Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-01
LITTLE BITS OF NEWS
Short Tales Concerning People You
Know.
THE VICINITY OF OTTUMWA In BRIEF
Births, Deaths, Marriages, Movements
OF Your acqualntances as chronicIed
j by courIers Staff of Correspondents
Who Know Whereof They Speak.
Charlton.
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Charlton.
Charlton, June 27.-Mrs. Fred Palm
er departed yesterday for few days
visit with relatives in Oskaloosa.
Eugene Bryan has returned from
Knoxville, where he has been employ.
ed.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Rebel and chill
dren spent the day yesterday in Des
Moines attending the Elks carnival.
Mrs. Wiley Young of Olmitz visited
in the city yesterday with her son c.
e. Fluke and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Kubitshek and
granddaughter, Margaret Mallory, ar
rived home Thursday from a winters
sojourn in Denver. They will spend
the summer here.
Messrs Geo. Dillman and Henry
Newhouse of Oakley were county seat
visitors yesterday.
Mrs. Otto Nelson came yesterday
from Ottumwa for visit with her
mother, Mrs. Lingren, and sister, Mrs.
Dalstrom.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Curtis of Russell
were in the city Thursday on business.
Rev. Borg left today for Munterville
where he will attend mission meeting.
Miss Lille Douglass went to Russell
last evening for visit with the fam.
lily of e. c. Lewis.
Rev. Joseph Maple and wife arrived
yesterday from Armstrong, Mo-, for a
visit with his brother, l.. F. Maple and
family.
Miss Myrtle Alter Of Tacoma was in
the city Thursday for brief visit with
friends.
A social dance was given last even
ing at the armory, probably the last
one of the season.
Rev. Shaw of Pella came yesterday
for visit with friends in the vicinity
of May church, where he will preach
next Sunday.
, Rev. w. II. Savers of Des Moines Is
a guest of Rev. Fred Palmer.
Mrs. Johnson returned to her home
in Mt. Pleasant today after visit with
her sister, Mrs. Jno. o. Coles.
Charlton, June 2S.-B. N. Wood,
who recently bought the Holverson
and James lumber yard, sold out to-
day to Harry Stewart Mr. Wood left
last, evening for his home in South
Dakota.
Roy Stroud returned last evening
from Des Moines, where he has been
in attendance at the Elks carnival.
The ice cream supper that was to
have been given at the Central church
in English township last evening was
postponed indefinitely on account of
the rain.
Mr.. Thomas Campbell died at his
home in Benton township yesterday,
at noon, from cancer of the breast,
Mr.. Campbell has been a patient suf-
fer for months, and death came more
as relief. Brief funeral services
We're held today at Otterlein church,
and the remains laid to rest in the
Charlton cemetery.
Death has claimed another of
Chariton's citizens, in the person of
S. d. Hickman, who died yesterday
morning at o'clock. Mr.. Hickman
was one of the early settlers of Lucas
county, having come here i'm the latter
part of the sixties. He taught school
in an early day, afterward taking up
the pratice of law, at which he was
very successful. The funeral SER
vices will be held tomorrow. afternoon
from the late residence at two o'clock
conducted by Rev. Henry, of the
Episcopal church, when the remains
will be laid to rest in the Charlton
cemetery. The bereaved family have
the sympathy of many friends in their
time of sorrow.
d. 8. Wright in enjoying himself in
Des Moines this week
Lee Culbertson has resigned his
position with the Champion Machine
company.
Mrs. Frank Pearson has returned
home from visit with relatives in
Humeston.
Owing to the rain last evening
there was no band concert
but the colored band of Cleveland
No. 4, will give us an open air con-
cert this evening.
Miss Jessie Byrum arrived yester-
day from Greenfield for visit with
the families of Henry and Irwin Way
wick.
Mr.. Sherman returned last evening
from Des Moines where he had been
to attend to some business and visit
relatives.
Since the tragedy that happened on
the levee a. couple of weeks ago, the
ministers have found subjects suit
able for their evening, services. To-
morrow evening Rev. Palmer of Bap-
list church will talk on who Is to
Blame for the Recent Murder
in Charlton" and Rev. Haste
of the Christian church will
address his hearers on "Some Of