Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-10-16

ILLS WSSh.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Widmer are re-
joicing over the arrival of a new boy
at their home
Salem.
Salem, Oct. 15.-Woman's Mission
airy society of the Friends church met
Friday afternoon with Mrs. Moon.
Subject Mexico"
Friday John McMasters returned
from attending the grand lodge of
Knights of Pythias in session at Des
Moines last week.
| John Carlisle and family have gone
to Keokuk, where they will reside in
the future
Miss May Hayes, after a pleasant
visit at the home of her uncle John
Hayes, departed Saturday for Mt.
Pleasant, where she will be the guest
/ of Miss Mertie Spray, ere she returns
to her home at Abba.
Mrs. Jennie Haskell and Mrs. John
Rhode have been quite i'll with neu-
ralgia.
William Parkins, of Wyoming, and
Stephen Parkins. of Fairfield, are visit
ling relatives here.
4 Next Friday evening the c. E. society
of the Congregational church will
| have social at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Windland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Crew and son, Mac,
will depart November l for ST. Louis.
Mr.. Grew has employment as a painter
on the Worlds Fair buildings.
Mrs. T. f. Johnson and Mrs Bertha
Lester drove to Mt. Pleasant Thurs
day.
Miss Coda Mitchell OF Mt. Pleasant,
lis guest of her sister, Mrs. H. G..
Triplett.
4 Miss Nellie Sinclair, student at
the |. w. U. at Mt. Pleasant, was an
over-Sunday guest of her parents at
: the M. E. parsonage.
Mrs. Nora Switzer came from Fair
field Saturday and is at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Ed
wards.
Work on the new !. o. o. F. building
lis being done as rapidly as workmen,
materials and weather will permit.
Mrs. Keller very pleasantly enter.
tanned group of young people Friday
evening.
Mrs. Julia McMasters will depart
this week for Ringgold county, where
: she will spend the winter with hel
+ children.
Mrs. Freedland, who has been sc
$ seriously i'll during the past year. al
though still taking treatment at Mercy
n hospital Burlington is greatly improv
k ed in health and is able to walk about
the city.
The report for the first month Of
Salem public schools shows nice en-
4 rollment of pupils who were neither
4 absent nor tardy during the month.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Reeder, of Den
yer, Colo, are the proud parents OF {
o.. little daughter
EddyviIle.
- Eddyville, Oct. 15.-The Misses Ida
!, - Cora and Dora Hohl entertained six
" teen of their friends at their pleasan
home about two miles south of tow
a Saturday night. Music, games ant
conversation interspersed were tn
features of the evening. Although tn
Is early part of the evening was clea
and moonlight the guests had to fin
le their way home in darkness and rail-
Those present were: Misses Haiti
~ Berry, Mabel Johnson. Pearl johnson
Katie Steele and Ethel Padgett
a, Messrs. Frank and Willie Berry, E
~ Emanuel, Fred Gibson. Guy Nair, job
n and Dick Denning, Taylor Beatty, Ar
chic Gray, and Carl Odem.
lg The Eddyville Telephone compan
put on night service this weel
ed Misses May Riegel and Maude Del
ed ming continue as day operators wit
the addition of Miss Mary Denning a
81 night operator. This will be a fiji
n thing for the patrons of this eXcellel
a service The two party lines in Chi
licothe are expected to be in operate
III, in very few days. These two line
are nine miles in length, connectiI
ma with the Eddyville office by means I
nd small switchboard in the store
Dudley. The company will also soc
'ol issue new list.
is The little daughter of Mr.. and Nh
an Coryell, aged 10 or II years, recent
ed broke her arm while playing at schot
ca Mrs. E. M. Fausnaugh has bee
a quite sick the past few days.
w. w. belong received quite pal
an full bite on the right leg from d.
rg, recently.
RS. AL Surber, across the river, has bee
q sufferer from neuralgia of the stor
lay ach.
me A. C. .Beamer accompanied Arno
&oontz, John Linderman, Robe
ing Kleinkopf and John jaeger. go to Kn'
en-. county, Mo-, Thursday night Mr. j
RS. ger mas bought 100 acre farm theI
Mr.. and Mrs Grant Cowley
lie Lawnfield left Thursday night I
t. Riverton, Nebraska to visit Mrs. Co
ley's mother until Tuesday.
III Fred Wilcox. @. E. Stephenso
on, Chas. Kussart, j. NJ. Crosson c.
md Funk, F. p. Elliott and John l.affe
sstl ty returned Wednesday, night al