Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-20

GaSSer and family.
Miss Jessie Mauk of Liberty town.
ship has returned from a weeks visit
with relatives in Des Moines.
Rev. A. c. Ormand of the Presbyte-
rian church of this place conducted
services at the church in English town
ship Sunday afternoon. A few people
from Charlton drove out and report a
most pleasant and instructive sermon
on the significance of the Lords sup
per. After the sermon he administer
ed the sacrament of holy communion
to large congregation.
Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Ream, Jr., of
Benton township are rejoicing over the
arrival of fine ten pound boy baby
at their home.
Hazel Russell and Marie Brown
have returned from weeks visit with
the formers grandparents in Russell.
Mrs. Jesse Woods has returned from
weeks visit with her parents in Rus
sell.
Another runaway occurred Sunday
night making one runaway day for
the past three days. This time it was
the team of 9. R. Kirk that became
frightened and ran until stopped by
the fence around the Lockwood lot at
Eighth and Grand streets. Aside
from broken buggy, a slightly skin
ned horse and bodily torn up fence,
no damage was done.
The meetings of the Christian church
under Rev. w. e. Harlowe are pro-
crossing finely in spite of the hot
weather. Rev. Harlowe Is plain,
forcible talker and Miss Murphy, the
singer, has a clear, pleasant voice that
makes the meetings very interesting
as we'll as instructive. There has
been thirteen additions to date. Sun.
day afternoon Rev. Harlowe delivered
a popular lecture on Christian science.
He has made a close study of the sub
ject having attended Christian sci
ence school for two years and prac-
ticed the art of healing for nine
months not for the money there was
in it as he expressed it, but purely as
a matter of education. His lecture
was wonderfully instructive and in
place of ridiculing the idea of healing
by faith he related from his personal
experience, where he had seen 1t done
but denied there was any Christianity
in it. Next Sunday afternoon he lee,
lures on spiritualism of which he has
also made a years study.
Charlton, June 19.-Miss Hazel Alb
rahamson departed Monday for a few
| days visit with her grandparents in
Humeston.
Tom o. Hughes departed Monday
| for a few days business trip to Ack,
worth and New Virginia, in Warren
county.
Fred Coombs and Will Martz depart.
ed Monday for two weeks hunting
and fishing trip on Charlton river
They expect to go several miles be-
low New York bridge and have all the
necessary paraphernalia for enjoying
| themselves.
Mrs. r. F. Adams, who has been
suffering for several months with an
aggravated case of stomach trouble Is
reported as some better, though YET
very seriously i'll, and not able to be
around.
The Charlton free public library has
established what is known as maya
zine exchange. The object is to gather
all the current magazines and period
calls that it is possible to get hold of
and bind them and keep them in the
reading room. The magazines are tc
be obtained by popular donation and
any one having an old volume Of mag
azine or periodical or current mum
Der of magazine they have read and
do not care for are kindly requested
to leave them at the library rooms OF
hand them to Miss Stella Cook, the
assistant librarian, who will take care
of them and see that they are bound
Already many citizens have contribut
ed to the exchange but some of the vol
umes are incomplete and your number
may be the very one to finish out the
volume. The idea is good and the
magazines will add much to the value
of our already excellent library.
A. r. Becker of the barber firm o.
Becker Bros. has departed for a few