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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-27
HILLsBoRo.

Mr.. and Mrs Ernest Guthrie OF Ben
tonspGrt visited at the Guthrie home
here Sunday. They will soon leave for
their new home in southern Oklahoma.
Mrs Lizzie Thomas was very SICK
last week but is little better at this
time.
Mrs Mary Watson entertained
number Of relatives at dinner Sunday
in honor Of her mother Mrs. Priestly's
8Sth birthday.
A large crowd attended the enter
tainment given by Miss Davault for the
Mems club Friday Her rendition OF
polly Of the Circus" was excellent.
The mems meeting held Sunday aft
ernoon was we'll attended.
The Methodist young people have or
ganized an Epworth league to meet at
$50 Sunday evening
Mrs. r. A. Graves was q visitor in
Ottumwa last week.
Rev. Wilcox of Des Moines preached
at the Baptist church here Sunday
morning and evening little over 500
was raised toward paying off the debt
on the recent improvements.
Mrs Grace Campbell Of Bloomfield
came over Thursday for visit with
her sister Mrs. r. L. Morrison.
J. w. Blackford is visiting his
daughter Mrs. Effie 3. Smith near
West Branch.
The St Louis Trio will give the next
entertainment for the Mems club on
March 2.
The Missionary society will serve a
Washington supper Saturday evening
Feb. 20.
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WONDERS OF OUR AGE.

The world makes such rapid STRIDES
in sciences and mechanics that great
inventions are source OF wonder only
for a day and the next they are IN
common use with few people pauslng
to think of the stride they mark IN the
worlds progress. Things that Wouio
have been considered Impossible
few decades ago are realities today
and the busy world takes little notice
az the wonders that surround 1t in It's
every day life.
Take away a few of the necessarles
of today-the telegraph, the. wireless,
electric lights, gas, railroads, automo.
biles furnaces and other products OF
the last hundred years and the world
would sit up in wonder and amaze
ment that people hundred years ago
really thought living worth while. Yet
people of today look upon these things
as more accessories to life, and MOTH
ing 70 he wondered at or especially
thankful for.
Yesterday saw an accomplishment
which heralds still another wonder
that doubtless will excite curiosity for
a day and be accepted in another. 1t
was none other than the delivering of
an ADDRESS ny SPOoiNSA "A.S ~ -
thousand miles away from his audi
ence. Frank l.. Mulholland, interna-
tional president of the Rotary clubs,
snt in his office at Toledo. Ohio, and
talked over 100 miles of wire for i've
minutes to a joint meeting of the At
lanta and Rome Rotary clubs at At
lanta. Ga. Mulholland heard himself
introduced to his audience, heard their
applause and then he talked to the
Rotarians for five minutes, an arrange
ment on the phone at Atlanta enabl-
ing his audience to hear him quite
plainly. $1,000,
The wonderful possibilities indlcat-
ed BY this accomplishment can scarce
he realized. Doubtless before many
years, presidential candidate Will be
able to sit in his Office during an even
ing and talk to score of audiences
hundreds and maybe thousands OF
miles apart. And maybe the other can.
didates will be cut in on the line and
the audience will be able to hear
Joint debate in which the principals
may be at opposite sides of the coun.
try. And think Of the thousands OF
other uses to which the phone can be
put.
Surely we live in an age of progress.
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CEDAR r. NO. 1

Ray Carrot and Miss Halle Moore
we're united in marriage at the par
sonage by the minister Of the M. n.
church at Cedar Wednesday, Febru-
airy IL. The beautiful ring ceremony
was used and was witnessed by the
immediate relatives of the bride and
groom. After the ceremony luncheon
was served to the wedding party by
the minister's wife. The bride was at
tired in a royal blue travelling suit
and they left Immediately on we'd
ding tour to Sioux Fall. s. D., and will
stop at other points. The bride Is the
second daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. j..
l.. Moore and has lived in this vicinity
all her life and is most popular and
charming young woman. She at.
tended the Eddyville high school and
has many friends in the vicinity and
will be greatly missed by them. The
groom is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Seigle Grant and is a most popular
and Industrious young man OF sterling
worth and good habits. They will be
at home to their many friends on q
farm near Cedar.
Pearl Poe and Myrtle Brown were
united in marriage by Justice OF the
Peace LaFollette of Oskaloosa Mon
day, February 8. The bride is the
eldest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. W..
j. Brown and has lived In this
vicinity all her life and Is very popu-
lar among her friends. The groom Is
the son of Mrs. w. H. Poe and al
though having lived in this vicinity
but short time is a most Industrious
and estimable young man and num-
bers his friends by his acquaintances.
These young people have the best
wishes of their many friends.
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HIT e MAN

/ Born, Tuesday February Is, 1915,
to Mr.. and Mrs. George Mayors, q
daughter
Miss Winnie Williams has been on
the sick list the last week.
Ben Davies, Mrs. Croweder, and
daughter, Of Charlton, were visiting at
the Noah Davis home last Sunday.
Ben Brown of Charlton was in Hite-
man last Wednesday.
| Mr.. and Mrs. James Spencer and
son Wayne spent the week end in
Lucas.
Mr.. and Mrs Wick Stark OF Avery
visited Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Noah Davis.
! The infant child Of Mr.. and Mrs. Art
Higgins died last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Plaster of Oska-
loosa came Friday to attend the
funeral Of Mrs. Plaster's uncle.
Thursday.
Mrs. Dave Reese of Hooking is
spending the week end with friends
and relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Humphrey Reese Of
Des Moines was in town over Sunday.
! Mrs. James Baxtor Is visiting with
her daughter, Mrs. Dick Samules.
Born, Saturday, February 20, 1915,
! to Mr.. and Mrs. John Oneel, a
daughter.
Pin Baxtor of Charlton spent Sun
day in Hiteman.
Mr.. and Mrs Joe E. Davis Of Chair.
ton attended the Ellis funeral here
Sunday.
Born, Monday morning, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Gus Colson, of Ward, a daughter
The Kings Sons entertained the
Kings Daughters at a banquet on Sat
urday evening.
Robert Zimmerman of Charlton
taking his little girl back home with
him. She has been visiting her grand.
mother and aunts.
Mrs. Margaret Torrance was in Avery
1.-The last of the week
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. H. Ribbing spent
Sunday with friends and relatives in
Des Monies.
| Miss Ethel Deskins of Columbia
Iowa, spent Sunday at home.
J. L. Baxter and daughter, Edith, OF
Madrid, Iowa, are visiting relatives in
/ Hiteman.
Miss Edith Cameron of Everist,
! Iowa, visited her parents here Satur.
! day and Sunday.
Ithel Thomas Of Reynolds, Ill.,, was
[ the guest of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
~. C. Thomas, last week.
| s. A. Corey is enjoying visit from
/! his father, who resides at Fairfield.
Iowa.
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Press Comment
The Tariff is Off.


The awful tariff now is off-no long
er need the poor man cough, as form
erly he had to do-so we have heard
the long years through-for tariff on
his daily bread, the hat he wears upon
his head, the coat he bears upon his
back, his shoes, his shirt; Alas! Alack!
The boys who used to weep out loud
because our cradle and our shroud, our
food, our raiment and our drink, by
tariff had been made to shrink. are
silent as the forge and loom With
business upon the bum, they seem to
have been stricken dumb. For when
we gave the Freedom New to foreign
ers our work to do, they seemed to
think it very nice, but stuck us for the
same old price. The forge and furnace
ceased to roar, they hung Grape on the
factory door, which quickly cleared
the sky of smoke and put ones over
coat in soak. The patent fact we
learned once more as we have often
learned befOre-yOu cannot buy
cheaper coat unless the makers made
the goat, the man from home must get
the boot, while coolies in one-piece
suit are busy at the princely pay of
seven cents or less day, the gold with
which the bill we pay, goes far abroad
and goes to stay. And when you give
the boss welt, the worker gets it
meath the belt. The man who would
buy something cheap, no matter if our
children weep around the empty cup
board door where food in plenty was
before, the man who wants a pauper
price, though toilers live on roots and
rice, the man who wants things free
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PIRACY ON THE SEAS.

Professor George w. Kirchwey's con-
tributions to the special editorial serv-
ice OF The Courier, are so timely that
they are appearing quite frequently
despite the wonderful array of writer's
who are also submitting their views to
the people through the same medium.
On this page today is Professor Kirch-
wey's article on the legal aspect of
war zones such as have been declared
to exist in Eur Dpean waters by the
nations that are battling for suprem-
acy there. The author, and 1t must
be remembered he is considered an
authority on international law, calls
these war zones nothing less than
niracy." Read his article.
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yelled graft" and rob-" still every
body had job Though Woodrow
sings in soulful strain, and cuckoos
join in loud refrain that psychologist
is our pain, we'd rather be at work
again, more filling grub within our
reach than PROFESSIONAL parts Of
speech. o! good old days when times
were good, before the days of Under
wood, before the windy demagogue
had put industry on the hog; before
the Uplift's accents sweet had patched
our trousers in the seat; before free
hides and foreign fleas had spread the
foot and mouth diease. Roll back
ward, Time, and spread once more
Projections shield DER rich and poor,
that this old land we love may be
blessed with the old Prosperity; that
wheels may whir and anvils ring and
children laugh and mothers sing and
fathers in the morning glow go whist.
ling where the whistles blow!-By
George B. Lockwood In the Muncie,
Ind, National Republican.
Des Moines Capital: The present Is
more or less of disrespectful age but
it is seldom that any one thinks Of
referring to the Father of His Country
as "the old man.
Carroll Herald: Taft is coming
back Stranger things have happen
ed than the acceptance by the repub-
lican party of the ex-president for
leader in the campaign of 1916
nat M
sci is properly equipped with view
to safety nowadays unless she has a
complete set of all the flags of the
various nations under which she may
sail In a crisis,
Burlington Hawk-Eye: So far as
this generation and age can forecast
the future, prohibition will be univers-
ally accepted as the ultimate of legis-
lative effort to overcome the greatest
economic burden and the deadliest foe
of human happiness and prosperity
that confronts the world today.
Sioux Falls Press: All proposals in
the legislature in the interest of safety
of human life are happily not absurd.
A very sensible measure was intro
duced by J. c. Stoner, democratic SEN
ator from Perkins and Harding, who
proposes that blackboards in the pub
lie schools shall bear the legend Keep
of the Tracks" Beginning the teach
ings of common sense in the matter of
personal safety thus early in the life
Of children promises to impress upon
them wise admonition that will stay
by most of them as long as they live
Muscatine Journal: The average
Iowan will be slow to express judy
ment on the announcement through
the Chicago Tribune that Senator
Cummins has declared for nationwide
prohibition.
Newspaper readers will be likely
to recall the announcement through
the same medium of Senator Kenyon's
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ALBA

Ben Scott and Jesse Rector at
tended the cement makers conven.
ton In Chicago and will display the
Rector cement vault at the Omaha
meeting to be held next month.
FILLMORE, Canada, where she expects
to begin teaching school next Mon.
day
Ben Johnson was called to College
Springs, Mo-, the first of last week on
account Of the illness of his father.
He returned home Monday.
Miss Nellie Caldwell, who Is at
tending Drake university, at Des
Moines, spent a few days with Abba
relatives and friends
J. P. Early was Corydon visitor
last week
Miss Laura Hanks was In Center
vile the last Of the week.
Miss Carrie Lowrer left Monday for
Estherville, Iowa.
Miss Hester Ball has returned to
her home in Fairfield.
M. E. Fouts of Reno, Nevada, Is
visiting Monroe county relatives.
Mrs. Bert Anderson Of Des Moines
spent a few days recently with Abba
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. e. HAST left Mon
day for their new home in Ottumwa.
Thomas H. Zook has returned from
a weeks stay at Excelsior Springs,
Mo.
DR.. r. r. Castles and family Of
Moravia, spent few days recently at
the home Of A. 9. Pabst.
Mrs. Joe Bernstein Is enjoying q
visit from her mother, Mrs. M. w.
Levine, Of Marshalltown.
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as breath, though all his neighbors
starve to death, should exiled be 20
other lands, where starving millions
stretch their hands to snatch from our
own sons of toll the job that keep the
gone to war; and cannot crowd our
gates ajar Mars. god of war, with
methods rude, undoes the work of I'm
derwood, and while our rivals cut and
slash they buy our stuff and pay us
cash. Free trade, perhaps, would be
the stuff, If this war would last long
enough. But when the trumpets sing
of peace, ten million men will get re-
lease to muster at the factory door ard
we will suffer as before. Meanwhile,
along with Freedom New, we raise
new kinds of revenue, and dig down
in our tattered pants to meet the New
Extravaganza. We stick a stamp on
all our bills of lading and each box
of pills. Once talk was cheap, but
now they bone us for each talk upon
the phone. We stamp each mortgage
and each will, from Seattle to Jack
sonville, and, with the stamps on
beer, methinks, they try to stick us
for the drinks. And soon each cab
bage, spud and bean, will bear stamp
in blue and green, on every bootjack,
spade and bun they'll paste the phiz of
jefferson; they'll jerk the clothes from
off our backs to pay six kinds of in
come tax. And when old Charon rows
us hence, they'll grab our kids inherit
ance. 0, give us back the days of yore,
when we had much and yelled for
more; when we worked eight hours
by the clock, and had the other hours
to knock; when things were high-we
had EN-, too-when we were taxed,
and never knew; though muckrackers
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declaration for government ownership,
an announcement which while never
specifically recalled or denied, is now
generally understood to have scarcely
represented the true attitude Of the
junior Iowa senator.
1t may be that an undue emphasis
has been placed by the Tribune upon
what Senator Cummins has said OF his
attitude on the prohibition question.
and for the time being judgment and
comment will be better tempered with
caution.
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After every victorious maneuver of
the German armies in Poland and
Prussia, the Russian military experts
give out interviews in which they point
out very clearly the plans of the
enemy. Maybe it is just out of mean
ness that the Germans usually fool
them by licking them in an entirely
new way each time, and not accord
ing to the plan as predicted by the
Russians.
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West Point team Friday evening,
Mr. and Mrs. John Griff OF County
Line visited at the j. w, Wyatt home
over Sunday.
The Ladies' Aid society cleared about
SIS at their supper Saturday evening.
The girls and young matrons here
have organized a basket ball team and
practice three evenings each week.
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brother. "She's had tur'ble acct
dent"
'Is that SO? What happened?"
''All her hair got burned up"
Good heavens! Was she burned?"
NAV, she wasn't there. She don't
know it YETI
In one of the football games be-
tween Yale and Harvard a young giant
came out of the scrimmage looking as
If he had encountered an unfriendly
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The administration is having fun in
vestigating the price of wheat Of
course everybody knew that such an
investigation was ridiculous when it
was begun. But it is fun for the ad-
ministration and furnishes jobs-what
more Is necessary?
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A plan is being Matched to get the
United States army and navy to con-
duct mock attack upon New York.
Good idea. 1t might give us an idea
both as to the efficiency of the army
and the sufficiency Of the coast de-
ferSe
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The United States senate is working
awful hard these days, beginning
their sessions at O'Clock, two hours
earlier than usual
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Or. SHALLEE5E2GEk makes specially
nc treatment of Chronic and Nervous Discas-
If both sexes His hospital experience. and eAt=n.
sive practice. has made him SO proficient thai he
can successfully treat chronic diseases after
other physicians have failed. This is why he has
continued his visits year after year, while other
physicians have made few visits and stopped
You should consult him II you have any Chronic
Disease Specialist who has made a lifetime
study of such diseases is certainly prepared to
give you the best results, and II you are sick you
need scientific treatment.
DR.. Shallenbl-ger treats Diseases of the Eye.
Ear. Nose. Throat. Lungs. Heart Blood, Skin,
and Bladder; Catarri Ringing In Ears. Deaf
ness, Paralysis, Neuralgia, Epilepsy, Headache.
Goitre Eczema. Scrofuia, Appendicitis, Gravel
and Rheumatism
PILES, FISTULA, FISSURE, and OTHER
RECTAL DISEASES TREATED
WITHOUT SURGICAL OPERATION.
WOMEN who are WEAK, NERVOUS,
and suffering from the many ailnents peculiar
10 their sex find that his advanced and scientific
methods, save many surgical operations.
PRIVATE DISEASES A SPECIALITY.
Cases of long standing especially desired.
Wrong treatment and incorrect diaHnosis nave
often resulted in the worst Affections. 1t is
highly important that you obtain the services OF
a pyiisician who has established good reputa-
tion for treating these diseases.
NERVOUS DEBILITY.
Are YOU nervous and Respondent; easily excl
ted aud irritable; weak and debilitated; tired
mornings: without ambition. energy OF strength;
Yfeiess. easily fatigued; distrustful and without
confidence In yourself? Have you sunken rec
or blurred eyes: pin,ples on your face: weak
back, or deposit In urine?
DR. Shallenberger spares no effort to cure his
narients. He knows that good results mean as
much 20 him as to his patients. Most OF his new
patients come from the Recommendation O
others whom he has treated.
Specia! atteption given to Surgical Cases
and Rupture
Consultation and Examination Free and
Confidential.
,EFERENcE: Drexei State Bank Chicago
s 4sR. w e. s1AILENBERGER
1868 Lake Ave-, CHICAGO. ILL
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automobile, according to Everybody's
magazine. Among other superficial
injuries his nose was most thoroughly
broken.
The doctors stood in readiness to
repair the damages, but he absolutely
refused their services with: Say,
let that nose alone and bring me
telegraph blank"
Thus he remained until reply
came in to his wire, when he an
nounced:
Now you can go ahead, doc, and
follow these instructions handing
the surgeons the following slip. The
message read:
Have nose set Greek. Do not like
Roman
"The heavy explosions of battle
always cause rain. 1t ratned after
Waterloo. 1t rained after Fontenoy.
1t rained after Marathon"
But Marathon was fought with
spears and arrows, my dear"
There you go again. Always
throwing cold water on everything l
have to say"
II always get ratified when see
woman crossing the street ahead OF
me- said the first motorist.
80 do T." replied the second ditto.
"They wear such lot of pins In
their hats and hair that If fellow
collides with them he Is almost sure
to puncture tire"
II tell you, sir" said the blusterer,
eff you weren't SO old I'd knock you
down"
Lets get 1t little more accurate
ly than that" replied the athletic old
gentleman. "You really mean if
were several years older you might
be tempted to try"
"Why," asked Missouri news
paper, "does our state stand at the
head in the raising of mules?"
Because" said an Iowa paper,
that is the only safe place to stand"
A number of clergymen were dis
GUESSING the character of a venerable
woman whom they esteemed to be
wise in her generation, but young
man who was present said 1t struck
him that she showed great lack of
wisdom in one respect.
what is that, pray?" inquired an
elderly gentleman.
why" said the young man, "she
always puts out her tubs to catch
soft water when it is raining hard"
And silence fell upon the assembly.
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D1 n n0r
S tori e y

isis won't be able to see you to-
night, Mr. Jones'" said her little
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"Have you circulating library?'
mo, ma'am, but I can show you
some nice revolving book cases."
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"Why," asked Missouri news
paper, docs our state stand at the
head in the raising of mules"
Because" said an Iowa paper,
"that Is the only safe place to stand"
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by The Oumwa Court Philadelphia Public Ledger
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-04-02

% the spot, blushing with shame and
dtsmay.
.sWhere are you going? To tell
him?" he Easped.
She waited an instant. and then
came toward him. He never could
have explained the unaccountable Inn
pulse that forced him to fall back a
few steps rs she approached. Her eyes
were gazing steadily into his, and her
rcd Fps were parted.
That ID as It should be-" she was
saying, but he was never ure that he
heard the words. His knees grew
weak. He was in the tolls! Nov,
yoa must pull yourself together" she
went ON in such q matter-of-fact tone
that he Strengthened up involuntarily.
s-Como! Wipe the tear stains from
your cheeks"
He obeyed. but his lips still quiv-
erea With the rage that had been
cAoeked by the ascendency Of another
ana even more devastating emotion.
Hha Was standing quite close to him
nOu, her slender figure swaying
slighfly - II moved by some strange.
rAytAmic melody to which the heart
beak time. Her eyes we're soft and
vGave2y again; her smile tender and
npponllng- The Vivid white Of her
axDs ara shoulders seemed to shed
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-04-02
STRANGE Rock DweUer.

One of the strangest creatures
known to science is the pholas, or bor-
ing clam. When still very minute
the animal bores into the sandstone
lodges at extreme low water. by means
Of it's sharp shell, which is replaced by
secretions as it is worn away. It
penetrates the rock to a depth Of
six or eight inches, and hollows out
it's burrow as it increases in size.
Shaped roughly like a top. it could not
leave it's rock dwelling even if it
wished to do so. For food, it depends
on the animalcules that float in sea
water, which it seizes by it's long ST.
phon, or tongue. The pholas is in
great demand at the seaside resorts
along the Pacific coast. for its meat is
very tender and makes excellent soup.
The CLAIMS are dislndged in great
numbers from the lodges by the use
of dynamite, although it is possible to
obtain. them with a pick and crowbar.