Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-24

!SQSI. SIN months. IL not longer. III IS
about sixty years old and has been,
Charles Flanagan was Des Moines
visitor Wednesday attending the
stockmens convention.
Mrs Jonathan McClain has returned
from visit in Boulder, Colorado.
Lewis Whitlach OF near Attica died
Thursday morning at $3.50 o'clock.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Dabenspeck Dec. 4.
Mrs. Cora Walters and daughter
Easter. have gone to visit their son
and brother, Boyd. at Los Angeles.
California where he has been the past
two years. They think they will stay
at that place and make their home
there
T. J. Park was called to Indianola
the first of the week to attend tho
funeral of his brother. who had been
sick with heart disease for the past
several months. He was so years, 10
months and days old.
Ezekiel Jones, an early settler of
Marion county, is in verv poor health
and the doctors entertain little hopes
of his recovery His complaints are
numerous. One. senile gangrene of
one of the lower limbs. was brought on
by old aoe.
Mrs. II. A Tucker was visitor at
the home of her daughter. Mrs. Lewis
]. Evans in Des Moines the first of
the week
west and expects to stay in Knoxville
this winter.
Carroll Warren. who of late has
been a student at Ames college, but
now a draughtsman in the employ Of
the American Bridge Co., is home on
q months vacation
Russell Kerr and Clyde Hunt have
L. ~ - Il, ie,1 o1x
Burr Phelps. a travelling salesman
arrived home for a vacation Tuesday
Roy King, who is at present filing
the position of chief engineer at q big
electric lighting plant at Cherokee.
visited the first of the week at the
home of his father, Edward King. He
thinks he will be transferred to Fort
Dodge, which will make his visits to
his home more frequent.
George Simpson and wife are visit
ing in Des Moines this week at the
home of their son, j. C. Simpson. who
is secretary of the State Agricultural
society,
Ed Dewitt has been in New Mex
leo the past week looking over land
near Willard and the new towns which
have sprung up in the Estan1ac valley
Marion Wright, son of the late Lar
kin Wright died in Dequeen. Ark.
Sunday. Deceased was brother Of
o. P. Wright and Mrs, ]. d. Gamble.
He was So years, 10 months and .
days old. Interlnent took place at De-
queen last Monday.
Frank Bradley of Bussey died last
Tuesday of tuberculosis. leaving his
parents, four sisters, one brother and
many friends to mourn his death. He
was rs years old.
P. NJ Southwark of Dallas has
printed notice of his sale, closing out,
He is going to move to Idaho, where
he expects to get rid of the asthma,
which has been troubling him for some
time. He will probably, locate on the
government ditch between CaldWell
and Nampa.
Last week w. w. Cleland and Frank
Avery were in st. Louis for the pur-
pose of buying the goods TO stock
the new Avery-C Cleveland hardware
and implement house AS. Mr.. Clel-
and's knowledge Of the hardware bust
ness Is very great he will be very
useful partner having been In the
hardware line for a number of years,
Ray Savase. son of MI. and Mrs
| William Savage has returned from
Colorado. where he has been working
at the plumbing trade. 1t is his in
teption to spend the winter here.
| Revival meetings have begun at the
| Methodist Episcopal church. under the
direction of Mr.. Miller. the singing
evangelist" Of Chicago.
M C. Gebhardt, formerly news
dealer of Knoxville, is now on the
road, travelling for a Des Moines firm