Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-08
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Salem.
Salem, Jan. &C. McGaw of Fair
field was in this city last week.
Mrs. Sarah Johnson is home from a
visit with relatives in Oakland.
Mrs. Eva and Martha Welpton have
returned to their schools in Colorado.
Gilbert Bailey arrived from Salina
Kansas, Tuesday and spent few
days with relatives.
Mrs. John Marshall was Mt. Pleas
ant caller Monday.
Mrs. Windland and Miss Cliffie
Windland were shopping at Mt. Pleas.
ant Tuesday.
S. w. Bicksler of Denver, Colo, ar
rived Tuesday and remained until
Thursday at the home of his father,
John Bicksler.
A. Guy and Bride of Hamilton, ILL.,,
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. /. Guy
last week.
zade Packer arrived home from st.
Louis Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Shook and daughter,
Miss Myrtle Shook, left Thursday for
an extended visit in California.
Mrs. w. T. Shriner, Herbert Shrin-
err and Miss Col Shriner came home
Wednesday from a weeks visit at Sig
Quincy.
Miss Maud Hawkins entertained a
few of her friends Wednesday even
ing.
Saturday Misses Margaret and Ruth
Bliss and their guest, Miss VIM,
returned to college at Galesburg, Ill.
Elmer Peck has gone to Missouri.
Wednesday Miss Jessie Jones, at
her home West of town, entertained at
dinner Mrs. Frank Randolph, Mrs.
George Wilmeth, Mrs. Arthur Jones;
Misses Jennie Ingrim, Kate Mathews,
Mamie and Matte Crew.
Whittier college and the Salem pub
lie schools resumed work yesterday
morning.
Prof. Parisho came home Saturday
from his vacation outing.
Pulaski.
Pulaski, JAM 6-Mose Kinsinger Of
Peoria, ILL.,, visited his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Pete Kinsinger of this city,
last week.
Mrs. 8. F. Pyle, of Mt. Pleasant, is
visiting her parents, DR.. and Mrs. Jay.
Mrs. s.. Brunk and daughter, Mrs. J..
w. Wray, were, Bloomfield visitors
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. E. Ten Eyck visited
relatives at Jacksonville, ILL.,, few
days ago.
Mrs. Mary Augspurger and daugh-
ter, Ada, visited Mrs. Bertha Johnson,
in Mt. Pleasant, during the holidays.
Miss Mary Jay returned home from
Hobart, Oklahoma, last week, where
she has been for the past year.
Miss Blanche Harp of Milton, spent
a few days with Mrs. Alvia Hunt last
week.
Mrs. K. T. Hotchkiss of Bloomfield
visited friends here the past week.
The Twentieth Century club met at
the home Of Mrs. Laura Milligan on
last Saturday evening for the purpose
| of installing their new officers. The
members of the club invited their
families and a few friends and a pleas
ant evening was spent in music and
| social conversation.
Miss Nellie Gleason of Bloomfield,
visited friends here for few days dur
ing the holidays.
I Revival meetings commenced at the
| M. E. church Sunday evening with
| Rev. Morris as pastor.
Mrs. Callie Tuft and little daughter,
Mildred, returned home from Kansas
City Wednesday, where they visited
friends during the holidays.
Sunnyside.
Sunnyside, Jan. 6-Miss Lily Nigh
swonger is spending the winter in
Udell with her grandmother, Mrs
Reprogle.
Mrs. Matte Penny visited with Mrs.
B. H. Sisson Friday.
The little child of David Davis is
very ill.
John Mccoy and wife of Centerville
visited with G. A. Yates and wife Fri
day.
S. l. Penny has been delivering hay
at Moulton this week.
| Columbus Croft spent Sunday ev-
ening with B. H. Sisson.
Columbus Fleming has been thresh-
ing fodder the past week.
A. M. Rucker spent few days at
the Penny home recently.
Milton Harris and wife spent Sun.
day in Moulton.
Mrs. Rucker left for Kansas recent.
ly to make her future home.
James Howell, who has been suffer.
ing with broken jaw bone is now i'm
proving.
| Columbus Croft finished success
full term of school Friday.
The snow of Friday and Sunday
stopped the husking of corn again
The farmers are paying cents pei
bushel for corn husking in this sec
ton.
Want Fewer Chances to "HolIer."
The independence Bulletin-Journa1
complains that we seem unable to get
rid of our perpetual politics in Iowa
and it predicts that when the people
get another opportunity, in 1904, tc
vote on the biennial elections propo
sition they will be unanimous for it