Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-01

ed with Sarah Moore Tuesday.
Dan Smith was a caller at the W.
E. Brown home Sunday
John and Willie Coop visited at Ash
Grove Sunday.
Miss Lottie and Jessie Brown visit
ed Sunday with Mrs. Allen Hopkins.
John King and wife will go to house
keeping in the near future on the farm
| purchased Of w. K. Robb.
Farson.
Farson, May 1.-C.F. Wiley is on
the sick list
l.. H. White shipped two loads of
cattle Thursday
.. E. Dickens had business in OF
tumwa Saturday.
o. M. Wyckoff was a caller here
Monday.
M. E. Silvers delivered hogs to Nor
rell & Co. Wednesday.
Mrs. A. H. Dennis has been sick the
past few days.
Mrs. E. F. Davis was caller here
Tuesday.
o. o. Phelps and J. A. Slater each
shipped one car of cattle this week.
Grading on the switches is being
pushed here and is expected to be fin
ished soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry snider of Ollie,
were Sunday visitors with William
and Mrs. Sylvester.
DR.. G. A. Henry, F. S. Silvers, A. j.
Burnaush and N. l. Laushlin were bus
mess callers at Packwood Saturday.
Mrs. o. G. Dickens is among the sick
of this vicinity
The bridge gang has completed it's
work at the east creek and is now at
the crossing of Big Competine
John Timothy, one of the contrac-
tors OF the grading here will finish his
work next week and will move to near
Sioux City to begin on another line.
Seymour.
Seymour, May Mrs. Jane Miller
kee of Marion visited her parents in
this city the fore part of the week.
Miss Josie Cody of Ottumwa has ac-
cepted position in w. A. Rowland
cigar factory.
VIII Bausman, who has been quite
sick with pneumonia, is reported no
better. Little hopes are entertained
for his recovery.
Editor Maxwell was a Centerville
visitor Wednesday,
The Wayne hotel was sold on Mon
day of this week to Mrs. c. A. Sim
mons of Ottumwa, who will take
charge about June 1. Mr.. Simmons is
we'll known here being travelling sales
man for Irwin Phillips Co. of Keokuk.
The consideration was $4,000.
/ Rev. F. N. Eldredge of Des Moines
will preach at the Baptist church in
this city next Sunday.
Word was received in this city Tues
day that j. Palmer, who has been help
ing dig wells at Melrose, had fallen in
to a hole thirty feet deep, and for his.
parents to come at once if they wanted
to see him alive. Mr.. Palmer hurried
to Melrose at once, but it was not so
bad as reported. They got him out as
quick as they could and dressed him,
having to take about twenty stitches
in his face. He is expected to be re-
moved home in few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewitt C. Britt of Che
Ian, Wash, who have been visiting
friends in Seymour for the past week,
| left Wednesday for Cedar Rapids,
where they will visit before returning
home. Mrs. Britt was formerly Miss
eighteen years ago for Spokane, Wash.
| Stringtown.
Stringtown, May miss Nancy Da
Wis, of this place, visited last week
with friends at Fairfield.
\ Miss Nora Gobble met with a painful
accident Saturday by which she may
lose a finger.
Mrs. E. T. Vannoy visited at Mrs. G
/ w. Davis Friday evening.
Mrs. J. w. Flint, of Abingdon, was
\ wishing in this vicinity one day last
week.
i E. F. Vannoy and A. P Smith attend
ed Masonic lodge one evening last
week.
j. L. Copeland and Miss Gertie Sla
ter were here Saturday.
John Mcdowell was caller at F. R
Jones Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Lynn were Ba
tavia visitors Sunday.
Mrs. H. F. Davis and Mrs. ]. w. Syl
vester were Stringtown callers Tues
day.
Mrs. F. R. Mowery and Miss Nancy
Davis were in Brookyille Tuesday.
. Mise Sarah and Fanny Ondam, Of
Abingdon, were Sunday visitors at Mrs
T. G. Hawthorne's.
Mrs l.. T. Gobble, of Fairfield, visit
ed at the Davis sisters Saturday.
Misses Florence and Bernice Haw
thorne Visited Sunday with theil
friend, Ona Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ferny Hawthorne, Of
Bladensburg, spent Sunday at Mrs. II
j. Larmores.
| S. e. Wright was in this place Sat
urday on business.
DR.. c. A. Henry, of Competine, was
a caller at G. c. Sylvester's Tuesday
evening.
Iven Leisure, of Pekin, was here
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs c. F. Forest were bust
ness callers at the Davis sisters one
day last week.
Corn planting has begun in this vi
cinity.
G. w. Davis and son James delivered
a load of hogs at Ottumwa Wednes