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

| transacted at the court house.
Thomas Trosper Of Savanna was a
business visitor at this place Monday.
! j. Angst returned Sunday from West
Grove, where he accompanied Mrs.
Angst and daughter, Mary, to the home
of Mrs. Angst's father, Mr.. Carson,
with whom they remained for more
extended visit.
| Mrs. j. w. Potter returned Monday
from Milton, where she has been
spending the past week as the guest
| of friends.
keb.
Keb, July S.-George Holt and Ed
ward Fowler of Ottumwa were bust
ness callers in the city last Tuesday.
G. w. York of Hamilton spent last
Tuesday in the city on business.
James Mullin is visiting his brother
at Higbee, Mo.
Ned Anderson of Des Moines was in
town Wednesday on business. He re-
ports that the prospect for crop in
Polk county are very 1attering.
Last Tuesday evening Dodd Smith
was awarded prize consisting of a
package of O. S. smoking tobacco, for
being the handsomest man in town.
| Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Thomas spent
the Fourth at Evans, as guests Of MI.
and Mrs. William Griffith. They re-
| port pleasant time while there.
| w. H. johnson of New Sharon was
business caller in town Thursday.
Mrs. Victor Inglebloom and children
spent a week in Lucas at the home of
Mrs. Ingleblooms parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Loss johnson.
| Miss Sadie Simpson, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Richard Simpson, was award
ed silver pitcher valued at $25, We'd
nesday evening of last week for being
the handsomest and most popular
young woman in the city.
Miss Fife Johnson of Hynes spent
the Fourth in the city with friends.
d. j. Wittenmyer, the conservator of
peace for this township, was in town
last Tuesday on legal business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Long spent the
Fourth in Pekay the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Foster Kesinger.
Brown Bros. are driving entries in
their new mines preparing for the fall
trade. The coal is four and half feet
in height, with good roof above it.
Roe Terrence of Hiteman spent the
Fourth in town the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Hill and Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Hill.
Thomas D. Williams of Bear Creek
spent Thursday in town the guest of
his daughter Mrs. John Howells.
| Mrs. John Frederickson, ST., is con-
fined to the house with an injured
| limb.
The Fourth of July was ushered in
at keb by the booming of cannon about
i a. m. Considerable enthusiasm was
manifested throughout the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Williams spent the
Fourth in Ottumwa.
James Shevlin, superintendent of
the mines, spent the Fourth in Mystic
visiting with relatives and friends.
Fred Reese, of Madrid, was in Keb
Friday shaking hands with friends.
Mr.. Reese was on his way to Hilton
where he has accepted position in
the company Office as assistant book
keeper.
James A. Nelson, of Cedar Rapids
was business caller in Keb Friday.
Mesdames Joseph and Robert Hill
spent Saturday in Ottumwa shopping
Mr.. and Mrs. John Narver, of Hill
ton, visited at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Hill this week.
Claude White, of Keb, was transfer
red from the position of clerk in the
company store here to the same posi-
ton in the company store at Forbush.
His many friends regret his departure
and join in wishing him success in
his new home.
DR.. j. A.Hull spent the Fourth at
Blakesburg, the home of his boyhood
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Thomas and
Mr. and Mrs. William Maxwell, of
Hiteman, visited at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. John Davis, on Main street,
Friday and Saturday after spending
the greatest portion of the Fourth in
Ottumwa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Evan Morgan, of Hite-
man, spent the Fourth in town, the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Evans.
on Vine street.
Mrs. W.D. Williams, of Avery, and
Mrs. Thomas D. Williams, of Bear
Creek, spent Saturday in town, the
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Howells.
Mr.. and Mrs. Silas Huxford, of Bus.
sey, and Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Whimpy.
of Hilton, visited in town this week, the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. John Richards,
On Maple street.
II there Is one day in the year when
everybody is happy in a mining town
that day is the Fourth of July. You see
the inhabitants rise early, decorate
their houses with flags and bunting.
In this they seem to vie with one an
other to see who can make the best
display. Occasionally one may see a
flag of their native country displayed
but the stars and stripes are always
on top as 1t matters not from what
country they come every one is an
American.
Charlton.
Charlton, july, S.-Will Culbertson
with his family. Mrs. Culbertson re-
turned with him for visit with her
mother, Mrs. Patterson.