Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-18

entire day.
Robert Martin, of Superior, Neb., is
visiting his mother, Mrs. Lizzie Mar
tin, and other relatives and friends.
EDDYVILLE.
Eddyville, June 16 - Died at z
o'clock Sunday morning, June 70, at
her home in What Cheer, Mrs BAIL
Tout aged about 81 years, death being
due to paralysis and dropsy following
an illness of two or three weeks. Mary
Ann True, daughter of John and Jane
True, was born in Tuscarawas county,
Ohio, in about the year 1897 She and
her parents left Ohio and came west
to Eddyville in 1853 She was twice
married. Her first husband was Ben
jamin Workman, and to this union
there were born two daughters, Mes
danes Hiram and Aram Mcdowell.
Her second husband was BAIL Tout,
and they were married at Charlton in
the los. They had no children, but an
adopted son, Frank Tout of Oskaloosa
is left to mourn with the husband and
one brother, H. G.. True of Eddyville.
She is preceded in death by two sis
tiers, Esmerelda, who died at What
Cheer and Martha Jane who died in
California years ago. The subject of
this sketch conducted millinery store
here years ago. She and Mr.. Tout
moved from Eddyville to Michigan
about 20 or 25 years ago. Some years
later they started back to Eddyville
but on their arrival at What Cheer
they decided to locate there and have
lived there since Mr.. True and chill
dren, Marion and Miss Clara attended
the funeral.
Born, Monday June 10 to Mr.. and
Mrs. John. Faust one mile north of
Lost Creek3a baby boy.
Mrs. George Gilchrist and son Elmer
of Oskaloosa were over Sunday guests
of their relatives the Vances.
Mr. Newell and family of Kirkvile
have been moving this week to the
Property of Jacob Yoder on South
Third street. vacated few days ago
by. Mr.. and Mrs. John Fleetwood, who
have moved into their cosy new home
The knights of Pythias of the local
order gathered in their castle hall on
Sunday afternoon and at about 2:40
O'Clock procession was formed and
about fifty knights headed by the Ed
dyville band, marched to Highland
cemetery and decorated the graves of
deceased members. The band was
composed mostly of members of the
order also. At the grave of A. A. Self.
ert services were conducted. Ten mem
bers OF the order are buried in High.
land cemetery and one in the Catholic
cemetery, the list being as follows
Frank Cowden, Stone Kussart, j. S.
McMahan, James Mintonye. Charles
Cooper, Edward Leggett, Jasper Old
ham, r. S. Riggs, Flint Thompson and
A. A. Seifert in Highland cemetery and
F. NJ S. Cawley in the Catholic Gem
etery.
Mayor Cowley introduced a resolu.
ton at an extra session of the city
council Monday night forbidding the
streets being INSTRUCTED with ropes or
otherwise in case of sickness. In the
resolution it is stated that the coun-
Gil sympathizes with the afflicted, but
an instance is cited wherein some OF
tumwa people in an automobile week
ago Sunday evening about dusk fail
ed to notice a rope which closed South
! Fourth street, on account Mrs. John
Haywood being seriously ill, and lady
came near being jerked backwards out
of the automobile by coming into con
1 tact with the rope. Mayor Cowley
4 further cited that were the closing Of
| the streets to continue some one might
meet with injury which wodld result
| in the city being sued for damages
The resolution was passed by an un
animous vote. -
John Shea, Jr., of Duluth, Minnesota
general roadmaster of the Duluth &
Iron Range Railway, was a guest Sun
/ day and Monday of his, parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Shea, Sr. Mr.. and Mrs
| VIII Shea, of Blakesburg, were alsc
guests Sunday at the parental She's
home.
4 Mrs James Watt and son. Harry
returned Sunday night, and Jas
Bowles and family, Mrs. Maggie Wat
/ kins, and Miss Gertie Clark returned
| Monday night from Colfax where the,
1 had been attending the s. D.f'Advent
list camp meeting the past week. The.
state the forty-one people were hap
4 tised.
1 Samuel Davis arrived home Sunda;
night from Hot Springs, Arkansas
where he has been the past twy
months or more taking treatments TO
a severe case of rheumatism. TIL
Treatments did not provefof much bene
i fit to him.
l Mrs J. w. Seifert went to De
i Moines Saturday afternoon to spend
week with her daughter, Mrs. Howar
4 Hedrick
Mrs. j. B. Nelson and sons, Merit
and Hugo, and infant daughter, of 81
Paul, Minnesota, arrived Sunday nigh
to visit Mrs. Nelson's mother, Mr.!
I Snow. and other relatives and friends