Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-22
sIeouRNEY.

Sigourney. Feb. fisherman Need.
ham went to Keota Thursday evening
and spent a day at the Masonic school
Of instruction.
The box social at the empty store
room given by the women of the ST.
Pauls church, last Friday evening,
was well attended and literally pat
ronized.
The Methodist rally Friday evening
drew large crowd Of people to the
church The program consisted OF
music by the choir, addresses by the
pastor. Rev. G. N. Pace, Mrs. w. III
Hamilton and j. F. Seymour. Mrs. B.
G. Minteer sang the solo, Silver
Threads Among the Gold" after which
Rev. H. N. Smith, presiding elder. adj
dressed the audience. After the adj
dress they sang "Blest Be the Tie That
Binds and the people adjourned for
the social hour. The young people used
the basement and played games, while
the elders visited above.
Hugo Schilling has purchased the
PROPERTY in the western part Of the
city, formerly owned by Mrs. Robert
Johnson. and will move into 1t soon
W. D. Beatty purchased the place In
the morning for $3.50, and within three
hours had sold 1t to Mr.. Schilling for
$1,000.
Elmer Root, Of Delta, was through
the city Saturday evening and again
this morning, having gone to Webster
Saturday evening to spend Sunday
with his mother.
Oscar Eastburn, Of the western part
Of the county. was transacting bust
ness and calling on relatives in the
county scat Saturday.
/ the e. north Or s part Of County s' wer,
here Saturday, attending to bushes.
matters and calling on friends.
/ Mrs. r. e. Phelps visited in He'd
rick with her parents last week, re
turning to her nome here Saturday ev
ening
4 John Goldthwaite, Of Fairfield, was
visitor in the city few hours Satur
day. Mr.. Goldthwaite is principal o
the schools there and had to arrang
his visit SO as not to interfere with hi
school work.
The friends Of Milton Hoffman will
4 be pleased to learn that he was one o
the two parties winning the inter-so
/, eiety debate at the state normal schoo
last week.
w. j. Jenkins, Of the eastern part o
the county, was a visitor in the cit,
Saturday, attending to business an
calling on friends.
Artfe Stevens, of Delta Is staying a
the Harry Brown home.
i Miss Merle Minteer has returned t
her home after visit In Keota.
i, The jury in the case. State Of low
Il VS.. w. III. Wilson, in which Wilson wa
indicted by the grand jury for assault
with intent to commit great bodily in
jury, returned verdict at about l
: o'clock Friday evening, finding Wilso
guilty of an assault. The Judge ha
gone home and left j. p. Talley to re
ceive the verdict for the court. Tim
for sentence has not yet been set.
Clarence Jacobs and wife. of Ster
ling, Ill, are in the city visiting rela
tives and friendss.
I.onnie Pfaff has secured positio
with a furniture house in Burlington.
! Rev. G. N. Pace has organized
: Junior League at the Methodist Epi6
copal church and Mrs. c. G. LATER ha
, been selected as superintendent an
this appointment has been conflrme
by the quarterly conference. The
start out with an enrolment of fifty
three and will meet each Sunday AFT
ernoon at o'clock.
, Mr.. and Mrs r. Fl. Cutler are Wis
{ iting friends in Montezuma-
Robert Adams, member Of the boar
of supervisors, went to Davenport c
, Saturday morning, taking with hi
Roy G. Hart to the Soldiers Orphan
Home in that place. Hart has been
the city the past several days, await
. ing the action Of the state board
control, and the superintendent of tt
{ institution. Mr.. Adams returned tt
same evening.
Louis FolIman. of lancaster town