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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-13
CHARLTON.

The country clerk on Saturday issued
marriage licenses to the following
parties: Charles L. Morgan, 81, and
Margaret Cross, 25 Thos n. Plows. "a
"a Bertha Anderson, %, all OF Chari-
ton.
rs G. 3. Alexander and daughters
Hazel Alexander and Mrs. Chas Foster
and children of Garden Grove visited
in this city the latter part of last week
with Mrs. Emma tanning, enroute to
Van Tassel, Wyo., where the families
are moving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Blake are the
parents of daughter, born March 9.
Mrs /. C. Written and daughter
Helen visited relatives and friends in
RuGsell Saturday.
Miss Mabel Gittinger spent Saturday
and Sunday in Abba with her cousin
Mrs Chas. Sugden.
The Misses Elvera Larson and Nir-
GINA Pearson went to Abba Friday
evening to visit the latter's father Fred
Pearson who Is i'll in the hospital at
that place, and with other relatives
and friends.
Mamie and Emmett Holmes spent
Saturday and Sunday in Purdy with
their sister Mrs Bessie X ennedy.
, Mrs. Peter Haseltine of Ottumwa re-
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ALBA.

Leland Gholson is home from visit
with his sister in Lambert. Okla.
Winifred Walsh was recent visitor
with friends in Ottumwa.
Billie Richards of Ottumwa is visit.
ing his mother who is i'll here.
Genevieve Anderson was guest OF
friends in Centerville the last of the
week
Howard Dotts has gone to Ottumwa
where he has employment.
Attorney Fred Huebner attended to
business matters in Centerville the
first of the week.
Miss Bae Worley of F'redric spent
SATURDAY. in Abba.
Mrs. s. H. Daughman of Tracey Is
visiting Mrs. Cooper on West Wash
ington
Joe Harlan Of Des Moines spent the
week end at the parental J. w. Harlan
home.
President w. H Rogers Of the U. M.
w. A. transacted business in Des
Moines last week.
Miss Verna Henderson is spending
the week end in Monmouth, ILL.,, visit
ing home folks.
Iowa McGilvery of Des Moines is Wis
iting her parents and attending to
business matters.
Mrs. J. p. White is in Pittsburgh. Pa,
attending missionary committee
meeting.
Mrs. Joe Reynolds and family of Des
Moines spent the week at the D. w.
Reynolds home.
G.. O. Rigdon of Denver is In town
for a few days visiting his mother and
attending to business matters.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-13
SIXTEEN ARE
CONFIRMED

Confirmation featured the morning
service at Trinity Episcopal church
Sunday when Bishop H. l.. Longley ad-
ministered the sacrament to class of
sixteen. The service was beautiful and
impressive, large congregation was
present and the choir was exceptional
fly fine in It's musical program.
A splendid sermon was delivered by
Bishop Longley during the service and
the duty of attending church was
dwelt upon. He said the chief duty Of
church going is to worship, but also
showed the good to be reaped by per.
sons through faithful attendance at
divine service and in participating in
the work of the church generally.
The following made up the conf1rma.
ton class:
Miss Ella Ball, Mrs. j. G. Bunk,
Miss Stella May Bunk, Mrs. j. w.
Clark, Miss Elizabeth Fletcher, Miss
Sidney Scott. Miss Doris Tower, Mrs
I. A. Wallace. Helen Louise Warren,
Mrs. E. N. Wood, Mrs. E. A. Peterson,
Donald Field, George James Gilliland
Frank Bonner Leonard. John Oliver
Warren and Glen Paris, Bloomfield.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-13
|SCOVILLE IS
|HEARDBY MANY
EVANGELIST TALKS TO THOUS-
ANDS AT FRESNO DURING
MEETINGS THERE.

A letter received from Floyd Miles,
publicity man for DR.. Charles Reign
Scoville, who conducted the revival
here last fall, but now holding a series
; of similar meetings in Fresno, CAL,
reached The Courier today telling Of
the success of the Scoville meetings
on the coast. The letter follows:
Fresno, Calf, March 8. -Fifty-two
thousand persons heard DR.. Charles
Reign Scoville in the first twelve
meetings of the union evangelistic
campaign here. Six hundred and TWEEN.
ty-one lined up at the first two invita-.
tons.
The tabernacle was first built with
1000 seats. 1t was filed to overflow
ing even on the week nights. An addi-
ton that provides for the seating of
600 more persons was built Saturday,
March 3. Sunday evening every seat
was occupied, nearly 500 stood along
the walls and scores packed the eight
exits. Many stood in the custodian's
quarters and enquiry room out OF sight
of the evangelist but within hearing
of his voice.
Religion is on overyone's lips here.
DR.. Scoville is preaching against indif-
ference in the churches and the evils
that exist along the Pacific coast. How
ever Fresno Is considered better than
the average of California cities from q
moral view point In all DR.. Scoville's
audiences a dozen or more nationali.
ties are represented. Thirty-three dia-
lects and more than score Of tongues
are spoken here.
Everything is going like clock work,
except that Mrs. Arlene Dux Scoville,
wife Of the evangelist whose singing
has been such a decided feature of his
former campaigns has been suffering
with an attack of appendicitis It was
feared that an operation would be nee.
essary but physicians say she will
escape.
Mr.. Parker of the party is walking
with a cane, due to a minor operation
on his foot. Infection from an ingrown
toe nail was the cause. However he
has gamely stuck to his tasks and the
personal work is we'll up to standard
under his direction
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-13
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Crutchfield and
son of Chicago returned today after a
mort visit with the formers mother,
Mrs. Mary A. Robinson, S24 Fellows
avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Wellman, 3l4
Richmond avenue, have gore to New
York to visit Mrs. Robert Fl. Patterson
and Miss jeanette Wellman.
Miss Aletha Kranz, who attends
Lake Forest college at Lake Forest,
ILL.,. is home, called here by the death
of Miss Norine Barnes.
DR. and Mrs B. D. LaForce and fam
lily, 63S North Court street, returned
home Sunday morning after spending
the past eight weeks at Miami, Fla,
ana other southern points.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-13
ROBBERS PUT
CLERKS in BOX
MODEL GROCERY is VISITED BY
MASKED MEN WHO RIFLE
REGISTER.

Two masked men staged rather
daring and we'll planned holdup Satur-
day night about 9:10 o'clock, when,
after forcing the three people in the
Model grocery, Pennsylvania avenue
and Court street, into the ice box at
the point of guns, they robbed the cash
register and made good their escape.
r. l.. Swanson, one of the propr1-
etors of the grocery, said that shortly
after 9 o'clock two men, apparently
young although their identity was hid
den by masks, entered the grocery, one
coming in through the front door and
the other using the rear entrance, and
or, and Miss Davidson the cashier the
only occupants of the place, to throw
IN their hands. Each Of the men held
a gun and the smaller of the two order
ed the men to enter the ice box. MISS
Davidson was also ordered into the Ice
box. the larger man telling the smaller
man TO remember that she is lady
and treat her as SUCH
Both of the men then rifled the reg.
lister and although Mr.. Swanson was
unable to tell Just how much money
was taken, the police were told that
the robbers secured only about S20 IN
cash. while several checks were TAX
en-. After the men had left the three
people who had been forced into the
ice box came out and telephoned for
the police who worked on the case I'M
til a late hour Bloodhounds were also
secured from Agency. but they were
unable to secure any trail
1t is thought that these are the same
men who have been making the series
of robberies recently in Ottumwa, but
each time they have managed to get
away without leaving any clue. They
had evidently waited until they were
sure that there were no customers in
the place. A small boy is said to have
seen two strange men standing near
the grocery about 8 O'Clock and to
have heard them talking about the
store, one remarking that they had bet
ter wait a while as there were custo.
mers in the store.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-13
BLOOMFIELD

The Wabash has force of men en-
gagged in laying new steel rails west OF
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Bogert of near
Moravia came yesterday for a short
visit at the parental Burr Thatcher
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Kinsler spent Sat
urday and Sunday in Moulton with rel
atives.
Evan Evans and Tom Turpin spent
Saturday in Ottumwa.
Joe Curl has let the contract for a
new four room cottage.
Miss Ruby Rudd of Ottumwa spent
Sunday at the arental Tom Rudd home.
Miss Agnes Fry Of West Grove occu-
pied the Nazarene pulpit Sunday dur
ing the absence of Rev Campbell who
is spending a few days In MARSHALL
town.
Bloomfield now boasts of having one
Of the largest gospel teams OF any
town in the state according to size. The
team is composed of 100 men. They
went to West Grove Saturday evening,
returning the same evening.
Mrs. Chas. Smith returned to her
home at Davenport Thursday after a
short visit with her sister Mrs. M. j.
Barns.
Miss Zelma Baughman was called to
her home Saturday to the bedside OF
her father John Baughman.
Glen Hutchings attended the wedding
of Miss Joy Roberts and Herman Hub
bard at West Grove Sunday.
VIII Steckel was passenger to OF
tumwa Saturday.
James Hockersmith. Mrs. Amanda
Cecil and Miss Leila Coons visited rel
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U. S. COURT IS
TO OPEN SOON
FEDERAL JUDGE WADE WILL BEl
GIN REGULAR SPRING TERM
TUESDAY MORNING.

All is in readiness for the opening
OF the regular spring term of United
States district court here Tuesday.
AT 8 o'clock Judge Martin J. Wade
will call the March term to order and
the work will be on in full swing for
at least a weeks session and possibly
two. s
Judge Wade of Iowa City, Clerk Nc.
Arthur, Deputy Adelman and Chief
Deputy Marshal Hammond Of Des
Moines. U. s. Attorney Porter OF Cen
terville and Deputy Marshal Peterson
OF Davenport will arrive this evening
and in the morning.
The first days calendar provides for
the calling and swearing in Of the
grand jury, call of cases listed for
trial and their assignment and the
taking up Of twelve naturalization
cases. U. s. Examiner Bode will prob.S
ably be here to take up the latter work (
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-13
RUSSELL.

Mrs. Ben Danah of Shenandoah and
Mrs. Bertha Warner of Omaha Nebr.,
were called to Russell by the death of
their grandmother Mrs. Mary Ninsel.
]. Z. RaineS went to Chicago Thurs
day on a business trip.
Miss Louisa and Beatrice Hickey of
Lucas have been visiting their aunt
Miss Maude Hickey.
The funeral of Mrs. Eugene Leamore
was held at the home south of town
Thursday
Mr. and Mrs. F.. G. Cannady left Fri
day for Monmouth. H., where Mr. Cam
nady will work third trick at the Bur-
lington depot.
Mrs. Art Horton of Milwaukee, Wis,
is visiting her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Haywood.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. A. Rockey went to
Charlton Thursday to attend the we'd
ding Of Mrs. Rockey's sister Miss Helen
Van Arsdale to Harry Culver of Garden
Grove.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. w. Elliott are visit
ing their daughter Mrs. c. NJ. Hood and
family of Creston.
Mrs p A. Tinkham of Randolph. Ia,
is visiting at the home of Mr., and Mrs
Homer Jeffriest
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turned home Saturday evening after a
visit with relatives and friends here
where she formerly resided. Miss Ethel
CloWser of Lincoln township, accom-
panied her home for a visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Davis visited over
Sunday with relatives in Hiteman.
Jos. Gordon and daughter Jackaline
visited over Sunday in Oskaloosa with
his sister Mrs. Davis
Miss Fern Willoughby of Scion
Springs, Wis, who had been spending
six months in Charlton with her grand
parents Mr. and Mrs. Willis Adams,
and attending the Charlton schools, re-
turned home Friday.
II. l.. Rayburn and family who have
been residing on the Ilion farm expect
to leave this week for Terrll, where he
will have employment on a farm and
where they will reside.
Mrs. leila WATSON of Des Moines re-
turned home Friday after visit with
her daughter Mrs. Asa Smith, who with
her daughter Enid, accompanied her
home for visit.
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LlBERTYVILLE.

Mrs H. d. Davis returned home
Thursday from a two weeks visit with
her daughter in Abba.
Several of the young people attended
the skating rink in Fairfield Wednes-
day evening.
Mrs. Robert Lux and children of
Wyoming who have been visiting with
her parents Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bur-
naugh for several weeks left Thursday
Tor her home. Mrs. Burnaugh accom-
panied her as far as Ottumwa
Mrs. Stephenson will be hostess to
the Rebekah club Friday afternoon at
her home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Riggs and son
left Saturday for few days visit with
relatives in Abba.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Vaught accompanied
her as far as Ottumwa.
Emery Carter is seriously i'll at his
home near Libertyville with pneu-
monia.
Mrs. Roy Paisley and daughter Col
die are i'll with the mumps.
Mrs. Ollie Smith and sister Mrs. Roy
Glotfelty returned Wednesday from an
over Sunday visit at the Jerry Wolff
home near Waterloo. Ia.
Mr.. William and daughter Mrs. Ma
Ion Williams returned home Wednes-
day after spending month in Florida.
The Odd Fellows of Libertyville will
entertain their wives and Rebekahs
Thursday evening in their hall here.
Harley Yost was a business caller in
Ottumwa Saturday.
Roy Glotfelty finished loading his car
of household goods Thursday and he
and his family are leaving this week
for their new home in Michigan.
Mrs John Glotfelty and Mrs. Thorn
ton Fordyce spent Friday shopping in
Ottumwa.
Mrs. Mollie Singer Of Unionville is
here visiting relatives.
Mrs. Walter Harlan was hostess to
the L. L. club Friday afternoon. The
club will meet with Mrs. H. d. Davis
Friday March %.
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CHARLTON.

Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Gates. until re-
Gently OF Sac City, are here for WISH
with the latter's parents Mr.. and Mrs
Columbus Chambers. Mr.. Gates recent
~ sold his paper at Sac City.
Mrs. ]. F. Greene has returned from
a visit in Coon Rapids with her hiecA
Miss Glyda Silvernail, who is teachins
In the schools at that place. u
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Graves and daugh
ter Virginia, left yesterday on a trib "a
Houston, Texas, and other point3 III
the south and expects to be absent kev.
eral weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Cohen Of Creditor
Who We're called here by the deattN Of
their nephew Daniel Coffelt, who diet
on the Mexican border, have returntet
home.
Joe l.. Long Of Moline, Ill, was hkr,
few days the past week greettns
friends and visiting In Pleasant TOWN
ship with his mother Mrs. Gweu(ni,
Whitlatch.
Chas. B. Lusk of Quincy. H., form
erly Of this place, has been here tn
week transacting business and CALM
on old friends. NJ
Mr. and Mrs. W. b. Graham have 4
turned from Wlnterset where they hsS
been making an extended visit wifi
their daughter Mrs.. John Crossley.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-13
HUSBAND CATCHING
MORE WORTH WHILE

Iowa C1ty, MdrCn IL. -1uSDauu
catching is more worth while today
than ever before. The girl regards
marriage as a life long support to be
gained by being skillful enough to
charm some man. Extreme styles worn
by women now represent an attempt
on the part of the girl to attract a
husband, and her pretty clothes are
getting results.
These are conclusions drawn by
Prof. E. A. Ross of the University OF
Wisconsin in an address before the
students of the University Of Iowa this
morning on THE Changing Social Posi-
ton of Women"
"Our young women are sometimes
referred to as queens and quite
properly, too, since being wife in
wolves less labor now than ever before.
A proposal of marriage is an invitation
to ease and luxury. The modern mar
fied woman has only about one-fifth as
grandmother and statistics show that
she has only about one-half as many
children to look after" Professor Ross
pointed out.
About twenty per cent OF today's
married women enjoy life of luxury
such as was enjoyed by only about two
per cent of our grandmothers. Wives
OF very poor, unskilled laboring men
must either go out and work or take
work into their homes, and their pay
is miserably low. They are no better
of than their grandmothers. But the
wives Of fairly we'll paid professional
men have help to look after the few
duties of their homes and thus have
any amount OF leisure time.
Government has been the great
masculine bluff, but woman has discov-
cred that it is not too sacred and In.
tricate for her to have hand in, and
man can never again leave 1t in the
hands Of political bosses and give his
wife the impression that he is helping
10 promote welfare.
There are now as many college
girls as college men. Four-f1fths Of the
school teachers are women. Eight
hundred occupations are open to wo-
men. This makes 1t appear that wo-
mans weight in society is on the in.
crease but such conclusion Is drawn
only from a surface current in modern
tendencies. A mighty under current in
that feminine weight in society
Is not increasing The fact that wo-
men get all their support without effort
causes them to become subservient to
their husbands in all things as a sort
of payment for their cares
Although self support is gaining in
matrimony is gaining
in attractiveness more rapidly. The
ease and luxury which Is coming to
be associated with marriage makes it
the goal Of most Of the modern girls.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-13
DEATH TAKES
BOTH PARENTS
MRS. A. T. ROBINSON is DOUsLY
BEREFT IN LESS THAN TWO
MONTHS TIME.

For the second time in two months
death has entered the home of A. T.
Robinson, 506 West Fourth street. The
parents Of Mrs. Robinson, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Washington Taylor OF
Boston, Mass, have passed away here
during that period.
On January 10 the mother, Mrs.
Sarah Amelia Taylor, was stricken
while walking along East Second
street near Green, and was carried to
physicians Office where she died
within fifteen minutes.
Sunday morning at $3.50 o'clock the
father passed away at the Robinson
home. He was i'll at the time of his
wife's death and was brought here
soon after it occurred.
Mr.. Taylor was born September 1,
1856, and his daughter, Mrs. Robinson,
is the only one left of the family.
His body is to be placed in a re.
ceiving vault at the Ottumwa GENE.
terry beside that OF his wife and later
a funeral service will be held and both
will be inferred here.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-13
Obituary
Dr.. Frank Denebrink.

DIR. Frank Denebrink, brother OF
Mrs. B. H. Schmidt, 1920 North Van
Buren, avenue and half brother of
Henry Denebrink. S46 Ellis avenue,
died at 11:20 o'clock Sunday morning
in Long Beach, Calf. DR.. Denebrink,
whose home was in Sheridan, Wyo.,
had gone to the coast city in Deem
Der for his health. Beside the Ottum
wa relatives he leaves half brother,
Ben, in Sheridan and half sister in
st. Louis, Mo. No announcement OF
the funeral arrangements has been re.
ceived here.
half3res,.G
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atives and friends in West Grove Sun
day and attended a Baptist meeting.
The Daniel Boone club meets Thurs.
day with Mrs. Sylvia Tough.
Mrs. Chas. Davis returned Sunday
from visiting friends in Ottumwa.
Mrs. Ben Schlagel will entertain, the
Waubonsie Woman's club Thursday.
Mrs. Naomi Day is recovering fret
an attack Of the grip. FH
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Baby Anderson,

The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Anderson, al North Iowa ave
nue., died at o'clock Sunday morn
ing.
Private funeral services were held
at o'clock this afternoon, after
which interment took place in Ottum-
wa cemetery.
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The one out of ten who remains unmar
ried leaves no daughters to inherit her
affinity for business life and uncon.
Germ for man.
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Semi.WEEKLY COURIER
cHANaJNc ADDRESS,

Subscribers wishing their ADDRESS
changed will please give the name o.
the postoffice to which the paper mas
been sent as we'll as the postolhce
to which they desire it changed.
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Barnes Funeral.

The funeral of Miss Norine Barnes,
who died Friday in Cheyenne, Wyo.,
was held at o'clock this afternoon at
the family residence, 1880 Chester
avenue. DR.. c. D. Jacobs of the First
Presbyterian church was In charge
and interment followed in Ottumwa
cemetery
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White Funeral.

Funeral services for Mrs. E. B.
White were held at 10 o'clock today
from the home Of her daughter, Mrs.
M. F. Chisman, 41s North Sheridan
avenue, and at 2 O'Clock in Hopewell
church south of the city. Rev. w. e.
Prewftt, pastor Of the Finley Avenue
Baptist church, was In charge and In
terment took place at Hopewell.
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Finnecan Funeral.

The funeral Of Arthur Finnegan was
held Sunday afternoon at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Rich
ards, 1881 Hayne street. Rev. l. S.
Bussing Of the Davis Street Christian
church officiated and interment fol-
lowed in Shaul cemetery. The pail
bearers were William Tudor, Paul
Richards, j. Green, e. Gillen, Joe Han.
ratan and d. !. George.
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Gossaue Funeral.

Jerome B. Gossage was buried In
Shaul cemetery Sunday afternoon. fol.
lowing funeral service in the Finley
Avenue Baptist church.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-07-19
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SAX0N3TRAIL''BLAzER
MAKES BEMIDJl stop
Photo by American Press Association.

Conspicuous on the streets 4of Be-
mfd1i Tuesday was a bat t1eshfp grey
colored Saxon roadster bearing the
inscription "Saxon Trail Blazer for
National Boundary Highway The
car arrived in Bemidji at o'clock,
drove down Third street and stopped
at the office of William McCuaig,
where the driver, A. w. Schlabach,
was a guest. On the day follow
ing the inauguration this car left
washington, D. c., on its journey
around the boundary of the United
States, and it will be the first We
hicle of any sort to completely de-
fine our border. The car will con-
tinue its trip east from here to Du-
luth and around the Great Lakes,
across the Canadian boundary to
Maine, then down to the Atlantic
coast to Washington.
OF great significance is the fact
that the trail blazed by this car will
connect the most direct motor route
practically all of the important for
tifications and military posts which
protect our country from invasion.
Furthermore. it will connect the
military and naval bases by a direct
route with every point on the entire
boundary line of the United States,
which might need protection in time
of war or might be of strategic i'm
portance from which to carry on
military operation.