Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30
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MAHAskA COUNTY CITY HAS
PRACTICALLY BEEN SELECTED
FOR MoRRELL PICNIC.
Definite information Concerning This
Years Outing Will Be Made Known
Within a Few Days-What the os.
kaloosa Herald Says.

| Within Few Days-What the Os-
kaloosa Herald Says.
The picnic committee of John Nor.
rell & Co., Ltd. has, practically de-
cided- upon Oskaloosa for this years
outing, although all the arrangements
have not as yet been completed. Def.
mite information concerning the picnic
will be made known within a few
days.
Concerning the picnic at oskaloosa
the Herald of that city says:
! "Oskaloosa will entertain the Nor.
rell Packing Co., employees picnic this
year. A letter Of acceptance from the
Ottumwa people was received this
morning stating that the Morrell an
nual picnic would come to Oskaloosa
The letter also suggests the date of
August a.
Some weeks ago an informal invi
tation was sent to the Morrell people
asking that the picnic association con.
slider coming to Oskaloosa for their an
nual picnic this year. The reply sent
to this letter was so favorable that ii
was deemed advisable to have the in
formal invitation supplemented by a
formal invitation extended by the o.
kaloosa Commercial club, as repre-
senting the city Of Oskaloosa. The in.
vitation was sent and today comes the
acceptance.
"A committee from Ottumwa will
come to the city to select the location
for the picnic. Several places have
been mentioned and will be consid
cred but the final determination will
be left to the committee. Among the
places mentioned are the fair grounds
Yearly Meeting grounds, camp meet
ing grounds and Holiness Association
grounds.
About $500 people will attend the
affair and they will be brought to the
city on a number of special trains
The route has not yet been deter
mined upon"
| To Build Church.
Plans are now being considered by
the East End Presbyterian church to
erect neat little church building on
Florence street in Riverview addition.
In the near future campaign for suffi-
cient funds to make this move posi-
Bile will be made and If successful, a
building, thirty by forty,wil be erected
for worship. 1t is the plan to provide
the new church with belfry tower
and bell.
To Give Minstrel.
The Imperial minstrel men will re-
peat their entertainm ent in the pack
ling house dining room Tuesday evening
May 80, for the benefit of charity. At
later date the young men who par
ticipate In this entertainment will give
reproduction in the Yoeman hall for
| the same charitable purpose.
shanty Destroyed.
| A Burlington switching train, bring
| ing stock to the plant of John Morrell
& Co. last Tuesday evening about 9
| o'clock, left the track and collided with
the watchmen's shanty, completely
wrecking that building Aside from
the destruction of the shanty, the &C.
! cident resulted in nothing serious.
Other East End Items.
Rev. Wallace Mcmillan, pastor of
the Presbyterian church at Lyons, is
in the city guest Of Will Foster.
William Baker of Eldon was Wis
itor here last Friday.
Nick Herber formerly of the smoke
house has been promoted to place in
the general office as assistant journal
clerk.
Elmer Motif of the beef house. cut
one of the fingers of his right hand
last Friday with a saw
A. w. Peck, foreman of the girls
trimming room, who has been off. suf-
fering from rheumatism, was able to
resume his work Friday
Patrick Whalen of the killing de-
partment who has been sick for the
past three weeks is reported better.
H. O. Bowen of the jobbing depart
ment is in Kansas on his annual vaca-
ton since last Wednesday, visiting his
parents.
Andrew Doggett of the killing gang
accidentally cut one of the fingers of
his left hand last Monday.
Robert Fisher is the latest addition
ties last Monday
Mr.. Muldoon of East Main street is
building a large addition to his home
Frank Cox of the cooper shop cut
one of the fingers of his right hand
last Monday
Mrs. w. T. Foote who has been Wis
iting friends in Fairfield returned to-
Ottumwa Wednesday.
Mrs. VIM. Doggett leaves for Stock
port Monday morning to visit her
daughter, Mrs. Waldo Allen and to see
her new granddaughter, who is only
a few days old.
Mrs. Robert McDougall leaves for
Los Angeles, Cal, Monday morning to
visit her mother, Mrs. Henry Miller,
who is i'll. She, will also visit with
her son Harry McDougall, and take in
the fair at Portland. before she re-
turns.
Frank Hamilton of the coopers' de-
partment and member of the P. H.
M. A. A., who has been sick with ty-
phoid fever for weeks past, is improv-
ing.
Wesley Twedell of Riverview, who