wicked thing
to ask whether or not there are desir-
able things for US to obtain which
force might be needed to maintain af-
ter we get them. or to get them for
US, in the first place. People do not
seem to see that our ambitions as
well as our safety, our prosperity as
we'll as our existence, will not be am
ply satisfied by the things we cannot
do without. There are very few people
who would be willing to reduce their
personal belongings to those they can
not get along without; and we ought
to ask ourselves, as nation, whether
or not there are some things, winch
copyright, 1915, by the M
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-02
.WAPELLO co. LAUDED
FOR ROAD WORK

Centerville, Oct. 30-Reports from
those who have been over the G. K. &
G. highway from Centerville to Ottum-
wa the past few days are that Wa
pello county is proceeding to make a
:1ne county road from Blakesburg to
the county corners north of Unionville,
regardless of the fact that AppaHoose
county has not yet added the section
from Unionville to the corners to the
county system.
This road from Blakesburg to the
county line has the stakes set for
grading to uniform width, about Niir-
ty-three feet and in many places the
hills are to be graded to make all
grades easy ones. Also cement bridges
are being put in of permanent char
acter The Blakesburg Ottumwa road
mas been vastly improved in the last
few years till it is one Of the incest
roads to travel over that one tlnds
anywhere, while few years ago it
was one of the worst.
The people of the Bailey neighbor-
hood continue to do a great deal Of
work on the part Of the road through
Union township. The county engin-
GERS was out this week at their re-
quest and gave them grades for the
Ahee hill Improvement. Work will
probably be done on it yet this fall,
or if not, early in the spring. Much
work has been done across the bot
tom. The people interested in the
road have put in a pipe bridge that
it was estimated would cost $500 If
built by the county of concrete.
They preferred to get it in at their
own expense rather than wait until
tho cOl1nf1, roa chod IL
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finally grew impatient, and in q burst
of sarcasm demanded:
"Now, let it be supposed. sir, that
you were a captain In command OF In
fantry; that in your rear was an i'm
passable abyss; that on both sides Of
you there rose perpendicular rocks of
tremendous height; that In front OF
you lay the enemy, outnumbering you
ten to one. What, sir, in such an emer-
gency would you do?"
well, sir" replied the applicant for
military distinction, II should resign,
STR"
The most celebrated soprano of the
day was engaged in singing to the ac-
compartment of a famous orchestra
when Johnny and his family arrived in
the concert hall.
The small boy at once became inter-
ested in the gesticulations of the con-
ductor.
Mother, why Is that man shaking
the stick at the lady?' he asked
Hush, dear! he is not shaking the
stick at her"
Then what is she screaming for?"
asked Johnny.
II once dined at a house where the
hostess had no TACT" said minister.
Opposite me sat modest, quiet
man.
Suddenly he turned as red as a lob
ster and fell into a fit of confusion on
hearing his hostess say to her hus-
band:
How inattentive you are, Charlie.
You must look after Mr.. Blank better.
He's helping himself to everything"
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are not Indispensable, which would not
destroy us as nation If we did not
have them. but which might be still
desirable for our prosperity or happi-
ness.
Take for instance, our protectorate
over Cuba; that Is not indispensable.
Take the Philippines. They cost us
money. but the one stands for our
possession of the lions share of Cuba's
trade with the rest of the world, and
the other has usually stood for our
probable possession of privileges in
China, If any foreign powers were &C.
corded privileges. We shall get along
very well, so far as existence Is con-
cerned, without the trade of Cuba or Of
China, but we should undoubtedly lose
good many desirable things which
we can purchase as nation through
the profits Of the business with both
of these countries,
Now the maintenance of anything
which is not Indispensable is not, in
any true sense, defense; it is offense.
and we possess at present good many
islands and zones outside Of continent
tai United States which really Often
sive preparations will be needed TO re-
tain and which purely defensive pre-
'parations will not be sufficient to pre-
serve.
1t seems to be true that If we are
willing to defend ourselves merely
against loss of what we cannot get
along without, strictly interpreted, our
interests in the future will be meas
ured by the needs and ambitions of
other nations We shall be prepared
to extort from them merely those
things which we cannot dispense with
and We shall therefore have to leave
to them the possession of everything
desirable to us which their own inter
ests do not lead them to yield to us.
We must not adopt, therefore,
purely defensive attitude unless we
are willing to measure our interests by
those of others and accept contentedly
whatever the play of international
forces may allot to US.
ltional Editorial Service)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-02
Artificial Dhnples

hold, in some months you may have
acquired dimple. But you will
have to keep up the treatments, or
the tiny dent In the skin will dis
appear in day.
warm or hot water flrst, then the
pointed stick pressed to the spot
a Lencil with a pointed rubber ia bet.
ter, as 1t will not irritate the skin
the hot water softens the texture
of the skin, making It more impress
sionable and more apt to take" q
dimple. But a. the real thing ID q
muscular matter, 1t seems rather .
pity to induce 1t artificially. am
sure q dimpling smile would not be-
come the little lady whose face, she
said, was serious! Nor would 1t Inn
prove the two who seemed to BE-
slenderly built. Dimples 80 with
quick smiles and plump faos, they
suggest gaiety and animatdon-the
repose Of q serious face Is oftan far
more restful and appealing. And q
slender young girl can attain GER
tain etherealness Of expression
that far outclasses smiles and dim
pies, curly hair and . pink skin.
You will find. IL you study this
question OF beauty with care, that
the features and coloring nature
gave you harmonize better than any
combination you might prefer, ma
ture being wiser than yourself. in
most cases.
Questions and Answers
You sent . t,lenl Of mstne rscspe for
q bust devsloper. Nay hovs 4 alsof-
Charlotte II.
Reply-Yeur friend must have sent q
self addressed, stamped envelope II you
will do the same. shau b glad 70 send
you the recipe:
wake each Sss,rsnS ssieA vtois,e
headache, ,chsch leaves me after I have
been 4Dorking an hoAr or 20. sIeep soelJ,
and my health and dtgestioss seem good.
What soos1d yox adVSses-Postts
Reply-1 wonder II you sleep with all
the windows of the room open? II you
sleep long enough to rest the body and
brain. and II your health Is normal, you
should not have these headaches. Try
deep breathing exercises night and morn
IL as we'll
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back, featured the practice. On one
occasion Gross slid off tackle for a
sixty-yard chase to touchdown, willis
he. skirted the ends and ripped
through the line several times fol
long runs. berwick also ripped UP
the freshman line, while Captain Bar
ron at center continued to prove a
bulWark of strength.
The Hawkeye line showed up well
again and is displaying steady i'm
piovement The freshmen were un-
able to stop the terrific charging OF
the regular forwards.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-02
KNOXVILLE FORMS
COMMERCIAL CLUR

Knoxville, Oct. 30.-In spirited
meeting the business men organized
a commercial club and elected the
following officers: Ben Beach, presi-
dent; M. G. Bigelow, vice president;
DR.. ]. A. Clark, secretary; E. r. Jor-
dan, treasurer
The club will entend into the coun-
try surrounding Knoxville as the far
mers are to be admitted.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-02
IOWA is SHOWING
MUCH IMPROVEMENT

iowa City, Oct. 30.-The Hawkeyes
tusseled for almost an hour Friday af-
ternoon with the freshmen in scrim-
mage drill The varsity was on the
offensive Throughout and had no
trouble in registering seven touch
downs on the first-year eleven.
Sensational open field dashes by
Sammy Gross, star varsity quarter
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-02
TRAINS COLLIDE;
ENGINEER INJURED

Mason City, Oct. 30.-Engineer M.
C. McClain was seriously injured and
a number of freight cars wrecked
when Great Western passenger ran
into the rear end of freight train a
mile north Of here.
The passenger train was running at
full speed and could not slow down
to prevent the collision. McClain and
the fireman jumped. None of the pas
sengers were injured.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-02
pLAcE BIG FISH STOCK.

Iowa City, Oct. 3O.-Deputy Came
Warden Norman Muncy Of Iowa City
placed between 10000 and $4,000 fish.
from the bayous near Sabula, In the
Iowa river between the two dams In
and near town. The carload embrac-
ed bass, croppies, pickerel and perch.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-02

1t is said that the deficiency rev.
enue taxi has raised hundred mill
lion dollars. However, that is still
$77,OOO,O0O short of enough to meet
the excess Of $177,0O0,0 900 which the
last democratic congress appropriated,
more than any republican congress
appropriated. And this was done by
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-02

The Fairfield Ledger says: The
primary election law of Iowa has
practically doubled election expenses.
It cost the ninety-nine counties $685.
1901 to hold the primary of 1914 and
S163, 704.24 for the general election.
And what has the primary accom-
plished?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-02

Tie down the gate and other move
able things about the house. There
are still plenty of small boys who
know of no other way to observe
Halloween than by acts Of vandalism.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-02

The United Mine Workers Journal
remarks that: Men who mean no
harm are not necessarily harmless.
The master key to wisdom is Know
ledge of your ignorance.
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|Di ~ n e e
s t o. i g s.

A British army examiner had before
him a stupid candidate. The man prov
ing, apparently, unable to answer the
most simple questions, the examiner
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Ottumwa has had the name for a
long time of being the only city in the
state without new hotel. Now it is
going to have the honor of being the
city which has the newest hotel.
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JEFF SAYS:

The kids will have tough time
. Of 1t this Halloween cause the
police chief has pulled a good one
on them. He hez picked out
about twenty Of the leaders and
made 'em special officers for the
night. Tomorrow he'll hev the
names of the kids that destroy
property. Tie chief didn't ask me
to help him pick his ''kid cops"
but l see all about it on the front
rage tonight.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-02

One billion dollars laid side by side
would just circle the earth. 1t is a
billion and a half inches around the
world.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-02

r Asst week three young girls
wrote letters to me, asking
how they could make dimples
In their chins. Two were thin, and one
was serious minded-but each want.
cd dimple In the centre of her chin!
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-02

Well, dimples are easily enough
made, II one has the patience to sit
for half hour or so day, as the
model in the picture is sitting. hold
ing pointed stick or a lead-pencil
to the chin, to press In an artificial
dimple.
So, II your patience and your de-
sire for this special beauty mark
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the administration that was pledged
to economy.
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buy.

Ottumwa is growing. Property is
going to advance. Now is the time to
7>vyry
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protested m Tho Adams Newsp&esr ssrvioas
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Copyright 1915 by the NATIONAL Editorial servceo