Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-16
BLOOMFIELD.

| BlOofnneld, June l5t-After steadily
boring for the past seven months the
deep well on the w. A. Zollman farm,
four miles east of the city, which is
occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. P. D. Rhodes
was completed on Manday. The well
! is 400 feet deep and contains 261 feet
of water. The test rate made on Mon
day was 500 barrels per day. The deep
we'll system of water supply among
the farmers of Davis county has be-
come an established requisite of well
improved farm property and the most
prosperous farmers are sinking them
as far as possible. The men engaged
in the work will begin drilling on the
T. ]. Welton farm in a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Newman have
returned from Stiles, after short
visit at the Hess home.
Misses Lou and Kissie Hesse, of
Stiles, and Miss Amanda Heading, of
Chicago. were recent guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jake Noble.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank UT, of Savan-
nah, have returned home, after spend
ing a short time with Mrs. L. T. Duck
worth.
Mrs. Jack Noble, who is subject to
distressing attacks of heart failure, is
very sick at her home in the south
part of the city.
Chapter B, P. E. o., met in regular
session Monday evening at the home
of Mrs. E. D. Reauchamp. An inter-
eSting feature of the evening was the
response to roll call in which each
member responded with a suggestion
regarding housekeeping. Many new
receipts We're taken down by the mod
ern housewife to be tested and tried
In the near future. The remainder of
the program consisted of piano solos
by Mrs A. II. Fortune and Miss Helen
Davies. Mrs. Phil H. Palmer, who
leaves next month for her new home
in Kokoma, Ind, rendered her resig-
nation as recording secretary, and
Miss Minnie Evans was appointed as
her successor. The interior of the
Beauchamp home has recently been
entirely remodeled and refurnished.
Hard wood floors and elegant rugs
have been supplied and a modern
home is enjoyed by the family.
Mrs. Laura McClurg left Tuesday
for Moulton enroute to Dallas, Texas.
She was accompanied by her niece,
Miss Edith Townsend, who will re-
main until Friday with her aunt, Mrs.
Frank Luman.
The Strollers Whist club has dis
banded for the summer preferring the
hammock and outdoor pleasures to the
parlor and card table, which will be
resumed when winter once more shuts
them in.
Miss Mabel Philo of Keosauqua, is
guest at the Steckel home this week.
Mrs. H. C. Taylor and sister, Miss
Mildred Steckel, We're visiting in OF
tumwa Monday.
Miss Lille Hamilton returned Tues
day from Ottumwa. where she has
been spending several days with her
friends. Miss Hamilton leaves next
week for Granger. Mo-, where she will
make her home with her sisters, Mrs.
NJ. E. Adams and Mrs. Frank Rodgers,
formerly of Centerville.
Miss Abbie Brown entertained
friends at luncheon Monday, the
pleasant little affair being compli-
mentarJ to Miss Allie Evans, of Des
Moines, formerly of this city, who is
the guest of Miss Kate Wise. Not hav-
ing visited her friends in this city for
| several years Miss Evans greatly en-
joys renewing old friendships and
learning the personal history of
friends who have scattered far and
wide since her residence here.
L. E. Wise, of Pratt, Kansas, is Wis
iting his brother, D. M. Wise, and sis
tiers, with whom he is spending several
| weeks.
Miss Cecilia Greenleaf, of Center
vile, who has been visiting her grand
mother, Mrs. Sawyers, of Ottumwa,
arrived here Tuesday to visit her
Miss Greenleaf is the laughter of DIR.
Stephen Greenleaf, llte practicing
physician of Davis county, and is
very bright young woman, having re-
Gently graduated with high honors in
the Centerville public school, receiving
the first Sawyers prize of $40 offered
for the best essay on hygiene. Miss
Greenleaf selected the subject of tub
erculosis for the essay, which the
judges esteemed worthy of the highest
prize not knowing to whom it belong
ed, no signatures having been affixed
to the essays.