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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-30
ELDON.

Roy Sawyers and Ray McHaney,
who are attending school at Ames are
visiting there parents, Dave McHaHey
and Dr. Sawyers and wife.
Mrs ]. C.. Robinson and daughter,
| Mary and Mrs. Fred Isbel have return
ed from Rochester, Mimi, where they
went for medical treatment for Mary
Isbel.
Mrs. Ralph Hollingsworth OF Ottum-
wa is in the city training Eldon high
school pupils for the declamatory con-
test which will take place some time
before Christmas.
Mrs. Harriet Snyder Of Fairfield
spent Thanksgiving at the J. Shinn's
residence. &
John Camblin received word today
of the death of his sister, Mrs. Jennie
Felma of Greeley, Colo, who visited
him about three weeks ago. She died
at the home of brother, Asbury Cam
bin in Kansas.
Misses Bessie and Reva Elder Of
Fairfield are here visiting their cousin
Miss Elizabeth Riegels.
George Payne of Washington is
here on business today,
Harry Pearson of Kansas City Is
here visiting at the parental j. G. Pear
son home.
Mrs. F. W. Pearson was called to
Fairfield today by the serious illness
of her father, Mr.. Workman.
Miss Trix Ware of Pennington visit
ed today with her cousin, Miss Vera
Pearson.
John Sharp, Jr., has been quite k
this week.
Miss Edna Doran who has been
working in Des Moines Is visiting at
home this week.
Miss Glen Downing of Des Moines
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. ]. 0. Murphy
this week.
Miss Marjorie Kerr returned home
this week from Peoria, ILL.,, where she
had been called by the death of an
uncle.
Bacon Armentrout was up town to-
day, being the second day out since
he had his hand mashed twenty-six
days ago. He is getting along fine.
Mrs. Chas. Shelter and Mrs: Elmer
Weber were in Ottumwa today.
Miss CARRIER of Fairfield is here visit
ing her sister, Mrs. ]. Walter Matlock.
Mrs. A. w. Hudler who has been
WISHING at tle MIS-. JdlAcS lIOLL uoluo
returned to her home in Battle Creek,
Michigan today.
Mr.. and Mrs. John McFadden enter.
tanned today at dinner Mr.. and Mrs.
George Mason; Mr.. and Mrs. Smith
Mason of Kansas; Mr.. and Mrs. Jim
Reardon, Mrs Adale McFadden and
Miss Cuba Pharigo of Ottumwa; Mr.
and Mrs. Weldy Ware and children OF
Douds-Leando.
Miss Elsie Hayden is doing Office
! work for Messrs. G. w. and K. G. Fin
ney.
Mrs. H. E. Ritz was in Ottumwa on
business today.
Miss Edna Vass, who is principal IN
the school at Maxwell Iowa arrived
home to spend Sunday with her par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. Rass Vass.
Willie Haywood entertained a crowd
of young folks at his home Friday
evening. The evening was spent in
playing rock, music and in converse.
tion Sumptuous refreshments were
served by the host. and decorations
were carried out in Thanksgiving
ideas.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-30
PEACE BODY WILL
CONVENE SHORTLY

Berne, Nov. 20. The executive
committee Of the international Orgon-
ization for Durable Peace will meet at
Berne shortly to make up program
for thes congress, which the American
members suggest should be held in
April. 1t is said here that the Ameri-
can delegation will include DR.. David
Starr Jordan, former president of
Stanford university; Prof. William
Hull and Prof. Batten. Contributions
toward the expenses of the congress
received thus far from American
sources amount to about $4,000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-30
FARMERS SONS IN
BIC CORN CONTEST
IOWA YOUTHS ARE EXPERTS
WHEN IT COMES TO RAISING
BANNER ACRES.

Ames, Nov. 29.--(SpeciaD-lo
farmers sons set the pace In corn
growing for their fathers in the acre
corn growing contest just closed un.
der the direction Of the agricultural
extension department of Iowa state
college. The forty winners got yields
in this unfavorable year ranging all
the way from 56.2 bushels per acre to
1901 bushels. The average yield for
the forty-one boys was 91.9 bushels;
that is not in field measured corn, but
in dry corn and every deduction made
for moisture and shrinkage,
II the fathers follow that pace,
Iowa will astonish the world with a
demonstration of the richness OF It's
soil and the intelligence of it's farm
ing methods. In 1914, which was
banner year in corn production, Iowa
| farmers grew an average of thirty-nine
bushels per acre on 9,324,300 acres OF
land in corn, giving total crop OF
| 1863, 689, 900 bushels. If the average
had been 91.9 bushels, the yield would
! have jumped to 856,903,17O bushels,
| which is much more than the two
great corn states of Iowa and Illinois
now produce. In 1914 the corn crop
| in Iowa was worth little more than
| $20O,OOO,O00, figuring it at fifty-fve
cents per bushel. The crop from
91.9 acre average would De worth
! $428,451 900. figured at only fifty cents.
or nearly $35O,OOO,0O0, figured at only
forty cents bushel.
1t might not be desirable to grow
so much of the one crop Of corn in
Iowa, but the contest has demonstrat-
ed what Iowa can do in corn growing.
If the same skill were turned to any
of the other crops suited to the state,
the results would be as extraordinary.
AS one Iowa State college man put it,
"The contest shows us that here in
Iowa we have merely scratched the
surface of our agricultural resources.
Another important fact makes the
record even more gratifying. These
large yields were secured in bad
year without resort to expensive fer
tilizers In some southern states
larger yields have occasionally been
secured in isolated cases, and much
advertised, but they we're not very
profitable yields for sometimes as
much as $50 worth of fertilizer was
applied to the acre to get the yield.
In Iowa farm manure only was used
in all of the acres grown in the con-
test The natural richness of Iowa's
soillwas merely giten fair chance to
assert itself. Good seed and careful
cultivation did the rest
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-30
EDDYVILLE.

Mrs. Eph Watkins spent Thursday
in Moravia visiting relatives.
Mrs. Mary Moore and daughter Mrs.
Bertha Tolan spent Thanksgiving with
relatives in Van Vert
Mrs. Ida Fisher went to Marshall
town Wednesday for visit with her
son and wife Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Fisher.
Mrs. NJ E. Bell has returned from an
extended visit with relatives In Chicago.
Mrs. James Blake and daughter
Lizzie returned Wednesday from Re-
public, Kansas. where they have been
visiting relatives the past six weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs Gid DOTS moved this
week from their farm to the beautiful
new bungalow which has just been
completed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Crjswell and
daughters of Oskaloosa were guests
Thursday at the home of Mrs. M. J.
Criswell.
At a regular meeting Of the M. w. A.
held on Tuesday evening, A. A. Mowry,
state lecturer for the Woodmen was
present and gave an excellent address.
Smoker and lunch was enjoyed after
the meeting.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-30
WEST POINT.

George Mehmert and Miss Anna
Stueckerpergen were united in mar
riage at ST. Johns church at Hough-
| ton November %. 1915. Rev. Father
!, Adam officiating. Bernard Meh-
inert brother of the groom and Miss
Gertrude Stueckerpuergen sister OF
the bride were the witnesses. After the
church services the bridal party re-
paired to the home of the brides
parents where reception was held and
which was attended by many relatives
and friends. The bride. Wore 81 rand
some gown Of white crepe meteor
trimmed in Irish lace. Her veil was
caught up with orange blossomes and
she carried book mark bouquet OF
orange blossoms. The bridesmaid wore
pretty gown of blue silk poplin and
carried pink roses and carnations. The
bride is the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jos. Stueckerjuergen Of Houghton. She
is young lady highly esteemed by all
who know her. The groom is the son
Of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mehmert He is
splendid young man, farmer by oc-
cupation. Both have many friends who
| join in wishing them a happy married
life. They will maket heir home on
what is known as the Lampe farm one
half mile north of st. Paul. r.
Rev. Father Grothe. the new priest Of
ST Mary's church, began taking the
census Tuesday. He will make house
to house visit Of the members of his
church. lie is also taking subscriptions
for the newly acquired high school
building
Chas. Timpe will hold public sale
on his farm, and Mr. .Timpe and fam
lily will move to West Point and occupy
the house recently vacated by Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Vonderhaar.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hunold,
Jr., near ST. Paul, Nov. 81. 1915. a
daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. William
Koeppler, Nov. %. daughter.
Dan King was an over Sunday Wis
itor with his sister, Mrs. N. X. Alder
dice at Burlington.
The Amity club was pleasantly enter
tanned at the home of Mrs. J. Nj. Pohl-
meyer Tuesday evening. Mrs. Henry
Boeding and Mrs. Jansen were awarded
the honors at progressive euchre. Re
freshments were served and all enjoy
ed a pleasant evening.
Miss Maggie Budka who has been
blind most Of her life, has crocheted a
handsome bed spread. She had the
same on display at the fair and 1t was
very much admired 1911
Mr.. and Mrs. Theo. Dingeman, ST.,
were pleasantly surprised at their
home near st. Paul Sunday evening.
The guests came with well filled bas-
kets and a splendid lunch was served.
The evening was spent in music and
games and the guests departed at
late hour having spent most ENJOY
able evening.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-30
DES MONIES OWES
DELINQUENT TAXES

Des Moines, Nov. 19.-Unless the
city of Des Moines can arrange mat
tiers with the county treasurer, city
property-including two of the larg
est parks in Des Moines-valued al
500 900 will be sold for delinquent
taxes.
The assessments against the prop
erty are for paving, sewers and curb
ing. The park department funds are
depleted and money for the assess
ments will not be available before
spring.
The city is endeavoring to satisfy
the county treasurer with an II. O
u" until next April.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-30
HILLSOBRO.

P. A. Blackboard left Friday morning
for an over Sunday visit in Oskaloosa
and Ottumwa
DR.. Howe has sold his residence
north OF the railroad to George Nucken-
burg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dee Bryson of Pekin
are the parents of a daughter, born
Sunday November 81.
L. w. Runyon purchase the Boley
property here in town at the sale here
Thursday.
Mrs. Paul Early returned Tuesday
from a visit in Oskaloosa.
D. NJ Boley bought the pasture land
of forty acres and Mrs. Lide Watson
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-30

county for sixty-three years and thir-
ty of these have been spent in Of
tumwa. She was, a member of the
Main street Methodist church.
The funeral services will be held
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the residence Of her daughter and at
$3.50 from the Willard Street Method
list church. Services will be conduct
ed by Rev. Charles Field and M. e.
Ruesch. Friends from the west end
and Main street churches are invited.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-30
Robert Riley Erase.

Robert Riley Erase died November
q at the Millers restaurant, sudden
death from natural causes at the age
of SO years. He was on his way to
his home in Sigourney from Mcbride,
Mich, when death occurred. He has
been a resident of Sigourney for the
past nineteen years and Is survived
by his wife and five children.
The remains were taken to Sigour.
ney this morning, where burial will
take place Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-30
Has MANY AFFECTIONS.

Plymouth, Nov. 29.-Mrs. Franz
Murray. we'll known here. is dead fol-
lowing an operation for abscess
Gangrene set in shortly before the day
set for Mrs Murray's removal from
the hospital and it was found neces.
sary to amputate her limb. Later
still a stroke Of paralysis made 1t I'm.
possible for the woman to swallow and
in spite of all that could be done 10Y
her she failed rapidly.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-30
MEXICAN TROOPS
TO SAVE AMERICANS

Washington, D. c., Nov. 29.-Two
regiments Of Mexican infantry are be.
ing hurried to the La Mochis district
and to Topolobampo, where Ameri.
cans have been reported threatened.
The native troops are expected to con.
troll the situation. Rear Admiral
Winslow on his flagship San Diego Is
his way there with marines.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-30
Newton 3. Van Cleave.

Newton B. Van Cleave passed away
Sunday at his home in Blakesburg at
the age of eighty-three years
He was born in Putnam county,
Ind May 10. 1882, and has been a
resident of Iowa and Monroe county
for the past GO years. He Is survived
by his wife, Hannah, Pauline Miller,
Eliza Van Cleaye, Cyrus o. Van
Cleave, Mrs. Rosa Wager, Charles
Van Cleave, John l.. Van Cleave, Mrs.
Della Wilson, Mrs Ella Angel and
Mrs. Herbert Warren.
The funeral will be held Tuesday
at 1920 o'clock at Urbana Center
and will be conducted by Aaron Pear
son. Interment will be made in Els
linger cemetery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-30
Bennett Templeton.

Mrs. G. F. Stevens, 525 Sheridan
avenue, has received word from her
niece. Mrs. Bennett Templeton OF
Ames that her husband, Bennett Tenn
pleton, is dead as the result of injur.
les received in an automobile accident
there few days ago. The funeral
was held Sunday but the Ottumwa rel
atives did not attend.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-30

the forty acres just east or the -. ~
Newbold property yesterday.
basketball game will be played
here Thursday afternoon between the
high school and Libertyyille.
Mrs. w. A. Lmutz and children OF
children of Fairfield visited relatives
here this week
John Farley of l. S. c. is home for
1,icit
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-30
Mrs. Mary j. Marty.

Mrs Mary ]. Marty, wife Of Henry
Marty, died Sunday evening at 6:55
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Matte Joseph, 326 South Ransom
street, at the age of 6S. She is sur
vived by her husband and one daugh-
ter, Mrs Matte Joseph, of this city.
She has been a resident in Wapello
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-30
Obituary
Crede Bailey.

Crede Bailey, a former resident of
Ottumwa, was buried in Des Moines
Sunday Death resulted from tuber-
culosis of the spine The decedent
was son of Scott Bailey, a well
known colored resident of Ottumwa
several years ago.
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DRAIN TILE
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Tri- Weekly Courier
CHANGING ADDRESSES.

Subscribers wishing their ADDRESS
changed will pisa give the name OF
the postoffice to which the paper mas
been sent as well as the postoffice
where they desire 1t to be changed to.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11

logothefe was 6 prehistoric animal
or some kind of fossil.
Reference 10 lexicons, however TO.
rea)ed night away that the logothotes
were not persons afflicted with hook.
worm. They were auditors of ac-
counts" "chsncellors" or "chan.
cellors % the Patriarch Of Constan.
tinople' during the Byzantine EN-.
pire.
Prof Paul Shorey. OF the Uniyer.
sity Of Chicago, threw some light on
the significance OF Rooseyelt's
thrust. He said:
"The use OF the term by the OK.
presidenr~ " syr
not G.. IA In IA,
I has 1 99sed to- express a mere
rhetoric man Of words rather
than &C.
Comp Of modern condi
tions with ahose OF the Byzantine
empire ~ generally made to express
a dowrwars~srsnd. The Byzantine
rule of C/ 'tinople IL assumed
TO have be. ak and degenerate.
although hist ~ differ ~ 10 facts
On which this D. sumption IL based"
Philadelphia Ppslic Ledger,
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
BE DEMOCRATIC
BY H. ADDINGToN BRUCE.


Words and phrases often are used
without any clear understanding OF
their meaning. The word demo
cratic" IL notoriously thus used.
There are many people who pride
themselves on being democratic
when actually they are nothing Of
the sort. In many cases they might
far more justly be described as au-
tocratic.
Really to be democratic II is not
enough TO believe theoretically in
the fitness Of men TO govern them
selves in a self.organized commun-
ity. There must be a living, fer
vent conviction of the essential kin
ship of all men.
Your true democrat regards all
mon as his brothers. He recog-
nizes. of course. thai men are diff
ferently conditioned by force OF
heredity. environmeu. ara training.
But he holds himself in nowise SUI
perior or inferior to others on that
account.
What he is and what they are Is
wholly the result Of good or bad
circumstance. Good circumstance
may have made him prosperous
merchant. Bad circumstance may
have kept his neighbor around the
corner a poorly paid clerk.
He may-indeed he should-thank
God that he has been favored by
circumstance. He should thank God
for the qualities inherited from his
ancestors. for the favoring training
hc received in his youth. for the
stimulating environment In which
he was reared.
Buff he be truly democratic
he will not on this account look
down on the clerk. into whose life
some retarding influence has come.
he may pity the clerk, he certainly
will not despise him.
And. just because he recognizes
beneath the accidents Of circum-
stance the essential kinship OF him
self and his less fortunate neighbor,
he will regard him fraternally.
He will try in imagination to put
himself in his neighbor's place. He
will sympathize with him In his
hopes, his fears. bis ambitions, his
defeats, his sorrows. And. by his
attitude toward his neighbor. as
we'll as 10y his vote, he will try to
make the world better place for
all men.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11

Friend. is your democracy of this
brand?
DO you really feel your kinship
with your fellow-men?
Do YOU fiatter yourself on some
fancied superiority, or do you frank.
ly recognize that in the sight OF
God all other men are precisely on
the same footing as you?
II this is not your sort OF democ.
racy, beg OF you to try tc make it
yours without delay. Never was the
world in greater need Of the true
democratic spirit than IT is right
now.
Look at the hell across the At.
lantic. Carnage. murder, rapine,
oceans OF tears, horrors uDspeakab bic
all because n false philosophy OF
life. perDicious doctrine OF per
sonal superiority. has driven men
like sheep TO the slaughter.
Cultivate true democracy. Prac.
tice it in your owh life Preach II
TO your friends. For through the
extension of the democratic point Of
view. and only thus. can the poets
glorious vision be realized:
It'll the war-drum ;hrobbed no
longer, and the battle flags were
furled in the parliamen, Of man, the
federation OF the world"
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11

One She Will Not Change

A wedding ring of platinum costs lour 'irueS
as much as ring of gold.
Russia produces 80 per cent OF the world
supply of platinum and since the war has re
stricted the export OF this noble" metal from
Russia, the price has advanced considerably in
this country.
While platinum is the most popular and ex-
pensive of settings for gems woman proves
very conservative about her wedding ring.
She likes. and will have the same kind OF a
plain gold circlet which preceding generations
of brides have fancied
In a time when the percentage Of divorces
10 marriages is constantly increasing. and when
femnsts often refuse to put on the wedding
ring at ALL it is a comfort TO note that all the
Just average" little brides continue TO honor
the marriage traditions they are ,enshrined
in this most ancient emblem OF matrimony
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
A Battle At Sea

The death throes OF great bat
tleship are vividly descriOcd by T..
Ashmead-Bartlet', who was aboard
the Swiftsure with the British feet
In the Dardaneiies when the Ger.
man submarines appeared and sent
two torpcdoeS into the Triumph
last May. lie writes in the Lon.
don Telegraph:
We were at lunch in the ward
room when "A signalman entered
with his cap IN his hand and went
UP 10 the commander. saying: Beg
pardon. sir, the Triumph Is listing.
This news came as n thunderbolt
and everyone rushed up on the
quarter deck. The news was true.
The Triumph seemed TO be strGg
Cling against some horrid invisible
monster which was dragging II
slowly over. Elsewhere things re-
mained the same. our guns were
bombarding the Turkish positions
and theirs were leisUrely respond
ing. on Gaba Tepe you could sec
the other warship3 keeping their
customary stations. while all around
US at the entrance 10 the straits
lay our transports and warships and
those of the French. The thought
involuntarily occurred, Whose turn
will come next
I'VE watched the dying struggle
OF the Triumph In silence. Then.
suddenly, she seemed to grow weary
Of the hopeless fight against the un.
seen forces and exactly eight min
utes after being struck she gave a
final roll and turned upside down.
For half an hour we watched her
floating bottom upwards, and then
suddenly she gave a final plunge
and disappeared beneath tho waves
amidst boiling surf and clouds OF
steam"
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11

Who's behind the Stevens bill?"
2. That the Stevens bill will pre-
vent seasonal sales.
This is conclusively answered in
the enclosed reprints from the Dry
Goods Economist and the Editor and
Publisher.
3. That the Stevens bill will pro
hibit cash discounts.
The Stevens bill permits cash or
any other discounts which are made
uniform to the trade and give equal
treatment TO all buyers.
4. That the Stevens bill Is un-
constitutional on the ground that IL
is class legislation.
The Stevens bill is permissive
not mandatory; its privileges are
open to all manufacturers and dis
tribntors alike. In it's passage con-
gress will merely exercise its con-
stitutional power TO regulate COM
merce between the states: II will
be specific declaration of public
policy which must. under the con-
NAiAbAAohs kpfNlH the supreme COuTt
in it's interpretations of existing law
3 That the Stevens bill Is intend
ed for use on all merchandise.
The language OF the bill specifi-
cally restricts its privileges to trade
marked branded products: its sole
purpose. as plainly indicated by its
language, is TO deprive dishonest
advertisers, who do not possess or
who are not content to rely on their
own good will and reputation. of the
power TO use standard articles OF es-
tablished worth and stable value.
which the consumer calls for by
name. as bait" TO lure and deceive
the public and to injur2 and destroy
smaller competitors
We believe your sense OF fair play
will prompt you TO give these en-
closures your careful attention.
AM. FAIR TRADE LEAGUE.
EDMOND A. WHITTIER, Sec.
New York, Dec. Q. 1915.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
Pointed Paragraphs
What can't be cured should be
insured

What can't be cured should be
insured.
II Is harder to save a penny than
II is to earn Il.
IL you have occasion to criticize
a mule. do II TO his face.
An ignorant wise man is less dan.
gerous than an educated fool.
An ignorant man is usually igno-
rant Of the fact that he is ignorant.
Poets are born-therefore their
ancestors should be held responsi.
BILE.
Some women speak much 10 n
mans heart and nothing to his
mind
Few of the wives who drive their
husbands TO drink have to use
whips.
A good dinner may transform a
bitter memory into a pleasant for.
gettery.
When a man isn't willing TO prac-
tice what he breaches. 4 is time to
quit preaching
The man who can accurately de-
scribe woman's dress made a mis-
take in not being born dress
maker
The look OF intelligence assumed
by young lawyer as he tackles
his first case is apt TO cause the
presiding judge TO lose confidence
in himself.