Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-25


spend the summer with Mrs. Dake's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Campbell,
instructor of music and short hand at
the Orleans seminary.
Miss Ida Sanderson of Muchakinock
returned home today after visit with
her sister, Mrs. G. w. Cramblit, Alt
South Benton street.
w. L. Stroud and Miss Cora Math-
erly, both of this city, were united in
marriage yesterday afternoon by
Squire Ballard, at his Office.
Miss Mollie Purdy, of Hedrick, re-
turned home last evening after short
visit with her cousin, Mrs. Robert En-
cry, 2l2 North Mclean street.
Miss Wayne Scherer of Eldon, was
in the city last evening enroute to Ce-
dar Falls, where she will attend
school during the summer months.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Morloek and
children, who reside in Central Addi-
ton, have gone to Buffalo, N. Y, to
visit relatives and attend the exposi-
ton.
Miss Ethel Proctor, who resides
twelve miles southwest of the city, left
on the Rock Island today for Des
Moines, where she will enter the
Highland Park university.
The home of Mr. Story, situated
north of Packwood two miles, was
quarantined by Township Clerk
Spielman last Saturday morning for
smallpox.-Packwood Review.
Mrs. w. B. Coombs, of Blakesburg,
returned home this morning after
visit with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. NJ. Carpenter, who reside north of
the city, and sister, Mrs. R. T. Cam
eron, corner of Ash and Jay streets.
Miss Effie Roop, of Hedrick, was in
the city last evening enroute to Fair
field to visit relatives. Miss Roop was
accompanied to this city by her sister,
Miss Winnie Roop, who returned to
her home in Hedrick on the Milwau-
kee.
Misses Clara Miller and Jessie
Blake, who reside near Frederic, and
who have been visiting their aunt, Mrs
w. F. Moss, 424 East Fourth street,
left this morning for Sewall to visit
relatives before returning to their
home.
Two we'll known law firms in the
city have consolidated their interests
and will here after do business as one
company. John w. Lewis. becomes
the partner of M. c. Gilmore and e.
G. Moon, who have heretofore COM
posed the firm, Gilmore & Moon. The
new firm will be styled Lewis, Gill
more & Moon.
Friends in this city Of James Hatch,
who is now in Indian Territory, have
received samples of the Russian
bearded wheat, which is said to be
very fine product. Mr.. Hatch owns
farm of $40 acres, and the crop is
said to yield fifty bushels to the acre.
Mr. Hatch was a former Wapello coun-
ty farmer and is well known in Ottum-
wa and vicinity
At 6:55 o'clock this morning, at his
home, $50 Elm street, occurred the
death of e. T. Nicklin, aged seventy
five years, four months and twenty
days. Mr.. Nicklin was born in Mid
dlebourne, Tyler county, West Virgin
ia, February 2, 1926, and lived there
several years. For number of terms
he served as county recorder in the
county in which he was born He re.
moved to Iowa in 1868, and for the
past twenty years he had made this
city his home.
According to the unofficial returns
received in Des Moines mainly on pos
tai card replies to inquiries sent out
from the Des Moines officers of the l.
o. 0. F., M. Newman, of this city, and
R. L. Tilton, who year ago removed
to Des Moines to assume the duties of
grand scribe, have been reelected to
their respective positions OF grand
master and grand scribe. j. G. Koonz
of Burlington was the opposing can
didate to Mr.. Tilton, Mr.. Newman
was reelected grand master without
OPPOSITION, as was also Judge q. A.
Church of Jefferson, deputy grand
master.-Des Moines News.
Interest in the Milwaukee cutoff
continues at fever heat. 1t is announc.
ed that the bids for the construction of
the new line from this city to Daven-
port will be opened Tuesday. 1t will
be the largest contract of its kind to
be let in the United States this year.
With the contract let. it is evident the
Milwaukee intends to begin building
operations at once. Joseph H. Flick,
of the firm of Flick & Johnson one of
the largest railroad contracting firms
in the country, returned to Davenport
yesterday, after an inspection of the
proposed line, and is waiting until he
hears the result Of the bids for the
construction of the new line.
[From Mondays Daily.l
NJ. and Mrs. J. P. Swanson returned
home last evening from short visit
with relatives at Munterville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Graves, of
Martinsburg, have returned home af-
ter visit with friends in the city.
Casper DUR has sold his merchan-
disc business to J. w. Garner, of OF,