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

ments were served and the evening
was spent in most enjoyable man
ner
Mrs. F. l.. Baker is recovering from
her recent illness.
Mrs. Alex Martin and granddaugh-
ter, Miss Ada Martin, departed Thurs
day for Kansas City for a visit with
friends and relatives.
Mrs. Sadie Myers is seriously i'll.
Miss Nora Day will teach the spring
term of school at Harlan.
Hester Glover is engaged to teach
the Brush Creek school.
The Heckart sale was quite we'll at
tended. Mr.. Heckart and family ex-
pect to leave soon for their home in
Colorado. They have many friends
here who will regret their departure
Miss Grace Bachman spent Wednes-
day at the home OF F. l.. Baker.
Mrs. IT. d. Williams and Mrs. A.
Hanon visited Mrs. Miller Tuesday.
Rolla Gosney dined at E. Haning's
Monday
Mrs. E. B. Day visited Mrs. Life
Haning Wednesday.
Mrs. John Mcfarland and Mrs. John
Schwartz visited Mrs. Sadie Myers
Friday.
Newt. Shields was in town Monday.
1rma Day closed very interesting
term of school at Leando Friday.
Miss Annie Smyth is sojourning at
the F. L. Baker home.
Claude Arnold and Emmett Smyth
were callers at the Myers home
Thursday evening.
Tho nj; -
norman is slightly i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. 4. d. Williams went
to town Friday for an over-Sunday Wis
it with relatives.
Mrs. Lulu Wellman Cloyd visited her
mother on Saturday.
Clarence Judd and family have NOV
ed to the ]. A. Heckart farm.
The telephone men held a meeting
at Wellman school house Saturday ev-
ening which was quite well attended.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Haning spent Sun
day at l.. Wellman's.
Fox River.
Fox River, March 2O.-Philip Bridge
man is very low with consumption
Charley Lanch, who had a sale last
Friday, is going to move to Kirksville
Mo.
Eli Swain was transacting business
in Floris last week.
DR.. Pierce was business caller in
this vicinity last week.
Miss Amanda Hopkins, who has
been very sick, is some better.
jim Johnson has been a visitor in
this vicinity for several days.
John Farmer and r. V. Bridgemar
held meeting Saturday night at the
Hard SCRABBLE school house.
Mrs. Sampson Smith, who has beer
sick, is slowly recovering.
Mrs. VIM. Hopkins is quite sick.
There was dance at Harlan Tip
pert's on Saturday night and large
attendance is reported.
Stringtown.
Stringtown, March 20.-Jessie Haw
thorne went to Fairfield last Frida,
with some very fine horses for H. L
Scott.
H. L. Scott attended the horse sal,
at Fairfield Friday and Saturday.
j. w. Sylvester was on the street.
recently.
D. w. Davis and son, James, attend
ed the implement sale at Packwoot
Saturday.
The farmers who We're getting read,
to SOW oats this week will have t,
wait until winter is over.
Tom Smith made business trip t,
this city Monday.
Mrs. Joseph Chambers left for Da
kota Monday.
Ashgrove.
Ashgrove, March 20.-Mrs. Levi
Albright returned home Sunday even
ing from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
She was accompanied to Blakesbur
| by her daughter Mrs. Homer Coffmar
/ Willis McCarty made business tri
to Moravia Monday.
John Denton is SO far improved tina
he is now able to sit up.
Lewis Albright returned home Satu
day evening from Council Bluffs
where he had been acting as Unite
States juryman.
Mrs. Lille Carnaham, wife of Elme
Carnaham, died at the home of he
father, Marshal Albright, Thursda
morning, March 10, having lived 4
years, 5 months and % days. The f,
neral services were conducted Frida
i by Virgil Ross after which the remain
were laid to rest in the Old Wesle
4 Chapel cemetery.
! Mrs. Lucy Hunt is seriously ill at he
home near Albany.
Hubert Bartlett is visiting relative
here.
Pulaski.
Pulaski, March 20.-Mr. and Mr.
Sam Smith visited their son, u.
Smith and family over Sunday