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 ontthe Tor
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 a 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-
er's 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 Morrel
1 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 viii
become much more free. Packers look
for better conditions and expect q
raise in the price
All persons contemplating taking
part in the "tug-ofwar' at the Eldor
picnic are warned to not allow AS
i sistant Engineer George Jennings tc
get his end of the rope around tree
and have the other fellows trying tt
pull the tree up by the roots as he die
at the Labor Day celebration once il
Franklin Park eight years ago.
A handsome booklet and badge car
be purchased at the same places, boil
for fifteen. cents. The booklet viii
be a gem of art, and will have por
traits and short biographical sketches
of the principal officers of the firm
Also a short history of the plant o
John Morrell & Co., and a history 0
!; the previous picnics and condense,
: history of the Packing House Mutua
Aid association.
Among the visitors at the pactin,
house during the past week We're tn
following: Miss Lulu Lewis, city
Miss Kittie Nicholson, Centerville
Miss Romenta Rymal, Chicago; Mrs
Leas, Rock Island H.; A. l.. Judd
! Fairfield, Fred Stevenson Martins
! burg, H. c. Abrams, Hedrick; H. {
Taylor, Madison; S. ID. Willis, Mi
ton; Ira Bennett, Charlton; Miss Aim
Cady Monmouth; S. .Clagg, A. c
, Kelley, Ainsworth; Rolla Moore
Fairfield; William G. Starr, North Ell
glish: Mrs. c. Kirkland, city; Mrs. I
G. Shepperd, Phoenix, Ariz.; Mrs.
Brady, Urbana; James A. Young
Parkersburg, W. Va. j. c. Healey, Blu
lington.
Among the East End people who a
tended the picnic at Moulton on Thurs
day We're: Myron S. Parnell, OFT
Lerche Jr.., Charles Ludinski, j. +
Dale. Ellis Huffman, Gust Ackersor
] Richard Douden, Will Slattery, {