Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-09

Charlton and Kansas City branch of
the Burlington, is laid up with threat
ened attack of lung fever.
j. l.. Holden has returned from
Kearney, Neb., where he attended the
funeral OF his brother, VIM. Holden,
who died of paralysis in Wichita, Kan,
while visiting his daughter.
James A. Smith has returned from
an extended visit with his son, Charles
Smith of Kansas City.
H. d. Copeland and A. 7. Graves left
Tuesday for Chicago with five car
loads of cattle.
Bert Voris of Morgan Valley was
calling on old friends in this city We'd
nesday
Miss Ida Wheeler, clerk in McCool-
oughe's store, is laid off from work the
result of an accident She was stand
ing on the counter decorating, when
the cash carrier came by and struck
her on the head, cutting a very deep
CASH
Charlton, July 81. H. Darrh has
returned from Perry where he had
been for the past ten days closing out
a stock of goods
Lou Perke, Charles Palmer and Cora
Stuart have returned from ten days
camping and fishing trips to the lakes
of northern Iowa and southern Mime
sofa.
George Allison, formerly resident
of this place but now located at Kan
sas City is spending few days in the
city visiting his father, William ALI
son.
Minnie Locke spent the Fourth of
July with friends in Derby.
]. *. Householder, city marshal, and
Otis Cook, deputy marshal, have both
secured new regulation police uni
forms and this makes the entire police
force of Charlton now wearing uni
forms that easily distinguish them
from the common citizens, as they are
all the regulation policeman's uniform
with the suits and cap and arm but
tons.
]. M. Loving of Creston stopped over
between trains Thursday while on his
way to Fairfield to visit relatives, and
spent the day with his son-in-law, E. E.
Lewis.
r S. B. Swift was a Russell visitor on
Thursday and helped our neighboring
city celebrate the Fourth.
Lester Windland of Huneston came
up Thursday for few days visit with
his sister, Mrs. c. A. Abrahamson of
this place.
| F. F. Tinker of Russell came up
Thursday with his family and helped
Charlton people celebrate
| Miss Pearl Stanley who has been
! trimming in a millinery shop in Texas
| is spending a few days with her moth
Ell, Mrs Mile Stanley of this place.
1 Rev. p j. Vollimer has departed for
/ a months visit with friends in Colo
irado and the western states While
he is gone he expects to attend the ma
tional convention of the Epworth
League, having been selected as dele
gate from the Charlton chapter.
Brice and Ed Bruce of Garden
Grove, former residents of this place,
celebrated the Fourth by visiting their
old friends in Charlton.
G. r. Abrahamson was an Ottumwa
visitor on business Thursday
The Sunday school classes of Mrs.
Bartholomew and Mr. Mayhem spent
the day Friday in the woods two and
quarter miles out of Charlton. They
| took along swings, hammocks and
/ everything necessary TO enjoy a days
J iiiltS ptShiS dlAAcl w az
spread in the grove and the day was
passed in outdoor amusements pecul-
! lar to such an occasion
A. B. Averill and wife departed to-
day for an extended visit to the Pacific
coast where they expect to spend
some time with his mother who is
very old and in failing health
/ e. j. Hovelston and family have
moved into the old Thomas Gay house
on Court avenue, and are now nicely
located and at home to their friends.
/ Frank Burlington and George Trim
mons, two Charlton boys who have
been serving Uncle Sam in the Thirty
nftn regiment, stationed in the Philip
pines, returned home just in time TO
help Charlton people celebrate the
Fourth. Both boys are looking well
and though soldering in the tropics
seems to have agreed with them, Meth
er has any desire to re-enlist.
R. ]. Coles, ST., state deputy for the
Royal Highlander lodge has returned
from Newton where he put in lodge
of thirty-five members last week.