Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-10-08

dence. and the body was inferred in the
Highland cemetery
Born. Sunday. October 4, to Mr.. and Mrs
John Brown. of Pekay, a daughter
Mrs Lon Bedford. corner of Second and
Hale streets, has been suffering from ma
laria
Mrs John .Chilcote. of near I.akonta. is
improving from IA severe sick spell
Marion. the little son of ii. G. True. has
been quite sick with tonsilitis.
Mrs G. Cummings of Fourth street. has
been sufferer from malaria.
The little son of j. l.. CroSson while
playing in Harper's store Saturday evening
fell and sprained his arm quite severely
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Wilson spent Sunday
as the guests of their son, c. w. Wilson
on Fourth street. They were accompanied
by their granddaughter, Miss Edith John
son. also of Ottnmwa
Mrs. Mary Leggett and daughter, Mrs.
L. \. Rowe. spent Monday in Ottumwa
the guests of friends.
Mrs Asa Odem. of Buxton, returned
home Sunday after a ten days sit with
her mother. Mrs. Elizabeth Whiteman. Mr.
Odem came down and accompanied her
home.
Miss Rena Ryan was an over Sunday Wis
itor in Alba with her friend, Miss Roxy
Saunders.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Lyons. of Oskaloosa
We're hero recently visiting their nephew.
G. S Britt, corner South Fourth and Jane
streets.
c. NJ. Garfield came up from Ottumwa
Monday morning. Mr.. Garfield stopped off
in Ottunlwa and spent most of last week
visiting his SON Cordie Garfield, while en-
route to Eddyvilc from Pasadena. Califor-
MIA, where, he has resided for several
months Mr. and Mrs. Garfield have taken
rooms in Mrs. Susan Myrick's property.
corner Fifth and Strawberry.
The little mining town known as Mon
| keys Nest or Frakersville. located between
Lost Creek and Pekay, will soon be thing
of the past The mines have been worked
out. the machinery has been taken away,
and the houses have been taken down,
and, it is said. have been shipped to Mys-
tic. They We're hauled TO Eddyville this
week and loaded on Iowa Central cars.
The town is said to have received the
name Monkeys Nest, on account of being
located between the two larger towns like
a nest in n tree.
Cap Saunders. Of Abba spent Sunday
in town with numerous friends.
Chris Schmidt. who has been residing in
Ottumwa the past SIX months. is building
n five room house and Il barn ON his wifc's
farm near Kirkville. and will move HIS
family back to their old locality
Charley Mooney, south of town delivered
couple of horses in OskalOosa Monday.
Mrs. Agnes Cawley and daughter. Miss
! Chloe. were passengers to Oskaloosa Sat
urday noon
The lumber with which TO re-hoor, the
DeS Moines bridge has arrived and the
work of re-flooring IS expected to com
mence soon. and be rushed as speedily as
possible. II is said that. although new
stringers will also he put in. traffic will
not he DELAYED over an hour at any time.
NJ X. Pickcrel has been building a
kitchen. 14x18. to his residence near Bluff
Creek school house He is also enlarging
one of the rooms of the dwelling
j james L. Allbaughs new residence on
Gray's creek is in thu hands of the plas
tcrers
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Roberts. who have been
residing ut Bridgeport, have leased Mrs
j, NJ Matters property. corner Seventh and
| Mill.
| Attorney and Mrs. w r. Nelson. of Os
kaloosa. were renewing acGuaintances here
| Thursday. The attorney was down again
| Friday on business.
| Mrs. j. NJ. Crosson and sons returned
Saturday morning from au extended visit
with relatives at Columbus. Kansas.
| John Nelson, Of Abba, was in town Sat
| uIday on business.
| w III. Allison was in Ottumwa Saturday
visiting his brother. Harlon Allison. who
was to have left Tuesday for Dakota TIC
| file a claim on 100 acres of land there. Ills
father VIM. Allison. Sr.. of this place, also
| expected to take n claim of 160 acres and
! IL water claim of the same amount.
4 james Dunkle. of Ottumwa. was an over
/ Sunday guest of his mother, Mrs. Flor
| enee Dunkle.
Mrs. ID. o. Clapp aud son. Miles, of Al
| bia. We're guests Sunday of Mrs Clapp's
/! sister, Mrs. Ada Harding, on South Fourth
| street.
1 Robert Shermans greatest comedy drama
| MY Friend From Arkansaw.i in foul
acts, played at Leggett's opera house Mon
4 day night to good house. The sam,
4 troupe appeared here about a year agt
in the same play. and they gave The ut
/ most satisfaction on both occasions Al
though under the same management, TIL,
cast as almost an entirely different on,
Monday night from the one which wal
here before.
Grimes brothers Edison Projecting Kl
Microscope show appeared at the oper
house last Friday night, and entertained
crowded house. All the seats We're sold
and many had to he denied admittance.
Among the business callers in Ottumw
from Eddyville and vicinity We're c. J
Schafer. east of town, and Dr. +. Il. Vanc
on Monday; Clyde Sumner, Jake Alder an
G.. ID. True on Tuesday.
David Doss of near Osceoa, returne
home Tuesday night after a short visit wit
his sister, Mrs. Dynes Whitlatch nea
LaEonta.
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