Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-24
WILL Be CREMATED
Charlton Deceased Residents De.
sires Will be Carried Out.
ONE OF LUCAS COUNTY'S OLD.TIMERS
Made His Fortune Selling Coal IN
derneath His Land-Resided in Luz
cas- for Twenty Years-other Char
iton and Lucas County News.

Charlton, Jan. 22.-The funeral SER
vices of j. Clark Baker, one of the
Oldest residents of Lucas county will
pc held today from the family resi-
dence IN Lucas, and the remains will
De taken to Davenport in the evening
vince they will be cremated, accord
Ing 70 his dying rquest He died
sunday of tumor of the liver and
stomach. He was 81 years of age
and came to Charlton in the early
days, and engaged in the general
merchandise business. He went to Lll-
cas- about twenty years ago, and when
coal was discovered there he made
his fortune from selling the coal right
under his land. During all these
years he had been the leading light
OF Lucas and has done much towards
building up that town. He was we'll
known turnout the county and had a
most OF friends who will mourn his
death. He leaves wife and five chill
dren.
l. N. Funk, Jr., was business visi-
tor to Creston Monday
The officers made great haul Sat
urday night when they captured ten
crap-shooters in the Joe Parks house
near the depot. The officers walked
in unmolested by the players who were
so deeply interested in the game that
theQAsd not notice them until right
IN @4eir midst, when it was too late
to escape, only one colored man get
ting away. He has not yet been cap
tured. The other ten were brought
up before Mayor Alexander and given
the regulation fine on Monday.
DR.. T. P. Stanton and two daughters
left Monday for Fairfield, where the
children will visit for few days.
DR.. A. l.. Yocom was a business
visitor in Illinois on Monday.
Logan R. Field, who is employed as
travelling agent for the Stoner Wall
paper company, spent Sunday with
his parents, DR.. and Mrs. E. l.. Field,
OF this place.
The funeral services of Mrs. E G..
ternoon from the family residence
south of town, by Rev. Sanderson. of
the Christian church, with which re-
ligious body she united about three
years ago. Mrs. Wheeler was born in
Indiana in 1865 and came to Lucas
county to reside when but one year
IL. ..
Wheeler. They have resided in Char
iton nearly ever since and six children
We're born to them. She has been in
poor health for some time, but had
been ill for three days with grip and
Pneumonia. She was well known and
highly respected by large circle of
friends who extend their deepest SYM
p@thy to the family in its affection.
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father in Competine.
Mrs. d. @. Storie very pleasantly
entertained few friends at ans after
noon luncheon Saturday. The house
was tastefully decorated with cut
flowers and potted plants. Elegant
refreshments were served and with
Mrs. Storie as hostess it is needless
to say that the day passed very pleas
antly.
Rev. George F. Hall, the man who
held the tabernacle meetings here sew
eral years ago, will be in Charlton
Saturday night. He will lecture at
the Christian church Sunday morn
ing, afternoon and evening, and also
Monday evening. The admission will
be free
May McMasters, who teaches school
at Derby, was an over-Sunday visitor
with her mother. Mrs. Clara McMas-
tiers.
Ellis Lyman, driver for w. E. Lew
is, the grocer, was laid-off from work
on Monday from the effect ola severe
attack of the grip. Johnny Johnson
filled his position on the wagon.
Charlton, Jan. 23.-E. j. Wyman,
travelling salesman for the Wyman
Rand Carpet Co. of Burlington was
held up and robbed of $31 by high
waymen near the depot here Tuesday
morning about 1890. He was on his
way across to the lunch counter from
the depot when he, was assaulted by
three men knocked down and his
pockets riffled. He described the men
SO accurately that the officers soon
arrested Dave Soderstrom, VIM. Null
len Jr., and S. STILL whom he identi-
fed and who were bound over to the
grand jury in $500 bonds.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. j. Clauson are re-
joicing over the arrival of fine baby
girl at their home Monday evening.
The body of j. Clarke Baker, who
died at Lucas last Sunday went thru
Charlton on No. Tuesday on the way
to the crematory at Davenport. The
ashes Will be deposited in the vault at
Charlton for the present
]. @. Seward was business visitor
IN lndianola on Tuesday.
w. j. Marshall and Bert Platts, of
Russell,were business visitors in Char
iton on Tuesday.
Mrs. Harrison WILDLY left Tuesday
morning for an extended visit with
her sister in Des Moines.
The weather which has been so
warm and balny for the past few days
has taken change and on Tuesday
morning the roads We're frozen solid.
1t gave the ice men some hope which,
however, was short lived as before
noon IL had thawed out again and the
ice was not thick enough to cut The
Ice men are becoming frightened
about their harvest This season and
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