Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-27

Hrst program Thursday evening to a
packed mouse. Special attention Is be-
| ing given to the literary work of the
nisn scnool this year, and the pupils
are putting forth every effort to rem
oer a program which will be of inter-
est TO the public in general. The next
program Will be given on Friday even
ing, November 4. The following ex-
cellent program Of musical and liter
ary numbers was carried out Thurs
Day evening" Song, Girls Glee club;
Reading. Roxie McMahan; Debate,
Resolved. That Wealth Causes More
Crime Than Poverty-affirmati Roy
Mater and Blanche Kussart; negative,
Frank Ryan and Flossie Allen De-
clslon In favor of Affirmative; decla-
nation, David McMahan; original pa
per, Pleasant Boyd; instrumental solo,
Lorena Weber; recitation. Roy Pal
mer; book review, Roy Mater; current
events, Frank Coryell; instrumental
solo, Mrs Bay; recitation, Walter
Carey; quartet. Minta Mater, Alma
Culbertson, Goldie Mater, and Olive
koontz; recitation, Geo. DOTS; read
ing, Craig Pos; recitation, Edna
Eight; reading, Violet Scovern; song,
Glee club.
Personal and Otherwise.
w. A. Torrey has been on the sick
list since Sunday.
Recent passengers for st. Louis to
attend the worlds fair We're: Walter
Lafferty and Hubert Donegan on
Thursday; Chas. Kussart, S. A. Shaw
yer and Ebert M. Epperson on Sun
day morning over the Central.
The baby of Mr.. and Mrs Lee Rob-
erts has been sick.
Mrs. Jane White, who has been stop
ping at Lacey, and her son, Lincoln
White, from the north part of the
state, were over Sunday guests of
Mrs. Whites daughter, Mrs. S. A. Old
ham.
G. A. DeTar of Gray's Creek, is pre-
fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. John jaeger. of sheri-
dan, Wyoming, We're guests a short
time FRIDAY of their uncle, John JAEGER,
ST., while enroute home from the
worlds fair.
LATE Dufey. of coalfeld, has been
quite sick with malaria.
Haley Morris, who has been living
in the Frank Scribner tenant house. on
South Sixth street moved his family
back to Coalfield Thursday.
A. l.. Carson is charging his
property on North Fourth street by
adding second story.
The little daughter of Mr. Wester-
camp, across the river, has been sick
with tonsilitis. The little girl is about
eight years old fhis is the third or
fourth case of tonsilitis in this family
the past week or two
Walter Mooney, south of town, re-
turned Thursday morning from a short
visit with his aunt, Mrs. May Harris,
In Ottumwa. On Friday he went to
/ Oskaloosa On business.
rbo ~
has been sick threatened with pneu-
monia.
Excellent literary programs were
carried out in Miss Clara True's and
Miss Ethel Mintonyes rooms of the
city school Friday afternoon. num-
Der of visitors were present.
| j. M. Crosson is adding two rooms
and porch to his property on South
Third street.
Dell Hoes, who has conducted a bill
lard hall here since last winter, sold
out Saturday to Mr.. Reeves from OF
tumwa.
Mrs. Alec Price, of Lost Creek, has
been on the sick list.
Harry Dilliner and Miss Goldie
Moran, west of town, were sight-see-
ing at Buxton yesterday
The following comprises the men,
bership of the Girls Glee club which
has been organized to furnish music
at the literaries: Misses Grace Rhode,
Ethel Emanuel, Mabel Riggs, Goldie
and Mtnta Mater, Ethel Bickford, Lo-
rena Weber, Olive Koontz, Fay Nc
Neese, Ethel Norman, Alma Culbert-
son. Ruth Berry, Frances Funk, Grace
Burns Roxie McMahan and Agnes
Gallagher.
| Among the passengers to Ottumwa
Saturday were: A. c. Beamer, Loren
Albaugh and ]. j. Roberts.
Miss Mary o'Conner was Ill few
| days ago.
Geo. Miller, of oskaloosa, was a
guest Friday of his grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. G. M. B. Myers.
Geo. Berry's baby, on Bluff Creek,
has been quite i'll.
Word received Saturday from Alva
Mooney, Of Marshalltown, who was
quite badly injured in the packing
house about ten days ago. was that he
was recovering, being able to up and
about.
A. G. Bickford, of Hickory, was in
town Wednesday.
Will Page, of White City, was an
Eddyville caller Saturday.
There will be a masquerade ball at
Lakonta Saturday evening October 2S.
Grattan's complete orchestra will fur
nish the music.
Rev and Mrs. ]. H. Raglan have re-
turned home from st. Louis where
they attended the missionary conven-
ton and the worlds fair.