Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-10-15
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
NEIGHBOREIooD NEWSS
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the sick list are: Mrs. N. B. McNeese.
corner Second and Elm; Mrs. James
Dunning, corner South Fourth and
| Plum; Mrs. G. HI. Crump, south of
town; Mrs. N. A. Plummer, of near
Cedar, and Miss Una Padgett of Bluff
| Creek.
| FRANK Ogden, north of town, had
| his right shoulder dislocated in the
mines at Pekay Tuesday. DR.. E. l..
Ray dressed his injuries.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Scribner of Union
| vile, near Buxton, were Sunday
guests of relatives and friends here.
Jack Emanuel, corner South Sixth
and Main streets, departed Monday
morning for Mill Grove, Mercer coun-
! ty Missouri. to spend week or two
| with his brother, Jonas Emanuel, bet
ter known as Doc" whom he has not
| seen but once in 35 years.
w. S. Johnson of Frederic, the well
known old veteran and newspaper
correspondent, was shaking hands
with friends in town Saturday.
A new cement sidewalk has been
put in in front of st. Mary's Catholic
church.
q. L. Valentine, candidate for sher-
| iff on the Republican ticket in Ma
| haska county, accompanied by the pre-
| sent county recorder, L. M. McCord,
formerly of this place, but now of
Oskaloosa, were here Friday.
f. w Fails has been tearing down
his old residence, corner of Second
and BerGan streets which was dam
aged by the flood to the extent that
| 1t has since been uninhabitable. Mr..
Fais will put in a foundation this
winter for a new residence.
The first of the series of the lecture
| course to be given by the Chicago
Lyceum Bureau at the Methodist
Episcopal church, will be delivered
next Tuesday evening, Oct. 90, by AL
bert Edward Wiggam.
Mrs. Mary A. Testers residence at
the corner of Second and Vance
streets, is being repainted on the ex-
terror.
Miss Katie Werner of Millers Creek
returned Friday from two days
visit with relatives at Oskaloosa.
j. B. Barber has been making some
improvements to his residence on
Grays Creek.
Frank Stuber, living on the Harsh
am farm, south Of town, expected to
leave Tuesday for Kirksville, Mo.
j. T. Boles of Bussey, was recent
guest of his daughter, Mrs. G. L. Clan
cy on Third street.
P. p. Davis and family, lately of
Locksburg, Ark, but who have been
visiting for several weeks with Mrs.
Davis father, w. P. Brodrick, left Mon
day morning for a visit with Mrs. Da-
VIC hrnthar (Nboc prnJrinl- at inc
vile. From there they will go to
Kansas for visit but are as yet UNI
decided upon location. Mr.. Brod-
with his son. Charles.
Earl Martin of WOODBURY., Clarke
county, returned home Wednesday af-
ter a two days business visit here
While here he was a guest of his
grandfather, Jas. L. Sipes, on Third
street, and his aunt. Mrs. B. B. Bea-
mer, northwest of town. Mr.. Sipes
will accompany him home and will
spend a few days at Woodburn.
The protracted meetings which
closed at the Christian church Tues
day night of last week were re-opened
Sunday night by Rev. G. G. Spencer
of Fremont, who had charge of the
services before. The meetings, when
they closed last week, had been in
progress for over three weeks, so it
was put to vote and the decision
was to bring them to a close. The
people were just becoming interested,
however, and Rev. Spencer was moved
of the spirit to reopen meetings Sun
day night. He took for his subject that
evening. Loyalty to Christ" had a
good attendance and secured five more
additions to the church, making elev-
en- in all. His subject Tuesday night
was Apostolic Conversion" The
meetings will continue one or two
nights longer at least.
Quarterly meeting will be held at
the Methodist Episcopal church next
Sunday, Oct is.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Steele, who
have been staying on the farm of Mr..
Steele's mother, Mrs. J. G. Steele,
across the river, for about three weeks,
moved their household goods Monday
from the Besco property on Third
street, to the farm.
See Grattan for robes and blankets.
County Supervisors A. E. Dilde of
I1rbana township, Monroe county, and
A. j. Gardner OF Columbia township,
Wapello county, were here Monday
consulting with Contractors Free &
Fails, who have the contract for laying
the floor of the Des Moines river wa
gon bridge. Work commenced Tues
day morning on the bridge. Traffic is
not to be delayed more than an hour
and the contract is to be completed
in week In addition to new floor
ing, new joists and bannisters will be
put in, and new piling will be driven
for the approach at the west end
The repairs will require about $4,000
feet of lumber The lumber will cost
about $2,232, and the labor about $500
additional, making total of $2,732,
but the old lumber, which was auc-
toned off some time ago, will bring
sufficient to defray the cost of the
carpenter work. Two-thirds of the
cost will be borne by Wapello coun-
ty and one-third by Monroe county.
Loren Allebaugh, south of town,
left Monday morning to enter the OF
tumwa Business college.
Mrs. Sadie Seger of Salina, Kan.
and her mother, Mrs. Eliza Myrick,
of Chillicothe, this state, were guests
Friday and Saturday at the Frank
Oldham home corner of Fourth and