Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-17
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
From Fridays Daily.
DR.. w. E.Creath, Dentist. 112 E. Main.

DR.. w. E.Creath, Dentist. liz E. Main.
Mrs. John Miller left this morning
for Blakesburg to visit relatives.
J. L. Kussart, of the Blakesburg Ad-
vertiser, was in the city on business
this morning.
A son was born Thursday to Mr.. and
Mrs. William Edestrand, of 924 East
Locust street.
s. J. Chester, of Fairfield, formerly
deputy United States marshal, was in
the city yesterday on business.
Mrs. Lille Riley attended the fun
eral of Thompson Forsyth, which was
held in Oskaloosa yesterday.
Joseph Bown, professor Of Greek
and Latin at Bishops college, Mar
shall, Tex, is visiting relatives and
friends in Ottumwa.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. P. Russell and Mrs.
"A. 3. Holcomb left yesterday for an
extended sojourn with relatives in
Cincinnati, o., and points in Ken
lucky.
G. H. Stevens, brakeman on the
Union Pacific railroad out of Laramie,
Wyoming, returned home this morn
ing after a visit with friends in OF
tumwa, his former home.
DIR. G. R. Russell has received a
letter, from his mother, Mrs. M. e.
Russell, who has gone to Colorado for
the benefit of her health, stating that
she is much improved.
Phillip Dotts and VIM. Fry, Of Ed
dyyille, two of Wapello county's sub
stantial farmers, were in the city to-
day making arrangements for an Eu-
ropean trip. They leave Sunday
night for a two months trip to the
Paris exposition.
Peter Rush has received letter
from Frank Erbacher stating that he
would leave Chicago for Detroit to-
morrow and from there would make
the round trip of the Great Lakes
returning to Duluth, the Mecca of all
tourists who take this northern trip.
The city and county hospital of ST.
Paul, Mimi, announces that it is
about to increase the number of pu.
pills in the training school for nurses
Applications for entrance should be
made to Arthur B. Ancker, superin.
tendent of city and county hospital
st. Paul, MINI.
Last week the photograph Of the
4 government building in this city was
taken for the authorities in Washing
ton. The photograph will be Sx1O
inches and will be placed on file to-
gether with the negative in the office
of the supervising architect at Wash.
ington, d. G. There is no particular sig
nificance attached to the taking of the
photograph, it being merely required
for the government files.
Marriage licenses have been issued
to w. r. Brook to Mrs Ina Abbott;
II. Hill to Miss Victoria Wels; l.. A
Nicklin to Miss Fannie Moffett. A
license was issued yesterday to ]. w
Long and Miss Minnie Wilson. The
groomin the latter case is white man
and the woman is colored. They pre-
sented themselves to Squire Ballard
with the license but that
gentleman refused to perform the Ger
emory.
The passenger department of the
Santa Fe Railway company has re
Gently issued a beautiful little pamph
let entitled I'm Tourist Sleeper
which gives series of magnificent
half-tone engravings showing the very
superior service furnished by this
line in its tourist sleeping car accom-
modations. Parties interested car
secure copy of this pamphlet by ad
dressing E. l.. Palmer, passenger
agent OF the Santa Fe railway, Des
Moines, Iowa. In this connection it is
interesting to know that the Santa
Fe railway is now running it's trains