Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-29
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Eddyville.
Eddyville. Sept 2S.-Died, at 10 p. NJ,
saturday, September 20. 1903. mt the home
OF his aunt. Mrs. Chandler, south of town,
Harold Davis, infant son of Mr. and Mrs
thurman Il. Davis, of the vicinity of Des
Moines, aged . years. . months and %
uaSs. Mrs. Davis in company with her
little son. came recently to visit her sister,
Mrs. Chandler. The little fellow was taken
sick some days ago and his case developed
INTO membraneous Group. His father came
down as soon as he learned of his serious
condition. The funeral will be held to-
morrow forenoon with burial in the Forest
cemetery at Oskaoosa.
Born. Friday, September %, 1903. to Mr..
and Mrs. Irwin Hit, who reside with Mrs.
Hits mother. Mrs. Sarah Denning, east |
of town, daughter.
Born, Saturday, September 81 1903, to
Mr.. and Mrs. 4. l.. Smith. of Coalfield. a
daughter.
Married, Wednesday morning, September
%, ut the office of the clerk of the district |
court in oskaloosa. Miss Naomie Pert to
VIM. Ruttan, both of Pckay, Rev. ]. p.
Mcknight officiating
Marriage licenses We're also issued at Os
kalOosa the past few days to G. r. Nail, |
aged D. and Mary Sofranko. aged 24 both
of Tckay; Chas. II Poulden, aged 36, and
Lnella l.. lIuntley. aged 81. both of Eddy
vile, and JAS. =. Nelson. aged is. of Os-
kaloosa. and Helen Bicknel. aged %. of
diddyyille. Miss Bicknell is a daughter of
Mrs. Sarah Heard. of South Third street,
hut has for some time been staying in
Oskaloosa.
Mrs. II. II. Fortune. who has been i'll for
!'about two weeks. is able to sit up some
The Syear-old daughter of Owen Reese
superintendent of the mines at Pekay, is
very i'll with congestion of the lungs
Miss Mary johnson. daughter of Mrs.
Jane Gardner, four miles south of town, is
quite sick.
Ray cashatt. the I.akonta lad who has
been III with an attack of typhoid fever,
was dclirions and not so well Friday. Mrs.
l.. D. Parker. another typhoid fever vic
| Tim at Lakonta, is improving.
/ Beamer Brothers sold the property of
John Werner at Bridgeport Friday to A. J..
/ Surbner. who has been living on the Chari-
/ ton road. The place contains four acres
and sold for 500. Mr.. Werner gives pos
session in the near future, but is undecided
upon location. Mr.. Surbucr recently had
N public sale and will move to his new
1 property.
G. NJ. Garfield and family. who have been
t residing ut lIemmett and Pasadena. CALI
/ fornia. for almost a year past, are expect
ed back Wednesday to make their future
/ home at Eddyvile once more.
\ Mrs. Guy Carr and little son arrived
Thursday night from Bussey. and Mr.. and
i Mrs. Carr are preparing To go to house
Z keeping in the Epps property on Fifth
street. Mrs. Carr's maiden name was Miss
1 Cordia Brattan and she formerly lived
| here. ES
Mrs Abe Rose. her daughter. Mrs X;
/ r. COPYRIGHT. and her granddaughter. Miss
In at
Iday till Saturday night. called by the death
4 of MRS. Roses grandchild The child
died Thursday evening. September a. at s
| O'Clock. of cholera infantum, and the funer-
al services were held Saturday at p. m
I c.. b. Fisher and c. J.. Clancy and fami-
lies were at White City Sunday visiting
i Asa Fisher who was so badly injured by
4 falling from a wagon about two weeks
i ago Mr.. Fishers injuries We're not thought
TO be serious at first. but he has since
/ grown worse and it is feared that thesacci-
dent may prove fatal lie does not show
much improvement.
/ Perry Norman, the mail carrier on Route
1 No. /. had a runaway near the lumber
4 yard Friday evening and his elegant mail
4 wagon was wrecked beyond repair. Mr..
I Norman just secured his present position
! August /. and re accident WAS an nnfor-
I trinatc one for the young man.
| Elmer Robinson. of near Rose HILL was
4
1 law G. S. Chord, while enroute home from
! Missouri.
4 Charles W. Fisher, who has been can
wasting in Nebraska for the past three
| months. with headquarters at Alliance,
| Nebraska, arrived home Saturday morning
and has enrolled as n pupil of the high
| school again. If Mr.. Fisher succeeds III
1 making up lost time he will graduate with
I! the class of 1904.
4 There will be a ball ut Lakonta Thursday
4 evening, October /.
4 "A grand ball was given in the h. F. hall
Friday night under the auspices OF the
| Eddyyille re department.. sj
:, Mrs Isaac yickers. of New Sharon. came
Friday night for a visit with the Waugh
I; amans.
Mrs. Editha Fugate, of Edna, Missouri.
4 visited her niece, Mrs. w. 6. Berry. of
4 South Third street, and other relatives
hereabouts from Tuesday till Friday. She
returned to Abba Friday night to visit
with her sister. Mrs. ]. *. Plymate
Il Mrs. Il. NJ. Fausnaugh left Friday for n
weeks visit with relatives at Richland and
Keota.
i W. II. Chapman left last night for Kinks
ville,. Missouri. on short business trip.
4 @. r.. Chord accompanied Clyde Sumner
Ito Ottumwa Friday on a sight seeing trip.
Il Mr.. Sumner drove down on business.
Mrs JOS Parks was an over Sunday Wis
4 itor in Ottumwa with her sister, Mrs. w.
L. Moss.
i w. w. belong went to Des Mones
4 Thursday evening on business.
A carpet rag sewing was held at the
home Of Mrs. Rhoda Briggs, on Fourth
|, street, Wednesday afternoon. Eleven
guests were present and sixteen pounds of
rags were sewed.
Oskaloosa business callers from Eddyville
and vicinity the past few days We're Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel Williams, Charley Bick-
ford, and Jacob Alder, on Friday, and Mrs.
Florence Dunke today.
|, .Dick" Emanuel was guest Saturday
Fand Sunday of his sister, Mrs. MacLawson
at Oskaloosa, and was also at Kennebec
4 Sailor Jean, the newspaper correspondent
who is touring the United States Oh q
wager, and who was in Ottumwa over
Sunday, is expected to reach Eddyville this
afternoon or tonight. His wife was in town
a short time Saturday evening.
W. J. Free has been raising his property
ON Fifth street.
Douds.
Douds, Sept 2S.-Alrs. Bessie Grissem
who has been visiting in this neighborhoot
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