Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-08
DAVIS COUNTY INSTITUTE OPENS
First Session at Bloomfield Has an
Enrolment Of 100-Other Bloom


field News.
Bloomfield.-The Davis County
Teachers Institute opened this morn
ing with an enrolment of 100 teach
ers. The morning session was unJls-
ually interesting for the first day. The
morning sessions throughout the week
will be taken up with the usual re-
to music and round table discussion
The institute Is held in the South
ern Iowa Normal building and Is under
the direction of Prof. II. c. Brown,
president Of that institution. Supt. II.
o. Roland has secured the following
instructors: Supt. Wilbur York of tho
Bloomfield public schools; Supt c. f.
spicer Of the Muscatine schools; Hon:
John G. De Mar of Des Moines, and
Prof. w. B. Downing. There will be
musicale this evening under the d.
rection Of Prof. Downing. Dr. Frank
D. Irish Of Chicago will lecture tomor-
row evening and be present the great
er part Of the week. Miss Josephine
Miller Of Des Moines has been engaged
as special instructor in primary meth
DDS. The institute will last but one
week this year as under the new law
no time is given to examinations.
Dedicate Pulaski Church.
A number of Bloomfield people at
tended the dedication of the new
Methodist Episcopal church at Pulaski
Sunday. Rev. J. w. Somerville OF
the Central M E. church at Oskaloosa,
preached the dedicatory sermon and
succeeded in raising 1896 during the
day. wiping out the debt on the church
and almost completing payment on the
new plano The building though re-
modelled from the old one is practically
new structure the repairs and ad-
dittons costing about $4,000. Thu
building will be lighted by electricity
and is UP to date in every particular.
The Keokuk district conference will
meet in Pulaski this week beginning
today. A large attendance is expected.
Friday noon the tenant house on the
Joe Ford fam occupied by Frank
Grinstead wrs damaged by fire. Timely
assistance by the neighbors saved the
house and contents from being totally
destroyed.
Walter Davis had his knee dislocat-
ed while playing tennis Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Steckel entertain
ed Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Rominger at
dinner Saturday evening.
Claude Atwood Of Ottumwa spent
Sunday with his wife and baby at the
Monroe Atwood home west of town.
Carl Shaw returned to Ottumwa
Sunday after three days visit with
MS family III lnlS CITY.
Miss Ruby Phillips returned yester-
day from Buffalo. N. Y, where she has
been visiting for several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Everly of Wa
pello are visiting Mrs Everly's mother,
Mrs. Anna DEFAULT.
| Mrs. Chas Skinner and children
spent last week in Floris at the Will
liam Bolivar home.
| Miss Vina Althede spent Sunday at
the Mike Miller home in Pulaski.
Miss Fairchild Of Eldon and Mrs
May Lucas of Stockport are visiting at
the A. D. Holiday home in this city
| Mrs. Fannie Gilmore, principal OF
| the high school returned yesterday
| from Oskaloosa where she has been
taking special work at Penn college.
| Mr.. and Mrs Putnam have gone &c
| Washington, Ia. to visit their daugh
ter Mrs. Martin Scranton.
The choir of the Methodist Episco-
pal church assisted by the orchestra
rendered we'll selected musical pro-
gram Sunday evening In place of the
usual evening services.
| Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wtiny of Ottum-
wa are in the city called here by the
continued illness Of John Weiny.
| Dr. C. D. Shelton reports a new son
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Crone Sat
urday.
Miss Ina Holiday returned today
from Centerville where she visited Mr.
and Mrs. Theodore Wiseman.
Campbell Bradley and Hon. Claude
Porter of Centerville were members
Of an auto party which visited this city
| Sunday.