Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-07


State Normal school,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Kitterman very
pleasantly entertained a number of
their relatives last Wednesday, in
honor of their twentieth wedding an
niversary A sumptuous dinner was
served. Mr.. and Mrs. Kitterman were
of china.
EIdon.
Eldon, Jan. Born, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Phillips Saturday, a boy.
Emery Lucas, of Ottumwa, spent
Sunday with his parents at this
place
Mrs. G. L. Sewell, of Liberal, Kan
|sas, is visiting with Eldon friends.
j. B. Rhine, of Lost Creek, spent
Sunday with his brother, c. A. Rhine,
of this place.
Miss Minnie Wright is quite sick.
E. M. Titcomb left for Valley juno
ton this morning.
Clarence Hope, of Valley Junction.
spent Sunday with friends here while
enroute to his home at Birmingham.
J. H. Cremer and family left this
morning for Ottumwa, where they will
make their future home.
After two weeks vacation the FL
don public schools opened this morn
ing. Miss Esther Nicholson took Miss
McLeans room, Miss Mclean being
compelled to resign owing to i'll health.
Mrs. Claude Dodge and daughter,
who have been visiting at the home of
w. H. Dodge, returned to their home
at Lincoln, Neb., this morning.
Douds.
Douds, Jam Mrs Candase Craw-
ford and Miss Mabel Ferris were Keo-
sauqua visitors last Friday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sperry arrived from
Ottumwa last week and will make her
Morrison, of Leando, the balance of
the winter
Albert Seimon was a business visi
tor at Birmingham on Saturday.
o. A. HOFFMAN was in Eldon on bus
mess Monday
Jas. Elerick has moved into the
dwelling owned by George Chalfaut.
Corn is selling at 70 cents, wheat
80 cents and hay $12.
Alva Mercer and wife will start fol
Gilroy, Cal, this week, and expect tc
make that place their future home.
w. J.. Crawford was at Bentonsport
last week and again on Monday on &C
count Of the serious illness of his
father, who resides at that place.
Mrs F. l.. McGrew, of Fairfield, who
has been visiting her son James, neal
this place, returned home Monday.
Columbia.
Columbia, Jan. Preaching ser
vices next Sunday morning at Colum
bia.
Last Sunday the Columbia Sunda,
school was reorganized by electing tn
following officers and teachers for tn
) ensuing year:
Superintendent-E Garfield.
Assistant superintendent T. 1
Chick.
Secretary-Web Cramblet.
Assistant secretary-Ed Stodghill.
Treasurer-C H. Stuber.
) Librarian-Miss Alma Olney.
Assistant ibrarian--Miss Jenni
Stodghill.
+ Organist-Miss Della Carman.
Assistant organist-Mrs. TIL. Chicl
Also the following teachers:
; Bible class-T. c. Carman
q First Intermediate. H. Olney.
/ Second Intermediate. r. Stods
: hill.
! Third intermediate-To be supplied
, Primary--Mrs. Elias Garfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Dibble an
daughter visited Sunday at j. /
Stodghill's.
Albert Dumd's killed a wolf Las
: week and received the bounty for II
scalp.
On last Friday evening the youn
:. people made a surprise on Miss Mi
r ME Dibble at her home. Those pre-
@ ent We're Misses Alma Olney, Jenn
J. Stodghill. Della Carman, Wess
Shields, Edna Gardner. Clara Gardne
;. Jessie Blake, Grace Chapman, Eff
: Warner, Brown, Jessie Rigg
Retha Speech, Anna Wangaman, Ell
Roberts, Messrs. Orval McClancy, Wa
ter Gardner. Ollie Warner, Lee Wa
). ner, Ed. Stuber, Will Stodghill. 81
Stodghill, Lew Cramblett, Rolla Ca
man, Irwin Riggs, Walter Roberts Be
e Roberts, Roy Gardner, Will Warne
e Charlie Chapman, Ernest Nye, Fran
/ Roberts, Tom Chapman.
b'ohiC VI tIlC souhSo pSOple
party at Mrs. Gibbs last Saturda
: night
! MIR. Williams is still a very sever
sufferer with rheumatism.
t j. R. Stodghill is attending court
l Ottumwa this week as grand juryma
e Miss Alma Olney is attending scho
Il in Chillicothe.
t Quig. Gardner left last week to a
i tend school in Cedar Falls.
g Professor and Mrs. Sans, of Stuar
4 spent the holidays at Mrs. Sans D
l. rents, Mr. and Mrs. Shields, of Du
f ley.
e School has commenced again at C
c lumbia after two weeks vacation.
q EddyvlIe.
S Eddyville, Jan THE Charter o.
J. Literary and Debating society gave i
n first regular program at the c.
S schoolhouse on Sand Ridge, Frids
: night. The program commenced at
n O'Clock and lasted until after 10 o'clot
and the house was literally packe
% The debate, Resolved, That Ignorant
I. does more to produce crime than cit
or pouort,, or Nyooltb uo, l;,,;laa I;