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Arizona republican., 1900-08-05
TRAINING SHIP FOR BOSTON.

Newport R. l.. Aug. 3.-The United States training ship Chesapeake. which arrived here on August 1, left this morning for Boston.
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Laddsdale.

Laddsdale, Dec. 6.-Thomas Deal
ST.. returned home Friday from bus
mess trip in Marion and Monroe coun.
ties.
Mr.. and Mrs. White entertained
quite number of guests Thanksgiv-
ing.
John Hinkle made business trip to
Eldon Wednesday.
William Hilbert spent Sunday and
Monday in Bloomfield.
Robert Clark, of Appanoose spent
the last of the week here visiting his
wife.
Messrs. William Yoder and c. E.
Copeland marketed hogs in Ottumwa
Monday.
John Hinkle returned home from
Bloomfield Saturday.
William Dillon went to Ottumwa
Monday evening.
Messrs. ANGUS Merry, Thomas Dial,
Jr., Charles Shields and William Dillon
spent Sunday afternoon in Eldon.
Henry Heinig, from east of Eldon,
moved recently to the DR.. LaForce
farm west of here.
Hiram Huffman was here Wednes-
day morning.
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Daily Doinge of Some of Ottumwa's
Close Neighbors.
Personal, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
Everything From Joyous Births to
the Philosophical Observation of
sases, Are chronicIed by The cour.
ier's Special Correspondents.
1Ioris.

Floris, Dec. 6.-Mrs. William Gar
ven, of Nebraska, arrived at DR.. Da-
Wis, Monday to visit for some time
with them and other relatives.
Berl Smith has secured a position
In the packing house at OttumWa and
will move there soon.
Ode Strickland, one of the section
Joe Poster, of Ottumwa, made a
business trip here Wednesday.
{. Mr. and Mrs. John and Ruby Ows-
ley, of Yates Center, Kas., are here
for a few months visiting among rel
atiyes.
men Of this place has been selected
for foreman on the Rock Island rail
road at Brighton.
Mrs Wilson left Wednesday for
Bloomfield to spend Thanksgiving
with her mother, Mrs. Sutton.
Mrs. Freda Henak, Of Lorimer, Ia,
came Wednesday to spend Thanksgiv-
ing at the parental Davies home.
Miss Murriel Rairden, of Queen
City, Mo-, is here visiting with Miss
Pearl Strickland and other former
schoolmates.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones, of South Of
fumwa, spent Thursday with Mr.. and
Mrs. John Wagers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Mcconnell, of
Belknap came here Thursday evening
fora visit at the Jim Peden home.
Mrs. ,Effie Dunneem and Miss Lille
Brooks, of Eldon, spent Thursday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Crist.
Mrs. Emma Garrison spent Thanks
giving day here at Mrs. William Gar
fison's.
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Pleasant Hill

Pleasant Hill, Dec. 6.-Rev. Booten
will preach at White Elm church Sat
urday night.
w. J. Dooley visited friends near
Kilbourne last week.
w. j. Passmore and sister, Carrie.
expect to start for st. Louis, Mo-, Wed
nesday.
w. G. Tod, the county supervisor,
had business in Selma this week.
Waldo Harryman visited friends over
Sunday at Pleasant Hill.
/. e. Black had business in Eldon
saturday.
The piers of the river bridge at Sci.
ma are all set and the work on top
has commenced.
D. B. Writ is visiting friends in
Ohio.
H. McElroy made flying trip to
Eldon last week.
DR.. Lore had business in Keosau.
qua this week.
J. w. Phillips and Jessie Gorge were
Pleasant Hill callers last week.
Ora Earhart and wife visited friends
in Selma this week.
| Pleasant Hill school began Mon.
day with Riley Spicer as teacher.
VIM. Comber was in White Elm last
week.
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Dudley.

Dudley, Dec. 6.-The roads have
been very muddy the past week but
with the present fine weather they
are improving rapidly.
School opens at the Pleasant Hill
school next Monday with Chas. w.
Smith as teacher.
Joe Stevens has been quite sick the
past week with tonsilitis.
Miss Ada Linquist returned from
Ottumwa Sunday where she has been
visiting since Thanksgiving.
Alfred Peterson who has been at
tending the fall term of the State
Normal returned home last Friday.
A large number of our farmers at
tended the public sale of w. v. Dix
on's near Chillicothe yesterday.
3. l.. Peterson has completed the
drilling of a two hundred and fifty foot
well on his farm near here and will
erect several tanks and large wind
mill, also other improvements as will
render his farm a convenient place
for the watering of man or beast.
Mrs. Martha Baker, who has been
living with relatives in Missouri for
the past two years, is visiting her son
D. w. Baker, south of town.
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West Van Buren,.

West Van Buren,, Dec. GA most
p:cassnt gathering of relatives and
f:ieaos took place at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Theodore Gibson last Mon
day, it being Mrs. Gibson's fifty-firsr
anniversary. An enjoyable day was
spent, all leaving wishing Mrs. Glib
son many more pleasant birthdays.
d. /. Rankin, of Kansas, bought
quite number of calves in this vicin-
ity last week.
Will Sullivan sold fine horse last
week.
William Whitcanack is on the sick
list this week.
Some of cur farmers delivered cat
tie at Milton last Saturday.
George Lewis and wife spent
Thanksgiving day with A. e. McCul-
lcugh near Leando.
The Chequest Farmers club will
hold its next meeting at the home of
Mrs. Nate Baird, Dec. 6. Quite an in.
teresting program is arranged. All
are invited.
John Downing was a Leando caller
last week.
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under the direction of Prof. WEIGH, is
learning q cantata to be performed
New Years eve.
The ladies' aid society of the Con-
gregational church will give doll ba-
Ear Saturday evening, December 8.
j. P. Farley was business caller in
Cttumwa Thursday.
Mrs. Alderman and Miss Florence
I'insmtre spent Thanksgiving at the
parental home in Kirkville.
w. j. Davis has been employed by
the Coal company as weighman at
Mine No. 1.
MI. and Mrs. D. C. Phillips are the
li)1y parents of bouncing boy, who
took up his abode with them Saturday.
Rev. Beard, of South Ottumwa, oc-
orpied the pulpit in the Congregation
a! church Sunday.
Miss Kate Bierkle left Saturday fol
an indefinite visit with friends in Ores.
ton.
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DrakesviIIe.

Drakesville, Dec. 6.-The protrcated
meeting is still in progress at the
Christian church. Services were held
there on Thanksgiving day, Rev. Hol-
lowell, from Eldon, preaching.
Mrs. Garner had stroke of paraly-
sis on Wednesday of last week and
has been unconscious ever since.
Rev. and Mrs. Barber went to Bona
part to spend Thanksgiving. Mrs.
BARRIERS father being very sick, she
has not returned.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Sampson, of Ell.
don, are here visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
William Cochran, and shaking hands
with old friends and acquaintance.
Orus and Bertha Russell visited at
the parental homo of Logan Russell,
in Drakesville, over Sunday.
Doe Jennings is having new barn
built Just across the street from where
the old one burned down.
James Dysart and his wife went to
Ottumwa last Friday to spend several
weeks with their children.
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Humeston.

Humeston, Dec. Ct. M. Walton
has returned from two weeks visit
with friends in Oskaloosa.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Will Mattox,
on November 81, son.
Editor Stirling, of the Corydon
Democrat, was in town between trains
Saturday.
Rev. Clemens, Of Seymour, who has
been assisting Rev. Saddler in revival
meetings at this place, returned to his
home Saturday.
Duncan McRea and family left Mon
day for Indianola, where they will
make their future home.
Grandpa Killenbarger is reported
very sick.
Sam Rinard, of Corydon, spent Sun
day with his parents in this city.
A large audience greeted Col. Ham
at his lecture at the opera house
Thursday night.
Miss Maude Lewis, of Osceola, Wis
tied over Sunday In the city with
friends.
Mrs. Inez Kelso, of Corydon, at
tended Hams lecture.
Perry Barker and wife of Shenan-
doah, spent Thanksgiving with Mrs.
Barker's parents.
Homer Stone was called to Charlton
last Saturday by the serious accident
to G. e. Combs.
Mrs Harriet Crosby returned last
week from Galesburg, Ill. She has
spent the last year in Chicago.
The M. e. ladies realized $75 from
their dinner Thanksgiving day.
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and half northeast of here, and Alex
Easton and family moved into the Nc.
Clure house, which was vacated by
them.
G. w. Ware, of Lineville, remem,
bered his parents, l. Ware and wife,
who reside here, with a nice turkey
for Thanksgiving.
B. B. Shaffer reports that he has
purchased a 200-acre farm near Ed
ina, Mo.
Miss Gerda Wheeler dismissed
school here Thursday for Thanksgiv,
ing.
Otus Pickett and wife were Ottum.
wo visitors Saturday night and Sun
day.
Mrs. j. B. Lafferty and daughter,
Olive, of Alexis, ILL.,, arrived Saturday
for visit with their daughter and
sister, Mrs. e. A. Patterson, who, with
her little daughters met them in OF
tumwa.
Joel MCGEE was an ottumwa visitor
Wednesday,
Ray Thompson was on the sick list
lats week.
Little Alva Toole was quite sick for
a few days last week.
The Belknap people are we'll pleas
ed over Saturdays school election.
Out of forty-six votes cast, forty-four
were for the independence of the dis
trlct. number of people seem 20
have changed their minds in REGARD
to the way they would vote.
Rev. Wolf, of Libertyville, a Dunk
ard minister, filled the pulpit at the
M. E. church Sunday, at o'clock,
preaching good sermon.
Rev. w. e. Moore, of West Grove.
having severed his connection with
the Presbyterian church at that place,
was received Sunday morning into
membership in the Conversational
church, which he expects to serve the
coming year as pastor. He will preach
every two weeks, holding morning and
evening services.
Chas. Box and family, of Eldon, WIS.,
tied last week at Lee Mccormick S
returning home Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Eberline and Ola
Wells spent Thanksgiving with Mr..
and Mrs. Ault, of Sherman Chapel.
Mrs. Daniel Mum, Mrs. Wyatt and
Eta Mum, of Sherman Chapel, visit
ed at Walter Munn's Tuesday.
Charley Ware, of near Floris, visit
ed here with his sister, Mrs. w. Mum,
the last of the week, returning home
Sunday.
Hiram Waldroff, of Indiana, was a
visitor Saturday at the Walter Mum
home.
Mrs. Samuel Mcconnell visited in
Floris last week with her daughter
Mrs. James Peden.
DIR. G. G. Heady, of Bloomfield, drove
over here Monday, leaving on the
train for Bunch to see Mrs. John
Dunn, who is very ill.
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Avery.

Avery, Dec 6.-Elsie Moore spent
Thanksgiving with her friend, Pearl
Scavenger, east of Avery.
Harry Smith and wife spent Thanks
giving at the Morgan home in Avery.
Miss Ethel Crabill spent few days
last week with her cousin in Chilli
Gothic.
Effie Warner was the guest of her
sister, Lucy, one day last week.
]. w. Scavenger was in Creston sew
efal days last week attending to
business matters.
Frank West was an over-Sunday
visitor in Avery.
Ed Evans and wife were guests at
the parental Montgomery home Sun
day.
Joe Townsend was in Abba Satur-
day
Mrs. Ellen Morgan was shopping in
Abba Saturday.
j. L. Nelson was a passenger for
Chillicothe Sunday evening.
Mrs. Ed. Palmer and children, Char
les and Mark, are guests at the Oscar
Palmer home in Abba this week.
Miss Anna Palmist was shopping in
Abba Monday.
N. A. Thayer attended the funeral of
his brother, Oliver, at Blakesburg Fri
day.
Mrs. ]. W. Evans was in Abba one
day this week.
Harry Evans, of Burlington spent
Saturday and Sunday in Avery.
Bert Fisher, of Beacon, and Edna
Evans, of Hynes, attended the dance
in Avery last Thursday evening.
Claude Smith spent few days last
week visiting his parents near Blakes-
burg.
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Hedrick.

Hedrick, Dec. 6.-sJohn Phillips. of
ComDetlne, arrived Tuesday from Ne
hraska with the body of his mother
VINO died while on a visit with rela.
yves. She was buried yesterday All
COMPETING cemetery.
William Douglass, of Fairfield, was
in Hedricks the first of the week.
y. %. Shook returned Monday from
a few days stay in Oklahoma.
Mrs. d. j. Van Nostrand spent few
days at the parental home last week.
Orion Hull, who left for Oklahoma
not long ago, is now employed in q
grocery store at Perry Oklahoma.
Mrs. Anna Erwin, of South English,
is visiting relatives in Hedrick for a
few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donnenworth and Mr..
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Martinsburu.

Martinsburg, Dec. 6.-Thanksgiving
is past and the turkey will get a rest
now until Christmas.
H. c. Lynn, wife and two daughters,
Louie and Patience, Of Sigourney, ate
turkey with A. ]. johnson Thanksgiv-
ing day.
Rev. Goode closed his meeting at
Pekin Saturday night with some four
teen conversions.
John spiers was in Burlington one
day last week.
Al Harry, wife and children, of Sig
Quincy, ate Thanksgiving turkey here.
Rev. Goode goes today to Bussey to
attend the M. F.. district conference.
r. Spiers still fingers but is gradu.
ally growing weaker. He is cared for
by willing hands.
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Chequest.

Chequest, Dec. 6-Evert Parker, of
Leando, visited day or two last week
with his parents at Troy.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. e. Hanshaw and
daughter, Eva, spent Sunday with
friends near White Elm.
Nathon Wilson and family spent
Sunday at the parental Green home.
The Hawkeye school has a. new bell
erected on the building.
Grover Shaffer visited Sunday with
jamie Parson.
Miss Allie Jackson, of Leando, who
teaches class in music here, was
here this week in the interest of her
work.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. S. Plowman were in
Eldon Monday on business.
G. G. Rambo and family and A. E.
Nelson and family were guests of r. S.
Harryman Sunday.
W. B. Strait and family visited Sum
day at j. E. Whitten's.
Jesse George and wife, of Eldon,
were here for Thanksgiving last Thurs.
day.
G. G. Rambo and family took
Thanksgiving dinner with J. e. Shat
fer.
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church was we'll attended considering
the very bad roads. There is consid.
cradle interest being manifested in
the meeting and the pastor is doing all
in his power to make the meetings a
success.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Lowery and chill
dren, of Chillicothe, and Miss Del
Manning, of Fairfield, who have been
visiting at the home of D. A. Lowery
since Thanksgiving, returned to their
homes Sunday.
G. McThias and wife, of Lucas, were
visiting with friends in Hynes Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Snow went to AL
bia Saturday and visited until Mon
day with friends
Yampa.
Yampa, Dec. 6.-Wm. ellis, who
lives two miles south of Yampa, is
seriously ill.
Mrs. Maggie Smiths baby is very
sick.
Miss Mary Carman is visiting
friends east of Batavia.
Mrs. Mary Reno and children were
in Batavia Monday.
Will Walker has moved in e. N.
Sterner's house.
John e. Reno has built a two-story
poultry house.
Mrs. John Reno was a Batavia shop
per Monday.
George Giltner and Ben Burnaugh
were in Ottumwa Wednesday.
Mr.. Vaught, of Batavia, was In
Yampa on business Tuesday.
Charley Copeland, of Batavia. made
business trip to Yampa Tuesday.
The protracted meeting is still go
ing on at the Christian church in
Bladensburg.
Walter Wiley, of Competine, visited
friends in Yampa Sunday.
Mrs. George Fawcett visited. at
John Reno's Monday.
G. w. Burnaugh is still on the sick
list.
Thos. Rifle and family were visiting
friends in Competine Sunday.
Mrs. Clell Farley visited her father
Marion Whitmore, on Wednesday.
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Hiteman.

Hiteman, Dec. 6.-Theo Reed. of
Kirkville. has been repairing his house
the last week.
Fred Bagley has been sentenced to
fifteen days in the county Jail for as.
sault and battery on the person of Jno.
Weston, an aged gentleman.
A society composed of our young
ladies and gentlemen was organized at
the home OF Mrs. Alderman Tuesday
evening. They will meet once week
at different homes for a social time.
The Congregational Sunday school,
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MunteryiIIe.

Munterville, Dec. 6.-Sander Pier
son has been doing carpenter work
for Sven Pearson the past ween re-
extra ceiling in the cellar and other
work in the house which will make
the house more convenient for winter.
l.. l.. Swenson and wife were pleas
antly surprised last Saturday evening
by number of young folks and neigh
bors coming in to spend the evening.
The amusing part of it was that most
of them were masked and came in
and it was a great puzzle to try to
recognize the party A guessing bee
was held for some time but it was a
difficult to tell who most of the par
ties were. After this they unmasked
and pleasant evening was spent in
games, etc. All went home at late
hour with the wishes of Mr.. Swenson
and his wife to come again.
Jno. Burgeson, near Dudley, has his
new residence nearly completed and
by outside appearance he has very
fine and substantial home Samuel
Anderson, of Avery, is doing the car.
penter work.
1hi cihu pll oWCh IAu
family took dinner with Mr.. and Mrs
Willard Upp last Friday evening.
Charley Johnson, of Munterville
had number of men with teams and
scrapers last week to make substan.
tial pond on his farm to water his
stock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Peterson, also
Emmett Jones spent Sunday at the
home of Nels Hall.
N. P. Pearson and family and L. L.
Swenson and family spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Sven Pearson.
Jas. Grooms called at Nels Halls
Monday.
Frank Springer delivered hogs in
Frederic yesterday.
Alfred Gustafson, our mail carrier
has been on the sick list the past few
days.
Fred Nelson and sister were Blakes
burg visitors yesterday.
Otto Pierson is working at the
blacksmith trade in Blakesburg.
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MiltNn.


Milton, Dec. Cone of the Tatman
brothers, who was supposed to be
dead, returned home last Sunday after
an absence OF over thirty years.
VIII Belle and wife, from Montana,
arrived here one day last week.
Elder T. A. Renfro, who has been
visiting in Colorado for the past
month. returned home last week.
j. l. Mckay, of Illinois, was the
guest of Clarence Workman and wife
on Thanksgiving.
G. L. Smith is in Kansas on bust
ness.
Union Thanksgiving services were
held in the Methodist Protestant
church The sermon was preached by
Rev. ]. E. Corley, of the M. E.church.
The revival meetings at the M. P.
church closed on Thursday night. Sew
eral came into the church and much
good was done. Thursday, the mem
bers made a donation and all came
with well filled baskets and ate their
dinners in the church,
John II Johnson, who has been in
Colorado for the past few months. re-
turned last week and after spendi a
few days visiting with his sister here,
left for Moulton.
Mrs. Nettie Piersoll, Mrs. Jennie
Fulton. Master Herad Fulton and Miss
Matte Johnson, all of Moulton, took
dinner with Mr.. and Mrs, C, L. Smith
on Thanksgiving aid returned to
MoIltcn on the s O'clock train the
same night
Rev. P. B. Newman, of the M. p.
church. is conducting series of re-
vival meetings at Mt. Zion on Home
Prairie.
Rev. ]. E. CorIey, pastor of the M. E..
church, is holding series Of re-
vival meetings at Mt. Zion on South
Prairie.
Mrs. G. L. Smith is suffering with a
sprained ankle.
B. F. Bagley was an over Sunday
visitor at home.
A.. N. Cassidy is home on his regular
vacation.
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and Mrs. Stanley are now residents OF
Chillicothe, Mo-, having moved from
Hedrick last week.
G. NJ. Speck and L. l.. Boulin were
in Sigourney Tuesday on business.
Rev. D. w. Campbell, now of Sig,
Quincy, was in Hedrick recently
E. T. Cheese spent Sunday at the
Matthews home going on to Macon,
Mo-, Monday.
I. M. and o. o. Phelps left on the
B. & w. Tuesday evening for Chicago
to attend the fat stock show.
G. H. Cook, of Kansas City, was in
town Monday.
@. P. spiers left yesterday for his
home in Wray, Col.
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RQndke|CIIe|S &l|Oe.
SPECIAL DISPLAY
Friday and Saturday.


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Belknap.

Belknap, Dec. 7,--Will Chandler and
R. L. Bonar left last week with their
families and household goods, for
Danville.
The lumber arrived last week for
the belfry of the M. e. church, which
is to be built as soon as the rock can
be gotten for the foundation.
Fred Eberline moved last week on,
to the Mrs. Mary Sharon place, a mile
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HERE,S A SNAP!

good 100 acre farm at just $40 per acre be-
low its present value. It's in Wapello county
not id Texas; it's on the north side of the
river, not on Soap Creek, and it's priced at $4O
not at $50, the price it has been held at hereto
fore.
1t belongs to an old gentleman in very
LOW price on it with a view to immediate
sale. Now if you don't want one of the best
bargains in farms you ever saw, just neglect
looking 81, after this ne week or two but If
also snap in a 70 acre farm with $500 worth
of Improvements on it, at $500. The man
who owns this has been to Oklahoma, and of
course he wants to sell out and go there BY
the way, our next excursion to Perry, Okla
homa, leaves over the Milwaukee December a.
S15.T5 round trip.
Morris Wi11iamsE
Phone 444. Baker Building.
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4 Dollar Buys More
and Better Goods Here
Than at Any Other Store

Dolls, Toys, Rocking Horses,
Youth and Juvenile Books for
the little folks. We have a
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select from. We will lay it
away for you. Early Buying
gives you not only the first
Choice, but the best of satis-
faction.
Ladies' extra heavy fleeced
Ladies' full seamless wool
Hose 15c.
Ladies' extra quality Hose
19c, 24c and 35c.
Children's heavy ribbed 1Oc
Hose, four pair, Csc.
Ladies Underwear, fleece lin
ed, best of value, 69c, 48c, 35c,
24c, 19c and 15c.
Notions, Etc.
Dozen Rubber Hair Pins 10c.
Dozen nice Pearl Buttons Sc.
Dozen Safety Pins 21lc.
Dozen Dress Stays Sc.
Dozen Lead Pencils Sc.
Tablets down to two for 1c.
Felt Boots, Overshoes, Rub
bers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-12-06
Bloomfield.

Bloomfield, Dec. &C. e. Young,
Harvey Wray, Theodore Taylor, T. J..
Walton, d. M. Wise, T. ]. Hill and Z.
Clelland departed Monday for Chicago
to attend the International stock exhi.
bition.
Mrs. Nellie Saunders has returned
from four months visit in st. Joe,
Mo-, where Mr.. Saunders is employed
as clerk in dry goods store.