Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-31

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er, Mrs. a., Packer and Miss Helen
We're over from Mt. Pleasant and Wis.
tied relatives Wednesday and Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Becker are the
happy parents of little daughter.
MRS. Almeda Roe of Earlam and
jackson Matthews of western Nebras-
ka, arrived Saturday. Mrs. Frank Ben
nett OF Denver, Colo., and Mr.. and Mrs.
b. Crew of Pierce, Neb., came Sunday
morning, called here by the death of
Richard Matthews.
MRS. Losey and Miss Jessie have re-
turned to their home at Galesburg, II
linois.
Last week Mrs. Matte Mcdonald
entertained her nieces, Miss Dick of
Big Mound, and Miss Rowe of Mason
City.
The people were shocked Friday
morning when the news of the death
OF Richard Mathews was received. Mr..
Mathews had been to Hillsboro and
was returning home. Only short dis
lance of his homeward journey had
been traversed when heart failure
claimed its victim and the Great Gre
| ator and Keeper of all called him to
the peaceful home beyond. Mr.. Math-
! ews had lived many years in and near
Selma. was kind and faithful hus-
Dand and father and was ever ready
and willing to help those in need. His
ever cheerful disposition had won him
large circle of friends, who will
| greatly miss him and who extend their
sincere sympathy to the family, who
are so suddenly and sadly bereft.
A wife and two SONS. Jackson and
Herbert; three daughters, Mrs. Bell
Bennett, Mrs. Ella Crew and Miss Kate
Mathews and sister, Mrs. James
Bicksler survive him. Mrs. Rhoda
| Wilmeth, Mrs. Almeda Roe, sisters of
Mrs. Mathews. and other relatives,
with large concourse of friends, at
tended the funeral services, conduct
ed by Rev. Henderson at the Congre.
gational church, Sunday afternoon at
O'Clock. Interment at the city Gem
etery.
Anderson Pittman, Anthony Pitt
man, wife and little son from Mis-.
souri,, and Mrs. Clara Rye of Mt. Pleas
| ant, are guests at the home of their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Pitt.
man, and at the home of Mrs. Anthony
Pittman's father, Prof. Burlington.
Belknap.
Belknap, July 29.-Mr. and Mrs. Lew
Wage and little son, Misses Laura and
Kate Box of Cedar Rapids and Carita
and Glen Box Of Eldon, visited here
last week with w. L. Mccormick and
wife and other friends.
Mrs. Mary Sharon and son, Clifford.
attended the ice cream supper at the
Stanley Hathaway home in Bloomfield
Friday evening.
VIM. Pickett was a Moulton visitor
Sunday.
A little son was born to Frank Petit
and wife last Monday night.
Mrs. c. F. Dahl and children of Pack.
wood, who have been visiting here for
some time at the M. F. and Mrs. E. A.
Patterson homes, returned to their
home Friday.
Henry Morgan and two children re-
turned to their home at Cincinnati Fri
day. Mr.. Morgan left his infant child,
which had been quite ill, here with it's
uncle and aunt, ]. w. johnson and
wife. The little one is reported almost
well again.
Cal. A. Cree of Bloomfield spent Sat
urday night and Sunday at the T. c.
Cree home. She visited also at the
Carl Guile home in the evening before
returning home on the passenger.
Mrs. Olmyra Morris and granddaugh-
ter, Orpha, and Mrs. Sarah MCGEE
were Ottumwa visitors Sunday at the
Felix Dickerson and j. S. Huffman
homes.
j. w. Miller was business visitor to
Ottumwa Thursday and Friday.
Eta Mum Of Sherman Chapel visit
ed here Saturday night at the home
of her aunt, Mrs. Cora Pickett.
Cecil Millice Of Nichols, who is visit
ing friends at Drakeville. visited here
last week with Mrs. Emma Williams.
Charles Gray and wife of South OF
tumwa came here Saturday night for a
visit at the parental Aaron Gray
home. Mr.. Gray returned home Sun
day evening. Mrs. Gray expects to
spend the rest of the week here.
Mrs. J. 2. Eberline is spending the
day with Mrs. A. D. Mum of Sherman
Chapel.
Mrs. j. B. Lafferty and daughter,
Mrs. Olive johnson of Alexis, ILL.,, came
Tuesday for visit with Mrs. E. A.
Patterson and children. j. B. Lafferty
came up from Milton Saturday evening
to spend Sunday with them.
j. M. Eberline and wife and daugh.
ter Leila and O. ]. Burns and wife at
tentded the ice cream supper at the
James Brundage home at Shunem Sat
urday night. The supper was to have
been surprise but owing to the heavy
rain but few were able to come.
James McGahey of Seymour was a
visitor last week at the Mrs. E. A. and
M. F. Patterson homes.
Will Castings of Eldon spent Sun
day evening with friends at Belknap
Hattie Thompson and Mamie Gray
spent Saturday at Bloomfield.
| Maud Putnam of Chicago came Fri.
day for a visit at the parental James
Putnam home.
| Soap Creek.
Soap Creek, July 29.-Grace Melon
aid of Bloomfield visited with her par
ents Saturday and Sunday in Udell.
Harry Samnle was a ca11ar of Tohn