Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-20
Bloomfield.

Bloomfield, March 1S.-Frank Pier.
son, of Ottumwa. visited Sunday at the
home of his mother, Mrs. w. e. Galpin.
Charley : David after spending the
last three years in the Philippines, re-
turned Sunday from Denver, Colorado,
where he received his discharge last
week. Mr., Davies will tend his faith
er's farm this summer. as the latter in
tends moving his family to town.
| Chris Morrow, who resides four
miles southeast of Pulaski made bus
iiness trip to this place day or two
lago for the purpose of paying his taxes
| Upon reaching home he discovered
THAT four notes amounting to $3.50
which he carried in his pocket We're
missing, having been either lost or
stolen. Mr.. Morrow has stopped pay
ment on the notes and warns all per-
sons against buying them. The notes
range in amounts of $3.50, 5000. $1,000
and 5000.
MI. and Mrs. John Higbee of Ottum-
wa, spent Sunday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs Joseph Higbee.
Arch Rawlings has returned from Ar
kansas and Texas, where he has been
spending the past few years in rail
Iroading, and is visiting at the home of
his sister, Mrs. ]. c. FRASER.
Curtis Plank arrived Saturday night
from Kansas City and spent Sunday at
the parental home of Mr. and Mrs.
! John Plank
Miss Kate Sadler, telegraph operator
at the K. c. Junction, accompanied
by her sister, Ida, spent Sunday with
their parents in Missouri
Rev. j. w. Potter, A. d. Gibbons and
son, Peter Miss Jennie Burgess. Jas.
Ia. Rouche, Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman
Rowe Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Burchett,
Mr.: and Mrs. NJ F. Broadwell, Messrs.
Harry Burchett and Elmer Davis, VIM.
! Beckley; Misses Della and Halle Eng
land and the Misses Dilliner attended
the dedicatory services of the Meth
odist church at Moulton Sunday. 1t
lis reported that nearly four thousand
dollars was raised during the morn.
ing services.
Sunday morning. the Methodist pull,
pit was occupied by Miss Eva Shaw,
tof Ottumwa. district superintendent
of southeastern Iowa for the Children's
Home society of Des Moines Miss
Shaw occupied the morning hour in an
interesting account of the children's
home at Des Moines, relating many
pathetic stories of the nursing of the
thousands of homeless children that
have been received and eventually
placed in good Christian homes. where
they are being educated and cared for
as never before The talk was closed
with an earnest appeal to the people
to open their homes to some of these
little ones. Envelopes for contribu-
tons and slips for subscriptions We're
distributed and many of those present
added something to the fund for the
homeless children. The house how
ever was not well filed as the morning
was stormy, and strong March wind,
keen and cold, was blowing stiff gale
against which few could stand erect
Rev Edward Hastings. pastor of the
Christian church of Floris. passed
through this city on Monday on the
way to Pulaski where he is moulding
protracted meeting this week.
OF Tisdale. of New York City, for
mer student of the southern Iowa Nor
NAL, who is visiting at the parental
home in Stringtown, was business
visitor in this place Monday.
| O. S. Gray. of Centerville, made
business trip to this place on Monday.
EddyviIIe.
Eddyville, March 1S.-The funeral
services Of w. H. Morris were held at
the Baptist church Saturday afternoon