Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-11
Guide-Frank Grider.
inside watch-Charles Mills.
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Inside watch-Charles Mills.
Outside watch--B. Loeb.
Trustee. M. Krewson
Medical exarniners-Dr. Heady DR..
SWinney and DR.. Cronk.
Tho "Spinster" tea given at the
Greenlear home Friday evening by the
Misses Greenleaf was a delightful at
fair. At $3.50 o'clock the 'spinsters''
were invited to the dining room where
position at the table was determined
py place cards to each Of which a can
dy man was attached and merry
laugh introduced the excellent dinner
served Complying with the reuqest Of
the invitation, each guest brought with
her a picture Of man supposed to have
been refused by her and was prepared
to tell the story of his wooing and the
reason that he failed to please After
dinner came "spinster's" heart to
heart talk. AS each produced the pic
ture Of the lover Of her youth the story
of his wooing was told. Four escaped
William Hill, Mrs. w. j. Steckel and
Mrs. e. X. Herr, acting as judges,
awarded the first prize for the best
original story to Miss Ollie Rominger
and the second prize to Miss Nettie
Hamilton. The former received hand
some china cup and saucer and the
latter a beautiful potted Chinese lily in
AuAl UiOOIu cOliOWluB LIS bIUTi6S IH6
escaped" spinsters related number
of true love stories. The quaint cos
tunes worn by the guests were an
amusing feature Of the evening and the
old fashioned hand painted satin we'd
ding gown worn by Miss Effie Hardy,
which in its day had been an exquisite
creation, was greatly admired. Other
were worn by Miss Rominger, Miss
Evans, Miss Burgess and Miss Men
denhall.
Other Items of Interest.
The program TO be given at the COLI
lege Friday evening by the Clays
promises to be one of the best OF the
season.
r. w. Anderson of Pulaski was q
business visitor in the city Satur-
day.
George w. Garner of west Grove
made business trip to tbs city Sat-
urdaj.
Bert Wishard having finished the
work on the signal tower at Belknap,
where he has been working for q
month, has gone with the crew to Mus
catine. where he will be employed at
the signal tower all winter.
Nj. and Mrs. w. B. Taylor entertain-
ed relatives and friends at dinner at
noon Saturday. IT,, guests were. Mr..
and Mrs w. II. Taylor, Mrs. Ella Brou-
hard of Little River, Kansas. and Mrs.
Charles Mathews, and Mrs. Ida Hartz-
Ter OF Pulaski.
Leland Windsor of Des Moines, state
and savings bank examiner of Iowa,
spent Friday in the city.
Mr.. a. d Mrs. Will Saunders Of Fort
Madison have been spending q few
days with friends.
Dr. Willard Caldwell returned the
first Of the week to his home in Steam
boat Rock, after spending few days
with relatives and friends.
Mrs. Will Downey of Charlton arriy-
ed Friday to visit her parents. Mr.. ana
Mrs. Frank Warner, and other rela-
tiyes. She will be Joined Christmas by
her husband, who will spend the holt
days at horne.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Lorenz entertain-
ed a few friends at 6 o'clock dinner
Friday evening. The little affair was
very enjoyable.
On Friday evening the pupils Of the
ninth room Of the. public school pleas
alitly surprised Duran Hotchkiss. The
affair was complimentary to his de-
p.rture for the west, where he will
accompany his mother in a few weeks.
The trip to Texas was discarded and
now they think of spending the winter
In Phoenix Arizona. Games. music
and refreshments all combined to make
the evening a happy one for all.
l.. M. Benham, of Center Point, ac-
tcompanied by his son, Bert Benham,
of Sheridan, Wyoming, have returned
home, after short visit with the for
mer's sister, Mrs. Fulton Putnam.
Mrs. John Pittman has gone to I'm
ionville. where she was called Friday
by the DEATH of her little niece, who
died suddenly with megbraneous
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