Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-22
Short Tales Concerning People You
Know.
THE VICINITY OF OTTUMWA IN BRIEF
Births. Deaths, Marriages, Movements
of Your acquaintances as chronicled
by Courier's Staff of Correspondents
Who Know Whereof They Speak.
MunterviIIe.

Munterville, May 22.-Rev. e. T. Lin
den left for Burlington Tuesday to at
tend conference and will return homa
the latter part of the week.
MI. and Mrs. Joe Harlan and Mrs.
Fred Jones, visited with Mr.. and Mrs.
Nels Hall last Monday
Stella and Roy Pearson are reported
quite sick with the measles, which
sickness seems to be quite prevalent
around here this. spring.
Alex. Johnson was an Ottumwa Wis
itor last Monday. D.i
Mrs. Nels Hall entertained the La
dies Aid society of the Lutheran
church last Monday, the day was a
/, beautiful summer day and the attend.
ance was quite large.
Mr. and Mrs. John Pearson enter.
: tanned at dinner last Sunday num-
Der of friends. Those present were as
follows: Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Allen of
J Chiilicothe. Mrs. Ed. Nye and daugh-
tiers of Chillicothe, Alfred Anderson
and Miss Vina Allen, of Ottumwa, Mr..
and Mrs. Erland Allen and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Hasselrooth, of
Pekay, attended church here last Sun
day
\ Last Sunday was confirmation day
at the Lutheran church in Munterville,
there being nine of the young people
confirmed, the class consisting of six
young ladies and three young men, as
follows: Misses Clara Johnson, Hull
dab Nelson, Manda Allen, Hannah
Pearson, Lena Anderson, Pauline An
Z derson, Messrs. Allie Anderson, Louis
Carlson and Henry Burnsdet. The at
I tendance at church was unusually
large, quite a number of people being
2 present from OttumWa and other sur
rounding towns.
Freddie Johnson was visitor home
last Sunday, also friend They at.
{ tended the confirmation exercises.
= Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Johnston and wife
and Miss Navy Small, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
win Grooms. Al. Grooms and daughter
Grace, and Bruce Grooms visited with
L. L. Swenson and wife last Sunday.
Mrs. Gust Carlson is reported quite
sick this weak, being under the doc
tors care.
ia Mrs. Rev. E. T. Linden, Mrs. Char
LEY Johnson, Mrs. John Pearson and
Mrs. M r. Hokanson visited with Mrs
II. L. Swenson Tuesday afternoon.
Batavia.
Batavia, May 22.-Victor johnson, ioI
sDes Moines, preached at the Christian
church here Sunday.
Miss Mollie Campbell came up from
Fairfield Sunday morning and spent
the day with her cousin, Mrs. Downey
returning on No. Sunday evening.
Miss Inez Fishel went to New Lon
don Sunday morning to spend few
days with her aunt, Miss Sadie Fishel
James Eller, of Ottumwa, was an ov
er Sunday visitor with his mother and
other relatives at this place.
Mrs. Taylor came up from Mt Pleas
ant Tuesday to visit her son, Fred Tay
lor, the postmaster
Misses Mamie and Ethel Montgom
cry, of jamestown, Kansas, are visit
ing their cousin, Edith Wright. While
here they will visit at Bladensburg and
Libertyville.
Misses Ruth and Grace Rooms visit
ed last week in the country at the
home of their aunt, Mrs. Susie Walker
Mesdames Hannah Alfred, Mollie Al
fred, Nellie Alfred, Emma Bradshaw
Emma Brown, Anna Rooms, Misses
Blanche Stever, Una Moss and Rutf