Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-09

Mrs: Cotton Is visiting relatives at
Givin.
Carl Arnold, of near Salem, was
Sunday caller at the home of G. e.
Jenkins:
BLOOMFIELD.
Bloomfield, Aug. Son Thursday;
Friday and Saturday social functions
were held In the city complimentary
to Mrs. Belle Dabney, of Boise City,
Idaho, who Is visiting at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Brown
where an Afternoon to about thirty
friends was given on Thursday, En-
tertainment Ct social nature was the
principal feature of the afternoon and
numerous views of Boise City We're
enjoyed by the guests. Light refresh
ments were served. On Friday even
iins the, Rathbope Sisters entertained
friends at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. w Phillips, the hostess and
guest OF honor receiving the guests.
A delightful evening was spent In and
out Of doors, the eyetiing being fine.
Refreshments were served in the din
ing room which was deliberately hung
In the Rathbone colors, red, white,
blue and yellow Misses Ruby Phil
ups duu E1eleIl Widy presumed dl lllS
rrefreshment table, while in the recep-
ton room Misses Audrey and Iris
Burgess played piano and violin
music throughout the serving hour.
On Saturday afternoon the social fea-
lures Of the week closed with an af-
ternoon at the Brown home where an
enjoyable afternoon was spent.
On Friday afternoon Mrs. Henry
Day entertained friends in honor Of
In, re
Apache, OKLA who is spending few
weeks with her parents. A pleasing
little contest was held in which the
prize for the best original story was
awarded Mrs. Harvey Leon. At the
close Of the afternoon buffet lunch
con was served.
Mrs. ]. M. Duffield entertained
friends at dinner at IL o'clock Friday
In honor Of Mrs. Helen Shaw, of
lie, of Bisbee, Ariz., who are visiting
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Guernsey. A pleasant social afternoon
was enjoyed.
Attorney A. g. orwig of Des Moines,
arrived In the city Saturday to spend
q week as the guest Of Miss Edith
Dunn
Ralph F. Lozier, of carrollton, MO-,
arrived Saturday to join his family at
turning from business trip to Chi
cago. Mr.. Lozier will probably re-
main for short time and accompany
his family to ST. Louis. where they
will visit the exposition before return
ing to CarroIlton.
Miss Mary Hammond, OF Dayton,
Ohio, is spending week at the home
Of her cousin, Mrs. A. Fl. Fortune and
will visit other relatives in the city.
The Agriculture association met at
the court house Saturday afternoon
for the perfection Of arrangements for
the Davis county fair to be held in
September 1t was decided to employ
G. r. Riley with his running troops as
one Of the special attractions. The
association decided to build fence
around the race track and otherwise
ment Of band and the starter for the
races was left to the executive COM
mittee.
Mrs. Kate Hickey left Saturday ev-
ening for Milton to spend Sunday with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Deal.
Ed Potter Of Lancaster, Mo-, arrived
Saturday to spend few days with his
sister Mrs. Hattie Mooney at the
Saunders home Mr.. Potter leaves
spend the summer.
CHEQUEST.
Chequest, Aug. S.-Misses A. G. Pc
tilt. Verna Plowman, Amanda Groves
Alta Steel, Ivadell Humphrey and
Gladys Koonts are attending the Van
Buren, county institute, which con-
vened at Keosauqua August 1.
S. w. Roush is threshing in Chequist
this week.
c. C. Rodgers and family spent Fri
day at the parental Harryman home.
Grover Shaffer is employed on the
farm of John Smith, to help through
harvest.
Messrs. F. S. and Wade II. Harry
man were in Milton on business Fri
day afternoon.
Earnest Roush is still in very poor
health
Miss May Green returned to Ottum-
wa last week after making an extend
ed visit at the home of her brother,
G. J. Green.