Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-22
BLOOMFIELD P. E. o,
A Little Sketch of the Year Book
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son was held Monday evening at the
home of Mrs. w. A. Herman. The lit
arary feature of the meeting consisted
of the reading of an original story
entitled "A Rose" by Mrs. F. c..
Young, at the close of which piano
solo was played by Miss Ruth Nc
Achran. The meeting closed with
roll call, to which response was made
in original quotations. The remainder
of the evening was spent socially and
a grub" supper was enjoyed. The
year book of the organization which
has just been issued is neat little
booklet containing the finest programs
been prepared. Something of the ma
ture of the years work is shown in the
following condensed sketch of pro-
grams:
Oct. 9-Exposition Evening, hostess,
Mrs. Jennie Hotchkiss.
Oct 17-Social in honor of our
mothers. "All that l am and all that
err" Hostess, Mrs. May Fortune.
Oct 31-Political Love Feast, hos
tess, Mrs. Ethel Votaw.
Nov. 14-Travel Evening, What l
Have Seen Permit Me to Relate hos
tess, Mrs. Flora McAchran.
Nov. 28-"Thanksgiving Pie Social.
Hostess, Miss Ollie Rominger
u. f,
birthday" Hostess, Mrs. Helen Tay-
lor.
Dec. -26-xmas Reception
Ring out the old ring in the new.
Ring happy bells across the snow;
The year is going, let him go,
Ring out the false, ring in the true"
/ Hostess, Miss Jennie Wallace.
Jan. 20-Fraternity Evening. Hos
tess, Miss Ruth McAchran.
Jan 24-Mock Trial. Hostess, Mrs.
Fife Fortune.
Feb. 7-Question Box, conducted by
Mrs. Eff1e Fortune. Hostess, Mrs.
Almeda Bence.
Feb. 21-Indian Evening in Costume.
Hostess, Mrs. Stella Teed.
March 17-Election of Officers, Let
those obey who know how to rule
Hostess, Mrs Emma Caldwell
March 21-Easter Program. Hos
tess, Mrs. Bell Steckel.
April Mature Study Hostess,
Mrs. Maud Welch.
April 1S-Evening with Japan
Hostess, Mrs Addie Ethel.
4 May ELLA Wheeler Wilcox. Laugh
and the world laughs with you: weep
and you weep alone" Hostess, Mrs
Abbie Brown.
May 16-Convention Report. Hostess
Miss Minnie Evans.
May 3o--Debate. Hostess, Mrs.
. Mdllle- oduIlQeES.
; June 14-Sealed Program. Hostess
Mrs. Edith Johnson.
!. June 2S-Children's Evening-lawn
social. Hostess, Mrs. Ella Scarbor-
l ough.
: And now our candles gone out"
The fly leaves OF the booklet contain
] a list of the officers, program, commit
+ tee and resident and nonresident
3 members
Other Interesting Items.
New window panes were being plac-
}. ed in nearly every home in Pulaski
f Tuesday as the result of one of the
t, most disastrous hail storms Monday
h night that ever visited that section
Of the county Twenty eight window
: panes were shattered in the Mennonite
: church and the glass in nearly every
:. - residence in the town was more or less
g damaged ]. w. Howard made bust
% ness trip to this place Tuesday for the
purpose of replacing fifteen window
e panes which were broken in his house
5, by the hail Mr. Howard stated thai
e the first stones that struck the house
: brike five window panes at once. Tht
: stones were about the size of walnut:
and stripped the leaves from the tree!
and corn stalks as they fell. Ths
s clouds came from the northeast anc
9 the storm broke upon the town abou
q II o'clock at night The appearance
hue was frightful and greatly alarmed
those who watched the approach o
the storm. When the storm was owe
leaves and hail stones filled the streets
!. to the depth of several inches.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Warner ant
Miss Anna Ellenberger, Of Stuben, lef
Tuesday for the worlds fair.
= Mr. and Mrs. John Burgess left Tues
v day for ST. Louis to spend week a
e the worlds fair.
l. Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Swartzendruve
f. members of party who left Tuesda,
1. for the worlds fair, will also attend
e reunion of the Swartzendruver familie
!, held in ST. Louis, many of whom hav
Y. not met since the war
= party of pleasure seekers com
9 posed of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fergu
4 son, Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. WEIGH MI
I. and Mrs. w. F. Dunlap, Mr. and Mr.:
w. L. Swartzendruver and daughter
Y. and Mr.. and Mrs. Al Rudd and daugh
# ter, left Tuesday for ST. Louis to visi
N the fair together.
" w. F.. Hassenpfuy returned Monda
u from Cascade, Ia, where he has bee
+ spending some time on his farms re
placing buildings which We're destroy
ed in a recent cyclone at that place.
Mr. and Mrs. w. P. Caldwell and SO
left Tuesday for st. Louis to spend
" week on the exposition grounds.
n MISS Nora BdlIlIl lell MONDAY lllSi
u for Chicago, where she entered tn
y nurses training school in the Yves
lie Side hospital.
is Mr. ard Mrs. w. H. Wiseman re
IL turned Monday from Centerville, wher
,e they had been spending few day
"a with relatives.
ie Evangelist Williams and his corr
Is of assistants, Prof. Hicks, A. P. Gi
IN and Prof. Smythe We're entertained {
six o'clock dinner at the Steckel hon
= Monday evening.
Rev wv Potter returned Monda
from Muscatine, where he preached h
J.. first sermon Sunday as the pastor
es the Methodist church. The receptio
e. by the congregation was exceeding
es cordial and as the parsonage is one
v the finest in the conference his ne
e. surroundings will be as pleasant {
n possible. 1t is with sincere regret thu
~ the Methodist congregation togetht
-. with many citizens of other religion
&c denominations are parting with Re
.s' Potter and family. all of whom HAY
a won warm place In the hearts of tt
s. people during the past four years \