Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-06
BLOOMFIELD.

Bloomfield, Oct. AT the Sunday
school convention held in Wyancondah
township Sunday, the following off,
GERS were elected: President, N. A.
Puffer; vice president. F. M. York;
treasurer, Mrs. Mccullough; secretary,
h. E. Foster. Those in attendance
from this city were County President
c.. L Murnien and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fl. G.. O'Neal, Mr.. and Mrs. U. s..
Miller and the Bloomfield male quar-
let. The musical program was very
pleasing feature of the day and re-
sponses to encore was made many
times.
Prof. Chas. Altheride left Saturday
for Atlantic, Ia, in response to tele-
gram asking him to conduct the music
in a series of revival services now in
progress in that city.
Duff Burchett returned Monday
from Des Moines, where he has been
spending several days on business.
Mrs. S. M. Atwood and son, Cliff
and Miss Mabel Russell spent Sunday
with relatives in Ottumwa.
Misses Lola Verhis and Ida Gibson
left Monday. evening for st. Louis to
spend week at the fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Johnson return
ed Saturday from California and all
along the Pacific coast where they
have enjoyed an extensive pleasure
trip during the past six weeks.
M. ]. Appleton is spending several
days with his sons in Burlington.
Mrs. ]. H. Elson, accompanied by
Miss Alice Coons and F. Shelton, of
Unionville, Mo-, passed through this
city Sunday and visited relatives for
a short time while enroute to st. Louis
to attend the fair
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. johnson are
spending the week at the Worlds fair.
Mrs. John Roland left Saturday for
Iowa CT Y, where she was called to the
bedside Of her son, Harvey. superin-
tendent of Davis county schools. who
has undergone two severe surgical OPP
erations during the past week or two
and is slowly improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Carroll and
daughter, of Colorado Springs, who
are. visiting relatives in Selma, have
returned to that city, after short
visit with relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hill entertained
friends at six o'clock dinner Saturday
in honor Of Mrs. Chas. Beauchamp,
of Denver, Colo, and Mrs. A. H. Shell
ton, of Long Beach, Calf.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kirk England and two
daughters, Mrs. Ona Offerlee, of
Oneida, ILL.,, who leave next week for
Tennessee, where they intend locating,
and Mrs. Phoebe Campbell, of Moul-
ton, We're entertained at dinner Sunday
John Lane.
! Mrs. Harvey Wray, Mrs. John Bat
tin, and Mrs. Joe Ford spent Monday
in Ottumwa on business.
Miss Nora Townsend and Miss Ma
bel Horn leave Tuesday for st. Louis
to spend week at the fair.
Mrs. L. T. Barton spent Sunday In
Moulton. visiting his son Ola, porter
of the Moore house and also Mrs
Brooks and Miss Brooks, Of Kansas
City, who are guests at the home OF
Mrs. Cameron.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester drove to Pu-
laski Sunday where a pleasant day
was spent at the home of Mrs. Testers
sister, Mrs. D. D. Kinsinger.
The union tent meetings which have
been conducted during the past week
by the ministers of the city, closed
Sunday evening. The devotional SER
vices of the city having been held il
the tent during the entire month OF
September. The majority of the vari.
GUS denominations were home sick fol
the usual church privileges and mex
Sunday will return with pleasure eacl
to their own churches. Especially /!
this true of the Methodists, who hav,
been without services of their owl
for nearly three months On Sunda,
morning the remaining incidental ex
penses of the month We're raised b,
subscriptions amounting to more thai
SIS. The entire expenditures for Incl
dentals amounted to 1915, which to
gether with $500 paid to Rev. William
made a total sum of SS75.
Miss Lottie Hopkins was the CUES
of friends in Moulton Sunday.
/ Mrs. George Dunn returned Sunda,
from Milton where she had been spend
ing the past week with her daughter
Mrs. F. E. Weiney.
Messrs. Guy Halton of Keosauqua