Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-19
family will be glad to learn that the dan

family VIII be glad to learn that the dah-
ger is past.
Mrs. Catherine May has improved sutti-
GENTLY that she was taken Il few days
ago from her own home on the oskaloosa
road to that of her son. Wood Smith,
nearer Pekay. Her daughters, Mrs. Levi
Harding, of Wichita, Kansas, and Mrs.
Jos. Vance, of Des Moines have returned
home.
A son of George Gibson, of Coalield, is
a victim of tonsolitis.
Mrs. w. c. Ross, who has been in poor
health for some time, has not been so well
the past few days.
Agnes, the 4-year-old daughter of Pat
rick Cogley, three-fourths of mile from
Dudley, fell Wednesday afternoon, break
ing one bone of her right arm at the ell
bow and dislocating the other bone The
accident was very painful one.
Clarence Phillips, of Hitcman. Il nephew
of Mrs. w. II. Ives, of Grays Creek, has
been quite i'll the past week with rheuma-
tism at the Ives home.
Mrs Fred Walker, of Grays Creek, has
been on the sick list
Mrs. Ida Faust has been i'll the past few
days with neuralgia.
Frank Parrish, after long illness, con-
tinues to grow worse.
Mrs NJ. X. Pickerell, of Bluff Creek, Is
improving from an attack of the grip.
The Bell Telephone company had force
of men at work here Thursday Stringing
up a couple of new wires with Outumwa as
their objective point.
Doran and John Haywood have been
moving from Unionville, Mo-, to the old
Jack Vance property, corner of South
Fourth and Main streets. now owned by
Ernie Lyon, of Cedar. They will spend
the summer here and will move back to
Missouri next autumn.
| Work on the Fudge Creek telephone line
has been delayed by Il lack of wire and
teams to haul the poles. The line will be
seven miles long. The force have been at
| work setting poles for the Lee party line,
| running west from town seven miles.
| Miss Pearl Denning has been filling the
| position of supply telephone operator this
week, her sister, Miss Ilary Denning. hay
ing been laying off on account of illness
Miss Bessie Funk acted as supply operat
| or the past week or two.
Owing to the weather being rainy the
| strawberry social given in the X. p. hal
\ to the Knights of PythiaS and their fami
lies Wednesday night was not so largely
| ATTENDED as If the evening had been fair
| About sixty people were present and these
enjoyed n good time. The guests were en-
tertained with graDhophonc music during
| the early part of the evening Rev. W. I
Howe then gave a character reading ant
impersonation entitled David Garrick,
lasting about an hour. Strawberries AMI
other refreshments We're then served t.
the delectation of those present. The fes
tivities then closed with dancing till
O'Clock. music being furnished by n picke'
up orchestra as follows: Frank Burns
north of twon, bass horn: Clint Robert
and c. L. Phillips. first and second cor
net; r. r. Grattan. violin: Mrs. r. Z
Vance. organist Those present from dis
lance We're: w. A. Starkey. of Chicago
and John Calhoun, of Ottumwa.
The o. e. S. fraternal order celebrate
their twelfth anniversary with an enter
tanment in the Masonic hall Tuesda
night. About seventy-fivc members an
their families participating. program
was carried out. after which three cours
refreshments were served. Those presen
from distance were: Mrs Addic kussal
and son. Eugene, of Ottumwa.
Mrs. VIM. Hindman of 0ttumwa, was
guest few days ago of her sister, Mr.:
w. S. Phillips, out east of town.
Guests of the w. p. Broderick home. o
Fifth street. are: Mr.. and Mrs. Cha:
Frederick, of Lineville, and Mr.. Davis, Q
Arkansas.
Henry Criswell, who has been acting a
mail weigher between TT. Dodge and Dc
Moines the past three months. arrive
| "Wednesday TO remain at home till given
: run as supply mail clerk.
Il Harve Bloomfield, Of Oskaloosa, was 4
town Tuesday.
i Roy Laifcrty. who has been working
+ Abba, was home few days ago.
. ID. p. Fagerstrom and family. of Esse
e Page county. spent Tuesday night vii
f Mrs Fagerstroms parents, Mr.. and Mr.
0 A. w. Bell.
: "Grandpa" McGlothlen, formerly of til
: place, and well known here, is also
: guest mt the Bell home.
: Prof. and Mrs. Joe Parks went to Q
: tumwa Wednesday morning to spend
/ few days visiting the Ottumwa schoo
: and with Mrs. Parks parents. They e
+ poet in Il few weeks to go north to spei
the summer.
f H. n. Pointer, of Abba and j. G. Seller
j of Oskaloosa, were in town Wcdnesd
r on business.