Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-25
SUNDAY SCHOOL SESSION.
Davis County Association Had Meet
ing at Drakeville.

Bloomfield. Sept. 24.-The Davis
County Sunday school association held
at the Christian church at Drakeville
on Thursday and Friday was very
successful affair and was well attend
ed. Good programs were given
throughout the day and evening and
inspiration for more perfect work was
drawn from the excellent papers read
on topics vital to the success of the
Sunday school. The officers elected
for the ensuing years were: President
IS. @. Downing; secretary and treas
district, o. H. Payne; president second
district, Edwin Sloan; president third
district, G. H. Smith; president fourth
district, VIM. Nusbaum president fifth
district D. A. Lanman.
Department Secretaries.
Home department, Mrs. Geo. Cline;
house to house, j. w. Altheide; pri-
mary, Mrs. James Bingaman: normal,
Mrs. G. II. Altheide; temperance, Mrs.
Ida Goodlander; missions, Mrs. F. D.
Ferrall.
Other Interesting Items.
Mrs. Nancy Wallace received let
ter Saturday morning froom her son,
Will, at Moscow, Idaho, telling her
that he had just sold his timber claim
In the st. Joe mountains for the sum
Of s12,2e5 in cash. Mr.. Wallace is well
l
friends rejoice at his financial success.
He is the leading jeweler Of Moscow.
| At. the last meeting of the directors
of the Chautauqua association an or
ganization was affected and the
following committee was appointed to
prepare the program for next years
course. Henry c. Taylor, j. II. Ford,
G. Traverse, Prof w. York, Geo. w.
Phillips, Mrs. W. H. McAchran, Mrs.
| w. ]. Steckel. The committee was
authorized to take up the work of pre-
pairing the program at once. The as
ISOLATION decided to hold a nine days
session In August at date not deter
mined.
Mrs. A. c. Lester, Mrs. Harvey
Wray and Mrs. Ben Colvin spent Sat
urday in the country with their moth
er, Mrs w. W. Corrick.
Chester Hooking returned Saturday
to his home in Richland county, Wis,
after spending few days with his
uncle, w. R. Hooking.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Pittman are
moving into the residence property
in the north part of the city purchased
by them last fall. Mr.. Pittman has
spent the greater part Of the summer
in improving the place and the family
will no doubt enjoy the new mode Of
life.
Joe Lyons Of Mark made business
trip to the city Saturday to purchase
a new set of harness and replace a set
| and half that some one maliciously
destroyed on Thursday last. The har-
ness, which was hanging in the barn,
was found the next morning literally
cut into shreds. The pieces which
were too small to admit Of repair, Were
heaped in pile on the barn floor.
From a set and a half of good harness
nothing remained but hitch string
and pole strap. The loss was estirat-
ed at SIS, Mr.. Lyons did not know
that he hadan enemy in the world and
has no idea who could have perpetrat-
ed such dastardly deed.
/ Miss Ruby Phillips returned Satur-
day from Kansas City and Quenemo.
Kansas, where she has been spending
three weeks with relatives and friends.
Elmer Banded and sister, Miss Della
Banded, went to Pulaski Saturday to
spend few days at the home Of Will
j. R. Haney spent Saturday evening
in Ottumwa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Miller of Milton
made trip to this place Saturday to
meet Miss Perrin of Queen City, Mo.
Thomas Cooley and Obediah Gilfllen
of Milton We're business visitors in the
city Saturday.
| lie I1ollliSSS lllSellHSS WHICH liGt'l
| been in progress in West Grove for ten
days, conducted by M. L. Haney OF
Normal. ILL.,, closed Sunday night. The
meetings were very beneficial to the
membership and were well attended.
i John H. Plank, while unscrewing the
top Of Mason jar. injured two fin
gers. The top of the jar twisted off
and in SO doing one finger of each
hand was badly cut
i H. c. Leach, Fred McNeal and Paul
Rhodes left Sunday for Muscatine to
i spend a short time on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ola Barton, who have
been visiting in Fairfield for a month
have decided to locate there. Mr.. Bar
ton will open new barber shop.
Clark Barton has gone to Holbrook
Neb., where he has a position in liv-
cry barn for a year.
Mrs. Sadie Forker, who has been
visiting at the Selman home, has gone
to Burlington to visit relatives and
friends, but will return to this city be-
fore ooi11c n ber homo in