Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-12

erd, OIL near Salem Chapel, while on
lhs way to his farm in this village with
his portable engine and tank wagon,
met with an accident on the hill just
north of Dan Baums. When nearly up
the hill something gave way about the
engine and the engineer, los
ing control of it, it started down the
hill at high rate of speed and when
near the bottom of the hill ditched the
tank wagon, almost completely wreck
ing it, the engine being but slightly
damaged. No one was injured in the
accident
Martinsbure.
| Martinsburg, Sept 12- Miss Belle
Cartwright gave musical entertain
ment at the home of w. B. Berridge
one week ago this evening.
Next Monday evening, Sept. 16,
Rev. l. B. Taylor and Miss Florence
Graves will be married. The proba-
bility is Rev. Taylor will be removed
from this circuit at the conference
which meets Sept IS.
Sherm Chacy and family of Nugent
Sundayed with Will Spiers
Mrs. Nettie Sheridan and Lulu Pol
lock have returned from Des Moines.
They attended the state fair while
there
The people. of the burg are feeling
sad over the shooting of the Presi-
dent and various ways of punishment
would be melted out to the criminal
were the citizens here permitted to
infiict the punishment
| Theodore Porter was buried at the
Rayburn cemetery Sunday. Mr.. Por-
ter was about 81 years of age.
Will Speirs will go to Clear Lake
tomorrow on a hunting expedition.
Forty-nine tickets were sold here last
Thursday to Fort Madison. All report
a good time.
Saylor Heninger has gone to Bur-
lington to finish his course at Elliotts
business college.
Miss Nettie Martin left last Thurs
day evening for Washington, Ia, to
teach in that place.
Salem.
Salem, Sept 12.-Harry Wilmeth
returned from Marshalltown Monday
Will Luzadder and family from Mis-
souri, will, in the near future, occupy
| Frank Bickler's property in the north
part of town.
F. G. Bridges shipped his household
goods Tuesday The family have gone
| to Mediapolis to make their home.
Tuesday Miss Hattie Haskell re-
turned from three weeks visit with
relatives at Leon.
| Misses Carrie Saint and Rae Ingrim
returned Saturday from Quincy.
Mrs. Bliss of McComb, H., is a
guest of her daughter, Mrs. John
Harshman.
! Widow Davis of Chestnut Hill will
move into Mrs. ]. T. Ingrim's house
near the school house.
| Friday Earl Weupton arrived home
from Ottumwa.
Joel Jones was Mt Pleasant busi-
ness caller Saturday.
1 T. o. Walker of LaCrew, spent part
of last week at Bloomfield visiting his
! mother, Mrs. Walker, of Denver, Col,
and other relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Quick and
children of Burlington are guests at
the M. E. parsonage
Ira Pierce came home Tuesday af-
ter few weeks visit at Ottumwa.
Mr.. Ross, of La Plata, Mo-, is at the
Miller home
over Sunday visitors of Mr.. and Mrs.
Beremen of Mt. Pleasant.
w. S. Garvin and Abner Lee of Mt.
Pleasant, were visitors in the city
Tuesday
Mrs. Bell Bicksler and daughters re-
turned from Burlington Tuesday.
Horace Hyde and Miss Gussie Hyde
| (cousins) of Brock, Mo-, are guests at
wood.
Saturday Miss Kate Mathews went
to her school at Canaan.
Ira Walker was in the city Satur-
day enroute from Richland to Hills
boroe.
i Miss Clara Cooper came home Sat
urday from months visit with her
friend, Mrs. Lizzie Clark Carson at
Birmingham.
Miss Maud Whistler returned today
from visit with her sister Wayne at
Danville
/ Misses Margaret and Martie Ransom
of Cottonwood were guests of Salem
friends Saturday.
Loviiia.
Lovilia, Sept. 12.-Mr. and Mrs. T.
B. Mcdowell, of Lovilia, left last
Tuesday for Indiana, Ohio and Buff
falo, New York, for several weeks
visit
Miss Mendenhall, of Des Moines, is
visiting with Miss Maud Stafford, of
Lovilia
Miss Laura Swan, of Lovilia, will
enter the United Brethren college at
Toledo, Ia, September IL, for the fall
and winter term.
/ Mrs. Ida Skies and daughter, Edna,
visited relatives in Des Moines during
the state fair week.
Miss Katie Cashier, of Lovilia, is
the guest of Miss Effie Robinson of
Abba, over the Sabbath.
The Lovilia high school commenc-
ed last Monday with Prof. Wills, of
Mt. Pleasant as principal, Miss Anna
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