Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-06


French of Ottumwa and Prof. A. L.
Lyons of Unionville.
Chorus, Swing Song" pupils room
5.
Two part chorus, MARY Jane" pu
pills room Z.
Recitation, "The Wooing Of Miss
Moffitt." Mae Hinkle.
Recitation, History and Heroism, >
Kenneth f. Baldridge.
Recitation, "The Honor of Words"
Ruby Phillips.
Violin solo, Kathel Fryberger.
Recitation, Gaelic and Swan,
Maude Dabney.
Recitation, "Dan'rs Apparition and
Prayer" Dale harrington
Recitation, "The Sioux Chiefs
Daughter" Ethel Gilbert.
Vocal Gavotte, by Wilson, sung by
pupils of Room s.
Col. S. A. Moore and grandson, Sam
Moore, came up from Des Moines Sat.
urday for short visit at home, return
ing to the legislature today.
The rain of the past few days ended
in slight snow storm on Friday
night and on Saturday morning the
cold winds of March" made people
"tremble and SILVER" The month OF
March came in blowing and buster
ing, raining and showing, and as lit
tie girl who had not yet mastered the
pronunciation of her rs observed,
March has come in like Dion and l
suppose it will go out like DAM"
Bloomfield, March 4-Miss Emma
Stemsberry, of West Grove, is spend
ing several days at the home of her
brother. Allen Stansberry, while en-.
route home after spending a month or
more at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Lola Savage, of Livermore, Kan.
Mr.. Herr, of Ottumwa, was guest
at the Sickle home on Sunday.
N. J. and j. H. Shelton have pur-
chased Of K. T. Hotchkiss, the Smith
farm known as the Kilro property,
near the K G. junction.
Dan Bolick, Of near Burlington, who
purchased the Oslo Meredith farm
last fall, has moved his family here
and taken possession of the farm.
Mr.. Bolick's son has also moved his
family onto the Vorhis farm and Mr..
Vorhis is occupying the Cassatt prop
erty until the new home which he pro-
poses building on the property recent
lily purchased near the fair ground, is
completed
The marriage of Miss Grace Davis,
formerly of this city, to F. L. Slusher.
assistant cashier of the First National
bank, of Hobart, Oklahoma occurred
last week at the home of the brides
sister, Mrs. Will Saunders.
Mrs. CIV. Phillips, Mrs. D. H.Payne
and Mrs. S. A. Lorenz, members of the
Methodist Guild, held an exchange
Saturday afternoon in order to earn
one dollar each, in accordance with
the talent scheme for earning money
that has been adopted by the Guild
in order to raise funds for an Easter
offering. The same trio continue the
exchange on next Saturday.
Mrs. G. G. Carroll and son Wilbur
have returned from White Elm, where
they visited relatives for several days.
Mrs. Mary Stoner, who has been
spending the winter at the home of
her brother, R. Colliver, has returned
to her former home near West Grove.
Bloomfield. March 5.-Mrs. w. T.
Smith left Tuesday for Wautenda,
Okla. to visit her sister, Mrs. Swift.
who is very sick.
T. j. Harley, of this city, whose
marriage to Miss Dollie Miller of New
London will occur in that city the lat
ter part of the week, has rented the
west rooms of the j. W. Stark resi-
dence, where they will live in the near
future.
Rev. ]. w. Stark has returned from
Cincinnati, where he occupied the
Presbyterian pulpit last Sunday and
visited at the home of his sister. Mrs.
Clara WOODBURY..
Mrs. w. H. McAchran is spending
several days in Des Moines, where as
a member of the board, she was called
to meet the managers of the Benedict
home.
Revival services commenced at the
first Baptist church on Tuesday even
ing conducted by Evangelist D. L..
Shultz. The gospel hymns song SER
vice opened at 1880, followed by SER
mon on the subject, Where Will You
Spend Eternity"
With the beginning of spring many
changes are taking place among the
farmers Of Davis county. Well known
faces have disappeared and new ones
have taken their place. The sale Of
farm property in Davis county during
the past year has not been equaled
before for many years Among the
new settlers, three families have arriv-
ed from Henry county, Illinois, Lud-
wick TONNES, Jas. Wend and Herman
Royal, Eugene Thommes, of Odell, ILL.,,
J. B. Merford of North Henderson,
Dennis Bolick of Burlington and David
A. Bolick of Greenwood, Neb.
| The suit for malpractice against DR..
H. G. Young, who some time ago re-
ceived notice that on or before March
such suit would be on file in the
Office of the county clerk, is now on
file on the appearance docket. o. S..
Gray of Centerville, husband of the in
jured woman, sues for $4,000 damages,
also the wife, Mrs. Gertrude Gray,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. L. S. Hatton
Of this city, sues for $4,000.
The Davis county Sunday school
convention will be held at the Presby-
terrain church. The program has been
carefully prepared and good attend
ance Is expected.
| Mrs. Lutte Burchett is visiting in Mil
ton, where she was called by the i'll
ness of her sister, Mrs. Karr, who is
very sick with pneumonia.
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