Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-02

Pleasant to attend the funeral services
OF his brother, Russell Pitman. whose
recent death occurred in Everest,
Washington. The funeral was held In
Mt. Pleasant on Sunday.
The marriage of Miss Myrtle Reeves,
only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. w.
Reeves, to Oliver Wendell H. Mitchell
OF Lancaster, Mo-, took place Satur-
day morning at o'clock at the home
of the brides parents. To the strains
Of Lohengrins wedding March. play
ed by Miss Maud Dabney, the bride
and groom entered the parlor unat-
tended and standing beneath the chan
delier prettily festooned with smilax
and carnations responded to the mar
rage vows pronounced by DR.. c. L.
Stafford Only the immediate friends of
the BRIDE Misses Maude Dabney,
Helen Wray, Ruby Phillips and Sadie
Toombs were in attendance. The
bride wore beautiful white silk dress.
Her travelling dress fas Of cloth, the
color being crushed strawberry, IN
which she appeared very pretty and
at 9 O'Clock for Columbia, No.. where
the groom will continue the medical
course in the Columbian State univers-
ity, completing a five years course
next year The best wishes for future
j prosperity and happiness, extended by
their friends, attend them to their new
home where they will be at home to
their friends at 1875 Paquin avenue,
after October 9.
The first regular meeting of the Fri
day club was held Friday afternoon at
at the B. Hardy home with Mrs. Eva
Atkins as hostess. The work this year
Will be English, as given in the chau-
tauqua course.
The Twentieth club held its first
: meeting of the coming season Friday
afternoon at the Teed home with Mrs.
Fannie Cook as hostess. The club
members were very enthusiastic over
lish literature.
Mrs. Charley Curl left Saturday for
Mr.. Pleasant to visit her hon, Ray.
the City hospital.
S. G. Moore, municipal examiner,
arrived from Atlantic Saturday to
spend g, few days with his family.
Charley Eichelberger Of Cloquet,
, Mimi, left Saturday for Eonaparte to
!, Join Mrs. Eichelberger, who is visiting
her mother, Mrs. Sturdivant
Cliff Leach left Saturday evening for
. Omaha, Neb, to spend a week or more
on business.
Walter Johnson OF Washington ar
: rived Saturday to join his wife, who is
visiting at the home of her parents,
MT. ana Mrs. w. II. Miller.
Two deaths occurred at the county
+. died from the effects of typhoid fever
} and was buried in the I. O. o. F. GEM
| etery on Sunday She leaves a hus-
mand and four children Dan
lei Layman passed away early
Saturday morning. The remains were
3 taken to Pulaski for burial.
5 Herbert King spent Saturday In
att l.
Kinsinger
John G. Leach of West Grove, was a
/. business visitor in the city Saturday.
!. Woodland Owens has returned from
La Grange. Mo-, where he has been
spending some time under the medi-
cal treatment Of his son, DR.. N. O.
t owens. He has returned quite i'm
| proved in health.
Mrs sohn Graham Is quite sick.
Z ill.
Mrs. Arid Sturgeon of Mark has re.
Gently s'ffered stroke OF paralysis
l. put was Improving on Saturday. She
i mas reached the advanced age of s.
: years
Henry Cecil of Milton was a bust.
/ ness visitor in the city Saturday.
Mrs. Nellie Kilroy left Saturday TO,
Kansas City to spend a week with Mrs
8 Lee Hatton and attend the street car
s nival. o'''
). Mrs. Mary Deal Of Cascaden left Fri.
. uay iof milton to nurse her sister
Il MRS. ). A. Deal. who is quite i'll.
Mrs. Joe Mooney, who has beer
a spending sew al weeks with her mar.
:. ents, Mr. and Mrs. B. Loeb, returned
, Saturday to her home in Kansas civ
: Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Yahuke and son
e fred OF Ft. Madison, arrived Frida,
(. and are visiting at the Fred Yahuk,
> home.
William Hawley Smith is delight
1ul entertainer. AS a reader and in
t. terpreter of literature he ranks wei
). win the best The attendance at tn,
- 81 given at the Universal
g list church Friday eevning was Unite,
owing to the Indictment weather and Al
d MI. smith was exceedingly weary ant
II Unequal 10 standing he remained seat
eu, out the entertainment being entire
~ informal was none the less interest
IS ing. 1t was an evening of recollection
v OIL Bill Nye and James Whitcomb Rifle
"a ey. MI. smith spent year on the plat
~ form with Nye and was later succeed
ed by Riley and the entertainment O
n the hour was clever reproduction o
q an evenings program given by TIL
= poet and humorist. Mr. Smith inner
sonated each, giving the numbers il
3. alternate SUGGESTIONS from one to tn
+ other. The initial number was
n graphic description of Bill Nye-hi
life, literary career and manner of in
Producing an evenings entertainment
Then speaking OF Riley. he said: "
like him because he is the poet of tn
\ common people. Everybody can I'm
g derstand him. The highly educated un
n derstand him; the highly ignorant un
destand him. and all the people be
tween understand him and that is VIII
q, like him" He then recited "Whe
l. the Frost is on the Pumpkin" and fo
n more than an hour the audience wa
% pleasantly entertained with alternat
st numbers from Nye and Riley Nj
9 Smith has lectured in this city man
times, but in the role of Friday even
y, Ing he made his first appearance as
~ reader and impersonator.
ELDON.
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