Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-30
NEWS FROM NEAR BY
Daily Doings Of Some Of ottunwa's
Close Neighbors.
personal, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
Everything From Joyous Birth. to the
Philosophical Observation Of sages,
Arc Chronicled by the Courier's
special Correspondents.
CHARlTON.

cpoCAuA SOIEcbpORlent0s
CHARLTON.
Charlton, Nov. 2s.-aliss Grace Sulli-
van has returned from an extended Wis
1T with friends at Crsston.
ID. H., Day has returned from Chicago,
where he has been for 9the past few
weeks undergoing a surgical operation
for stone in the bladder. His many
friends will be pleased to learn that the
operation was very successful, and he
is very much improved in health.
! Miss Lillian Douglass, teacher in the
Russell schools, was an over Sunday
visitor with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
L. Douglass, and her many Charlton
friends.
Rev. A. G.. Ormond, of the Presby-
terrain church of this place, preached a
very interesting and instructive sermon
to large and appreciatiye audience on
Sunday afternoon in the country near
Columbia. A few Charlton people drove
out and heard the sermon.
Alice, of Benton Harbor, Mich. are Wis
iting Mrs. Boynton's brothsr-in-law, Dr..
F. III. Roynton, OF this place. They eN-
Ipect to remain over Thanksgiving.
The services at the Christian church
Sunday morning and evening were both
very Interesting and entertaining. The
pastor, Rev. C. +. Saunderson, is prov.
ing himself to be a very forcible pulpit
orator, and most successful pastor.
Both services, Sunday were well attend
ca ana mere were 1nlse ag M "
.he chur 'l. SUNDAY evening" rms nia MS
Jour adal1lons me lase TWO weeEs. anu
the congregation IS puelin9 lorth eN,ra
-eIortsto make TINS WORK very success cess
1ul,
Frank Colburn, express messenger on
the south branch, spent sunday IN D !,s
Molnes, called there by the serious III
ness Of his father.
]. NJ. Slater departed Monday for
Sheridan, Mo-, where he goes to close
deal for an 14o-acre farm he has con-
tracted for.
Chas. bennington, OF Creston, was
an over Sunday visitor with his friend,
DIR. Greene. OF this place.
Mrs. AIatheney has accepted posi-
tion as clerk with &C. III. Palmer, in the
China store.
Beak Van Arsdale, one of the pros
porous business men of Russell, was an
over Sunday visitor: with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. P,'V. Van Arsdale, Just
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BLOONlFiELb'0
Bloomfield, Nov. 2s.-Airs. +. y. Irul
AK and family left Monday for Center
vile, where they1iwills malSesftheiEs. fuF
ture home, Mrs. TruaN having f3pnr-
chased a milliner shop in that city.
Miss May Wallace has accepted the pos
,sition with Mrs. Jennie Crafts vacated
by Mrs. TruaN.
4 Homer Elsea and Miss Gertrude
Holmes. of kirksyille,. Mo-, spent sun
day in thisicity, the guests OF Miss Jen-
ME McFadden.
+ Union services Will be held at the NJ.
E. church at 1890 o'clock ThanksgiT-
ing morning. The pulpit will be, oceu-
pied by the clergy of the city and the
sermon will be delivered by ltev. III:
r. Triekett who will open series OF
church on the Same evening.
CLYDE Patterson. OF, Centerville. spent
Sunday with friends in this city.
Misc Ed,+b Patterson left tba IN tter