Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-11-12
Bloomfield.

Bloomfield, Nov. 9.-The fortieth an
niversary of the going out of the DAY.
is county boys in 1861, which was
postponed few weeks ago, will take
place Wednesday, Nov. 20, under the
auspices of the Woman's Relief
Corps. A picnic dinner will be given
to all soldiers at the G. A. R. hall and
all who wish to contribute for the
same will please leave their baskets
at the hall in the morning where the
soldiers and their wives and widows
are invited. A public entertainment
will be given at the court house at l 80
p. m.
Miss Odessa Swinney is enjoying a
short visit in Floris at the homes of
her uncles, Harvey and William Swim
ney, with whom she will remain until
next week, when she will return and
enter the Southern Iowa Normal and
take commercial course.
Frank Lucoe, having sold his resi-
dence property to Chris Myers, has
purchased a building lot and is erect
ing new one ard one-half story resi-
dence. The work is being done by
VIM. Fuller.
Quantities of lumber are being hauled
to Locust Grove, about five miles
northeast of town, where a new Meth
odist church is being built by the re-
Gently elected sheriff, Newt Shep-
pard. The foundation is all ready in
and the frame work is rapidly going
up.
Mrs. w. j. Sickle returned Friday
from an extended pleasure trip
through California and Washington.
| Mrs. VIM. Hill received friends
Thursday afternoon from till 4 and
from till 6 o'clock. The first hours
of the afternoon were assigned to the
elderly women who were received at
the door by Mrs. VIM Hill and moth.
| er, Mrs. Rosena Colliver At 4
O'Clock the younger guests were well
coined by the hostess and sister, Mrs
| I. T. Russell. Over two hundred in
vitations We're issued and nearly that
number of persons passed i'll and out
i Of the parlors during the afternoon
AT 2 o'clock the shades were lowered
and the electric lights turned on food
ing the parlors in soft pink light
the globes being muftied in pink pa
per. Mrs. S. A. Lorenz and Mrs. w
A. Sheaffer conducted the guests to the
dining room where the pink and white
effect predominated in all things. The
! serving table contained beautiful
center piece OF pink and white roses
and fern leaves placed directly be
meath the electric chandelier decorat
ed with smilaX. Pink and white rib
bons passed from the chandelier tc
the opposite corners of the table where
they fell in large graceful loops. Loose
fern leaves also lay upon the table
and pink and white carnations were
distributed as favors. Mrs. Effie ROOF
and Mrs. Edith Johnson attired, the
former in white and the latter in pink
presided at the serving table, the
guests being waited on by Misse,
Maud Ferguson and Myra Colliver al
so gowned in the prevailing colors
Later the latter couple presided a
the table and little Misses Glen Sheaf
| fer, Iris Burgess and Mamie Cox serv
4 ed the guests. Music was furnished
| throughout the afternoon by Misses
Ollie Wishard and Eva Lester, Mrs
/ Lena Prevo and Mrs. Fred Wallace
Miss Esther Rawlings sang two solos
Bird in a Gilded Cage and Swing
4 ing in the Grape Vine Swing" the &C
compartment being played by Mis-
Damona Guy, who supplemented thu
songs by piano solo, The after
Moons reception was a most success
4 full affair and was a source OF bappi
ness to all who participated.
Mrs. John Ferguson of Mt, SteriiE'
has returned home after visiting a
home of Mrs. Theodore Taylor.
4 The Y. w. G. A. met at the Y. NJ,
! A Viz 10 ,.r
sumo the winters work. Miss Nelli
Davies was elected treasurer to fill tn,
vacancy caused by the absence of Mis-
Minnie Evans, who is teaching schoo
in Arizona.