Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-15

direction was made, the success is all
the more marked. 1t demonstrates
that the people of Ottumwa will sup
| port show of that kind, and it also
means that club will be formed for
the purpose of making the show an an
nual feature. This club will probably
be organized in the near future and
| its promoters will then set to work
making preliminary arrangements for
next years show. The Orpheum
could not be improved upon for some
thing Of this kind. 1t is probable that
the amphitheatre will be extended
ed clear around the outside and the
turf inside carefully sodded. Ar
arrangements will be made to handle
crowd for there is no doubt but that
the affair will draw.
| fFrom Mondays Daily.l
Why get common cook stove when
you can get steel range for $3.50 at
Keating's.
Mrs. w. H. Asbury and daughter,
Miss Bertha, left today for visit with
relatives at Humeston.
A marriage license has been issued
to James e. Bard and Miss Minnie Ma
bel Abraham
Miss Emma Cate, of Mystic, return.
ed to her home this morning from a
visit with Mrs. A l.. Orr, 345 North
Clay street.
A ten pound boy was born to Mr..
and Mrs. S. Miller, residing on North
Benton street, at 10 o'clock Friday
night of last week.
Nick Winchel, of Ell Reno, Oklaho-
ma, Territory, who has been stopping
for few days with friends in the city
left today for Oskaloosa to visit with
| relatives.
Palmer Chisman, south of Ottum-
| wa, and Abraham Stuber, of Dudley,
went to La Plata, Missouri this morn
ing to visit with their children, Mr.
and Mrs. George Stuber.
Lucy AFarmer was taken before the
commissioners of insanity Sunday and
adjudged insane and ordered sent to
Mt. Pleasant for care and treatment
She was taken there later by Sheriff
Suits.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. K. Wilson, of Delta
who visited with their daughter, Mrs.
Fred Currier, 420 West Fifth street
over Sunday, left this morning fol
La Plata. Missouri to visit their son
/ w. M. Wilson.
John Barbour, of lis South Tisdale
street, returned last evening on Bur
lington No. from an extended trip in
Kansas, Nebraska and other western
points. He was accompanied home
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Omaha, who will spend few weeks
at the Barbour home
The death of Doris knight aged IL
months, occurred at 1880 o'cloc' last
evening at the home of Mrs arab
Knight on South Clay street. The flu,
neral services were conducted at v
o'clock this afternoon from the resi-
dence, by Rev. S. Withrow. The re
mains were inferred at Garrison Rock
cemetery.
After trial before Judge Moon this
afternoon, A. l.. Miles of Barnhart,
charged with the robbery of w. N.
Woodside of Fairfield was held to the
grand jury in the sum of 5000 bond
in default of which he was committed
to jail. The evidence introduced at
the trial was very conclusive.
The five-year-old son of Mr.. anc
Mrs. Clark Emery, $40 West Mil
!, street, while playing upon a pile O
lumber near his home yesterday re
ceived quite painful injury. In some
,. way heavy timber fell upon his les
inf1icting several bad bruises, as a re
suit of which he will be laid up for sew
eral days.
John M. Russell has just returned
from seven weeks trip to Minnesota
and Ohio, the latter being his native
state, and while he had very pleas
ant trip and saw much interesting
. country, he saw no place offering SUI
perior inducements to the energetic
pushing business man than is afforded
in Iowa, and especially in Ottumwa.