Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-02

home Wednesday. Naoma Evans ac-
companied her grandmother home.
7. E. Campbell and j. c. Van Fleet
are business visitors in Ottumwa.
Mrs. Alvina Van Fleet is visiting
with Mrs. Lewis Seamster of Che
quest
Mrs. Estella Humphrey returned
home from Milton Friday.
J. T. Snider, who has been spend
ing the winter in the west, came
home Friday evening.
P. B. Brown and wife were trading
in Milton Friday.
Miss Iradell Humphrey and Dott
Brown spent Saturday and Sunday at
home.
Misses Abbie Conner and Elola
Campbell were in Cantril Thursday.
Miss Emma Harrison is visiting in
Keosauqua, the guest of Mrs. T. l.
Muir
Henry Work and wife were trading
in Cantril Saturday.
G. X. Ten Eyke of Pulaski was in
town the first of the week.
Mrs. Edd and wife spent Sunday
with their daughter, Mrs. Ernest
IlOuou, HOltu VI -tUWu.
George Manning of Keosauqua was
in town Sunday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Davis spent Sun
day at the Ned Harrison home, south
of town.
Henry Work, wife and son, Bates,
spent Sunday at the home of John
Work.
Gladis and Rex Koontz spent Satur-
day and Sunday with Mrs. Craig John
stone.
H. B. Humphrey and ]. T. Snider
We're in Keosauqua Monday on bust
ness.
B. I. and Charlie Warner, silas
Humphrey and P. B. Brown were
trading in Milton Monday.
Will Davis and son were trading in
Cantril Monday.
Joe Beeler and wife were called to
Leando by the sickness Of Mr.. Beel--
er's aunt, Mrs. Benjamin
The postoffice was discontinued at
Lebanon yesterday.
Pulaski.
Pulaski, April miss Nellie Glea-
son of Bloomfield visited with Miss Es-
ilS IldSSS ONSl Ouuudy.
Mrs. d. E. Matlock returned home
Tuesday after weeks visit with her
parents near Pennington.
Miss Bessie Reed visited in Bloom
field over Sunday.
Col. George M. Balm will give his
famous lecture "The New Woman and
the Old Man." at the opera house Fri
day night.
G. A. Power is home on a week S
vacation from Gladbrook where he has
been teaching the past seven months.
Mrs w. H. Shelton visited relatives
in Bloomfield Wednesday.
Volney Maggie of Red Oak is visit
ing in town this week.
Misses Gladys and Sybil Hayes, who
have been visiting with their cousin
Miss Elsie Hayes of this place, the
past week returned to their home in
Glenwood. Mo-, Saturday.
Postmaster j. N. Milliken was strick-
en- with paralysis at the postoffice Fri
day morning at about s o'clock. One
whole side was affected and he was I'M
able to talk. Medical aid was immedi-
ately summoned after which he was
moved to his home. He is now much
improved and hopes are entertained
that he will recover.
Christ Wagler, living south of town
met with quite serious accident Tues
day while splitting logs. He had in
serted charge of giant powder in a
log and lighted the fuse, but it failed
to ignite the powder, after splitting
the log open he concluded to set the
DOWder on fire with a match He did
so and the powder flashed up burning
his face quite severely.
The Twentieth Century club planned
and successfully carried out surprise
on Mrs. HI. F. Dunn Saturday even
ing. The club members with their
families and friends went to the Dunn
home in a body. The evening was
spent with games, music and social
conversation. Light refreshments
We're served