davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-27

cards was in great demand by the
summer boarders, and on Helen's ad'
vice he made speciality OF cards to
supply the constant demand
Then school closed and Helen pre-.
pared to return to her home in dis
tant town.
She babe farewell to her new-found
friends with some regret, but there
kissed the Peterby babies goodbye
and strained Busters chubby form to
her breast.
"You will not return in the fall?"
asked Mr.. Peterby, regarding her with
grave, inscrutable eyes.
Helen shook her head
II have had such an excellent offer
to teach in my home town that |
cannot refuse it, she said gently.
I'VE shall miss you, Miss Smith"
81 shall miss all of you, Mr.. Peter
by"
And that was their goodbye.
The summer passed. Helen re.
ceived several picture postals from
Buster, written laboriously and
couched so dramatically that she
was forced to believe they had been
dictated by his father.
The next winter was rather dull
one, although 1t was spent at home
among her own people. A postcard
came in January stating that the baby
was two years DID, and Buster added
that he hated the new teacher.
When another summer came around
Helen locked the schoolroom door
with visible relief. 1t was the dullest
school year she had ever experienced
and she had always believed that she
loved her work.
Her homeward way led along a
pleasant river path; it was the same
river that flowed through Greenville.
and Helen leaned over the railing Of
the bridge and Watched its liquid
flow with dreamy eyes.
She did not see the dimpling river.
Strange to say, she saw a big young
man caring for four little children
with all the tenderness of woman -
of the woman who had been compelled
to leave him alone. Helen's heart
beat faster for the recollection.
A step sounded on the bridge and
she looked up to see the young man
of her dreams, or-could this young
man, well dressed in blue serge. with
irreproachable linen and blue tie, be
the disheveled youth wha had washed
baby garments in the Peterby kitchen?
1t was, beyond all doubt.
He swung off his hat and held out
his big, capable hands to engulf her
own trembling fingers.
Girl need you he said chok-
ingly. 1--WE thought of you every
dav for months all, Helen, we all
need your love-
And Helen, needing his, went
straight to his arms.
Helen's friends said that there
wasn't any excuse for such at at
tractive girl as Helen Smith to marry
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-27
~ LEE PAPE

bruthir startid to yell, It's going away
it's going away. And he kepp avn
yelling and making sutch noize that
ma CAIN out to the frunt doar to see
wat was the mattir, saying, Watts the
mattir, Ferdinand, wat are you making
sutch a dredfill noize about.
Benny told me to let go of my bal
loon and 1t wood KUN back and it amt
kuming back, Benny told me to do it,
Benny told me to do it, yelled Skinny
Martins kid bruthir.
l did not, I sed. WITCH l dident, awl
sed beeing, Sure it will.
Well you sat thare and let him do it,
enyhow, sed ma, and now you'll eethir
get that balloon for him or Ill take a
dime out of yure bank and get him
anuthir wun with it.
Aw, G, ma, sed, and ma sed, No aw
G about it, you herd wat I sed.
And startid to run aftir the balloon
and Pubs and Sid and Skinny Martins
kid bruthir startid to run aftir me,
and we ran about blocks and the bal
loon went up over roof and stayed
thare, and rang the bell of the house
and asked the lady if Good go up avn
her roof and get it and the lady sed,
Wun Of you can go up, but not awl 4
of you. And went up and the balloon
was avn the roof agenst the chiminy,
and took it down and gave 1t back to
Skinny Martins kid bruthir, saying,
Now aftir this you keep awf of our
frunt steps.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-27

Me and Pubs Simkins and Sid Hunt
were setting avn my frunt steps to-
day, tawking about diffrent things but
nuthing speshil, and Skinny Martins
littel kid bruthir cain alawng holding
toy balloon avn the end of a string,
and wat did he do but set rite down
avn the steps with us as if he was
invited
Sum kids has got nerve, awl rite,
seds Pubs Simkins.
Maybe they amt, sed Sid Hunt.
Wat do you Wunt, / sed.
I'm watching for Skinny, sed Skinny
Martins kid bruthir. And he kepp
avn setting thare making his balloon
go up and down by pulling the string
and aftir a vile Pubs Simkins sed to
him, Let go Of the string, wy don't you,
and the balloon will go way up in the
air and you'll have fun watching 1t.
wunt this balloon, sed Skinny Mar
tins kid bruthir.
Well, it will kun rite down, sed Sid
Hunt, go avn. leeve 60 Of the string,
you'll get it agen, watts you afrayed OF,
it will KUN rite down agen as soon as
it gets up high enuff, wont it, Benny.
Sure it will, sed. And Skinny Mar
tins kid bruthir left go of the string
and the balloon went rite up in the air
as if sumthing was pushing it frum
undirneeth, ony insted of going strate
up it went the direckshin the wind
was blowing, and Skinny Martins kid
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-27
METHODISTS BUY HOME
FOR PARSONAGE

Fairfield, March 25-The members
of the congregations Of the Methodist
Episcopal churches which comprise
the Fairfield circuit have united in
purchasing parsonage home for their
pastor and have secured most desir-
able property on East Broadway in
Fairfield.
The property purchased by them is a
portion of the late Clarke Van Nos
trand estate and Is situated the second
door east Of the First Christian church
and the first door east of the parson-
age of that church. The considera-
ton was $1,000, the heirs making a
very reasonable price on the place
owing to the fact that it was wanted
for a parsonage home.
Rev. Carson, the present pastor of
the churches in the Fairfield circuit Is
we'll pleased that his congregations
should use so much thought for pas
tors comfort and convenience as the
home will be appreciated very much
by him as we'll as pastors who will
follow
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-27
TO found SCHOOL
FOR IOWA MOTHERS
CORRESPONDENCE METHOD is
PROPOSED AS A MEANS OF
GIVING TRAINING.

! Iowa City, March ga correspond
ence school for mothers. Why moi?
That Is one feature of the child well
fare plan behind which are the club
women of Iowa and which the Iowa
legislature turned down. The cores
pondence school might be established
in connection with the university, any
way. ...
One Of the most prominent club
women of the state said recently:
Il received dozens of letters from
all over the country asking questions
that indicate the ignorance Of the
average girls on the subject of baby
! raising.
This ignorance is not confined to
the uneducated but it is met among
college graduates. Many of these
women who could pass creditable ex-
amihations in the so-called arts and
sciences are all at sea when it comes
to a question of what constitutes a
proper diet for yearold baby.
1--WE are not going to progress very
far in the better baby work until the
mothers are provided with instruc.
no better way to give them this in
StTuCIlOu tnd1 10 prONlue LneSe CUT
respondence schools. The time will
come when the feeding Of the hu-
man animal will be taught in the
public schools, which is the place for
these lessons to begin but we are not
quite educated up to that and be.
sides that would not help the present
mother who must get her education
in her home while she does the work
and tends the baby, so it must come
to the home"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-27
REBEKAHS MEET
At FAIRFIELD
MEMBERS AND DELEGATES FROM
FlFTY.FIRST DISTRICT IN
SESSION.

Fairfield. March 25.-The member:
Of Fairfield Rebekah lodge No.. SO OF
this city are hostesses to the twelfth
annual convention of the fifty-first
Rebekah district of Iowa today in their
hall on the south side of the square.
The program is as follows
10 a. m.-Call to order by the presi
dent of No. SO.
Opening ode.
Prayer by district chaplain.
Reading of minutes of last conven
ton.
Selecting meeting place for 1915
convention.
Election of officers.
Dinner. l..
1870 p. m.-Called to order
Address of welcome-Mrs. Mary
Mullinix of No. SO, district president
Responses by delegates from Hawk
eye No. 1856 of Fairfield; No AL Ba-
tavia, and No. 81 of Libertyville.
Music--Member of Hawkeye No. 1856
Reading-Member of Batavia No
Paper-Member Hawkeye No. 1856.
Music-Member Batavia No. AL.
Paper-Member Of Fairfield No. So
Proving visitor on enthusiastically
president.
Question box conducted by assembly
president.
Supper. -
7p. m.-Call to order
Usual opening exercises.
Music by member Of Libertyville
NJ. 81.
Reading by a mem Der of Fairfield
No. SO.
disqualification of ritual by staff OF
Mt Pleasant lodge.
Address by assembly president.
The members Of the Staff Of the Mt.
Pleasant lodge are special guests of
the convention and large delegations
are here from the lodges in the dis
trict.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-27
OT7UMWA NURSE
IS A CANDIDATE
MISS BLANCHE BOWKER UP FOR
TREASURER OF l. S. A. OF r.
N. AT ANNUAL MEETING.

Iowa City, March 25.-Ottumwa will
be we'll represented at the coming
joint convention of the Iowa State
Association Of Registered Nurses and
the Iowa League of Nursing Educa.
ton, which will be held here April
|27-29. Among the contributors to the
programs will be the association presi
dent, Miss Martha Cakes of Daven
port. 's. -
President T. H. Macbride will deliv.
er the address of welcome and Mrs.
Macbride will tender a reception to
all delegates Wednesday afternoon,
April 20.
The nominating committee has
named the candidates for the various
offices to be elected at the convention.
The nominees are as follows:
President-Ann J. Jones. Des
Moines; Luella Bristol. Fairfield
First vice president-Mrs. Ida c.
Neff, Waterloo; Mrs. Caroline K. Seer.
ley, Burlington.
Second vice president--Jennie John.
son and Helen Peterson, both Of
Sioux City.
Treasurer-Agnes Swift, Washing
ton; Blanche Bowker, Ottumwa.
Auditor-Katherine Mccarthy Du-
buque; Laura Rose, Eeone.
Recording secretarc-Sophia Pot
geiter, Iowa City; Gyda Bates, Cedar
Rapids.
Corresponding secretary - Ada
Reitz, Iowa City; Florence Mcdaniel,
Atalissa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-27
Less than 10 inch
10 to 20 inches

Report OF weather and precipitation
in Iowa for February, 1915, by DR..
Chappell, head of Government Bureau
at Des Moines, condensed is as fol-
lows:
The month was characterized by
warm, wet and cloudy weather. 1t was
the warmest February since 1882;
the wettest since statewide observa-
tons began in 1890 and there was
more cloudiness than in any other
February since 1892. The month was
also characterized by one of the
worst and most damaging sleet
storms of record. The storm began
on January 31st and continued until
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-27

mo, indeed he answered Yo;,
see | run about in the snow SO Tuc1
and when you are running you dor
get cold. 1t is only sitting still tla.
makes you chilly"
| Well, Neddie pulled Beckie or n
road to school, and the hot brick un-
der the blankets kept her feet paw
as warm as could be. Then, all Of &
sudden, as the two bear children Wore
passing an old. tumble-down STUMP
house they heard sad voice inside
crying:
"Oh how cold | am, How shr-
er! Oh. ! wonder if I shall ever be
warm again.
Whats that" said Beckie
Sounds like some one who is cold
Neddie answered. Tn going to
! look"
"Oh, DON'T exclaimed Reckie.
| Maybe it's a"
Il don't care who it is. if they're
cold they need to be made warm
said Neddie, who was as warm as
hot water bottle from running through
the snow. The little bear boy went
up to the broken window of the hollow
stump house and looked in. And
there he saw poor old hoptoad lady
sitting in rocking chair, in bare
and cherries room, shivering as hard
as she could shiver.
ooh, how cold am" cried the hop
toad lady.
"Why don't you build a fire and get
warm?' asked Neddie.
"Ha! Why don't I? Yes." she cried
There is no coal in the house and no
| wood and no matches. How can |
make fire? And nothing to eat.
Oh, how SILVER"
| Poor thing!' cried Beckie, who
was on the sled made warm by the
hot brick 1--WE must help her, Ned
die. Take my warm brick. That will
! stop her from shivering until we can
60 get help for her, and bring in wood
and coal and matches and some food
That's right" cried the little bear
| boy. "The hot brick will be just the
thing"
All wrapped up in warm blankets
as it was he brought it in, and put it
under the chair of the poor hoptoad
lady. Almost at once she stopped
shivering.
ooh, how good it is to be warm on
cold winter day. she said, and then
she fell asleep.
And while she slept near the hot
brick that was almost as good as
stove, Neddie and Beckie ran on to
school and told the lady mouse teach
| er. And the lady mouse sent the rat
| janitor to the poor hoptoad lady, with
coal and wood and matches.
The rat janitor built fire in the
stove and then he bought some gro
ceries and good things to eat for the
shivery hoptoad lady. Only she wasn't
shivery any more, for the fire warmed
her.
| Then Neddie took back his hos
brick and warmed it in the school fire,
| to put at Beckie's feet when he pulled
J her home in the afternoon And after
that the poor hoptoad lady was never
cold or hungry, for the other animals
looked after her, when they heard
what Neddie and Beckie had done.
| So you see, hot brick is very
good thing in winter, and in the next
story I'm going to tell you about
Beckie's button dress, and If the cook
puts some chocolate on the cake OF
J soap the bath tub will have party
for the talcum powder.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-27
BELLE PLANE is
GIVEN CITY PARK

Belle PLANE, March 25.-Messrs. J.
H. Irwin and J. E. Graf presented our
city with tract of land for park in
the south part Of the city, only two
blocks south of Twelfth street, be-
tween Ninth and Tenth streets and
Tenth and Eleventh avenues. The
Ladies' Federated clubs will make a
systematic canvas of the town to raise
funds to buy more land to add to what
has already been given. They will set
out as many trees as they can this
year and keep adding from year to
year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-27
Children s EDening S1ory

Come on, Beckie!' called little
Neddie Stubtail, the boy cub bear, tc
his sister one morning. Come on
and I'll pull you to school on my
sled.'
ooh, will you. really?' asked Beckie
How nice! Then l won't have tc
walk in the snow and get my fee,
paws cold"
1T is very good of you to pull your
little sister to school, said Mrs. Stub
tail. And here is cookie for each
of you for recess"
Soon Neddie and Beckie were on thei1
way to school, Beckie sitting on Ned
dies sled, all warmly wrapped up in a
blanket, while Neddie put the rope Of
the sled around his neck. and under
his front paws, making believe he was
"a horse.
Over the snow, through the woods
and across the fields went the little
boy bear, giving his sister nice coast.
ing ride.
How do you like it, Becker" he
asked her. when they reached the hol
low stump school where the lady
mouse teacher taught the animal chill
dren their lessons.
"Oh, it was just lovely said Beckie
sticking out her red tongue to bite a
snowflake lollypop that had fallen
down out Of the sky. only my feet
paws are little cold" she said.
"Ill wrap up you better coming
home this afternoon, Neddie promised
But though the little boy bear did
put an extra blanket, which the lady
mouse teacher loaned him, around
Beckie's feet paws, she was still cold
on the way home from school.
"Why, hello!" cried Uncle Wiggily
Longears, the rabbit gentleman, as
Neddie, pulling Beckie on his sled,
went past the hollow stump bungalow
where Mr.. Longears lived. "Beckie Is
having a fine ride, declare. Do you
like it," he asked of the little bear
girl.
Very much,' she said, "only my
feet get cold"
"Ha. Ones feet often get cold when
sleigh-riding, said the old rabbit gen.
tleman.
isn't there any way to stop that
from happenings" asked Beckie, who
was curious sort of bear cub--that
is, she always wanted to know things
such as why raisins got inside cake
and the like of that.
ooh, yes, it is easy to keep your feet
warm when sleigh-riding, spoke
Uncle Wiggily, as he took off his tall
hat and made low bow to Aunt Let
tie, the goat lady, who was passing.
How do you do it?' asked Neddie.
Keep your feet warm, mean"
why, you take brick or piece of
stone," said the rabbit gentleman,
land heat it in the oven, just before
you go sleigh-riding. Then, when you
start out, you put the hot brick, we'll
wrapped up in an old blanket on the
floor of the sled, near where your feet
will be- And, no matter how cold 1T
is, your feet-paws will be as warm as
toast, from the hot brick"
We'll try that tomorrow" said
Neddie to his sister.
And the next morning, before it was
time to go to school, Neddie heated a
brick in the oven of the bear cave
stove And when he put the brick u1-
der the covers of the sled on which
Beckie sat, sch exclaimed:
"Oh, how nice and warm my feet
paws are. Now I shall enjoy the ride
to school. But don't your feet get
cold, Neddie?"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-27
so to 40 inches

Feb. z. 1t was very destructive to
trees, telegraph and telephone wires
and poles, especially over the central
and northeastern parts Of the state.
Another storm Of considerable sever
ity occurred on the night of the 22nd.
1t was attended by one Of the wettest
SHOWS ever experienced in Iowa. By
daybreak on the 23d there was from
three to six inches Of snow on the
ground and it was nearly saturated
with water.
The average precipitation for the
state, III stations reporting, was 2.93
inches, or 1.SS inches more than the
normal. BY sections the averages
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-27
TREE FALLS AND
KILLS DENNIS HOBBS

Sigourney. March 25.-Information
was received here on Wednesday Of
the accidental killing of Dennis Hobbs
near South English Mr.. Hobbs was
cutting down a tree north OF South
English which fell on him crushing
out his life.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-27
More than 40 inchsl

were as follows: Northern, 1923 inch
es, or 1888 inches more than the nor
NAL; Central, $40 inches. or 100
inches more than the normal; South.
ern, 2.41 inches, or los inches more
than the normal The average snow.
fall for the state was 9.4 inches. or
20 inches in excess of the normal.
The greatest amount $50 inches, 90.
Cured at Charles City, and there
was none at Bloomfield. Measurable
precipitation occurred on an average
Of 9 days, or 2 more than ever before
recorded in February and more than
the average.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-27
IOWA FREE OF PLAGUE.

Clinton. March 25.-Iowa is now free
from all cases of the hoof and mouth
disease, according to DR.. Myers, feder-
al veterinarian, who is in Clinton. The
quarantine is still on in some parts of
Clinton county and in other places in
the state, but this is merely precau-
ton and it is expected that it will be
lifted all over the state soon.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-27

ern and Southern deal in which the
short line was involved, was begun to.
day in the district court
Enid Shaw is daughter of former
Governor and Secretary Of the Treas
ury Leslie M. Shaw, who is said to
have sunk small fortune in the A. N.
& S. road in an attempt to float bonds
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-27
MISS ENID SHAW is
PARTY IN LAW SUIT

Council Bluffs, March 25.-The trial
of the suit of Enid Shaw against Aug
ust Dammrow, receiver Of the Iowa
and Omaha Short Line railroad, seek.
ing to recover funds put into the road
in connection with the Atlantic North
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-27
MANNING MEN IN FREAK BET.

NannIHS, MATCH Zo.-I WU HIeH Te
Gently made a freak bet in Manning.
One of them Is a business man and
the other a farmer. In case the allies
capture the Dardanelles the farmer
will preach sermon, but If they fail
to do so it will be up to the Manning
merchant to deliver the sermon
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-27

in the east and in England to rehabi!-
itate the line which had been the bone
of contention between the two big in
terests which are fighting for control
of Iowa in the district covered by the
Atlantic road
The case is expected to occupy much
! of the present week
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-27

poor widower with four children -
but Helen and her husband, in their
flower-wreathed and glad little home
think there was all the excuse in the
world
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-27
Evening Story
WITHOUT EXCUSE.
BY Grace kerrigan.

Copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-08-27
APPLES TO Be high.

Winchester, Va, Aug. 21.-
Reports indicate excellent
prices for Virginia apples this
year." declared State Commits.
sioner of Agriculture George w.
* ner yesterday.
Mr.. Koiner is an apple grower
of many years experience, hav'
ing a fue orchard in Augusta
county.
The principal reason for good
prices" he continued, lis the
short apple crop in many other
states, the smallest yield in the
last five years. In the orchard
lands of Virginia, apples are now
selling at $3.50 a barrel on the
trees, and they are bringing 81
in the markets. l think it is
safe to predict that apples Of
good quality will sell al Christ
mas time as high IS SIS barrel. ;
Frederick county, of which
Winchester is the seat, has 70,
several years produced no less
than one fourth of the entire an
pie crop of Virginia and more
than the two states of Oregon
and WASHINGTON combined.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-08-27

Winchester, Va, Aug. o.
William Brown was arrested here
last night suspected of murder
Jag his father, John w. Brown,
Frederick county farmer, whose
body was found yesterday after
noon BY party of young neu in
mountainous section of Fred
erick. While being questioned
in Jail today he is said to have
broken down and confessed.
The youth told the authorities
many details of the shooting and
declared, it is said, that he would
have more to reveal at the trial.
1t IS known that the elder Brown
and his wife, formerly Miss Mat.
tie Eaton, Capon Bridge, w. Va,
did not live together peacefully,
anil neighbors declare Brown
ordered her away two months
ago. This was resented by his
son and others Of the family.
The youth made several trips;
to Capon Bridge to see his moth
err, and she returned to her home
Thursday. Relatives and neigh
bors had made inquiries concern.
ing the whereabouts of the l.us-
band. who had been ms ing
since August 9, but no trace of
him was found until yesterday,
when his body was discovered.
Young Brown told the police
that he and his father were sew
eral hundred yards away from
the house on August 9, when he
fired a shotgun at his father,
who fell to the ground. He saio
he then fired a second shot. One
OF the bullets entered the stom-
ach and the other penetrated the
heart. -
The boy said he dragged the
body short distance. rolled it
into ditch near the creek. dug
some earth with a shovel he had
previously secreted near by and
covered it with dirt and leaves.
He threw the shotgun and shovel
away.
When found the body was
p'-'iy exposed, water from the
TX, which had risen during
the recent rains, having washed
the earth away.