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THE DOLLAR A DAY YARN.
In nearly every campaign the same
old libel is brought' up that one or the
other of the candidates has said a dol
lar a day is enough for any laboring
man. Sometimes it is the Republican
candidate who is credited with making
this statement, sometimes the Demo
crat, sometimes the candidates of the
other parties. This particular canard
will be remembered here, as having
been charged against one of the can
didates on the county ticket a few
years ago. It. was utterly ridiculous,
yet it was given wide circulation. In
the present campaign the charge was
revived and made against Judge Taft.
The answer made by the Republican
y( candidate when the yarn was brought
to his attention was vigorous enough
to show his feelings in the matter.
business of running around the coun
try and saying that I am in favor of
paying a laboring man a dollar a day
and that I have said that that is
enough. I was at the head of the Pan
ama canal for four years and we pay
steam shovelmen down there $250 a
month. As I figure that out, it makes
a little more than $1 a day.
"Anybody that says I ever made thai,
remark is a liar and the man who be
lieves it Is a fool, for why under
heaven I should say that for I cannot
understand, or in what connection or
under what circumstances."
No sensible person would give the
slightest consideration to such a
charge.
In this day and age there is no one
but believes in high wages. The bet
ter the wages, the more money there
is in circulation and the greater
spread is given to prosperity. Mr.
Taft believes that the wage earner is
entitled to the highest scale of wages
that can be paid him, so does Mr.
Bryan, so does any man of sufficient,
calibre to be chosen from his fellows
as the candidate for high honors.
The only man who would not favor
good wages is the stripe of man who
would maliciously circulate such a
yarn as that credited to and so vigor
ously denied by Mr. Taft.
A COLLEGE PROFESSOR'S VIEW
OF BANK GUARANTEES.
The Democratic plan of guarantee
ing bank deposits was set down as a
scheme that would work perfectly in
the addled mind of a lunatic in an ad
dress by Professor J. Laurence
Laughlin of the University of Chicago
at the annual convention of the Illi
nois Bankers' association in Chicago
yesterday. Professor Laughlin asked
if the banks are made to give abso
lute security why the doctors should
not be made to give a guaranty that no
patient* shall die, or why a pastor
should not give absolute security of
salvation to his flock. He said:
"If a depositor wishes none of the
privileges of a commercial bank, he
can* get absolute safety in a deposit
vault," said the spea. ••. "But, in the
politician's view, he wants the priv
ileges and none of the conditions going
with deposits in a commercial1 bSnk.
He wishes to have his cake, and eat
it too. A commercial bank never can
promise absolute safety. Why? Be
cause a commercial bank could not
exist if it did not invest, or loan oat,
the funds deposited, with it. If a
state pr city exacts security for its
deposits it is the subject of a special
contract between the depositor and
the bank in which me deposit is
made. If a private depositor wishes
to make a similar special arrange
ment with a bank it can do so."
But where the guaranty advodatas
miss the point, Professor Laughlin
asserts, is that they are not urging
that each bank should guarantee its
own depositors, but that a sound bank
should guarantee depositors that it,
never heard of in a banK over whose
management it has never had the
slightest control. To illustrate how
unjust this would be he said:
"If solvent banks in the. last panic
had been called upon when the needy
business public were pressing them for
loans to put this cash out of their re
sources to pay immediately all the de
positors in badly managed banks—
on top of the demands from country
banks in the interior—tne panic would
have been far and wide. Such a
guaranty system would have aggravat
ed every evil. That is, just \yhen
sound banks were stretching every
nerve to save legitimate business con
cerns they would have had their re
serves—their means of lending—re
duced enormously solely to cover the
mistakes of unsound banks, for whose
conduct they could in no sense be
held responsible. As you all know,
the scheme to insure deposits requires
all banks, good and bad, to contribute
to a fund to pay off depositors in fail
ed institutions. The more success
ful the bank and the larger its de
posits, the more it must pay into the
fund. The less successful a bank is
in impressing the public with its
security, the less it pays into the
fund. The successful are to pay for
the mismanagement of the unsuc
cessful."
Professor Laughlin holds that the
childish ignorance displayed by the
advocates of insurance of deposits in
no part of their argument appears
more amazing than in not knowing
that the banks uow put up a very
large fund as a security for depositors.
THE LABOR VOTE.
Norman E. McPhail. president, of
the New York Typograpical union
has joined in the protest against Mr.
Gompers' attempt to influence organ
ized labor in behalf of Bryan. In a let
ter to Willis L. Moore, chief of the
United States weather bureau, Mr.
McPhail says that "the vote of or
ganized labor, as a boay, will not,
should not and cannot De delivered to
any party or by any man or set of
men." Mr. McPhail's letter follows:
'Dear Mr. Moore:—Your letter of
Sept. 22 has just been received and
read by me, as I have today returned
from a tour of some of our New Eng
land cities for our organization.
"In reply to the question you ask
me, I will state that in my opinion the
vote of organized labor in this coun
try as a body will not and cannot be
delivered to any one party by any
one man or set of men. To allow such
a thing would be suicidal to the labor
movement of the country.
'Members of labor unions .as citi
zens, have the right and should care
fully consider the platforms and prom
ises of the different political parties,
and should vote as they believe the
broadest and best interests of our
country lie.
"There can be no objection to this
from any source and it is something
which every citizen should do. To
claim that any man or set of men, as
has been blazoned forth in the news
papers, will deliver the vote of organ
ized labor to any party is absurd", as
it is impossible."
H»LL ON BANK DEPOSITS.
James J. Hill, the railroad magnate,
is opposed to Bryan's plan of guaran
teeing bank deposits on the grounds
that it is bad morals, had economics,
bad theology and bad mathematics.
Mr. Hill summarizes his views under
the four heads as follows:
Bad Morals—It is bad banking and
bad morals.
Bad Economics—It is bad economics
because it proposes to pyj a public
.guarantee behind one form of capital
—namely, money deposited in banks
—thus discriminating against every
other form of capital.
Bad Theology—It might even be
called bad theology, because it re
wards the man who. locks up his
talent in a bank vault, leaving the
man who tries to gain another talent
by trading, to shift for himself.
Bad Mathematics—And it is math
ematically absurd, because the total
individual deposits in the national
banks of this country were $4,312,
656,789 on May 14 and the total money
of all kinds in the country amounts
to but little over three billion dollars.
The symposium of addresses before
the Woman's club yesterday on "What
Ottumwa Needs," is an idea that
might be carried further. By getting
the ideas of all on what best might
be'done to improve conditions a sea
timent will be oreated that will soon
bring improvement. There are other
needs that were not mentioned by
the speakers. For instance there-is
the need of small cottages, modernly
equipped, which might be rented at
figure sufficiently reasonable to bring
comfort to a greater number. The
Courier invites discussion along this
line.
The Bryan leaders are trying to de
ceive the colored voters by a circular
which is deceptively dated "Pueblo,
Colo." This circular is sent out here
in this city and' the postmark on the
envelope is Ottumwa. The whole
circular is so absurd and ridiculous
that it shows Mr. Bryan and Mr. Has
lcel are getting very desperate. They
are now trying more than ever to
excite prejudice, instead of appealing
to the voters' judgment. Mr. Bryan is
now realizing that his defeat is cer
tain. It is indeed doubtful if he him
self has at any lime during this cam
paign felt that he would be elected.
When the Tigers were unable to de
feat the Cubs .with a Summers they
sent in Winter. Now if they had had
an Autumn to Spring, their Fall might
not have been so hard.
Perhaps President Roosevelt is
waiting until the world's champion
ship series is over before he throws
another into the political arena. He
doesn't want a divided audience.
The politician and the football play
er will now appear before the calcium.
Some class to this weather.
CONGRESSIONAL \NDIDATE
KENDALL TO iXDON VOTERS
"The dobt which oUr country owes
to the heroic men who preserved its
existence upon the bioody battlefields
of the Civil war is the only obligation
which it never can adequately dis
charge. These veterans are now ap
proaching the twilight of life, their
hair whitened by advancing time,
their brows furrowed by increasing
care, their vigor impaired by aug
menting infirmity. They never have
received the recognition or the reward
which their immortal service entitled
them. Not as the benevolence of
charity, but as a measure of justice,
I am in favor of a service pension bill,
immediate in its operation and liberal
in its provisions, which shall provide
the comforts of life for every soldier
of the great war during the remain
ing days of his pilgrimage amongst
us and if I am elected to congress,
I now pledge myself to labor with all
the energy I can command for the
enactment of such legislation."
KENDALL IS GAINING.
Oskaloosa Herald: Hon. N. E.
Kendall, of Albia, candidate for con
gress on the Republican ticket, has
held several meetings in Mahaska
county and has been cordially greeted
by good crowds at every place. Mr.
Kendall is an able speaker and a
•-.agnetic fellow who wins all classes
of people. He represents the younger
element of the Republican party
{n
Iowa and yet believes in the counsel
of older heads, and is making a clean
and effective campaign that Is help
ing the entire ticket.
He is unusually well qualified for
the position he seeks and if elected
will carry to Washington a reputation
for doing things and a capacity for
work that is bound to win him recog
nition and prominence in national af
fairs.
1
A norma.l Republican majority in
Mahaska county is about 500, and
there is every reason to believe Mr.
Kendall will exceed that number. If
the laboring men, farmers and busi
ness people will consider the advan
tages they would have by having the
Sixth district represented by a Re
publican, this county should give Mr.
Kendall a majority of over 1,000. A
Democratic congressman from Iowa
is without influence at Washington.
He belongs to the minority and" is
unable to force a vote on anything
favorable to his state or his district.
On the other hand, a Republican com
mands attention and is able to com
pel consideration of his measures.
^lr. Kendall recently challenged his
opponent, Hon. Dan Hamilton, of Sig
ourney, to a series of joint debates
on the issues of the campaign. After
thinking it over for a considerable
time, Mr. Hamilton Anally declined to
accept the challenge. The incident
has made Mr. Kendall many votes, as
even Democrats interpret the declin
ation to mean a fear of his antagonist.
Mr. Hamilton is not in sympathy with
nio party on the matter of giving pub
licity to party affairs, as he voted
against the bill making it necessary
for political parties to publish details
of campaign collections and disburse
ments of funds. There seem' to be
other matters that Mr. Hamilton pre
fers to keep the searchlight off, and
Mr. Kendall is making the most of the
situation.
A vote for Mr. ZCendall will be a
compliment .to a worthy man and a
token of good judgment on the part
of the voter.
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OTTUMWA COtmiBR
General Grant's first administration
as president drew to a close amid
dissatisfaction and criticism.
His administration had found its
principal work in the necessity fop
reconstruction in the southern states.
Grant's southern P9licy had not prov
en altogether satisfactory and suc
cessful. The Liberal Republican move
ment, which thus refused Grant's ad
ministration its support, had its be
ginning in Missouri. In response to
a call issued by the Liberal Republi
can convention of Missouri a nation
al mass convention of liberal Republi
cans was held at Cincinnati May 1,
1872. The convention was largely at
tended, representing every shade of
public opinion, but all united in op
position to Grantism. A platform was
adopted demanding the removal at
once of all the political disabilities of
ex-Confederates, the cessation of mil
itary rule in the south, the supre
macy of civil over military power, the
reform of the civil service and, as
a fling at Grant, declared that no pres
ident should be eligible to succeed
himself. Charles Adams, son of
John Quincy Adams, seemed to be
the first choice to head the presiden
tial ticket. After balloting for some
time for Senator Trumbill and Horace
Greeley, the eminent New York ed
itor, the convention finally nominated
Greeley for president, and with him
B. Gratz Brown of Missouri for vice
president.
On July 9 the Democratic national
convention met at Baltimore and nom
inated the Liberal 1' epublican candi
dates Greeley and Brown, and adopt
ed the liberal Republican platform.
This was a fearful somersault for the
Democrats, since Greeley had been
their most vitriolic opponent for years.
But they realized the impossibility of
On the first ballot Blaine led with a
large plurality, receiving nearly enough
votes to nominate him. On the second
ballot Blaine gained eleven votes. On
the sixth ballot his strength had risc^i
from 285 to 308. When the seventn
ballot opened the New' York and Penn
sylvania delegates retired for consul
tation, and, under the lead of Conkling.
determined to unite on a candidate and
defeat the nomination of Blaine.. As
the roll call proceeded there was thus
created a stampede for Gov. Rutherford
B. Hayes of Ohio, who from the first
had been supported by the Ohio dele
gation and who on the fifth ballot and
received the vote of the Michigan dele
gation as well. Governor Hayes was
nominated on one roll and with him
William A. Wheeler of New York for
vice president. The nomination of
Hayes was strictly of the dark liorse
variety ai^d was a distinct shock to the
country.
Two weeks after the Republican con
vention thj Democrats assembled at St.
Lojiis. Democratic victories in 1874
had rightfully electrified the party with
the hope of victory. Moreover, the
Democrats were not at sea for a can
didate. They, had at hand an irresist
able leader of the Jacksonian type.
Public opinion had already settled uopn
him and the convention had but to
ratify the popular choice. This man
was Samuel J. Tilden, governor og New
York. Tilden was unanimously named
THE -PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN
.C
1872
successfully contending against Grant his great career came to an end'
In 1878, as In 1S64, the country was
called from sorrow to politics. In '64
the sorrow came from Union reverses
In the Civil war. In 1878 the sorrow
came from the awful tragedy of the
Little B|g Horn, where General Custer
and his brave band of 262 soldiers had
been completely annihilated by Sitting
Bull and his Indian warriors. While
the country was wrapt in the gloom
of this disaster the Republican na
tional convention gathered at Cincin
nati for the purpose of nominating its
candidate for president and vice presi
dent. The Grant administration saw
the mid-year congressional election of
1874 In which the Republican majority
of nearly one hundred in the house of
representatives had been suddenly
turned to a Democratic majority al
most as great, and James G. Blaine,
who had been speaker for six years,
was replaced by Michael Kerr, of
Indiana, a Democrat. Grant's admin
istration saw the resumption of specie
payments and the refunding of the na
tional debt. The business depression of
1873 had brought with ft commercial
disasters which, hpwever, were over
come in the final analysis by the ac
complishments in recuperation and in
dustrial progress which the country
made during the entire e'ight years of
Grant's rule. The final year of the
Grant administration was marked by
the great centennial exposition at
Philadelphia. Thus as the Republican
convention assembled In Cincinnati It
was in confident humor and looked to
the approaching campaign with cheer
ful expectancy. But there were no
more Grants or Lincolns and conse
quently for the first time since the
accession of the Republican party to
power, the work of the national con
vention was undetermined in advance
by public opinion. The leading candl
date In the popular estimation was
James G. Blaine of Maine. Ho was
placed in nomination by Colonel Robert
Ingersoll In a speech which will out
live the ages because of its eloquence
and masterful rhetoric. Other promi
nent candidates were Senators Oliver
P. Morton, the noted war governor of
Indiana: Roseo Conkling, the brilliant
senator from New York, and the de
voted friend of General Grant, and
Benjamin F. Brlstow of Kentucky,
secretary of the treasury, who was the
candidate of the reform elements in the
party.
7W.
with a real Democrat, and it was a
case of anything to beat Grant. On
June 5, meanwhile, the national Re
publican convention had assembled at
Philadelphia and renominated, amid
great enthusiasm, General Grant for
president without a dissenting vote,
and with him United States Senator
Henry Wilson of Massachusetts, for
vice president. The platform was de
voted largely to glorification of Re
publican policies and achievements
and declared that the Republican
tarty had suppressed a gigantic re
bellion, emancipated four million
slaves, decreed the equa lcitizenship
of all, established universal suffrage
and exhibited unparalleled magnanim
ity to rebels.
Throughout (he campaign the reg
ular Republicans argued that .the
election of Greeley would mean the
restoration of the Democrats to
power and the consequent loss of
many of the fruits of the war. But
the hero of the rebellion could not
be stopped and Grant struck the coun
try as no candidate had done since
Monroe's unopposed election in 1820.
He carried every northern state and
all but six states in the south. Mr.
Greeley's defeat, had a melancholy ter
mination. He was most ambitious and
eagerly hoped for success. He was not
unprepared for defeat, but the great
ness of it was more than he had ex
pected and more than he could bear.
Only the day before the election he
had followed the body of his wife, the
faithful companion of his long strug
gle, to the grave. Heart broken
with bereavement, sorely disappointed
at the result of the election, his vig
orous constitution shattered with the
strain of years of incessant labor, his
mind gave way and he was taken to
an asylum, where a few weeks later
THE PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN
1876
for first place and with him was joined
Gov. Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana,
for vice president.
Two minor political parties came Into
existence. The Greenback party, which
advocated the payment of the govern
ment obligation in greenbacks and an
increase of the volume of currency by
the issue of paper money, nominated
for president the venerable Peter
Cooper, a New York philanthropist.
Ihe Prohibitionists put forward G. Clav
Smith.
It was clear from the first that the
Democratic party put up an attractive
ticket which showed every promise of
success. On the morning after the elec
tion nearly uII the newspapers of the
country announced that Tilden was
duly elected president. Most of the
Republican leaders likewise conceded it
But there was one notable exception.
is was the manager of the Repub
lican campaign, the .astute Zachariah
Chandler of Michigan who in the
early morning hours of the day follow
ing the election, announced, on his
own responsibility, that Rutherford B.
Hayes had received 185 electoral votes
and was elected.
On the face of the returns Tilden Jiatf
ctarried the northern states of New
?]i
J?,ew
•TerseV
an,i
U?"
Indiana, together
with all the southern states. But Mr.
Chandler, having received what he re
garded as evidence of fraud and intlm-
in tlle
three southern states
or I-lorlda. Louisana and South Caro
lina, decided to act up a claim to those
states.
Tilden had unquestionably received
IS4
votes, or one less than the number
required to elect, without counting the
vote of the three, disputed slates.
Hayes had undoubtedly received 166
votes, exclusive of Florida, South Caro
lina and Louisiana. In other word
Hayes needed the entire vote of these
thre'e states to elect him. This vote
could be secured by the Republicans
returning boards—bodies which had
full power to determine the results of
the elections in these state—by thmw
lng out the votes of any place
tlle ele,
b,y
ean^mhile
tho it
1
Sl:°very
where,
in their opinion, fraud and intimida
tion had occurred,. and counting the
vote for Hayes and Wheeler. This was
aPd.
toral vote from these
thiee states was sent to Washington as
I
cast for
Hayes and Wheeler.
Another set of returns was sent to
thp
IJeino,ratic authori-
claimed that theirs was the
vote fnr Tl/"'
1 that t,K Htate
vote for Tilden and Hendricks.
should
doubtful returns
Bon also
ar'sen.
owing to
that Hne of the
three Re-
Ct.°r«
Who Ilad boen
th£ l-wU "K
c,'0Sen
to cast the vote for that state was tech
ti!tlnny
d'8t,"a'lfl(?d
under the consti-
coruPe"ed
to resign,
the Democratic governor of Oregon
gave the Oregon certificate to the Dem
ocratic elector receiving the highest
number of votes. If Tilden could se-
th,6 v°te
of this one elector he
would be secure. There can be little
i°.Ul)t'v,
1,owf,ver'
that the
Republican
paity honestly carried Oregon and the
canvassing officer certified to the elec
tion of the entire three electors
The constitution of the United States
provides that the electoral vote of each
state shall be sent to the seat of gov
ernment, addressed to the president of
the senate, who shall, in the presence,
of the two houses, open all certificates
and the votes shall then be counted,
ihe president of the senate was a Re
publican, and a few of his party took
the. stand that by the •constitution he
was vested with the power, not only to
open, but to also count the electoral
vote, and hence could decide upon the
disputed returns. On December 14
1876, the house of representatives ap
pointed a committee of seven to act
^llb a similar eoumijttee of the-senate
The commission now stood eight Re
publicans and seven Democrats, and by
strict party vote of eight to seven it
was determined that the certificate is
used by the governors of the four "ffl8
p:ited states was conclusive and final
as to the electoral votes of those states,
and they were accordingly given to
Hayes and Wheeler. in the early
morning hours of March 2, but two
days before the beginning of the new
presidential term, they were •proclaimed
by the- president of the senate have
been .elected president and vice presi
dent of the United States.
The Democrats were sorely disap
pointed. Many in congress proposed
obstructive tactics to prevent tile com
pletion of the count. "When froud
is law." said one of the prominent
Democratic statesmen, "filibustering is
patriotism." Threats were also made
that the inauguration of Hayes should
never be permitted. But the defeated
Tilden strongly announced Ills disap
proval of such outbursts and advised
submission to the commission's verdict.
Never had a presidential election come
So near to participating the country in
civil war. Now that the crisis "had
passed, congress Immediately turned to
the making of a permanent provision
for counting electoral votes thereafter
in cases of dispute so as to avoid the
dangers to whWi the country had been
subjected. $
Austrian Warships Anchor off Spinza.
Cetinje, Montenegro, Oct. 15. Six
Austria.i warships ?re anchored toricv
off Spinfea, in Dalmatia. Thev arc. not
more than ten mil«s from AntVari,
tile,.sola seaport Ol Montenegro.
People of Iowa Praise the
Treatment as Given by
Dr. J. C. BONHAM
Mrs. E. Seigel, Ottumwa, la.,
says, "Dr. Bonham cured throe
ruptures for my two^boys, cured
some years ago."
Chas. Ingall, Ottumwa, says:
"I was treated by Dr. Bonham
for catarrh s'everal years ago,
and have had no trouble since.'"
Mr N. Glue and John Kleim
ert of Ottumwa, says: "We
work in Morrell's packing
house and were cured of Rup
ture several years ago and are
sound today."
Dr. Bonham's office :s equipped with new and
improved apparatus for tifeating Chronic dis
eases. X-Ray. Violet Ray. Galvanic Electri
city, Electric Baths, Catharrhal Sprays, Inliai
ing .Apparatus, Electric Vibrator.
Rupture and Plies
ABSOLUTELY CURED. NO SEVERE PAIN
OR DETENTION FROM BUSINESS. I HAVE
GIVEN THOUSANDS OF TREATMENTS FOR
RUPTURE AND CURED MANY CASES. CHIL
DREN CURED WITHOUT A FAILURE.
Varicocele
(False Rupture) This annoy
ing deformity consists'of an en
largement in sack causing
weakness, pain in the back,
weakness of organ and will not
get well without proper treat
ment. I cura, the trouble in a
week or two and you are cured
for all time.
Nervotts Diseases
Nervous Debility, Decline of
Strength, Wasting Diseases,
caused from violation of na
ture's laws cured. Night Ipsses,
blood and skin diseases, cured.
Electro-Thermal Bath euros
when medicine fails.
Diseases of Women
All diseases of women healed
by the latest improved methods.
Inflammations, ulcerations, lac
erations, tumors cured.
to determine upon some mode of count
ing the electoral votes. Plan after plan
was proposed and .rejected. Finally a
scheme was agreed upon and adopted
bv the two houses. It orovlded for the
creation of an electoral commission, to
be composed of five members of the
senate, five members of the house, and
five members of the supreme court. The
five members chosen by the senate con
sisted of three Republicans and two
Democrats, and the five eliosen by the
house consisted of three Democrats and
two Republicans. Therefore, the ques
tion of the political complexion of the
electoral commission which was to de
cide the contest lay entirely In the
political complexion of the five justices
of the supreme court chosen to act.
The terms of the act creuting the com
mission designated two1 Republicans
and two Democratic members of the
supreme court to sit on tlie commission,
and these four were clothed with the
authority to choose the fifth, who
would be umpire in every question of
disputed return's. At the time the act
was under discussion it' was agreed
that Justice David Davis should be the
fjfth man. Before the war he had
been a Republican, but during recon
struction he had turned Democrat and
had been a supporter of Mr. Tilden in
the late election. He called himself
an Independent, however, and was be
lieved
to be freer from party prejudices
than any other members of the court.
But just at this moment all plans
and calculations were upwet by the un
expected action of the Illinois legis
lature in choosing Judge Davis to a
sent In the United States senate. Hav
in'- been chosen to high office by the
Democratic legislature the Impropriety
of his serving as umpire was evident,
and the four justices immediately chose
Justice Bradley, a Republican, as fifth
representative of the commission.
O. M: Moss, Hiteman, says:
"Dr. Bonham cured our littla
boy of rupture one year ago
sound."
T. O. Bottorff, Hedrick, la.,
says: "I suffered from rheu
matism a great deal but was
cured by Dr. Bonham's treat
ment."
Mr. Jacob Donover and John
Leveling of West Point, la.,
says: "We were both cured ot
a very Ijgd case of Piles sever
al years ago and have not been
troubled since. We recommend
the treatment highly."
X-Ray and Violet Ray euro
many cases medicine will not
cure. Goitre, Tubercular
Glands, Tumors, Cancer, keep
er's Cancer, Eczema, Skin Dis
eases, Pimple on face and
neck, Warts, Moles, Superfluous
hairjj on face removed by elec-
1
j. Catarrh
Is lour breath foul? Is your
voioe\husky? Do you spit up
slime? Is the nose stopped up?
Does your nose discharge? is
there a dropping down In
throat? Do you hawk and gag
to clear your throat? If you
have any of the above symp
toms, you need treatment.
Lung and Bronchial
Catarrh
This form is simply an exten
sion of catarrh of nose and
throat, to lungs. Is your voice
husky? Does your throat pain
you? Are there pains in the
lungs? Do you have a cough
each winter? Do you raise
mucus which is yellow? Are
you tired all the time? Are
you feverish afternoons? Do
not neglect such symptoms.
They are dangerous.
SURGICAL OPERATIONS PERFORMED WHEN ABSOLUTELY
NECES8ARY.
IF LIVING AT A DISTANCE WRITE YOUR SYMPTOMS FOR
AN OPINION. CALL AT OFFICE IF POSSIBLE.
DR. J. C. BONHAM
ELKS BUiLDINQ OTTUMWA, IOWA
KEOSAUQUA.
Keosauqua.—Mrs. Ennna McArthur
of Marysville was a guest of friends
here last week.
Mrs. Eugene Mason and Mrs. Ed
Mason left Saturday for a two weeks'
visit with Burlington, relatives.
Misses Julia and Alary Day were Ot
tumwa shoppers Saturday.
The Odd Fellows' picnic held at MH
ton Thursday was enjoyed by a num
ber of Keosauqua members.
Attorney McCormlck of Farmington
was a business caller here Friday
Mrs. Fred Murphy of Des Moines
township visited in Keokuk last week
Attorney Allen of Birmingham was
a Keosauoua visitor Thursday and
Friday.
Miss Gene Craig and her niece Eliz
abeth were Ottumwa visitors Friday.
Mrs. William Overman of. Ottumwa
spent. Friday here with relatives.
Mrs. J. F. Daugherty, Mrs. J. Malt
bee and Mrs. Green leaf were guests of
Keokuk relatives during the street
fair.
Miss Pearl Brownlee, daughter of
Samuel Browlee, came from Stockport
Friday and will make her home here.
Mr. and Mrs. B, F. Ream returned
from Keokuk Friday after a «week's
visit with their daughter at Keokuk.
Aipheus Cochrell of Bonaparte visit
ed relatives here Saturday.
Mrs. I. B. Day spent Sunday at
Stockport.
Miss Mai tie Farmer visited over
Sunday with Douds relatives.
Misses Ixittie and Elsie Boyer spent
Saturday at Douds.
Mrs. Harvey Steves and sons left
for their home at Eldon Saturday
after a week's visit with relatives at
Pittsburg.
Judg6 Mitchell of Ottumwa was a
business caller here Friday and Sat
urday.
Miss Eunice McVey, of Salem. Is
visiting at. the home of her brother,
Guy McVey.
Mrs. A. Garber and Mrs. M. G. Rees
maii. of Wyoming, are visiting their
sister, Mrs. S. Woolam.,
Mrs. Delia Wiison and children, of
Stockport, are visiting Mrs. Wilson
father, Mr. Humphrey, near Pitts
burg.
Mrs. Willis Luke visited over Sun
day with Bentonsport relatives.
B. F. Ketchum, of Farmington. was
a business caller here Saturday.
George Miller and Miss Marjory
Norris, of Ottumwa, were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Irish.
Master Moritz Fahr. of Bonaparte,
visited friends here Saturday.
James Shipley, of Ottumwa, visited
over Sunday here.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Cre:,swell ara
visiting relatives in Nebraska.
Sheriff Jamison was called to Bir
mingham Sunday on business.
Barber Asphalt Company Lose*.
Venice, 111., Oct. 15. Fire early to
day destroyed the plant of the Barber
Asphalt company and several nearby
residences. The loss is $50,000.
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