Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
who has any idea of locating in that
section, the others going merely for
the pleasure of the trip.
Bloomfield.

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Bloomfield.
Bloomfield, Jan. 15.-Miss Gussie
Langenstein will leave Thursday for
Enid, Oklahoma, where she will has
secured a class in music and will.
make her home with Mr.. and Mrs. E.
b. Newman, formerly of this city.
Mrs. Newsom Guernsey, of Moulton,
returned home Monday after short
visit at the home of her aunt, Mrs.
Mary Young.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hunter, of OF
tumWa, spent Sunday in this city, the
guests o. Mr.. and Mrs. o. d. Wray.
Mrs. S. - Wallace left Monday for
Unionsville, Mo-, to attend the mar
riage of Miss Della Tatman, to Bert
Carroll, of that city
Miss Nellie Ralston, of Ottumwa.
was the. guest of Miss Nora Town
send Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Chapman left Mon
day for Topeka, Kan, where Mr..
Chapman has secured position as
travelling salesman for paper house.
Miss Cordelia Worrey, of Kirksville,
Mo-, returned home Monday after a
pleasant visit at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Gutherie.
Miss Mabel Palmer spent Sunday in
Queen City, No. the guest of Miss
Nellie Perrin.
w. H. leighton, of Des. Moines,
was a guest at the Sickle home
Sunday.
Mrs. Sam Cowan is visiting at the
home OF her daughter, Mrs. w. H.
Murphy of Kansas City.
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spent Sunday in this city, the guest
OF Misses Clara Weiney and Maymie
McGowen.
Miss Nora Battin has accepted po-
sition as clerk in Hills dry goods
store.
Mrs. Amanda Owsley, wife of Henry
Owsley, died at her home in this
city Sunday. The funeral services
occurred at the Christian church at
2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Mrs.
Owsley had been i'll for some time but
had appeared much better on Satur-
day Her death the next day was a
great shock to her family.
The lecture on Musical Fits and
Misfits" delivered at the Methodist
church Saturday evening by Spillman
Riggs was greatly appreciated by the
people that gathered to hear him.
The auditorium would not hold the
people and the lecture room was
thrown open. 1t was undoubtedly
the largest audience that ever gather
ed in this city to listen to lecture,
which proves that our citizens are a
progressive people, as only a few
years ago it was considered utterly
| impossible to interest them in lee
| ture course. This is the third year
in which good lecture course has
been established. The first year as
a financial scheme proved a dismal
| failure. The second year the people
! discovered an evening spent in lee
ture room was not SO dull as they had
| once imagined, and so far this year
/ the affair has been financial sue.
cess as well as great source OF
pleasure. Spillman Riggs was intro
! duced to the audience by Hon. B. F.
! Carroll, At the close of the lecture
] Miss Clara Weiney played the piano
! accompaniment to the vocal solo
| Swinging in the Grapevine, Swing
/ ing and number of whistling solos,
/ The entertainment was delightful.
Mr.. and Mrs Ed VIM, of West
i Grove, attended the Spillman Riggs
| lecture Saturday evening and spent
Sunday at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
| ]. M. Smith.
/ Miss Kate Hickey is spending sew.
4 eral weeks with relatives in Clarinda
/ Abba.
l Abba, Jan. 15.-The school board
| denies the assertion made by the
board of health that the basement
/ rooms in the high school building are
unfit for school purposes.
| Mrs. Alec Long is quite i'll with the
| grip.
| Mrs. Monroe is visiting relatives in
1 Bloomfield this week.
Mrs. Bert Cashier has been sick for
| several days with the grip.
Marcus Pabst is helping his father
/ in the office, Mr.. Taunton having re.
signed.
Abba, Jan. ia. R. Barnes has
transferred his two lots on the south
east corner of the square to an Oska
loosa firm, who will erect large de-
partment store building at that place
The consideration of the. transfer was
$4,000, being $500 more than $1,000
per front foot.
l.
the jury in the case of the State OF
Iowa VS.. Charles H. Newhouse, charg
ed with grand larceny. Sentence will
be pronounced by Judge Eichelbergel
Friday morning.
Miss Grace Henniman entertained a
lparty of young people last evening. A
very pleasant time is reported.
Bert Woods, indicted by the grand
Jury on the charge of larceny, plead
lguilty to the charge and was sentenc
ed to thirty days Imprisonment.
Miss Libbie Kester of Oskaloosa
lis visiting relatives here this week.
Mrs. w. Hartsuck is on the sick list
The d. BIS met with Brownie Ter
hume Tuesday, the author for the ev
ening being Robert Burns. Refresh
|ments were served and the evening
was pleasantly spent.
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/ Hedrlck.
Hedrick, Jan. 16.--L Dudgeon lief
last night for Harvard, Neb., where hi
will spend several days with friends
and relatives.
i l.. R. Fleener went to Sigourney or