Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-27
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was visiting. with her relatives here
apouls the fore part of the week.
MIS-. Joe Parks, teacher in the first
aUom Oh the city school, has been off
attack of the grip.
Olner grip victims are: A son of
John Riley Of Pekay, Mrs. Frank Pad
| sett ana son, Homer, Of Bluff Creek,
and Mrs. Phil Scott.
In the report of the P. e. o. society
recently . organized here Miss Ida
| Meicns name should have appeared as
chaplain and Journalist.
Jack HallTof Boone came down We'd
nesday to spend few days with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. R: d. Hall, and
ms brother. Attorney Anthony Hall.
MISS Eva Sargent returned Wednes-
gay morning from ST. Louis, where she
mad peen since Saturday. Miss Sar-
| gent is one of the proprietors of the
| Red Mineral Springs Water company
| mere. and while in ST. Louis she made
arrangements to have an exhibit of the
company's mineral water in the min
ing building at the Worlds Fair. Ar
engagements will also likely be made to
nave a booth in the Iowa building for
selling the water
q. X. Harper was on the sick list
Thursday, suffering from an attack of
lleINOuS trouble,
Miss Hattie Berry entertained the
| WHATSOEVER society Wednesday al
| ternoon.
Mrs. Nancy Belzer of Ormanville is
spending the week with her son, David
Belzer. who moved Tuesday from the
| Gibbons property on South Fourth
street, to the Chapman tenant proper
ty on South Second street.
A child of Gorge Patrick of Lost
| Creek has been quite sick with spinal
troubles.
Oden K. Robinson of Abba was in
town Tuesday on business.
| Ed Hawke departed Tuesday night
| for Kansas City on business.
| Mrs. Jas. L. Myrick, Lloyd Myrick,
and Miss Myrtle Norman arrived
Thursday morning with the household
goods, and they are moving back onto
the farm, four and one-half miles
northwest Of town.
DR.. Jacob Kussart departed Tuesday
night for his home at Park Rapids,
Minnesota, having. been here since Fri
day visiting relatives. He left his
sister, Mrs. G. A. DeTar. of Grays
Creek. somewhat improved from her
severe illness. s5
P. T. Workman, who has been living
in the David Hudson property on
South Fifth street. has moved to Mrs.
street. On Wednesday Lewis Harding,
Jr., vacated the Alec Trotter tenant
property on Sixth street and moved
to the Hudson property. Mr.. and Mrs.
w. A. Torrey moved Wednesday from
Miss Gertie Clark's property on Sec
ond street to the Trotter property.
John Haywood Of Missouri arrived
Monday morning and has been looking
for property to lease for his father,
Doran Haywood, also of Missouri, as
the latter desires to return to Eddy
vile.
VIM. Barnes of Grays Creek has been
having very sore hand, caused by
cutting it on barbed wire a few days
ago. :,
Miss Carrie Myers has returned from
an over-Sunday visit with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. George Myers, at Eldon.
Miss Maude Lee of Coalfield, who has
been quite sick with pneumonia, is
improving.
Mrs. Thomas Denning and daughter,
Miss Mary. were in Oskaloosa Satur-
day on business.
The little son of Wylie Berry of
Bluff Creek was recently on the sick
list. u Z
Mrs. Irwin Coup of Oskaloosa came
down Wednesday night for visit with
her grandmother, Mrs. Crispin, on
South Second street.
Van Sanders of Abba was an Eddy
Vile visitor Thursday.
E. C. Clegg of Valparaiso, Indiana,
was here Wednesday settling up the
business of his brother, Attorney S. H.
Clegg who died here last week.
Miss Mary Denning has resumed
her position in the telephone office, after
laying off a couple of weeks with the
grip.
Charles Lutz, formerly Of this place
but now of Fremont county, has been
visiting his relatives here.
The literaries at Charter Oak school
house, north of town, are said to have
been discontinued.
The high school and pin setter teams
had their third bowling match Mon
day night. The players We're: High
school-Cal Chord Frank Ryan, Craig
Pos and Carl McClain; Pin Settlers
Riley Grant, Eppie Ward, Bill Fox,
and Frank Cowden. The Pin Settlers
won by IA pins. and as they had won
the last game before this one, they
are now the champions. The score was:
High school-455. AIS, 416; Pin Settlers
AS, 432, and $50. The attraction this
(Friday) afternoon was Fremont VS.
Eddyville..
A Choral society is to be organized
here on March to prepare a cantata
for rendition under the direction of
Prof H G. Cox of Pella, in May.