Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-17

a winning fight. 1t is known the
board of control favors II separate hos
pital for inebriutes and many legis-
lators have already committed them
selves in favor o. eh an idea.
6 lie.
Eddyville. Dee. &. ~Eddyville camlp
of the Modern Woolnlen Of America
met Tuesday night and in addition 10
taking in one or more new candidates
held an election of officers. The toll
lowing officers We're elected. TO be iil-
stalled at the meeting night in Jam
uarS: V. c.. f. w. Fails; adviser. q. :.
Chord; clerk, G. W. Wilson; bankr:
+. w. Steinhoff; escort, Charles Moon
ey; Waterman, Quit Powell; sentry
o. II. Seiffert; Manager, ]. K. Cros-
son; physician, DR.. Il. L. Bay.
G. Cowles of Des Moines Moines, has
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. James L.
Wilson. Mrs. Wilson being his aunt.
The Whatsoever sewing circle socie-
Hattie Berry.
The little 2-year-old daughter of
Henry Martin was taken sick Wednes-
day night. and is threatened with
pneumonia.
Mrs. Edith Edwards baby daugh-
ter has been suffering from tonsili-
tbs.
IVY w VI IltSll AlOuIllttlll, ii
shall county, arrived Wednesday to
visit till after Christmas with his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Bowles, south of town.
Mrs. Vim. Allen, of Fourth street. has
been quite ill, 4 victim of congestion
of the lungs.
Phil Kussert, formerly foreman of
the Tribune, but for the past two or
three months, q printer on the Abba
Republican, has secured the appoint
ment of night watchinan here. He
succeeds Martin Emanuel. who has
held down the job the past six or eight
months, with Jacob Older as assist
ant.
r. w. McMahan departed Thursday
for Sand Creek, Okla, to spend the
winter with his son, Hop" McMa-
han.
Twenty-Five new houses have been
completed at White City and the con-
tractor, Chas. Slaven, has returned to
his home at What Cheer. This makes
seventy-five houses which have been
built at White city.
I. b. Kale has been having IA siege
of sciatic rheumatism.
Mrs. joan B. Waughnan and baby
returned Wednesday from a two weeks
visit at Shelbina, Mo-, with a sister
who lives there.
Orval. the G-year-old son of Ed Ma
10y, Of Bridgeport, has been sick with
Group and congestion of the lungs.
f. e. belong. the deputy postmas-
ter. has been laid up the past week
with an attack of pneumonia.
Mason. the little son of Frank .Kus-
sart, has been suffering from an at
tack of Group and congestion of the
bronchial tubes. but was somewhat
better Thursday.
AT the prayer meeting at the NJ. E.
church Wednesday evening, Miss FAY
McNeese and John and Albert Jones
two sons of w. A. Jones. were taker
into the church.
Frank Waughman and Henry
Sparks are among the number who are
able to be out again after an attack
Of the grip.
Marion Coryell has been undergo
ing a severe attack of tonsilitis.
The winter terms of the Charter Oal
ard Sand Ridge schools, north of town
commenced Monday. Miss Pearl John.
son of near Cedar, is the teacher a
Charter Oak. and Miss Buher of Sane
Ridge. teaches. Sand Ridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. N. Ward, who hay,
been visiting Mr.. Wards brother, D
w. Ward, since Thanksgiving, depart.
ed Tuesday for Bentonsport to spent
two Or three weeks before returning
to their home at Findlay, O.
Mrs. NJ. H. L~ongsdorf. who has beer
AoiSiii6 r. hCI liiollleI, VNTS. MARY n
Homer, since Saturday, departed las
!. Thursday for her home in Kansas City
She was enroute acme from q visi
with her sister, Mrs. Vanderzyl. a
Pella. Her brother. Will Homer, ac
companied her AS far as Eldon.
Mrs. Levi Harding. who was Gale,
here by the illness and death of he
mother. Mrs. Catharine May, depart
ed Wednesday morning for her HON
at Wichita, Kan,
w. f. jaeger n son, Roy. who hay
been severe sufferers from pneumonia
the past several days. are gradual,
i improving.
Carl Miller. son of James Miller, o
near Frederic, who recently had a,
. attack of the grip, was able to con
: to town Thursday.
:, Vim. Richard of Ninth street, ha
been on the sick list.
Mrs. Catherine Burt has returne
from an extended visit at Avery wit
f her daughter.
Miss Gertie Clark, VIII has bee
: threatened with an attack of pneumo
/ MIA, was improving at last reports
Miss Clark expects as soon as sh
RECEIVERS, to go TO Bushnell, Ill. I
spend the winter with her aunt.
Arrangements are being made for
d Christmas tree at the Baptist churc
: Christmas eve. There will be Christ
4 ias Entertainments at The ClflStla
e and Congregational churches. an
S they will perhaps also have trees.
e j. w. Cox of near Lakonta, who wa
i elected justice of the peace OF Yves
g Des Moines township. at the last elec
d ton, was on the streets Monday.
II. c. Williams of -tumwa. WAS i
a town Monday on business.
Tennis Wiser was i'll town las
q week.
George Steele, who lost an arm an
part of a leg during September b
: being run over by "A train, has gon
to ST. Paul, Mimi, to have an artiti
i cial limb fitted. He will also visit hi
: brother. and sister, Mrs. S. Fast an
H. NJ. Steele.
Eddyville, Dec. 15.-Married, al
e o'clock Thursday evening, Decembe
: 10, at the home Of the brides parent
about six miles south of town, nea
. Cuba, Miss Grace Miller, daughter, {
e Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Miller to Willial
: Barnes OF the same locality. Tn
brides father is the brother of j. T
Miller of this place.
d X DR.. Bay had IN accident Thursda