Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-09
OBSERVE LlNcoLN's BIRTHDAY.
First NJ. E. Church at EddyviIIe Will
Have Special Services Sunday.


Eddyville. Feb. s.-The Freed
mems Aid society anniversary
will be observed at the Metho-
dist Episcopal church next Sunday
Feb. -. with the following Lincoln's
birthday program, interspersed with
patriotic music by the choir. The
program will be made up of selections
pertaining to the different periods OF
the noble mans life:
Breeder.
His Favorite Poem ~ Miss Grace
Hartman.
Lincolns Sermon - Mason Kussart
our ag"-Tommy Oldham.
His First Public Speeches - Otis
Terrell.
The Moral Aspect of the Campaign
of 1S60-Mrs. G. L. Gillies.
The Gettysburg Speech-Guy Nair
Mr. Lincoln's Religious Belief 1st
paper, Ed Kussart: I'd paper, Miss
Edith Terrell
Recitation-,Mrs. G. r. Harper
His Last Public Utterance Miss
Blanche Kussart.
Recitation-Miss Daisy Harding.
Recitation-Miss Ethel Bickford.
Solo-"The Flag That Waved a Hun.
bred Years" Grace Crosson.
Lincoln's Sayings BY differen
youilS PSople.
The church will be beautifully dec.
grated with flags. A special invitation
has been extended to the G. A. r. pos
| to be present, and reserved seats will
be provided for them. Everybody in.
vited to attend.
| School Report.
Report of Eddyville schools FOL
month ending January 81: High
school-Number of pupils enrolled IS
average daily attendance 52.6, number
| of cases of hardness 4, number per.
! feet in attendance %. number of visi.
/ tors 3. Room f1ve--Number Of pupil:
! enrolled 40, average daily attendance
/ 80, number Of cases Of hardness 2
number perfect in attendance II, num-
Der of visitors 4. Room four-Numbel
of pupils enrolled SO, average daily at.
| tendance AIS, number of cases of tar
| diness s, number perfect in attendance
rs, number of visitors 8. total enroll.
ment 288, average attendance 1875, visi-
| tors %.
Room three-number of pupils en-.
! rolled so, average daily attendance
44.3, number of cases of hardness 3
number perfect in attendance 20, mum.
| Der of visitors 4. Room two--numbe,
of pupils enrolled A, average daily at.
i tendance 35, number of cases Of tardi.
ness 5, number perfect in attendant.
| "a, number of visitors 8. Primary room
Number Of pupils enrolled 43, aver.
/ age daily attendance 31.6, number O
cases of hardness 5, number perfect IL
attendance s, number of visitors, none
Total enrolment 2SS, average attend
ance $50, hardness 25, perfect attend
ance 1875, visitors o.
L. P. Breeder, Principal.
| Personal and Otherwise.
| MT ~ -.
ten months old son Of Geo
Fulock, of Hynes, were brough
! here for burial Sunday. Father Guinal
of Abba conducted the services at tn
| st. Marys Catholic church over tn
remains, after which burial was mad
! in the Catholic cemetery. The chill,
died Friday, Feb. 8.
Born. Monday, February 6, to MI
and Mrs. Robert Morgan, Of FRS
street, a daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Noe were pas
sengers to Abba Sunday night.
c. c. Palmer accompanied ship
ment of three carloads Of cattle to Chi
| cago Sunday.
L. L. McCord and family, after re
| siding in Oskaloosa the past four year
will move back to their farm east Q
town Thursday, the farm having latel
been vacated by Joshua Emanuel an
family. who have moved to the j. v
Parrot farm. Mr. McCord was til
Mahaska county recorder for fou
years, his last term just expiring wit
1904. During that time he gave tn
best of satisfaction in caring for til
duties of his office. The many friend
of the family are glad to have thei
become citizens of this locality again
The protracted meetings which Pas
tor w. S. Right has been conducting g
Z the Methodist Episcopal church tn
past two weeks We're to have close
( Sunday night, but as there We're thrc
5 conversions Sunday morning followe
:. by six Sunday night and indication
favorable for more, it was decided
: continue the meetings from night
9 night for few days longer at leas
G The subject Sunday morning We
p sympathy" Sunday evening, I'm
!, mortality" Monday evening, "Recos
milton in Heaven" The attendant
and interest has been very satisfat
tory.
Miss May Riegel was on the sick lii
Sunday and Monday, but was able
go to Eldon Monday afternoon for
visit with relatives,