Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15

COURIER: THURSDAY,
Miller's Ridge, visited with Mr.. anu
Mrs. Sven Pearson last Sunday.
An ice cream social was neld in the
Willard school house last Saturday
evening for the benefit of the Sunday
School and it was success both so
cially and financially.
Miss Mary Small, whose home is
with Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Johnson, ar
ranged a pleasant surprise for them
last week by inviting large number
OF their friends to come and spend the |
day with them on their wedding ami
versary There were over ninety
guests who brought an abundance OF
the good things to eat and all report a |
most pleasant and enjoyable time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Peterson and Mr..
and Mrs. John Peterson, from Blakes-
burg; Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Swanson and
Mrs. Newman, also l.. l.. Swanson aud
wife visited with Nels Halls last Sun
day.
G. F. Hall, of Blakesburg, visited at
home Saturday night and Sunday
1t is reported that G. E. Hall, who
went to Oklahoma a few weeks ago
will remain there permanently, hav
ing embarked in the real estate busl-
ness there. He has the best wishes
of all his friends here in this vicinity.
BidWeI.
Bidwell, Aug. 15.-Mrs. Albert Kerr
and daughter. Madeline, of Ottumwa,
are visiting Bidwell relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Chisman, Of
Dudley, visited relatives here last
week.
Miss Eunice Chisman visited in
South Ottumwa last week.
Miss Winnie Grooms spent part of
last week in Chicago where she won
prize for piano playing. She intends
going to Chicago this fall to pursue
the study of music.
| A platform dance was given Satur-
day night by the Gosney brothers.
There was good attendance.
Mrs. Thomas Smith, of Ottumwa,
has been visiting relatives near Bid
well.
Mrs. w. r. Hedrick and children,
of Ottumwa, are visiting friends in
this neighborhood.
VIM. Snyder, of Ottumwa is drilling
for coal on S. A. Burton's farm near
Bidwell.
AL. Wagner took his concrete gang
to Rathbun today to remove the frame
work of the piers recently built there.
The Brooks cemetery has been I'M
proved by new fence.
The M. E. church at Christiansburg
has been improved with new roof
and spire.
Mr.. and Mrs. Selmon spent Sunday
at Kirkville.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Johnston gave them a pleasant sur
prise Sunday in honor of their TWEEN
ty-fifth wedding anniversary. They
/ gathered at the Johnston home bring
ing a goodly supply of eatables. A
number of presents were left as me-
mentoes of the occasion.
Il l.. d. Hadwen, of Marion, was here
Monday inspecting the concrete work
Monday inspecting the concrete work,
Moravia.
Moravia, Aug i5.-Miss Maud Jor
dan and Emma Brown, of Centerville
are the guests of Mrs. E. l.. Merrine
J this week.
The ice cream social given by the
ladies aid society Saturday evening
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Milo Trussell,who was injured while
playing football in the spring, is being
treated at the Ottumwa hospital.
Ezra Coaltrain and Alonzo Turner
were the two lucky boys from oul
town to draw land in the Ell Reno dis
!, trict. They will leave for that point
the first of the month.
A fine boy baby was born to, Mrs
and Mr. Jack White Friday night.
, Hes White, of Centerville, was OF
: our streets Monday.
J. A. Biglow and wife, of Foster
were shopping in our little city Tues
day.
Miss Ollie Clark, of Abba, is visitini
, with her sister, Mrs. Will Eastlack.
Miss Pearl Hoffman left for he
; home in st. Louis Sunday after sta,
l of several weeks with her aunt, Mrs
Will Thomas.
l Miss Nellie Buckmaster and father
of Unionville, are visiting with Ere,
: Buckmaster
Dugal Forsyth, of Mystic, transact
ed business here Monday and Tues
day
: VIM. Davis returned from Ell Reno
o. T., Saturday.
> Ben Peppers, of Ottumwa, was dow
i Tuesday evening.
; Lancaster.
Lancaster Aug. 15.-There will b
+ an ice cream social at Corbin Utter
backs Thursday evening.
= One evening last week while Verd
a Beall was driving horse belonging t
Zef Mcintosh, it ran into the wir
!. fence northwest of here and was Gu
badly.
Many of our people attended Buffal
> Bills Wild West show in Sigourne
Tuesday.
The corn in this locality is improvin
little, but the crop will be very poo
n at the best.
e Bonaparte.
Bonaparte, Aug. 15.- The cemer
S walks in front of the Farmers an
l. Traders bank and the Cresap built