Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-03

\ Petrick's Catholic church OF this city,
succeeding Father James Dunnion.
First annual picnic of the Ottumwa
grocers and butchers, held at Keosau.
qua.
19-Thomas Evans Cole. well known
resident of this city, passes away.
21-Mrs. Bertha s. Hunter files suit
against the city of Ottumwa for $4,000
damages alleged to be done to her
property by the grading and cutting
down of Union street.
21-Guy Hamilton Is fatally injur.
ed while at work at the plant If tie
Dain Manfg. Co.
!. Mrs Joseph F. Anthony struck by
Rock Island train at Main street
crossing and severly injured.
22-Lifeless body of Edward M. Jen-
nings is found near the Burlington
tracks east of the Main street crossing
this morning. He is supposed to have
been struck by Burlington passenger
No. 1.
$50. G and the 54th regimental
band return from practice march and
annual encampment,
24-Attorney Walter S. Coen and
Miss Edith MCGOWAN are married at
ST. Joseph, Mich.
24-Dan McAdams, formerly of Chill
lieothe, meets accidental death at Ft.
Pierre. S. D.
27-Milwaukee freight trains Nos.
So and 81 meet in head on collision
! just south Of West Second street cross
ing. No one is injured
Second annual Ottumwa Chautauqua
opens at Caldwell Park.
30-Secretary of the Treasury Les
lie M. Shaw, addresses Ottumwa Chau-
tauqua.
Ottumwa democrats elect delegates
for county convention.
Opie Read delivers characteristic
lecture before Ottumwa Chautauqua.
Mrs. Elizabeth Commons, an aged
and respected resident Of this city,
passes away.
August.
1-Republican state convention
opens in Des Moines. Two delegations
go from Wapello county; Cummins
delegation Is seated.
Rev. Sam Jones speaks before the
Ottumwa chautauqua
Sales barns of F. w. Darner and L.
R. Fleener and the barn of E. A. Dag
gett & Sons badly damaged and three
horses burned to death.
2-Governor A. B. Cummins Is re-
nominated by the republican state con.
vention at Des MONIES.
4-Wapello county democrats hold
convention to nominate delegates to
the state gathering.
Hon. Charles A. Towne of New York
addresses large crowd at the chautau-
qua.
5-Closing session OF the Ottumwa
chautauqLa is held, DR.. N. M. Walters
of Brooklyn, N. Y, being the speaker.
Andrew Goeres is drowned in Des
Moines river at the west dam.
William Goldie of Chicago. well
known theatrical man and a sop-in-law
of Mrs. M. B. Coyan of this city, dies
on train near Calientes, New, enroute
for this city.
Culver c. Quick receives fatal in.
juries by being crushed between two
cars in the Morrell yard
! Mass meeting held at the Grand
opera house decides to circulate pc.
tition asking the city council to call
a special election to vote on proposed
| interurban tax
Council rescinds saloon limit reso
buttons passed in February.
i 7-Ottumwa Chautauqua association
announces that the chautauqua will be
1 discontinued because of lack of finan.
cial support.
T. j. Phillips elected president OF
Ottumwa baseball club, succeeding T.
H. Corrick, resigned.
Joseph Brewer, aged Is years in
stantly killed by contact with live cleo
trio wire.
i Ottumwa school board puts ban on
football as high school game for the
season of 1906.
S-Miss Mary L,ndblad and G. P
Osterman of Rock Island are united
in marriage at the brides home in
this city.
| 9-Rose Davis files suit against OF
tumwa Baseball association, ct AL ask
ing $4,000 for INJURIES received by be
ing struck in the eye by a batted ball
j 10-Farewell reception to depart
ing Physical Director Robert E. Gour
ling is held at the Y. M. G. A.
12-Ninety Ottumwans leave on spe
cial Burlir gton train for Minneapolis
to participate in national G. A. R. en-
campment.
II ~ AAAS 1858 oOoJ VI II. DlOWu, COlOT
ed, found floating in the upper race
; near water works wheel house.
D. w. Hamilton of Sigourney nomin
ated for position of representative
from the sixth congressional district
, by democratic convention held in this
city.
City council awards contracts fol
| riprapping the south bank of the Des
Moines river
/ 14-Annual outing of the employees
OF John Morrell & Co. is held at Bur
lington
Eugene swartz, 1O-year-old boy, il
drowned in the Des Moines river neal
. the mouth of the Richmond avenue
sewer.
August 15-Mrs. Marie Fecht of De
troit Mich, mothe rof Emil and Juliu.
Fecht of this city, passes away at he1
home.
: 16--Miss Elizabeth Cotton and Ger
shon LleWellyn are united in marriage
1S-First news of the terrible Souti
American earthquake in Chile reache,
this city.
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