Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-07
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
8 NEIGHBoRHooD NEWS
BLOOMFIELD.

Bloomfield, July 6.-Mrs. ]. S. Men
denhall returned Monday to her home
4 In Tina, Mo-, having spent several
days at the home of County Recorder
q P. P. Jarvis.
Misses Hattie Hopkins and Edith
Fletcher, Of South Ottumwa, returned
home Tuesday evening after short
visit at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Songer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Hatton and Miss
Brady of Keosauqua, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Hatton, of Moulton, have
been spending the past few days at
the L. T. Hatton home.
w. T. Noble, Of Ottumwa, arrived
Monday for short visit at the home
of his son Jack, with whom ]. j. Smith
and Amanda Harding, of Chicago, and
Miss Tisbie Hess, of Stiles, are also
visiting for a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Smith, of Bell
View, Kansas who are guests In the
city, have returned from Stiles, where
they have been spending short time
Itat the home Of Mrs. Smiths brother,
4, Mr.. Hess.
Rev. and Mrs. ]. A. Glendinning, Of
Burlington, arrived Monday for two
weeks visit at the home Of Mrs. Glen
dinning's parents, Attorney and Mrs.
1 D. H Payne.
Miss Delta Mcdonnell, of Ottumwa,
/ is spending a few days in the city as
the guest of Miss Garnet Taylor.
Mrs. D. NJ. McFadden, accompanied
by Mr.. and Mrs. John Higbee. Of OF
tumwa, visited in the city Monday as
guests at the home of Miss Myrtle
Stanley.
c. F. Updike, Of Charlton. spent the
Fourth in this city, the guest of Miss
Joe Hatton.
[ Mr.. and Mrs. Will Eaton, Of ottum-
wa, accompanied by Mrs. Eaton's
mother, Mrs. Samuel Y. Woods, of
with relatives in this city. Mrs Woods
left Tuesday for Mt. Ayr, where she
was called by the illness Of her moth
! er.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Shelton, of Ba-
tavia, spent the Fourth with relatives
and friends at this place, visiting at
the home of Mrs. Shelton's uncle, John
Graham.
II H. c. McCahan, of Kirksville, Mo-,
arrived Saturday evening at the home
of Judge and Mrs. H. G. Traverse,
where Mrs. McCahan has been spend
ing the past week. Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
! Cafan returned home Tuesday.
J Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Carroll returned
/ Monday from White Elm, where they
had been spending few days with
Mrs Carroll's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
NV. r. LIVER, also NlSlllUS her
and sister, near Leando.
/ Mrs. Frank Lester and daughter
Claire, of Lincoln, Neb., are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Lester and other
relatives in the city and county. Mr..
/ and Mrs. W. E. Galpin, of Des Moines,
who spent the Fourth with relatives at
! this place were also callers at the
Lester home Tuesday
Marley Curry, of Des Moines, is
q his Ixffa
baby. at the parental home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Dunn. Miss Edith Dunn, of
Des Moines arrived today to spend the
remainder Of the summer with her pa
rents.
The marriage of Miss Lulu Good
lander of Drakeville to W. S. Carlisle,
of Clarksdale, Kansas, occurred Mon
the officiating pastor, Rev. D. A. Wick
: iZer. Mr.. and Mrs. Carlisle left Tues
day for Clarksdale, where Mr.. Carlisle
is employed as agent at the depot at
that place.
The Fourth of July celebration held
most successful and altogether salts
factory anniversary occasions which
has been observed for many years.
The heavy rain of Sunday proved adj
vantageous rather than detrimental
and the warmth and sunshine which
followed on Monday brought an i'm
mense crowd to to the city to enjoy
the splendid program which had been
prepared and which was well carried
out. The excellent music which was
furnished by the Fifty-fourth Iowa
Regimental band of Ottumwa was one
of the pleasing features of the days
entertainment. A larger supply of
f1reeraekers and all kinds and dimen-
sions were never brought to the city
and as result the noise and din of
the continuous explosions were almost
deafening from the first firing of the
guns at daybreak until long after the
midnight hour. The patriotic display