Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-08

Packing House and the East End.
A. A. Hill of Milwaukee, Wis, was
at the plant on business Thursday
Clyde NJ Burns, of the local depart
ment, is enjoying his annual vacation.
T. Holl Spilman was in Chicago on
business last week, returning Thurs
day.
Miss Mary List is very ill at her
home on Mable street, with typhoid fe-
YER
John Copeland, of Batavia, brought
a fine bunch of hogs to the plant
Thursday.
Joe Hopkins, of the telephone desk,
spent short time in Des Moines last
week on business.
e. Fisher, who works in the trim
ming department, is confined to his
home with measles.
Hunter McMichael, formerly stud.
ent at the high school, has accepted a
position in the Office.
Abe Hayes, of Spickardsville, Mo-,
one of the patrons of the house, was a
visitor at the plant Friday.
Rev. 7. E. Sherman, pastor of the
| West End Presbyterian church, was a
caller at building D Thursday.
R. R. Ramsell, bookkeeper in the
office, who has been off on his annual
vacation, has returned to work
Bernard Allott, of the jobbing de-
partment in the office, has returned to
work after an illness of few days.
The musical entertainment given at
the East End Mission Friday evening
by the Davis family was pronounced
success.
Thomas Haddon is putting a new
roof on his house on Railroad street
and making other needed improve
ments.
Milt Wallen. formerly of the local
department, but now timekeeper on
the c., B. & @. grade, was at the house
Monday on business.
Fred C. Mcmillan, division freight
agent of the Wabash with headquar
tiers at Des Moines, was business Wis
itcr at the house last week.
James McGahey, assistant paymas
ter, is spending his two weeks vaca
ton at Indianapolis, Ind, the home Of
his parents, who are celebrating Their
silver wedding.
Ed. Mosher, formerly of the killing
| department, and his mother, Mrs
Bridget Mosher, left during the past
j week for Chicago, and expect to make
their future home in that city.
Mrs. George Covell, who was former
ly Miss Mildred Hawksworth, is visit
ing among her many friends in East
Ottumwa. She will return in few
days to her home in Foreston, Ill.
George Wright, an old employee ii
the local department, and until recent
ly member of Co. F. 18th infantry il
the Philippines for the past three
years, was a caller at the plant Thurs
day.
Earl Rhine, formerly of the mail or
der desk, has been promoted to the pc
sition of journal clerk, being succeeded
by Oscar Pierson, formerly head mai
boy, who has been promoted to the pc
sition on the order desk to succeed
Earl Rhine.
II A letter was received recently b.
Mrs. Lena Zimmerman at her home
east of the city, from Mrs. Belle Mel
son, who formerly resided in East OF
tumWa, DuC is HOW living IN stump
town, MINI. Mrs. Nelson expresses
herself as being very well pleased will
her new home.
The following people who attended
the funeral of Mrs. Thomas Boyd Sun
: day, returned to their homes early il
the week. Mrs. Ellen A. Boyd ant
her sons, Herbert, A. D., S. N. and G
S. Boyd, of Russell; Mrs. A. e. Allen
of La Grange, and Mrs. Albert G. Deav
er, Bloomington, III.
The Ladies' Missionary society o
the East End Presbyterian church me
at the home of Mrs. VIM. Stinson OF
West Hayne street, Thursday after
noon and listened to an interesting re
port from the delegate to the meeting
of the Iowa Presbytery, which was re
Gently held in Burlington.
i Joseph Newstrom of Upsala, Swed
en-, is in the city visiting his brother
Iin-law, Alex Seaberger, who works il