Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-08
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sick list, a sufferer from intermittent
fever.
The Women's Home Missionary so.
ciety met Thursday afternoon and the
future of the organization was dis
cussed.
A sunrise prayer meeting was held
in the Kindergarten schoolroom
Tuesday morning, and was led by Mrs.
VIM. Stinson.
John Allot, foreman of the beef kill
ing department, has been i'll for sew
eral days, but was able to return to
work Thursday.
Cleve Moss, a former Office en-
ploye, who is now studying civil en-
gineering in Colorado, was visiting old
friends yesterday.
John Mitchell, of the night force at
the scale office, has placed the read
ing room authorities under obliga-
lions for magazines.
About twenty-five East End people
attended the entertainment given by
Miss Lucia B. Griffin Tuesday night
at the Baptist church.
Horatio Farrell, of the night en-
gineers' force, has been off duty few
days on account of the death of his
father-in-law, John Fullen.
Neil Horn has been a sufferer from
a severe cold and was threatened with
pneumonia. He was off duty the
greater part of the week.
Frank Stuart, of South Ottumwa, an
old employe in the dry salt curing de-
partment, is very ill with but small
chance of his recovery.
Thomas Burk, of the Fire Extin>
guisher Company, Chicago, was here
Friday instructing the firemen in the
use of the new chemical engine.
Mrs. Elizabeth Shank, an aged wo-
man, is lying dangerously i'll at her
home on East Second Street She is
suffering from an attack of paralysis.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G.. Armour, of Ce-
dar Rapids, the parents of Warren Ar
mour, electrician at the packing house,
were here visiting their son during
the past week.
The ice harvest began Friday and
Superintendent Bullock expects to
harvest $4,000 tons this year. This
would make string of cars over ten
miles in length.
w. P. Myers, D. B. Johnson, of this
city, Scott Smith of Valisca, and L. l..
Dawson, of Des Moines, travelling
statesmen for the Harper-M cIntire Co.,
were visitors Thursday.
J. A. Walker, of the office force, has
been sufferer from the grip, caused
by taking cold New Years afternoon
while rescuing A. S. Palmer's little
son, Raymond, from drowning in the
river
Tuesday was holiday at the pack
ing house and many of the packing
house sportsmen are telling wonderful
stories OF the game they bagged. One
very tall foreman says he killed four
rabbits at one shot.
VIM. Foote, an evangelist, who is
we'll known in the East End, and who
has conducted several revival meet
lngs there began a series of protract-
ed meetings at the West End Pres
byterian church last night.
Prof. Lenox and wife, of Ames,
spent New Years day with Mrs. Len
ox's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James.
Trenneman, of East Main street. Prof.
LenoX is instructor of mechanical en-
cheering at Ames college.
The Ladies' Aid society of the East
End Presbyterian church met at the
home of Mrs. Hill Friday afternoon.
In token of their appreciation of her
work as president of the society for
the past two years, the members pre-
sented Mrs. Hill with handsome par
lor lamp
The annual election of officers of the
East End Sunday school was held last
Sunday. The result follows: Super
Ernest Manns; assistant
Will Foster; superin-
tendert junior department, Miss Anna
Foster; secretary, Richard Ramsell;
assistant secretary, Miss Clara Mel
son; organist, Professor j. H. Rheem;
librarian, VIM. Stinson.
Visitors from abroad during the
past week We're VIM. Reid, Anita; E.
w. Miller. Center Point; Ed Smith,
Mystic; Mrs. Edward White, Melrose;
Miss B. A. Denefe, Melrose; Mel
lie Denefe, Ottumwa; w. H. Hinb-
ner, Weaver; Frank Baker, Colorado;
City Col; J. ]. GROCER, Sanborn; w.
B. Blocker, San Antonio, Texas; J. w.
Carmen, Vinton; o. E. Himler, Sig
Roy Forcum, Montezuma;
Cleve Jennings, Belknap; Peter John
son. Selma; P. Healy, Jr, Ogden,
Utah; e. Smith, Bladensburg; N. P.
Smith, Rock Island, Ill.