Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-04
BLOOMFIELD.

monthly luncheon Of the TWEEN
| tieth Century club was given Friday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Geo. w.
Phillips and was a very enjoyable af-
fair. The afternoon was spent in dis
cussing the lesson and at o'clock the
husbands and guests arrived and were
entertained at luncheon, the hostess
being assisted by Mrs. e. Rominger.
The introduction of a little cub bear
Qittle Louise Rominger in fur cos
tume) who performed a number Of
wonderful feats convulsed the guests
with laughter and dispelled formality
for the remainder Of the evening. The
gentlemen were entertained with a
contest in which each was given the
drawing. Mrs. j. r. Wilkinson, Miss
Ollie Rominger and Mrs. C.. L. Stafford
as judges awarded the prize, beauti-
full bouquet Of carnations, to G. w.
Phillips. Mrs. ]. r. Wilkinson, Reu-
ben Stafford, w. M. Hotchkiss, Miss
Ollie Rominger and Miss Nina Swal-
low were entertained as guests of the
club.
Miss Nina Swallow, who has been
spending nearly year at the home Of
her uncle, j. G. Frazer, left Saturday
for her home in Dover, New Jersey.
Mrs. Frank Ferguson and daughter,
Mrs. A. B. WEIGH, entertained friends
Friday afternoon at the home of the
latter Fancy needle work and a num-
Der of interesting contestst whiled
away the afternoon which closed with
luncheon served at $3.50 o'clock.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs Henry c.
Taylor was open Friday evening to the
regular monthly luncheon given by the
Friday club. The regular meeting was
held in the afternoon and the lives of
English reformers was the topic of the
hour. Papers on the life of the most
noted reformers were read by Mrs. f.
G. Young, Mrs. D. H. Payne, Mrs. E.
K. Herr and Mrs. F. c. Traverse. The
husbands of the club women arrived
at o'clock together with number of
Mrs. Harry Cook and Mrs. Sadie
Forker, of Chicago. From the dinner
| table prettily decorated with carna-
tions buffet luncheon was served
The evening was spent socially and
the topics of the times were freely
discussed, and IN addition to this Mrs.
G. M. Hughes, of Lima Ohio, gave a
very interesting talk on the war as
| she remembered 1t.
| Mrs. Jesse Mills returned Saturday
from Des Moines where she has been
visiting relatives for a few days.
| March is always a busy month for
the county recorder, but the past month
has broken the record for the same
month during the past two years. Re-
corder Jarvis states that he has re-
corded one hundred more papers DUR
| ing the past month than have been
filed in the month of March during the
past two years. Also one hundred
mortgages on real estate and personal
property have been released. Quite a
number of new mortgages, however
| have been put on record.
| Elmer Myers, of Drakeville, visited
at the Bryan home Saturday
Miss Flora Hutchings left Sunday
for Des Moines to enter the Capital
City Commercial college.
Misses Lottie Hopkins and Myrtle
Smith spent Sunday in Ottumwa.
Mrs. Frank Owens. of Hannibal, Mo.
is visiting at the Woodford Owens
home and that of other relatives
Shortly after a her arrival she was
the victim Of bold theft. While ir
the postoffice she laid her purse anc
card case down for a moment anG
while her back was turned some ono
took it. The purse contained SIS and g
number of calling cards bearing hel
name.
The case of G. E. Reeves VS.. the
| Wabash Railway went to the jury or
Saturday The plaintiff claimed dou-
BILE damages of $3.50 for two cows kill
ed on the track near West Grove las
June. The jury went out at 10 O'CLOCK
/ Saturday morning and at o'clock il