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

Belknap, March 1.-Mr. and Mrs. r.
N. Kneedler of Floris, were called here
last week by the illness of Mrs. u. e.
Kneedler
William Wagner .Sr. Of Sherman
Chapel called on Belknap friends
Tuesday. - egg ..
Miss Gertrude Hiatt, of Ottumwa
son.
Miss Chloe Burris expects to leave
"Wednesday for Des .'Moines to attend
the wedding Of her cousin.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. r. Patterson, of
Drakeville, visited Tuesday at the Mrs.
e. A. Patterson home,
Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott Bachman, of
Ottumwa, visited Sunday at the VIII
Wishard home, southwest of here.
7 ]. w. Bolivar shipped some hogs to
T Ottumwa Wednesday,, .t.s& II ,3f.c &
Mrs. Celia D. Nelson returned
home last Monday from !. 0ttumwa,
where she visited with her sister, Mrs.
]. w. Toole.
F Richard Lester and family, Of
Bloomfield, visited Friday at the Geo.
/ Lester home.
Miss Lizzie Mcconnell, of Sherman
Chapel, was a caller at the Mrs. ]. e.
Eberline home Wednesday.
Miss Effie Peden, Of Floris, spent
the latter part of the week at the home
of her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Mcconnell.
Word Of the death of e. B. Hooker
at his home at Defiance. Ohio, was re-
ceived here last week. Mr.. Hooker
was a former night operator here.
/ j. w Bolivar, had a car of corn sip
| ped in from Eldon last week.
| Miss Myra Bolivar was i'll with
pneumonia last week.
School closed here last Saturday
with a short program. Both MFR.
| Evans as principal and Miss McIntire
| as primary teacher gave satisfaction
| Mrs. S. L.. Bates of; Bear Creek, Wis
lifted here last week with her sister,
Mrs. Walter. Mum.
MIR. and Mrs. S. O. Kinney and
Misses Faye and Blanche Kinney, of
Perry township, visited Sunday night
| with Mrs. Sarah MCGEE.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Otus Pickett expect
to leave this week for Seymour, where
they have rented farm.
| :, Mrs. Noah Harbour and little grand
| son, Of Ottumwa, are visiting at the
John Burris and A. J. Blankinship
homes.
Robert Mccormick, of Ottumwa,
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with friends at this place. 80
Carl Guile, of Trenton, was q caller
here Saturday. ~
:. 6. Thompson is spending this
week In Ottu1nwa. &t'5
| Guy Lester spent Sunday with his
grandparents near Floris. .sGi /
wv. L. Mccormick spent last week
with Bloomfield friends.
| Harry Putnam, who has spent the
past few weeks here with his parents,
left today noon for Seattle, Washing
ton.
Otus Pickett and family spent Sat
urday night and Sunday at the par
entail Frank Pickett home near Sher-
man Chapel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Martin, Of Bloom
field visited friends here Sunday.
Miss Stella Bachman, of Sherman
Chapel called at the Mrs. J. q. Eber-
line home this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Putnam, who re-
side north of here, are spending the
day at the home Of their daughter,
Mrs. T. D. Mum.
Mrs. E. J. Woodford, who has been
visiting in st. Louis, returned home
this morning.
Mrs. Pettetis staying at the Walter
Mum home.
]. B. Lafferty. who spent Saturday
and Sunday at the Mrs. Eddie Patter-
son home, returned this morning to
Milton.
w. E. Mum, of Floris, and John
roster, OIL onuneIl, are DelhHdp ViSit-
ors today.
Henry King, of ottumwa, is, visiting
with his son Frank. -
N. Downing, Of Floris, visited Mon
day at the I, E. Kneedler home. He
was accompanied by Miss Lulu John
son, Of Floris, who will stay with Mrs.
Kneedler for a while.
F. A. Olney, OF Bloomfield, was a
business visitor here Monday * NJ
inc .f,ft IA n
died at the home Of his son, G. "A,
Davis, Of Napo. Idaho, arrived Sat
urday evening and were inferred Sun
day afternoon in the Harbour grave
| yard. Mr.. Davis had been resident
of this place for a good many years,
and since the death of his wife in Feb
ruary- 1902 he has lived around with