Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-11-21


question for debate will be Resolved,
That President Roosevelt was Justifi-
able in Asking Booker T. Washington
to Dine at the White House.
Miss Markley spent Sunday at her
home at New York, Ia
! The annual Wayne county Y. p. S..
G. L. will hold convention at Sey-
mour, November 22-24.
Hazel Dell.
| Hazel Dell, Nov. 20.-The Misses
Stella Randolph of Bloomfield and
Delphia Overturf visited Ormanville
school Friday.
Miss Stella Myers, of Ottumwa,
spent last week with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. j. Myers.
| VIM. Gift marketed load OF hogs
Tuesday.
Mrs. Ada Gift Baum visited at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Gift Thursday
Miss Pearl Hollinesworth while at
school Thursday fell striking her
! shoulder on rock injuring it quite
badly. She has not been able to at
tend school since.
Miss Zoe Ackert spent Thursday
night with Miss Flora Cockerill
Miss Regina McHugh, while opening
the stove Thursday evening was Sc
verely burned about the face and head,
the flames coming out just as she op-
ened the door.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Crane and son
Don, also Miss Bessie Cohagan Sun.
dayed at the Willard Cohagan home
near Blakesburg.
Mrs. E. Harsch Is seriously ill.,
Mr.. and Mrs, J. P. Hollingsworth
and children spent Sunday with Leo
hagan and his wife.
/ F. L. Dexter and wife Sundayed at
the parental L. L. Dexter home.
Mr.. andMrs. Cue, of East Main
street, Ottumwa, were guests of o. G..
Truitt and wife Sunday.
Amador.
Amador Nov 20-Mr. and Mrs. w.
L. Carey visited over Sunday in Ash
Grove.
Mrs. Frank Larue and daughter,
| Maude. returned Friday to their home
in Ottumwa after visit with friends
and relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Myers and daugh-
ter Laura visited Mr.. and Mrs. John
Schwartz Sunday
Mrs. Day is visiting in Ottumwa
this week
Mrs. A. Wilkinson and Mrs. Frank
Larue visited Mrs. Elizabeth Day
| Tuesday
Mrs. Mittie Martin has commenced
school at Wellman and Ira Haning
commenced a term of school at Cop
perhead.
The little child of Mr. E. and Mrs
a few weeks.
Mrs. L. H. Wellman entertained a
few friends Monday, Nov. Is.
i Martinsburg.
Martinsburg, Nov. 21.--Mr. McMillen
of Ottumwa preached to quite large
congregation at the Presbyterian
church in this place last Sunday.
Rev. Fry is holding a series OF
meetings at Mt. Zion.
Mr., and Mrs. Orion Glass entertain
ed some of their neighbors Monday ev
ening with some fine music. Miss
Olive Cartwright presided at the
piano.
Mrs. G. B. Martin, proprietress OF
the Hotel Martin, has returned from 8
visit with her son, Bert, at Winterset
Mrs. S. Pollock has returned home
from Vinton, where she has been Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. Pickering, form
erly of this place. Mrs. Pollock also
visited her daughter, Mrs. Morrow OF
Nugent Monday.
George Moran has moved his fam
lily to Martinsburg where he will en-
gage in the manufacture of brooms
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
A. A. Peters was buried last Thurs
day at Zion.
Will Spiers started for North Da
kota Monday evening.
Douds.
; Douds, Nov. 21.-El Creek has NOV
ed his saw mill on w. F. Doud's farm
, and will saw out bill of lumber fol
Mr.. Doud S new barn and residence.
Protracted meeting at the M. E
, church commenced Wednesday. Ser
wees are conducted by the pastor, Rev
Rillingson.
Corn shredding is the main industry
in this neighborhood at present.
Fattened and feeding hogs are no
/ very plentiful just now, and no cattle
!, of any consequence are being fed. New
4 corn sold at so cents and old corn a
so cents. Hay at $1,000, shredded corr
fodder at $500 per ton.
+ Winchester.
Winchester, Nov. 21.--A Mr.. Loom
is, of Fairfield was buried in the Win
: chester cemetery Tuesday of Thu
week.
Seneca Delp and Daisy Howard. o
Ottumwa, came down Saturday ant
spent Sunday with their grandparents
VIM. Howard and wife.
: Callie Meek is at home again for
few weeks.
Eta Lyons, of Stockport, was il
} town Sunday seeing old schoolniates
Mrs. M. Ford has been visiting il
Birmingham.
John Martin and Dennis Barker, o
| Keosauqua, are putting in bridg,
: east of town. They have a tent ant
f board themselves.
The winter term Of school began
, last Monday.