Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-01

at the launching of the battleship
Nebraska.
Bloomfield.
Bloomfield, June 27.-Mr. and Mrs.
Will Adams and children. who reside
on a farm near Memphis, Mo-, arrived
here Thursday and are visiting their
sister, Miss Lille Hamilton, who has
charge Of the Sickle telephone cen.
trail Office.
The republicans of this city are all
happy over the result of the judicial
convention held in Ottumwa on Wed.
nesday, in that Judge f. W. Eichel-
berger was re-nomianted.
The Courierstatedrec that moth
ing could be learned in Ottumwa re.
garding the Lees recently married in
this place. j. w. Lee is, and has
been for many months, barber in the
Ballingall barber shop of Ottumwa.
Miss Ruth Tilmont of Centerville is
visiting at the home of her uncle, G
w. Phillips, cashier of the Savings
bank of this place.
One of the most delightful social
events of the summer season occurred
Thursday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Thomas J. Hill who. together
with Mrs. Theodore Taylor and Mrs,
Sol A. Lorenz received during theeaf-
ternoon some 200 friends. From
O'Clock till $3.50 the parlors were filled
with elderly women for whose amuse-
ment hemming contest was conduct
ed in which Mrs. M. Brenneman, hav.
ing taken the daintiest stitches and
laid the neatest hem, was awarded a
handsome, silver thimble. At $3.50
O'Clock the young people arrived attir-
ed in the most bewitching summer
toilets. The guests were entertained
by contest consisting of love story
of which Mrs. Hill was the author.
The love story, which was most in
genious little invention, contained
blanks to be filled by the titles of pop
ular books. In this the successful con-
testants were so numerous that the
matter was decided by; guessing the
number of pages in a book held upsto
view. Miss. Martha Clayton, making
the most correct guess, received as a
prize that interesting little volume en-
titled What Is Worth While" Light
refreshments were served in the dining
room, Misses Helen Wray and Garnet
Taylor presiding at the refresh
ment table which was pref
tily decorated with smilax and roses,
The guests were served by Misses
Glen Sheaffer and Sadie Tepmbs.
Music was furnished throughout the
afternoon by the Junior orchestra
which furnished delightful music. The
afternoons entertainment added an
other number to the successful social
events of the summer.
D. M. Reed suffered light stroke
of paralysis of the left side Thursday
morning. The stroke afterward ex-
tended to the right side by which the
patient is at present. rendered entirely
helpless. s
panied by Misses Minnie and Amanda
HardyHardy left Thursday for Ottum-
wa where they spent the evening and
attended Wallace Bros. show.
Bloomfield, June 2S.-Miss Laura
Wilson has returned from Cedar Rap.
ids where she has been spending the
past few weeks with, relatives.
The remains of Mrs. Thomas Noble:
who died Thursday in 'fTrenton,3 Mo-
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R..
e. Collier, were brought to this place
for burial on Thursday evening", The
funeral services occurred Friday at
the M. E. church, conducted by Rev.
R. L. Patterson, of Ottumwa, assisted
by Rev. j w Potter. The remains
were inferred in the Lester cemetery.
Another successful ball game was
played at, the fair grounds Thursday
when the BARRIERS and gro
erymen crossed bats for the benefit of
the public park, the BARRIERS winning
the game by ascore of 80 to 21.f The
formed at $3.50 o'clock and
to the fair grounds proceed
ed by the Bloomfield cornet band
playing lively airs. The BARRIERS were
attired in white linen shaving suits
and wore black caps, the grocers, how
ever, did not wear uniform style of
dress. The first inning was decidedly
the grocers as they succeeded in maxi
ing eight of their twenty scores which
were secured by fusilade of hits
and succession of errors. The Bar
bers in their half were able to send
only three men around the sacks, and
it looked as though the Grocers were
going to toy with the BARRIERS. The
tide of affairs began to turn with the
second inning, Rogers. who started
out to twirl for the BARRIERS, was re-
placed by Sutton and the Grocers
were retired with but two runs. The
BARRIERS in their turn made two more
runs and were retired with the score
of 10 to in favor of the Grocers. At
the third inning the Grocers scored
once on two hits and an error. The
BARRIERS opend up their half with a
batting streak and when the mists
cleared away the score stood IL to IL
in favor of the shavers. In the fourth
the Grocers tied the score, but from
that time on their opponents gradual
ly drew away from them. The re.
naming innings were featureless and
replete with errors on, both sides.
Sutton Bros, the battery for the Bar
bers, did good work as did Battin and
Young for the Grocers, but both were
oriuoy cir hot ciA n