Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-24

residing near Mark. The plea for di-
vorce was made by Mrs. Kinman, who
was granted $1,000 alimony.
Personals.
T. P. Bence made business trip to
Ottumwa on Saturday.
Mrs Sarah Miller and daughter Min
ME left Monday for short visit in
Pulaski at the home of Mrs. Miller's
son, Clyde.
Miss Myrtle Stundley has returned
from Drake university for two weeks
visit at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. S s.. Stundley.
Miss Mabel Swift who is attending
the Iowa Wesleyan university spent
Sunday at the home of her parents.
Mrs. T. J.. Bryant and sister, Miss
Oela Swift, were recent guests at the
home of Miss Angie Trissler, of OF
tumwa.
j. w. Pirtle received the pleasant
news of the arrival on Saturday of a
little baby girl at the home of his
daughter, Mrs F. j. Meier, of Okarche,
Okla, where Prof. Meier is engaged
as principal of the Oka-che public
schools.
Josiah Burton has entered into a
contract for the purchase of M. d.
Sprouts farm in Cleveland township
The farm contains $50 acres and
brings $1,000.
j. F. Baldridge of Kansas City, who
has been visiting relatives and friends
in the city and county for the past
week, returned home on Monday.
Mr., and Mrs. G. ID. Fortune left
Tuesday on a business trip to St.
Louis.
A telegram summoned Theodore
Tayler to Buffalo on Sunday to the
bedside of his little son Ernest who
accompanied his aunt, Mrs Virginia
Wilder, to the Pan-American eXposi
ton last week and shortly after their
arrival the young traveller was quar-
antined for measles.
Harry G. Evans of Des Moines spent
Sunday in this city as guest at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Taylor
Mrs Eva Atkins, Mrs. Eftie Roop,
Mrs. Ollie Cook and Miss Dehlia Saun-
ders left Monday for Buffalo and the
Pan-American.
j. R. Sheaffer addressed the Y M .
G. A. Sunday afternoon on the sub
JSCI VI lulSSllty III buSlnSSS. he
attendance was good and the address
was highly apprec ated as Mr.. Sheaf
fer has the confidence of the public
and the advice and instruction given
by him on that subject carried much
weight,
Misses Mary, Carrie and Helen Day.
les, Misses Edith and Mildred Sickle
and Messrs. Paul Hughes and John.
Ethel spent Saturday in Selma as the
guests of Miss hlae Hinkle.
Mrs. Harvey G. Leach, Mrs. B. F.
Carroll and Mrs. l. t. Dabney drove
TO West Grove Saturday and spent a
pleasant day at the Stansherry home.
Miss Blanche Burchett spent Sun
day in Ottumwa at the home of Miss
Bertha Lowenberg.
Chas. Reagan, who has been employ
ed for some tins as clerk in Hill &
Co.'S dry goods store left Monday for
Ottumwa, where he has accepted po-
sition as clerk in the Scase dry goods
store.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. D. Wray spent Sun
day with friends in Ottumwa.
G. M. Burgess and daughters, Miss
Jennie and Mrs. A. Rankin spent Sun
day in Drakeville as. the guests of
friends.
Mr. Sharvatt and family of Chilli
cothe, H., are moving to this city and
will occupy the Hazel Swift property
in the west part of the city
Miss Ona Dillener entertained
friends Sunday afternoon at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Il. T. Mathews, Those
present were Misses Blanche Games,
Edith Snoddy, Ida Misser and Lola
McGowen. Refreshments were serv-
ed
Mr. and Mrs. VIII Barker and Mrs.
Frank Rogers spent Sunday with
friends in Ottumwa.
Miss Mary Davis, one of the com
positors of the Democrat Office is
quite sick at me home of her. uncle,
John Graham.
Charlton.
Charlton, Oct 2l.--Hon, W.. P. Hep
burn, our representative in congress
from the eighth district, delivered a
political address at the opera house
Friday evening. Mr., Hepburn is a ia
vorite with Charlton audiences and
this fact was demonstrated by the
large crowd that was out to hear him
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day. He is always good talker and
seemed to be at his BOSTON this occa
sion. The house was completely fill
ed and extra chairs were brought in.
The Miners Gee club of twelve male
voices from Cleveland No. gave sew
eral very catchy selections both be-
fore and after the address, which was
a mastery effort, full of good sound
logic, straight reasoning and telling
thrusts at the fallacies of the demo-
cratic party. His talk was a plain
forcible, clean. cut, argunentative
speech, free from abuse or vitupera-
ton of his opponents. He dwelt at
length on national issues outlining
the policy of the republican party in
the future and describing its achieve
ments in the past. He wound UP by
giving ringing exhortation to the
members of his party to vote for the
entire county and state ticket, show
ing the relation this election had to
national issues by electing a legisla-
ture WHO would select United States