Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10

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j room in place of Miss Minnie Smith
resigned.
Prof. and Mrs d. T. Sollenbarger
left last week for Corydon, where Mr..
Sollenbarger will engage in the real
estate, loan and abstract business.
i w. d. Russell is building a large
sheep barn on his farm.
Mrs. Clara Conwel spent part OF
last week at Moulton.
4 5. %. Harmon has returned from
burlington, where he has been at work
in the c., B. G. @. round house.
Miss Shirley Reed is visiting Mr..
and Mrs. A. Reed.
Frank McClain, of Texas, has been
visiting his brother, George McClain
OF south of town.
Alfred Harmon returned last week
from Oklahoma, where he has been
the past few months.
Miss Katie Summers has closed her
school at Mt. Sterling and returned
home.
Rev. ]. Randolph preached at tho
christian church in Cantril last Sun
day afternoon by invitation.
The finest and best attended Fourth
OF July celebration in the history of
Milton was held here last Friday.
Ther being no celebration at the
lnelghboring towns in Davis, Van Bur
en- counties, Iowa, and Scotland coun-
ty, Mo-, the people of those towns at
tended the celebration here The
speeches were delivered by Hon.
Smith Brookhart, of Washington, who
spoke in the morning, and Hon. f. E.
Rominger, of Bloomfield, who spoke in
the afternoon Music was dispensed
by the Milton and Bloomfield bands.
The BUSINESS men held their parade in
the afternoon, nearly every business
house being represented. The differ
ent races and contests were then held.
The fireworks were shot off in the
evening.
A meeting of the rural telephone
lines in Milton and vicinity was held
here last week for the purpose of
securing rates from the Milton Tele-
phone Company to connect on their
switch board.
Mrs. Mary Haynes of Oskaloosa and
Mrs Cladin. of Lebanon. were the
guests of Mrs. J. D. Rowland last
week.
The Misses Carrie and Hattie GRAY.
ems have arrived to spend the sum.
mer with their parents, MI. and Mrs.
J. e. Cravens.
4aE Batavia.
Batavia, July 1O-Mr. and Mrs. c.
D. Tlinsiey left on No 8 Thursday
morning. They are going to make a
short visit with Mr.. Tinsley's sister in
orient then return to their home in
Corning. "a
Misses Emma and Nellie McCart,
who have been visiting in Batavia the
past two weeks, returned to their
home in Brighton Monday la
| Eldon Eller of Ottumwa visited
friends in Batavia over Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Hawthorne and
family of Ccmpetine, Mr. and Mrs. c.
d. Tinsley of Corning, Mr.. and Mrs. F.
E. Ornduff and Misses Lovilla and Lot
tie Copeland, Gladys Frescoln, Ruth
Henderson and Mabel Parrett visited
at G. B. McNiel's Sunday.
Harry Whitmore me with quite an
experience July A. He drove to Ell
don to the celebration and in the even
| ing took the train to Ottumwa for the
| fireworks. He returned to Eldon
about II o'clock and went to get his
horse to come home, and to his sur
prise, horse and buggy were gone. Dill
igent search was made that night but
no clue to their whereabouts could be
found He came home and securing
more assistance renewed the search.
1 He found his horse in livery barn in
Selma A man having found it along
the road, took care of it. He then
/ found his buggy considerably damaged
a few miles in the country It is
thought some one dove the horse as
1 long, as he desired and then turned it
| loose.aa as
! Z Mr.. and Mrs. A. V. Beeman and chill
'dren, Fern and Vivian, and Misses
Florence Long and Hester Mcneil Wis
/ tied friends in Stockport the Fourth.
| Word was received from j. T. and
Warren Copeland, who are visit their
father in Indiana, that their fathers
| health is much worse. His recovery is
| doubtful.
!. Ellis Long visited friends in Batavia
the first of the week. 4l
Miss Maggie Montgomery is on the
sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Woodruff are
visiting in Batavia.
Misses Emma Nehre and Ella Lau.
son attended the Epworth League con
: vention at Moulton this week.
Mrs. Eta Miller and children OF
Abingdon visited at D. E. Tinsley's the
first of the week
Green Valley.
Green Valley, July 1O.-Miss Flor
anco Elder of sh Grove visited Sun