Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-20

was here visiting his cousin, Charles
Lerche last Wednesday. Charles used
to be one of our brave sausage room
kids.
S. M. Bowen, formerly with W. V.
Silvers & Co., has accepted the posi-
ton at the pay desk just vacated by
w. J. Boesch, who is now onithe for
eign desk.
Sage Warburg who has been in the
hospital and underwent an operation
is no better and starts for his home IN
Denmark next week a sufferer from
tuberculosis.
Charles Bullock who has spent his
vacation here for years past leaves US
tonight and will start in at the Ames
Agricultural college and take course
in the electrical department.
Mrs. Edith Cline, Miss Gussie Mil
Ter of Burlington and Miss Maude Mil
Ter of Burlington and Mrs. Emma
Cline of this city and Elmer List were
packing house visitors yesterday.
Miss Bridget Breakey, who has been
visiting friends in Chicago for the past
five weeks, has returned home. she
was accompanied by her friend, Miss
Anna Scott, who will visit in Ottumwa
for some time.
Henry Schaub of the General Fire
EXtinguisher company of Chicago, was
here visiting his old friends last Tues
day. MI. Schaub was well known
employee here in the sausage room
eight years ago.
All persons who expect to attend
| the outing next Thursday at Eldon
will be able to get tickets at the I'm
ion depot and also at the timekeep-
ers office They will be on sale at
the timekeeper's office on Wednes-
day.
Six thousand hogs were packed in
this city last week by John Morrell
and Company against 1900 the week
previous. The market has shown a
much firmer tone of late and prospects
are that the movement of hogs will
become much more free. Packers look
for better conditions and expect a
raise in the price.
All persons contemplating taking
part in the "tug-ofwar" at the Eldon
picnic are warned to not allow AS
sistant Engineer George Jennings to
get his end of the rope around a tree
and have the other fellows trying to
pull the tree up by the roots as he did
at the Labor Day celebration once in
Franklin. Park eight years ago.
A handsome booklet and badge can
be purchased at the same places, both
for fifteen. cents. The booklet will
be a gem of art and will have por-
traits and short biographical sketches
of the principal officers of the firm
/ Also q short history of the plant of
John Morrell & Co., and history OF
the previous picnics and condensed
history of the Packing House Mutual
Aid association.
Among the visitors at tho packing
house during the past week We're the
following: Miss Lulu Lewis, city;
Miss Kittie Nicholson, Centerville;
Miss Romenta Rymal. Chicago; Mrs
Leas, Rock Island Ill.,; A. L. Judd
Fairfield, Fred Stevenson, Martins
burg, HI. C. Abrams, Hedrick; H. C
Taylor, Madison; S. D. Willis, Mil
ton: Ira Bennett Charlton; Miss Alms
Cady, Monmouth; S. II .Clagg, A. c
Kelley. Ainsworth; Rolla Moore
Fairfield; William c. Starr, North En-
glish; Mrs. c. Kirkland, city, Mrs. D
G. Shepherd. Phoenix, Ariz.; Mrs. H
Brady, urbana; James A. Young
Parkersburg, w Va. j. c. Healey, Bur
lngton.
Among the East End people who at
tended the picnic at Moulton on Thurs
day We're Myion S. Parnell, Otto
Lerchc, il. Charles Ludinski, j. R
Dale, Ellis Huffman, Gust Ackerson
Richard Douden, Will Slattery, G