Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-07
BLOOMFIELD,

BLOOMFIELD.
| Bloomfield, June Con Friday afternoon,
Mrs. w II. Dillener was hostess to the C..
| w. B. NJ. auxiliary of the Christian church
The meeting was interesting and was well
attended the entire membership of twenty
J SIX being In attendance together with a
number of the children and older church
members, making thirty-fve in all. The
subject of the lesson was ''Our Mission
| Work in China which furnished material
for very profitable program in which Il
paper was read on the subject of Bible
chair work in general. Miss Fay Hardy,
the young granddaughter of the hostess
and Miss Mamie Hancock entertained the
guests with song, Miss Fay playing the
| piano accompaniment Miss Nellie Young,
a popular young vocalist, added n solo to
..e program. Dainty refreshments were
served by the hostess and the afternoon
was greatly enjoyed
Miss Ora Jenkins, who has been teaching
stenography in re Cedar Falls schools
during the past year, has returned to spend
the summer with her mother. Mrs. l. r..
jenkins, at the w. II. Dillener home.
| Miss lnez Beal, who has been trimming
| in a local store during the past millinery
season, departed Friday night for Des
| Moines.
| Mrs. w. ]. Steckel has returned from
| Keosauqua where she was detained several
days by the illness Of Mr.. morton, who
has been quite sick.
| Herbert King is spending several days in
Keokuk on business.
| Frank Black spent Sunday in White Elm
! visiting at the home of his uncle, John Car
/ roll.
G. NJ. Edmundson, of Colorado Springs,
spent a short time in the city Saturday
while enroute to Milton where he will
spend a few weeks with his parents. Mr..
m M Icon will Wis t1n orts pyn m si-
| tion before returning to Colorado
| ]. II. Van Harlan. lineman for the Steck-
el telephone; left Saturday for Centerville
to spend short time with relatives.
Walter Johnson left Friday night for Des
Moines to join the Cadet band going to ST.
Louis to play at the fair for several weeks.
Ode Doke returned Saturday from the
northern part of the state, where he pur-
chased several car loads of horses for ship
ping purposes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Evans and family, of
Perry township, returned Saturday from
st. Louis where they spent a week at the
! fair. During their absence Mr.. and Mrs.
4 John Evans of this city presided over the
| farm and residence.
| Mr. and Mrs. j. G.. Shook, of Stuben spent
! Sunday in the city with Mr.. and Mrs.
/ Harvey Leon.
/ Miss Jennie Patterson closed the spring
/ term at the Pink school house Friday and
| has returned to the city to spend the sum
mer vacation with her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. j. NJ Patterson.
| The concert given at the Methodist
church Friday evening by the ladies' quar-
| tet and symphony club OF Chicago was an
! excellent entertainment to a $40 house
The musical was given under the auspices
of the Epworth league whose treasury was
| enriched by $3.50 as the pecuniary results
of the evenings entertainment.
| Miss Helen Burchett has returned from
4 Milton where she has been spending the
past week with relatives.
/ Joe Ford. of Stuben, returned home Fri
day evening from Il business trip to Chi
cago and while cnroute home he enjoyed q
| short visit in Galesburg. ILL.,, at the Robert
Coe home.
riower mission day of the Iowa state "
/ c. t u. society was observed Saturday by
! the local union which met at the home OF
Mrs. Henry Owsley and tied $50 bouquets
4 which We're sent TO the penitentiary at TT
Madison for distribution among the prison
ers at the regular Sunday morning ser
/ vices. Each bouquet was attended with 9
card bearing a scriptural text. Fearing
that some of the flowers, especially the
roses. which are very frai this season, ow
ing to the extreme wet weather, might bt
in bad condition upon reaching their destf
nation. enough cut flowers were added tC
the boxes to replace all the fallen petals
and make n large number of fresh bouquets
so that over 80 bouquets adorned the
rooms of the penitentlary on Sunday.
Roy Elan has returned from Des Moines
where he has been spending the past wcel
in business.
The w. c. T, Us are planning picnic
to be held next Thursday at the Alec Lucas
home, three miles southwest of the city
The regular meeting will he held with Mrs
Lucas, after which a social afternoon vii
be spent in which a picnic supper Will BIZ
served on the lawn
Miss Bertha Evans and Miss Florencs
Darnell. of Troy, spent Saturday and Sun
day at the home of the county clerk j. c
Leach, and family.
The county clerk issued marriage license:
Saturday to Ola Evans and Miss Grace
Martin of Troy, Fred AcAIains and Ma,
Edwards of Mark, and Oscar Milton ant
Ina Carmen, also of this county.
George Stober of Moberly, brakeman OF
the Wabash. while unloading oil Saturda,
morning was struck by falling barrel ant
sustained broken ankle. Dr. II. c. Young
surgeon for the Wabash, after setting thu
; broken bones. accompanied his patient o
far rs Moulton on his homeward way.
Mark Carlisle while unloading rock a
the depot last Thursday. was injured by
falling stone which struck his foot Tn
accident was not believed TO be at all serl
Gus and Mr.. Carlisle continued his worl
the following day, but Is now confined t.
his house as the foot Is In n bad condition
Il bone having been broken which, II dis
. covered Mt the time would have saved bot
time and unnecessary pain
Miss Sadie McMillcn. of Ottumwa. wa
called TO this place Friday to nurse Mrs
| A. Young, who is sick with pneumonia
sIGoURNEY.