Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-06
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EddyVlIle, sept. o.-Ine Lost Creek
Fuel Co. commenced sinking Shaft No
s on frank Oldham's farm, east Of
town, Tuesday. The new shaft. will be
located about one-half mile east of
Shaft No. g. The old switch, which
had been torn out, will be replaced
The company has bargained for 81
acres of coal under Mr. Oldham's farm
John Werner departed Tuesday night
for st. Louis to attend the worlds
fair. From there he will go to south.
ern Missouri to spend the winter with
his two sons and sister.
Miss Anna Rhode returned Saturday
from fortnight's visit with relatives
and friends in Monmouth, Illinois, Bur.
lington and TT. Madison. Her sister,
Miss Grace, met her in Burlington
and accompanied her. the latter having
spent the summer in Chicago.
Misses Lucille Teeple and Kitty
Clever, of Abba, were guests Sunday
Of Miss Teeple's cousin, w. ]. Lafferty.
The adjourned quarterly conference
of the NJ e. church was held at the
church Wednesday night commencing
at eight o'clock Presiding Elder ].
w. Lambert, of Ottumwa, was present
and the regular business was transact.
ed.
Miss Edna Snow, OF Oskaloosa, came
down Wednesday to spend the remain
der of the week visiting her aunt Mrs.
Samuel Williams, and other relatives
James Dunningswas taken sick We'd
nesday with an attack of congestion of
the lungs.
The following were among the OF
tumwa business callers Tuesday: At.
torney J. F. Hall, G. L. Funk, Mrs. e.
L. Bay, Tom. Haywood, R. B. lager,
and Wilter Lafferty.
Marshall DeCoupman, of Lost Creek,
who had his scapula fractured in the
mines last Saturday, is getting along
fairly well.
Mr.. and Mrs G. H. Johnson, who
have been visiting Mrs. Johnson's
brother c. M. Garfield, the past week
will return to their home at Smith
Center, Kansas, next week. Mr.. John
son was called to Iowa by the death
Of his brother, Newt Johnson, who was
killed by train at Chillicothe some
days ago.
Mrs. John Eich went to Hickory
tuesday night. 1t Is reported that the
family will soon move there.
w. A. Brown, east of town, has been
quite sick with malarial fever this
week.
James Wylie, the prosperous farm,
er east of town, has been adding new
porches to his residence and making
other impr0vem ents
Alec Trotter, of Hamilton, has been
visiting his daughter, Mrs. Lewis Hard
ing, Jr.
]. G. Harold, of Oskaloosa, was a
guest of his sister, Mrs. G. L. Funk,
Wednesday, while en- route home from
a trip to Abba.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grin Woods and baby,
of Washington, D. c., and Misses Mary
Martin and Carrie Terhune of Wood.
burn, drove down from Woodburn in
covered wagon and are spending q
few days with B. B. and Mrs. Martha
Beamer and j. l.. Sipes.
Miss Kate Tobin, formerly of this
place, but now Of Davenport, was mar.
ried at that place last week to August
Gottschlich, of Oskaloosa. The groom
is the proprietor of the Oskaloosa
Foundry.
Mrs. Frank Mortley, of Pekay, has
been Ill with a bilious attack.
VIM. Leonard, who published small
sheet here, called the Eddyville News
in his hoyhood days, but who is now
employed on the Chicago Record.Her
aid, arrived Tuesday night for a short
visit with his grandmother, Mrs. M
Leggett, and his aunt, Mrs. L. A
Rowe.
A license to wed was issued at AL
bia to VIM. H. Davis and Miss Ethel
Wooten, both of Coalfield.
G. L. Clancy, of Bussey, was in Ed
dyville Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Pearl Workman was business
caller at Buxton this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl True returned
Monday from two weeks stay in OF
tumwa. Mr.. True was working in q
barber shop while there.
Mrs. Emma Bourke, who has been
at Aneta, North Dakota, the past year
has returned to make her home with
Mrs. Avis Bourke.
The Eight Annual picnic and re
union of the Noe family was held
|. Thursday in the grove on the Franl
Burns farm, north of town. A large
number of the Noes and their relatives
were present and good time was the
outcome. An excellent dinner wat
served on two long tables. A short
program of speeches and music was
carried out. Games were also INDUCED
in.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Bell and DR.. r
F. Shahan drove to Abba Tuesday to
be present at the wedding of Miss
Grace Shahan to Guy G. Trim BILE
which took place Wednesday, Angus,
81, at $3.50 a. M, at the j. w. Shahar
home in Abba.
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