Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-24
LITTLE BITS OF NEWS
Short Tales Concerning People You
Know.
THE VICINITY OF OIIUMWA IN BRIEF
Births, Deaths, Marriages, Movements
Of Your Acquaintance as chronicled
by Curriers' Staff of Correspondents
Who Know Whereof They Speak.
Belknap.

Belknap.
Belknap, Oct. 23.-Mrs. ]. w. John
son and Johnnie left Wednesday Tor
Boone county to visit the formers
brother.
T. j. Davis and wife moved here
last week from their farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Boggs, OF near
Smith Center, Kan, are here on their
wedding trip, visiting relatives and
friends. Mrs. Boggs will be remem-
bered here as Miss Daisy Lester,
daughter of Joe Lester, former mer-
chant of this place, but now resident
of Smith county. Kansas.
Rev. M. E. Moore, Of West Grove,
H. C. Dodd, Joseph Cameron, j. W.
Johnson, W. M. Lockman and A. j.
Blankenship and Misses Nettie Dodd,
Hannah and Anna Hughes, Ola Wells,
Laura Lockman, May Putnam and Co.
ia Worrell and Mrs. Diana Myers and
children attended the Sunday school
convention at Sherman Chapel Sun
day. They report a good convention.
Mrs. Delaney Swinney, of Dunville,
visited last week with Mrs. Lucy Nc
Connell.
Otis Pickett and wife visited Satur-
day and Sunday at Troy with M. L.
Galpin and wife.
Mrs. w. E. Leipird and daughter of
Des Moines, visited here one day last
week at the Will Pickett home, leav-
ing Thursday for their home.
Mrs. Emma Williams and daughter,
Eta, visited at Drakeville with rela-
tives and friends last week.
Maud Easton, Maud Brown and Grin
Brown, of Drakeville. visited here yes
terday with Joel MCGEE and wife.
Stella Bachman expects to leave to-
day for the west.
Stella and Elliott Bachrlan enter
tanned about forty of their friends at
a party given at their home on Tues
day evening, October Is.
Misses Emma, Eta and Bay Ketch-
am. of Ottumwa, visited here Sunday
with their cousin, Charley Skinner,
and wife. ~
Mrs VIM. Spohr spent Sunday at
Eldon with relatives.
Drs. G.. H. Cronk and Clara Kemble,
of Bloomfield, visited here yesterday
at the j. w Bolivar home.
Mrs. Isabel Milan. of Gilman, Mo-,
and Miss Lurola Osborne, of Bethel,
Mo-. who were enroute home from a
weeks visit near here. spent Satur-
day evening with Mrs. Diana Myers.
Mrs. Ware, of Bonaparte, arrived to-
day for visit with her son, Isaiah
Ware, and family.
Mrs. D. H. Bells many friends will
be pleased to learn that she has I'M
proved in health.
Mrs. Sarah Bolivar of Floris, arriv-
ed yesterday for visit with her son,
J. w. Bolivar, and family.
Salem.
Salem, Oct. 23.-Herbert Rodman
came home from Ottumwa Saturday,
where he has been employed on tele-
phone line.
Cal Welpton left for Denver Tues
day.
DR.. Rizer was an over-Sunday guest
of friends at Burlington.
Tuesday a physiciaa was hastily
summoned to the homesof Mr. and Mrs
Polehonts. Their little daughter
Mary, was suffering from the effects
of a chicken bone lodged in heI
throat.
Mrs. Sarah West of Raymond, Wis.
Is a guest of her brother, G. Scott and
family. =
MrHayenhall of Clarion has pur
chased of Sherman Pitman has forty
acre farm at $35 per acre.
Frank Becker is in South Dakota
looking after his large land interests
message received from him states
he has sold $50 acres of Dakota land
In game Of football Thursday ev
y ening between the college and higf
{ school boys, Paul Packer had the mis-
fortune to sustain a broken arm.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Culver departed
4 Saturday for their new home at Sar
Jose, California.
Henry Hampton of Cottonwood
while feeding his hogs Sunday of las
week, had the misfortun to step on ;
corncob and fall, from the effects o
which he is suffering from a dislocat
ed hip joint. s3 M
Elmer Peck has bough. the soutl
$50 acres of Frank Becker's farm. TIL
consideration was $35 per acre.
The heirs of the Hammer farm, cas-
of town, have sold their interests il
the estate to Mrs. Belle Hammer Duo
ley.
George Wilmeth will move to tn
Tribley farm vacated by A. G. HUM
cult, who goes to Jasper county.
Coin Bailey has a badly bruise
{ face and other injuries received fror