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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16
Liberty Bonds.

AS Friday nuUis. the closing tor l.ihcr-
" bond purchases approaches. Nan
nIaSton subscriptions are mounting ny
ana were we'll over the SlVu.U"D mack
this morning. The thrc" iocni banks
report total subscriptions os $iml.4"9.
The largest Individual subscription
WAS Tor $4,000 and there were GiIu ~
two for $4,000.
The c:tizcaS Of Huntington are Also
doing their bit by l;bcrn! assistance
10 the Rcd Cross and Army \. N. e Y.
movements
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16
COUNCIL MET WITH
THE CITY MANAGER
informal Conference Last Evening 10
Discuss City Affairs and Talk
Trip to Dayton.

The city council last evening held an
informal conference with lily Mana
gcr-clcCI &. .. Maggie. IN The FirSl.
branch council chamber. ttnrf Of Po-
lice J. G. Stills WAS also prCs4n! during
Il T,arI OF the session.
at the conclusion of The meeting IL
was stated that nothing Iranaplr~d 9TH
rr. Than an informal discussion OF the
work TO be- taken up preparatory TO
into effect July !. and TO talk over
plans for The "Trip to Dayton. June =,
when The council will visit thar place
10 witness I'll" operation II The com.
mission government Is III" guests Of
the Wheeling Commercial Association,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16

Elhose and son, Jack, have left for
Springfield, O.. where they will visit
relatives for two weeks.
Glenn Alexander left Thursday for
Cleveland. O., where he has accepted a
position.
Dean l.. Ricketts,. advance man for
l:"Gpatch Chautauqua. which will be
held here July II to Il. WIS here this
week distributing advertisements in and
near IN" city. Souvenir programs have
hrcn given out and promises TO be the
best ever presented on the circuit.
Mrs. w II. Burns OF Tulsa, Okla. has
arrived hdre to be the guest OF her
G:.u EhiCr. Mrs. II. W. Mccoy.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16
r,,ne,al Of Chas. z. wells.

The fuarr',i al the late Chhs. l.. Wells
will by held from The residence at
Glover Gap. Saturday morning Il! 10
O'CLOCK Rev. II. q. St""l2cr. pastor vi
the First Presbyterian church. f"ir-
mont, will conduct IN" SERVICE II"
body will be t;,kcn 20 F.tIrmOnt md
t:i.u ~ the Hood cemetery. near l'LN'
ter. 10 be Inferred by In: side oi his
Wife
Mr. Wells was q member OF tho Man
ninGtOn lodge -! l.lks and Of Manning
ION lodge No. 3l.'A. +. and y. MaSons.
which latter ORDER will attend The tuner
al IN !, hod! ,ud c"nduct IL" services
III tho grave.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16

one OK tho several things that Pam
gin does.
Pamg!n comes ~ sna. tablet
form: Il tweive-dayS' treatment in
:ach box. and l%enty-tnur days
treatment lpns tablet With each
meaD Is guaranteed TO Increase
your weight at least five pounds.
.,y!d Il Is almost certain In ten days
to make you feel like Il new being.
rull of ambition. vigor and L desire
10 accomplish inlugS. - II. t;riest
& 20. il25 Market ST. has agreed
20 supply readers OF this paper with
PanSin and 20 guarantee X to do
inst VIVA. IL claimed for ii. or
money returned
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16
MANNINGTON

Warrington IoJs" T.. +. -. f.. NJ
oSS. will hold rs unnUa! tlaS lay en-
erctScS in their lodsc rooms IN Mark"J
street on Thursday eve, June l+th. 1871
at ) o'clock ali iH"1rcrS WILL u" *
yrGt"d TO De present and pay homage
- OUT ilug
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16
Eel1 Festival

Tho Red Cross chapter hid It straw
h.rry festival last -vcnln. on TIE.
school house lawn. Tn" Eiiks hand ;ur-
nlshGd music and the affair "is vel al
tended b. all inc citiH"r8 u Man:t.I-:-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16
BODY RECOVERED.

s.ec.a: D,sra,ch "a tn" !,.inIl,scaceE
EAST LIVERPOOL. O.. June Ia
Robert Dawson today identified body
found in the Ohio river ut Stcub"nTillc
rs his stepfather. Frank Grimm,
whose stepson. John Dawson. and the
latIrr'S wife were drowned when their
skiff CapSized here week ago.
Shakespeare was rs years old when
NJ wrote Romeo and Juliet"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-14
Clara Austin-A Letter To
a Friend.

Dear Friend:
l am well. and hope you the same.
When is your school to commence!
Ours commenced the second day OF
September.
We have twenty-four new seats and
a new blackboard.
There are eight windows in the
school house. Six In the school room
and two in the hall.
The school house has been built fof
over thirty years. Some say that II
would not cost much more to build a
new school house. than it would in
repairs.
There is large yard to pay h.
There are also lot Of trees to climb
But one cannot go barefooted on
account Of the sandburs and cinders.
One Of my sisters is as wild as an
Indian. She can climb upon the coal
shed and catch hold Of "a limb and
swing out and let 90 and drop to the
ground standing on her feet.
We play good many games, some
of them are andy-over. black man,
and good many others.
I must close for this time So
goodbye.
Clara Austin. age 9.
Agency, Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-14
May Bell Austin-A Brave
Little Boy.

Once a little boy was walking In the
woods when he was taken prisoner by
a band of Sonfederates.
They took him to the camp and
threatened to shoot him II he did not
tell them where the northerners' camp
was at.
The little boys name was Henry.
But Henry would not tell, so the men
tied him to a tree so he could not get
away but they were careless and tied
him to a tree too close to the COM
mander's tent
That night the captain and high OFF,
GERS were making plans for what they
were going to do and, Henry heard
them saying how they were going to
attack the northern soldiers.
After they had put out their lights
and retired Henry kept repeating over
Then he happened to remember that
Then he ahppened to remember that
he had his pocket knife, so at last,
after trying for long, long time, he
got the rope cut.
He slipped quietly out to where the
horses had been staked out. One OF
them was small and gentle. so, getting
as small saddle as he could find and
putting it and bride on the horse.
then climbing onto its back, he rade
away to give the warning to the north
erners.
His warning came just in time to
save them from destruction
May Belle Austin, age Is.
Route l, Agency, Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-14
Edwin Alfred Richards
The Autobiography of
q Pin.

Dear Juniors:
AS I have never written before and
interested in your work, thought
would write a composition or an auto
biography of pin:
l, first was iron that was dug out Of
the ground by some young men.
then was taken to large factory and
heated in large furnaces. Then l was
poured into tanks to cool. Then was
stretched into long pieces of wire
Then l was cut and sharpened into
what you call me-a bright, shining
new pin. had many brothers and
sisters, and did not get lonesome IN
that big factory with so much noise
was wrapped into big package with
many other pins and put into large
dark car. had very nice ride to
Ottumwa, and was anxious to see OF
tumwa, because did not know what
a city was when I heard those men
talking about it.
I had about fallen to sleep when
there was big jerk and knew we
were at Ottumwa. We waited about
five minutes, when the door opened
and there stood two men, and they
started to-unpack us, throwing us from
one man to another. Then we were
put into big truck and hauled away
I was taken to a very large store and
put on a counter. was put so
could see all the pretty things, when
a lady came in and bought me. was
taken to her house and was used and
then put in pretty little pin cushion
on a little white dresser.
One day when was asleep little
girl took me and dropped me on the
floor. When her mother swept she
swept me out on the porch. in crack
and here am waiting for you to picl
me up
Edwin Alfred Richards,
317 Taft avenue,
0ttumwa, Iowa
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-14
Charles Dommer- School
Composition, Our
School

Dear Junior:
will write a school composition
about our school.
Out school house faces the east; 1t
has five desks on one side, two in the
middle row and five in the other side
row; the stove sets in the middle OF
the room, but will be changed later:
there was a new flue put in the back Of
the houes and new roof put on, also
a cement porch There is a board
with legs attached for a recitation
bench.
We have an organ. There is a well
at the southeast corner of the house;
back of the house is the wood-pile, and
big elm tree There was new fence
put around the yard about year ago
The yard has big hillside in it; 1t II
certainly a fine place to sleigh ride.
There are fourteen scholars enrolled
at our school. Our teachers name II
Ruth 1relan.
Well, will close.
Chas. B. Dommer, age 4.
Route 2, Unionville, Iowa
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-14
Rob 5 SLIDER Dollar

There were some trees that Rob
was allowed to climb on grandpa's
farm, and some that grandpa said must
wait until his legs grew another inch
or two. But the old apple tree, in
the corner of the crow lot, was our
little boys favorite tree. The branches
were low, and easy to reach, and the
crotches we're wide and fiat, and made
good seats; and it was quite out of
sight of the house, SO that Rob could
easily play being wrecked on a desert
island.
One bright June day, as he sat in
one Of the crotches of this old tree,
Rob heard the strangest sound; was
it fire roaring? There was no fire
in sight. Was it a train? You could
not hear the train from the COW lot.
Was it thunder? 1t was too soft and
too steady for thunder.
Presently Rob leaned far back, and
there on the other side of the tree.
on the lowest branch, was what looked
like a huge bunch of grapes, with
every grippe alive! Rob had never seen
a swarm Of bees before. but grandpa
had told him that when the hive get
too full, they chose a queen, and sent
off new family to set up housekeep.
ing for itself. Grandpa had been
watching for swarm from one of his
hives, so that he could catch it be-
fore it got away to the woods, and
now here 1t was!
Rob was good and scared, you may
be sure, and at first he thought he
would keep still and let the bees go.
But would that be treating grandpa
right? SO the short legs climbed very
softly and slowly. down the other side
from the bees and set out for the
house on mighty run. Soon a nice
new hive, with little molasses and
water sprinkled on its doorway, had
been put under the apple tree to at.
tract the swarn's policemen, or
couriers, and they had taken poses.
sion Of their new dwelling.
Grandpa said that swarm was worth
five dollars to him, and Rob had earn.
ed one. Of them for the pocket of his
own short trousers. Elizabeth P.
Allen, in Sunshine.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-14
Villa j. Fellows Ken
lucky Belle"

Dear Juniors:
In school we paraphrased the poem
Kentucky Belle" and / thought you'd
like to hear 1t.
In the summer of 1863 In log cabin
was young woman of nineteen years
with a baby as Conrad her husband
was taking their first load of hay to
town.
Conrad had taken the oxen but had
left the pet horse Kentucky Belle. The
young woman loved Kentucky Belle
with all her heart. Her father gave
Kentucky Belle to her when she came
from Tennessee.
Conrad, German, lived in Ohio and
his house stood in co.nfield. The
! longed for the hills Of Tennessee. She
fell sick with pining and they moved
to the riverside.
zone morning. says the young
woman. "as was working, I heard
some one coming on horseback. 1t was
Farmer Routh's little boy. He barely
stopped to say. 'Morgan's men are com
ing this way they are getting all the
horses that they can find.' On he gal
Hoped but ! stood In the door thinking
of my pretty Kentucky Bell. Suddenly
/ picked up baby and ran for the pas
ture. Kentucky, Oh Kentucky called.
She knew me ever so far and came
quickly. I led her down the gully and
tied her in the brush. Then | ran back
to the house. Not minute too soon for
here they came Morgan! Morgan, the
raider and Morgan's terrible men. On
they galloped, hardly noticing me. Pm
safe, thought /, when the last one drew
his rein.
"He was only boy Of sixteen, faint,
weary and weak from his ride from
Tennessee. Water he asked for. AS
gave 1t to him. I told him too, was
from the south. Tears came in his eyes
and he asked II knew the blue grass
country and tainted. took him in the
log house and brought him to. 1t was
about noon when he came. Now it was
toward evening. I must go, he mutter-
ed. oh what will Morgan say! heard
it again. The sound of horses 1t was
the bluecoats this time. On they gall
loped i slipped to the pasture, brought
up Kentucky Belle and gave her with
all the money I had to the lad.
when Conrad came home, baby and
were crying. couldn't tell him why.
He was kind to me even when he saw
an old thin horse in kentuckys stall.
And oh! after the war was over a let
ter came to me saying that Kentucky
Belle was fat and thriving back in the
old bluegrass Kentucky, my pretty
Kentucky"
Villa J. Fellows. age II.
Keosauqua, Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-14
-Four Iowa Soldiers
Saluting the c olors
William J. Donelan, Jr.-
my Trip Two Sum-
mers Ago"

The summer before last my father
mother. brother and l went on trip
First we went to Chicago and stayed
there, about a week stopping at the
Great Northern hotel. ! went through
some of the big stores and public build
ings. including the Fine Arts building
where I saw many beautiful statues
and paintings. I spent one day at Lin
coin park looking at the lions, tigers,
elephants, seals and many other AMI
mails, also the beautiful birds and en-
joyed 1t very much. We left Chicago
on the New York Central Limited, a
very fast train. arriving in New YORK
the next day. On Sunday we went TO
high mass at st. Patrick's Cathedral
1t is very fine church and has many
affairs besides the main altar There
were many beautiful paintings behind
the main altar and on the side walls
New York is a beautiful city with its
wide streets and fine buildings. Central
and Bronx parks are much finer and
larger than the Chicago parks. After
leaving New York City we spent two
weeks at Brighton Beach. The ocean
was in front of the hotel and we Went
in bathing many times One day BAD
storm came up. The waves dashed up
on the board walk and on the veranda
of the hotel. 1t lasted all afternoon.
we VlSltSu \dIldud, SSe1S LIS q
of days in Montreal and saw many
things there that are not in the United
States. Most Of the people in Montreal
speak the FreAch language. The city is
quite hilly and more horses are used
there than automobiles. Montreal has
one of tho largest retail fur stores IN
the world. I enjoyed my visit there very
much. On our way home we stopped n
Chicago for a few days and then back
to Ottumwa which looked very good tc
me after being away so long. This was
my second trip to New York. The firsi
time we went by rail to CHICAGO, ther
by water on the Great Lakes to Buffalo
took the train again from Buffalo Z
Albany down the Hudson river u
New York City. That was the mos
beautiful trip have ever taken.
William ]. Donelan. Jr..
Ottumwa, Iowa. 424 w. Fourth 81
This excellent letter Of W1lltam's
was pigeon -holed." We hope he will
see 1t now and write from California
where he has been for several months
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-14
her afterward that she was mistak

her afterward that she was mistak-
en-; Offers always serve fish in that
way when fish are plentiful
+ After dinner the Offers and their
guests rested for while, and then
Father Otter urged the children to
come out and play with him and with
Mother Otter. Much surprised the
three Bears followed the Offers to
their playground; and the next Father
Bear and Mother Bear knew, Little
Bear was sliding down the Offers to-
boggan slide and shouting with glee
All the Offers went down that slide,
one behind the other, and landed
splashity.splash! in the river below
1t was a wonderful sight to see the
Offers swimming about in the stream,
because they are beautiful swimmers;
but what Father and Mother Bear
liked best was the picture of Little
Bear running up the roundabout path
to the top Of the bank and going down
the slide three times as fast as the
Otter children and their parents. The
Offers were more at home in the
water than Little Bear was, but they
could not run on land as he could
Their next game they played with
sticks. One otter took the end Of a
stick in his mouth and another Otter
took the other end, and then they pull
ed and pulled to see which was the
stronger. Little Bear did not like that
game so well as he did the toboggan
slide.
I'VE have had delightful time at
your party" said Mother Bear to
Mother Otter. at last, land we thank
you for inviting us over If you ever
wander into our home woods, come to
our little house and have porridge
with u.s."
I'VE shall be glad to do So" said
Mother Otter, land we shall always
think kindly of Little Bear because he
brought our baby home when he was
lost If we do go to visit you you must
let us make Little Bear toboggan
slide"
ASK them to come as soon as we
get home" urged Little Bear in whis
per to his mother so loud that the OF
ter children heard 1t, and laughed.
And that night Little Bear dreamed
of taking home baby otter and of be-
ing invited to slide down that baby
offers toboggan slide all the after
noon. - Frances Margaret Fox in.
Youths Companion.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-14
Mary Barnes-My Pet Dog
California-Its Mountains
and Its Industries.

Dear Juniors:
This Is the first time I have ever
written to the Courier Junior and
| hope to see my letter in print.
am going to write story ABOUT
pet dog.
Once there was a little boy whose
name was Willie Black. He had big
Newfoundland dog. The dogs name
was Rex.
Rex went to school every morning
with Willie He would lie on the school
house porch until noon came. Then ne
would play with Willie and his friends.
When school was over and the children
went home Rex carried Willie's dinner
pail in his mouth.
One day when Willie started Tor
school he thought he would go by the
river road. So he called Here Rex" and
the big dog and Willie started along
the path above the river.
Willie threw stones In the river 10
see the water splash. He. was near the
school house when little pun OF VINO
picked up his hat and threw 1t out on
the dancing waters. Willie thought that
he could jump out and get his hat and
then wade back to the shore. But when
no got his hat he found that ne could
not possibly wade to the shore, as the
water was deeper than he had thought
II was. He floundered about In the
water as he had never learned to swim.
Just as he was sinking the second time
the big dog on the bank saw what was
happening. He dropped Willie's dinner
pail and sprang into the river. He
caught his little master and swan to
the shore with him.
When Willie was lying on the bank
Rex licked his face and hands with his
tongue until Willie had revived enough
to walk.
When they got to Mr.. Blacks house
Willie got some dry clothes and Rex
stretched out before the fire to dry
himself.
| Willie's parents never forgot ~ha'
Rex had done for them and he was al
lowed to sleep beside his little mas
| ter's bed every night.
| Mary Franscelia Barnes. age II,
Care W. M. Barnes, r. No. 3, Box 8.
| Abba Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-14
Harold Fletcher Some Sol.
der Stories.

My grandfather was a drummer in
an Ohio regiment. He was about IL
years old when the war broke out. He
was with Sherman on his Atlanta cam
paign.
When the war ended he marched
through Washington at the head Of his
regiment AS he was passing a large
house somebody cried out "Hurrah for
the little fellow. but he ought to be
home with his mother
One day he saw Captain Wirz, a de-
serter from the north, marching through
Washington. He was a German and
chief officer at Andersonville prison
Grandpa said he was very cruel to the
federal soldiers. Every time prisoner
escaped he said mo ration for a day
While he was in prison at Washing
ton his wife visited him. When she
left she kissed him and put bottle OF
strychnine'in his mouth The guards
saw 1t and Immediately made him
cough 1t up. He was hanged afterward
Harold Fletcher, age IL,
212 Birch ST Oftumxpa Iowa
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-14
SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS.

We want each Of the Juniors 10 Wrlte
about some one whose birthday is in
September. We don't want long
stories. just short sketches. The writ
ers can select some member of their
pwn family, or a friend, or noted per-
son of the present time, or some one
Who formerly filled an important place
In the world. One of the prizes will
be a box of stationery and souvenir
men. Other prizes from which the
Juniors can make their selections are:
Birthday cake. box of birthday candy,
character doll book. knife, football or
roller skates.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-14
OTHER SUBJECTS.

The Juniors who do not care TO write
IN the above contests, can write on the
following subjects:
The Happiest Day Of Ny Lire.
The Boy Scouts.
A story About Bees.
Pleasure Of Working for the Red
Cross.
The Birthplace Of Ny Parents.
Ancestor Stories.
: Fer Best Gift.
The Good Roads Near MY Home.
A Successful Boy or Girl Farmer.
The Girls and Boys Corn Club.
School Compositions.
Interesting Letters.
Unusual Stories.
Current Events.
Soldier Stories Related by Veterans
and Retold by Juniors.
The Hotel Ottumwa.
Nv Soldier Brother.
This contest will run all through the
month of September. The writer's
can select their prizes from among the
following articles: A character doll,
letter paper, knife. ball bat. roller
skates, knitting basket, flag. book,
box Of candy. school supplies or knit
ting needles.
The prize winner today is Olive Nor
row.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-14
Anna Mae McMullin-
School Composition,
Silver.

Dear Juniors:
AS have not written to the Cour.
Ter Junior for a long time, thought
would write. Our class at school wrote
some compositions and will send mine
to the Courier Junior 1t is about sill
yer.
silver is a precious metal. 1t Is
found in many other elements. Among
those are gold, sulphur, arsenic, LEAD
and copper.
Early writings make it a certainty
that silver was known to the ancient as
early as gold.
! This is due probably to the circum-
stance that silver is often associated IN
a natural state with gold and that sil.
ver is the most brilliant white metal
and Is exceedingly malleable and due
tile.
II Is softer than copper, but is harder
than gold and take sa fine polish.
silver must be beaten into sheets
only one hundred thousandths of an
inch in thickness and drawn out into
q fine wire finer than a human hair.
silver does not tarnish on being ex-
posed to the air, thus forming an I'M
portant metal for plating articles ana
in manufacture Of JeYelry and table
ware.
1t is employed extensively in coinage
and glass staining, making useful ar
ticles in photography and in forming
many alloys.
The states silver is produced in are
Mexica, United States, Germany, Eu-
rope and Africa and Australia.
Germany is the largest silver pro-
ducing country Of Europe. Its mines
have taken high rank since 1923. and
large bulks Of native silver have been
secured from its deposits. Australia
produces almost 14.5o0,eo0 ounces per
year
Anne Mae McMullin.
Kirkville, Ia, Box SO.