Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-26
EAST END ITEMS.

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KILL is LARGE.
Eighteen Thousand Hogs Were slaugh-
tered Last Week.
From Saturdays Daily.
Eighteen thousand hogs were turned
into pork at the plant Of John Morrell
& Co., Ltd, last week This is an
unusually good kill, but the weekly
kills have all been running high of
late.
A Birthday Party.
Donald Glew, who lives with his par
ents at 119 Iowa avenue, celebrated
his fifth birthday anniversary last
| Wednesday. In honor of the event a
number of his young friends were en-
tertained at his home. A delightful
afternoon was enjoyed Refreshments
were served Among those present
were:
Masters
Charles O'Malley, Charles Glew,
Charles Turner, George Schultz,
Carl Swenson, Max Ramsell.
Ralph Manns.
I Celebrate Anniversary.
!! Fred Gilbert, assistant foreman of
the local room, and his wife, were en-
tertained last Wednesday evening by
the members of Homestead No. 407,
Brotherhood Of American Yeomen, in
honor of their sixth wedding anniver-
sary.
The entertainment was in the nature
Of a banquet served after the business
session at the regular meeting of the
lodge last Wednesday evening Mr..
| Gilbert is foreman of the Homestead
and Mrs. Gilbert is the treasurer. Both
were recently elected to these posi-
tons
Other East End Items.
The following residents of the East
End and employees Of the packing
house were on the sick list this week:
Bun" Steller of the beef killing house
Harry Solomon of the killing and cut
ting department, Leo Willis of the kill.
ing department, Paymaster Give Ben.
nett Of the general Office, William
Kidd, A. Bell, Lon Crawford, Dan
Wrenn. Edward Mussleman, Peter
Pohlson, Jack Osler, the nine year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Osler, Frank
Briggs of the cutting room and Night
| Waterman Peter Williams.
| The following is the list of those
who have been at the plant this week
either sight seeing or on business:
John Heslin, Perry, Okla; j. w. Ham
mond Sewell; Lewis .Goehring, Syl
vester Gray, Miss Libby Birch, Ottum
wa; Frank Holtkamp, West Point;
John Collier, Sherman Bradley, Mere
dith Bradley, ]. H. Bunting, Charlton;
DR.. e. F. Lorey, Ottumwa; Rev. G.
Nord, Ottumwa; Harry Hoover, Nun
roe; R. E. Rahmagren, S. Swanson
Charlton; Elijah Johnson, Agency
township; Mike McInerney, city; Mrs
William Hogewooning, Ottumwa Mrs
Katie Hitler, st. Louis; Rev. F. G.
Davies, Ottumwa; Ellsworth Huffman
south Of city; Carl Hammond, Abba
Agency.
John Nader of Superintendent Bull
| locks office was bitten in the left leg
by vicious dog last Friday morning
L. O. Ling of Sheldon is the --latest
addition to the Office force and is EN-
/ ployed in the wholesale department
i Will Cornell, formerly Of the genera
Office and later employed at Cuda
hays in Omaha. Neb., has accepted g
position in the Stockport Savings
bank.
Elmer McVey of the box factory was
called home yesterday by the death
of little niece who lives south of tbs
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Wind will spend
Christmas with relatives in Abba.
Charles Warren, stock bookkeeper
is on his vacation and is visiting
friends north of the city.
Robert Wray, scales inspector, was
called to the bedside of his aged uncle
James P Wray of Fairfield, last Fri
day.
The fire department was called out
last Tuesday evening for test rur
to the fertilizer and made the run IL
a trife less than two minutes.
M. jacobson, stenographer in the
/ general office, left the service of Johr
Mor:ell & Co., Ltd, Tuesday and viii
engage in railroad work.
Clarence Rhoads, who is employed
in the English packing room, who
has been detained at his home on &C
count of sickness, returned to his worl
last Monday morning.
i William Redmond, owner Of the Red
mond addition, is building a handsome
artificial stone house at the end O.
Second street, near Iowa avenue.
j Levi Carter of the smoked meat de
partment, who has been on the sicf
list for three or four weeks, returned
to work again Monday.
i Budd Morgan, who runs the big ele
vator in 3D." leads the Young Peoples
Society Christian Endeavor meeting
The packing house will be shu
down Monday.
i MI. Ilemffner. the travelling inspec