Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-11

Eddyville, March 10.-A citizens
convention was held at the city hall
Tuesday night for the purpose of
nominating two school directors for a
term of three years to succeed R. j.
Oldham and c. L. Funk. Messrs. Old
ham and Funk were re-nominated to
succeed themselves. On Wednesday
evening the democratic convention a
held at the city hall, n F. w. FATS
and L. A. Rowe were placed on the
ticket. The election will be held on
next Monday afternoon, March 10, and
the polls will be open from 1 till 6
p. m.
The Epworth League held its regu-
lar monthly meeting on Tuesday night
and arranged to hold a public recep-
ton at the M. e. parsonage Friday
the new members who nave been taken
into the league in the past few months.
G. w. Stevens, of Dudley, was a
guest Wednesday and Thursday of
Phil stuber.
Mrs. M. ]. Mater returned wednes-
day from Abba, where she was called
a few days previous r. her grand chill
dren having scarlet fever.
Mrs. Alice Heki has rented her farm
north of town to 1. j. and G. W. Ed
wards, who will move this spring.
Mrs. B. Wickham departed Thurs
day morning for her home at Sabetha.
Kansas, after a visit with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. E. L. Bay, Of South Fourth
street, and with relatives at Ottumwa.
J.. S. Jackson, who has been living in
Mrs. Margaret Besco's tenant property
on North Third street the past year
and a half. stored his household goods
and he and his family departed Thurs
day night for Buffalo, Missouri, to live
on their farm near that place.
Mrs. Frank Kussart and Miss Lucy
Kussart returned Tuesday afternoon
from a short visit in Abba.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Poulton. of OF
tumwa, came up Thursday for a visit
with Mrs. Poulton's brother, Earl True
ter, Mrs. VIM. Allison, Jr., at Pekay.
Mrs. Ellen Rose is reported as quite
sick.
David Belger and family have moved
from Mrs. Borden's property, or South
Second street to Mrs. Retta Emanuel's
residence on South Fifth street.
Mr.. and Mrs. j.. M. Blake were given
quite a surprise Saturday night by
about thirty-five friends who came to
the Blake home, south of town, in a
body. The surprise was arranged by
their daughter, Miss Jessie Blake, and
was in honor Of their twenty-fifth we'd
ding anniversary or silver wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blake We're presented
with a beautiful silver cake dish by
the company. Supper was served. 1t
was not till after 1 o'clock that the
crowd departed wishing Mr.. and Mrs.
Blake many more happy wedding an
n~iversaries. Those participating were:
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Albaugh. Mr.. and
Mrs. A. ]. Gardner and children, Edna,
Clara, Walter, Ralph and Elmer, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Chapman and four
children, Charles, Harry, Tom and
Maggie, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Chapman and
children, May, Jennie, Ethel and
Vida, Mr.. and Mrs. Victor MCGEE and
VanWinkle, Messrs. J. o. McCloney,
Albert Johnson and Isaac VanWinkle.
W. A. Jones was an Oskaloosa bust
ness caller or Thursday.
The baby of George Glass, Of Gray's
Creek, has been sick.
Miss Florence Ford, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. M. D. Ford, Of South Fourth
street, and who is a pupil of the Fifth
room of the Eddyville school, was the
fortunate winner OF the second prize
in the spelling contest at Ottumwa
Saturday. The prize consisted Of a
Webster's Academic Dictionary. Miss
Edna Gardner, a school teacher living
south Of town, won the championship
for being the best speller in Wapello
county.
A delegation of about twenty men,
bers of the I. o.. o. F. lodge at Kirk
vile came up and assisted the Ed
dyville lodge Wednesday evening in
work in the %initiatory and first degrees.
At the close of the session a banquet
was served at Westfall's restaurant.
The following We're the Kirkville
members: F. M. Wittenmyer, j. J.
Lathrop, Lewis Allison, Lewis Myers,
Albert Hirst, B. R. Newell, Levi Lore,
Frank Alternately, Joe Brown, S. Full
mer, G. N. Barnard, J. Parks, E. E.
Parks, L. Lent, Alfred Glen, A. J. Fair
child, S.. O.. Brown, Ed Briggs, J.. S.