Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-24

INo iiillSS SOulllS VI LGdnOO.
Will s. Kelton of Hooking, who has
been visiting with, friends In this vi
entity the last few days, returned home
Tuesday.
Eddyvilie.
Eddyville. Dec. 23.-Died, at II
o'clock Sunday night. Dec. 20, at the
home OF her parents at Lakonta. the s.
| year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Mi
ner, of typhoid fever, from which the
child had suffered for over a month
The funeral was held Tuesday after
noon with internlent in Davis GENE
terry. The Miner family came to La
konta from Kansas some time ago
Mrs. Miner being a daughter of Mrs
Webster of that locality. Two of the
other children have been sick with ty-
phoid. This is the third death at La
konta the past fall and winter from
typhoid fever, but the disease is
thought to have about run it's course
A. L. Carson's 120 acre farm, six
miles southeast of town, inthe vicin-
ity of Kirkville. was sold Tuesday to
Wilbur G. Kepple. Mr.. and Mrs. KEEP
pie are the couple who were married
here just before Thanksgiving and
have been occupying the Hartman res
idence during the absence of the fam
lily. Mr.. Kepple will at once build
a house and barn on the farm and will
| occupy the same. The price paid for
the farm was $40 per acre, which foots
| up $4,000.
The local board of the Iowa Chill
dren's Home society of Des Moines
held meeting at the f. w. Fails home
Sunday afternoon at 2.3O and elected
officers and selected board for 1904
| In selecting the board for 1904 the OBJ
ject has been to have at least two
representatives, from each of the
| churches here. The officers selected
| We're: President, w. G. Berry, Chris
tian church; vice president, C. B
Fisher. Baptist church; secretary ano
treasurer, Mrs. Bellamy Fails, Congre-
gational church. The following is a
list of those who have been selected
| for the hoard. but as some of their
We're not present it is not knowr
whether all will accept: Mrs. Dicl
Barnett and Mrs. w. d. Odem, Chris.
tan church; Mrs. VIM. Allbaugh, Bap.
fist; Mrs. T. w. Lynch and Mrs. N
b McNees, Church of Christ; Mrs. f
w. Schafer, Congregational; w. S.
Shinn and Mrs. r. j. Oldham, Meth.
| odist Episcopal church; B. b. Bealel
and Mrs. JAS Witt, Seven Day Adven.
fist. Persons having clothing, fruit
vegetables, etc. for the home may give
same to members of the board, ant
| articles will be forwarded to the
home. Another meeting will be held
Sunday afternoon. January at the
Fais home. and the board will NEE
once a month afterward. The loca
officers placed child in the Free
Rhoad's home on Grays creek, some
time ago. The child was taken or
trial and final papers have not We,
been made out.
Eddyville Rebekah lodge, No. 1856
will install the following officers the
first meeting night in January: N G.
Miss Anna Briggs; v. G., Mrs. Jesse
| Swan; secretary. Miss Ida A. WEIGH
recorder. Miss Mabel Johnson; finan-
cial recorder. Miss Lizzie Oldham: r
S. to N. G., Mrs. w. A. Vaughan;
L. s. to N. G.. Mrs. F. w. Schafer; r
R. to v. G., Miss Mary WEIGH; l.. b
to V. g., Mrs. A. E. McGaugh; chap
lain, Mrs. Eva Rector; warden, Miss
Dollie Davis; conductress, Miss Glare
Hartman; A. G., Miss Grace Hartman;
o. g., Mrs. VIM. Allison, ST.; organist
Miss Anna Waughman.
Mrs. Carrie Dronnenhurg of Platts-
burg, Mo-, has been a guest of hel
aunt. Mrs. w. B. McNees, since Fri
day. and will remain till after the
holidays.
j. E. Jamison. south of town. had
his head and shoulder Injured in a
| runaway Tuesday afternoon, which
rendered him unconscious for a time
but 1t is thought the accident will moi
result seriously.
organized at Charter Oak. north Of
town, recently and the first literar,
will be held Christmas night. The de-
bate will be: Resolved That the
Bible is not absolutely necessary tt