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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-01
Mabel Waggoner's Great
Grandmother, Mar
garet Orr

Dear Juniors: .....
As have not written to the Cour
! Ter Junior for long time, thought
l would write about my great grand
mother, Margaret Orr. .s
She was born in Adair county, Ken.
lucky, April 9, 1924. She grew to
womanhood near her birthplace
She was married in Green county
Kentucky, to James W. Smith, De.
cember 2, 1841.
In October, 1860, she, with her hus
band and their family of eight chill.
dren, came from Kentucky to Iowa in
a covered wagon dawn by two yoke
Of oxen. To make room for the moth.
er and the smaller children in the
wagon and to tighten the load, the
older boys walked and the older girls
rode the horse they brought with
them.
They had intended to go from Ken.
lucky to Texas, but the breaking out
of the civil war turned them north to
Iowa.
Arriving in Davis county in the
spring of 1861, they lived one year
in Drakesville, and then moved to a
farm south of Wesley chapel. Soon
they moved two miles west to make
their farm out of new land. Here the
family home remained for nearly
twenty-four years. .-..
She spun and wove from flax AID
wool the clothing for the entire fam.
lily. &c.,
Her husband died April 26, 1885.
After her husbands death and the
children had gone to homes of their
own, she sold the farm and moved to
Bloomfield, purchasing a residence
where she lived for more than twenty.
eight years, living alone except when
some Of her children or grandchildren
were with her.
For the last four or five years she
had been failing in health and became
partially paralyzed and for the last
two years was confined to her bed.
She died July 16. 1914, aged 90
years, 3 months and 6 days. g..
| When she died she had thirty-fiv
grandchildren living, f1fty-one great
grandchildren and three great, great
grandchildren.
She was mammals grandma and our
great grandma but as we had two
grandmas living we children called
her old grandma. My grandpa now
lives where she died and my sister
stays with him and attends high
school, -.
Mabel Waggoner, Age IA.
X. f. d. No. 5. Bloomfield, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-01
Russell Smith, a Dudley
Junior, Hurt His Thumb
in Corn Shelter

Dear Junior: Il have not written for
sometime, so thought I would write.
I would have written before but l got
by thumb caught in the corn shelter
and got it broke.
l missed four days and half OF
school. have gone to school every
day I could. My teachers name is
Romla Chisman.
We have twenty-seven little pigs,
seven little calves. We have two hens
setting. They will hatch about
Easter. We play marbles at school.
Russell Smith, Age W.
Dudley, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-01
ALL ABOUT PRIZES.

We send out prizes within two
oeks after the names of the winners
are published. ....-.
sS We do wish the Juniors would &C.
$kneWledee their prizes.
h r. any Junior has ever failed to re-
9Soive prize after his or her name
appeared in this paper, 1t is because
~ wrong address has been given US.
when we say wrong address we es'
|ocially refer to incomplete addresses.
WI city Juniors should put their
street number and all Juniors living
the country should put their box
Number or failing to have box send
their parents names.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-01
Nora Newman Writes About
Her Grandpa Newman

Dear Junior:
l am going to tell you about my
Grandpa Newman. He lived in lndl-
ana.
In 1S47 he moved to Wapello coun.
ty. He settled in Ottumwa, then the
county seat, which contained only.
three log cabins. He was the fret
marshal in Ottumwa.
, He was one Of the twelve white men
who settled in this part of the coun-
try in Black Hawks time. He was
one of the old pioneer settlers on the
Mississippi river.
He made about eighty trips to New
Orleans by way Of the river route.
Nora NJ. Newman, Age Is
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-01
Hazel Waggoner of West
Grove, Writes to Her
Aunt
x1eOS
'Bma1
luti5
keseE
club
J.ohn
Ing
To- &,
tot "a
Della Redenbaugh,
West Grove, Iowa.

Dear Aunt:
80 III How are you this fine winter day?
~ III nm fine and hope you are too.
hopel This is quite different from yester-
"Wlay It was SO warm yesterday but
like Ills showing today.
hard We are going to come down some
this NJ these days and we want Claude to
Ing a1ome home with us.
'e "A suppose you have lots of hens set
IND garden made. We have some rad
g5lhes and lettuce sowed. We haven't
eIny turkey eggs yet. Have you?
MAJ Helen and / are taking music les
- 4 pns. We both like them. We take
rouM Tuesdays.
not I've have thirteen little pigs and
sinall1even little calves. We milk twelve
panybows. milk two.
NJ TIT How is Claudes pet lamb?
Hazel Waggoner, Age II.
Bloomfield, Iowa,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-01
AN EASTER CONTEST.

We viii have many beautiful prizes
70 award for the best work in the
Easter contest which will open today
and close Saturday, April Is. We
want stories on the following sub
.jects:
One Beautiful Easter Day.
NY Ancestors.
An Unusual Story.
I. Ny Homo Place (either town or
country.
a u Letter.
il School Composition.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-01
|nEvEN RULES FOR THE JUNIORS

5nEvEN RULES FOR THE JUNIORS.
Use one side of the paper only.
s1. Write neatly and legibly, using
TX or sharp lead pencil. ~ r..
Bss 3. Always sign your name in full
md state your age.
Do not copy stories or poetry
Ind send us as your own work.
Number your pages.
#gs 8. Always state choice of prize
~ q separate piece Of paper, with
ame and address in full.
@7. Address envelope to The Cour-
II Junior. $780,.
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WANT LETTERS,

We want the Juniors to write some
very interesting letters, "newsy' let
Iters. Some of the Juniors can write
to their parents. Other Juniors might
write as though they were visiting
nome city. The reward for the best
letter will be box of letter paper
and envelopes, book, a friendship
link or 2 knife. e... So.
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closed so as to keep the children in
shelter of storm. l have to ride five
miles in the morning, but only two at
night like to go to school here fine.
This is a school composition written
by
Alice Hanson, Age 10.
Pulaski, Iowa, Route 2, Box ~.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-01
THE COURIER. JUNIOR
Published by
fHE COURIER PRINTING co.
Ottumwa, Iowa
EDITOR
.ArlLDA DEvEREAUx
THE PRIZE WINNERS.


Dear Juniors: The prize winners
In the bird house and flower seed con-
test, which closed Saturday, March
Is, are:
Otto krause.
lueiIa Wood.
Fac awlnney.
Y Alice Hanson.
Emily Casady.
Lamar Rhodes.
Henry e. Roberts.
Raymond Davis.
Frances Furnan.
Francis Rurne.
I Mabel Waggoner.
Dorothy Lynn Gates.
Leah Murphy.
The winning contestants all showed
most careful work and complied with
Ill the seven rules. Some of the 9TH
Or contestants forgot part of rule No.
3-to state their age. The judges
uust always know the ages of the
Juniors when awarding the prizes.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-01
acHooL COMPOSITIONS.

hi We want more school compositions.
lemember, we give one friendship
R&ank. engraved to the writer of the
RSest composition. The boys can have
NJ knife, book, or friendship link.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-01

The Troy consolidated school is the
best school in the southern part OF
Iowa. It is large square two story
brick building. It has a gymnasium,
furnace room, stage and domestic
science room in the basement.
On the first floor there are three
school rooms and library and on the
second floor there are three school
rooms and laboratory room. There
are large drinking fountains on each
floor.
Two grades are in each room but
one on the second floor which Is the
sixth grand room. The reason for this
is that the teacher, Irene karin, also
teaches domestic science and there
fore has not time to teach two grades.
MY teachers name Is Nellie Roberts.
There are twenty-seven in my room,
thirteen in the fourth and fourteen In
the fifth. "
The primary teacher is Miss Conrad
who Is a great favorite among the
smaller children.
The seventh and eighth grade teach
er is Miss Amy Brown, and the pro-
fessor is Mr.. Knobbs.
The children are brought to school
in hacks There are six Studebaker
wagons which weigh one thousand four
hundred and sixty pounds each and
one Marshalltown wagon which
weighs one thousand and five hundred
and twenty pounds. The hacks are
fixed so that they can be completely
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-17
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTEBOOK T
 tBy Lse Paps,
By I.se Pape,
~~~~)

Me and Ed Wernick was going past the butcher store and there was lot of corn outside with corn husk grow ing out of the top of it. and Ed Wer- nick sed, G, go on in and ask MT. Smit if we can have that corn husk, we can smoak that.
 And I went in and asked him, say ing. I wunt to ask you about that corn husk on the corn, MT. Smit.
 Wat about it? Sed Smft.
 Can we have it? I sed, and he sed, Serteny not. was told not to give eny of you boys eny corn husk, you wunt it to smoak, that's all you wunt it for.
 And went out agen, saying to Ed Wernick He ses no.
 Wat do we care, IN got it all now, sed Ed, Wich he had,- having hole Npocketfull and we went erround the alley and rolled it up in peeces of newspaper and started to ask for matches, the 7th man we asked giv- ing us one, and we eetch lit cigarett, looking more like segars than cigar etts, being SO big, and we sat on the cerbstone puffing them, and Reddy Merfy sed, These woodent make you sick in a million yeers
 These wood never make you sick, sed.
 Wy don't you try to inhale- sed Reddy. ID
 Howf I sed, and Reddy sed Like
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-17
DIVINE RIGHT"

The first of the Hohenzollerns to lay great stress upon his divine right" to rule was William l.. who made speech at Koenigsberg fffty- five years ago today, Oct. IF. 1881, in which he asserted that "tte sover- eigns of Prussia receive their crown from God literal" The old doctrine of divine right" held by multitude of sovereigns of past centuries, was thus revived in all it's pristine pre- sumption by the first of the Hohenzol- Tern emperors. His grandson, the present Kaiser, fully shares this view. as he has declared on many pecasi ons, In 1894 he publicly stated his belief that 'the Hohenzollern ruling family was placed here by God and is ac- countable to Him alone" In 1910. at Koenigsberg, the Kaiser, speaking of his grandfather. said that the Prus- sian crown was "accorded him by the will of God alone and not by Parlia- ment or by any assemblage of people or by popular vote," and that The thus looked upon himself as the chosen in strument of heaven" The Kaiser added: Looking upon myself as the instrument of the Lord, without re- gard for daily opinions and inten- tions, I. go my way"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-17
One of the ways of Capes

the most youthful of all and Winter fashions. hs>design pictured here is cut in two pieces and the neck may be finished in open effect with a deep collar, Or with high neck and the col lar wrapped around in the new Be douin style. There is provided graceful and serviceable hood which may be used, however, only when the cape is made with open neck. Blue broadcloth is used t6 make the cape, { yards 54 inches wide being required
 The cape is cut on an open width of material, and as this even will not be wide enough, 1t will be necessary to arrange for tho small piecing for the seam as shown in the cutting guide.
 The4.remaining cloth is now folded in half and the hood laid on the lenpthwise fold. The pocket is placed on a lengthwise thread, the straight edge being parallel with the selyage of the ycloth.
 The lining is an important part of the cape and this season the smart dressmakers are using bright silks and satins. Rose or pink would go well with almost any light shade of blue, and this is an exceedingly fashion able combination this season. In ad- dition to the satin, the cape may be underlined with canton flannel for warmth. The scarf, hood and collar may be lines ors made of contrasting material.
 While broAdcloth is perhaps the most practical material for an even- ing cape, there are lovely models in velvet, velveteen, satin brocade and the heavy corded silks. The advant- age of . good, wearable cloth, how
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-17
JEANNE D'ARC OF MOTION PICTURES
 IS FOR WILSON
Beautiful Naomi Childers Will Aid in Getting Votes
 For Democracy.

New York, Oct. 17--Naomi Child ers,. the Jeanne. d'Arc of the motion picture screen has become the God dess of Liberty in the campaign for the reelection of President Wilson. In a letter to the National Committee she announced her militant democra- cy, and expressed a desire to aid in getting votes for the President.
 The members of the committee. who had seenI Miss Childers in many of her delightful chafacterizations, de- cided she was an ideal Miss Columbia and that her classic features shown int a motion picture with the Ameri- can colors would bring any audience to it's feet. N
 The first step in the adoption of Miss Childers by the Democratic par ty was to have her pose for the God dess of Liberty militant, proud and free. The picture was a great success and from now on until the close of the campaign all Wilson pictures will close with representation of Miss Columbia by Naomi Childers.
 Miss Ehilders' home is in St. Louis, where her family is we'll known so- cially. She is 24 years old and her type is that of Mary Anderson.
 tI am an enthusiastic believer in MT. Wilson," said Miss Childers, "be- cause he has secured a great blessing to the mothers of America by keeping our country out of this terrible war.
 lt"When IWas playing an American Jeanne d,Arc before the camera, with the folds of the wonderful Stars and Stripes falling about my shoulders, could not help but think what a bless ing it! was that the precious emblem was 1nstained with the blood of the husbands. and sons of the women of our country.
 ''As Jeanne d'Arc I saw visions. One of them was of our great President sitting in the White House, deaf to the cries of those who would plunge us into war and suffering, and years of mourning and misery.
 That is why am for MT. Wilson. And when was invited to pose as Columbia with the American flag for the film production of President Will son and His Cabinet I was perfectly delighted to contribute my small share to the success of something that is precious and dear to me and to every woman in the United States"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-17
Dwarf Marquis of Townshend Has Had a
 Remarkable Career

Little more than a dwarf in stature, misshapen, and with a head propor- tionately too large for his body, the present Marquis of Townshend does not cut very enviable figure as the scion of line of great soldiers. The Marquis passes his fftieth milestone today, and succeeded his father in 1899. Last May he became the proud father of son and heir, thus exclud- ing from the succession to the title the brilliant warrior, Gen. Charles We're Ferrers Townshend, one of the great est of British herpes, who was forced to surrender Kut-el-Amara to the Turks after a defence that will doubt less rank as one of the most remark able in history. Gen. Townshend, who is a cousin of the Marquis and his heir -presumptive until the birth of the dwarf noble's son, is now prts- oner of war in Constantinople, and. it is reported, has been treated with the greatest of consideration by his Turkish captors. d
 The Marquis of Townshend has had remarkable career. After losing much of his estate in gambling and speculation. he sought to recoup his fortunes by marrying wealthy wo- man. Having failed to find an Eng fish heiress who would become his bride, the Marquis transferred his search to America One look was enough for most of those he approach ed, but at last irAJacksonville, Fla, he found woman willing to exchange her fortune for a title. Before it was too late the Marquis discovered that the lady had misrepresentedf the ex- tent of her fortune, and broke the en- gagement.
 Back in England. the Marquis con- tinued his quest, and at length. with the aid of agents who were promised a fat commission on the deal, a mar riage was arranged between the Mar quis and Miss Gladys Ethel Gwendo- line Eugenie Sutherst, the daughter of wealthy barrister. The ceremony was performed eleven years ago, but it later developed that the Marchioness had consented only on the condition that she be wife in name only.
 On one occasion the Marquis at tempted to desert his wife, because of a difficulty over financial matters, but she seized him forcibly and locked him up in their home. The matter was then taken to the courts, when the Marquis was declared to be of unsound mind, and was placed in the custody of his wife. After more than a decade of married life, she has at last given him a son and heir. One of the ancestors of the Marquis was the English commander at the sur- render of Quebec after the death of Gen. Wolfe. The Marchioness Is the author of a volume of verse. ''In the Kings Garden," and is prominent in London literary circles.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-17
FINDING FAULT WITH BRIDES.

Bridegroom. take, her; she's worth
 Than all your glory, all your fame,
 Than all your glittering boasted store,
 Than all the things that you can
 name. .i E.. She'll with her bring a joy divine
 All that's good and all that's fine."
 When man weds aNmaiden who has but recently skipped inAo her teens he is foolish if he imagines Ee has ac- quired finished housekeeper, help meet who can run his home as eco- nomically as his mother could. It should be remembered that not one girl in a hundred knows what it is to make batch of bread or do a family wash up to the time she is fifteen or sixteen. t
 Even the most overworked of moth CTS try to keep their girls children, eliminating the care and worry of work as long as possible. From five to thirteen their chief interest is in their dolls, although from eleven to sixteen their studies and school press hard for first place to absorb their attention. Lessons are so exacting, together with home work in preparing them, that the average girl has litsis or no time for housekeeping instruction. If a lover crosses her path at this, her most susceptible, age and her parents can be coaxed into giving their con- sent, she rushes into matrimony willy nilly. Whose fault is it if she burns the cake, scorches hubby's best cuffs or ruins the new, rug in applying ev- |erythiHg but the right thing to take out a spot that no one noticed save herself? Her oSyn mother does her best to cheer her and buoy her up with the hope she will do better next time. Her hubby's relatives rarely show her much Consideration. They pity him profoundly for having mar tried such, wasteful girl.
 It takes long years to be proficient in the art of housekeeping and home making that will tally advant- 1eous1y with a husbands income. A girl learns by hard experience how not to scorch her best blouse or hubby's shirt bosom. She may absorb all the useful knowledge the cook and general util- tty books contain, bd it takes the hard knocks experienced gives her to make her thoroughly conpr- -hend the intri- cate meanings. NfH 1.
 Oaoer IOlkS SHOulQ De IenlenL W1tn the youthful bride who has stepped from the schoolroom to the altar. Finding fault with her methods of do- ing things does more harm than good. Under such conditions she will learn to be secretive, perhaps wrongfully tactful, keeping 1t a secret from hubby or his relatives, that she has broken the handsome china sugar bowl that was one of the most dearly prized of her wedding gifts, or destroyed beyond repair the only dress she had that was 1t to wear on the street by her bung- ling attempt to remodel 1t. All brides who are obliged to count their pennies to make hubby's dollars, go as far as possible are always eager to learn and ars garteful for praise or advice. Both should be given kindly and unstint- ingly. If every one finds fault with her efforts while she is trying to do the very best she can no wonder she may come to the conclusion that mar
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-17

this. And he bloc some smoak throo bis nosat looking all rite, and bloc some thfoo mine, maybe looking .all rite but feeling pritty fearse, and ] cawffed a vile and then started to puff agen, and pritty soon I stood up, saying, I guess III go in.
 Wats the matter, you aint sick, are you? sed Reddy.
 I shood say not, I sed. And drop ped wat was left of the corn husk cigarett and went in our back gate and up stairs, and ma was in the setting room, saying. Is that you, Benny?
 Yes mann. I zsed, and ma sed, Watts the matter with you, WV don't you speek up. aren't you feeling all rite?
 Wich is all i'm going to tell, out of pulliteuiss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-17
CHAT WITH GIRLS AND YOUR
 FOLKS EVENINGS IF ENGAGED

C. writes: When 8 man asks If girl will go to the marriage altar with him and she is not ready to reply how is she to put him off? Modesly, can she let him know she loves him but wishes to study the matter? Is she to mention in his presence a once-en- gagged girl who broke off? Am I to bid him good bye ak we part or is he to say so? shuld a girl permit man she Is engaged to, to kiss her as he goes home? How is she to refuse?"
 Tell him parents must give cdnsent; that it will require a little wait for your answer. He will know you carc for him, or you would refuse. Do not mention one-time engaged girl He bids you good bye. Light kiss as en- gagged part is permissible. Invite friends in evenings to chat. Your folks will begin to get better acquaint- ed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-17
LoBERT THE UNLUcKz

' Hans Lobert win pass his thirty fourth mileBtone tomorrow, and many fans will wish him good luck. but old John is just about convinced that all the luck he will ever have Is bad. The veteran guardian of the far corner, once one of the greatest thiFd seekers in the profession. has certainly had more than his share of injuries and troubles. Last spring he looked ripe for a, comeback, but on the day before the season opened he injured his knee in game against Yale, and the accident forced him out of the regular lineup of Clan Mo- Graw. He did valuable work on the coaching lines and as pinch hitter. If old Hans could have recovered his old form and played third for the Giants this year, it would have put the National league pennant on the Manhattan side of the bridge. Lobert has lots of "pep." a quality sadly lack ing in the Giants at times.
 Lobert's days as a ball player are probably over, but he can look back on long, and glorious career. marred only by the jinx that has dogged his footprints John was born in Will mington, Del, and earned his first DdScUdil COlH dS d Sclul-pTO III IiItS- burg in 1902 and 1903. In 1904 he was called from the Smoky City to Des Moines, and he played al great game in the Western league. The Cubs gave him trial in 1905, but turned him over to Johnstown, Pa. The following year the Cubs swapped him to Cincinnati. and for five seasons Lobert wore the Red uniform, de- veloping into one of the greatest third basers of the league. Then followed four seasons with the Phillies. In 1915, after he had been approached by the Feds. he was swapped to the Giants, McGraw giving Al Demaree, Milton Stock. Jack Adams and a bundle of kale for the third baseman. It was a sorry deal for both Lobert and McGraw. Hans left the Phils just in time to escape a share of the series swag. He had a rib broken by Ritter In practice, and Alexander cracked two more in Q regular game. Then he injured his leg sliding into base, and was injured again before the 1916 started.