Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-12

will be located in suitable places and
reserved for homestead entry, before
March l, 1909"
DAVIS COUNTY BRIDE WEARS A
DiRECTolRE GOWN.
Bloomfield. At the close of the
Sunday morning services at the
Christian church, the pastor, Rev. f.
D. Ferrall requested the congregation
to remain seated for a few moments
and the pianist struck up the Lohen-
grin wedding march. After moment
of suspense, in which all eyes were
turned on the entrance, the bride and
groom, Flola E. Hutchings and e.
Spencer Fray appeared and advanced
unattended to the chancel, where the
pastor awaited them. The bride was
most becomingly dressed in direc-
tore travelling suit of dark blue velvet
with hat and gloves to match.
At the close of the simple
but impressive ceremony the
wedding march was played once more
and the happy couple left the church.
song was Immediately announced
and when the audience was dismissed
the bridal party had disappeared, es-
Gaping the congratulations and good
wishes surprised friends would have
shoWered on them. An hour later the
relatives and few intimate friends
of the family We're entertained at din
ner at the Hutchings home south Of
town and Mr.. and Mrs FRAY left the
same evening for their home in Jersey
City, N. ]. Mrs Fray is the youngest
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Hutchings and is a young lady of
great personal charm and refinement
For the past two years she has been
employed as stenographer for the
Spaulding Mfg. Co., of Grinnell. 1t was
in that city that she first made the
acquaintance of Mr. Fray, who is now
engaged in the real estate business in
New York.
A Golden Wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Newton on Satur-
day celebrated the fiftieth anniversary
OF their marriage, which took place
Sept. 5, 1858, in Putnam Co., Ind.
Ihey continued to make their home
in Putnam county for ten years. NOV
ing to Iowa in the fall of 1868 This
month completed for them forty years.
residence in Bloomfield Only their
children, grand children and great
grandchildren were present at the
celebration of the anniversary but if
was very happy company of twenty
which assembled around the dinner
table. During the afternoon the party
was kodaked by one of the grand
daughters, the group including Mr..
and Mrs. Newton, their son-inlaw and
daughters, Mr.. and Mrs George Dunn
of this city and Mrs f. ]. Easter of
A1nsWorth, their grandchildren and
great grandchildren, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
J.. Stephens Misses Beulah, Eva and
Ruth Easter and Clarence Easter of
A1nsWorth, Mr.. and Mrs. F. e. Wei
ney and two children of Milton, Mr..
and Mrs. Marley Curry of this CITY,
T. j. Easter of Ainsworth and a grand
Mrs. Reaben Orwie and her
husband of Missouri were unable to
be present. Mr.. and Mrs. Newton
were presented with a purse Of gold
from the family and also received
several little tokens Of good will from
other friends.
letter received in this city the
first Of the week from Los Angeles
Cal, the first of the week, contained
the news of the marriage of Mrs An.
IA Toombs to Newton Williams at the
residence Of Mr.. and Mrs. Steve r.
vim OF Los Angeles, Wednesday even
ing, August 2G, at $3.50 o'clock. Mr..
ana Mrs. Williams are both well
Known here and several former
Bloomfield people attended the wed
ling. They will make their home at
Boyle Heights, Calf
Over two hundred tickets for OF |
sumWa were sold at the Wabash STA.
ion here ThHrsday'fto people who
we're going over to attend Ringing
Bros, circus. N
The public schools Monday COM
oleted their first weeks work and
rave already settled into the busy
outline of hard work. There are over
our hundred enrolled. an unusually
arge attendance for the first day.
twenty-five freshmen entered high |
cnool and the seniors number twelve |
It tho beginning of the year.
Rehben Stafford arrived home the
asst of the week from Cloquet, Mimi,
where he has been employed during
he summer and will spend a short
ime here. He is as yet undecided
whether he will attend Iowa Wesley
n Or return to Cloquet.
Mrs. George Miller and two chill.
lren returned to their home at Chart
on the first of the week, following a
'1s1t OF two weeks with her parents
lr. and Mrs Frank Hutchings.
Miss Iowa Wray left Friday for
sioux Rapids began her second years
york in the public schools at thar
'lace
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Joiner of Moul-
on spent Friday with Mrs. Bertha
DR.. J. w. Caldwell of Steamboat
took arrived Thursday for visit of
everal weeks with Bloomfield rela-
ives.
Miss Nellie Fortune returned to her
ONE at oskaloosa Friday following
visit of ten days at the B Hardy
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