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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13
ARRIVES JUST IN TIME.

Clarinda, Feb. 1O-Only the timely
and fortunate arrival at home Of Tom
johnson, of this city, prevented the
gether with his mother-iE-l~ all Of
whom he found lying about the floors
of the rooms of their home in deathlike
attitudes when he reached home for
his dinner. All six had every appear
ance of having met death and were ly.
ing in all sorts of attitudes just as they
had dropped unconscious from the
fumes of gas.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13
HAS NlNErIErH BIRTHDAY.

Washington, February 10.-Mrs,
lydia Kimball celebrated her ninetieth
birthday anniversary recently at the
home of her son, DR.. c. B. Kimball. In
spite of her advanced years, Mrs. Kim.
ball retains all her faculties to re.
markable degree, is keenly interested
in all current news and Is an ardent
reader of the newspapers, from poll,
tics to sports. Her health is excellent
and the rigors of the present winter
have not prevented her usual outdoor
exercises.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13
MAY REFUSE CLAIMS.

Cedar Rapids, Feb. 1870 many set
Elements for personal injury cases
have been made by the city council
and the claims for damages are coming
so much faster since these settlements
were made, that the city council is on
the point of refusing to make any more
settlements at all. At the Monday
morning meeting Mayor Roth threw
one of the claims to the far end OF
the table and said: Tell them to take
II to the district court and the supreme
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13
DEDICATE NEW SCHOOL.

Storm Lake, Feb. 10.--In the town OF
Truesdale, with population of 100
five miles from this city, handsome
new consolidated school was dedicated
last week with an appropriate cere-
mony. President R. D. Ecklin of
Buena Vista college and Prof. R. Nc
Kitrick of Cedar Falls delivered ad-
dresses The school was erected at a
cost of $4,000, is built of brick with
assembly rooms, equipped with domes-
tic science, agricultural and manual
training departments.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13
CLAIMS END TO WAR.

Des Moines, Feb. 10.-Europe's war
is slated to end in May, according TO
Arthur G. Mestraud, university grad
uate, auto salesman and at one time
reporter on French newspaper, for
which he reported the shooting of Cal.
metto, editor Of the Figaro, by Madame
Caillaux, wife of the minister of fin.
ance. He spoke at the Chamber OF
Commerce at this weeks, meeting.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13
For Exchange

FOR EXCHANGE-NICE ROOM
cottage in Ottumwa for farm i'm
Elements or live stock. See Ralph T..
McElroy Main street, second stair
way west of Ottumwa National bank.
Both phones.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13
FORBIDS MISSIONARY
TO GO TO. MEXICO

Keosauqua, Feb. 10.-Miss Alice
Cheney returned to her home here
Monday evening with the instruction
to prepare to start for Mexico Satur-
day where she is under appointment
as missionary, but Tuesday morn.
ing message from Bishop Mcconnell
of the NJ e. church positively forbids
any women as yet to enter the work
in Mexico as the conditions render 1T
unsafe for them.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13
cloTHING STORE ROBBED.

Oxford Junction, Feb. 1O.--The cloth.
ing store Of Peckosh Bros, at Oxford
Junction was broken into during the
night and ten suits of clothes, an over
coat, a number Of overalls, neckties,
caps, gloves, three suit cases and some
jewelry were taken. A pane Of glass
was removed from the back door and
it Is believed that one of the thieves
entered in this way and let the others
in through the front door
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13

GUS years because of the fact that i've
stock aggregating $4,000 In value was
sold from the farm within the last
thirty days. In other respects the IN
voice made practically the usual total.
Horses, cattle and hogs make up the
largest item in the inventory, amount
ing to several thousand dollars. One
interesting feature is the large amount
Of canned fruit, including 2,1OO quarts,
valued at $315.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13
First Steamboat ON Upper
Mississippi
Passed the Iowa Country In Spring Of 1929

May in the year 1928 was an important month IN
THE
Iowa accessible only and
of the channel IN the
Rapids reached
PASSED for steamboat the Virginia. vessel
hundred twenty-five feet wde"
saws Mr. the January number of he Iowa
History Historical
Society of Berami former judge in the kingdom of
ths feat Of the bolde
extraordinary nature"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13

ENDORSEMENTS
improved farms, unimproved tracts.
Locate you on a homestead or sell
you a REIMBURSEMENT. Land first
class. Improved farms $40 to $25 per
acre. Common average 80 bushels
wheat per acre. Good market town
close. Dutton Realty Co., Dutton,
Mont
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13
IOWA FALLS TO PAVE.

Iowa Falls, Feb. 10-Recent develop
ments indicate that the progress made
by this city each year, for several
years past, will not be halted during
1915, and the city council has just tax
en- preliminary steps to add several
blocks of paving to the improvements
already made along this line. At least
a dozen or more blocks of paving will
be laid.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13
IOWA WOMAN TO AFRICA.

Greene. Feb 8.--Dr. Alice Thomas
has sailed from New York to England,
and from there will proceed to Free
town, on the west coast of Africa
where she will enter the hospital on a
two years contract. Miss Thomas
was reared in Greene, and is grad
uate of medical college, and enters
upon her work as a medical mission
airy.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13
WEEKLY SHORT COURSE.

Ames, Feb. 10.-Iowa's weekly news
paper men are to have short course
ali their own at Iowa State college,
March IS, 10 and 20. This special
"chool," the first Of it's kind to be held
anywhere, was authorized by the state
board Of education at its recent Des
Moines meeting, when the project was
presented by President r. A. Pearson.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13
AMEs HAS POLICE TROUBLE.

Ames, Feb. 10.-The city police
force of Ames, which consists solely
of Marshal William Ricketts,, is hav-
ing some trouble. He is defendant
to charge of assault filed before a
justice of the peace by Gus Martin, a
local clothier. The marshal says the
merchant called him liar and he slap
ped his face for it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13
WIFE AND HUBBY FILE SUITS.

}, Waterloo, Feb. 1U.-AlmOst stimuli.
taneously divorce petitions have been
filed by James S. Hall and Goldie Hall.
Each asks legal separation on allega-
tons of cruelty and each seeks the
custody of two minor children. Meth
er was aware that the other was going
to file. The couple was welded in
Ringold county in 1906 and the resi-
dence here has been since last March.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13
AcRlcuLruRisTs AS WRITER'S.

AGRICULTURlSTS AS WRITER'S.
Ames, Feb. 10.-Hereafter the coun-
tv agricultural advisers are to have to
write farm news stories for the edi-
tors in their counties, and to help them
out in the duties of their new editorial
task the Ames department, of journal
ism is preparing special course In
journalism.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13
INVOICE COUNTY HOME.

Washington, Feb. 1O.-Washington
county possesses in chattels of various
kinds at the county home the sum OF
$7,151, according to the invoice made
by the board of supervisors. The in
voice is somewhat smaller than previ-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13
NEW MINISTER ARRIVES.

Iowa City, Feb. 10.-Rev. Frank R.
Mclean, the newly called pastor of
Mcclellan Heights United Presbyterian
church has conducted the services and
preached to two good-sized audiences.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13
Farm Property For Sale

FINE FARM FOR SALE-2s8 ACRES
fine black soil with clay subsoil. 80
acres timber, balance tillable. Lays
nice and level. Well fenced Az miles
from county seat. Good road, good
6 room house. good barn 30x70, &C.
ment floor. Other buildings good.
Well Of living water. Spring in cattle
pasture, also in hog pasture. Electric
line for. light and power passing
farm. Price $125 per acre. Write to
Theo Doebbert, Preston, MINI.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13

KULPs 242 STRAIN ROSE COMB
Brown Leghorn cockerels. 81 each.
100 eggs $3.50: Is, 81. Mrs. M. n.
Smith, Packwood, Ia, r. z.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13

FOR sALE-wHITE PLYMOUTH
Rock cockerels, pure bred. 81 sacn'
Farm raised. Mrs. Chas. GILBERT
Douds-Leandc, Iowa, r. 2.
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ENGINEERS MEETAr AMEs.

ENGINEERS q WE n NWES.
Ames, Feb. 10-President r. A. Pear
son of Ames is appointing committees
to prepare foR> the entertainment Of
delegates to the annual meeting of the
Society for the Promotion of Engineer
ing Education, which is to be held at
Iowa State college, June % to Is.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13

FOR SALE-s0 ACRES UNIMPROv-
ed farm, one mile Of city limits of
Ottumwa; 40 acres in orchard. Will
accept $1,500 as cash payment and
will carry balance on place. See
Ralph T. McElroy, above Cullen's
store, Main street.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13
COURIER WANT ADS RESULTS. oNEHALF CENT
PER WORD EACH INSERTION
For Sale or Trade

FOR SALE OR WILL EXCHANGE
for stock of goods, small farm or in
come property, $50 acre farm. E. c.
Sloan, Abba, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13
Eggs and Poultry

rf,R sALE-SINGLE COMB BROWN
Leghorn cockerels. Prices reasonable
Mrs, Monroe Marts, r. No. 2, Ottum-
wa Phone 1100-U.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13
Tom Brown
Live Stock AuCiiOncer
c10 Vine St. Ottumwa, Iowa.
New Phone 2029-Y.

court after that if necessary, and fight
1t out for few years before we pay
them cent"
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WE CAN PLACE YOUR MONEY ON
first farm mortgages at a good rate
of interest. You should call in and
see me about this matter. Ralph T.
McElroy above Cullen's Store, Sec
ond stairway west Of Ottumwa Ma
tional Bank Bldg.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13

FOR SALE OR TRADE YEAR OLD
jack. VIII sell or trade for young
horses. Also some high grade Short
horn bulls. M. NJ Dickens, Hedrick
r. r. No. l.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13

SPAN RLOCKY MARES 4 AND .
years old, both in foal, weight about
1900 Phones Agency and Eloon
Farmer. A. w. Pollock, Agency, II. q.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13

roR sALE-A YOUNG BOURBON
Red Tom. Price SO. Mrs. john PROUD
r. 5. New phone 851-R.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13

FOR sALE-FOUR GOOD PoLAn y; =
China boars, March 1914 farroW; Bls
\ type, at $25 each. Geo. E. McGre"'
Selma, Iowa.
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For Rent - Farm Property

FOR RENT-GOOD 200 ACRE FARM
one mile from good town.
Write Box 81, Cantril, Iowa.
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For Sale

FOR sALE-1oo BU. GERMAN m iasts
let seed, 81 per blu while w ,aI b.,
Cane seed that will grow, - PCT n
Ennis Sterner, Batavia, d. ~
No l..
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13

gEop sALE-NICE- CLEAN PLU MP
clover seed. c. D. Giltner, OttumW wa
Iowa. r. NO. I. New phone as4-"
also Highland phone
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13

~ THE SALE OF SIMON OVER
+nrffs three miles east, one mile e
north of Selma. on Feb: II, VIII r sen
Ten head Of pedigreed Big Type Pol
and China sows and gifts. bred Tor TOT
Anr,l farrow. No disease; given the
serum treatment. Geo. E. McGre"'
Selma Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13
Money to Loan

MONEY TO LOAN ON ~ We MeTll
farm mortgages. See Ralpn !. l 49,.
row above Cullen's store No ionai
stairway west Of Ottum"a 1'''
Bank. Both phones.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-13
Female Help Wanted

~ .NrED-YoUR OLD CARPETS ~
wa" rasre int rugs, beautiful and dura p,s
pu ,ane from old carpet at rea ss1s1on
n nrgs Write for descriptive ea.a ae's
Pgloomffeid Rug Works. h'oo'nNe''
q Iowa. -----.---
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MONEY TO LOAN ON FIRST r 49,
mortgages at the lowest rate y, loan,
est, See me before making So S,,,en,s
Ralph =. McEiT roy, @ nhones.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-25

Finance all a
But above all tn diplomat tn details counhry
army and
How Notifications an min ben prepaared
be tn
That's where tn diplomat change his
loike private detective evidence
False whsk change dark lantern always
"Whin his spy
system an he uses annythin he can
He have sind his
that she will ond informa
a tn victim.
informa home
through tn hands Bull post
a regular rural post office
him carry little note
plaster between his shoulder blades
"Thinkin merely friendly howdedo
peeled oke
tn mail boz glued his
shoulder blades An that tn authorities
tender in =
But whin they hm
Th little cOmpmints plan
make axe America look oike labor day celebration
shops were be closed f lack hands
stroke till III ind " -
1T didn't take long fr oud yer Uncle
sam what Tome lad Dumba have
comm an tn plants wokn.
Yer Uncle Sam calls Dumba
enough wan Delegates widou
umba grieved lie strokes particularly in
plants was tn last thing IN world
native land That's what woryn him. ~
That they made wild
whole they undher III sfther that look
He simply III ex muniton maker
VIM PACK VISIT IN relatives in Austria that
hazard labor in prison rr tb' ~ ~ ~ "
other ' - '" p''" :"
h1t WAS all he ,s WAS dom simply nan
He did not" said Grosan. red lin
How faar?" asked Casey
tn - ~ ' '' '"i nsu''h on
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-25
How to Avoid Insanity
s~ n. ApolNoToN BRUCE,
Author of The Riddle OF Personality.
Psychology and Parenthood, ETC.

rhare are many people laboring under the un-
happy delusion that because their tather Oh
grandfather or great-grandfather was insane tney
are doomed soon or later TO become insane
themselves.
such people are greatly in error. For the fact
Is that insanity is seldom. If ever. directly In
heritable disease. Al most, what Is inherited Is
a diathesis, or liability, 10 become insane Wv
DER CERTAIN AvOIDABLE CONDITIONS.
II the man having insanity in his family MIS-
tory avoids these conditions he may confidently
look forward 10 escaping the fate OF his lnsan
lily afflicted ancestors.
Such is the comforting belief held today py
experts who have made lifelong study OF the
insanity problem.
These experts have also established pretty
definitely the conditions which are TO be avoided
and the mode OF life that. should De ADOPTED py
descendants OF the insane.
First and foremost. temperance in all things
must be their motto. They must be temperate
even in their emotions.
Any tendency TO extreme emotionality-to the
giving way 10 feelings of undue citation or de-
pression-must be eliminated by rigorous train
ing in emotional control.
For with their psychopathic constitutions.
such tendency might gradually become alb
normal, passing over into manicdepressive, mel
ancholic, paranoiac or some other FORM or IN
sanity.
Consequently they. far more than other men,
need to cultivate habits of calmness, self posses
sion. and selfrestraint.
Avoiding excuses of all sorts, they must be
particularly careful to avoid sexual dissipation
and excessive indulgence in alcoholic liquors.
The best authorities agreed that alcohol
is responsible for more insanity than is any
other single cause Of mental breakdown. II Is
questionable in fact, whether any man having
faint of ancestral insanity ought to drink ntox
icants at all.
Constituted as he Is. he will always be in
greater danger than other men of acquiring an
alcoholic habit, and thereby endangering his
sanity as well as his physical health
AS to sexual dissipation. this Is to be avoided
for two reasons.
In the first place, il involves serious waste
of nerve force. And in the second place. IL In
wolves the risk of contracting a germ disease
syphilis-which is known TO be a direct cause
of insanity in persons predisposed by heredity
10 mental disorder.
Finally. the man with insanity in his family
history ought TO keep in as good shape physical
iy as he possibly can. Syphilis Is not the only
germ disease liable TO cause insanity in the pre-
disposed, and the better mans physical condi
ton the more likely he will be to escape in
sanity should he contract any misunderstanding
germ disease.
All of which means that those whose progeni-
tors have included some insane persons must
lead an unusually circumspect life. But surely
the reward OF exemption from the family fate
is sufficient recompense for the caution, moder-
alton. and selfdenial that must be continually
exercised.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-25
{zl@esSSsss.e r.
In Discussion Of Diplomats Here and There and Mar
teuiar Regard to Mr.. Dumba.
nv TOM MAY.

AAY GROGAN" said tn loke tn
- jawed
- Dye Jinnns pitchers" asked Casey
ad n Wash has bin
That's him. said Casey What's bin dom caused all tn
Well said Gosan - get undhirstandn what he's bin
dom We must first understand what supposed do
I'VE know that whin friendly reis
atoms wild other He's what
they calls diplomat because Teddy called
short
repertoire maxim his
Ask tn ordnaary II
whn they attinded OF a probe
"Ye fr n
bring about complica
They an'
hostess is that tn albno Kamscachka
Congo.
"Ye always ambassador
he always medals his tn
schutzen
That's whin he's dom things
body -
But there another soide
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-25
Our Underpdid Consuls

The consular officer thought--and
very properly so--that this demand
on the part Of the employees OF the
government to which he was &C
credited was really IN the nature of
n holdup. But he was very prompt
ly told that II he refused to make a
present to the policeman on duty at
the municipal hall, lis messengers
would be kept waiting for hours at
a time and public business would
necessarily suffer. He was told that
the men In charge Of the local
prison expected remembrance ard
IL IL was not forthcoming. serious OBJ
stacles would be encountered when
ever the consulate had business at
the place; and the same was true
of many other places. So he paid
for Christmas presents out OF his
private purse and then wrote a dis.
patch to the state department ask.
ing to the reimbursed, tasing his re.
quest upon the argument that he
had paid this money for a service
that benefited only the government.
After a sufIicient interval he was in
formed that while the department
appreciated what he had done. IL
was unable to pass the account and
reimburse him.--W. T.. Aughln-
baugh In Leslie's.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-25
Pointed Paragraphs

Suspicious are often worse than
facts.
And every SUNDAY is decoration
day with the fair sex.
Nothing flatters fool so much
as asking his advice.
Every man knows worse of him.
self than he knows OF otncr men.
A good cook should be at the head
Of every provisional government.
A man Is apt to feel girlish when
he Is making his maiden speech.
The girl with the biggest patri.
mony has the best chance Tor matri-
mony.
But man soon forgets his faults
when they are known only TO him
self.
The only blustcrer from which a
brave nan will take blow is from
the wind
Instead OF waiting for rich un-
Gle 10 die go and take lessons of
the Industrious ant
The girl who doesn't use slang
may be more attractive than the
one who does, but she is less nu.
merous.
Any man has right TO consider
himself n gifted orator who can get
people to stay In a room and listen
TO him talk for two hours II the
door isn't locked.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-25

Since President Cleveland hrst
took the consular service out OF pol
itics and refused TO make 1t a har-
Dor for political dcrelicts, 1t has
shown a steady Improvement In per-
sonnet under most adverse condi-
lions. It's increased efficiency today
Is recognized throughout the world
OF commerce. and yet much remains
to be done In the way OF improve
ments. A great deal that has been
accomplished Is the result OF the
earnest labor of the men in the ser
vice who have used their own funds
freely to reflect credit upon the
United States.
The pay OF consuls lie inadequate
and badly distributed. The salary
schedule needs an immediate read
justment. The cost Of living. which
varies greatly In different parts OF
the world. Is not taken into consider
alton in fixing salaries and often the
salaries are inadequate to meet the
cost of the bare necessities OF life.
Then. too, the unofficisl and unex-
pected demands on the consuls
purse vary with time and place.
When the war in Europe broke out
the governments OF many countries
increased the pay OF their repre-
scntatives. Consular >ofYicers. how
ever. Of the United States had TO
DRAG along. meeting increased prices
and unusual expenses out OF their
personal funds. The government OF
the richest country In the world was
unable TO assist them. The appro-
priatiors which are annually made
for the support of the consular ser.
vice, as I have said. are SO thorough
Iy Inadequate to meet changed con-
ditions and are so restricted by de-
cisions OF the comptrollers that Oft
enfimes many cases Of direct ipjus-
tice arise which the state depart
mcnt IA unable TO rectify.
This illustration perhaps proves
the case better than any other
might mention, although | know q
thousand: A consular ofYlcer took
his post In q large European coun-
try a few weeks before Christmas.
The day before the holiday he was
told by hir vice consul that the Gus.
tom OF the country was to mako GER
tain gifts TO those who had business
relations with the consulate. The
matter vss carefully investigated.