Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-08
at 8 o'clock Friday afternoon and bur
ial was made in Highland cemetery

ial was made In Highland cemetery.
Harding & McCord, who recently
purchased the Riggs lumber yard,
took charge Thursday. On that day
Richard jaeger purchased the livery
stock which has for some years been
owned by G. Decker.
One Of the high school literary So
cieties gave program at the school
house Friday afternoon. On Friday
I evening, Feb. 8, the high school will
present program at the opera house.
This is the entertainment which was
| to have been given before the holidays
but unavoidable circumstances caused
1 it to be postponed. The program will
be the same as at first planned.
Mrs. s. A. Shawyer and Ed Kussart
went to Mt. Pleasant Thursday for a
short visit with their sister, Mrs. q.
| A. Detar.
| G. L. Phillips has been sick the past
week with pneumonia
Frank LeCoco, of Pella, was here
Thursday visiting his cousin. c. A
Pos. and caring for some business
matters.
Ernest Strange, who has been in
Des Moines for some months, came
down Friday afternoon to attend the
funeral of George Strange's baby and
visit over Sunday with his mother,
Mrs. L. M. Strange.
The Canadian Colored Concert co.
appeared at the opera house Thurs
day night and the entertainment was
well patronized, and was spoken Of as
| a high class one.
This week Mayor Cowley disposed
of his interest Of one hundred shares
in the Manning & Epperson State
bank to other patrons.
B. B. Beamer and James L. Sipes
have returned from Des Moines after
short visit with James Beamer In
the Iowa Sanitarium.
Edddyville, Feb. 5.-Died, at 1880
O'clock &C Saturday morning, Feb. 8, at
the home of relative at Coalfeld
Mary E., widow Of S. G. vanness
after a few weeks illness from con-
sumption of the bowels. The funeral
services were conducted at the Meth
odist Episcopal church at 2 o'clock
Sunday afternoon by the pastor
Rev. w. 8. Right, and burial was
made MAJ In Highland cemetery. Mrs.
Vanness had for years lived here and
at Coalfield. Her maiden name was
Mary Elizabeth Hayes, and she was
married to S. G. Vanness on Decem-
Der s., 1850. To them were born seven
children, three sons and four daugh-
ters, as follows: Anna and May, who
died in infancy, Mrs. Tom johnson
and Will Vanness, Of this place, and
Mrs. Grant Dye and Ed and Fred. Of
Coalfeld. Mr.. Vanness died August
%, 1904.
Archie Hart has been quite sick
with an attack Of pneumonia.
Born, Saturday. Feb. g. to Mr.. and
Mrs. James K. Norwood, near Pleas
ant Corners, a son.
Fred Oldham and family, who have
lived at Greenfield, Adair county, for
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Friday night to again make this place
their home.
Miss Cora Jansen, who was called
to Storm Lake by the serious illness
o. her father, returned Friday night
leaving him much improved
q. ]. Hall, Of Boone, spent Sunday
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs R. D.
Hall.
G. Davis. Of Lost Creek, departed
make his home there
The babies of George Ward and Row
Elder, across the river, and c. a.
Riggs and c.. w. Hampstead, OF town
have been sick with colds or threaten
ed pneumonia.
Judge w. D. Tisdale, Of ottumwa,
was In town Friday.
G. J. Hopp, of Chillicothe, was a
caller here, Saturday.
Prof. W. A. Young, Of Pella, preach
ed at the, Pleasant Corners Baptist
church Sunday morning and evening
In the absence of the regular pastor,
Rev. Beard, who was conducting SER
vices at Uhell.
The Twentieth Century club met at
the Roy rafferty, home Friday night.
Although the full membership was not
out all present had a. good time.
There was a pantomime contest in