Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-07

weeks ago, has SO far recovered as to
be able to be about with crutch.
w w. belong returned Friday
| from business trip to Chicago.
Miss Blanche M. Dole, who has been
filing position as bookkeeper at Mar
shalltoWn for several months, has re-
| turned home to remain till September.
Miss Cornelia DeCook, of Pella, was
a recent guest Of her friends. Rev. and
Mrs. w. r. Yard.
Mrs. l.. Middlesworth and Mrs. John
| Morris and daughters Misses Ruth and
Emma, spent the Fourth at Sigourney.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lafferty, of Sib-
! ley, came Wednesday to spend a few
days with Mr.. Lafferty's mother and
brother, Mrs. Lucy and John A. LAT
ferty.
Horace Burns, who has had several
| attacks of rheumatism, has been suf-
fering from that malady again this
| week.
Or. e. L. Bay is now able to be out
again after long sick spell. The doc
tor and his wife have just recently
moved into the F. w. Steinhoff tenant
property on South Fourth street, form
erly occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. John
Evans, who are living at Pekay.
Manager N, B. Holloway of the Ed
| dyyille Telephone Company, and his
forcesof assistants worked hard ;, all
Wednesday night and moved the cen,
trail Office Of the company from it's old
quarters on North Second street to
its new location in the brick build
| ing where the post office is at pres
| ent located. Mr.. Holloway since pur.
chasing this building few months
| ago, has entirely remodeled the second
story. The central office occupies the
front part Of the second floor, with
booths for patrons desiring to phone
| to Oskaloosa or Ottumwa j. r. Hall
continues to have his law office in one
of the hear rooms, but new carpet,
paper, paint and a new desk have great.
ly changed the appearance Of his Of
| fee DR.. Martin Long, who is now locat-
ed across the street, will have his Of
| flee in the room just west Of Mr. Halls
office. About July 10 the postoffice and
| Tribune office will be moved from the
| lower floor of the Holloway building
| to the new building which Mr.. DeLong
has erected adjoining the city hall The
Holloway building will be heated by
steam, which will be piped to the sec
ond floor and there will be all conven-
fences.
Last Tuesday evening a complete
surprise was perpetrated upon Mrs. w.
r. Yard by her Sunday school class. All
the members of the class except Miss
Hazel Pos. who Is at Pella, and Miss
Vina Saville, who is visiting at Knox
| Vile, met and proceeded to the Yard
home in body. Some carried beauti-
full bouquets which they presented to
Mrs. Yard upon arriving. In the rear
ranks Miss Ethel Norman carefully
secreted till the proper moment a very
handsome nickel lamp which In behalf
of the class was presented as token
Of the gratitude which the class felt
toward Mrs. Yard for her helpfulness
to them. Lawn and indoor games were
enthusiastically INDUCED in by the
class and Mr.. and Mrs. Yard Light re-
freshments were provided and served
by Mr.. Yard to whom the secret had
previously been revealed. The follow.
ing composed the crowd Misses
! Esther and Grace Riggs, Ethel Norman,
Nellie Templeton, Minta Secress, Car
RE Wilson, Verna Rawson, Bertha Grif-
fin, Ida Scott, Rheuey Johnson and
Blanche Edgar
Mrs. Nancy Scribner, Of Grays Creek,
who has been quite i'll for some time,
is very low.
Henry Olney former old resident
of this place, but now an inmate of the
Soldiers Home in Nebraska, has been
visiting old friends.