Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-22
visiting with his brothers, Judge
Joshua s. and Robert Sloan, of this

visiting with his brothers, Judge
Joshua s. and Robert Sloan, of this
place.
| H. E. Blackledge, of Memphis, Mo-,
spent Sunday with his father, Harri-
son Bleckledge, of this city.
George H. Marts, real estate agent
of Pennington, was in Keosauqua
| Tuesday on business.
Attorney s. E. Irish was recently in
Mt. Sterling on business.
Calvin Manning, of Ottumwa, was
in Keosauqua Tuesday on business,
and to see his aged father, Edwin
Manning.
| w. M. Walker is in Fl. Madison this
week as attorney defending young
Hill, of Milton, who is charged with
seduction
| George Harrison returned to his
| home here last evening after weeks
visit with his sisters, Mrs. Hattie
Smith and Mrs. Minnie Ream, of Pc
oria Ill.,
w. R. Wherry was a Pennington
business visitor Tuesday.
Mrs. w. ]. Hanna and children de-
parted today for Baltimore, Maryland,
their future home, Mr.. Hanna having
gone there sometime since.
Belknap.
Belknap, Nov. 22.-Mrs. Diana My.
ers announces that she expects to have
wood-hauling and chopping at her
house Wednesday, November 80. Ev-
erybody invited to come and bring a
| load of wood.
B. B. Shaffer and son, Ollie, of Alex
| is, Illinois, are here looking at land
and visiting their daughter and sister,
Mrs. John Combs. We would be pleas
ed to have Mr.Shaffer and family move
back to our community.
A. W. Rankin returned home .IIday
morning from visit with relatives in
Ottumwa.
Mrs. Catherine Dunn, of Bloomfield,
is visiting here with her daughter Mrs.
Cynthia Easton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dean Heady and three
children and Mrs. Heady's sister, Miss
Clara Wilfong, of Ottumwa, visited
Saturday and Sunday at the home of
Mrs. Mary Worrell
Rev. e. M. Moore was unable to fill
his appointment Sunday morning at
the Congregational church owing to
the bad weather, but preached there
in the. evening. He announced SER
vices there in two weeks again both in
the morning and evening.
Postoffice inspector was here Satur-
day inspecting the Office and founu ev-
erything conducted in satisfactory
manner. This speaks well for our
postmaster, T. D. Mum, and shows
that our country boys are not behind
those in the cities. He was born on a
farm few miles north of here and
moved here to farm with his parents
in 1882, being then small boy, and re.
NAMED on the farm until his father, J
7. Mum, bought out ]. III. Hellwig's
stock of goods about eight years ago
and since which time he has been in a
store here and is now partner in the
Mum & Bell store. He was appointed
postmaster two years ago this fall and
lis giving good satisfaction to the PEG.
pie.
Miss Lizzie Mcconnell, of Sherman
Chapel, visited here yesterday with
Mrs. Cora Pickett and Mrs. Vona Eb.
Eerline.
Mrs. Lola Davis expects to leave to.
day for her home in Mcpherson, Kan.
sas.
The school board tof Soap Greek
township met Saturday and called an
ELECTION for Belknap Independent
school district to he held Saturday
December l.
Mrs. Jane Morris, of Dunville, is
staying here for few days with Mrs
Sam Wells, who has had several Sc
we're attacks of neuralgia during the
last week or two
T. G: Cree has returned home from
IOklahoma.
John Bonar. of New London, had his
goods shipped here last week. He is
moving on the Mcclure farm which he
has purchased from his cousin, R.. L.
Bonar. 1t is, understood that R. L.
Bonar and Will Chandler expect to
move back to Danville in the near flu
Iture.
/ Walter Hartman and wife. of Eddy
vile, are visiting at Fred Eberlines
Rev. A. H. Miller of Eldon, called
on friends here Saturday while en-
route to Mark.
Rev. zigler, pastor of the Christian
church at Floris, passed thru here
Monday morning.
| Our merchants report a fine trade
Saturday.
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