Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-11-26
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CHARLTON.
important Happenings in Lucas
County Seat.

important Happenings in Lucas
County Seat.
| Charlton, Nov. 25.-While the Their
mometer does not in any way indicate
the near approach of cold weather yet
the calender tells us that the "melan-
choly days are here" and that the holi-
| days are not far distant. The mer-
chants are anticipating much increas.
ed trade this season owing to the eX-
tremely high price of all products of
the farm and consequent prosperity of
the farmers, and are just now begin
ming to make preparation for that
! trade by buying heavily of Christmas
! goods, making arrangements for in
| creased help in their stores and adver-
Using their particular lines in the
newspapers and by hand bills. Thurs
| day is Thanksgiving day and just now
the grocery stores occupy the center
of the stage with their large and var
led supply of delectable provisions for
that feast day. After this comes
| Christmas, when the book stores and
toy men will have their big run and
! all lines of business will secure their
4 share of the trade. The business men
of Charlton are an up-to-date and pro-
( gressive set of merchants and many
are already showing in their windows
some beautiful and very late novelties
in the way of Christmas gifts.
With the exception of slight spell
of weather on Friday, the past three
weeks has been exceptionally fine
weather for November and Sunday
was no exception. The farmers are
looking each day for storm, and hope
for good rain to supply stock water
before it freezes up for the winter
Mrs. George w. Farlin is spending
a few days in Abba with her daughter
Mrs. Lee Tucker, formerly of this
/ place
Miss Edith Hedges has returned from
a weeks visit with relatives and
friends in Derby
Mr.. and Mrs. D. @. Storie and son,
Ed, have returned from Oscecla, where
they were called by the sudden death
of Hal X. Lawrence of that pace. The
funeral was held Friday morning and
the remains taken to Nebraska for bur
ial.
Joe D. Long of Russell was in Char
iton on Saturday visiting his father,
N. S. Long, and calling on his many
friends.
I Mrs. J. c. Copeland returned Friday
A evening from a business trip to Des
] Moines
4 The women of st. Andrews Guild
have changed their weekly exchange
from Palmer's department store to the
rooms of the Savings bank on the
North Side. 1t was there Saturday
and the sales were fully satisfactory
Miss Ida Beem's Sunday school
class gave a very pleasant and sue
cessful social at the Methodist Episco-
pal parsonage Friday evening. A
right royal good time was had by all
and ice cream and cake were served.
from which they realized about Sc for
the expenses of the Christmas exer-
Icises.
Ida Paultens for years resident of
/ Belinda, Pleasant township, has tired
of farm life and moved to Charlton to
make her future home.
/ Thursday is Thanksgiving day aud it
will be tittingly observed by a large
proportion of the people of Chart
stton. Nearly all the stores will close
part of the day. All the churches
which have pastors will hold special
services and everybody will return
thanks for the prosperous year.
Mrs. d. A. Larson of Lincoln town
ship, who has been quite sick for the
Ipast week is reported somewhat i'm
Iproved.
/ A very one-sded football game was
played here Saturday by the first team
of Russell and the second high school
team Of Charlton. The Charlton boys
had been at Russell and beat the team
there by a score of % to 0. This was
a return, game and was stopped after
the first down OF the second half by
the Russell boys refusing to play any
longer, claiming they must get home.
The score when the game was stopped
was II to 0 in favor of Charlton
| Charlton has another new business
enterprise in the shape of wholesale
and retail fruit house, which was re-
Gently started. This is the third house
lof a similar character starting
in Charlton, the two former
leaving on account of insufficient pat
Ironage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Goltry of Russell
weer visiting relatives and friends and
transacting business in Charlton on
| Saturday.
Nancy Bingham of Lincoln township
and Mary Kinney of Whitebreast town
ship have returned to their respective
homes after few days visit with the
latter's sister, Mrs. John Kneeland of
4 Melrose.
4 There We're preaching services at
/ Wren Hill school house in Otter Creek
/ township Sunday, and the lovely
weather and pretty moonlight even
ing induced a number of Chariton's
young people to drive out and attend
the meeting in the evening.