Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-06-05
Pleasant Home.

Pleasant Home.
Pleasant Home, June decoration
Day was observed at the Brook GENE
terry by the people in this vicinity.
Miss Stella Williams has been
spending the past week visiting friends
at Pleasant Home, returning home
Sunday.
Pleasant Home Sunday school will
have a picnic and celebration on the
Fourth of July.
H. F. Lathrop. accompanied Rev.
McCampbell to Mt. Zion Sunday.
VIM. Shields is erecting an addition
to his residence.
Geo. Willard was spending a few
days with friends in Davis county this
week
Mrs. H. F. Lathrop spent Sunday
with w. S. Suttles'.
Mrs. A. A. Beagle underwent an op-
Grafton at the Ottumwa hospi-: last
Friday and his many friends wish for
his speedy recovery to health.
Miss Anna Smith returned home
Saturday after spending week near
Willard.
County Recorder Geo. Smith and
wife have been spending some time
with Mr.. and Mrs. John e. Bachman.
Nora Day spent Wednesday night
with Ada Shields.
Rev. c. A. McCampbell left Tuesday
for New London to attend the district
meeting of the first district Of the M
P. church.
Geo. Willard and S. w. Ross were
business callers in Ottumwa Tuesday,
Roy Martz was a business caller in
these parts the fore part of the week
The heavy rains have done consider
able damage of late by washing out
and covering up the corn.
Marion Smith has fifty-five acres Of
new land this spring and has it plant
ed to corn.
Lebanon.
Lebanon, June Airs. Matte Lo-
gan and children of Loyalton, Mimi,
and Miss Lala Conner of Troy are Wis
iting here.
Mrs. Sadie Davis was in Cantril
Tuesday.
Miss Selma Warner is visiting her
grandfather, Ike Warner at Cantril.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lewis of Pitts
burg visited at Henry Works Wednes-
day.
The Farmers club will hold its meet
Mrs Vim. Strait.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Davis spent Fri
day in Pulaski.
i Owing to the rain Sunday Children's
day was not observed at the M. q.
church, but will be observed June Is
and the Presbyterians will observe
June s.
lutte number attended Memorial
day exercises at Keosauqua and Can
triI.
Mrs. julie Chaffee of near st. Louis
is visiting G. B. Humphrey.
Miss Irene Conner returned home
Thursday after spending three weeks
in Floris. Dewitt and Fannie Plank
of Floris came home with her.
Foster.
Foster, June 4.-John Highams o
Albert Lea, Mimi, is visiting his broth
er, George Highams, here for few
days.
Miss Oma Wilson of Abba is visiting
her friend, Miss HAZEL Sincox.
Miss Jennie Robinson left last Tues
day for Kansas, where she will spend
two or three weeks visiting friends
and relatives.
Mrs. Robert Hughes went to Beacon
last Saturday, where she will remain
with her husband. Mr.. Hughes is fore
man of one Of the mines there.
Swan Johnson, who was recent.
married, has started housekeeping il
one of Mrs. Bowley's houses.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Manear spen
Decoration Day in Abba. Mrs. Ma
near remained in Abba with her par
ents until Sunday evening.
Children's Day was duly observed a
the Baptist church last Sunday even
ing.n The exercises were good. Thu
children all rendered their part
splendidly, showing that they had beel
properly trained. The exercises were
under the supervision of Mrs. e. @
Woodruff.
John Terry, both senior and junior
spent Decoration Day in Abba as Their
were no Memorial services held here
There are only four of the old sol
diers who get their mail at this office
ExIine.
Exline, June 4.-John Albertson
Mansfield Moore and Jacob Farms
worth, Caldwell's old soldiers, were a
Centerville Decoration Day and too
part in the exercises.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Montieth are tn
proud parents of a fine boy, borl
May 81.
Miss Lille Riggle is spending tn
week with Mrs. Benton McKeehan.
Mrs. Lille Patrick of Centervill
visited from Friday till Sunday at tn
home of her brother, J. w. Miller.
Howard Davis and mother visite'
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Gay last Saturday
The prospects for good corn crol
in this county are splendid.' There ha
been plenty of rain. Almost all of tn
meadows were killed last year by tn
drouth, and as consequence the ha.
crop this year will be short.
Appanoose county people are prou'
! of the new buildings going up at Cen