Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-21
The Labor Union.
BLOOMFIELD.


Bloomfield, April 2O-On Monday af-
ternoon Mrs. d. P. Palmer was hostess
to the Ivanhoe club. The inventions of
the nineteenth century were discussed
by the club under the leadership of
Mrs. A. B. Gilbert. The next meeting
will be held with Mrs j. B. Toombs.
Clark Barton returned Monday to
Moulton, after a short visit with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. T. Barton.
Will Dunlap left Tuesday for Des
Moines to attend the state photograph
ers convention.
John r. Wallace left Sunday night
a week on business.
John F. Gresham left Thursday for
Des Moines to attend the Iowa State
Photographers convention, which will
be in session until the last of the
week.
John Ferguson returned Tuesday
| from keokuk, where he has been
spending the past week as member OF
the federal grand jury.
Chapter B, p. E. o., met Monday ev-
ening at the home of Mrs. j. R. Wal
| lace, with whom a pleasant social and
business session was held. The liter
airy program was opened by vocal
solo, a creole love song, by Mrs. W. +.
! Caldwell An excellent paper on
American Sculptors and Art was given
by Mrs. w. H. Herman and was fol-
| lowed by piano solo by Miss Ruth
Greenleaf Roll call then being in or
der each member responded with
| quotation on art. AT the close of the
business session a dainty buffet lunch
con was served and social hour was
enjoyed. The next meeting will be
held with Mrs M. f. Broadwell.
w. ]. Steckel was a business visitor
/ in Milton Tuesday.
Master Joe Haney, Jr., of Moulton,
| spent Tuesday with his aunt, Miss Lila
| Lakewood.
sylvester Dabney and family left
Monday night for North Dakota, where
| they will spend a year. During their
absence Mr. and Mrs. Bert York will
make their home on the Dabney farm
near Savannah.
Will Zook, guard of the penitentiary
| at Ft. Madison, accompanied by Mrs.
i Zook and little son Howard, were call
ed to this place Monday by the illness
of Mrs looks mother, Mrs. A. c. Sax,
who is very low with diebetes.
i John B. Glenn, of Wichita, Kansas,
a former resident of this place, who is
we'll known to the citizens, having peeL
cashier of the First National bank
about 81 years ago, is visiting at the
N. S. johnson home. The object of Mr.,
CLIENTS visit to the city is to pay
|
chapter / of the World of which he
was the first noble grand master ever
installed. AS Mr.. Glenn is reaching an
advanced age he wished to pay the
/ lodge a last visit while his health per-
mitted him to take the trip.
Mrs. n. S. Johnson and little grand
SON. Newton Lakewood, spent Mon
dav in Moulton visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
HOWE Vail. Mrs. Johnson found
that her son Arthur, who was visiting
there had gone to ST. Louis, where he
accepted position for the summer.
Attorney T. B. Bence spent Tuesday
evening in Ottumwa attending the in
; spection of the knight Templars, at
which time w. w. Powers, OF this city
received the order of the Temple.
Mrs. Mary Young has sold the resi-
dence property formerly occupied by
Rev H. E. Ethel and family to the
Misses Guthrie for $500.
Cud York. of Savannah, sold four
hogs as this place Monday for $4.6o
per hundred. One of the porkers
weighed 240 pounds and the others
TAO pounds each.
GUY Elan and sister Jessie, of Moul-
ton, spent Sunday with their aunt, Mrs
/ D. H. Elan.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. H. Elan spent Mon
day in Ottumwa on short business
trip.
D. T. Raines. of Fairfield, after 9
short visit with Mr.. and Mrs. u. n
Elan. returned home Monday VIA "
tumwa. ~
, Rev j. c. Wilson, pastor OF the
, Presbyterian church, accompanied oy
Fred Hesse, left Tuesday for keokuf
to attend Presbytery.
Mrs Sarah Johnson, of UnionViile
Mo-, is visiting at the home OF mel
: brother, James Dunn.
: Prof. F. j. Meier, one of the instruc,
tors of the Southern Iowa Normal
closes his work at that INSTITUTION IN.
week and leaves next MONDAY for Des
. Moines. having been appointed by
State Auditor B. f. Carroll to posi-