Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-01-05
September

1-Fifty-second annual meeting of
Oskaloosa Baptist association con-
venes for two days session..
Chief Of police Gray finds $500 worth
Of stolen silks hidden in South Ottum-
wa, and arrests August Neimyer on
suspicion of being the thief.
Opening day of Eldon Big Four fair.
2-Proposition to float bonds for pur-
chase of City Water Supply Cos. plant
falls fiat by reason of refusal of bond
companies to purchase city's bonds.
F. A. Torrey, former master mechan-
ic of Burlington at Ottumwa and Cres-
ton, made assistant superintendent of
motive power on same road.
3-Annual report of Superint
Elizabeth Trotter of the Ottumwa
hospital submitted. Appeal made to
public for nstincreased building fund.
Little zaida Mullen, SIS West
Fourth street, struck by West End
street car, and narrowly escapes
death
August Neimyer held to grand jury
for alleged completely in Bloomfield
silk robbery.
Rev. S. j. Geddes, pastor of Metho-
dist Protestant church, elected presi
dent of Iowa conference of Methodist
Protestant church.
t5-Miss Fannie Smith, of Chicago,
selected as teacher of chemistry in OF
tumwa high school.
Successful Labor Day celebration
held by Ottumwa Trades and Labor as
sembly.
Fall terms of public and parochial
schools Open
8-Republican primaries to select
delegates to county convention held.
9-Pay day at Morrell packing plant
changed from Wednesday to Saturday
10-Unknown man found at Wabash
depot crazed from excessive use of CO.
caine dies "a few hours later at police
station.
11-Harvey Pea acquitted of charge
of assault to commit murder in jury
trial.
William Henry killed at Buxton, and
James Lobbins is charged with the
crime.
12-Republican county convention
chanan is .pleced in the field.
14-MiIwaukee freight train goes in
to a ditch near North English.
| 15-Rain causes second postpone
ment of annual picnic of .Wapello Coun-
ty Old Settlers association.
l6-Death of A. W. CASTOR one Of
Ottumwa's pioneer citizens.
| circumference of republican lead
ers with sixth district committeeman
and Chairman Spence held in this city.
| 1S-Announcement made that Rock
Island railway will build a new freight
house here.
| 10-Ottumwa high school football
team defeats Bloomfield high school
by score of.26 to O..
Democratic county convention and
ticket headed by G. M. Myers placed
in field
21-Property of City Water Supply
Co., sold at public auction to Under
wood & Slingluff for consideration of
| $4,000 subject to two mortgages of
l $145,5O0
Judges of district court confer with
Ballingall hotel trustees and agree to
allow expenditure of $4,000 in remodel
ing the Structure.
Thomas Chesser arrested on charge
of defrauding the government by
cashing money order intended for an
Juliet party Ol same name.
22-Pay of enginemen on the Bur
lington railroad substantially increas-
ed
New firm Of Underwood & Slingluff
presents ordinance which passed to
second reading by council.
23-Milwaukee freight train derail.
ed near Hayesville and fifteen cars
burn.
/ 25-City Improvement association
taken into Ottumwa Woman's club
under name of Civic department.
rs - ottumwa and Fairfield high
school football teams play tie game
at Fairfield.
| October