Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-03

husband and several children, Mrs. Al
bert Secress, Of North Seventh street,
being daughter. The lady was a sis
ter Of 2. T. Reed, Of North Sixth
street. The funeral will be held this
morning at 10 o'clock from the church
at Coalfield. and interment will be
made in Highland cemetery.
Mrs. Ira Balm and two children de-
parted Tuesday night for their home at
Delphos, Kansas, after four weeks
visit with Mrs. Bain's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs John Fleetwood.
DIR. G. E. Sheffield returned to his
home at Quasqueton Tuesday after
spending a few days with his mother
in-law, Mrs. Jennie McElwee, who has
been quite sick.
Born. Sunday, November 81, to Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Malin, of South Iowa
Junction, son.
Mrs. David Hudson, Of Missouri, has
J been visiting her son, Frank Hudson,
her daughter, Mrs Alice Heki, and
other relatives here.
James H. Riggs, editor Of the Water.
loo (Nebraska) Courier, was a guest
Wednesday and Thursday of his
father, A. w. Riggs. He went from
here to Des Moines to visit his brother,
Geo. Riggs.
The little baby of Mike Kraha, Of
White City, has been sufferer from
scarlet fever
Roy Palmer returned Wednesday
from Chicago. He and his father, c..
G. Palmer, had accompanied ship
ment of five carloads Of cattle to that
city few days previously. Mr. Pal
mer remained for a few days longer to
attend the live stock show.
! A child of Mr. Reeves, of Frederic,
has been quite sick with pneumonia.
! Mrs Martin Swintek, who moved to
Oskaloosa last week, was here Thurs
day on business. She has rented her
property on North First street to Ned
O'Brien, who will at once vacate the
Wylie Berry property on South Sec
ond street, and move to Mrs. Swintek' S
residence.
Samuel Hayes, Walter Coon, and
John Lutz attended the prize fight in
Ottumwa Wednesday night.
The little daughter of Marshal De.
Coupman, of Lost Creek, has been a
sufferer from kidney trouble. The
child is about five years DID,
/ Thomas Miller of Minnesota, son of
G. L. Miller, of Hayden, was here
Thursday en- route home from the
worlds fair.
! A daughter of John Ward. east OF
town, has been i'll with the grip.
j Wesley Reeves went to Ottumwa
Wednesday night to spend few days
:. with relatives Jacob Alder is look.
ing after Mr.. Reeves place of bust.
ness
The baby of Jack Stonehouse, OF
Lost Creek, has been i'll with an at.
| tack of pneumonia.
}, On Monday Attorney Paul B. Ma
son, who has been practicing law here
the past three or four months, dis
posed of his practice to Attorney Geo
L. Gillies, who also recently located
here. Mr.. Mason departed on Wednes
day for Marshalltown to locate there
) Joe Messo's little girl. at Lost Creek
. aged about four Yeas, is among the
the grip sufferers.
Miss Pleasant Boyd returned Wed
nesday night from weeks stay at
st. Louis. She attended the worlds
fair and visited her father, w. j.
Boyd.
At about 1 o'clock Tuesday after.
noon Mrs. f. E. Vance discovered fire
in the back porch of their residence
on North Fifth street. number OF
school boys who were passing came to
: Mrs. Vance's assistance and they soon
had the fire under control A phone
call had meanwhile been sent in for
the fire department. A team from the
livery barn was hurriedly hitched tc
the chemical fire engine, and the de
, partment made an unusually good run
for few blocks, owing to the team
becoming frightened and running
away The department was delayed
somewhat at the corner of Walnut and
Fourth streets, SO the blaze was ex
tinguished before the firemen had ar
rived Had the blaze not been dis
covered till few moments later it