Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-26
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places.
Birmingham.
March 24.-Chas. Stalker spent Sun
day in Libertyville.
Clarence Kirkpatrick of Salem is Wis
iting his mother.
John Parsons is in Passaic. N. j.,
where he shipped a car load of horses.
T. II. Lawson of Libertyville spent
Saturday in town.
Elmer Winslow made business
trip to Keota Mo-, last week returning
SATURDAY.
Mrs Chester Smith, Mrs. Mamie
Hughes, Mrs John Parsons and Miss
Rene Wilson attended the funeral of
Mrs Newman in Stockport Sunday.
| Ed Crum, Lloyd Yarnell and Dwight
Ebert have gone to FIT. Madison, where
they have secured employment.
Bert Smith left Friday for Peoria
Miss Vada Smith of Libertyville was
visiting relatives last week.
Albyn Moore of Montana, is visiting
his father, having reached here after
the death and burial of his mother,
Mrs. w. H. Moore.
Mrs Hugh Nelson A. w. Coulter
We're called to Washington last week
by the serious illness of their sister.
Mrs. G. L. Craft of Ottumwa is WIS.,
iting her parents.
The building fever has struck this
| little city. Five or six residences will
probably be erected this summer, be-
sides many additions and improve
ments to old ones.
| John A. Ferguson spent Saturday
and Sunday with his family.
ID. w. Anderson and family departed
Tuesday for California, where they
will make their future home.
Mrs. A. B. Adams and son Fred of
Selma are guests at the home of her
parents, w. W. Nelson and wife.
DR.. A. E. Nelson and wife went to
Fairfield Saturday for few days Wis
it at the home of Lester Clark.
i Mrs. Rose Bennett moved last week
into the residence recently purchased
by her of A. E. Nelson.
1 A daughter was born to Carrolltown
Stentz and wife of Mason City Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Stentz are at presnt at
the home of the latter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. S. Goodson
Misses Cook, Morrow and Smitz
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work, after a vacation of three week.
: as precautionary measure against the
spread of smallpox, several cases d
which were reported from the sur
rounding country. No cases have de
veloped in town.
George Martin has been selected
as janitor of the school building, tt
succeed Simon Snyder, resigned.
Walter Lawson has moved to towr
and with his family is occupying the
Huff property.
Mode Shelby of Fairfield and Franl
Shane of Eldon were in town Thursday
looking after their business interests
here.
J.. R. Baker spent Sunday at hi
home in Eldon.
Two car loads of horses were ship
ped from this station last week
John Crawford made business tri]
to Chicago last week.
Rutledge.
: Mr.. Home of Cedar Rapids has re
ST. P. company is building a section
house on the corner OF Railroad ant
Phillips street.
Miss Anna Stevens returned to he
studies at the o. c. c. this morning
Mr.. Home of Cedar Rapids has re
turned to his duties as night operate
at Rutledge, Walter Morrison bein
transferred from Hedrick as night OF
orator.
Roscoe and Paul Silvers are recover
ing from the measles.
r. A. Taylor, commissary clerk il
camp 101 has been transferred to
camp in South Dakota.
l James Hugh Meelier spent Sunda
>, with friends and relatives in Dahlor
I ega.
The steel gang has been sent t
!. South Amana and are laying a trac
: into the sandpits located at that place
. Miss Maude Stevens took Dime
. Sunday at the home of James G. WY
r coff northwest of Rutledge.
l Walter Mccoy has returned from
. few weeks visit through Oklahoma
r He reports everything in excelelr
condition.
John Horn and wife spent Thursda
night with friends in Ottumwa.
Rutledge was visited by an insan
!. man one day last week. He frightel
ed several of the women and the
went south towards Ottumwa.
Lola Dalrymple is visiting at tn
Stevens home in Rutledge.
The fence gang will soon begi
S building fence along the "cut-off."
Quite a number of this vicinity wer
t Ito Ottumwa on the morning passenge
j. Saturday. The roads were impassibl
for team and vehicle.
Stockport.
: Stockport, March 24-Mrs. Thoma
Newman died on March 16. She wa
S sick only about twelve hours.
/ Frank Lane left Monday for Nebra
ka to look up location for blacl
: smith shop.
George Rome, who has been col
t fined to his home for the past tw
l. weeks with congestion of the lung
l. is able to be up again.
S M. l.. Shelman will ship today CO
of hogs to Ottumwa.
Z. Bee Newman and wife will go
r Cooperstown, North Dakota, Wedne
day, and if suited will make that plac
S their future home.
r Thomas Seal sold thirty-fve acre
of land east of Stockport, to j. A. A
II vey for $1,000. Mr.. Alvey will NOV
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