Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-13

Mrs. John Shook and daughter, Mr.,
and Mrs. Joe Ford and daughter and
daughter left Monday for ST Louis to
spend a week at the worlds fair.
Mrs. Anna L. Townsend left Mon
day for Quincy, ILL.,, to enter the Gem
City Business college to take the COM
mercial course for the ensuing school
year. Miss Edith preceded her to that
city few weeks ago, where she enter
ed convent where her education will
be carried on this year. After COM
pleting the commercial course Mrs.
Townsend expects to locate in Berkeley,
California.
Mrs. Lizzie Duffield Coons, of Cose-
dad, Neb has arrived to spend
month with her brother and sister, ].
M. Duffield and Mrs. Sarah Earring
ton. and other relatives in the city
and county.
Burke Pemberton returned last week
from Ottumwa, where he had recently
accepted a position in Halls candy
factory and where he sustained an ac-
cident in which one of the fingers of
his right hand was cut off. The sew
cred member was replaced with the
hope of avoiding deformity.
The c. w. B. NJ auxiliary of the
Christian church spent delightful
day Saturday at the Emory Clelland
home two miles east of the city At
the close of the regular meeting the
society repaired to the lawn where a
picnic supper was served. The wealth
er was that of summer day and the
afternoon was greatly enjoyed.
Mrs. Alice M. Wickizer occupied the
Christian pulpit at Drakeville Sunday
morning and evening and will con-
tinue to supply the pulpit every two
weeks.
Rev. D. A. Wickizer conducted bap-
tismal services at the city pond Sum
day, the congregation being now with
out a church. Six persons received
baptism and the rite was witnessed by
large number of persons.
Miss Alma Allender who is teaching
school at Eldon, spent Sunday with
her parents, DR.. and Mrs. r. d. Allen
der.
At the Sunday school convention
held at Gospel Ridge Sunday DR.. John
Garrett was elected president and G.
w. Cline secretary of the Union towns
ship Sunday School association.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Seaberry re-
turned Monday from ST. Louis, where
they spent week on the exposition
grounds.
Mrs. Nancy Wallace and daughters
Misses Ella and May, spent Sunday at
the John Mcconnell farm north Of the
city.
The Baptist church at Mark which
has been without pastor during the
past. summer, was opened Sunday for
services, the pulpit being occupied by
Rev. Stevenson, of Unionville, Mo.
Mrs. Guyer, of Knox, Pa, and sister,
Mrs. RUSSELL of Pittsburg, Pa, are
visiting their sisters, Mrs. J. Miller
and Mrs. Esther Randolph, for a few
days.
The new band which organized a
few months gave their first public
concert in the park Saturday evening.
The boys acquitted themselves add
mirably and the music was greatly en-
joyed. The evening was warm and
pleasant and the streets and park
were filled with crowd of pleasure
seekers.
E. H. eyre and w. White, real
estate men of Rock Island, Ill, passed
through this city Monday in an auto-l
mobile enroute to Missouri on BUSH
ness connected with land interests
there. While here the automobile be-
came unmanageable and they We're
obliged to send for an expert, who
placed it in running condition in q
short time. ri