Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-24
EDDYVlLLE.

relatives and friends.
EDDYVlLLE.
Eddyville, June 21.-Mrs. James
Miller, Of near Frederic, received
word Sunday of the death of her sis
ter, Mrs. Mary Bogus, at DEG Moines
She died on Friday, June 16.
Thomas Reeses father, of Sand
Ridge, has been i'll with severe cold
bordering on pneumonia.
| Walter Lester returned to his home
at Oskaloosa Monday after being a
guest for week of his grandmother,
Mrs. M. A. Lester.
Mrs. Frank Oldham and daughter.
Gertrude, departed last week for Mar
ietta, and Newport, Ohio on an ex-
| tended visit with relatives.
Rev; W; S. Kight delivered the Me-
4 Pythias at Colfax Sunday.
Herve Richie, of near Cedar, went
to Ottumwa, Saturday afternoon and
from there to Kansas City on the ex-
cursion.
i Mr., and Mrs. Willis Noe, of Abba.
4 visited here Sunday.
Miss Mary Ellis, of Oskaloosa, is
spending week with her cousin, Mrs
4 Amos Gray.
Walter McCleary, of Knoxville, was
4 an over Sunday guest at the home of
4 his friend, G.. s. Chord.
Milton Fall, of near Frederic, who
returned home from Colorado, last
week, after having spent some time in
that state for the benefit of his health
| was taken so much worse on arriving
home that his wife took him back to
i Colorado two days later. A nurse also
. accompanied them.
i Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Bell were over
Sunday visitors with relatives at AL
bia.
i Miss Grace Lennon, after a sew
4 eral months sojourn with her sister
Mrs G. w. Hampstead departed Fri
day night for st. Louis enroute to
her home In Cleveland, Ohio
4 L. L.. McCord took in ball game
at Oskaloosa Sunday.
4 large number Of colored people
from Buxton came down on a special
train on the Northwestern Saturday
and spent the day picnicking on the
4 Barnett farm, near the water tank
with them. For amusements they also
Il had base ball games, etc. 1t is said
they will have another picnic next
4 Saturday.
I. Mrs. Avis Bourke spent Sunday in
4 Oskaloosa
/ Children's day was observed with
u appropriate exercises at Hayden chap.
! ing was present and the. children all
carried out their parts nicely.
i Miss Clara True returned Saturday
from Mt. Vernon where she, has been
4 to attend the commencement exercises
/ of Cornell college.
Il Miss Bessie Vanderzyl came Friday
i from Pella to visit indefinitely with
her friend, Mrs. w. A. Torrey.
4 Mrs. j. T. Johnson, north of town.
u who almost lost her eyesight week
or two ago, was not much better at
last reports.
4 Rev. House, of Fredericksburg
preached at the BAPTIST church Sunday
morning. During the evening he had
4 charge of the union services in the
Baptist pastor.
4 Mrs. Roy Elder has received word
n that her husband, who has been in AL
Il berta, Canada, had the misfortune to
1 get spark in his eye while in a
Blacksmith shop, resulting in his los
Ing the sight of the eye. He is at
present in a hospital at Keldray, AL
Eerta, and will be there for some time
l yet. Mr.. Elder has been in Canada
the past two weeks looking at the
country with the intention Of taking
UP claims for himself and his brothers
James, Harry and Frank Elder, and
also for w. s. Hindman, of Hayden
and Bert Scribner, of Abba. Should
they decide to file on claims the gem
t;emen will move there.
/ Mrs. ]. A. Collins and granddaugh-
4 ter, Marie Bunnell, returned to their
j home at Oskaloosa Monday night after
q visit with Mrs. Collins brother, J
L. Sipes.
Il Mr.. Nichols, Of Abba, was Sunday
guest of his daughter, Mrs. Harry Ell
der, at Hayden Chapel.
4 Misses Grace Burns and Frank Funk
visited Saturday and Sunday with
their friend, Miss 10 Dunning, at Chill
Il licothe.
| G. G. Palmer shipped car load of
cattle to Chicago last week
Ed Bickford, of Lockman, visited Ed
| dyyille relatives Sunday.
/ J. G. Westfall and family moved
Tuesday from Mrs. l.. M. Strange's
property to rooms over their restau-
4 rant.
; The funeral of Frank Scribner, who
4 died suddenly of heart trouble Sun
day, was held 1870 Tuesday after
Eoon from his late home, just north of
town, and was largely attended, per-
haps seventy-fiye vehicles following
the remains to their last resting place
4 in Highland cemetery. The services
/ were conducted by Rev. w. S. Right
4 ty. G. L. and H. G. True, Peter Fran
els, ]. J. Roberts and 2. M. Fars-
naugh. Among those attending from
Il other places We're: VIM. Scribner and
family, Johnny and Miss Mary Scrib-
Eer, Willie Cowden, Mrs. Ezra Quar-
: ton and Mrs. John Hartsuck, of Abba
4 Herbert and Misses Anna and Sadie
Brewer. of Buxton.
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