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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-04-28
Tho Last Request.

A kind physician living near Peoria,
wishing to soothe the last hours OF a
poor woman whom no has been at
tending, asked her II there was any
thing he could do for her before she
died. The poor soul, looking up, re-
piled:
Doctor. have always thought !
should like 10 have a glass butter dish
before died"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-04-28
Unpopular Stand.

do you know how much the war is
costing Europe every day." asked the
statistician.
NO" answered the busy man. i
only know the number OF friends II has
cost me in my home town 20 maintain
strict neutrality"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-04-28
LDN ~IIIII DT ITIFNNELO y
SYNOPSIS.

Brouillard. chief engineer OF the Niquoia
irrigation dam, goes out from camp TO
investigate a strange light and finds an
automobile party camped at the canyon
portal He meets j. Wesley Cartwright
and his daughter. Genevieve. OF the auto
party and explains the reclamation work
TO them. Cartwright sees In the project
a big chance 10 make money Brouillard
ia impervious 20 hints from the financier.
who tells Genevieve that the engineer
|'Will come down and hook himself IL the
bait Is well covered" Cartwright organ
ICES a company and obtains government
contracts TO furnish power and material
for the dam construction. busy city
springs up about the site. Steve Massin-
gale threatens 10 start gold rush II
Brouillard does not influence President
Ford 20 build a railroad branch TO the
place, thus opening an easy market for
the ore from the Little Susan" mine.
Brouillard and the company's promoter
clash. but on orders from Washington,
Brouillard turns over the plans for the
power installation.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-04-28
eon.,bino "a q. Thankful For.

Only fool man will laugh at CIR!
because she can't hit the side OF barn
with a brick: he may marry her some
day. then he will be glad that this Is
thus.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-04-28
n.mn.ra,ure Kep, Riah,.

Freight ears for shipping bananas In
winter are heated by half a dozen or 30
large oil stoves ranged down the cen
ter OF the car. The temperature is
kept AZ an ayerave OF 30 degrees.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-04-28

Do you believe that a really
honest man can be persuaded TO
turn a shady trick in order TO
hL. % the material fortunes Of the
girl he loves-even IL he be-
lieves the trick will never be
found out on him?
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-04-28

One OF tho ambitions OF tho average
man IN 10 do those he has been done by.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-04-28

Do you believe that BroUillsrd
will permit himself 20 be Sc
oyccd by cortwrieht's smooth
form of bribery Does BrouiI-
lard Unders,ane cortwrisht7
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-04-28

CTo .f coSrfScfDJ
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-01
RIOTS IN SWISS
CITY ARE QUELLED
SOLDIERS MARCH TO LAUSANNE
WHERE GERMANS WERE
lNSULTED.

Geneva, Jan. 20. A battalion OF
the one hundred and tw~enty-third
landwher has been sent to Lausanne
at the request Of the state council OF
the canton of Vaud. Camille de Cop.
pet, president of the Swiss federation.
has been delegated by the federal
council to proceed to Lausanne to dis
cuss the situation which has arisen IN
that city, as a result OF the hostile
demonstration during which the Ger
man flag raised by the German consul
on the occasion of Emperor Williams
birthday on January q was torn down
by q crowd. He is to confer In this re-
gard with the state council of Vaud.
The city Of Lausanne is now calm.
The landwher soldiers on arrival were
greeted with cheers for the Swiss
army and cries Of, Down with spies.
The Lausanne city council has issued
an appeal to the inhabitants to live up
to their traditions Of orderly and de-
corous conduct.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-01

Gin me a bite" demanded Adam.
"I',l not do any such thing" said
Eve. Its mine. found IT"
"Aw, come on. Just one %teeny-weeny
bite wheedled the first horrid man.
You'll take it all" objected Eve.
mo. l won't. Honest and truth.
Hope to. die il I do"
All right, then. You can have just
one bite, and don't make it a big one,
either"
Adam grabbed the apple and took
one bite and another and another. All
Eve got was the core.
And this, dear reader, explains why
Man Is SO much more sinful than wO-
man.
Just as a clergyman was about to
enter the pulpit to conduct the service.
a couple from a nearby town presented
themselves, making known their
anxiety to be married as quickly as
possible. The clergyman, an extreme
ly methodical man, replied that he
could not oblige at that moment, but
that Immediately upon the conclusion
of the service he would take pleasure
in making them man and wife.
So, after some demurring, the couple
seated themselves in the rear OF the
church. When the minister had finish
ed his remarks he cleared his throat
and made the following announce
ment:
"The parties who are to be joined in
matrimony will present themselves at
the chapel Immediately after the sing.
ing OF hymn 425, Mistaken Souls That
Dream Of Heaven.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-01

WUZZIE AND HIS RUBBER BALL.
You remember, ! suppose. how
told you in the story before this one
about the three Fuzzy tail fox chill
dren each getting a penny from their
mamma one afternoon?
With his penny Woozie Fuzzytail
bought a kite. and when he came to
a deep river where there was no
bridge the kite blew him safely
across the water, and he did not get
even the tip of his tail wet.
His brother Wuzzie said he was go
ing to buy a rubber ball with a hole
in 1t. so he could squirt water out,
and in this story | am going to try
to tell you what happened to Wuzzie.
Later on, I'll tell you what Wizzie, the
little fox girl, did with her penny.
Holding his penny tightly in his
paw, Wuzzie ran on to get his kite,
SO. of course, the two boy foxes did
not see each other.
"Oh, what fun I'll have when I get
my rubber BALI" said Wuzzie, speak
ing out loud, as he sometimes did,
even when he was all alone. I'll fill
it with water, and I'll just squirt 1t
all over!"
"Ahem!" exclaimed a voice close to
Wuzzie. Il hope and trust, little fox
boy. that you will not squirt any on
me-"
Wuzzie looked all around, and at
first he could see no one. But he an
swered, most politely:
mo, whoever you are, will not
squirt water on you. For that would
not be polite. l will just squirt water
from my rubber ball up in the air."
"Ha! You are q good little fox
boy, l can tell that" the voice went
OIL, and then q big rod and yellow lady
butterfly few up from a flower in
which she had been hiding, slipping
sweet honey.
"Oh, was that you talking?' asked
Wuzzie. curious like.
YES" answered the butterfly lady.
You see, If you should squirt water
on my wings 1t would make them all
wet, and l could not hy. We butter
flies cannot go about when 1t rains.
We have to hide under the big leaves
until the sun comes out again"
I'll never squirt water on you,"
said Wuzzie, making q low bow, for
his mamma had taught him to be po-
lite. even to the butterflies.
So the little fox boy ran on to the
rubber ball stores, and the butterfly
huttered from flower to flower, sip
ping sweet honey from each one with
her long tongue. which she kept curl
ed up under her head when she was
not using 1t.
Pretty soon Wuzzie, the little fox
boy, came to the rubber ball store. 1t
was kept by a nice COW lady with only
one horn. She had had two horns
once, but she let Santa Claus take the
other to blow on Christmas morning
when he comes down the chimney to
Hight the Christmas tree.
Have you any penny rubber balls!"
asked Wuzzie.
"Oh, yes" mooed the COW lady.
Il want one with q hole in, SO l can
squirt water" went on Wuzzie.
"And you shall have it, little fox
boy mooed the COW lady.
So she gave Wuzzie the rubber ball
and she let him try it. in the store,
getting him a pail Of water SO he could
Ill the ball and il it squirted good.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-01

the way of wearing apparel. They
need tents and awnings, blankets and
camp stoves, dishes and table are
and the hundred other things that an
ordinary camper needs when he goes
out on an expedition. They need
automobiles and wagons, horses and
mules, motor trucks and ~ox-carts, box
cars and passenger trains, locomotives
and fiat cars, rails and spikes, switches
and signals and all the various neces-
saries for the numerous methods of
transportation. They need saddles
and harness of all kinds. they need
fruit and vegetables, meat and groc-
eries-in fact they need just about
anything that the factories of this
country can make, the mines Of this
country produce, or the soil of this
country raise. They are in the market
for everything and they are spending
real money to get what they want.
Europe is spending in ~thistcountry
ten times as much for food and cloth
ing and other necessities of life than
she is for the necessities of death.
That is why the factories of this coun-
try are running overtime. That is
why there is work for any man who
wants to work. That is the reasOn
for this country's prosperity.
When the war ends. the market
closes. Now is the time to look for
ward to the day when we will have to
depend on something other than
war orders, for prosperity.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-01
LITTLE BENNY'S
NOTE B o o X
BY E PAPE

" "rsrs Nt"-rS 4fI#,. $50 fA-str# aEE.sf aff
That Mrs. Wilkins serteny must re
a giddy young thing. ma sed to pop
wen he came home yestidday.
wy, / always tina vt she seemed
exsepshinilly quiet, sed pop.
Its just the quiet seeming ones that
are awffen the giddiest, jest look at
this book she forgot to take with her
wen she left this AFTERNOON, sed ma.
And she showed pop a book, and pop
sed, The 2 Loves Of Donald Trevver,
well for the love Of q bad reputayshin,
that's the book the publik liberys have
ject refused to put on thare shelves.
izent it.
That's the book, all rite, the ideer
of Mrs. Wilkins carrying it GROUND
and leeving it in peepils houses, wy
wat if Gladdis shood get a hold
of it, it wood be dreadful, Ill hide 1t
|immeeditly, sed ma.
WITCH she did, putting it in the
bookcase behind a lot of uthir books,
and after suppir pop went out, and
wen he came home agen ma was
reeding a book In the setting room,
being so intristed in it she dident
heer pop come UP stares, and he sed,
O. the familiar wicked red V on
that book, Pawleen, watts that your
reeding.
o, is that you, W1llyum, how you
fritened me, sed ma, I'm jest, I was
meerly, I was only glantsing over this
.drednll Loves Of Donald Trevver book
to see il it was RELY unfit for Gladdis
to see.
All hah, and how lawng have you
bin glantsing over it, sed pop.
Not so very lawng, sed ma. And she
quick put it back in the bookcase,
pop saying, Well, and is it RELY so
bad.
Its dredfll, it's terribil, sed ma.
What do you no about Mrs. Wilkins,
sed pop. And pretty soon after that
I went to bed and pritty soon after
that I went to sleep, and a lawng vile
after that I woke up agen feeling as
If l wunted a glass Of wattir. And l
got up and went to the bathroom to
get it, and thare was a lite in the set
ting room, and I went and looked In,
and who was in thare but pop reeding
a book in his pidjammers.
Watts you reeding. pop, I sed.
For the lover Mike, wy don't you
scare q fello to deth, go strate back
to bed before you catch cold. sed pop.
Yes, sir, watts you reeding, l sed.
Never mind, sed pop. WITCH I dident
mind, ony l o wat it was all rite by
the color of it, and I went back to
bed and left pop thare reeding 1t in
his pidjammers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-01
r SHOT BY
CRAZED "GUNMAN'

Albany, N. r, Jan. 29.--Detectives
and police renewed their search to.
day for the mad gunman who last
night shot four persons, injuring two
so severely their recovery is doubt
full.
Three of the victims were shot
through the back and one through the
side with a revolver. either equipped
with. a silencing device or fired
through the pocket Of a heavy ulster
the man wore.
OF the four shot, two heard muffled
reports and the other two were not
aware they had been injured until
they fell in the street from weakness.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-01
NEW MANIFESTATION BILl
Congress t. BE Asked to Approve
Law Excluding Japanese and
Hindu Lahorers.

Washington, D. c., Jan. 29.-The
presentation in the house today of
the Burnett immigration bill, contain
ing a modified literacy test and dras-
tic restrictions against the immigra-
ton Of Asiatics. advocates of the
measure we're prepared to press for
its passage.
As perfected in committee, the bills
literacy test would not apply to per-
sons coming to this country to escape
religious persecution. The exclusion
section is calculated to extend to Jap
anese and Hindu laborers the immi.
grafton restrictions now in effect
against the Chinese.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-01
cH1LDREN,s EVENING STORY

With the ball filed with water
Wuzzie pressed 1t In his paw, but he
didn't look which way he pointed the
hole and "hzz!" the first thing he
knew he had squirted The water right
in his own face.
ooh me! Oh my!" he cried, very
much surprised like.
"Oh, that's too bad" mooed the COW
lady s~torekeeper.
II don't mind. 1t didn't hurt
laughed Wuzzie as he wiped the water
from his face with his pocket hand
kerchief. Then he squeezed the rub
Der ball again, and this time the wa
ter squirted right on the front window
of the toy store.
'Oh, excuse mel" cried Wuzzie.
That's all right said the COW lady.
"The window needed washing. any
how. II you will please squirt some
more water on 1t I will wash the panes
Of glass"
The little fox boy sQuirted forty
store window, and soon 1t was quite
clean.
Now I'll go home and squirt a lot
more water!" cried Wuzzie. I'll
make mamma and Grandma Sharp
nose think It's raining"
He squeezed the last of the water
out of his ball, and put 1t in his pocket
so he would not lose it, and away he
ran toward home, owe hill and dale,
through the woods and across the
green fields.
Then, all of a sudden, as Wuzzie
was running along. he saw some smoke
and some fire. and he heard a voice
crying:
"Oh dear! Oh dear! My house il
on IRE! Quick, get the water bugs!
Get the elephant IRE engine and let
him squirt water on my burning house
to save 1t! Oh dear!"
Wuzzie ran OF and there he saw the
pretty red and yellow butterfly lady,
%futterins about In front Of her leaf
house that was built in q mulberry
bush. The poor b~utterdy's house was
burning.
ooh, get the elephant fire engine
quick, and save my housed" she cried,
futtering her wings.
"Ha! will save your house my
self" cried Wuzzie. II will fill my
rubber ball with water, and squirt 1t
on the firo!"
So he did, filing his ball at a little
puddle beside the road. Then he
squirted the water on the flames.
Hiss" went the IRE when the wa
ter was sprayed ON it.. Then the IRE
went out, because Wuxzie squirted so
much water, and the butterfly lady's
house was saved, being only burned q
little. And there was no need Of the
| elephant hre engine, or the water bugs
either. Wuzzie did 1t all himself.
"oh, thank you SO much!" cried the
butterfly lady to the little fox boy
"You are very smart, and good"
"But couldn't have done It il il
hadn't been for my rubber ball to
squirt said Wuzzie, and I guess, my.
self, that he could not. So that's all
to this story, If you please, except to
say that Wuzzie got safely home and
had lots Of fun squirting water.
And tomorrow night II the knives
and forks don't hide in the %spoonh0ld,
ers where the breakfast orange can't
! find them to play tag with, I'll tell you
about Wizzie and her piece Of silk.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-01
TREASURER.

Senator Charles H. Thomas OF Kent,
has announced his candidacy for NOM
ination as state treasurer on the re-
publican ticket. The senator is well
and favorably known throughout the
state, having represented the fifth
senatorial district comprising Union.
Ringgold and Decatur counties in the
last two sessions of the legislature. He
is author of the Blue Sky" law, and
of the prohibitory amendment passed
by the last session, and is president
of the blue Grass. road extending
from Burlington to Council Bluffs.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-01
PROSPERITY THROUGH WAR.

There are some VINO look aSkanco
when the statement is made that the
war in Europe is responsible for u
present wave of prosperity. These
people do not see how the mere sale
of ammunition and guns could bring
about the great industrial activity now
apparent in this country. They are
right to the extent that mere sale Of
guns and shells could not bring pros
perity. But their vision fails to take
in what the war is really doing in IN
industrial way in the United States.
The truth is that the war munitions"
sold to Europe include almost
everything under the sun. The fight
ing armies of the old world need more
than guns and ammunition. They
Sneed clothes, shoes, buttons, socks,
phandkerchiefs, and everything else in
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-01
WOMEN F
TO ~BOOTLEGGING

Seward, Alaska, Jan. 29.-Twenty.
eight women, arrested on a charge OF
selling liquor at Anchorage, the prin.
ment railroad, pleaded guilty and were
fined 800 each. it was learned today.
Under tn. rules of the Alaska engi-
neering commission and a stipulation
included in deeds to town lots at
Anchorage. the sale OF liquor Is pro-
hibited.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-01
ACCEPTED.

Berlin. Jan. 20! - The Swiss min
lister called at the foreign once today
and expressed the regret of his govern
mont over the anti-German outbreak in
I,ausanne. during which the German
nag over the consulate was torn down;
The German government expressed
its thanks for Switzerland,s prompt
action and the incident was closed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-01
TO HELP CHILDREN,

The Hague, Jan. 20. Ben b. Lind
say has left Holland for Berlin to-
study the needs of children in the bel
ligerent countries. 1t is said that Hen
.ry Ford, before leaving Christiania,
told Mr.. Lindsay that. If it were feas-
ible. he would provide funds to help
the children.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-01
PLANS BEING MADE
FOR COUNTY EXHIBIT

Eddyville. Jan. 29.-Plans are being
made by the Tri-County Corn and
Grain association for the annual show
which will be held here some time.
about the middle OF February. Fol.
lowing are the officers Of the associa.s
ton: President, NJ. X. Pickerell; vice
president, Fred Palmer: treasurer, I'll.
Harold; secretary. Q. r. Stephenson;
assistant secretary. A. }. Oldham
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-01
MINER
ENDS HIS LIFE

Abba, Jan. 29.-Andrew Marshall,
aged 81, died last night about 8 o'clock
after drinking poison at the home OF
his sister, Mrs. Eugene Lally, on
South Clinton street. No cause is
known for the act. His wife died
about two years ago and his two chill
dren have been living with relatives.
He was a miner but had been out of
employment for some time.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-01
TO BUILD
EXPENSIVE HOTEL

New York, Jan. 29.-The hotel which
the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. is plan
Ming to build on Seventh avenue, op-
posite the Pennsylvania station here
viii cost with its site about $9.0O0,000.
according to estimates made public to-
The building is to cost about So
q 900 and the site $4,000, 900. Work
on the new hotel will begin immedi-
Ately.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-01
Berlin Reports Storming
of Thousand Yards of
Enemy's Defensives
LONDON REPORTS
MANY BATTLES ON
Russians Said to Be Active
Along the Entire Line
From Riga South

Berlin. Jan. 20. - The capture OF
], 900 yards of French positions south
OF the Somme by German troops Wa
announced today by army headQuar.
tiers. Prisoners to the number Of "a
and thirteen machine guns wore taken.
The thousand yards OF pcsitJoon
which were taken were south of the
village of F,rise, which also was ca
tured by the Germans. n
Northeast OF Melville the sGseMaAsS
stormed trenches along = front 81
about LOO yards, capturing twenty.
seven prisoners and nine machine
guns.
MANY DATTLxs ON.
London, Jan. 2s.-F1ghtinE OF 49,.
ing degrees Of violence ccntnasss
along the western, eastern, Au.tSo-
Italian and Caucasus fronts.
In the Artois district on the .wo0t,S
artillery battles OF q violent chas1c.s
ter are In progress and in the vicinity
Of Melville, infantry attacks have 70
suited in heavy losses by both sFfsaoh
and Germans.
On the eastern front, artillery and
infantry attacks are being made VI
the Russians and the Teutonlc allies
over almost the entire line from NlgaA
to Bukowtna.
The Russians report the defeat OK
q large party Of Teutons near Buc-
zacz, Galicia. many being killed.
Dispatches from Kiev say that Aln-
tria and Germany are rushing large
quantities OF artillery to the front In
order to stop n further advance In
to Galicia by the Russians.
italians Retake Ground.
The Italians have re%captured some
Austrians recently took and have re-
pulsed the Austrians in the upper
Isonzo. The losses Of the latter were
heavy.
Petrograd reports the defeat OF n
large Turkish force and the capture
Of prisoners and supplies south Of
Lake Urumiah. Persia.
A Reuter- dispatch from Salonih
says marines from British, French,
Russian and Italian w~arships landed
Friday on the Karaburun peninsula
and occupied the Greek fort there.
The garrison offered no resistance but
the commander entered protest.
This action or the entente allies, ac.a
cording to the dispatch, was dictated
by strategic reasons, a report having
been received that German submaI
rines obtained supplies near this
coast.
Russian correspondents on tho
western front have sent word to, Pet
rograd that the Germans are reported
to be making a new twenty-five inch
gun for use In the spring campaign.
Big Drive Planned.
With the nearer approach OF spring
indications are multiplying Of prepaI1
tons for active campaigning on the
various fronts.
The situation In the Balkans con
tinues to excite marked interest. The
allies have made a new move In max
ing a landing on the Karaburun PENN.
sula, nea the head of the Gulf eof -
loniki, occupying the Greek fort there
The move seems to have been dictat
ed by strategic reasons, 1t being con
sidered undesirable by the entente
forces to have the position In other
hands than their own. ..
There are revived reports that ~
speedy advance on Saloniki is contemt3
plated by the Teutonic allies and TINT
Turkish forces. notably the GalloHoli
army, are moving to positions where
they will be ready to participate Il
the attack.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-01
A BALANCE GROWS.

Buenos Aires, Jan. 29.-Oficial sta
tistics of the foreign trade of Argen-
tina in 1916 show imports of $685.
1872, 900; exports, 1858, 28O, 900. I'm
ports decreased $45, 200, 900; exports
Increased $209,000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-01

Bootlegging is getting more unpopu-
lar in Ottumwa every day. Public
sentiment against it is growing and
those engaged in it should be able to
see it. The great majority of people
in this community is nov thoroughly
against the liquor traffic,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-01

The recent democratic meeting in
Ottumwa was not called a peace
meeting Therefore, it was har-
monious and did not break up in a
fight.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-01

Now is the time to buy Ottumwa
property. The price will be higher
as soon as the weather is such that
building can be started.