Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-19

left for Aurora H., Monday evening
on company business
Lon Crawford of the boiler room was
taken very sick with heart trouble last
Saturday about 8 O'clock. DR.. w. G.
Newell was called and gave him the
necessary attention. He was taken
home
]. H. Morrell was in Chicago Tues
day and Wednesday on company bust
ness.
Frank Allender of the dry salt cellar
has sold his property three miles east
back to the city again
j. Dawson of the killing department
accidentally cut his upper lip last Sat
urday
Gus Dummler, formerly of the beef
house, was here on business Monday
afternoon.
Robert Johnson of the killing gang
has bought the John BerRes property,
corner of Main street and Walnut av-
enue
James DAILY of the carpenter gang
was off duty = short time this week
on account of illness.
Street Commissioner Andrew Hill
was here on business last Monday.
Gus Carlson of the stock yards was
in Ollie Monday buying sheep.
Miss Sallie Walker of Roemer
street, who has been in Omaha visiting
her nephew, Albert Walker, returned
last Saturday.
Alec Nelson, John Repplinger and
Miss Margaret Repplinger of Keolluk
visited the plant Monday.
H. o. Bowen o fthe general office
was in Des Moines a few days this
week.
FRANKLIN Black of the lard refinery
suffered an injury to mis- left foot last
Monday morning and was compelled to
be off duty few days this week.
Charlie Richie, formerly Of the lard
refinery, left for Omaha December 10
to begin work in one Of the big houses
there.
D. Morrow of near Leando was here
last Saturday visiting.
| Alden Mcdowell, marshal of Agency,
| was here on business Saturday.
John Pumroy of the killing gang cut
an artery in his left arm Wednesday
morning.
Elmer McVay, 721 Birch street, of
the box factory, is laid up with a lame
back.
Miss Pearl Couple of Riverview, who
has been very sick with typhoid fever,
is much improved.
Lou Baker of the electric department
has been running the big electric en-
CINE during the absence of H. D. Rob
inson.
L. Moore of Eldon. was here on bust
ness Tuesday.
Matthew Rowell of the killing depart
ment was off duty suffering with the
1 grip Tuesday and Wednesday.
B. B. Brown and N. G. Hames were
here on business with fash Cooper OF
| the general office last Tuesday.
/ William Courtney of Mt. Pleasant
William Still Of Garden Grove, W. G.
Overholser of Grand River, and Thos
Thompson of Humeston were here
i. with stock Tuesday.
Dean Mink of Highland township
an old employee in the local room, but
now a prosperous farmer north of the
city, was in the city Tuesday.
Charles Wright, check clerk of the
local room, was detained from his
work Tuesday by the sickness of his
wife.
! Superintendent Towel of the Omaha
Packing company and Assistant Super
intendent Sweeney were visitors at the
plant Tuesday morning.
John Peden has left the services
of John Morrell & Co., Ltd.
/ A. Bell of the killing gang has beer
sick at his home at Ali Lincoln avenue
since last Monday.
i Paul ]. Schiller of Peoria: Geo. H
Brown of Chicago, and w. T. Hutch
ings of Chicago were here this week
Mr.. and Mrs. V. v. Voorhis and Mrs
III. E. Wilcoxen were among the man.
j visitors here last Thursday.
. John Gallagher Of the cooper shol
was compelled to stop work Thursda.
morning on account of sickness.
] A very successful oyster supper wa
given at High Point Chapel las
Thursday night. A neat little sun
was raised which will be applied
toward new roof for the chapel.
C. w. Langdale, foreman of tn
painters gang who has been off on
4 Thursday morning.
George Kripesbender of the cooI
ers gang is off duty for few day
taking vacation.
Charles Stevens of the machin
shop who has been on four weeks
vacation, returned to work on Nor
day.
John Huoy of the packing room VIII
has been very sick for weeks was tax
: en- to the hospital where he underwear
an operation for appendicitis last Wee
nesday.
, George Schultz, foreman of the SAT
sage room, moved from East Mai
) street to his new home on Iowa d,
enue last Monday.
John Lynch. who has charge of tn
Yorkshire pens and who has been i
Agency visiting his mother, returne
home on Monday.
Miss Nellie Walker of the trimmin
room recently cut her wrist severel
and has been off duty for the past tie
days.
/ Miss Harriet Rupe of the girls trim
2 ming room, who has been on the sic