Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-11

organized red cross fraternal order
in Hayesville Saturday evneing
Jake Duree and Tom Hardesty each
will build a new residence this sum-
mer.
Drakesville.
Drakesville, July 10-Miss Jennie
Goodlander and Marion Lockman re-
turned the latter part of last week
from their trip to LineWille.
Mrs. Ed. Housley and little daughter
left last week for visit with relatives
in Wayne county.
Miss Maude Easton is visiting rela-
tives in Bloomfield.
Mrs. G. w. Barber and son Harry
spent the latter part of last week and
the first of this month with Mrs. Bar
ber's father at Bonaparte.
number OF young people from
Bloomfield attended services here Sun
day night.
Friday night at 9 o'clock at the home
of the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Brown occurred the marriage of their
daughter, Jessie, to Will Smith both of
this place. The bride and groom will
make their home here for time.
Saturday afternoon Miss Chloe Har-
hour of Belknap and Leonard Smock
of this place We're united in the bonds
of matrimony
Letha Hamilton of Kansas City is
here visiting her grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Hamilton.
T. Norris is laying the foundation
for his new house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Goodlander spent
tho Fnnrfh with their. rh
Paschal Lewis at Libertyville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan and daughter
Dena visited last week with friends at
Centerville. siI IS. vs.
Lora Sayles has left the section here
and gone to work. with the bridge
| gang. - -
Most of our citizens attended the
celebration at Ash Grove.
Foster.
Foster, July 10-Farmers are busy
harvesting very light hay crop and
small grain is very short.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Crook, of Hite.
man, were over Sunday visitors at the
home of Mrs. Crooks parents, Mr.and
Mrs. David Lewis.
Rev. Ford, of Des Moines, filled the
Baptist pulpit last Sunday evening
and delivered an interesting sermon.
| Rev. S. H. Albert and wife returned
home last Saturday after spending the
Fourth with their daughter, Mrs. Thos.
Harrison, in Abba EH
| Hughy Anderson moved his family
last Monday to Willard.
Miss Mabel Terry, who was report.
ed sick last week, has regained her
usual health to the great delight OF
her many friends.
Miss May Cook. of South Ottumwa,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Frank
Reed, on Fourth avenue.
Miss Myrtle Sincox returned home
from an extended visit in South OF.
tumwa with Misses Nina and May
Cook.
No rain here yet and vegetation of
all kinds is just about past the re-
demption mark. If it does not rain in
a very short time there will be water
famine in this portion of the country.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Lewis, of Hite-
man, were visiting friends and rela-
tives here over Sunday.
| On last Sunday morning about
o'clock while Perry Jones was making
preparations to take his family to the
Sunday school convention at Urbana
Center he drove his team to the reser-
voir for water when they became mir.
ed in the mud and became entangled
in their harness and only for the time.
ly arrival of Wallace Convey and Geo
Mock MI. Jones and his team would
have been drowned
\ Rev. Albert will fill the M. z. pulpit
at Main Station next Sunday and Rev
Woodruff will fill Mr.. Albert's appoint
ment at this place the same day.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. j. A.. Bigelow, of Ur
bana, attended church in Foster last
Sunday evening.
4 Samuel Gray, of Selection, attended
church at this place last Sunday ev
ening.
Fremont.
Fremont, July 10-Willis Hill of In.
dianola, visited from the Fourth until
Sunday in town.
Prof. DAVIS OF Pella filed the Bap
fist pulpit Sunday morning in the abb
sence of the pastor and preached al
the union service Saturday night.
Lee Philippe was stunned and gen
: orally shaken up in the horse rae,
( here on the Fohth, The horse ran in
I to the crowd Mr., Philippe is getting
\ better. A young boy Who rode one, O
) the horses was somewhat injured alsc
!, but not seriously,
i Miss Grace Parker of Oskalooss
: spent the Fourth, also the last of the
) week in visiting friends here.
t j. N. Endicott who has been for
/ Inumber Of years sabbath school sup
| erintendent at the NJ. Z. church re
! signed and Walter Dawson was elect
: led to fill the vacancy Mr.. Endicot
, had made. good superintendent ant
) hands the school over to his success
or in excellent condition.
! Rev. Tenant and family Leave OF
! the Fox, ON the B. & N tomorrow
i morning FOR Monongahala county, W
: Va, wAsxa they expS@~ = ssaaS thrs-