Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-30
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homes last summer. The present rise
continued till Tuesday afternoon. At
that time the river was about u feet
higher than when the rise commenced.
{ The farm lands on the bottom on the
other side of the river have been flood
ed since Monday afternoon, cutting off
traffic from the west side and interior
ing with the duties of the rural mail
carriers who have the routes on that
side. This "wednesday morning the
river has receded four or five inches.
The council has been arranging for
a strip of ground along the river front
and active preparations are being
made toward the building Of a levee
to protect the town from future floods.
A levee is certainly a crying need of
the town.
Born. April 25, to Mr. and Mrs John
Deskin, who live in Miss Anna Patter-
sons property on South Fourth street
daughter. weight eight pounds.
Miss Carrie Davis of Moravia is
spending a few days with her sister,
Mrs. G. w. Riegel in the Shane prop
erty on Second street.
DR.. F. M. McCrea and ]. B. Wylie,
and daughter Miss Grace. departed on
Tuesday night for st. Louis, where
they go to attend the graduation of
DR.. Eppieas McCrea, who has complet-
ed course in medicine at the Barnes
Medical college. On Tuesday morning
the doctor received letter from Mrs.
McCrea, saying that she had passed
the final examination successfully.
Mrs. McCrea's sister. Mrs. Andy Man
fold and the latter's daughter, Mrs.
Orville Bolen Of Beloit, Kans., are al
SO in St.Louis to attend the commence
ment. The party will remain for the
opening of the Worlds fair. Mr.. Wy
lie will return home early next week,
but Mrs. McCrea and the other Eddy
vile people will remain for about 10
days to attend the exposition.
The infant of Mr.. and Mrs. George
A. DeTaris, west of town, has been
having an attack of Group.
Miss Mary Schafer was an over Sun
day guest in Ottumwa Of her friend,
Jennie Mcpherson.
.s1gsvloA Beamer. who has been in Ar
e past three or four weeks,
( at the l.soss Sunday night.
o. H. Seifert returned Sunday morn
ing from ST. Louis after a weeks alb
sence buying goods and looking about
the exposition grounds.
Mr.. McClonley. living some miles
south of town has been sick for some
days with heart failure combined with
Frank Ryan and Misses Susie Nc
Dole and Roxy McMahan were sight
seeing in Abba Sunday.
R. B. jaeger and Fred Padgett, across
the river. took a number of head of
horses to Bussey Saturday to sell at a
stock sale.
A. ]. Elliott of Ottumwa was an ov-
er Sunday visitor with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. J. N. Elliott and with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Scribner Of
Buxton visited over Sunday at the par
entail Frank Scribner home on the Os-
kaloosa road.
Linnie, the youngest child Of Mrs.
Ada Harding, is gradually improving
from an attack Of st. Vitus' dance
from which she has been suffering
from for two or three weeks.
Plans are being made for building
new Methodist Episcopal church at
Columbia. out near Dudley, this spring
the old church building having been
torn down. 1t will be 36x47 feet in
size.
John Sapp and James Anderson who
have been working in Grattan's har-
ness shop for some weeks, but who
live out toward Abba, leave this week
for Kansas City to live. Mrs. Sapp
will accompany them.
R. w. McMahan. who spent the win
ter with his son, A. H. McMahan at
Sand Creek, Oklahoma, arrived home
Tuesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albertson of Ottumwa
were over Sunday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Dave Belzer in the Chapman
property on South Second street. The
ladies are sisters.
Rev. J. H. Ragan who has been
preaching at Rose Hill, filled the pull
pit Of the Christian church Sunday
morning and evening. The attendance
was good in both instances. Another
appointment has been arranged for
with Mr.. Ragan by which he is to
preach again Sunday May 8, morning
and evening. Every one is requested
to attend.
Frank Scribner while at work in a
field north of town some days ago, had
his leg quite badly injured by log
which he was pulling out of the ground
with team of horses. portion of
the log had had fire set to it and Arson
Cockrill, in removing it from Mr.
Scribners leg, received some burns on
his hands.
Among the recent Ottumwa business
callers were: Frank Epperson on Sat
urday and A. w. Riggs and Mrs. Geor-
gia Boyd on Monday.
Word from Oskaloosa is to the effect
that A. P. Mintonye formerly of this
place is still very low.
Misses Julia and Mary Sargent, pro-
prietors of the Red Mineral Springs
Water company expect to leave on
Thursday night for st. Louis to attend
the opening of the Worlds fair on Sat
urday.
Frank Ware of Ottumwa was in
town Saturday en- route to White City
on a business mission.
John P. Reese of Abba was here
Saturday to attend the funeral Of OW-