Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-14

@ ~ eAS VIZ aASt ~ n
last Saturday, was one of the old en-
ployes of John Morrell & Co., and
one of h original members Of the
P. H. NJ. A. A., when there were only
two or three hundred members. He
worked In car repairer's department
and was a good workman and a pleas
ant fellow worker. He had not an
enemy in all the world. The sympathy
Of the packing house men n the
entire East End go out to his wife and
family.
Other East End News.
The Y. M. G. A. of Ottumwa will
hold two services at Batavia tomorrow
afternoon and evening, conducted by
Secretary w. f. Hunting. w. B. Ram
sell will speak.
Receipt for p. H. M. "A. A. picnic.
Picnic Coffee teacup full ground
coffee, 1 pinch salt, (what you could
hold between thumb n inger). 1
egg. Mix in bowl and pour on 8 pints
of boiling water and let stand 5 min
utes. This Is picnic coffee. But you
ought to get Major Spilman's receipt
for making army coffee.
Asa Jones, who has been employed
in the arsenal at Rock Island, was
here on a two weeks vacation visiting
with his parents.
Nellie Osler is visiting in Chicago
with her friend, Mrs. Fannie Wishart
since last Monday.
DIR. Breckenridge of Chicago arriv-
ed here and assumed the duties Of
DR.. Mccall Monday.
Mrs. M. e. Loomis Of Pontiac, ILL.,,
who has been visiting her son-in-law.
for the past few weeks left for Omaha
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this week.
Mrs. Amanda Hubbard, assistant
principle Of the high school at Pom.
tiac, ILL.,, is here this week visiting her
sister, Mrs. Fl. T. Mclean.
Henry Graesle of Clinton will report
here Monday as meat inspector TO
! take the place of T. H. Mclean, who
goes to Rock Island soon.
Policeman A. w. Peck's residence
caught fire Tuesday noon and badly
damaged the roof of his kitchen.
]. F. Hammer, of Iowa City was at
the general office on business last
Wednesday.
Harry Hill, an old employe OF John
= Morrell & Co., in the cutting depart
ment and later employed at Sioux
City, has secured a position with the
r w. H. Dicker Packing Co.. of Mason
City, as cutting foreman and will move
his family there to begin his duties at
once.
!, John Kreutzbender O. the cooper
shop is building a four room house to
Z rent on his lot corner Iowa avenue
and Hayne street.
Constable Tom Miller was here on
! official business last Wednesday.
I DR.. Chester Miller, inspector in
. charge at Des Moines, visited DR..
Joshua Miller, his brother last Mon
q day.
) DR.. Owens of Williamsburg deliver
e ed a stereopticon lecture at the East
End church last Tuesday evening.
: Major T. P. Spilman will speak al
4 the May street chapel tomorrow even
:. ing at 7:45 o'clock.
E. M. Davis, formerly employed
here as butter maker at the Yorkshire
creamery, but now employed with the
Swift Packers at Chicago, was here
visiting with his brother Harry in the
), office last Tuesday, while on his way
home to Bloomfield to visit with his
e parents.
Rev. and Mrs. w. HI. Horned and
family will go to Clear Lake Monday
and will spend their vacation at that
place this summer Mr.. HORNED has
= an invitation to preach at the Chau.
: tauqua at Clear Lake August %.
Nicholas Lunkley Of M~arshalltown,
) a meat inspector, visited with his fam.
( lily at the corner Of Main and Foster
street last week.
f. o. Weber of Eldon was here last
4 Thursday talking picnic to the boys
9 at the packing house.
Frank Tieple, Joe Julston and joe
Lage Of Des Moines are here since last
Thursday erecting the new gravity
tank, which will be 1875 feet high.
William Barley, Jr., of the stock
yards is in Des Moines this week, at
e tending the funeral of his late uncle.
, The picnic committee has made ar.
= rangements with Texas Bud to bring
his wild west show to Eldon on picnic
day, July 81 and give an exhibition
on the grounds. This is the same show
$ that was here a few weeks ago and
showed in the East End.
q The committee desire great credit
for the hustle it has manifested
. in this matter as it is an entirely new
feature to the picnic and will no doubt
bring an crowd from Eldon
: and vicinity that did not get to see the
. wild west when it was here some
weeks ago.