Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-25

tended the dedication Of the band stand
In Brazil Friday night.
John Dawson has gone to Appanoose
to work in the mines there.
EDDYvlLLE.
Eddyville, June pa. C.. Rankin,
who has attained quite reputation
as an orator. opened three nights
nesday night. He discussed and ex-
planned the State Marshal bill, and at
the close of his lecture he called for
volunteers to Join the Marshal Bill
club, and succeeded in securing twen-
ty-one signers to the cards. Eleven
We're women and eight were men. His
lecture lasted from 8;15 till 9:45. Be-
ing the first night the attendance was
hardly as good as it should have been.
auspices Of the different churches of
the town. The people found him to
be an earnest. plain spoken talker,
thoroughly imbued with the belief that
1t is not the duty of the ordinary citi-
zen to seek to seek to control the sa-
looms. He believes that the state
should be divided into five districts
with q state marshal over each district
whose duty 1t Is to investigate all COM
plants of illegal liquor selling, and
thus seek to enforce the laws relating
| to the saloons. These marshals, he adj
vocates, should be paid from the funds
secured by licensing the saloons. Mr..
Rankin closes his series of addresses
this evening.
A number Of the ladies Of the M. =.
church went UP to the Otto Mayer
| home, north Of town, Tuesday night to
make the acquaintance Of Mrs. Mayer.
They spent a good social time from
till 10 o'clock. They were entertain-
ed with graphophone and other music,
and Strawberries and cake were serv-
ed. The following persons composed
the crowd Mesdames w. T. Howe,
L. g. Turner, g. w. Miller. Eva Rec.
tor, r. ]. Oldham, l.. A. Lennon and
W. A. Jones; Misses Clara and Grace
Hartman and Eth Terrell. All report
an evening Of unusual enjoyment.
Mrs. Robert Morgan, of Lost Creek
has been quite sick with malaria.
H. A. Bauman left Tuesday for Pella
to spend a couple of months.
Mrs. George Davidson and little
daughter. of Ottumwa, came up We'd
nesday morning to visit Mrs. Ed. Nc
| Glothlen.
Mrs. Hattie Poke and little daugh
| ter, Of Colchester, Ill, are here for ar
| extended visit with the formers sis
| ter, Mrs. A. L. Carson.
DR.. Martin Long entertained his
brother, M. j. Long, of Edna, Mo-, q
few days ago.
e. M. Fausnaugh was recent guest
or Marshalltown relatives.
Mrs. Walter Smith, of near Lakonta
mas been seriously i'll the past view
days.
4 J. A. Riley, of Pekay, departed
Tuesday night for Jamestown, NORTH
Dakota, to spend ten days or two weeks
with his brother in-law. John Toohey
Mrs. D. D. Miller, formerly Of thit
place, but now Of Oskaloosa, accom-
panied by her granddaughter. Miss
Helen Miller, have been visiting Mrs
Angeline Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. F. w
Mrs. Miller will go from Eddyville tt
Harrison, Neb., to join her husband
at the home Of their daughter Mrs
Emma Kay
4 Misses May and Nina Riegel have
gone for an extended visit at Eldon
Fairfield and Croton. After their re.
turn to Eddyville they Will go to Ell.
dora to visit there.
u Mrs. M. S. Theissen, of Riverton
has been spending a few days Will
her mother, Mrs Grant Cowley, while
\ enroute home from a visit in Mary.
land.
j Married. at high noon Tuesday Jun,
II, at the home Of the brides brother
: Robert MeCrea, at Lacey Miss Elects
J McCrea, of Oskaloosa, to James Nc
J. lntire, of Sheldon. The brides broth
er and sister, Jas. McCrea and Mrs
Geo. Berry. accompanied by the lat
ter's little daughter, all of Buff Greek
were among the guests. The bride il
a daughter Of ]. P. McCrea. forme
prominent resident of Bluff Creek
The gro9n is an attorney who is 10
Gated at Sheldon. Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Intire will attend the worlds fair an,
will then go to Sheldon to live.
Loren Albaugh Of Ottumwa was
guest of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Will Albaugh south of town, from
Tuesday till Thursday.
Among the recent Ottumwa bushes
callers We're: Gid Leeling, Glaud
! Wells, d. H. Cowan, j. A. Lafferty
Charles Kussart Wesley Ward. A
, Hiltabidel and daughter, Miss Irene
Frank Epperson, Mr.. and Mrs. Franz
|, Oldham, and VIM. Springer the latte
being from Eveland.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Cordie Garfield of OF
tumwa, are here for visit of a wee
or ten days with relatives hereabouts
q. I. Pointer. of Abba, was calm
: on friends here Wednesday and Thurs
. day while enroute to Oskaloosa
Mrs. w. T. Howe, who has class O
80 pupils in the M. e. Sunday schoo
entertained about two dozen of he
pupils on the lawn at the parsonag
from 2 till 5 o'clock on Wednesday af
ternoon. Miss Minnie Jones. the as
, sistant primary teacher, assisted i
entertaining, and light refreshment
were served.
Will and Frank Whitlock. of Abba
were here ON business Wednesday.
Mrs. Patrick Smith, who has been i
the hospital at Ottumwa the past tw
weeks, was brought home Wednesda
, and is doing nicely.
!, Roy Lafferty and family have bee
in Eldon this week.
Karl Maver and Floyd tanning wer
: recent Oskaloosa callers,
: Dell Hoes has been at Marshalltow
the past few days.
OLIVE BRANCH,
Olive Rranch luna "a r.,