Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-14
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3NEIGHBoRHOOD NEWS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Charlton.


city yesterday.
O. Pierson and daughter. Mrs. Mel
lie Black of Cambria were in the cit.
yesterday for visit with friends.
Frank Curtiseof Iqwa Falls came tn,
last of the week for visit with hi
father. Lot Curtis. and his numerou!
acquaintance here and in the coun
try.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pettyiohn OF Columbia
visited in the city Monday with theil
son Charles and his family.
Mrs. Mamie Kuhns of Chicago is
visiting at the home of her mother
Mrs. b. F. Bates.
Miss Mollie Gravatt was an ovel
Sunday visitor in St.Joe with her man.
friends
Mrs Cholea Laneir of Ovid was il
the city yesterday Tor visit witt
friends.
Miss Hulda Lindell arrived the las
of the week from New York, for an ex
tended visit with her sister Mrs. S. J
Swangren.
Miss Dora Wirene of Belinda spen
the day yesterday at the home of Andy
Newman.
A marriage certificate has beer
granted to William D. Mckinley aget
40 and Jennie Fry, aged 35.
Court will convene again next Mon
day with Judge Eichelberger on the
bench. Judge Vermilion who is in
a hospital at Chicago receiving treat
ment being unable to return in time te
finish up the April term of court.
Will Sanders of this city and Oscar
Voorhees, of Davis county, Mo-, will
leave tomorrow for a summer stay in
Yellowstone park.
Hent Carson of Monmouth, ILL.,, came
yesterday for a visit with his cousin
Frank Carson, and other relatives al
this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Yengel are the
proud parents OF a baby girl at thei1
home. since Monday afternoon. ~
Mrs. Carrie Lewis and Miss Carrie
Kull, departed this morning for Iowa
City, going as delegates to the P. E. O.
convention.
Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock, at
the home of the officiating minister
Rev. Chittenden, occurred the marriage
of Miss Lula Brown to Charles T. May
After the ceremony they bridal party
went to the home of the bride where a
bountiful wedding supper was serv.
ed. The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Brown. The groom
is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. May of
English township and is a prosperous
young farmer. They will reside on the
farm in the future Their many friends
extend congratulations.
Charlton, May 13.-Road Supervisor
VIM. Baxter has been making an ex-
tensive improvement on the Charlton
river bottom road For the past few
years, every spring the bottom has
gotten in such a shape that it was
almost impossible as we'll as danger
Gus. He has made a fill between the
two bridges which now makes it in
first class condition.
Fred Grinnell moved this week to
his farm northeast of town, having
traded his fine residence property to
John Culbertson, who moved into the
same yesterday. Dr. j. A. Bowen
will occupy the Culbertson property.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. Slater, of Russell,
were in the city yesterday, Mr. Slater
coming on an errand of business.
The little infant of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bert Yengel died yesterday morning
at o'clock and was buried the same
afternoon.
DR.. T. A. Bowen returned last even
ing from Buffalo, being called home
by the serious illness of his son, who
is very low with diphtheria
Jay Jacobs, of Winterset, was in the
city yesterday looking for house pre-
paratory to moving to this city.
at, ,,1 III
ing from New Orleans where he has
been attending a meeting of the medi-
cal profession.
Simon Oppenheimer departed yes.
terday for ~. Paul on business trip.
Bloomfield.
Bloomfield, May 12-Fred Galley of
South Ottumwa passed through
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