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Pulaski.

Pulaski, April 29-Mrs. Edwin John
son returned to her home in Mt. Pleas
ant yesterday after weeks vacation
with her mother, Mrs. Mary Augsburg
er south of town.
Mrs. H. F. Dunn visited in Farming
ton one day last week.
A. H. Plank of Floris visited rela-
tives here last week.
DR.. D. d. Jay and Herbert Lee were
business visitors to st. Louis last
week.
Edgar Hendricks and Walter Creek
were Cantril visitors last week.
Mrs. W. H. Shelton spent couple
of days in Bloomfield last week.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Marsh
all. Saturday, a daughter.
The Pulaski schools closed Friday
with graduating exercises at night.
The program rendered was as fol
lows:
March-Mrs. Ida Andrews.
Inyocation-Rev. w. S. Moore.
Quartet-Guy George, Verne Hes
kett, Frank Plank. Willie Dunn.
Oration-"Trifes,' c. Ethel George.
Oration-"The Hero OF Lost
Cause" Walter S. Creek.
Solo-Miss Mabel Anderson.
| Oration-"The Rise and Fall OF
Rome" Ada NJ. Augspurger.
Oration-"E M. Stone" E. Ruth
Anderson.
Instrumental duet-Mr. and Mrs
Dunn.
Oration-''The Power of Thought
Glass prophecy-S. Elizabeth Pear
son.
Duet-Florence and Helen Mill
gan.
Presentation of diplomas-By Prin
cipal C. W. Spicer.
1 Benediction-W. w Miller.
Class Motto-"Our Future is Dawn
ing"
Colors-Green and white.
Flower-White rose.
Mrs. Black and son Everett, re
| turned from Des Moines Friday. They
4 expect to remain here until the latter
part of the year.
Quite a number from here attended
the funeral OF Mrs. G. P. Freybergel
at Bloomfield last week.
4 n. F. Dunn who has been station
agent here for over two years, has ac
cepted the station at Pennington, witt
increased salary. He left Thursda.
evening for his new work
i A number of friend gathered at thu
4 home OF Mr.. and Mrs. HI. t. Dunn
i Wednesday evening to give them ;
4 farewell surprise party before the,
left for their new home in Farming
ton. There were about twenty-five,
guests present and the evening wa
spent in games, music and social con
yersahon. Light refreshments wer
served.
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HiahIand Center.

Highland Center, April 2S.-Miss
Martha Wolfe was the guest of Ottum-
wa friends last Thursday and Fri
day.
Mrs. j. r.. Anderson and daughters,
Kitty and Mrs. Moss Halberg, of OF
tumwa, returned home yesterday, aft
err a visit with relatives.
Miss Florence Palmer of OttumWa
returned home Friday, after short
visit with her friend, Mrs. Nora Hull
Mrs. Mary Knight and daughter,
Blanche, returned home Friday from
a visit with relatives at Fairfield.
Mrs. A. j. Rogers returned home Sat
urday from short visit with Ottun-
IVA relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Stevens, F. M.
Buckner, and Roy Stevens of Ottumwa
were Sunday guests at the o. c. Stev-
ems home.
The Ladies Aid society will meet
tomorrow afternoon, April 30, with
Mrs. Allie Bowlin,
The concert given last Thursday
night by THE Ottumwas'' was great
ly appreciated by those present. The
quartet was accompanied by Mrs
Burchard Peck, Misses Lizzie Cotton
Violet Palmer and H. O. Echols.
Rally day will be observed at the M
4 a.. church next Sunday morning. The
program vii take the place of the
morning sermon.
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Milton.

Milton, April 29.-Last Friday W.B
Pettit's horses become frightened and
started to run. They soon became I'M
manageable and run down Main street
until they came to the Methodist Pro
testant church where they struck a
gas light post which was demolished
They were soon after caught
Rev. j. Randolph wilI start a series
of revival services at the Mt. Zion
church east Of town, Monday night
May 4, and they will continue fol-
two weeks probably.
The field meet of the Milton high
school Saturday was well attended by
the people of the neighboring towns
and of the city. The weather was
fine and the sports went off we'll.
Rev. j. T. LIE Baron will soon move
to the E. e. Ball house. Mrs. Palmer
will move to the one vacated by Rev
LIE Baron.
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Sigourney.

sigourney, April 2s.-Hon. T. p
Johns and Mr. Wilson of keswick
We're in Sigourney Monday evening
John Hauschild son of Fred Haus-
child north of town died in Denver,
Colo, April 26, 1903, aged SO years
The body will be brought to Sigourney
for burial
d. o. Cline of this place had a
stroke Of paralysis last Saturday. He
is somewhat better at present.
Howard Wertz arrived here yester
day morning from Muscatine to attend
the funeral of his father.
Miss Corna Fidler has returned tc
Sigourney after an absence of :
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Ashsrove.

Ashgrove, April 2S.-Owen Cassill
and family and John Wolfe and wife
spent Sunday at the home of Willis
Mccarthy.
The families of j. T. and o. X. Day
visited Sunday at the home Of Harry
Roberts.
U. T. De Mar began the spring term
of school at Oak Springs, Monday.
Fred Proctor and wife visited Sun
day at the home of j. W. Proctor.
Tom Raines and wife spent Sunday
at the Day home.
Rev. D. w. Hastings filled his regu
lar appointment at the Christian
church Sunday
Mrs. Sarah Reynolds left yesterday
for a visit with relatives near Drake
vile.
Fenton Cassell and family visited
Sunday with relatives at Green Valley
Oscar Arnold of Brush Creek visited
over Sunday at this place
Miss Rose Reynolds is staying will
her sister, Mrs. @. F. Brown at pres
emit
Mae Roberts spent Sunday with 10
la Reynolds.
George and Charles Hanna were
Bloomfield callers Monday.
Miss Sylvia Fleming returned home
Sunday after visit with her sister
Mrs. Loris Hunter, at this place.
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months. She has been with her sis
ter, Mrs. q. G.. Gould at Burlington
and her brother, w. G. Fidler at Neva.
da, Mo. Waldo has recently returned
to Iowa, locating at Tama City.
w. e. Sherlock of the Hedrick Her
aid was In Sigourney doing business
and visiting his parents Monday.
F. NJ Wertz died Sunday morning
and the funeral services will be held
Wednesday,.
w. H. Richardson is home agar
from the south.
Marriage licenses were issued to
Thomas Griffin aged 20 to Miss Eliz
abeth Buckley, aged 1S.
ID. Bakehouse who has been visiting
relatives here the past week started
for his home in Oklahoma last night
Al Brollair went to Ollie Monday.
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HOsTETTERS
STOMACH BITTERS

Is entitled to the highest praise as a
family medicine il you judge it by its
merit and record of cures during the
past fifty years. No other remedy can
take its place because it is the best
/, that science can produce as a cure for
Beichins, Heartburn, Indigestion, Bill
Z iousness, Dyspepsia, Insomnia and
Nervousness. 1t is also an excellent
tonic and blood purifier. Don't fail to
2ryi It has never been known to fail
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Salem.

Salem, April 29-Rev. and Mrs.S Sin
clair spent Monday at Mt. Pleasant.
Mrs. anna Brady returned Tuesday
from visiting her son at Milton.
Mr. ellis was at Salem Monday and
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Zade Packer are the
proud parents of little daughter
Robert White, of Hillsboro, was in
Salem Tuesday.
Mrs. Cornwell, of Burlington, came
Tuesday to visit her son, Rev. j. A.
Sinclair and family.
Wednesday, Mrs D. e. Reeves and
son Cook, came from Keokuk and are
guests at the home of her father, O.
H. Cook
Saturday morning, Mr.. and Mrs Del
bert Scott arrived from FIT. Madison
On the evening of the same day Miss
Mabel Smith came from Ottumwa
They are visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. c.
Scott
Joseph Hobson, of Abba, is again
with his mother. Mrs. lamar Conner
Mrs. j. Maris visited relatives al
Mt. Pleasant Friday and Saturday.
| Mrs. Tony Cramer and family are
moving to Hillsboro.
Mrs. Will Hawkins and Mrs. R. 3
Hoyt spent Monday shopping at Mt
Pleasant.
j. A. Collatt is having his business
property treated to a new coat o
paint.
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ing. Lewis Conner and Homer Plank
of Floris attended field day at Milton
Saturday.
passed through town Sunday.
The Lebanon baseball team defeat
ed the Milton high school nine Friday
on the Milton ground.
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Irish Bend.

Irish Bend, April 2S.-Mr. and Mrs
Joseph Lanam visited at Jerry Morris
Wednesday,
Miss. Sadie Wilson, of Kilbourne
visited at the Jeffrey Biggs home re
Gently.
Craig Rubby and family were called
to Stockport by the illness of Mr.
Rubbys father, j. H. Rubby.
Mr.. and Mrs Luther Plowman visit
ed friends at Leando and vicinity last
week.
Miss Matte Roush and George His
sem spent Sunday with friends in Che
quest.
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Packwood.

Packwood, April 2S.-Miss Anna Nc
Clintoc is teaching the Brookville
school and her sister Della is primary
teacher at Abingdon.
Mrs. Sylvanus Koerner visited her
parents at Martinsburg last week
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M. Downey return
ed Saturday from Hastings, Nebraska,
where they were called the week pre-
vious by the death of Mrs. /. A. Down
ey.
Moult Bills is recovering from an
unusually severe attack of facial cry
sipelas.
Mr. and Mrs. j. d. Eicher spent
Sunday in Richland the guests of rel.
atives.
Miss Ida iHuss, of Alton, is visiting
her sisters, Mesdames Garner, Oliver
and Benn.
Miss Cora McClintock, of Hedrick
visited her cousins, the Misses Nc.
Clintock, east of town, last week.
A very interesting missionary meet
ing was held at the Methodist Episco
pal church Sunday. Rev. T. B. Ow.
ems, returned missionary from China
delivered a fine address in the morn
ing.
DR. and Mrs. C. T. Norman spent
Sunday at J. A. Moorman's neal
Brookyille.
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Winchester.

Winchester, April 2S.--Rev. Ward
filled his appointment last Sunday
morning. He is much liked by both
young and old
A nest of twelve wolves was dis
covered in the brush on Mr.. Bethel
Campbells farm, south of here, one
day last week. The young ones were
promptly dispatched and crowd of
men and hounds were on the trail of
the old one which they no doubt
caught.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Corr moved here
the first of this week. They will live
in the Jamison house. William Corr
and S. Whitcanacll were in Keosauqua
one day last week.
A sawmill. is in operation below
town a mile or two getting lumber
sawed for George Workman's barns.
He will build two large ones this sum-
mer.
Miss Lucy Morrison was in town
Sunday calling on various friends.
Mrs. Landess heard last week that
her mother, living near Pittsburg, was
quite poorly
There is talk of the Farmers tele
phone company establishing a line
through here.
| Ferg. Teal. north of town, is build
ing new fences, and repairing his new
| farm, recently bought of N. Harvey.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Craig Sherod spent
Sunday at Girard Workman's.
Charlie Hawbaker and family and
Mrs. S. F. Hawbaker visited at Will
McKees one day last week.
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Woolson.

Woolson, April 2S.-The farmers
are beginning to pillow for corn as the
ground is drying.
James Yates, a former resident OF
this vicinity. but lately OF Hopewell,
neighborhood, dropped dead of heart
disease, April 20. He was SO years of
age. and leaves wife and daughter,
to mourn his demise.
John Barnes of yeo, died Sunday of
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Woodland Vale.

Woodland Vale. April 2S.-B. Z. Da-
Wis. a prominent farmer of this place,
returned from Chicago Friday.
8 G. A. Hughey and family were in
Martinsburg Saturday.
Clement Powell of Competine was
called to Oskaloosa Saturday by the
serious illness of his sister.
The track layers on the Milwaukee
cutoff are at work in this vicinity
Several wolves and foxes have been
seen about here lately.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. d. Davis were in
Ottumwa last Friday
The woods are full of wild flowers
now, and their fragrance blending with
the song of birds, makes them a pleas
ant spot to while away a leisure hour
Rev. Woodruff visited Martinsbure
Saturday.
r. l.. Scott of Competine reports q
good trade in his new store.
Mrs. N. Silvers is on the sick list.
Quite a number OF converts of the
Competine Baptist church will be bap
tised on Sunday May TO-
The road work in COMPETING town
ship has been didived into three dis
| tricts.
The team of Max Alexander ran
away Sunday, wreclling set of har
| ness.
Pleasant Hill.
1 Pleasant Hill, April 2S-Clarence
Ritz of Eldon has been buying corr
here at 35 cents per bushel.
G. Manning was in Selma Monday or
business.
4 Quite a large quantity of corn has
been shipped north from here.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. e. Block visited Sun
/ day in Eldon
1 Henry Ritz is very sick. DR.. Savers
of Eldon is attending him.
i Tony Plass was caller at u. 5
4 Schlotter's home Sunday evening.
George Sitz and son Willie made
business trip to Eldon recently.
w. J. Dooley made business tril
/ to Ottumwa Tuesday.
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olive Branch.


Olive Branch, April pa good ma
ny of the farmers are delivering corn
at Selma this week.
Regular preaching services were
held Sunday at Olive Branch.
Wade Harryman and family took
dinner Sunday at D. M. Perry's.
Fred Kunzman of near Leando was
visiting his sister, Mrs. Mary Miller,
Sunday last.
Fred Anderson visited Sunday even
ing at the E. l.. Davis home.
" orb Davis and family visited re-
Gently at Martin Lute's.
T. j. Polling spent Sunday with his
sister, Mrs. G. A. Seitz, and family. :
John Sharp, of White Elm, made g
trip through here one day last week
Miss Nora Davis spent Sunday witt
her friend, Mrs. Carrie Hem, and fam
| lily.
Mrs. Sarah Creasey was here one
day last week.
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Hazel Dell.

Hazel Dell, April 2S.-Mr and Mrs.
.Chas. Kennedy spent Sunday with rel
atives in Blakesbnrg.
F, L. Dexter and Family visited Sun
day with Mrs. VIM. Pollard and fam
lily of Ottumwa.
F..P. Salter, wife and son Clarence
5of Ottumwa spent Thursday with One,
yHaines and family.
Rev. j. g. Barton of Ottumws
preached at the Methodist Episcopa
church last Sunday in place of the
regular minister Rev. r. L. Patterson
who delivered an address to the young
men in Ottumwa. Rev. Patterson vii
hold his regnlar services at the Meth
'cdist Epieropal church in two weeks
Sunday. May 10.
Miss BESSIE Cohagan spent Sunday
evening at the VIM, Gift home.
Thera will be an ice cream social al
the Copnerhead school house next Sat
i,rdav night, Nav ?. the proceeds to &c
for the bera't of the school.
Rev. Bailey filled his regular ap
ro'pt~ent at the Christian church las
Sunday.
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While assisting in moving house,
Col. Lane, a resident of Lewis, was
caught under the building and badly
crushed.
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Dunreath.

Dunreath, April 20 Baseball games
in the order of the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Gibbons
spent Sunday with relatives in Red
Rock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pointer and children
of Percy spent Sunday at this place.
Annie Barr visited Sunday at the
home of R. M. Farris..
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Wilson of near
Monroe spent Sunday at the Phifer
home.
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Howe Th.s7

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for any case of Catar,h that cannot be
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acting directly upon the blood and mu.
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per bottle. Sold by all Druggists Testi.
monials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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Mark.

Mark, April 29-Rev. Sayers of Des
Moines will preach here Sunday. Aft
err the sermon there will be baptising
Frank Dabney died at his sons
April 81, aged 7S years, month and
a day. The funeral was held at this
place April %, conducted by Rev. Ev
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&. A sewerage system is to be installed
at Emmetsburg this summer.
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DoudS,

Douds, April 29.-Mrs. Craig Man
ming of Keosauqua was visiting with
friends at this place and Leando on
Monday and Tuesday.
A large crowd was at the depot this
morning when the trains carrying the
President and party went through
this place about $50 a. m.
Home talent, led by Hovey HOFFMAN
of Mt. Zion, will produce the sacred
cantata, Esther the Beautiful Queen,
at McGill's hall on Friday evening. May
s. The cast of characters is as follows
Esther, the Queen-Miss Wealthy
Elerick.
Ahasuerus, the King-o A. Hoot-
man.
Haman, premiere R. McCrary.
Mordecai, Jew-H. Hovey HOFFMAN.
Zeresh, Haman's wife - Margaret
Ferguson.
Mordecai's sister-Chloe McCrary.
Prophetess-May Thomas
Princess-Stella Siemon.
Scribe-A. L. Doud
High Priest-George Siemon.
Herald-Georgie Thomas
Harbonah-Samuel Adams.
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West Van Buren,.

West Van Buren,, April 2S-Mr. Bow
man of Libertyville was here on bust
ness one day last week.
Samuel Roush and wife were in Che
quest on business one day last week.
e. E. Hanshaw and wife and G. E
Lasley and family spent Sunday at the
home of George Haney.
Herm Laughlin is doing farm worl
for F. S. Plowman.
Mary Hanshaw called on Mrs. Blve
Haryman Saturday Afternoon.
Wade Harryman and family spen
Saturday at D. M. Perry's of White
Elm.
James Polling and son visited recent
ily at the G. w. Seitz home of White
Elm.
Omer Coffman and family were Wis
itors at A. N. Hanshaw's Sunday.
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DahIonega.

Dahlonega, April 29.-Mrs. Ware is
quite sick.
The farmers have commenced plow-
ing for corn.
Quite a number from this place
went to Ottumwa Tuesday to see the
President.
Harry and Willie Tanner of Ottum-
wa were visiting friends here Sun
day.
The old Dahlonega hall better known
as Enterprise hall, was put into the
hands of receiver, and was sold last
Monday at auction.
County Supt. J. T. Reinier left
Monday evening for st. Louis where
he is delegate to the National Good
| Roads convention
Mrs. George Howard and Mrs.
| Enoch Dorothy of Ottumwa spent
Sunday at the home of William Den
| ny.
+. s. McClung was holding court in
Dahlonega last Friday.
Jacob Bane an old time resident of
this place, is dangerously i'll at the
| present time.
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Abba.

Abba, April 29.-Company A. fifty
fourth regiment, Iowa national guard.
with forty-hve others and men, left
here at Z O'clock this morning on q
Wabash special Tor St. Louis, to par.
ticirate in the dedicatoTy exercises OF
the Louisiana Purchase exposition.
Night Policeman Ed Delana, who has
been cen ned to his home for several
days wi h neuralgia, resumed his du-
ties ]sst night.
hrthlle F. Tucker has so far recover
ed from his recent attack CT pneumc-
MIA as 70 lscSahle TO be at work again.
vnl. G. Harimcnd of Dolores. Colo.
arrived in Abba last night and will
make an extended visit with relatives
here.
Ned Anderson went to Oelwein yes
terdaw onsa business trip.
j. Carl Warner was a business visitor
to Ottunwa yesterday.
". w. O'Bryan Of Melrose was an
Abba visitor yesterday.
Mason Mccoy and family have
moved into the Wilson property on
South Main street.
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Lebanon.

Lebanon. April 2S.-Miss Estella
Humphrey is spending few days on
South Prairie.
Silas Humphrey transacted business
at Milton Wednesday.
Sam McComb of Milton passed
through town Wednesday.
Fisherman and wife of .Keosauqua
spent Wednesday night with DR.. Ne
phiew, north of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Hull of Cantril
passed through town Thursday, going
to see Mr. Hull's sister, who is quite
sick.
Misc Maude Schenck, after spending
two weeks with her parents, returned
to Ottumwa Thursday.
p. b. Brown and wife were trading
in Milton Thursday.
Mrs Hannah Chaffline, after spend
ing a few days with her son George
north of town, returned home Thurs
day.
Miss Nellie Conner, who has beer
| spending the past three weeks at Flo
ris, returned to her home Friday. She
was accompanied by Homer Plank o.
that place.
Mr.. and Mrs George Lewis ant
Omar Ward and wife of Chequest pass
ed through town Sunday enroute fol
Troy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Beeler spent Sun
| day in Leando.
Mrs Ned Harrison is spending few
days with her daughter, Mrs. Glen
Wilson.
DR.. Atkins and daughter Kittie o
Milton called on DR.. Perry Atkins Sun
/ day.
/ Clarence Van Fleet and wife spen
4 Sunday with Jesse Davis
4 Mrs. Rosa Perkins is visiting in Mi
Zion
i Fein tombstone spent Sunday at Mi
4 Zion
4 Vance Wilson spent Sunday at home
4 Elmer Coffman and wife of Milton
4 spent Sunday with friends north o
I town.
Mrs. Grace Beeler and Maude Potte
4 were trading in Cantril Saturday.
4 Mrs. Josiah Wilson is quite sick a
! her home south of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hull Of Tro,
DR.. Perry Atkins and Jesse Work al
! tended the play at Milton Friday ever
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Short Tales Concerning People You
Know.
THE VICINITY OF OTTUMWA IN BRIEF
Hirths, Deaths, Marriages, Movements
OF Ynur Acquaintance as chronic'ed
by courier's Staff of Correspondents
Who Know Whereof They Speak,.
Charlton.

Charlton, April 29.-The Burlington
run a special train from this city last
evening to Ottumwa, to accommodate
the crowd that went down to see and
hear President Roosevelt. Among
those who went down from here were
Messrs. and Mesdames l.. +. Maple,
T. P. Stanton, F. G. Stanley, A. L..
Yocum, Mesdames w. w Whitfield,C.
G. Mayhem, d. Cowels, Messrs. Nc
Klveen, Jas Hickman, Roy Fletcher,
Chas. Guthrie, Chas. Goldsberry,
Art Ketchem and James Baker,
Misses Bertha Cowels, Freda Long
err Emily Holmes, Daisy Grail, Clara
Martz, Vernon Householder, Louise
Gleason, and Archie Edwards.
George Case spent the day yester-
! day in Humeston with friends.
4 Miss Agnes Belle departed Monday
I, for Creston where she will learn the
s duties of trained nurse at the hospi-
tai
Perrian Wightman, of Bethany, Mis-
souri,. has accepted a position at the
Herald office.
j Mrs. Ed Lyman went up to Des
7 MIoines last evening for few days
visit with friends.
Leroy o. Wiltsey. aged "a, and Miss
Elmyra Davis, aged IT, were granted
Ia marriage certificate Tuesday.
j. E. Singer has resigned his posi-
ton in one of the local stores, and de,
parted yesterday for New York, where
Ehe will take three months course
I'm one of the art schools.
Chas. Tate made business trip to
Lucas yesterday.
III C. O. Wright will leave in the morn
\ ing for an extended visit with rela
tiyes in various parts of Missouri
w. b. Love, of Russell, was in the
Eity Tuesday
Messrs. Joe Childers and George
aBeadle, of Pleasant township, We're
county seat visitors yesterday.
The young friends of Frank Pat
Rerson, who lives with his aunt in En-
4 ,glish township, gathered in at hel
/. home last evening to remind Franz
of his twenty-second anniversary The
evening was spent in a social way
when at a late hour the self invited
guests departed wishing him many
more such happy occasions.