Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-14
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
From Mondays Daily.
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Diamonds. Scott, 22s East Main.

Diamonds. Scott, 22s East Main.
DIR. w. E.Creath, Dentist. 112 Il. Main.
Officer Couple reported to the police
station today that wash boiler filled
with clothing had been stolen in Fair
view this morning from resident of
that part of town.
Beginning tomorrow the Chicago
Grill room, 20S and 210 South Market
street, will serve fifteen cent dinners
from IL to o'clock.
A. Roop, of Abba, formerly a resi-
dent of Wapello county, was in the city
Friday, enroute home from attending
the Masonic grand lodge at Cedar Rap
ids.
Step in to Heating shardware, ia
East Main, and see the new coal oil
stove that makes blue flames, like gas
with no smoke, no smell, no danger.
James Kussart left last night for
Chicago to purchase material for the
newspaper Office which he expects to
open at Blakesburg soon. The name
OF the new paper will be The Blakes-
burg Advertiser and the initial number
will appear the first of next week.
From Tuesdays Daily.
j. A. Phillips has recently finished
placing an independent telephone sys-
TEN in his store which is great CON
venience. An exchange is Conducted
in the store and telephones connect
every department and every floor.
Thus parties desiring any particular
department by phone call up the store
and the operator there connects them
with the phone in that department.
w. L. Fenton, cashier of the National
bank Of the Republic, of Chicago, for
merly cashier of the First National
bank of this city, is visiting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Bonni-
field. on East Second street. He will
leave in the morning for Des Molnes
to attend a meeting of the State Bank
association. Mrs. Fenton, who &C
companied him, will remain in Ottum-
wa until his return.
W. A. Steele, representing the pat
ent medicine house of e. C. Dewitt
& Co., of Chicago, was in the city yes
terday and besides making arrange
ments for the handling of his goods
by the druggists for another pear,
made new contract for advertising
with the Courier. Mr.. Steele is a pop
ular young man and represents Il
strong firm that is steadily increasing
it's business, which means that their
goods possess the merit that insures
success.
From Wednesdays Daily.
A. NJ. Smith and Mrs. Christenia
Smith were married yesterday after
noon by Squire Campbell at his Office.
The Wapello Chief band will go to
I Bloomfield Saturday morning, where
, they will furnish the music for lodge
picnic.
Mrs. John Daniels and daughter, Miss
Lizzie, of Keb, were in the city yester-
day enroute to England and Wales for
an extended visit with relatives.
The local fast freight on the Wabash
yesterday afternoon came in with a
double header pulling fifteen cars of
beer enroute from St. Louis, Mo-, to
the gold regions of the Klondike.
Misses Mary and Nellie Foster left
this afternoon for North Hampton,
Mass, and. after brief sojourn will
sail from Boston June 20, on the New
England for England and Paris.
The death of the nine months old
baby of Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Meeks oc-
Cured Monday morning at 9 O'Clock
at their home south of Dahlonega. L he
funeral was held yesterday morning