Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-01
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is expected home soon.
Charles l. Norman of Pleasant town
ship, Monroe county, has been select
ed as one of the trial jurors of the
September term of court at Abba.
Misses Florence and Ida Goehring
came up from Ottumwa Saturday to
visit with John Ward east OF. town.
P. e. Moss of Lincoln Center, Kans.,
was an over Sunday guest at the home
of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Danforth. Mr..
Moss formerly lived here but left Ed
dyville about 26 years ago and is now
real estate agent.
Miss Bessie Mum who has been
guest Of her uncle, DR.. e. M Knox, the
past FIVE weeks, returned to her home
at Kirkville, Mo-, Saturday.
The democrats of Columbia township
held convention at the city hall at
4:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Gid
Dotts was selected as chairman and o.
H, Seifert as secretary of the meeting.
The following delegates and alternates
were selected to the county conven-
ton at Ottumwa next Saturday.
Delegates for first precinct - Frank
Kussart o. H. Seifert, Gid Dotts and
Joe Johnson. Alternates = r. M. Bea-
mer, B. R. Newell. j. F. Hall and S. H.
Lamis. Second precinct delegate Pat
Cooley. Alternate - ]. M Blake
Frank Kussart was elected as COM
mitteeman for the first precinct for the
coming year and George Theunison
was reelected committeeman in the
second precinct.
Misses Enoch, Maude Saunders and
Berdeen Region of Abba drove over
and visited here Saturday. They were
accompanied home by Miss Grace
Burns.
Mrs. Monica johnson and daughter,
Miss Emily Of Los Angeles, Cal, have
been visiting Mrs. Johnson's brother
Anton Mayer. north of town and with
relatives in Oskaloosa.
Mrs. Ida Breelsr,d and daughter, Mrs.
Lizzie Rinard of Oskaloosa came down
Saturday morning for visit with their
aunt. Mrs. C. PARROT and other. rela-
tives: hereabouts.
w. A. Waugaman and family enter
tanned a party of about seventy-ive
persons at a watermelon social at their
handsome home on the hill Thursday
evening. The social was given in hon
or of Mrs. Lucy Fais-Leuckel Of New
Jersey who has been here on visit
with relatives. The diversions were vo-
cal and instrumental music, declama-
tions by Miss Iva Smith and Ernie Da-
Wis and games. The guests were then
served with watermelon in the dining
room. The lawn was tastefully lighted
with Chinese lanterns and although
the crowd was an unusually large one
an evening Of more than ordinary en-
joyment resulted The guests depart
ed at about IL o'clock.
Mrs. W. j. Allen was taken sick on
Friday.
Mrs. George o. Myers Of Arkansas
City, Kans., was a guest on Thursday
of G. M. B. Myers and family. Mrs. Ny
ers and her family Will soon move to
Ottumwa.
William and Lewis Harding left on
Thursday for Rockwell City to. spend
a week with two of their brothers
Mrs. j. B. Nelson and two sons of st.
Paul, MINI, came here Saturday night
for q visit with relatives. Mrs. Nelson's
Oskaloosa with them.
S. B. Gilbert of Eldon and Mr.. Hub
bell Of Abba gave very nice moving
picture entertainment at the Methodist
Episcopal church on Friday and Sat
urday evenings. The attendance was
good The entertainments lasted for
nearly two hours, commencinb with a
variety Of magic lantern views, follow
ed by series Of moving pictures.
Views of Mrs. Nation smashing a sa-
loon were given Friday evening and
the Passion Play was presented Sat
urday night in addition to many other
excellent views.
Henry the little son of Mrs. Lizzie
Burch, formerly of this place, but now
Of Des Moines, died after few days
illness and the body was brought here
on the afternoon passenger train Fri
day and burial was made in the Catho-
lie cemetery. The child was grandson
street and was eight or nine years Of
age.
A surgical operation was performed
Saturday upon Mrs. Jerry Williams of
Coalfeld, by Dr. E. L. Bay assisted by
DR.. F. NJ. McCrea.
The following young people from
Grays Creek took their dinners and
had a fishing party on the Des Moines
river near the mouth of Bluff Creek,
Thursday: Misses Maude and Nina Al
baugb, Jessie DeTar and Debbie and
Susie Brunt; Messrs George DeTar, Roy
Vance, John, James, Floyd, Bert and
Leonard Brunt Chester and Samuel AL
baugh and Johnny DeTar.
The five year old child of Henry Da-
wilson of Pekay has been quite sick
with malaria.
G. w. Wilson who recently moved to
Ottumwa was in town Saturday after.
noon.
Gervais Fails has returned from a
visit at Rochelle, Streator, Aurora and
Chicago. III. He was gone about two
weeks.
Mrs. McElwee has been quite i'll of
late.
Walter Mooney, south of town, re.
turned Thursday from visit with his
brother, Alvia Mooney at Marshall
town.
The band did not play Saturday eve