Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-19

,thna, were Pleasant Hill callers

of Bothna, were Pleasant Hill callers
this week.
w. J. Dooley, wife and family visited
friends near Birmingham over Sunday.
Shed. Cole made business trip to
Eldon Saturday.
Waldo G. r. Harryman visited
friends at Pleasant Hill last week.
Stephen Puffingbarger was in Che
quest last week.
ness Monday.
Quite a large crowd attended the ice
cream social at White Elm Saturday
night, given in behalf of the sufferers
of India.
James Russell was in Selma last
week.
George Turner is on the sick list.
John Pufingbarger, wife and family
visited friends here this week.
A lparty of Selma young people en-
joyed picnic party and took dinner
near Laddsdale, Sunday.
Mrs. Elliott was in Burlington last
week.
DUDLEY.
Dudley, July 20.-A fine rain fell
here Monday morning, which was very
much needed for the corn and pas
lures.
Our baseball nine went to Frederic
last Sunday afternoon, where they
played with the Frederic team.
Miss Freda Swenson, of Ottumwa,
spent last Sunday at the home of her
parents, west of here, and returned on
No. 10 next day.
Miss Amanda Burgeson, r. L. Gar
dener and Alfred Peterson went to
Ottumwa this week to attend the nor
NAL institute.
Thomas Stodghill spent few days
in Ottumwa this week on business.
The farmers have been very busy
the past week, harvesting. The grain
| is about all cut, and before another
week rolls around, they will be en-
gagged in threshing. 1t is expected
that the oats crop will turn out better
this year than it has for years past.
BATAVIA.
Batavia, July 20.-Joe Ellenberger,
of Sherman county, Kansas, is visit
ing his father, John Ellenberger.
Miss Eliza Worley, of Bladensburg,
spent Monday with friends in town.
Miss Beulah Giltner, of Ottumwa,
visited over Sunday with her cousin
Madge and Edith Wright.
Bert Henderson went to Stockport
Monday to visit his brother, Will Hen
derson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Carter, of
Idaho, are visiting Mrs. Carriers bro
Tiers, John and Harry Perry.
Mrs. Hannah Afford and sister, Mrs.
Lutz, visited Sunday in ,Eldon with
their brother, Neil Miller.
1 Mrs. Nora Fulton and Miss Emma
Coleman, of Bladensbnrg were shop
ping In town Monday. y .Js{
Mrs. Blosser was passenger We'd
nesday for Ottumwa, to visit her
friend, Mrs. Owens, !. ass, ..sg ~
| Mrs. Birdie Hillhouse. left Monday
for Colorado, where she goes to join
her husband, who is in the railroads
employ.
cHRoUEsT.
Chequest, July 2O.-Mrs. Vina Nc
Cullough has about recovered from
here recent illness.
| NILS. u6OTSS I1SWltL 40 4ulIO III, ouk-
| fering from a cancer.
G. G. Rodgers and family spent
Sunday with friends here.
Wade Harryman and family attended
preaching services at White Elm last
Sabbath and were dinner guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. D. M. Perry.
| S. W. Webster was in Keosauqua
one day last week on business.
F. S. Plowman and son George were
callers at Eldon last Friday. ~
John Sample made brief visit at
his home here last week. a,e{
a. E. Mccullough, wife and son,
Earnest, were Sunday visitors at the
parental Lewis home near Lebanon.
Messrs, j. o. Boyer, Perry Gardner
4 and Floyd Crawford, of Leando, were
callers at the Harryman home Mon
| day a. m. Lewis Seamster attended
lodge at Leando Saturday night.
Chas Brown and Bertha McCloskey
| attended church at White Elm Sunday
night.
John Smith was entertained at the
j. q. Shaffer home Sunday evening.
SELMA.
4 Selma, July 2O.-Mrs. Snavely OF
Michigan, and Mrs. Pumphrey, of ILL.
I nois, formerly the Misses LOOMS, are
here visiting at the Gardner home.
Quite bit of threshing has been
done. Wheat is about a half crop.
Oats are an extra good crop.
AS was expected, Lloyd Nicklin
brought a wife home with him from
4 Ottumwa.
A hack load of young people got wet
trying to picnic at the Lily pond Sun.
day and didn't get any flowers either
George Grosvenor and Ed Paris
were over from Batavia Sunday.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Clay Black were in
this vicinity Tuesday.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lee are here
getting ready to start for Spokane
Washington, next week.
| Mrs. John Nedrow is very sick.