Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-17
EDDYVlLLE.

Eddyville, May 14.-Born, Saturday,
May ia, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles P.
Miller, of Pleasant Corners, a daugh-
ter.
Mrs. H. R. Oldham and children left
Friday night for Greenfield to visit
relatives. They will also stop off in
Marion county enroute home and be
the guests of other relatives. They
will be gone several weeks.
The twentieth Y annual commence
ment of the Eddyvile high school was
held at the opera house Friday even
ing. The graduating class was COM
posed of the following young people:
Misses Edith Terrell, Clara Hudson,
Pearl G.. Rawson and Maude Dotts,
and Messrs. Dave Mahaffey and James
Powell. Each of the pupils delivered
orations except Miss Rawson, who has
been SO seriously i'll, but is now able to
sit UP little. She had taken for her
subject, Parting Of the Ways" and
it was a matter Of much regret to her
friends that she could not be present.
In addition to the orations, there were
solos and duets, and also an excellent
address entitled Making Men," which
was delivered by President D. f.
Bradley, of Iowa, college. The house
was filled to overfowing. The class
had selected for their motto: Tonight
Anchor?' AS Miss Maude DOTS was
closing her Grafton the Junior class
lowered to view banner on which APP
peared, "Class Motto-Tonight We are
| Harpooned; Where Shall We Spank
Herr" Glass Yell-Whoopee! We are
| Whales! Whoopee! We are Snails!
Windy enough to blow gale! 1904!
1904! Don't wake us! Let us snore.'
The house was tastefuly and beauti-
| f,,llxy cd nd tho n1aSa nf 1914
although small, acquitted themselves
handsomely.
Born. Sunday, May 15 to Mr.. and
Mrs. John Simms, of Pekay, a baby
boy. Weight, nine pounds.
The Iowa Central ran an excursion
| to Hooking Sunday afternoon, the at.
traction being a baseball game be-
| tween Oskaloosa and Marshalltown
| Agent H. S. Davis sold 81 tickets, but
by the time the train had reached Bea,
con it was SO crowded that it ran or
| through to Hooking, and the engine
and part of the coaches were brough
back to pick up the Givin and Eddy.
| Vile excursionists. Twelve coache:
were used on the return trip after thu
game, and all the coaches were peck
!! ed.
Mrs. John Haywood has been quit
sick at her home on South Fourth
street the past few days.
Ralph Allen, James johnson ant
John Jamison were visiting friends ant
sight seeing in Oskaloosa Saturda,
night and Sunday.
The Eddyville Tribune's worlds fai
contest, which was conducted simila
to the Courers contest, closed Satur
day night. Mrs. Georgia Boyd receiv
ed 30,474 votes, and Miss Grace Grant
who stood next, had 26,097 votes, s
Mrs. Boyd was declared the winner b.
; 4,377 votes. A total of S2,41S vote
. were cast, being distributed among 81
other contestants besides those men
toned above.
The e. H. S. A. A. held their bust
ness meeting at the school house Sat
urday morning and elected the follow
ing officers for the ensuing year. Presi
dent Mrs. w. A. Torrey; vice presi
dent. Robert O'Conner; secretary, Mis-
Chloe Cawley; Treasurer, Miss Grac
, Hartman; Secretary of the class c
1904, Miss Maude Dots. In the even
ing the alumni gave their annual ban
l quet and reception to the graduatin
Z class in the K. P. hall. The receptio
opened with music by Grattan's or
! chestra. The welcome address was t
t have been delivered by J. #. Hall bu
he was not present. However, a re
r Spouse was rendered by Miss Edit
e Trrell. A program was then carrie
e out. Among the numbers We're:
' solo by Mrs. Theo. OFT and quartets b
: Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Lafferty, Mrs. Bird
t Butcher and Theo OFT. The program
closed with music by the orchestr