Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-02
EDDYvlLLE.

Eddyville, May 30.-Died. at about s
o'clock, Friday morning, May 81, at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Chas.
Lamar, at Lost Creek, Robert Stone
house nc aged 81 years, 10 months and
~ days, death being due to- hernia.
Mr.. Stonehouse was born in Sheffield,
England on June 80, 1912 He is said
to have been Ill but a few DAYS. He
leaves to mourn his loss the daughter
at whose home he died, a son who also
lives at Lost Creek, and another son
whose place of residence is not known.
Funeral services were conducted at
the Lost Creek hall Saturday after
noon by Rev. w T. Howe, the M. E.
pastor here. The place of burial was
the Highland cemetery
Born. Saturday, May IS, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Walker, west of town,
baby boy. Weight, eight pounds.
Mrs. Mildred Parrish and daughter,
Miss Shirley. Of Bussey, were guests
Friday and Saturday of the formers
aunt, Mrs. Lucinda Grill, on South
Fourth street.
Ed Nelson, Of Coalf1eld, who has
been ill the past ten days or two weeks
with appendicitis, was operated upon
Friday by DR.. Brockman, Of Ottumwa.
Miss Drake, a trained nurse from OF
tumwa, is nursing him.
Died, Thursday, May 26, at the
home Of his daughter Mrs. Jerry VII,
liams, Of Coalfleld, David Seeder, aged
81 years Mr.. Seeder had been an in
mate Of the Soldiers Home at Mar
shalltown, but about six weeks ago he
came to visit his only child, Mrs. Will
liams, and was taken sick with COM
plications which resulted in his death.
He was born in Ohio and served in
Company II. 18th Ohio Volunteers
during the civil war. The funeral was
| IL oPt a. nfr1nck
The services We're conducted by Rev.
wi NJ. vanNess, Of Coalf1eld, after
which the following members Of the
local G.. A. r. post took charge OF the
body: John JAEGER, Phil Stuber, John
H. Miller, VIM. Meeker, Joseph Rob
erts and Geo. Myers, the latter living
south Of town, and George Wolf, Of
Coalf1eld.
Mrs. NJ. c. Lawson and son Oda, Of
Coalfeld. and Mrs. Frank Wells, south
Of town, visited over Sunday at OF
tumwa with Mrs. Lawson's husband,
and Mrs. Wells daughter, Mr.. Thomas
Mccall.
Mrs. Clayton Chandler, living. on the
Harshman place, below town, has been
quite sick with peritonitis,
Mrs L. G; Turner new, was in oskalopsa PISA
friend, Mrs. Geo. W. Davis. She re-
|;ports very pleasant trip. '. a.,
Born, recently, to Mr.. and Mrs. L..
Wprley, of Frederic, a baby boy.
Mrs. Lucinda Spencer has been add
ing a room, to her property on North
Fourth street.
Mrs. Belle Pollock, Of Knoxville, and
her sister, Mrs. Lucinda Stephenson,
of Kirksville, Mo-, have departed for
their homes after a short visit with
their friend, Mrs. L. Benedict, Of First
street.
Mrs. S.. Totman, Of Marshalltown,
arrived Saturday to spend a few days
with her daughter, Miss Lottie Tot
man, and with old friends.
Daniel Reese and B. c. Mcmillan,
and families move this week from No.
9, east Of town, to Buxton, No. IS.
F. w Fails was In Waterloo on bust
ness a few days ago.
Miss Abbie Sullivan went to Beacon
Friday noon to visit relatives and at
tend the high school commencement
J. A. Riley, the mine engineer at
Pekay, had his hand burned consider
ably Thursday by the electric ma
chine.
Mrs. w. D. Odem, Of Bluff Creek
troubled with a dislocated shoulder for
some time, and she recently injured 1t
again. so she finds 1t necessary to carry
her arm in a sling.
Rev. w R. Yard, the Baptist pas
tor, delivered the memorial address at
the opera house Sunday afternoon.
The exercises commenced at o'clock
and lasted till about 3:15. The at
tendance was greatly interfered with
by rain, but was good considering the
weather. Some excellent music was
furnished by mixed choir. On ac-
count Of the rain the members Of John
Wilcox Post, g. A. r. decided to post
pone decorating the graves until to-
day. They met at their hall at 1880
and marched to the cemetery at Q
o'clock this afternoon.
ed home Sunday after q few days visit
with his sisters Mrs. Russell Fish and
Miss Ella Mefford.
Mrs. Ed Going, Of Lincoln. Neb.,
was an over Sunday guest Of her
father, Jacob Adler She will soon
join her husband at Ottumwa, and af-
ter short visit with Mr.. Coins moth
er, Mrs G. Coins, they will go to St.
Louis to attend the exposition.
Mrs. Will Parsons departed Friday
night to join her husband at Lincoln,
Nebraska. where they will make their
future home. They have been occu-
plying the F. E. Bassinger tenant prop
erty on North Third street.
Mrs. T. w. Walters has returned
from short visit at Keb.
Earl Ryder Of Ottumwa was bust
ness caller Thursday.
DR.. E. L. Bay, who has been quite
sick is improving nicely. Miss Stella
Akers, train nurse from Ottumwa has
been nursing the doctor.
Among the recent Oskaloosa busi-
ness callers were: Mrs. Frank Kus-
sart, Mrs. Rock" Robinson and Mrs.
James Courson on Thursday; F. w.
Steinhoff on Friday; Lewis Townsley
and. N. B. Holloway on Saturday.
The J. A. Lafferty building two doors
west of the postofhce, until recently oc-
cupied by the barber shop of H. r..
Fortune, has been repapered and 9TH
erwise improved and new barber
shop will be opened UP by Clyde White
man and Irwin Coup, who have been
working in other shops here. The
young men will have bath room In
connection and expect to run a neat
and up to date shop with all modern