Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-25
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION,
EddyviIle Has Successful Week.-Mrs..

~ SeooioH mere wednesday ulSHt anu
thursday, was an interesting and prof
itaple one to Sunday school workers,
put owing principally to unfavorabie
weather the attendance was not what
was expected. Added to this, the local
clergy We're all out of town during the
convention, except that Rev. Hemp
stead, the new Congregational pastor.
returned Thursday Afternoon +, having
been at Des Moines attending con-
vention there. The church was nicely
decorated with flowers, and various
Sunday school helps were displayed in
the windows and on the walls. A num-
Der which was looked forward to with
much interest was a talk on The
Boys and Young Mems Work." by
Harry Putnam, of Batavia, high
school pupil of about fourteen years of
age. However, the lad, who is said to
be bright and interesting talker,
could not be present, SO many were dis
appointed. The following program was
carried out:
Wednesday Evening Session.
Song service-W. s. Shinn. of Eddy
vile. Words of welcome, Prof, l.. P.
Breeder, of Eddyville. Response, A.
d. Conrad. of Eldon. pivotal Periods
in Child Life" B. F. Mitchell, Des
Moines Address, "Childhood, Its
Power and Its Claims Rev j. w.
Megan, of COMPETING. Benediction.
Thursday Forenoon Session.
Song service. Echoes Of the Last
State Convention" B. F. Mitchell, Des
Moines. "The Sunday School Superin-
tendent and His Problems Albert
johnson, .Eddyville. Paper, Mrs.
Beedle, Eddyville. Appointment Of
committees.
Thursday Afternoon.
Devotional Workers Together With
God" Rev. J. w. Megan, Competine.
Primary Work." Mrs. Homer Bishop,
Ottumwa. Account of Trip to Pales-
tine" B. F. Mitchell, Des Moines. Tenn
perance recitation, Miss Iva Smith, Ed
dyville. THE Use of the Bible in Soul
Winning" Mrs. Emma Linderman, Ed
dyville. THE Necessity of Sunday
School Extension" Rev. G. W. Hemp
stead, Eddyville. Missionary paper,
Miss Ella Wright, Eddyville. Reports
of committees and election of officers.
Thursday Evening.
Miscellaneous recitations, reports Of
committees, etc
Mr. Mitchell, of Des Moines, is a
Sunday school worker of wide reputa-
ton, and lent valuable assistance, as
did also A. D. Conrad, of Eldon, Mrs.
Bishop of Ottumwa, and Rev. j. w.
Mepan of Comnatina
Personal and Otherwise.
Miss Rena Ryan and brother, Frank
Ryan, entertained the Hot Air club at
their home on South Third street We'd
nesday night. The amusements were
games and music. A delicious supper
was served at about ten o'clock We'd
following were present, all OF whom
had good time: Misses Evelyn Jami-
son, Pleassie Boyd, Edna Myers,
Gladys and Gene belong, Grace Burns
and Jeanette Beedle; Messrs. Robert
OConnor, Horace Burns, Gervais Fails,
and Dain and Earl Roberts.
The baby of Henry Moss, of near
Pleasant Corners, has been i'll with
commissions caused by stomach trouble.
E. w. Knemeyer returned Monday
from weeks trip to- the worlds fair
at st. Louis.
G. l.. Funk has been drawn as a
/ grand juror for the November term OF
| the United States court to be held ii
Des Moines.
Mrs Samuel Hayes returned Tues
day from a several days visit at Ere
mont with her son, Frank Drew, who
recently moved there.
Frank and Lincoln Oldham departed
| Tuesday night for trip to Kansas
They will attend the fat stock show
in Kansas City, and will then go tt
| Wichita, Kansas, to look at land, anC
also to other points.
NJ Doty, of near Buxton, was in towr
| Tuesday afternoon enroute to Keokuk
to bring his wife home from the hos
pital, she having undergone surglca
operation for tumor
! Mesdames w. D. Odem and B. B
Beamer, Of Bluff Creek, were in the vi
cinity of Abba on business Monday
Among the Ottumwa passenger!
Tuesday were: Will Smith, S. P. eros
son, Chas. NJ Johnson, Mrs. Patrick
Smith, and Mrs. M. O'Connor and
daughter, Miss Mary
Cal ChOrd went TO TUSCALOOSA wed
nesday and from there to the worlds
fair at st. Louis Thursday morning.
Mrs. j. J. jaeger was sufferer from
stomach trouble this week.
Mrs. M. J. Longsdorf, of Kansas
i City, arrived Monday and Mrs. JOSH,
/ Sexton, of Des Moines, came Tuesda.
afternoon, called here by the illness O
their mother, Mrs. Mary Homer.
John Turner, of New Hampton, Mis-
souri,, but who has been visiting a
Hamilton, was a guest Thursday o
his grandmother, Mrs. r. M. Patter
son.
VIM. Edwards, of Pekay, dislocatet
i his left shoulder Thursday mornin:
|! while caging cars in the mine.
$ Among the business callers in Oska
loosa Tuesday were: A. G. Beamer
Dell Hoes, Miss Laura Beamer and L
j j. Sipes, the latter of Falkland, Okla
homa.
4 1t is reported on reliable authorit.
that the Rock Island railway has pull
chased twenty acres of the j. r. Este
farm, located below town and occupies
by w. D. Thompson. 1t is said to b