Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28

Aunt Rachel Lawson is IN very poor
health on account of cancer.
Dan Leppo shipped two car loads of
hogs from this place to Ottumwa last
week.
Chas. Brown, of Ottumwa, spent
Sunday at this place.
Cora Elliott is home from Stockport.
BIDwELM
Bidwell, Dec. 2s.-Ralph Bachman
and Bertha Rose were married at the
home of the brides parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. L. A. Rose, on Sunday evening,
Rev. Coggeshall, fAChillicothe, otticiat-
ing.
Marion Irwin, of Derby, is visiting
his brother, Sam Irwin.
L. +. Coward, of Lucerne, Mo-, spent
Christmas with Mr.. and Mrs. +. T..
Perry.
NJ. r. Chambers, of Pleasantville, a
former resident OF Polk township, was
looking after business matters here
last week.
There was party at ]. F. Beagle's.
Tuesday night.
Mrs. Geo. b. Beall, of Yampa, is Wis.
ting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. j.
Creamer.
o. NJ. Strineham and family, of OF
| tumwa, visited Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Garfield Tuesday.
Lloyd Garfield is suffering from an
attack of rheumatism.
DR.. ID. L. Rambo made professional
call at Bidwell today.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Blizzard, of Ottum-
wa, ate Christmas dinner with Mrs.
Mary Smith.
Mrs. Lottie Potter and family spent
Christmas with Mr.. and Mrs. John
Bells, near Blakesburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Chidester, of OF
tumwa, Allen Miller and family of OF
tumwa, and Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.~Miller,
of Frederic, We're the Christmas guests
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Harmon Dickson.
LEBANON
Lebanon, Dec. 2s.-The following
homes entertained friends TO dinner
Christmas: p. b. Brown, j. L. Snider
| and Ed. Humphrey.
The social Friday evening at the Jo-
seph Moore home was well attended
and the dialogue by the young people
was amusing. Everyone enjoyed the
| evening.
! The South Lebanon school will have
a weeks vacation which will be appre-
ciated by all the pupils.
The district conference which was
held at Cantril was not very well at
tended from here.
Mrs. Pilot, of Pittsburg, and Mr..
Reed, of Iowa City, who has been at
Pittsburg for some time visiting
| friends there, passed through here
Tuesday of last week to attend district
conference at Cantril.
Miss Emma Harrison was visiting in
Cantril last week and attended confer
ence and reports it as being very inter
esting.
The Epworth league election was
held Tuesday night of last week. The
following onicers were elected: Presi-
dent G. III. Johnston; first vice presi-
dent-Mrs. j. L. Snider; second vice
president-Emma Harrison; third vice
president Estella Humphrey; fourth
vice president--Lewis Connor; organist
Mrs. Fred Koontz; secretary-G. j.
| Wilson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Seamster, daugh-
ter May, and Wallace Robinson, of West
Chequest, attended the social Friday
evening. May and Wallace remained
till after Christmas with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Nanfeet were
in the county seat the first of the week.
i
of very nice Bible, presented to her
by the Presbyterian society as token
of regard for her services as organist
during the past year.
Miss Roads, of Eldon, is here visiting
at the home of Ed Humphrey.
Jim Humphrey, who has been in OF
tumwa for some time, is home to spend
the holidays.
Ed. Robertson went to Mt. Pleasant
Saturday on account of sickness in his
family.
Paul Wilson, of North Prairie, was
a dinner guest of Walter and Jessie
VIM Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. O. Mccullough, of
IIeando, also Mr.. Huff We're guests at
1 the Clarence Vanfeet home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. O. Mccullough of Lee
ando, c. L. Morse and family, Paul
Wilson and Walter Garfield, of North
Prairie, We're guests at the Snider
home Christmas. Others were there
from this vicinity
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Glandville, of this
place, were among the dinner guests
of Omer Wilson, of North Prairie
Christmas.
Richard Conner and family went to
Troy to spend Christmas with Mr..
Connor's brother.
Paul Wilson, Walter Garfield and Ka-
tie Morse, of North Prairie, and Bessie
Snider, of this place, attended the NJ.
E. entertainment at Milton Christmas
night. There was good program,
well carried out and some very hand
some presents.
4 DUDLEY.
i Dudley, Dec. 2S.-The schools in this