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TH RSDAY, October 29, 1908.
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THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
For President,
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT.
of Ohio.
For Vice .President.
JAMES S. SHERMAN, f£.
of New York.
For Governor, ''e'?
B. F.
CARROLL.
For Lieutenant Governor,
GEORGE W. CLARK.
For Secretary of State,
I yv. C. IIAYWARD.
For Auditor of State.
JOHN L. BLEAKLY.
iTor Treasurer of State,
I W. W. MORROW.
For Attorney General,
H. W. BYERS.
For Judge Supreme Court
SILAS M. WEAVER,
SCOTT M. LADD,
WILLIAM D. EVANS.
For Supt. Public Instruction,
JOHN F. RIGGS.
For Clerk of Supreme Court,
H. L. BOUSQUET,
For Railroad Commissioner,
N. S. KETCHUM.
For Representative In Congress,
Sixth District.
N. E. KENDALL.
For State Representative.
E. J. MOORE.
jfc For County Auditor,
J. A. BALLARD.
•W! For County Clerk,
EDWIN DUNGAN.
For County Treasurer,
C. A. MARBLE.
For County Sheriff.
THOMAS STODGHILL,
For County Recorder,
L. L. SWENSON.
For County Surveyor,
W. C. WYMAN.
For County Attorney,
WALTER S. COEN.
For County
Coronor.
DR. A. W. SLAUGHT.
For County Superintendent
ESTHER NICOLSON.
Members Supervisors,
A. J. FAIRCHILD.
J. W. JORDAN.
For Justices of Peace,
T. R. BICKLEY,
m. Jj. kirk:
For Constables,
CLARENCE A. CRAWLEY.
W. A. DERBY.
•pVjr Trustee,
H. F. MICHAEL.
For Assessor,
E. HARNESS.
Township Clerk,
HARRY THRONE.
TO THE VOTERS OF IOWA.
It is not. the object of this article to
try to tell anyone something he does
»ot know. What we want to do is to
?mply remind everyone who reads
lis, of the Importance of voting the
ight ticket Tuesday. Nov. 3.
At the beginning of 1892 times were
ood, people were employed, and farm
roducts brought good prices, as did
ibor. Then along in the summer
residential candidates were nominat
d, and the campaign was opened up.
'he Democratic speakers, and the
)emocratic papers all talked like
tryan does now. They claimed that
',meB were bad, and that the people
iere being robbed. They knew that
fas not the truth,, but they did
ust what Bryan is trying to do now.
nd that is appealing to the preju
ices instead of the judgment of the
oters. People '.. ere carried away by
"s talk, and without giving the mat
Sfr serious consideration they went
9 the polls and voted then for just
hat. Mr. Bryan wants them to vote
[or now, and that is, a tariff for reve
ue only. The result was that tha
.usiness confidence of the people of
lis country was instantly destroyed,
factories tha.t were making goods
•at were protected from cheap foreign
pmpetition by the tariff, reduced
»eir forces to just enough employes
make sufficient gocds to fill their
ders. Those that had a stock on
.nd shut down entirely so that they
uld dispose of it.
A Democratic president and con
gress had been elected with a promise
enact a law for a tariff for revenue
|ily, which is the same as free trade.
Under a tariff for revenue only the
'ft will have to be reduced low
aough to invite importation. Being
tw it will have to bring in lots of
goods In order to produce enough rev
enue to amount to anything. If it does
bring in lots of revenue, it will have
to bring in lots of goods to make that
revenue, and in that way fill the
TJnited States market 'with foreign
goods that have been made by cheap
[labor, and, being lower in prices
will naturally put the home products
and home factories out of business
This haa
always been the case, and it
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1b just as true today aa it was in '93
when the Wilson-Gorman bill put the
farm products down, and the labor of
the country out of a job.
Mr. Bryan proposes a gradual re
duction of the tariff until it reaches
a revenue basis. That is, in effect,
just the same old story. Wo
had during 1893-94-95-96 about the
hardest times this country ever ex
perienced. A man doesn't have to b9
old to remember that. It was only
twelve years ago.
Twelve years ago today, October 27.
1-896, the highest price offered for
hogs in the Ottumwa market was
$3.10. Today the price is $5.50.
Twelve years ago today in the Ottum
wa market the following prices gov
erned
Wheat, per bushel \.... 40c
Old corn, per bushel 16c
New corn, per bushel 15c
Old oats, per bushel 15c
Today the prices are as follows:
Wheat, per btishel 85c
New corn, per bushel 50c
Old corn, per bushel 70c
Oats, per bushel 40c
Today labor is employed, and the
working man is getting sufficient
wages to enable him to consume the
products that the farmer raises. In
the four years above referred to, labor
was unemployed, and the working
man did not have the money to buy
the farmers' crops. Instead of being
at work, men were marching across
the country crying for bread. Those
were the days of Coxey's, Kelley's and
Hogan's armies.
Mr. Bryan's election would bring on
to the country a policy that will make
conditions like they were then. Mr.
Taft wants the present policy of good
wages for the workingman, and good
prices for the farmer'c products con
tinued. It certainly does not seem to
us that it should require much study
of the matter to decide which man we
should vote for.
YOUNG MAN, IT IS YOUR DUTY TO
VOTE.
The object of this article is to im
press upon every man, that it is his
duty as a citizen, to vote. Every man
in this republic owes a. duty to this
government. Every man who is a
citizen of the United States should
vote at. every election, at which he
can legally do so. He should bear his
part of the responsibilities of govern
ment. Any man who can legally vote
and does not do so, is allowing some
one else to cast his vote for him. If
only one-third of the voters in a com
munity voted, then that third would
cast the vote of and govern the other
two-thirds.
To vote is to exercise the rights of
citizenship. A full realization of the
benefits of citizenship in the U. S.
will increase one's estimation of the
great benefit he is receiving.
It is a great blessing to be a citi
zen of this country, but it must, be
borne in mind that to be a useful citi
zen. carries with it responsibilities.
That is the feature of it that is the
benefit to every man individually and
collectively. No man is worth kicking
out of the door unless he carries some
responsibility. He will only develop
as he realizes and increases that re
sponsibility.
There are responsibilities of citi
zenship and responsibilities of busi
ness. They are directly connected.
Politics and business are simply
links in.the same chain. The success
or the failure of any business in this
community is in a great degree gov
erned by the policy of the political
party in power. Some men feel that
their business will succeed better un
der a governing policy of one party
and some under another. That is the
privilege of every man. He has a
right to his opinion and a right, to ex
press it. He has the privilege of going
to the polls and voting for the party
that stands for that opinion Fur
thermore, it not. only 13 his right, but
it is his duty as a citizen, lo go and
vote for the men who represent the
party that he believes will govern the
country best for him and his neighbor.
The man who does not do this is
neglecting his duty to himself, his
family and his community.
Good government can only be ob
tained by a full expression of the peo
ple.
This article is directed to the young
man as well as the older ones.
Young man, you should vote. You
should vote at the election on Nov.
3. You should vote just as soon as
you can. Go to the polls on election
day just as early as your work will
let you. And when you get there,
don't stand around waiting till some
of the older men come and ask you to
vote. Be a man on your own hook.
Go right into the polling place, tell
the election clerk your name, get a
ballot, go into the booth, mark your
ballot the way that you feel will
bring the best results for your county,
your state and your country, fold it
up and give it to the judge. This is
your country if you will show interest
enough in it to help run your part of
it. You can't run it all and no one
expects you to. But you are expected
to attend to your share of it. If you
don't, some other fellow will and he
may do it in just the same manner
that you don't want him to.
But young man,' remember this: If
you go and cast your own vote, the
other fellow can't cast it for you. And
some time in your life, your respon
sibility must begin. Today, right
now, is the best time you will ever
have to start it. Make up your mind
that you are going to help run the
show, that yoi^r are going to be a fac
tor in the community, that you are
going to do your own voting and that
you are going to register next Satur
day and vote early Tuesday, Nor. 3rd.
ROOSEVELT HE
MEANS WHAT
SAYS.
In his answer to the letter written
by President Roosevelt to Mr. Knox,
touching upon the labor question,
Samuel Gompers makes the assertion
that the president is "striking over
my shoulder at the hearts of the great
rank and file of the workers and oth
er liberty-loving citizens of our coun
try." There are few that will take
the Gompers view of the situation.
President Roosevelt has shown hiR
friendship for labor tlnye and
again during his official career. His
championing of the employers' liabil
ity bill, the valuable services he ren
dered in the settling of the anthracite
coal strike, and scores of other in
stances, prove that he is labor's
friend. The president was not striking
at the rank and file of labor over the
head of Mr. GOmpers. He was merely
expressing his disapproval, which is
shared by thousands of union men in
the country, of Gompers' attempt to
deliver the vote of labor to Bryan,
who does not use the union label on
his books and on his paper, and to the
Democratic party, whose record on the
labor question may be learned by an
investigation of the rotten labor con
ditions in the south, the solid Demo
cratic south.
Mr. Gompers cannot, make the peo
ple believe that President Roosevelt
strikes over any one's shoulder to hit
some one else. Mr. Roosevelt strikes
straight out.. There is nothing evasive
in his method of attack. When he as
sails Gompers he means Gompers, and
if Mr. Gompers does not. know this he
knows little of the Roosevelitan char
acter.
MR. KERN'S FAULTY MEMORY.
"Kern spoke of the panic that the
Republicans say will follow the elec
tion of Bryan and declared conditions
could not be worse than they are
now."
This is an extract from a speech de
livered by Vice Presidential Candidate
Kern yesterday and published in yes
terday afternoon's Courier. Mr. Kern
may have fooled himself Into believ
ing he was speaking the truth, but he
cannot well expect to fool the people.
It is the general impression that
times are pretty good just now. The
farmer is getting good prices for his
products, the workingman is getting
good wages and the merchant is the
sharer in the prosperity of the farm
er and the Worker. When Mr. Kern
says there is any comparison between
conditions now and conditions during
President Cleveland's administration,
when farm produce was rotting on the
farm, when the few workmen who
were employed were working for
starvation wages, then he* shows
either a faulty memory or a disposi
tion to deceive the voters.
The news dispatches telling of the
kissing of Mr. Bryan yesterday by the
enthusiastic New York women, had
this conclusion: "Mrs. Bryan was pres
ent. Bryan displayed some embarrass
ment." The press agent who sent out
the story rather Implied that Bryan
would not have been embarrassed if
Mrs. Bryan were away.
Mr. Kern's statement that, there is
a panic on at present, and conditions
could not be worse, casts a curious
light on his powers of reasoning. It
also explains some events in his past
career. It. explains, for instance, just
why Mr. Kern, two years ago, in run
ning for governor of Indiana, received
the smallest vote in h'ls own county of
any candidate on the ticket. The peo
ple at. home know Mr. Kern.
The Democrats are always talking
about schemes to cheapen everything.
The Republicans create conditions
that enable the people to buy by get
ting good wages for labor. The price
of an article is not so important as
whether you do or do not have the
money to pay for it.
It looks as if Wapello county's
recprds were getting in such a shape
as they got in once before when it
cost the taxpayers over $2,000 for ex
perts' salaries to straighten them
out. That's memory and history, too.
Can it be that the weather man has
been hit. with a Bryan scare?
Marked copies of the papers with
accounts of the Japanese reception to
the American fleet should be tent to
Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson.
"Hearst throws his last bomb" is
the heading put over the latest oil dis
closures by a Kansas City paper.
There are no doubt several anxious
statesmen who hope the Kansas City
paper is right.
The taxpayers of this county, ir
respective of what party they belong
to, are certainly interested in getting
the county out of debt. The present
administration seems to be trying to
get in debt as fast as it can.
People are wondering how much the
county will be in debt at the end of
this year. The indebtedness grew
$12,000 last year.
Mr. Bryan thinks if he is elected the
people oughtto have their bank de
posits guaranteed.—Chicago Tribune.
And a week from tomorrow is elec
tion day.
THE SWANSON FUNERAL.
Timberman at Consolidated Mine Who
Was Killed in Mine No. 10, to
be Buried Thursday.
Buxton, Oct. 27.—The funeral of J.
Ed Swanson will be in charge df the
Knights Templars of Oskaloosa and
interment will be in Oskaloosa Thuis
day.
Mr. Swanson for ten years was a
timberman for the Consolidated Coal
Co. in mine No. 10, met with' Instan
taneous death by a fall of slate. He
was working in a very dangerous place
and heard a fall of slate and when h3
reached the place another chunk fell
on him before he had any chance to
escape. Mr. Swanson was a thirty
second degree Mason, a prominent
Odd Fellow and a member of the K. af
P. The pathetic part is that Mr. Swan
son leaves to mourn his death
mother, two sisters and three broth
ers and a bride of only five months.
'DEAR MOTHER."
Exchange.—While out strolling one
day this week a Herald reporter pass-i
ed a house from which emanated the
inspiring strains of music from a piano
and the throat of a charming young
lady. The only words the reporter
caught from the song were something
about "dear mother." Passing on and
turning down a side street the report
er saw through the kitchen window
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OTTUMWA COUBIEIfr
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THE- PRESIDENTIAL
The administration of President
Harrison was particularly notable in
political effect because of the admis
sion during his term of many new
states to the union. In 1889 four ter
ritories, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Montana and Washington, applied to
congress for state rights and received
them. The following year two other
territories, Idaho and Wyoming, wero
also admitted to the union. Thus there
were six more states participating in
the election of 1892 than participated
in 1888.
It 1b interesting to note in this con
nection that Harrison was the cen
tennial president of the United States.
In other words, his administration
marked the one huru'redth anniver
sary of the foundation of constitu
tional government in the United
States.
The presidential contest of 1892 was
fought out on substantially the same
issue and between the same candi
dates as were involved in the fight of
1888. President Harrison had proved
to be an able and conscientious execu
tive. but not a popular leader. His
personality was such that he failed to
attract men to his support as did
Blaine, and some of the other Repub
lican leaders. To all except a small
coterie of intimate friends he appear
ed almost uncourtepus and indifferent..
Nevertheless, it would have seemed r.
confession of weakness in Republicau
principles to have dropped Mr. Harri
son at the end of his first terra In
view of the fact that, practically the
same principles were involved now as
four years before.
In February, 1892, James G. Blaine
had written a letter to the chairman
of the national Republican committee
announcing he would not under any
circumstances be a candidate for the
presidency. There can be little doubt
of his sincerity, for he was growing
old, was crushed by domestic bereave
ment and was in failing health. Nev
ertheless, there were many who pre
ferred Blaine to Harrison. When th5
convention met at Minneapolis
CAMPAIGN -5f
OF 'tv
1892
011
June 7 Mr. Blaine's name was pre
sented, although he afterward declar­
The campaign of 1896 Ijas scarcely
become sufficiently connected with an
cient history to require a chronology.
In fact the campaign of 1896 is still
discussed in connection with the cam
paign of 1908 because of the fact'that
many of the principal actors in one
are still the principal actors in the
other.
As is well remembered, the question
of the free coinage of silver was the
paramount issue, although the discon
tent and hard times which the Repub
licans attributed to the Wilson bill,
gave great force to the Republican de
mand for a true protective tariff. The
advocates of free coinage of silver
were sufficiently legion to bring the
money problem into first concern. All
of the populists had been carried away
by this idea four years before, and
now that the Democratic party was
to make free silver the dominant is
sue, the populists immediately joined
forces and supported the Democratic
candidate.
The first, of the great national con
ventions to assemble was t.hat of the
Republicans, which met at St. Louis
on June 16. Public sentiment had al
ready agreed upon William McKinley
of Ohio as the nominee for president,
although Thomas B. Reed of Maine
had a strong and influential following.
Mr. McKinley was nominated on the
first ballot, receiving more than two
thirds of the votes of the convention,
while Garrett A. Hobart of New Jer
sey was chosen for vice president
The Republican platform character
ized Cleveland's administration as one
of unparalleled incapacity, dishonor
and disaster. It eulogized protection
and reciprocity and opposed the free
coinage of silver, with & demand for
the preservation of the existing gold
standard. The adoption of the plank
favoring gold standard was opposed
by many free silver Republicans dele
gates. Being defeated by an over
whelming vote of the convention. Sen
ator Teller of Colorado, the leader of
^he free silver faction, followed by
some 30 free silver delegates, formal
ly withdrew from the convention and
refused to support the ticket. The
Democratic national convention met
at Chicago July 7. It was plain from
the moment the convention assembled
that free silver delegates were in the
ascendancy, and that free silver was
to be the rule of the assembly. The
convention refused to endorse the ad
ministration^ of Mr. Cleveland, des
pite the Strenuous efforts of his
friends, and probably this can be
traced directly to the fact that the
convention was free silver in senti
ment, while Mr. Cleveland had strong
ly opposed free silver throughout his
public career. Public sentiment had
ed the presentation to have been with
out his authority. it was too late,
however, to bring about his nomina
tion and Harrison won on the first bal
lot, although Blaine received 182
votes. Whitelaw Reld, editor of the
New York Tribune, was nominated for
vice president.
The Democratic convention met at
Chicago June 21 and nominated ex
President Cleveland for first place and
Adlal Stevenson of Illinois for vice
president. Considerable opposition to
Cleveland's nomination was manifest
ed in the south anC west, where his
hostility in the free coinage of silver
had alienated many Democratic voters.
In spite of all opposition, however,
Cleveland was nominated on the first
ballot, receiving more than two-thirds
of the vote of the convention, none of
which came from his home state if
New York.
The people's party, which had been
able to elect several members of con
gress in 1890, and which had spread
rapidly over the south and west, now
held its first'national convention at
Omaha. July 2, and nominated General
James B. Weaver of Iowa for president
and James G. Field of Virginia for
vice president.
The Socialist. Labor party nominated
Simon Wing of Massachusetts for
president, while the Prohibitionists
named John Bldwell to lead their for
lorn hope. Cleveland was elected by
a large majority. He carried the
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'THE PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN
not been fixed upon any one man to an being only about 280,000
the dear mother with her arms burled
almost to the elbow in a pan of dough,
the sweat streaming down her wrlnfe-
boIM
south, and California, Connecticut, Del
aware, Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey,
New York and Wisconsin. The Demo
crats were also able to secure five
votes in Michigan. In consequence of
a law passed by the Democratic legis
lature In 1891 providing for the
choice of presidential electors by dis
tricts rather than by general ticket.
Cleveland's total number of electoral
votes was 277 as against 145 for Harri
son. His minority of 110 in the elec
tion of 1888 was turned into a major
ity over Harrison of 132. Both houses
of congress now hafi Democratic ma
jorities and for the first time In 32
years the Democrats had full con
trol
both the executive and legisla­
tive departments of the government.
1896
bear the party banner, and a spirited
contest was held for the nomination.
Richard P. Bland of Missouri Gover
nor Pattison of Pennsylvania and
Governor Boies of Iowa were recog
nized as the leading candidates at
the time of the assembling of the con
vention. But in the course of the de
bate on the free silver plank a new
leader was discovered. This man was
William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska,
who championed the cause of silver
on the floor of the convention In a
brilliant speech of surpassing elo
quence, which so far swept the con
vention off its feet that he was nom
inated-for the presidency on the fifth
ballot. Arthur Sewall, a wealthy ship
builder of Maine, was nominated for
vice president.
Thflt portion of the Democratic
party opposed to free silver and in
sympathy with the Cleveland adminis
tration withdrew from the support of
the Bryan ticket and at a convention
held at Indianapolis on September 2
nominated General John M. Palmer of
Illinois for president and Simon Buck
ner of Kentucky for vice president on
a gold standard platform which en
dorsed the Cleveland administration.
The populists met at St. Louis and
logically nominated Mr. Bryan for
president, with Thomas E. Watson of
Georgia for vice president. Mr. Bryan
received still a third nominatipn from
the National Silver party, which met
in St. Louis at the same time.
The campaign which followed was
remarkable for the general discussion
of financial and economic questions,
and for the unusual popular interest
aroused. Mr. Bryan traveled up and
down the country for months, speak
ing to vast throngs of people. Mr.
McKinley, on the other hand, remain
ed quietly at his home In Canton, Ohio,
and from his doorsteps welcomed over
700,000 visitors and delivered over
300 speeches to visiting delegations.
The currency question was almost the
only question discussed by the cam
paign orators.
As election day drew near the pop
ular interest and excitement reached
an unprecedented pitch. Not since the
civil war had t.he country been so
stirred by a presidential election. Busi.
ness was to a large degree suspended
in expectation of the result. The Re
publicans carried by unprecedented
majority every state north of the Po
tomac and Ohio rivers and east of
the Mississippi. For the first time
since the davs of reconstruction the
"solid south" was broken, for the
Republicans carried Delaware, Mary
land, West Virginia and even Ken
tucky. McKinley's electoral vote was
271, while Bryan received 176. The
popular vote, however, was much
closer, McKinley's plurality over Bry-
led face and the hot range enveloping
her. She was singing "We'll Work
Till Abbm Comes."
PICTURESQUE IN CAMPAIGNS.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.—In the
way of processions, torchlights and
public display the present presidential
contest has been one of the quiet sort.
Much has been said of apathy, but that
may be a term misapplied to a set
purpose arrived at early In the cam
paign. The candidates were not a sur
prise and the issues present no over
shadowing novelty. A decision to let
well enough alone is not apt to be' pic
torial or sensational. Exciting cam
paigns come in their own time and
way, and develop original features in
a spontaneous fashion. They cannot
be made to order. In the early de
cades of the government the business
of selecting a president was a dele
gated function, as it is in France to
day. But gradually the people took
hold of it by means of distinct, par
ties and conventions, and the electoral
college is now but .a formal record of
the popular will. The first full spec
tacular campaign was the marching
and singing furore of 1840. a tidal
wave that carried into the White
House a military hero of the pioneer
type, who was to live but a month aft
er the inauguration. Such a mad frol
ic, as the party displayed called It,
was not as much a matter of levity as
might be imagined. In reality, the
change appealed to the sober judg
ment Qf the people, or the log cabin
pageantry would have been of no
avail.
Not much bubbling public enthusi
asm could be created by the dark
horse compalgns of Polk and Pierce,
who were comparative obscurities,
though successful. But as the civil
war approached new and powerful
currents of feeling were set. in motion.
A new party, destined to be dominant
many years, was born. Then the
marching clubs, organized to an ex
tent unknown before, were a prophecy
of the tramp of millions and the great
est armed struggle of modern times.
Tt was in the air, and political cam
paigns were interfused with a feeling
but slightly expressed in words.
Grant's presidential campaigns were
too one sided to arouse popular ardor
to the full degree. Hayes and Tilden
were leaders of the judicial and philo
sophic pattern. Garfield and Hancock
presented many points of personal re
semblance. Blaine was a man to
arouse enthusiasm, but also hostilities.
The man who overcame him by an ex
tremely small margin was a sturdy
politician who carrd little for a tu
mult of applause, and finally went
counter to it in his own party. Yet
he was the only president elected by
the party in forty years of campaign
ing, and it gave him. three nomina
tions, as if to emphasize its infirmity
of judgment in finally repudiating him
No campaign of recent years has
been as stirring as that of 1896. In
that contest the country fairly buzzed
with fervid interest. One of the par
ties to St. Louis got up a procession so
big that some of it never had a chance,
to start. The same night the other
party, without any prearrangement,
turned out with torchlights in a huge
column that filled the streets for
hours. Everybody talked, argued,
marched, wore emblems both sides
were confident It was in many re
spects a new test of popular govern
ment. Soma one has said that an an
gel of good fortune presides over the
progress of the United States. The
idea will not. be disproved as long is
the people are governed by conscience
and intelligence. In the campaign of
1908 the drum and fife are seldom
heard the boom of the evening can
non is infrequent: parades with torch
lights and transparencies have been
few in any part of the country. Yet
15,000,000 voters are awake to the
duty of the hour. It remains to be
proved that they are apathetic. For
the most part it is evident that they
made up their minds long ago, or rath
er that no material change was felt to
be desirable.
FINED FOR CRUEL TREAT
MENT TO ANIMALS.
Slgourney—James Cox, a young man
of this township, twenty-two years of
age and residing with his father north
of town, was tried before Justice of the
for
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gfraaually gets into the circulation because of indigestion, constipation, weakl
kidney action, and other irregularities of the syBtem which are sometimes'
considered of no importance. This uric acid causes an inflamed and irritated!
condition of the blood, and the circulation instead of nourishing the different
portions of the body, continually deposits into the nerves, muscles, tissues'
and Joints, the irritating, pain-producing acid with which it is filled. Rheu
matism can only be cured by a thorough cleansing of the blood, and this
lust what S. S. S. does. It goes down into the circulation, and b? neutral
izing the uric acid and driving it from the blood, effectually and surely
removes the cause. S. S. S. strengthens, and invigorates the blood so that
instead of a weak, sour stream, causing pain and agony thoughout the sys- if
tem, it becomes an invigorating, nourishing fluid, furnishing health and
vigor to eveiy part of the body and relieving the suffering caused by this
disease. S. S. S. being a purely vegetable blood purifier, is the surest and
safest cure for Rheumatism in any of its forms. Book on Rheumatism and "5 a
any medical advice desired sent free to all who write.
and
Just-as-grood are but Experiments, and endanger the
health of Children—Experience against Experiment.
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Peace J. M. Adams, on last Saturday
afternoon, on the charge of faat driv
ing and cruel and Inhuman treatment
to animals. It seems that the young'
man had hired a team of John Mitts,
the south side livery man and driven
to What Cheer on the Friday preceed
ine. Coming home he drove over a.
long and round about way and ran
the horses until one of them fell ex
hausted just as they reached the
north-west limits of this olty. Th«
owner of the horses preferred the
charges, and the young man plead
"guilty." He was given fifteen dollars*
and costs, making in all about eighteen
dollars, which he paid.
The Keokuk County Flair given t»jr
the ladles of the Presbyterian church
in the opera house here on last Friday
evening, was well attended, the crowd
that wanted to gain admittance oould
not all be accommodated In the house.
It was unusually an good production
and members of this place who have
appeared before the public before,
sustained the high reputation estab
lished by former appearances. The
ladies of the church received sixty per
cent of the amount left after paving of.
all expenses, and their part of the pro
ceeds was a little over 181.
Roy Blanchard and Miss Feme
Stone, both of this place, surprised,
their friends on last Saturday by
quietly going to Oskaloosa and grttlng
married. Miss Stone is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Stone, and has
been raised In this city, and is «.
student in the high school. Mr. Blanch
ard is the baker at the west side res
taurant in the employ of W, C.
Curtis and has been in this city since!
last August, during which time he haa
made many acquaintances and friendS.!
Both were just of the age to be legally
wedded and are entering upon married'
life within a few months of their com- I
ing of age. The best wishes of the!
people are extended to them. Thevi
drove from Oskaloosa to Sigoumey
late Saturday night and are stopping!
at the home of the bride's parents In'
the south part of the city.
Mrs. W. H. Needham Is at. home 1
from Centervllle, where she has been!
staying with her daughter, Anna Belle
Needham, Bince she has undergone an
operation for appendicitis at the hos-i
pital there. She reports her daughter
as getting along nicely, nad that she
has been moved from the hospital to
the home of her sister, Mrs. Edna
Beck. ..
Miss Clemma. Welis celebrated her
thirteenth birthday by having slrty
invited young friends to come to her
home In the western part of the city
ond help her to celebrate the day, on
last Saturday afternoon. Dainty, re
freshments were served and a
thoroughly enjoyable time was had.
Many pretty presents were brought by.
the invited guests.
Henry F. Wagner and Edward
Schiltz spent the greater part of last
week in Waterloo at the I. O. O. F.:
meeting. Mr. Wagner was called home,
before the end of the session on ac*-!
count of the su\len illness of his wife,
who Is suffering with perltontis.
Mrs. Sherman Needham is on th»
sick list.
MIks Ella Clark |pft for Kansas City
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last Friday evening, and after
spending a few days there with rela
tives and friends she will go to the
south and spend several months visit.-!
ing in Louisiana, where she haa rela
tives in different parts of the state.
Master Harold Beck, of Centervllle.
is visiting at the home of his grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Needham,
Abe Miller came in from German
township Friday evening and spent
Sunday at home with his mother and
sister.
Hon. Daniel W. Hamilton returned!
last Saturday from a speaking tour
throughout the southern part of th«
county. He«is standing the wear of the
campaign quite well but Is having to
contend with a siege of hoarseness. 1
The Eastern Star lodge of this city)
is planning to give a play in the nearj
future. The members of the chapter
will take the parts and give to th«.
public "Female Masonry."
Fairfield Pastor Goes to Wyoming
Fairfield, Oct. 26.—(Special.)—Rev.'
Pearse Pinch completed his pastorate
of the local Congregational churchi
Sunday and leaves tonight for Lander,'
Wyoming, to become pastor of the
church of that denomination there. In!
the evening a-farewell service in which!
the Congregational and Presbyterian
churches united and a number of talks
were given by church members, in each
of which regret was expressed at the
decision of the retiring pastor to ac
cept the Wyoming call. Rev. Mr. Pinch
made a farewell talk to his congrega
tion and was deeply moved by the ex
pressions of the esteem in which he
and his family are held by Fairfield
people.
Children,
The Kind You Have Always Bought has borne the signa
ture of Chas. H. Fletcher, and has been made under his
personal supervision for over 30 years. Allow no ona
to deceive you in t|iis. Counterfeits, Imitations and
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