Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-30
o the home of his sister. Mrs. Mary


E. Fellows, at Lacona.
John w. Lyons, the contractor, has
added new two-horse power turning
lathe and schroll saw to the tools of
his shop and will run planning. mill in
Charlton in the future. ;
Mrs. j. G.. Foulks is reported as Sc
riously ill at her home in the north
part of town.
Stacker Wyatt of Derby, has depart
ed for an extended visit with relatives
and friends in Missouri and Kansas.
Mrs. Higley of Fairfield, spent Fri
day in Charlton, the guest Of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. w. Clapp. She was on her
way to Creston to visit friends.
Sunday was special day at most
of the churches of the city. 1t was
Whit Sunday or Pentacost and the
Episcopalians observed it with special
services beginning with SPECIAL COM
mu1ion service at a. M, and holding
other services at $3.50 and IL a. m.and
agai at s p. m. Special music and a
special sermon had been prepared for
each service and nearly the entire
congregation attended al the services
and were much benfited thereby. The
Womens Foreign Missionary society
of the M. e. church observed their an
nual thank-offering at 11:45 a. m.
Miss Melen Galloway of Mt. Ayr, re-
turned missionary from north China
delivered most interesting and in
structive address and a special collec-
ton was taken for the benefit of mis-
sions. There. was confirmation serv-
ice at the Swedish Lutheran church, a
class of sixteen young people being
confirmed. There was special music
here also and the questions were ask
ed in both English and Swede after
which Rev. Borg delivered most en-
joyable and appropriate sermon. The
Charlton fire department met at IL a.
m. and marched to the Catholic church
where Rev. C. F. Waldron, the rector,
preached the annual memorial sermon
which was most scholarly and appro-
pirate discourse together with the spe-
cial music prepared, the services We're
very interesting. The annual mem
orial sermon to the G. A. r. and w. R.
c. was preached Sunday afternoon at
the Baptist church by Rev. Mills. The
house was crowded to overlooking and
the sermon was well received by those
present.
We are pleased to note that at the
recent convention of the Episcopalians
of the state Charlton was well repre-
scented and that our fellow townsman
S. H. Mallory was honored by being
selected to fill some of the most i'm.
portant offices within the gift of the
convention. Among the officers elect
ed we note Mr.. Mallory's name appear
ing as delegate to the general conven.
ton to be held at San Francisco, mem
Der of standing committee and board
of missions. We are glad to have
Charlton thus honored and are certain
that Mr. Mallory will attend to all his
duties honorably and well.
Sunday was firemen's decoration
day and after the sermon at st. Mary s
Catholic church the boys met in the
afternoon and marched to the GENE
terry where they decorated the graves
of their deceased members.
VIM. G. Brown, of Whitebreast town
ship has purchased the old Jack Bar
row place at the corner of Seventh and
Linden avenue, and expects to make
his home in Charlton. He has already
erected a fine new barn and will begir
the erection of dwelling house soon
Miss May McMasters has returned
to her duties as school teacher neal
Derby, after an over-Sunday visit witt
her mother, Mrs. Clara McMasters, o.
this place.
Mr.. Jeffries. of Osceola, was an over
Sunday visitor at the home of Miss
Maude Malone, of this place.
Miss Laura Copeland has returned
to her home in Charlton after a weeks
visit with friends in Russell.
Rev. P. ]. Borg, of the Swedish
Lutheran church, following a long es
| tablished practice of that denomina
ton, preached in English Sunday nigh
it being the last Sunday of the month
Rev Borg is an educated man and {
fluent, forcible pulpit orator, and hi
sermon Sunday night was master
piece of logic and rhetoric and wal
well received by the large audience
present.
Orion Brown will work on the farm
this season for r. E. Suiker, of Englisf
township.
Miss Florence Kennedy and brother
| Arthur, have returned to their hom'
! in Montgomery, after a few days visi
| with relatives and old friends in Pleas
ant township.
Miss Bessie Bruce, local editor o
the Charlton Herald, left Saturday TO
two months vacation that she eS
/ poets to spend with her mother in Gar
den Grove and in the eastern states
While gone she will also attend tn
Pan-American exposition at Buffalo
1 VIII Stone, who is employed at tn
| Halveston & James lumber yard, j
laid up with a very sore foot and SCI
ious results are feared. One day las
week, while at work unloading som
lumber, Mr.. Stone accidentally drop
| ped a large 2x6 scantling, thirty-tw
| feet long, on his foot, and though
was very painful at the time he did no
consider it serious. He stayed at hom
a couple of days and nursed tn
wounded member, when he again pre-
sented himself at the yards for work
Though it would occasionally give hin
a little pain during the day he paid n
attention to it, But early Saturda
morning after having been at worI
some time, it began to swell and pail
him SO badly that he was compelle
to give up work and he went home
Sunday the foot was in serious cor
dition and it is now feared that bon
| had been broken and he neelecte