Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-13
Short Tales Concerning People You
Know.
THE VICINITY OF OTTUMWA IN BRIEF
Births, Deaths, Marriages, Movements
OF Your Acquaintanees as chronicled
by couriers Staff of Correspondents
Who Know Whereof They Speak.
Charlton,

Charlton, Aug. 9-Charles Johnson
has departed for Abba where he has
secured employment and expects to
move his family there to reside in the
near future.
W. z. Gookin, who is employed by a
farm machinery company in South Da.
kota, returned to his work after few
days visit with his parents, Mr.. and
MIS- Clark Gookin, of Benton town
ship.
G. w. Callahan and daughter, Ethel,
are spending few days in Russell Wis.
ltlng their daughter and sister, Mrs.
Geo. Blue.
Miss Louise and Marguerite Stanton
are spending few days visiting their
grandmother, Mrs. Dubois. in Fairfield.
Mrs. Frank Wilson, of Benton town
ship, left Wednesday for a few days
visit with her daughter in Ottumwa.
Oris Fuller. an old resident of Char.
iton, but now located on a farm near
Lucas, was renewing old acquaint,
ances in this city Wednesday.
Thos. Murray and, daughter, former
ly residents of Tacoma, but who for the
past four months have been located in
California, are in the city for a short
visit with the family of ]. ]. Myers.
They are making preparations to re-
turn to California to make their future
home.
The school board of the independent
district OF Charlton held a regular
meeting Wednesday evening to consid-
er the question of hiring janitors. and
appointing another member of the
board to fill up the uneXpired term of
.. d. Penick, deceased, but owing to
the absence of Eli Manning at the
state convention, action on these ques-
tons as also the question of electing
a successor to Miss Anna Lymon. one
or the teachers who resigned was
postponed until the special meeting
this evening. They turned to the reg.
ular routine business and allowed
some bills Wednesday evening and ad-
journed until tonight.
Bertha and nellie Cowles are spend.
ing this week with their grandparents
in Ortumwa
rms section was visited again
Thursday by welcome and refresh
ing shower. 1t began about $3.50 and
for half an hour it rained steadily: so
quietly and easily however that the
ground could easily drink up ali the
moisture that fell 1t kept up raining
at intervals all day, however. and fin
ally an inch more fell. The rain
will almost make the late corn. and is
a. great help to garden truck besides
freshening up the meadows and pas
lures that had begun to grow again
after the rains of last week, but were
checked by the warm weather follow
ing.
Rufus Block. twenty-eight years of
age, died at his home in Charlton on
tuesday evening. after three weeks
illness of malarial fever. Mr.. Block
had been a cripple since childhood
from the effects of an attack of rheu-.
matism but during it all had borne IN
uncomplainingly and endeavored to
make himself as useful as possible in
this world. He lived with his wild
owed mother on farm near Colum.
bla until few years ago when they
moved to Charlton and have resided
here since. doing jewelry repairing.
Snort funeral services We're held from
the residanc here by Rev. C. r. San
derson after which the remains were
taken to Columbia where the funeral
TOOK place and the remains were laid
to rest in the Columbia cemetery.
Mrs. Geo. Won sBehren, of Burling-
ton. was in Charlton the first of the
week attending to the removal of their
household goods to Burlington where
they will make their future home. Mr..
Won Behren having secured a position
In the Office of the Schmidt Hardware
company of that place.
Charlton, Aug. 10,-Mrs. Lou John.
son and two children have returned to
their home in Russell after three