Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-08

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smooth face hair almost white, ;bout
6 feet and weighs 225 pounds.
BeIknap.
Belknap, jan 6.-Mrs. Amanda Les
ter of Bloomfield visited Saturday
night and Sunday with her son, Geo.
Lester, and family.
Miss Chloe Burris visited in Ottum-
wa Wednesday and Thursday with
friends.
G. w. Rudd of West Grove was
visitor Wednesday night at the S. Nc
Cornell home.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w Miller, while not
confined to their homes, are quite i'll.
Miss Enslow Of New London is Wis
llting here with her sister, Mrs. John
Bonar.
S. F. Mcconnell and wife of Bloom
field spent Tuesday night with Mr.. Nc
| Connell's parents, Samuel Mcconnell
and wife.
Herman Middleton is on the sick list.
| Mrs. Ellen Livingston of Bloomfield
visited Saturday and Sunday at the G.
o. Lester home
| w. L. Thompson and daughter Eva
of Ottumwa spent Sunday here with
Mr.. Thompsor's brother, ]. C. Thomp-
son and family.
Miss Myrtle Day of Ottumwa visit
ed Saturday and Sunday with the
Misses Corda, Myra and Jimmie Boil
war.
| The Congregational Sunday school
elected the following list of officers
yesterday: H. c. Dodd, superintend-
emit: Anna Hughes, assistant superin-
ltendent: Cora Worrell, secretary: Re-
va Spohr, assistant secretary; H. G..
Dodd treasurer; Ola Wells and Leila
Eberline. librarians; H. G. Dodd. or
| ganist; Laura Lockman and Elva Shell
| ton assistant organists.
A. G. Hughes transacted business
in Chicago the latter part of the week.
| o. w. Blankinship and family of
Sherman Chapel visited Sunday with
John Burris and family.
Miss Mabel Burlhalter, who began
her duties at the beginning of the New
Year in the telephone Office in Ottum-
wa, was called Sunday evening to her
home at Kankakee, ILL.,, by the illness
of her brother Roy.
| Miss Allie Morris of Ottumwa was
taken sick while visiting friends at
Mculton and was unable to return until
Wednesday evening. Mrs. Elmyra
Morris and granddaughter Orpha re-
turned Wednesday evening from a Wis
| it there.
Rev. Ireland announced Sunday that
meetings would begin at Drakeyille
that evening to continue through the
week and as much longer as interest
| is manifested.
Barney Tones and wife of Ottumwa
visited Sunday with Mrs. Tones bro
ther, J. w. Toole, and family.
Milf Steele and wife of Perry town
ship were visitors at the Joel MCGEE
home last week
c. E. Hill and wife of Iowa City and
Miss Olive Wray of Bloomfield were
callers Sunday at the Samuel McCon-
nell home Mr. and Mrs Hill were
returning home from from Bloomfield,
where they had all spent the holidays
at the w. M. Wray home. Miss Olive
was on her way to her school at Have
| lock-
G. w. Ware visited last week with
| friends at Keosauqua, Eldon and OF
tumwa.
| J. A. Cameron returned home last
week from visit with friends at Esk-
ridge, Kan.
The little child of c. w. Martin was
quite i'll for few days last week.
| Jesse N. Skinner of Ottumwa visit
ed Charley Skinner and wife over New
Years.
Miss Tillie Wray returned home Fri
day evening from Fairfield.
M. F. Patterson and wife of near
Drakesville and G. F. Dahl, wife and
two children of Packwood were visit
ing yesterday with Mrs. E. A. Patter
son.
Ed Martin of Bloomfield and Harry
Schenck of Otumwa were visitors Sun
day at ]. w. Bolivar's.
Mrs. Mamie Head and sister, Miss
Matte Berry, of Ottumwa visited here
the latter part of the week with Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Mcconnell
EIdon.
Eldon, JAN Cd. J. Galloway slipped
and fell off the sidewalk yesterday
spraining his wrist and cutting a Sc
we're cash under his right eye.
i Chas. Bierce was an Ottumwa visit
or yesterday evening.
Miss Laura Wright returned to Dav'
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