Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-27
News of
Southern Iowa
BELkNAP.


BELKNAP.
Belknap Jan. 23.-Two of BellSnap's
best young people, Miss Irene McCor-
mick, youngest daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Morrison Mccormick, and Will
II. Coke, a son of the late Mrs. N. e.
Coke, were quietly married Sunday
Jan. IA, in Bloomfield, by Elder M.
Downing. Mr.. and Mrs. Coke expect
to make their home until spring with
the brides parents, but do not know
Their many friends extend to them
their congratulations and best wishes.
The funeral services of Mrs. j. H
Fleming, which We're held last Tues
day morning at the Methodist Episco-
pal church, and which We're conducted
by Rev. Ferrall, of the Christian
church at Bloomfield, We're delayed by
and Jesse Fleming and the youngest
daughter, Miss Bessie Fleming, Of
Milwaukee, Wis. The brothers are
brakemen on the Milwaukee, running
out of that place and great deal Of
difficulty was experienced in getting
word to them. Word was received
from them at Ottumwa that as there
time they would hire a livery team to
bring them out. This they did, but
delaying the starting for the cemetery
until little after o'clock in the
afternoon. All the children We're thus
enabled to attend the burial services
Rev. Ferrall preached good sermon
and made very favorable impression
In the community. Owing to SO much l,
sickness and the condition of the
roads not as many as would have liked
to have paid their last tributes of re-
spect to the departed, We're able to do
SO.
Mrs. /. Ware, who has been spending
the past week or ten days at Eldon, at
the bedside of her husbands mother,
Mrs. Mary Ware, returned home sun
day Mrs. Ware seems to be getting
weaker, all the time and is very
low, with little hope Of recovery. Mr.
Ware is now at her bedside. Mrs
Ware is at the advanced age of
81 years and is considerably crippled
by a fall received a few years ago.
She has made several visits here at
the home of her son, her last visit be-
ing in October, when she spent about
two weeks here.
Rev. w. H. Slack, in filling his reg
ular appointment here Sunday after
noon announced that he expected to
hold special services here on Thurs
day and Friday evenings of this week
In connection with Presiding Elder A.
v. Hendricks quarterly meeting ser
vices on Saturday afternoon and ev-
most cordially invited to attend all
the services.
The grip is quite prevalent in this
community. A large number of
scholars are reported out of school on
account of colds and the grip.
Those reported sick last week are
better New gases Of sickness report
ed s sga R 81 them anssls Ws N PVT:
dleton. Some of these are better now.
Miss Edith Coke, of Unionville.
spent last week here with friends.
Miss Emma SwinneS, of Bloomfield,
Is the guest Of Mrs. Sarah MCGEE.
Miss Swinney is on her way to
Blakesburg to visit friends.
Messrs. James and Jesse Fleming
have returned to their home at Mil
waukee and Thomas and Oscar Elem.
Ing to their homes in Ottunwa. Miss
this week. She is now visiting with
her sister, Mrs. Myrtle Hoffman. Mr..
Fleming is also still visiting here.
Mrs. Maggie Middleton and two
children Ruby and Curtis left yester-
day for Seymour, where they expected
to make few days visit.
T. E. Putnam Saturday moved into
LIS eoWH piopSlIy, WHICH llo dCQulTeo
from j. w. Bolivar and J. j. Combs
who has been living on the Hall farm
expects to move this week to the Mrs.
Patterson farm and Orla Burns, who
is living here in town. expects to move
out to the Hall farm.
A great change in temperature oc-
Cured from about 2 o'clock Saturday
afternoon, when the thermometer reg
istered 50 degrees above. and Monday
morning, when it registered only
above. Nearly all the snow had dis
appeared by Saturday evening and
Soap Creek was reported out over the
banks. also Fox river and Chequest.
Roy Bell is quite i'll with catarrhal
fever. DR.. Beauchamp off Bloomfield
was called in to see him Monday ev-
ening Miss ROUGH, who just closed
her school at Dunville. will take Mr..
Bells place in his school at the
Franklin Star
Mrs. J. T. Mum was i'll for few
days last week with cold.
Mrs. Oris Kinney, of Perry town
ship, who has been visiting friends
east of here and Miss Faye Kinney.
elsc of Perry township, were callers
Monday at the Mrs. Sarah MCGEE
home.