Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-03
MONROE COUNTY FARMERS MEET
AT Abba SATURDAY AFTERNOON

Albia.-The officers OF the Monroe
County Farmers Institute will hold a
meeting in the court house in Abba
Saturday at /: 80 o'clock. This meeting
should also be attended by all the la
dies of the auxiliary. Matters of i'm
outline given for the meeting that is to
be held this month. It is requested
that all officers and others interested
attend the meeting.
Nelson Transferred.
John F. Nelson, agent Of the Iowa
Central at this place has been trans
| ferred to Newton and he was checked
cut of this station last Friday evening.
Since that time he nt.s Strengthened up
his business affairs and gone to the
new location and now has charge of the
work at that place. Mr.. Nelson has
been with the Iowa Central for the
past four wears and has been very in
strumental lin building UP the freight
and passenger traffic of the road. He
duties have kept him at the office all
times of the night and day and it
stands to his credit that he has never
shirked a duty nor been too tired to
wait on the patrons of the road. 1t is
a promotion which the Abba friends
are glad has come to a worthy man
but at the same time they will regret
that it will necessitate the removal
The Republican Central Committee.
The republican county central COM
n:ttee held a meeting with County
Chairman Dan Watkins last Saturday.
The meeting had been called to get a
line on what the committeeman haye
done since the primary. The poll that
has been made gives evidence that the
republican county ticket will have
larger than the usual majority. All
that remains for the republicans to do
| is not to be lead away by any false
hope but to stick close to the ticket
all the way. Monroe county is strongly
republican and will remain so. Ken
dali will have big majority.
Other Abba News.
An informal party was given for
Mrs. Weber the latter part of the
week. number of her friends
went to her home and made the
happiest Kind of a day for her. Mrs.
Weber is getting along in years but
she is still alert and active and she
had just as good a time as all the
younger folks who had called to honor
her.
Andy McCreery has a finger in a
sling. He was out at Hiteman the
other day and went to crank up his
automobile when the handle flew
around and hit him.
George Harper one Of the honorable
Cid veterans or the county, has leased
the home place in Bluff Creek to his
son Jesse and he will move to the city
and take life easy for time at least
He will rent property in the city and
let his son do all the farm work. Mr..
Harper has been in bad health for the
past five months and at this time,
though he is some better, he is not
very well, and it is thought, and hoped
the changed will do him good.
James Beardslev died at his home at
Hooking, No. 8, last Thursday after
noon and the funeral was held Sat
urday the remains being brought to
Abba for interment. He had been sick
for some time and the ailnient was
said to be black measles and pneu-
monia. Jimmie as he was familarly
known by all the Hooking people and
many over the country, was one of the
best hearted and most honorable men
in the county. lie has been resident
of Monroe county for many years and
during his residence he has made no
enemies He was a hard working and
intelligent man and the family and
friends are receiving the condolences
Of many.