Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-03

Little Miss Alta Free is spending
the week with her grandparents Mr.. /
and Mrs. George Osborne, out across
the river.
Ed Kussart will spend Labor day
in Abba
School opens here Monday morning.
! There will be social dance at the
home of Ray Comstock in Chillicothe
| tomorrow evening. All are cordially
| invited.
Keb. Aug. 31.-J. P. Miller. of Des
Moines, was in town on Tuesday on
business.
Thomas Bagnall spent Tuesday in
Ottumwa.
William Richards and his brother,
John of Hilton, have secured work in
the mines here.
| Miss Judith Hartman returned home
on Tuesday to Creston after two
weeks visit with her uncle and aunt.
MI. and Mrs. Joseph Hill, on School
street.
John Jones. a crippled miner, lee
tured in the school mouse on Tuesday
night to large house. His lecture
was on Moses, the greatest of them
all
Andrew johnson left on Monday for
his home in Huntsville Missouri
Arthur Farrand,the oldest son of Mr..
and Mrs. Farrand. was out hunting on
Wednesday with a target gun, and it
in some manner went off. The bullet
struck below the hip and ranged up
ward, going clear through the leg.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Reese, of Ma
drd, visited their son, P. C. Reese,
this week. They have just returned
from a visit to their native country
Wales. Mr.. Reese. more Familiarity
, first residents of Keb About five
months ago he sold out here and NOV.
ed to Madison where he and his sons
own a good mining plant. He says
while he saw, many changes in his ma
tive country he has no desire to live
there so will spend his declining year,
where every man is an uncrowned
king, in American
Mr. and Mrs George Silvers, of OF
, tumwa. were business callers in town
, on Wednesday. ii
, w. H.. Brooks. of Iowa City. was in
town on Thursday on business.
John Lloyd. who is in Colorado
Springs for his health is not gaining
as rapidly as his many friends would
wish.
Miss Jessie Williams and Miss Elsie
Ahlstrom started on Friday for a
weeks visit with Miss Lille Jones. of
Abba.
Victor Johnson moved his family to
! Ottumwa on Wednesday where he Sc
! cured work in, the mines.
Mr. and Mrs Jack Myers have a
very sick boy who is suffering with
! stomach trouble.
: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey
! Palmer on Thursday. a boy
Prof. j. w. Jones, of Oskaloosa, Wis
inted Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Reese on
$ Thursday night.
0 keosauqua.
Y Kaosauqua, Aug. Silt is quite a
!. feather in .Keosauqua's cap, so to
: speak, that the hat which was given
n the third grand prize last week in the
millinery department OF the Pan
y American exposition was designed
: made and trimmed by keosauqua
|. woman, Miss Mabel Philo. The cut
e of the hat will be one of the sixteen
l. that will appear in a booklet giving
/: models of American millinery for the
/; use of American milliners.
/; Dir. Craig and E. l.. McCoid of this
I; place We're recent Ottumwa business
; visitors
;. Mrs. Geo. Long of this place is Wis
5, iting in Valley Junction this state, thx
I; guest of her daughter, Mrs. Will Tay
|. lor of that place.
r Chas. Brow. of near Ottumwa re
a Gently visited with his father, Emer
7, son Brown and brother A. Brown o.
this place.
IS R. b. Snyder and family of New Lon
o don. Henry county, recently visited
;, with relatives in Keosauqua. Mis-:
lone returned to their home with then
for two weeks visit
Jas. Gillespie. Jr., OF Memphis, Mo.
N recently visited with his uncle, Jno
" A. Miller and other relatives of this
IS place
Mrs. Ben Johnston OF this place was
is adjudged insane and taken to Mt
n Pleasant hospital for treatment. Mrs
q Johnston has been in failing healt!
,e for some time and it is hoped that TIL;
is change and treatment will soon restor,
her so that she may return to he
10 home here. Her husband, u S. consu
T. Ben Johnston returned to his work a
t Utilla. Honduras, some time ago.
toll w. B. Wherry and S. e. Irish return
ed yesterday evening from a bushes
ut trip to Kahoka, Mo.
a The funeral of Mrs. Hinman Bonne
j, was held in the NJ. E. church Wednes
day afternoon Rev. w. r. Jeffre
70 preached the funeral sermon. The de
lg ceased leaves a husband and man
other relatives to mourn her loss.
e. j. W. Harwood OF this pace rs &
til Pennington today on business
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