Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-18

| Misses Ada and Eta Breon and
Jesse Breon, entertained a merry par.
ty of young people alta valentine party
Saturday night at their home.
H. D. Alexander left Monday for his
home near La Plata. Mo.
j. E. Robinson is spending few
weeks at his home south of Ottumwa.
! Miss Viola Miller was hostess at a
valentine party Friday night at the
home of her brother s. A. kauble.
j DrakeviIie.
Drakeville, Feb. II. - Mrs. Stoker
Of Muscatine arrived at the home of
her son. w. B. Stoker to spend few
weeks.
w. d. Millisack of Ottumwa visited
/ last week with his father.
| George Taylor returned Wednesday
1 night from visit with relatives in
| Missouri
Little Dorothy Powers has been
quite Ill with catarrhal fever.
| Will Cooper of Sergeant, Nebraska,
is visiting at the home of his father
r. P. Cooper.
John Dodge of Bloomfield was a
caller in this town last Wednesday.
Mr.. Owens who lives on the John
Dodge farm is quite sick with the
grip.
T. J. McIntire and family of Bloom
field spent Saturday night and Sun
day at the parental Truitt home.
| Misses Lou and Nell Truitt accom-
panied by their niece, Vivian Brown,
spent Saturday and Sunday at the
Rothenstsin home in Bunch.
| Mrs. Mary Wilson spent Sunday at
the home of her son Charles, east of
| town.
Died. at the home of George Adams
at this place. February IL, 1904, Polly
Forsythe. The deceased was familiar
ly known as aunt Polly" and had she
lived until March, she would have
reached the advanced age of ninety
two years.
Ike Kneedler and family were called
to Belknap last Friday to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Kneedler's sister, Mrs.
Nellie Anderson.
Rev. Ireland began revival services
at Elm Grove last Tuesday night
Mrs. Tom McClosky is on the sick
list.
ChIIiicothe.
Chillicothe, Feb. 17.-Schol opened Mon
day after being closed two weeks on ac-
count of diphtheria.
Miss Molie Nye returned Friday from
Plainview, Nebraska
Mrs. S. NJ. Bailey and son Junior visited
last week with friends In South Ottumwa.
Miss Ella Nye Is confined to her home
with throat trouble.
John Curtis. who has been laid up the
past week with grip is reported better.
Miss Leveu Byrum and Master Marshall
Byrum have been very sick the past week
with grip.
Miss Alice Applequist is confined to the
house with bronchial trouble.
Jim Manning returned Wednesday from
two weeks visit with friends near Fairfield.
HayesviIIe.
Hayesville, Feb. 17-ProtracteS
meetings are still continuing; quite An
interest is aroused Prayer meetings
are neId every afternoon at SOME rof the
homes in town.
The historical contest will be given
at the hall February II. Virgie Grit
fin will represent District No. 9.
Mrs. Crabb entertained Rev. Pike,
Mrs. Fannie Utterback, Mrs. Matte
Conner, Miss May Hart, and Miss Ger
tie Jacobs Saturday at dinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Uterback and
Misses Gertie and Fannie Jacobs Wis
tied with Mrs. and Mrs. j. e. Ray
Sunday.
Harvey Hardesty's family have
chickenpox in mild form
MI. pleasant.
Mt. Pleasant, Feb. IL Emmett
Parker departed for his home at Me-
diapolis, Saturday.
Mrs. Julia Carr of Selma is in this
city at the bedside of her son, who is
very sick of pneumonia.
Ed Stodghill, college student is at
his home in Dudley, resting up after a
sick spell.
DR.. Hancher gave reception for the
faculty and senior class of Iowa Yves
leyan university Saturday evening at
Hershey hail.
Chief Howe of the fire department
has ordered fire escapes put on all the
college buildings.
Miss Walker. trained nurse from
Burlington is caring for the sick girls
of Hershey hail.
Jesse M. Beck of Centefville will
give chapel talk in the morning be-
fore the. students of the college.
Marriage license was issued yester-
day to John McClintock and Lena Gar
icll of Wayland; also to Fred Smith
and Irene Baxter Of New London.
The college board of trustees met
yesterday for the purpose of filing
some vacancies in the faculty.
The annual banquet of the college
ri Beta Phi was held last night at the
home of Miss Mary Snyder
Vergil Brenneman spent Sunday at
the parental home in New London.
Prof. Mary Belden, instructor in vo-
cal music at the college is very sick.