Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-15
Munterville.


Munterville.
Munterville, July 15.-Mrs. ]. M.
Oval, who went to Ottumwa last Fri
day to visit friends came home Satur-
day having had very pleasant time.
Mrs. Gustav Johnson of Munterville
tervlile this week.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Sander Pier
son, July z, a son.!
E. G.. Allen and Will Gibson left for
Dakota Sunday afternoon an a land
seeing tour and will probably be gone
for week or two.
Rev. E. Linden and wife were
Blakesburg visitors Friday in company
with j. N. Peterson.
OBJ. Majors is having a we'll bored
on his farm near the house, which will
certainly be great improvement to
the place. N 80
Quite number of the farmers are
now busy putting up their hay, crop,
but it seems that the majority will
| wait week or ten days yet on account
of the unsettled weather as hay will
easily spoil now with much wet wealth
er on account of the heavy green I'M
| dergrowth.t a. q sa - t=5
An excellent yield of potatoes is re-
ported by all but in nearly every in
Estance the potatoes. are already COM
mencing to rot on account of so much
excess of moisture as the top growth
| is unusually heavy, which SO shields
the groundgthatyi cannot dry out be
tween the showersi sQfsts:., 10 +. .,a
Everett Johnston of Bidwell was a
,Munterville, visitor two days this
week. - -
| MI. and Mrs, John Swanson were OF
tllmwa visitors Tuesday Of last week
[ Swan Allen and four children of Red
EOak are visiting relatives and friends
here this week.
I. Quite a. number of rye stacks are
already peepirig over the county and in
a very short, time the. hum Of the
/ threshing machine will be. heard III !,
en- gi:sas Murray. sRs sps
( Murray. July Is Misses: Ora I'll
Hard, Mary Warren, Mrs. John Allison
and son. Charlie, WIN meet the family
/ of Oren Ruffcorn Of Weldon and go tc
:. Colorado Friday evening for a sum
mer's outing.
4 Chas. Bott is putting roof on his
!, house this week.
i The heavy rain last Tuesday nigh
caused the /. o. o. F. cellar to cave in
The damage is estimated at ,S25.
i Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson, who hay,
been visiting in Omaha, will return
Saturday.
4 Walter Adams and wife of Charlton
are visiting their brother at the home
of ]. E. Wick,
4 Fred Neucomb and family of Lamon
spent Sunday night with Mr.. Neu
combs brother.
John Allison and Mr. Layton return
:. ed home from Kansas Sunday night.
M. F. Grigg went to Chicago Mon
day.
Sheriff Scott came UP from Osceol'
| Friday.
i Osceola and Murray baseball teams
i played on the diamond Friday after
noon and the game terminated 4 to
j in favor Of Osceola. ss
4 Mrs. Chas. Morgan and children hav
: gone on the excursion to Denver, Col
!. Glen Garfield severed his engage
!, ment with the J. F.. Taylor circus bant
/ and returned to his home here Wed
!, nesday afternoon ts1Eeq
4 J.W. :Linard sold his fine farm, soutl
) of this place this week to a party iron
{ Illinois; $50 acres, at S66 per TIL
/ purchaser will take possession in tn
, fall. Mr.. Linard will move his famil.
, to their former home near Winterset.
: An Eastern Star lodge was organize
) here Friday evening.
The G. A. R. post has been reorgar
lied. 1t is hoped by loyal member
} it will notSbe let run down again, an
i that soon, Murray may have. a Relic
Corps.
Agent Wood. and family returne
home from a visit in Kansas Thursday
: Maple Grove.
Maple Grove, July 15.-Miss Mimi
Coe had the misfortune to get severed
stung while working with swarm c
/ bees.
Mrs. L. Moon was shopping in Mo-
avia Monday.
The farmers of this vicinity are yer
busy preparing for the harvest
Luke Dodd was a business. Gale
near here a few days ago.
!. Misses Lottie and Ona Hicks an
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