Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-17

Eberline and daughter Leila and Ola
Wells were recent visitors of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Wells
Clyde Spohr and wife moved Mon.
day from the Mrs. Howell property to
the Mrs. Thomas Mcclure property.
Isaac Jones and three of his chill
dren are i'll with the measles.
Mrs. Willie Wagner and children OF
Ottumwa visited last week at the pa,
rental Frank Pickett home.
Frank Pickett and wife of Sherman
Chapel and daughter, Mrs VIM Wag.
ner, and children of Ottumwa, visited
here Tuesday with VIM. Pickett and
family.
]. B. Mccormick, who has been EN-.
ployed for some time in Cedar Rap.
ids in a clothing store has returned
home to rest up awhile, his health hav-
ing become impaired.
Wesley Thompson of Floris shipped
in two carloads of brick and stone
Tuesday. Most of the material was
for Tom Turpin's place, northeast of
here. Enough brick was purchased
by the school board to wall well for
the school house.
Merna, Sylvia, Cecil and Alva My.
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of their uncle and aunt, Alfred Turpin
and wife, of Bloomfield.
| Addie Combs returned home the
first of last week from a visit with
friends in Ottumwa.
Mr.. Waldorf left Saturday for Tren-
ton, Mo-, where he expected to find
employment.
Mrs. Diana Myers was called to
Bloomfield Thursday to see her father,
George Galpin, who had been injured
by fall.
Mrs. G. v. Ware and son Homer and
sister, Bertha Anthony, of Ottumwa,
visited here Saturday and Sunday with
l. Ware and family. They were join
ed on Saturday evening by Mr.. Ware.
Myra Bolivar left this morning for
Bloomfield
Bessie Fleming of Drakeville took
dinner Thursday with Mr.. and Mrs. A.
w. Martin, where she has been attend
ing college for some time.
e. P. buckingham has purchased
the Jas. Hawkins farm of eighty acres
in Lick Creek township for the sum
of $1,000, but will not take possession
until next fall.
Mrs. John Rominger has returned
home from a months visit with her
sister, Mrs. w. H. Shahan of Grinnell.
Addie Orman and little niece. Matte
Carson, of Sherman Chapel, called on
Mrs. Libbie Martin Friday afternoon.
The party at Mace Onstott's, east of
here last Tuesday night was well at
tended and all report good time.
Mr.. Davis of Dakota is in this vicin-
ity looking after his farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Head, James
and Lizzie Berry of South Ottumwa,
spent Sunday at the G. F. Eberline
home.
Lizzie Mcconnell. and Arlie McIn-
tire intend starting for Kenesaw, Ne
braska, today to visit friends and rel
atives.
E. B. Mcconnell of Kingdom, Kan
sas, who has been visiting with his
parents at Drakesville, called on A.
w. Martin one day last week, leaving
on the Wabash that evening for Moul-
ton, where he and Miss Agnes Reni-
ker of that place were to be united in
marriage.
G. F. Eberline purchased 125 head
of sheep from G. w. Darnielle of Mon
terey last week.
Mrs. Frank Pickett is visiting rela-
tives in South Ottumwa
Hattie and Ora Thompson entertain
tanned number of young people at a
social Tuesday evening.
S. F. Mcconnell and wife and little
nephew of Bloomfield visited Sunday
afternoon here with the formers par
ents, Samuel Mcconnell and wife.
Nv nd M ,,c
granddaughter of Amador visited Sat
urday and Sunday with their son, A..
w. Martin, and wife. Mrs. Henry
Bachman and son and daughters, Ell
lott, Stella and Zelma of Sherman
Chapel and Mrs. F. L. Baker and son
Leland of Amador also visited at A.
w. Martins Saturday evening.
Mrs. l. Ware returned home Thurs
day from visit with friends at Sher-
man Chapel.
Clyde Spohr was an Eldon xisitor
Saturday evening.
Allie Morris, who is employed in OF
tumwa spent Sunday here with her
mother, Mrs. Almyra Morris.
Mrs. M. j. Ham of Bloomfield came
out Saturday evening for visit with
Mrs. Almyra Morris and other friends,
returned home this afternoon.
Mrs. Mary Smith left Sunday even
ing for her home in O'Brien county af-
ter an extended visit with relatives
and friends here.
Isaac Swinney and wife of Ottumwa
visited here Sunday with Joel MCGEE
and wife.
Eb. Bartlett, wife and baby of Enid,
Oklahoma, were callers Saturday
night at the A. W. Martin home. They
were enroute to Hopewell to attend
the funeral of Mrs. Bartlett's brother,
e. S. White, of that place, who died
Saturday afternoon from pneumonia
fever,
Mrs. Sarah Burkhalter and grand
son, Charley, of Soap Creek are visit
ing today at the Joel MCGEE home.
Mrs. ]. A. Warrington and Mrs.
Stanley Hathaway of Bloomfield were
visitors last week at the Mrs. Mary
Sharon home.
j. w. Bolivar took in sixteen head
of cattle here today leaving with them
for Floris, where he expects to make
out the load and to place them on
pasture there to feed this summer.