Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-09
EAaT END ITEMS.
MANY VISITORS.
The Sick List for Packing House EN-.
ployes and East End Small.

The Sick List for Packing House EN-.
ployes. and East End Small.
Among those who were business
visitors at the plant this week or who
We're shown through the house were
the following: B. II. Coday, travelling
salesman for John Morrell & Co.; Ho-
mer A. Caughlan, Of Charlton; A. L.
Bloomfield, Galesburg; Louis Rempe,
Creston; John DAILY, Bladensburg;
James Van SAINT, Agency; DC. Young.
Red River Valley, Mimi; Edward
Hall, city; D. L. Benson, Chicago; j.
M. Mccartney, Cedar Rapids; Harry
Donnellson, late of the local room;
Roy White, city; Charles Moul, city,;
Miss Lillian Webster, Salina, Kas.;
Miss Elizabeth Beghtel, city; Charles
Hern, city, and Charles Knight, city.
The Sick List.
Those residents of the East End or
employees of the packing house who
are reported as being on the sick list
this week, are as follows: Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Zimmerman, 1916 East Main
street; Joseph Anthony, of the car re-
pairers gang; George Mason, sales
man at Morrell's market, and Frank
Peterson, fireman on the packing
house engine No. 224.
Personal and Otherwise.
Arthur Mcclure, of Fairfield, who
has been visiting at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. j. w. Foote, of Iowa avenue,
returned home Thursday.
M. T. McClelland of the general of.
fee, was in st. Louis, Mo-, Monday
and Tuesday.
Jack Donaldson, formerly of the
lard refinery, who has been in Buxton
for weeks past, returned Tuesday.
Frank Allender, of the cellar gang,
lost a valuable colt Monday. The
colt was running loose in the pasture
and broke its leg SO that 1t had to be
killed.
Will Foster and George Morrell re-
turned from a trip to Austin, Mimi,
Tuesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs William Virgins, Of
Pango Kansas, are visiting at the
home of their cousins, William and
Michael Moffitt, on Walnut avenue.
: Mrs. S. Lomsburg, Of Bottimean,
N. D., is visiting at the home Of her
brother, DR.. j. Miller, on Lincoln ave-
nue.. Mrs. Lomsburg was a guest at
the plant Saturday.
Will Osler, Of the local room, was
in Fairfield Monday.
w. X. Murray, of the Fidelity &
Casualty Co., of New York, is here
today to inspect the boilers an dloco-
motives.
Eli Hill and William Whalen, of the
cutting room, were the visiting com
mittee for the P. H. M. A. this week.
Louis Greibour, Of the press room,
was called home Wednesday by the
fines Of his wife,
Ben Bissell, of the coopers' depart
ment, who has been sick since last
week, returned to work again last
Thursday.
George Johnson, of the killing gang,
who has left the service of John Nor
rell & Co., has gone to st. Louis, No
to secure work in one of the packing
houses there
Robert McHale, of Cope, Colorado,
an old employee in the packing room,
who has been visiting friends In this
city, returned to his home Thursday
evening.
T. d. Foster was In Chicago on BUSH
ness last Thursday
Charlie Richie, of the lard refinery,
is the latest addition to the East End
band.
Ben Zimmerman, of Kirkville, who
was here spending the Christmas holt
days with relatives, returned to his
home Tuesday.
Miss Ida Morrison, Of North Iowa
avenue, gave New Years party Mon
day evening. A delightfuf evening
was enjoyed by those present. Re-
freshments were. served.
Clarence Lee, student at the Iowa
State University, returned to his stud
les In the dental department last We'd
nesday.
Lester Dale, Of Foster, an old en-
ploye on the fire department, was
here Saturday on business.
Nicholas Winter, Of Victor, Col, has
returned to this city to make his
home here. Mr.. Winter was com.
PEELED to go from Ottumwa to Colo
RADIO to live on account of his health.
Five years residence in Colorado has
restored him to health and he has re-
turned and will live on his farm near
Riverview. Mr.Winter is well known
among packing house men as he was
foreman Of the trimming room here at
one time.
The employees In the engineers
gang bought Chief Engineer Ken
bricks a fine meerschaum pipe and
presented it to him last Tuesday noon.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the East
End Presbyterian church met yeste-
day afternoon at o'clock in the par.
lors Of the church.
Major T. P. Spilman was thrown
from his buggy last Monday, at the
corner Of Main and Court streets. The
horse which he was driving became
frightened and making sudden turn
at the corner overturned the buggy
The harness was broken up consider.
ably but Mr.. Spilman was uninjured.
A. H. Peck was presented with a
rocking chair by the employees Of the
trimming room Christmas.
Homeseekers and Settlers.
To points in Nebraska, Colorado,
Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Indian
Territory, Oklahoma, Texas and Louis