Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-27
THE oTTUMwA COURIER: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER or 1900.

)URIER: THU RSDAY, s
and wife have many friends here who
will regret their departure, but will
have the best wishes Of all for success
in their new field.
Quite number of changes have
been made by our citizens. Noble
Hays and family now occupy the house
belonging to Mrs. Sarah Bissell. Mrs.
Judson has moved into Miss Sallie
Wilson's house. William Marsh and
family are now in the Burk house, and
Mr.. Runion is in the Oscar Edgar
house on the corner
Milton.
Milton, Sept. 27.-Mrs. Allie Jack
and three girls left last Thursday
morning for Mason City. Ill.
Arthur Johnson, of Horton, Kansas,
visited with his sister, Mrs. G. l..
Smith, the latter part of last week and
attended the fair.
Mr.. and Mrs VIM. Cravens returned
from Chicago on Tuesday morning.
Mrs. L. B. Thompson is quite ill.
Roy Thompson and Miss Pansy King
were married last week.
Samuel McCombs and son, Clinton,
were in Lancaster, Mo-, the first of
the week
Mrs. H. e. Folker, of Pennington,
spent last week with her parents, DR..
and Mrs. Summers.
Rev. P. B. Newman, Of New Lon
hoc tn Milton RI %
charge Of the Methodist Protestant cir
cult.
c. l.. Smith went to Fairfield the
first of the week.
Abingdon.
Abingdon, Sept 27.-Fred Hardin
is very i'll with typhoid fever.
Miss Ella Knox has returned home
after short visit with relatives in
Fairfield.
Mrs. Louise Keller, of Fairfield, is
visiting relatives and friends in this
vicinity.
Newton Davis and wife have return
ed to their home in Oklahoma after a
pleasant visit in this vicinity.
Miss Stella Taylor and Miss Mosley,
of Joplin, Mo-, are visiting in this vi.
cinity.
Louis Cline is getting ready to move
his family to Aurora, Neb.
Harris, Mo.
Harris, Mo-, Sept. 26-Harris will
have an old soldiers reunion this
year, beginning October 5, and last
ing five days.
Hon. o. S. Basford, republican can
didate for representative of Linz
county, spoke to large audience last
Monday night.
Several of our citizens attended the
opening of the republican campaign
in this county at Milan last week, ant
report a fine time.
B. M. Carter, of Chillicothe, is Wis
iting c. S. Gates.
+ Recorder Joe McCallister, of Milan
attended the republican speaking here
Monday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Price and son, Lspie
of near Trenton, visited with DR.. an;
Mrs. G. F. Shriver the first of Tn,
week.
Miss Jessie Titus left Friday TO,
Princeton, where she will attent
school this winter.
Mrs. Edw Titus went to Kansa
City Sunday morning.
| Mrs. Joe Mitchell, of7Ravenna,is Wis
iting with her sister, Mrs. M. L. Kld
we'll, of this place.
Bentonsport.
Bentonsport, Sept. 27.-Miss Ros
Scott, of Dallas; is visiting her grand
parents at Vernon.
Mr.. and Mrs N. G.. Brown visite,
last week with their daughter, Mrs
Hattie Greet, at Fairfield.
Miss Della Scarlet was called t
Mendoza, Mo-, Saturday by the Hines
of relative.
| Hon. Jos. A. Keck and wife, of Utica
are enjoying visit from their daugf
ter, Mrs. Ida Jack, and husband q
Florence, Col.
Will Shaw and wife and Miss Ma
tie Butts were called to Ottumwa FIR
! day by the serious illness of their 81.
ter, Mrs. Sarah Butts.
! Misses Sidney and Fannie Sedwic
are visiting relatives at Keokuk an
enjoying the street fair.
w. H. Carter, Jr., lost valuabl
hog Sunday from the prevailing ep
demic of cholera.
! Sammie Freeland, Of Nauvoo, Ill
who formerly lived here, visited hi
young friends last week.
/ A part of the Gypsy band reache
| here Saturday and are plying the
trade of telling fortunes to all alik
Mrs. Sarah Lippincott, of Keosa
qua, spent Sunday with friends here.
Fioris.
| Floris, Sept. 27-Mrs. T. A. Come
and children left Tuesday for Keoku
to spend few weeks at the parent;
Kennels home.
Miss Jessie Smith spent the fir
part of the week in Ottumwa.
H. c. Hastings was here Thursda
visiting relatives
DR.. Swinney, of Bloomfield, passe
: thru here Thursday.
Miss Isabel ROUGH and Miss Seln
Harvard are visiting in Ottumwa tn
/ week and also attending the sire
fair.
r. B. Ramsey visited in Ottumv
Thursday night with his daughter, MI
Nellie Ryan.
John Rouch, of Seymour, is in Flo
iS IN a visit