Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

found the work there too hard and has
returned here to the parental |. Ware
home for time.
Floy McCreery and Goldie Goode, OF
Bloomfield, spent Saturday and sun
day here at the G. H. Hughes and T
G. Davis homes.
Mabel Miller returned home Satur
day evening from visit in Ottumwa
with her sister, Mrs. l.. e. Stevens.
Loa McGowen, of Bloomfield spent
Sunday here with Ruth Combs.
Alice O'Neal, of Floris, who at pres.
ent is staying in Bloomfield, attended
services here at the M. E. church yes.
terday evening.
Mrs. A. Dixon and sister, Anna Guile
of Moulton, visited here Sunday with
their sister Mrs. Almyra Morris.
Viola and Ella Tomey,of Bloomfield
attended services here Sunday even.
ing at the NJ. E. church.
Marvel Morgan and Sylvia Myers
are i'll with the measles.
The family of Mrs. Mary Caldwell
has been quarantined for smallpox
Ada being i'll with that disease.
Clyde Spohr and wife are moving to
Eldon today,Mr Spohr having secured
employment there.
j. t. Mum and wife, who We're call
ed to Drakeville by the illness OF the
little daughter of D. M. Mum, both
returned home i'll Saturday and Mrs.
Mum is still very sick.
Mrs. Catharine Dunn and daughter,
Mrs. Clara Barton. of Bloomfield, Wis
tied here Saturday with the formers
brother, Joel MCGEE, and wife.
Walter Mum and family visited
Saturday night and Sunday near Sher-
man Chapel at the Michael Ware
home.
Mrs. E. J. Woodford writes back
from Harrisburg, Arkansas, where she
has been making visit, that she was
leaving there for visit at New Cas-
tie. Indiana, with a brother whom she
had not seen for fifty years.
The infant child of Walter Mum
and wife was i'll last week but is bet
ter again.
January IA was Elmyra Bolwar's
eighteenth birthday and number of
friends gathered in to surprise her.
Those present We're Mrs. E. B. Hook
er, Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Skinner, Mr..
and Mrs. j. w. Russell and son Fall
ace, Misses Stella Monroe. Ethel Wish
ard, Maude Grant, Nellie Wishard.
Lewis, Olive Wray, Olive Jennings.
Lizzie Ware, Maude Mccormick, Lora
Harbour, Ola Wells Chloe Burris, Irene
Mccormick, Eva Lockman, June Lock
man, Messrs Clifford Sharon. e. d.
Martin, w. S. Banded, J. o. Murphy,
Fred Wishard, OFT Banded, c. G. Mar
tin, Elliott Bachman, Bert Wishard.
Elmer Bandel, Jesse Mccormick,
Frank Pottorff, Roy Pottorff G. w.
Ware, Gene Williams. Roy Bell, Clay
Vest, Claude Jennings, Lewis Baum
gartner.
Quite number of young people was
present at surprise party on Susie
Gray Friday evening, it being her
twentieth birthday. Those present
We're Misses Nora and Nellie Wishard.
Hattie and Ora Thompson, Lou and
lnez Harbour Bessie Keithler, Nellie
Turner, Iva Duke, Chloe Burris, Ollie
Crulkshank, Messrs. Charley Hull FL
lott Bachman, Ruel Turner Ray Rus
sell, Clarence and Charley Wishard,
Joe Mohler, Clay Vest, Harry Kline.
Gene Williams. Logan Bunten, James
Hardy, Ottie Sayles, Frank and John
McNey. Charley Smith, Allen Jones,
Mr.. and Mrs. ,Oris Russell and daugh-
ter Hazel, Mrs. Warrington and daugh-
tiers Alkaline and Lillian Light re-
freshments We're served.
Bunch
Bunch, Jan.29.-Jess Goodwin's boy
died last Thursday of fever The fun
eral was held Friday
James Zigler, Martin Glassburner,
Clarence Hoover and Walker Smith
all started for Oklahoma City, Oklaho-
ma, Tuesday, Jan. 81.
Oliver Adams and family visited at
the Sam Clyman home last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Ireland are
the proud parents of nine pound boy
born last Friday
S. Kinsinger and family visited with
his son, P. j. Kinsinger of this place
last Sunday.
Lonzo Hannars, of Ash Grove, bu-
ried their little boy Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Jones visited
at the Marion Irland home last Sun
day.
Elder S. B. Downing has bought pro-
perty in Drakesville and will move
there as soon as convenient.
Lewis Albright and wife, of Ash
grove, George Smith and wife, of
Unionville, and Valentine Moore and
wife, all visited at the Walker Smith
home last Sunday.
Lucy West, of Albany, visited with
her sister, Mrs. Sylvester Hoover. last
Sunday.
TT. Morrison was in Unionville last
Sunday.
Oliver Adams was in Unionyille
Monday On business.
James Collins had what might have
ABSOLUTE FAITH.