Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-30
Daily Doings of Some of Ottumwa's
Close Neighbors.
Personal, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
Everything From Joyous Births to
the Philosophical Observation OF
sages, Are chronicled by The cour.
ier's Special Correspondents.
Charlton.

&nariton, May 30.-Wm. Williams,
formerly resident of Charlton but
now residing near Jay, Clarke county,
was renewing old ecquaintances on
our streets Tuesday.
Master Harold Householder depart
ed Tuesday for an extended visit with
his friend, Columbus White, of Colony,
Kansas
VIM. Peel was in Charlton Tuesday
on business. Mr. Peel formerly resid-
ed in our city and has many friends
here who were glad to see him again.
Miss Tot Whittier, of Abba, is spend
ing a few days in the city, the guest
of her friend, Miss Ethel Black.
The local camp Of the w. o. w. held
very interesting and profitable meet
ing at their rooms Tuesday evening.
Nearly the whole camp was present
and much business of Importance was
transacted. The team showed four
candidates through the mysteries of
Woodcraft and report themselves we'll
pleased with the work of the team.
There were some strangers present
who spoke in very high terms Of the
excellent work of the floor work. At
ter the initiation they completed ar
rangements for the public unwilling
of the monument to the memory of
Neighbor John w. Shelton Sunday,
June 2. The committee in charge 1e-
ported that they had made arrange
ments with the railroad company to
stop No. at Woodburn, Lucas and
Cleveland, thus assuring a good crowd
from other towns at the unwilling.
G. B. Van Ausdale, one of the pros
porous merchants of Russell, was VS.
ting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. P. ".
Van Ausdale, of Lincoln township On
Tuesday.
Amos Hampshire, an old resident
of Charlton, and an old soldier, who
has been making his home with his
daughter in Burlington, arrived in
Charlton Wednesday to visit old
friends and attend the Decoration
day exercises.
Jas. Smith, the shoemaker, has de-
parted for Kansas City, where he ex-
poets to spend the summer with his
son, Chas. Smith, and family.
There were two new candidates ell
tered in the Herald Pan-American vot-
ing contest last week. There was
4 but little change in the relative posi-
ton Of the contestants already enter.
: cd, however, Miss Carrie Gasser drop.
ping from first place to second and
Miss Margaret Maple, Miss Marie
Lolita and Miss Alma Clay being a tie
for first place.
The tent for the Metropolitan Stock
company's show is now up at the cor
ner of Eighth and Linden avenue
. nue.. The company intends opening
In Charlton next Monday for weeks
engagement. The people of Chart
ton are more particularly interested
Il in the success of this company from
the fact that Clifford Reeves and his
wife Dorothy of Charlton are the lead
Ing spirits of the enterprise. Clifford
and his wife have been on the road
for the past four years with a COM
pany, but have always played in opera
halls until this season, when they go
out under their waterproof canvass.
Though Charlton people are at the
head of the company, it is nothing
z like home talent affair, these two
being the only Charlton people in the
cast of thirty people. All the re-
mainder are from Chicago, Omaha
and Harrisburg, Pa, and it is troupe
OF artists, none but those of well
known regulations and merit being
employed by him. This being their