Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-09
Short Tales Concerning People You
Know.
Know.
THE VICINITY OF OT1UNWA IN BRIEF
Births, Deaths, Marriages, Movements
OF Your Acquaintance as Chronicled
by courier's Staff of Correspondents
Who Know Whereof They Speak.
Charlton.

Charlton, July 5:-Thursday was
the glorious Fourth of July and it was
celebrated in good style in Charlton.
All the features of the program were
carried out to the letter except that
some were slow in starting. The day
was excessively hot, the thermome,
ter reaching as high as 103 degrees III
the shade, and the farmers We're I'M
usually busy together with every sur
rounding towns celebrating. accounts
somewhat for the small crowd which
was une smallest ever seen in Chair.
ton on the Fourth for many years and
was composed mostly of young people,
They all seemed to enjoy themselves,
however, and many stayed until late
hour at night. Mike Cowles was the
winner of the 7-mile bicycle race from
the scratch in 25 minutes, seconds,
while little bod Macheal secured the
place prize with a 7-minute handicap
in his favor Mr.. Jackson, of the Swift
& Co., produce house, won the 1OO-yard
foot GRACE over Chic. Lewis, his nearest
rival, in 1OA seconds All the other
races were hotly contested. The il
Illuminated parade at night with a
shower of Roman candles shot toward
the court house. was very pretty. Con-
sidering the short time in which it was
gotten up the celebration was indeed
creGitable.
Leon Stanley, of Missouri, is in the
city for a short visit with his mother
Mrs. Mile Stanley.
c. T. Anderson, who injured his foot
in runaway some days ago, is able
to be around with the aid of pair of
crutches.
Squire W. H. Nickles. of Lucas, was
calling on Charlton friends Wednes-
day.
Mrs. c. F. skirvin, of Creston, spent
the Fourth with her sister, Mrs. T. C.
Walker. of this place
Miss Fora Aldrich stopped over We'd.
nesday with her friend, Miss Maggie
BEEN, while on her way home to Gales
burg from visit with friends in At.
lantic.
Mrs. w. H. Kirkpatrick returned to
her home in Corydon Wednesday af-
ter a short visit with relatives and
friends in Charlton.
Gross Throckmorton has resigned
his position in the Charlton postoffice
and expects to start this month for
Ames where he will take "a course in
electrical engineering.
A. B. Averill was confined to his BED
Thursday with severe attack of bill
ious fever.
Jay Colgrove, and sister, Roxie, of
Melrose, We're among the out of town
people who came to Charlton to cele.
brate the Fourth.
Little Miss Hazel Abrahamson re.
turned to her home in Charlton Thurs.
day after two weeks visit with her
grandparents in Humeston.
The Fourth of July passed Off quiet
ly; there were but two fights, one run
away and very few DRINKS, which il
an excellent record.
Mrs. Perry Burlington, who has been
visiting her sister near Derby. has de-
parted for the island of Samoa, Phil
ippine group. where she expects to
make her future home, her husband
being stationed with the regular army
at that place.
Miss Augusta Householder expects
to leave about July 10 for San Francis
co, where she goes to attend the meet
ing of the national convention of the
Epworth League as a delegate from the
Charlton chapter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hovelston have moved
into the old Thomas Gray house on
Court avenue, and are now nicely To-
Gated and ready to receive their
friends.
Wednesday was special election day
for Charlton on the question of voting
franchise to a company to put in g
system of waterworks The vote,
though light, was very close, the prop
osition being defeated by about twenty
votes. Although the women were al
lowed to vote, but few of them knew
it, and as consequence there were
but few women votes.
Fl. A. Everett, an old Charlton boy,
but who for the past year has been en-.
gagged in business in Texas, is spend
ing short time in the city, the guest
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J Everett
T. c. Walker, the engineer on the
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