Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-18
HOME COMING AT
KEOsAUQUA over
ABOUT 1000 ATTENDED THURS
DAY SESSIONS MANNING
AND WORK TALK.

AND WORK TALK.
| Keosaugue, Aug. 14.-(SpeciaD-
| The home coming which closed here
last evening was a great success in
| every way. he crowds in town yes
terday were estimated from 5000 to
| 1000 people and some thought that
it was the largest ever in town, but
/ this was contradicted by some If the
elders who s;iio the largest crowd ever
| in Keosauqua was at the dedication
of the Soldiers monument in 1868
They say the crowds stretched all the
way from Keosauqua to Mt. Zion upon
that day. Others say that there we're
more people there at the time of the
hanging in 1916, but there ara not
many witnesses to testify at to that.
AT any event there has never been
such gathering of old settlers AMI
friends :;t;n all over tie country
There ae,e several hund ii from ou
of the soallty registere all ih, way
from New York City to California
Friends Llet who had not seen each
other for '.nlrty and io~s. yeats and
the statement was heard on every
side, Il don't believe you know who
am
| G. W. Carter of Pennington claimed
to be the Oldest settler on the grounds
having come to this county when
small boy in the spring Of 1885.
There are several who date back as
far as 1897 and among these Mr..
Geo. G. Duffield, who gave the obituary
address. Among the Oldest residents
of Keosauqua are Aunt Betsy Moore
and Grandma Hearne both rf whom
are ovei ninety-five. At the dinner
given al the Russell House to all over
eighty years old about a dozen were
present.
Ottumwans Prominent.
Many familiar figures were missed.
Among these were Judge Wright Ed
win Manning, Mr. Baldwin and many
others, all of wrom settled in Van
Buren, in the latter 30's or early 40's
However, Calvin Manning of OF
tumwa was present and spoke briefly
at the close when called upon On
every side you could hear: ut is Mr.
Edwin Manning over again" Doesn't
he look Just like his father he told
about the high water OF 81 and the
part he played in it, He Yves born
that year.
He said his father, coming
up the river with cargo at
5 the time and when told that there was
T a baby at his home upon reaching
Keosauqua said that he would be
home Just as soon as he could get his
cargo unloaded at Des Moines before
the river fell
Hon. w. A. Work of Ottumwa was
also present and spoke Of having met
& his future wife at q Fourth Of July
celebration out on the old fair grounds
and said that he wanted to settle with
the person that introduced them that
) day who was in the audience yester-
day.
r Other addresses yesterday afternoon
were given by Hon. George Redd OF
Denver, who spent his boyhood days
He spoke Of his early remembrances
of early days and paid high praise to
the pioneers of the country Mr. Redd
is now a prominent member of the
{. Colorado bar and member Of the
legislature. He spoke also of the sue.
cess Van Buren, county men had made
, in his state. Hon. D. c. Beaman, the
chief counsel since it's organization OF
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Co., and
the biggest corporation Of the state at
one time practiced law in Keosauqua
Also the owner of the street railway
I of Denver is Van Buren, county boy
| as is the superintendent of their larg
| est state institution.
/ Rev. j. w. Holland, formerly of Mil.
ton but now Of Chicago gave several
;. readings of his about pioneer days.
! Hon. Joe Brown, member of the
!. law firm Of Woodson & Brown Of Des
, Moines, spoke on the negro problem in
Iowa, he himself being the president
: of the Iowa State Negroes association
He told about little over twenty
years ago running around the hillside
5 near where he was speaking with Rev
Ben Hubbard and others at the time
of the old settlers meetings, but never
b then dreaming that so soon he would
4 be asked to address such a gathering
Q as that. The remainder of the after
S noon was given over to visiting and
/ renewing old acquaintances
Keosauqua people are scattered ev
t erywhere, but they are always glad &c
i come home for visit. Some one
said recently that he thought there
g must be 10000 Of them scattered
I around over the country and wherever
they met there was a meeting Of kind
g red such as is to be found in no other
e place.
y Ottumwa has her full share of Keo-
e sauqua people and sent large delega-
:, ton to the Home Coming yesterday
o over fifty being present Below we
+ give the list as nearly complete as pos.
= scble but owing to the fact that many
: did not register 1t is impossible to gel
. an accurate list:
!. Ira Phillips.
4 Mrs. Emily Phillips.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. L. Wilson.
g Miss Kathyrine McGill.
S Miss Pearl Prather
i Mrs. d. G.. Coffman.
o D. S. Coffman.
!. o. j. Garriott.
j. F. Dings.
Frank Mills.