Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-08
LITTLE BlTS'OF NEWS.
Short Tales Concerning People You
Know.
Know.
THE VICINITY OF OTTUnWA IN BRIEF.
Births, Deaths, Marriages, Movements
of Your Acquaintance as chronicled
by Curriers' Staff Of Correspondents
Who Know Whereof They Speak.
Charlton.

Charlton. 4
Charlton, Aug. S.-A. A. Ekfelt has
returned from an extended visit in the
eastern states. While he was gone he
visited the Pan-American exposition.
Harvey Taylor of Pleasant township,
who has been seriously ill for the past
few weeks, is now much better and is
on the road to rapid recovery.
Mrs. Lizzie Byers has returned to
her home in Charlton after weeks
visit with elatives and friends.
Steve Williams, a resident of Lucas,
has moved his family to Charlton and
is now nicely located in the Hickman
property north of the square. MI.
Williams has secured a position as en-
gineer at the new coal shaft of the In
land Coal company and expects to
make Charlton his future home.
d. @. Stone, Jr.. who recently grad
hated from Rush Medical college, Chi
cago, and successfully passed the ex-
animation for physicians prescribed by
the state medical board Of Iowa, has
departed for Chicago where he goes to
purchase surgical instruments and Of
flee fixtures sufficient to fit up ply
sicians' office. When the purchases
are completed he expects to come
back to Charlton and locate for the
practice of his profession.
Mrs. VIM. Mcdowell has departed
for three weeks visit with relatives
and friends at Parsons, Kansas.
Alvie Nolen has secured the position!
of driver for the Standard Oil COM
pany, vice Ed. Perry resigned.
Mrs. VIM. Dawson has departed for
few weeks visit with her son, Harry,
and family of Creston.
J. ID. Sullivan is taking a short rest
from his duties in c. P. Connells bar
Der shop and is spending the time Wis
iting his parents at Leroy.
This community was shocked and
grieved Tuesday to hear of the sudden
death of one if it's most highly respect
ed citizens, John Murray. Mr.. Muir.
ray was nearly seventy years of age
and had been a resident of Lucas
county for forty years, residing on a
farm in Union township until few
years ago, when he moved to Charlton
and has resided here ever since. He
was soldier in the war of the rebel
lion, enlisting in Company e." Third
Iowa cavalry. He has always been a
hard working frugal man and has ac-
cumulated a large portion of the
worlds goods. He was honest and up
right in all his dealings and had a host
of friends who will mourn his death.
Mr.. Murray has been in poor health
for years, but nothing serious was sus-
pected until last week when he was
taken seriously ill, but in few days
he was much better and up and around
again, even to the day of his death.
He was taken sick in the night. how
ever, and died within fifteen minutes,
of heart trouble.
Mrs. Rebecca Newsome has returned
to her home in Charlton after a
months visit with relatives and friends
in Woodburn.
Mrs. G. e. Dubois, who has been WIS.,
of this place, for the past few weeks,
has returned to her home in Fairfield
Miss Leona Howard, one of the
teachers in the public schools here has
returned from her vacation spent with
her sister in Webster City, and is in
attendance at the Lucas county normal
institute.
The baseball fever has taken hold
of Charlton again this season and the
boys think that they have an excellent
team. They have played several
games this season, and won some, but
the conceit was taken out of them
{ Wednesday when the business men,
who had not played ball in years, and
other boys who made no pretentions
of playing ball, gave the regulars" a
thorough trouncing. The game was
not marked by any brilliant playing on
either side, but it was close, interest
ing and exciting, finally resulting in a
score of fifteen to fourteen in favor of
the scrubs"
very quiet and impressive home
wedding was solemnized Wednesday
evening at the home of the brides
mother when Clarence Blake and Miss
Eva Graves were made man and wife
by Rev. M. V. Written, of the Episco.
pal church, who used the beautiful
ring ceremony. The house was beau
tifully decorated and the bride was
attended by Miss Maggie BEEN while
Ed. Culbertson acted as best man.
f., Both are old friends and schoolmates
of the contracting parties. The bride
was dressed in white mousselaine de
souie trimmed in white satin while the
bridesmaid was costumed in red silk
and carried a bouquet of red roses.
Mrs Nellie Glow played the wedding
march. Only a few relatives of the
contracting parties We're in attend
ance. After the ceremony a light
wedding supper was served. The young
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L. III.