Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-11-28
Short Tales Concerning People You
Know.
THE VICINITY OF OTTUMWA.lN BRIEF.
Births, Deaths, Marriages, Movements
OF Your Acquaintance as chronieled
by courier's Staff of Correspondents
Who Know Whereof They Speak.
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Charlton.

Charlton, Nov. 2S.-Jesse Harper,the
12-year-old son of Mrs. G. w. Harper
met with serious accident which
will probably leave him marked for
life. He was playing with some other
boys about the yard and was running
very fast when he ran into a single
strand of barbed wire which was
strung across the lot and which he did
not see. The wire caught him with a
barb directly under the eye and before
he could stop himself he had torn
cash in his cheek and lip about five
inches long and just the depth of a
barbed point Physicians were called
and the wound sewed up and he is do
ing as nicely as could be expected, but
it will probably leave an ugly scar on
his face.
1t looked for awhile Wednesday as
though there would be a famine of
turkey in Charlton for Thanksgiving
day, and as it is now, there is some
what of a scarcity, there not being
enough turkeys to supply the demand,
many families substituting other meat
for the ever-popular American bird.
The warm weather has been greatly
against the raising of turkeys and
the price offered by the local poultry
house was SO low that farmers would
not bring the fowls to town. The
merchants were busy telephoning all
over the county to known raisers of
turkeys in an effort to secure their
product, but were unsuccessful until
they sprung the price about three cents
per pound, when they began to come
in more freely and Wednesday even
ing some of the stores had secured
enough birds to fill all their orders
while others were not so lucky. The
farmers who happened to have turk
eys for sale profited by the scarcity in
the market and received from 6 to 9
cents per pound for turkeys, which will
probably be as high as at any time
during the season and save them the
expense and trouble of feeding another
month.
The r. N. "A. bow supper at the ar
mory Tuesday evening was a decided
success in every particular. There
was quite a large number of people
present and the only thing that marred
the pleasure of the occasion was the
fact that there was not enough boxes
to go around. There was quite an in
teresting musical and literary pro
gram before the supper and during the
course of the evening laughable
fish pond was constructed by the wo
men. Besides having a good time so
cially the lodge realized about $3S
from the evenings entertainment.
The new residence Of County Audito
. IT. Fl. Maxwell on Main street is rapid
ly nearing completion and is expected
toEbe ready for occupancy in a Shor
time.
Irve Anderson of Lucas was calling
on old friends and transacting bust
ness in Charlton on Tuesday.
Mrs. R. T. Houston of Russell spen
the day Tuesday in calling on hel
many Charlton friends.
With the advent of Thanksgiving
day the many students of the various
colleges and schools throughout thu
state came home to eat turkey and b.
thankful. Charlton has a large mum
Der of young people attending schoo
at various places throughout the stat,
and most of them will be home today
some for the day. others till Monda.
and still others for more extended
vacation.
Hon. T. S. Crozier of Russell and
member of the board of supervisors o
Lucas county was transacting bushes
In Charlton Wednesday.
J. A. Brown was a business visito
in Creston on Tuesday.
G. l.. Mullins of English township
has sold his farm here and purchase,
another in Nodaway county, Missouri
which he expects to occupy in tn
spring.
c.. A. Carlson of Lincoln township
who recently sold his farm, held pull
lie sale of his stock and farming nipple
ments on Wednesday. Everythin
brought good prices and the interes