Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-12
Daily Doings of Some of Ottumwa's
Close Neighbors.
personal, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
Everything From Joyous Births to
the Philosophical Observation of
sases, Are chronicled by The cour.
ier's Special Correspondents.
Charlton.


Il fine ten pound boy baby to their
daughter, Mrs. Walter Greene.
Will Brownlee, a former Lucas coun-
ty boy, but now located at Monmouth,
H., and practicing veterinary surgery,
is spending few days renewing old
acquaintance in and around Chart
ton.
L. j. Willheit returned to his home
in Missouri after an extended visit
with his daughter, Mrs. Chas. Hass,
of this place.
t. Fl. Murray and family, of Indian
ola, are spending few days in Chari-
ton visiting relatives before their de-
parture for California where they go
to look up a location.
Mrs. Anna Cowman and son, Jack,
of English township. have departed
for Colorado where they are going in
hopes that the sons health will be
improved
Mrs. Waugh, of Creston. is spend
ing few days in the city, the guest
of her daughter, Mrs Roy James.
Mrs. J. H. Lockwood and daughter
are both reported as quite seriously i'll
with a severe attack of pneumonia.
Ed. H. Best, the contractor and bull
der. was business visitor in Derby
on, Thursday where he is employed III
erecting house for D. A. McMains,
of that place.
The board of directors of the Inde-
pendent district OF Charlton held a
special meeting Thursday night and
reviewed the business of the year. E.
S. Stebbins, the architect of the new
school building. and Johnson & Best,
and Enslow, the builders were pres
ent and after a careful examination
of the building and a little discussion
the building was accepted by the
board. After the routine business
was transacted they elected Miss Lee
ona Howard as teacher to fill the
place of Miss Ida Bond until her re-
turn from the hospital where she is
confined for treatment for nervous
prostration.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. l.. Edison, who has been so seri-
ously i'll for the past week, died at
her home Friday afternoon of diphthe-
ria.
While all the surrounding towns are
talking of railroads and electric lines
the city of Charlton is not going to
be outstripped by her neighbors and
few of the citizens are now talking of
organizing a company to build an cleo
trio railroad from Charlton to India
nola to connect with the proposed
line to be built from Des Moines to In
5ianola. The value of this road can
not be estimated to the city of Char
iton and it is probable that few cap
italists will endeavor to secure right
of way for such railroad.
The doctors of Charlton are reaping
a rich harvest this spring. There have
been about twenty-five cases Of
whooping cough reported in Charlton
during the past two weeks. The teach
ers in school are taking great pre-
cautions against the spread of the
disease by sending all children home
who show symptoms of the disease.
The weather still continues warm
and bright and the air feels like
spring. The thermometer reached as
high as so degrees above zero and
the frost is coming out of the ground
rapidly. The warm weather has be-
gun to drive the ducks and geese to
the north and the local hunters are
taking advantage of their flight to in
dulge in the pleasure of duck hunting
and are generally successful in secur-
ing from one to ten ducks a day.
Miss Lulu McMasters, who is teach
ing school in Osceola, came down Fri
day evening to spend her vacation
with her mother, Mrs. Clara McMas-
tiers.
The republican county central COM
mittee has announced a meeting for
the court house this afternoon, at
which time the date for holding the
priInar5 will be decided upon.
A ~
honors has been sprung upon the peo-
pie of Charlton. This time it is in
the person of L. Manning who has cir
required number of signatures. Mr..
tice of the peace and expects to COM
bine the two Offices if elected.
T.. N. Brownlee and family, who re-
Gently sold their farm near Charlton,
packed their household goods and de-
part of Colorado, where they will make
he owns there.
Leon, where he has secured a position
city.
NlioS 5JOSlG IoSdluudu
from an extended visit with relatives
and friends in Knoxville.
j. A. Edwards has purchased the in.
terest of George Scott in the city dray
line, taking all his drays, horses and
patronage.
Bert Voris, of Morgan Valley was
visiting old friends in Charlton on
Wednesday,. He expects to start on
the road soon for Swift and company
to sell meats to the retail trade.
Earl Murray, formerly business
man of Lucas, but who recently sold
his interests there was calling on ole
friends in the city Thursday.
The people of Charlton are congrat
ulating themselves upon their escape
from the smallpox this season. In the
early part of the smallpox epidemic
when towns all around us on every
side reported from one to eight cases
of smallpox some fear was entertain
ed that the disease would make its
appearance in our midst but now that
the season is so far advanced and
warm weather SO near with no cases
yet we have begun to rest compare
lively easy. The physicians all de
clare that we are the best protected
county against smallpox in the state
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