Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-04
Short Tales Concerning People You
Know.
lHE VICINITY OF OTTUMWA IN BRIEF
sirths, Deaths, Marriages, Movements
OF Your Acquaintance as chronicied
ny courier's STAFF of Correspondents
Who Know Whereof They SpeaI:.
Bloomfield.

Bloomfield, Nov. 1.-THE gayety of
the winter season was we'll opened
Thursday evening at the home of MIS-.
r. ]. Hill. who entertained about sixty
young people at a six o'clock dinner.
The guests arrived to find the spac
ious parlors comfortably filled with
little tables and presenting most in
viting appearance. Round these gath
cred the ever numerous small cir
cles of congenial spirits, which in any
chosen company of friends form cir
cles within the circle. Under such de-
lightful circumstances formality was
forgotten and the delicious dinner was
enjoyed while entertaining table talks
We're being carried on. Mesdames
Lorenz and Johnson and Misses Ella
Herr and Alta LorenZ of Kirksville,
Mo-, assisted in serving. The evening
hours were greatly enjoyed, the great
er portion of the time being spent in
dancing, for which delightful pastime
the. Hill home is admirably adapted.
Mrs H. c. Taylor Mrs. Fred Wallace
and Misses Mabel Palmer and Carrie
Davies furnished the music for this
entertainment, the square dances be,
ing called off by Attorney H. G. Tay-
Z lor The remainder OF the evening
VISA spent in playing games On Fri
day evening the same number OF mar
ried people were entertained at din
ner the affair and this occasion being
arranged in harmony with the Hallow-
cen season, which afforded pleasure
able amusement for the evening.
General j. B. Weaver of ColfaX, who
is to deliver an address at the court
house today, arrived in the city Thurs
day and is visiting at the home of At
torney d. H. Payne
Attorney c. j. Thorne of Washing
ton, is visiting at the home of his
cousins. Drs. H. c. and ]. w. Young,
While attending the case now pending
in the district court
Mrs Mary Fulton of Flagstaff, Ari.
iona, arrived Tuesday at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Collins, with whom
she will spend couple of months
Mrs. w. S. Shrieve and Miss Thel
ma Park of Troy, spent Wednesday in
this city at the home of Mrs. Shrieve's
sister. Mrs. H. G. Leach.
The citizens are greatly disappoint-
ied that Governor Cummins has been
obliged to cancel his engagement to
deliver an address in this city this ev
ening On account of the failure of his
voice
Miss Ethel Gilbert entertained her
Sunday school class at picnic in the
woods Thursday, delightful day be-
ing spent among the rustling autumn
leaves.
In the case OF Mrs. Gertrude Gray
OF Canteryille VS. DR.. Fl. C. Young of
this city. charged with malpractice
while attending the plaintiff two years
ago, the testimony of the commission
Of physicians from Ottumwa, appoint
ed by the court to examine and dag
nose the case of the plaintiff was con
Guided yesterday afternoon. The COM
mission failed to find any dislocations
and pronounced the patient very ner.
vous and apprehensive OF pain, show
ing also symptoms of hysteria. DR.. d.
A. LaForce testified that he believed
that if sufficiently encouraged the
plaintiff might have walked in time
and that he believed her mind to be
very susceptible to impressions re
garding her condition. DR.. Spilman
in testifying to her nervous condition
used the term ''traumatic nurosis,
rather than "hysteria" He also tes
titled that he regarded the plaintiffs
belief in the dislocation of the hip tc