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Professional Cards.
SPECIALIST.
CHARLES A. BRAUN,
Safe and Time Lock Efcpert
ttBd
Bank Locks, opened. 220 E.
Main street. Ottnmwa, Iowa.
DENTISTS.
TR. 0. F. TULIIS
'U •. A i.
Modern and Bi
llable Dentistry.
Over Cullen's
Dry Goods Store,
Main Street
Ottumwa,
Iowa.
LAWYERS.
W. H. C. Jaques. Jo R. Jaques.
JAQUES & JAQUES,
Attorneys at Law.
07 North Court street Both
Phones No. 55.
GEO. F. HEINDEL.
Lawyer
Rooms IS sod 10 Baker ltlock. Ottumwa
Iowa.
CHA8. D. FTJLI.WN. CHAS. O. AYRHS.
FULLEN & AYRES.
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law.
6nlte 1. Williamson Billing. 105 North
Ciwrt street. Ottumwa. Iowa.
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
DRS MYERLY & KREUL,
Physicians and Surgeons.
Third floor, Hofmann Block. Chronic
diseases of Lungs, Stomach, Liver and
Kidneys. Blood and Skin Diseases,
Catarrh, Rheumatism. Diseases of
women afternoons Diseases of men
evenings. Phones—Office 908. Resl
dece 966. Calls promptly answered.
Dr. A. O. WILLIAM8,
I C., R. I.
Ik
P. K. Co..
Bnrgeon I C„ B. & •Q. R'y. Co.,
I O. R.. E. & S. Co.
Residence. 21 fl North JpfTerRon *tre»t
Office, 120 Court street. Rpsld*iire tele
phone, 110 office telephone, 00. Ottumwa,
Town.
BURT LAFORCErPH7G., M. D~
Eye. Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist.
Glasses pclentlflcally fitted. Office hour*
10 1i 12 «. m.. and 2 to and 7 to o'clock
p. m. Phone, office. 2R0: residence, 87
Office rooms. 1 and 12 TTofmarn block
OSTEOPATHY.
DR. J. F. BYRNE.
Ornrtnate of American School of Osteopa
Jliv. Klrksvllle. Mo.
Rooms 5 and 7 Snmmers Building. Ottee
h^ir* R-an, to
12:00:
:'f*t
1:80 to 4:00.
ELIZABETH M. THOMPSON.
'Osteopathic Phvslcle»»
Oradnate American Reboot nneopatby.
Klrksvllle. Missouri.
Office. 227 N Court Bt. New 'Phone 894
ITonrs. 8^X1 to 12:00 and 1:30 to 4:00.
B. R. Time Tables
A!' C. B. & Q. and C. R. I. & P. trains
depart from Wash! igton street Un
ion depot.
W. 8. Parker, Ticket Agent.
flURL/NGTON ROUTE, C. B. & Q.
No. Going East. Depart.
*.2a—Chicago. Dnhnqne & Qulncy 2:10 a.m.
l2i—Local Freight 6:45 a. m.
"ffh—Burlington ft St. Louis .... 7:B5 a. m.
501—Peoria. Dtihnqne & Qnlncy 11:50 a. m.
6a-i*-Chlcago Limited .. .. 1:48 p. m.
4n—Chicago. St. Lou!r. & Qnlncy 7:10 p. m.
fa—Fast mall 8:87 p. m.
2a—Chlcagc Peoria & Rockford 11:45 p. m.
Going West.
5a—Omaha. Council Bluffs &
Nebraska .12:KOa. m.
ISa—Fast mall 2:40 a. m.
'.lib—Local freight .. 8:00 a.m.
8a-Omaha. Kansas Cltr. Denver,
Hot Springs Denflwood. Og
den. Portland & California 7:45 a. m.
7ik- Fast mall 8:52 a.m.
Ph—Peoria to Creston 1:50 p. m.
'.Rn—Limited 1:28 p. m.
tb—Chicago to Ottnmwa.arrive 10:00 m.
la—Denver to Omaha ... .11:80 d. m.
a—dally: h—except Sunday. Nos. 7, 8 and
15 do not carry .passengers.
Via Fort Madison—Going East.
Ft. Madison fr St. Louis (b) 9:00 a.m.
Going West.
From FOrt Madison and St.
Louis (b) 5:60p.m.
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC
No. Going East. Depart.
208. Keokuk, Kansas City. Cali
fornia and southwest ..9:33a.m.
80S—Keokuk 3:08 p.m.
204—Eldon, Davenport & Chi
cago 10:17 p.m.
274—Local freight 5:15 p.m.
Going West.
308.
Dps Moines. Ruthven, Wesi
Nebraska and Washington,
Muscatine,. Davenport and
cagn 7:00 a. m.
l—Des Moines & Omaha. .11 30 a. m.
•:05—Des Molne3 & Omaha.. 7:05p.m.
27'—Local
freight 8:00i... m.
Unless otherwise: ecISed all trains are
unllv except Sunday.
All C. M. & St. P. and Wabash trains
depart from Jefferson Street Union
depot. W. L. Richards Agent.
C. M. & ST. P.
No. Going East Via Cut Off. Time
8a—Washington, Muscatine, Dav
enport and Chicago .. 5:45 p.
12a—Washington. Muscatine, Dav
enport and Chicago 12:05 a.m.
86b— Davenport freight 0:10 a.
Going West.
Sa—Kansas City and Interme
diate 10:18 r.
6a—Sevmonr, Chllllcothe, Excel
sior Springs and Kansas
City ... 2:14a. in.
9Sb—Chllllcothe freight 7:00 a.m.
81a—Chllllcothe freight 12:30 p. m'
C9a—Chllllcothe freight 10:40 a. m!
Going East Via Marion.
10b—Marlon, Cedar Rfiplde and
Intermediate 1:55 a.m.
108b—Marlon. Cedar Rapids and
Intermediate 5:55
9Sb^—Marlon freight 6:40 a.m.
Coming West Via Marion.
9c—Marlon. Cedar Rapids and
intermediate 1:25 a
103b—Marlon, Cedar Rapids and
Intermediate ............ 9:55 a. m.
w—dally: b—except Sunday c—except
Uonday.
WABASH TIME TABLE.
No. Arrive. Time,
la—St. Louis & Kansas City ... 0:15a
13a—Moberly & Des Moines 11:20.a.m.
Ba—St. Louis & Kansas City 7:00
No. Depart.
2a—St. Lou'3 & Kansas City 8: 25 a.
6a—Moberly &"Des Moines..4:10
4a—Bt. Louis & Kansas City ... 9:S0 r." m"
a—daily.
For Information call new telephone 12M.
If you do, make your
wants known in
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If there !s one of you that I do njt know, come in and let's get
acquainted. I have a good stock of Glosses, Brasses, Grease Cups,
Cup Grease, Whang, Packings, Flue Brushes, Flue Expanders, Hose,
Tank Pumps, and Tank Pump Repaii*s. If you want a stitched Can
vas Belt from Engine to Separator at supply house price bring your
cash with you.
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UMWA
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tober 17, 1908. at the postofflce. Ottum
wa, Iowa, under the Act of Congress of
March 3. 1879.
THE WOMAN'S WOMAN CRITIC.
No critic of woman can be so caustic
and so pronounced as a woman critic.
All the little faults that men consider
as nothing or else choose to overlook
are picked up and moulded together
into a big ball* of fault by the artful
woman who is criticising women. The
American woman, or the American
lady, as she is called in this instance,
comes in for a severe analysis by a
woman from India, Baba Bharita, who
says:
"She Is a lady partner who has
agreed, before a church altar or in a
registry office, to live together with
the man of her momentary choice, as
long as it suits her or the man, in a
suite of rooms or a house for the pur
pose of enjoying and hunting material
pleasures. It is a lady who has abol
ished the home as a relic of a barbar
ous age, and turned it into sitting,
talking and sleeping rooms, with com
fortable or luxurious conveniences
who has made over the kitchen and
housekeeping to hired cooks and maid
servants or housekeepers to escape the
bother of worldly worries in many
cases abolished it along with the home,
preferring to eat ready-cooked foods in
hotels and restaurants. It is a lady
who tries to expiate the sin of her
share in "race suicide' by caring more
for a baby dog fed to square propor
tions or a cat indulged out of all pro
portions than for a human being. It is
a lady who knows no more of bringing
up children than she knows of keeping
a house or cooking, both of which she
hates."
While it is true that there are some
women in America, just as there are in
every other civilized part of the world,
where this description in its entirety
would fit, that fact does not signify
that all American women are meas
ured by that standard. The typical
American woman loves her husband,
her children and her home, enjoys
them because she is a true woman and
because she is a type of the American
woman. She is devoted to them all
and though she gives a part of her
time to other pleasures they come sec
ond to her home life. She is a prac
tical, sensible woman, much more so
than her self appointed critic from the
other side of the world.
Baba Bharati has made a superficial
investigations of conditions in
America. She has possibly known
a half dozen American women,
one or two who come within the
classification she has outlined. But
she does the American woman an
injustice with her criticism of the
one woman or possibly two out of
the half dozen. bhe should travel
through the country, should Baba Bha
rati, she should visit the happy homes
that disprove he- sensational declara
tions. She should investigate fully,
and then., were she a man, she would
join that innumerable throng of Ameri
can men, American gentlemen, who
bow to America's womankind.
LITTLE BOBS AND TOMMY.
"Little Bobs," as the British soldier
lovingly calls Lord Roberts, has proven
his bravery on more than one occa
sion and he is respected and honored
for it. not only by the soldiers them
selves but by the British public and
the world at large. But never did he
need a bigger stock of nerve to sus
tain him than when, a short time ago,
he stood up before the British people
and informed them coolly that the
army of which they are wont to speak
so proudly, is neither efficient nor well
trained. The average Britisher is
more than contented on his little 1s.
land and it is an insult to him to even
hint that some things might be
changed for the better over there. But
about the army he is especially sensi
tive. Kipling's lines are only half
true. He wrote:
"It's Tommy this an' Tommy that an'
Tommy run away,
But it's thank you, Mr. Atkins, when
the band begins to play."
But in spite of all his apnearance of
nonchalance the Britisher thinks much
of "Mr. Atkins" whether the band is
playing or silent, and for some of the
defenders of the crown the musicians
are piping all the time. Lord Roberts
took his reputation in his hands when
he calmly told England that her army
is not fit to be classed as a first-rater.
It is difficult, however, to reconcile
Lord Roberts' declaration with the re
cent speech of Premier Balfour in the
house of commons, in which he de
clared that never in all her history was
England better prepared to uphold her
prestige on land and sea. Mr. Bal
four said the same thing in a maga
zine article several months ago, in
which he stated that since the Eoep
war the English army and navy had
JAS. HL SHEPHERD,
"New Shepherd's Ranche."
OTTUMWA, IOWA.
been quietly but effectively reorgan
ized. He asserted that the lessons of
the Boer war had been thoroughly di
gested, and that particular pains were
being taken to remedy the defects and
strengthen the weak places which had
been revealed by that war. He claimed
that in its artillery branch the English
army was now superior to any in Eu
rope.
Perhaps Lord Roberts' sensational
pronouncement is due to some extent
to his personal sympathy for his old
comrade and lieutenant, General
Kitchener, who has been making a
hard fight in favor of the reorganiza
tion of the army in India. General
Kitchener appears to have won his
fight, as the English government re
cently granted him the extended pow
ers he desired, but Lord Curzon, the
civil governor of India, is bitterly op
posed to the rlan, and General Kitch
ener will need all the backing he can
get at home to carry his ideas into ex
ecution.
General Kitchener's opinion—which
is also the opinion of many English
public'men—is that as soon as Russia
gets rid of her present troubles she
will take revenge upon England by
striking India. England is also haunt
ed with fears of the kaiser's mailed
fist, which may be prompted any day
to strike a blow somewhere that will
call all Europe to arms.
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SES
SIONS.
The United States government will
place at the disposal of the Russian
and Japanese peace envoys two
yachts to be used during the meetings
at Portsmouth, N. H. Although either
of the vessels is large enough to ac
commodate both parties it is thought
better to provide two so that the rep
resentatives of the warring nations
shall not be too close to each other
during the intermissions between* the
sessions of the "peace" meetings.
Such provisions seem .at first glance,
to be rather unnecessarily elaborate
but such is not the case. The United
States government, in inviting the
czar and the mikado to send their
peace plenipotentiaries to Washington,
has assumed a grave responsibility, a
responsibility for which this govern
ment is answerable to the whole world
of nations. The sessions of the peace
conference must be guarded with se
crecy, they must be held under cir
cumstar" that will aid the move
ment toward pcie in every possible
way. If the discussions, which will
naturally be heated, should be con
tinued after the meetings, as might be
expected if the Russians and the Jap
anese were quartered on the same
boats or used them on trips from the
city of Portsmouth to the government
island where the meetings will be held
when the plenipotentiaries leave
Washington, the opportunity to think
calmly on the important questions
would be denied the envoys. A per
sonal quarrel might become so bitter
that it would delay or possibly prevent
a conclusion of peace between the
two countries. All these things, it
seems from developments which are
now becoming public property, have
been thought over by the President
and he has taken measures to make
for success in every way.
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING BEST.
Chase's theatre in Washington. D.
C., one of the most popular and suc
cessful amusement houses in that city
will not be advertised through the
medium of the billboard In the future.
Newspapers, which have always been
used by Mr. Chase, will carry his ad
vertising from now on. In taking this
action the Washington manager is fol
lowing the example set by the manag
ers of many concerns of similar nature
and larger scope. The largest circuses
for instance, will pin their faith more
to newspapers this year than ever be
fore, something hitherto- unheard of.
The Washington Star, commenting
upon the change to be inaugurated by
the Chase theatre management, says:
"Doubtless this (billboard) form of
advertising served its purpose In the
days when newspapers were not as ex
tensively circulated and read as they
are today. But the management of
Chase's believes that the recent im
mense strides of the newspapers, es
pecially the interesting and mammoth
Sunday editions has left the billboards
wholly out of competition as publicity
promoters. As a matter of fact, the
boards which in the beginning were
entirely devoted to theatrical advertis
ing, have in recent years been enlarg
ed to provide space for a vast amount
of commercial advertising, fashioned
and colored in such a way as at a
glance to deceive the public into the
belief that It appertained to the the
atres, in this way hoping to gain a
share of the public attention given to
theatre, posters.
"Theatrical managers have protest
ed against this, but without/ avail, as
the bill posting companies have con
sidered that the boards are a necessity
to the theatres and that in conse
quence no manager would have the te
merity to carry his objections to the
point of depriving himself of this form
of publicity, however much he may
consider it encroached upon and di
verted from its proper field by the
commercial posters.
"This action will be hailed with sat
isfaction by the citizens who, for a
year or two, have opposed billboards
and introduced legislation tending to
restrict their usurpation of vacant
spaces. That they are a public nuis
ance in so far as they obtrude their in
artistic announcements upon the eye
sight in almost every direction of
vision cannot be questioned."
The fireworks exploded bit the
Fourth of July in the United States
cost, it is estimated, about $15,000,000.
That sum which was burned up, to
gether with the doctors' bills and fire
losses which may be called part of
the direct result "of the celebration,
vould make the treasury deficit, that
worries so many people, look like thir
ty cents. But the Fourth has never
gotten into politics—not even when
the Kansas City convention was held
on Independence day.
Secretary Taft says he wasn't angry
when he wrote that letter to Engineer
Wallace. No one doubts the asser
tion, but it would no doubt be inter
esting to see one of the war secre
tary's letters written when he really
was out of sorts.
A Kansas editor declares that though
the Russians can't fight they lead the
world in th production of seed wheat.
Kansas gets her supply from the czar's
Subjects.
This is the kind of weather when
you can hear the corn grow. Let's
have some more of it.
New York needn't think she has a
corner on the hot wept her. ....
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
Says the Davenport Times: "Twen
ty-five men are now facing sixty-five
new indictments for graft at Milwau
kee. Something else may make that
city not famous, but infamous, if its
citizens are not careful."
—~0"—
"A clerk In the agricultural depart
ment at Washington did some graft
ing, and lost his job," remarks the
Clinton Herald, *and observes, "One by
one the grafters are being uncovered."
—O——
Noting that Special Commissioner
Eristow favors the open door for the
isthmus, the Council Bluffs Nonpareil
says: "From the way the employes
have been getting away, we should
judge the door was at least slightly
ajar already."
"Some of Muscatine's crack golfers
should be in attendance at the state
meet at Burlington next week," de
clares the Muscatine Journal. "Some
good prizes down there and some good
players up here."
"Tom Lawson says municipal owner
ship is impractical. Mayor Dun.ie
counters viciously by alleging that
Lawson is an anarchist," says the
Sioux City Journal, and concludes that
there's nothing quite so piquant as a
scrap between reformers.
The New Jersey legislature has made
it unlawful to kill birds in that state,
and the Marshalltown Times-Republi
can thinks this may account for Grover
Cleveland's recent article on the sport
of rabbit hunting.
—o—
Remarking that Rockefeller is unable
to understand why the people abuse
him, the Cedar Rapids Gazette sug
gests that It is for the same reason
that the farmers says harsh things of
the man who lifts his watermelons.
—o—
"The role of (he prophet is easy, if
you don't set any dates." rays the Iowa
Falls Citizen.
o—
The Marlon Register suspects that
the men who recentlv burglarized a
Missouri printing office were in search
f. "pi."
One reason for the decrease in
Imva's population Is found by the At
lantic Telegraph in the fact that so
many of her sons have been calleil to
pcsitlons of trust by the administrn
tion.
—o—
Commenting on the fact that the
Cedar Rapids Commercial club has
teen asked to get up a 200-mile excur
sion to see Tom Lawgon, the Republi
can says: "Realty, are there any craz
ier people in the world than he Amer
icans?" Or any people more hysteri
cal?"
The Cedar Rapids Republican editor
does not propose to be robbed of the
honor of having been the principal
factor in the nomination of Leslie M.
Shaw for governor and therefore em
phatically says that "Mr. Blythe is
entitled to none of the credit for the
nomination of Mr. Shaw" as the tariff
r'ppers charge. "Very well," says the
Marion Register, "Hats off to -he
man who wrote the name of Leslie M.
in the niche of fame. He did a mighty
good job and while robbing Denison,
for a time, of its foremost citizen gave
to the state one of its best governors
and to the administration, of President
Roosevelt one of its ablest cabinet
members. In this matter the Register
will cheerfullly play the role of a 'har
monizer' by 'giving credit to whom
credit is due,' in this instance, Cyrenus
Cole."
"The Iowa census of 1905 has man
aged to dig up three counties which
show an increase in population." re
marks the Fairfield Ledger, hopefully.
Q—
The Clinton Herald remarks that
John F. Stevens, the new chief eng1
neef of the Panama canal, is possessed
of an independent fortune. "As he has
the bread-and-butter problem solved
he will not yield to tempting offers to
quit his job," says the Herald.
—o—
"Even if Walter Scott, the lucky
miner, has oodles of money to spend
he can find plenty of places to spend It
in Chicago," declares the Sioux City
Tribune. "There are plenty of people
who will be glad to relieve him of his
burden and who don't reside in St.
Louis, either."
"If Rockefeller's father lived in Iowa
you can bet your old tin oil can that
he would be sufficiently proud of the
fact to make it known," says the Des
Moines Capital.
The Creston American says that
good "hired girls" are scarcer because
they make good wives and prefer to
work in their own kitchens.
—o—
"How hopeless is the Devlin failure
in Kansas," says the Council Bluffs
Nonpareil, "is shown in the fact that
the chief assets consist of mining prop
erties."
8ENSE AND SENSIBILITY,
New York Evening Sun.—By a curi
ous coincidence, while Mr. Jerome was
treating his hearers of the Forest
Park Chautauqua at Ottawa, Kas., to
a little sense on the subject of "trusts"
yesterday, the supreme court of the
same state by its decision in the state
oil refinery case was pointing a moral
to adorn the tale.
The New York district attorney hit
the nail on the head when, after re
ferring to one of the very rich men of
the country whose name is occasional
ly associated with what is called
"tainted money," he added, "you have
only to look at your own country
crossroads to find men in a smaller
way doing exactly as he has done.
This is business, and business is war.
This Is-commerce, this la competition
It la war and strife.' I-do not say that
this is moral, it is immoral. But don't
tell me that if the men at the cross
roads had more power they would not
use It to their own advantage."
About the t*me'. that these words
were uttered the supreme court of the
state handed- down an opinion, In
which all the judges concurred, de
claring that Governor Hoch's pet Jaw
appropriating money to establish a
branch penitentiary and a state oil re
finery to he operated together was
unconstitutional.
The governor in approving this bill
had remarked that It T"as "such a rad
ical departure from governmental
precedent that It seems wise to put
urion the records a clear statement of
the provocation and the purpose of this
undertaking ... so that our action
is clearly defined and thoroughly un
derstood at home and abroad." This
led the court to say, sarcastically:
"The construction of penal Institutions
is not a radical depart"re from gov
ernmental precedent. The 'provoca
tion' for maintaining such institutions
is known to all persons. Besides, what
Interests have the people abroad on thr
subject of our penal Institutions that
for their benefit our "action should be
clearly defined?" The Indictment of
the Standard Oil company is no doubt
true and the provocation was very
great, but
"We must not make a scarecrow of
the law.
Setting it up to fear the birds of
prey."
Between the supreme court's law
and Mr. Jerome's sense the Kansas
political or economic sentimentalists
got a pretty bad jolt yesterday. :4
FREE MARRIAGES.
Cedar Rapids Republican. The
mayor of Marshalltown makes the offer
ot marrying people free of charge. He
Intends this to be an Inducement to
matrimony. He has been reading some
of the present day utterances in favor
of more marriages and more children
and, no doubt believes he is doing a
great good for humanity. That he
might be mistaken may not have oc
curred to him. But the trouble with
the present is not that there are too
few marriages, but that the are too
many marriages of the kind that can
not afford to pay the usual marriage
fees. If a young man and a, young
woman can not afford to pay $1.25 for
being tied for time and eternity, might
it not be better to dissuade them from
taking such a step instead of urging
them on by offering to perform the
ceremony free of charge.
Has it not occurred to the mayor of
Marshalltown that every man who
takes his intended bride before him Is
insulting her whom he would mc-ke his
wife by confessing that she is not
worth $1.25 or $5, which Is sometimes
a preacher's honorarium What should
a woman think of a man who would
take her before the mayor of Mar
shalltown? Ought she not feel insulted'
Can she afford to agree to live with
a man who Is not wllllnr to pay a fee
of $1.25? The mayor of Marshalltown
in on the wrong track. He has had his
picture in many of the papers, all on
account of his offer, but it is not a
good kind of notoriety. Marshall
town became the center of the feeless
marriage Industry it would not have
much to boast of.
We are afraid that the mayor of
Marshalltown ,is making his town ri
diculous. To run a bargain counter
matrimonial bureau is not a very high
aim for a city.
LARGE8T FARM IN IOWA.
W. P. Adams, of Sac County, Controls
6.400 Acres of Land In This State.
W. P. Adams, of Sac county, is said
to have the largest farm in the state
under one management. It contains
ten sections or 6,400 acres. This big
farm has a most modern and complete
equipment of horses, sheds, cribs, ma
chine shops, seed men's quarters, su
perintendent's and forman's resi
«-:nces, telephones, electric houses,
power house, stables, machinery, lights
finely graded roads on all section lines
and a model summer residence for the
proprietor. About 150 mules are used
for farm power, and over 100 men are
employed during the summer. All wet
spots are thoroughly tile drained and
not a spot of waste land is to be seen
on the great farm. The principal crop
raised Is corn, the corn rotated with
oats and clover.
There is not a fowl on the farm
and only cows enough to furnish milk
for the place. Neither are any hogs
or cattle kept, the clover hay and the
pastures being used by great flocks
of sheep, which system Mr.' Adams
finds enables him to easily maintain
the fertility of the soil. The bulk of
the corn is sold, amounting this year
to 200,000 bushels, or an avepagG yield
of fifty-five bushels per acre. The
greatest pains are taken in saving,
selecting and caring for the seed corn,
and no like
-ea
of corn in the state
has probably so perfect a stand. Mr.
Adams has just finished marketing the
last of 13,000 sheep which he fed this
winter and on which he realized a net
profit of $2 per head, or the sum of
$25,000. The farm1 as conducted by
Mr. Adams is a mo:t profitable invest
ment arid is furnishing to the farmers
of that part of the state many object
lessoas in the line of what is possible
where business systems are applied to
agriculture.—The Centerville Citizen.
ELDON.
Eldon, July 15.—P. M. Cassldy, of
Troy, was in the city yesterday on bus
iness.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Lucas, of Fairbury.
Neb., are visiting with S. Lucas and
family here.
Miss Elizabeth McHaffey entertained
a few friends last evening.
Conductor Tom Riley received a tele
gram of the death of his brother-in
law, Jesse Long, engineer in the wreck
cri the Iowa Central at Richland. Con
ductor C. Dugan went out on Mr. Ril
ey's run yesterday evening.
Mrs.. Anna Hildeblddle, of Eddyville,
is visiting at the home of her uncle
J. H. Graham.
G. Cavines was a Floris visitor yes
terday.
There will be a ball game tomorrow,
between Seymour and Eldon.
James Bradley, of Centerville, was
in Eldon yesterday on business.
Marv. Jacques went to Ottumwa to
day on business.
Mrs. Addle Hillis went to Keosau
qua today for a short visit.
Mrs. Jessie R. Scripture, of Savanna,
111., is in the city on a visit.
The Bethlehem Christian church
will hold a baptismal service about
two miles from this, place, Sunday at
S p. m. About thirty-five will be bap
tised.
Mrs. C. C. Smith entertained a num
ber of her friends at Weed park yes
terday afternoon. The party was in
honor of Mrs. Brundy, of Eldon, who
$49.00
$60.00
Burlington
Route
is visiting at the home of Conductor
Black, on East Fourth street. The
vromen were driven to the shelter of a
bouse which is being constructed, dur
ing the little shower about 6 o'clock
last evening, where they ate supper.
After supper a .trolley ride was en
joyed and the evening's pleasure ended
about 9 o'clock.—Muscatine Journal.
Farmlngton, Julv 15.—Miss Ida An
ders, accompanied by her niece and
nephew, of Quincy, 111., came Thurs
day morning for an extended visit
with Miss Anders' aunt, Mrs. Modlsett
and other relatives and friends. Her
niece and nephew will visit in Ft.
Madison before they return home.
Miss Edith Rabb went to Chariton,
last Monday for a visit with friends.
Miss Margaret Clark, of Bonaparte,
hi been visiting her cousin, Wlnfield
Collins and family for the past week.
Winfleld Collins expects to move his
family to Bonaparte the first of next
week.
Mrs. Margaret Boyer has been In
Bloomfleld this week visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Alice Mylan.
Miss Annie Risser, of Keokuk, visit
ed with old friends Tuesday. She
went from here to Warren, where she
will visit relatives for a short time.
John Tompkins, a prosperous farmer
was found dead in his orchard last
Monday evening. Death resulted from
heart failure.
Ed Simmons ~nd wife are home from
Ft. Madison, where they have been for
a number of weeks..
Smik rates apply also to Seattle, Tacoma and Vancouver.
CHARITON.
Chariton, July 15.—Roy Threlkel ex
perienced a runaway last evening on
the public square by his team being
frightened by an automobile. A broken
wheel was the only damage done.
The Baptist Benevolent society was
delightfully entertained yesterday aft
ernoon at the home of Mrs. C. C. Cur
tist, north of town.
"The Devils Peculiar to Summer
Time" will be the subject of the Sun
day evening sermon at the Baptist
church.
Dr. Rose Thomas has returned to
her home in Columbia, Kansas, after a
pleasant visit with Dr. Dora McAfee.
Ktheridge Rodgers has returned to
Chicago, after a pleasant visit with his
parents.
The women of the U. P. church serv
ed ice cream this afternoon in the
Copeland building. The proceeds are
to be added to their' building fund.
FARMINGTON.
D. G. Cox went to Keokuk Wednes
day, where he met his daughter, Miss
Kate, who has been visiting the past
three months in Peoria. They return
ed home this morning.
ALBIA.
Albla, July 15.—Ralph Wilkin son
of Shafer Wilkin, who lives in the
third ward, is very sick with appendl
citis. They expect to operate on him
today.
Mrs. Harry Varner left yesterday for
Canton, 111., to visit Mrs. Harry Bet
tison and other relatives.
The Buxton band and orchestra
passed through here yesterday on their
way home from Keokuk, where they
had furnished music for the state con
vention of colored Odd Fellows.
W. B. Lutz left yesterday for Fayette
City, Pa., on a short business trip.
Mrs. John Sheard, formerly Miss
Nellie Randolph, who has been very
sick for the past month, is able to be
out In a wheeled, chair at present.
Attorneys J. C. Mabry and N, E.
Kendall are spending their summer
vacation at Pine .Lake, Minn.
Miss May Hartsuck, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. G. W. Hartsuck, of this place,
is visiting, at the parental home this
summer. She has been at Carlsbad,
New Mexico, for some time for her
health. She expects to return about
S 1
Roy Elder, of Pleasant township,
has returned from Alberta, Canada.
Andy Gibson, of Chicago, who for
inerly resided here, is visiting friends
in town this week.
Attorney J. T. Clarlcson is spending
his summer vacation with relatives
liear Mollne, 111.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Dargravel,
of. Centerville, visited their daughter.
Mrs. A. R. Jackson this week.
Japies Cummins, of Melrose, was an
Albia visitor yesterday.
Harry P. Carr, who died yesterday,
at the hospital In Ottumwa. formerly
lived about a mile north of Albia, and
his many friends here regret to hear
of his death.
AGENCY.
Agency. July 15.—Mrs. L. M. Bross.
of Lincoln, Neb., Is here visiting her
sister. Mrs. J. M. Dodd.
Lymon Reynolds, of Carroll, Is here
vis'ting relatives.
Rev. John Walker, of Hlnton, Is
here visiting relatives.
Miss Pearl Fair is visiting friends
in Washington.
Mrs. Charles Hixson and son, of
Chicago, are here visiting at R. C.
Hix8on's.
Miss Fannie Nye left Thursday for
Chllllcothe for a week's visit.
Mrs. J. W. Burris and daughters
have returned to their home in Kan-
mm
and
Return
Via direct lines, starting any day
May 23-September 30. Return limit
90 days, but not later than November
30. Lewis and Clark Centennial open
June 1 to October 15.
Via California, going or returning.
Greatest opportunity ever presented
for complete tour of Pacific Coast.
Starting certain dates each month,
May to September, inclusive. Return
limit, 90 days, but not later than No
vember 30.
About one hundred very inexpensiva'
side trips. Let's talk them over.
W. S. PARKER,
AGENT.
Union Depot. Ottumwa, Iowa
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sas City, after a two weeks" visit with
friends here.
Theodore Brokaw has returned front
two weeks' business trip to Denver.
RICHLAND. I
Richland, July 13.—Albert McPher
son and wife, of Fairfield, was In town
last Wednesday, calling on relatives.
Editor''Daggett was an Ottumwa
visitor last Saturday. Mr. Daggett is
taking medical treatment of one ot
Ottumwa's physicians.
Ed Saseen, of Oklahoma City, came
In last week for a visit with old
friends. During his long absence ha
finds many changes for the better in
this town.
Mrs. Lilly Barr, of Smarlllo, Texas,
has been visiting relatives and friends
for a few weeks. She went from hera
to Knoxvllle.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Gardner, who
spent the Fourth in Wayland, are at
home again.
Mrs. Mllo Lemley and little daugh*
ter came over from Packwood ,and re
mained (ver Sunday with Mrs. Lem
ley's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Walker.
The school board met last Thursday
night and elected Pliney McCracken.'
of Woolson to fill the vacancy in the
grammar room, and Miss Hart, of Dea
Moines, for the primary.
Dr. M. E. Coles, who spent a few
days in Chicago, arrived at home a
few days ago.
James Kent and daughter, of Jerry,
came last Saturday to attend the fu
neral of Mrs. John Kent a sister-in
law of Mr. Kent.
Dr. Eugene Carmlchael's wife and
daughter, of Early, arrived last Sat
urday for a few weeks' visit with rela
tives, Mr. and Mrs. John Carmlchael.
and Mrs. I. Hunt. Before returning
home Mrs. Carmlchael will visit in
Illinois.
Rev. America Sea, of Des Moines,
filled the pulpit at the Christian
church Sunday and In the evening,
she went from here to Illinois to visit
her mother.
Mrs. George Morain is visiting rela
tives In Arm'ington, 111., since last
Monday.
Mrs. Con. O'Brien, of near Marshall*
town, arrived a few days ago for a
visit with her daughter, Mrs. Lemmy
Mills and family.
Died, Friday morning, July 7, Alice
wife of John Kent, aged 53 years, .4
months, of paralysis of the brain. A
husband and four children, Claude*
Jessie, Georgia and Clare, are left to
mourn her death. Funeral services
were conducted at the family resldenca
by Rev. P. W. Hawk. A large crowd,
of friends and neighbors were present
to pay their last respects to the de
parted. The floral offerings were many
and beautfiul. Her remains were laid
to rest in Highland cemetery.
County Attorney Hugh Goeldner and
Wllcoxen and Daniel Hamilton and
Henry Wagner, of Sigourney, were
here Monday to conduct the trial of
the beer seizure case, but owing to
some technicality, the case was dis
missed.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Reynolds, of Lan
caster, were over Sunday visitors at
the Anderson Sellers home.
A party of Holiness people passed
through here Wednesday distributing
tracts.
Hezeklah Jones, aged 82 years, and
9 months, died Thursday, July 6, at
the home of his son, Wm. Jones, north
of town. Mr. Jones came to this coun
try in 1857, and has lived north of town
most of the time, raising a family of
ten children, five of whom have died.
He has been an invalid for several
years. He was a life long member of
the Friends church. Funeral services
were conducted by Rev. Ritch, at the
Friends church here. His body waa
interred in the Friends cemetery.
STRINGTOWN. *.
Stringtown, July 13.—The Mlsre«
Minnie and Martha Larmore were call
ers at F. P. Mowery's near Abingdon
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Davis attended
the funeral of James Hook near Hed
rick, last Wednesday.
G. E. Wilson and G. W. Davis werfl
callers in Abingdon Tuesday.
Ed Riley and family visited with
relatives near Abingdon Saturday ev
ening.
Sam Peterson was In Batavla Tues
day.
Several from here attended church
at Competine last Sundaj'.
Mrs. Mary Clark, of Competine, is
visiting with her brother, J. H. Jones
thin week.
The Mystic circle gave a surprise
party at the home of Mrs. Mollle
Brlnker at Packwood, Saturday even
ing. The evening was spent in games
and charades. Ice cream and cake was
served and all returned to their homes
at a late hour, declaring Mrs. Brikner a
royal entertainer.
Wm. and Hugh Larmore were call
ers near Highland Center one day last
week.
The farmers are almost discouraged
over the continued rains, as harvest Is
at hand and corn planting not near
finished.
T. C. Hawthorne was a business call
er in Batavia one day last week.
Ignorance is the stepmother ?f
envy.