Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-12
Ia NEW SYSTE M.
CENTRAL ENERGY TELEPHONES
BEING INSTALLED IN NOR
RELL PACKING PLANT.
Howard Herr and Force of Men at
Work-Packins House Mutual Aid
Association is in Good Conditional
Decrease ed Packins--East End Items.

From Saturdays Daily.
In a short time the plant of John
Morrell g. Company viii be supplied
with private telephone system that
will doubtless equal that OF any pri-
waite establishment in the state. For
the past week Howard Herr and a
force of electricians have been at work
at the plant installing IA complete sys-
tenn of central energy telephones and
when the work is finished the Nor
rell firm Will have the convAniences
offered by this system of communities
ton. Sixteen new instruments will be
installed and VIII work the same as
the phones up town.
The p. II. M. A. A.
The Packing House Mutual Aid as
ISOLATION Is in a good financial condi-
ton AT the present time there Is ov-
er $1,000 in the treasury and Just re-
Gently superintendent Bullock issued a
check for over $3.50 to the beneficiary
of the late p, Muldoon. This depart
ment of the plant of John Morrell y
Co. is q very desirable feature to all
employees.
Packing Shows Decrease.
The packing for the past week at
| the plant OF John Morrell * Co. shows
a decrease of 200 hogs, the total mar
| keting being 10000. While last week
| there We're 1900 porkers killed. This
I amount. however, is UP to the average
| weekly killing.
East End Items.
| Charles Bosworth is the latest adj
/ dition to the office force.
james Gray is building two new
1 houses on his property near the min
| eral springs.
Miss Emma Nye and Miss Gala
| Hand were visitors at the plant last
/ Saturday morning.
Hugh Traul, brakeman on the Wa
bash, has returned TO his old position
] in the sausage room
1 Will Foster. Who has been on va
1 cation for the past three weeks, re-
turned to work yesterday.
1 Contractor r. FL Riordan has been
4 at the plant all week making some re-
1 pairs TO the engine room.
Charles .Langdale. foreman of the
/ painters. is spending his vacation in
his old home in Decatur, H.
/ VIM. Swan. city salesman, has been
/ in Burlington a few days this week on
q short visit with relatives.
f. IIultz of the local room has left
/ the service of John Morrell x Co and
returned to his home in Hedrick,
Mrs Wesley Lake, who resides on
South Walnut street is in Glenwood
Mo-. visiting with relatives this week
Ed Rabens of the cooperage depart
4 ment, has been making some improve
ments on his Main street prop
erty
Il The revival services which haYt
i been conducted by Evangelist William
/ loote came to close last "Wednesday
4 evening
i Major II. p. Spilman is in Canton
! Miss. this week and will be next week
4 He is taking u we'll earned vacation al
that place.
Il +. A. Beekley, who resides in Riv-
eryiew, has been ON the sick list al
this week. Mr.. Beckley is employed IL
the boiler room.
a ]. Baxter OF the engineer department
who has been visiting With his father
S. A. Baxter In Guthrie, O. T., return
+ ed to work Monday
Ed McGrath, foreman of the pipe
filters gang, has returned from Aus.
tin, Mimi, after working at that place
for the past six weeks.
John Ketsdever an old employee il
the smoked meat department, who hai
been in Omaha Neb.. all summer, has
. lreturned to work at the plant.
Frank Feeley, an employe of th
. store room, WAS compelled to be alb
sent from work this week, ON accoun
!; .of slight attack of rheumatism.
ii Harry Bowen OF the main offices, ha
removed from the corner of Albany an,
N Hftwkeye street TO the corner of Yves
, Maple avenue and IaMkeye street.
J, 4. P. Caughlan severed his eonnec
ton with the fire department last Sat
ave AI1s -(NDllphlD11
succeeded by j. r. Short of the celia
gang.
Frank Kirkhalt, foreman of the to
!. nlato canning department, left Wed
I nesday for his home in Michigan
where he will make an extende
visit.
Harry Hullsnan formerly employ
ed in the beef house here, but noN
employed by Armour & co. at Omaha
Neb was in the city for q short visi
Monday.
The visitors at the plant this wee
| have been as follows: j. NJ. Murray
f. w. Fowler. r. Eram, Miss Mimi
Sax. J. G. Booz of this city, and c
H. Ronham, A. Il. Ward, r. b. Nc
Pike of Galesburg H., L. Stringer am
lip. 7. Soloman of Streator, H., w. I
RYAN Of Kansas city. MO. Mrs w. +
Berney and Mrs. w, Coalson of De
Moines, c. w. Tetee and j. e. Tete
Of Lorimer, w. " bishop of Agene!
I J. h. williams of Bosworth, Mo, "
b. Craven and c. C. Miller of Miltol
9 Miss Sadie Kauteraich of st. Pau
r Mimi, T. Lewis. Mrs. Il. Gordan an
q Miss Laura Brown of Fairfield c. l
= Mason of Spring Valley, Ill.
: Mrs. Gust Carlson, sos North Wal
nut avenue gave 4 delightful surpris
party last Monday evening in honor {
the forty-fifth birthday of her hus
band. About twenty five guests WEI
entertained and q most enjoyable tin
was passed. Those present were:
Messrs. and Mesdames.
Charles Convey, w. b. Ramsell,
II. G.. Buxton.
Mesdames
Lille Drake Ella Ransier.
Matte Harris. Ethel Randall
Leana McClenlen,
Misses
Margaret Shepherd, Esther Musselma
Hazel Ransier, Lena Weninger,
E Hilda Anderson, Clara Anderson,
Estella Buxton,
MeSsrs.
Ionis Wininger, Earl Musselman,
Harry Drake, Clarence Drake,
Yerna Buxton Norman MuBselma
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