Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-14
BLOOMFIELD OFFICIALS
SWORN INTO OFFICE.


Bloomfield. The new city officials
were sworn into Office Monday even
ing and the following appointments
were made by Mayor Berry. Street
commissioner, Frank Hull; Marshal,
T. G. Cree; Nightwatch, Jonathan
Blot; Health officer, DR.. G. e. Shell
ton; Street committee Councilmen
Wray, Barrickman and Rowe. Side
walk committee, Black, Williams, Bar
hickman. Water, Berrickman, Rowe,
Williams. Light, Williams, Black and
Kline. Finance, Wray, Rowe, Kline.
Sewer Barrickman, Wray, Williams.
Fire, Kline, Wray, Black. Health.
Rowe, Kline, Wray. Cemetery, Will
liams, Black, Kline.
At the school board meeting Mon
day evening Prof Wilbur York was
reelected superintendent; Miss Car.
RE Davies, supervisor of music; Chas.
Murphy. engineer; Joel Dixon janitor;
the high school and grade teachers
will be elected later.
At the home of Mr.. and Mrs. e. w.
Howard. nine miles northwest of
Bloomfield, at noon, Sunday. occurred
the marriage Of their daughter, Nola
Mae, to Orval w. Lowery, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Lowery Rev. S. H.
Sperry. the new pastor Of the West
Grove M. e. church performed the
ceremony. which was witnessed by
a large company of relatives and
friends. After congratulations the
guests sat down to a splendid dinner
Mr. and Mrs. Lowery were presented
with many beautiful tokens of the re
spect and good wishes of their
| friends. On Monday reception was
given in honor of the newly married
couple at the home of the groom's
uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. NJ A
Puffer Mr. Iowerv is young farmer
and both he and his bride have been
numbered recently among Davis coun
tvs school teachers. Both are youne
reople Of fine character and well merit
the good wishes extended to them In
their new life.
Mrs Mary Coday and two grand
dauehters, who are moving from OF
tumwa to St Joseph, Mo, are spend
ing this week with Mrs Coday's
DAUGHTER. Mrs. T. L. Highee
Miss Grace Talbert Will Orr ant
Homer Ashton of Mystic visited from
Friday to SUNDAY with Miss Edit
Durf1inger, who has been spending
weeks vacation at her home here. re
turned Sunday evening to her schoo
at Mystic
Mrs Alonzo Kratzer is recovering
from weeks illness.
Harry Wishard and Ernest Taylor
of Iowa Wesleyan spent Sunday ir
Bloomfield.
w F. Baumgarten was in Ottumws
on business Monday
Mrs. Sarah Reynolds and daughter
Lola visited over Sunday in Ottumwa
Mrs. A. T. Collier Is enjoying :
weeks vacation from her duties ir
Hills store. Miss Mamie Cox is sup
plvine her place
Miss Oda Swift Of Ottumwa visited
from Friday to Sunday in Bloomfield
Miss Stella Fry returned to hel
studies in Mt. Pleasant Monday, aftel
a weeks vacation.
j. O. Linaherry, court reporter fol
Judge Vermilion, spent last week a
the home of his mother, Mrs. Mary
Young, leaving for Ottumwa Monda,
evening.
H. A. Wishard was an Ottumwa Wis
itor Monday
Monday evening as Jim Doran wa:
starting west from the city, the team
which he was driving became fright
ened at paper which was blowing
about the street, and became unman
ageable. The team started to run
cross lots, but were stopped in thei
mad career when the buggy was huns
UP on the corner of Miss Rose Huff
mans cottage. Mr.. Doran and hi.
companion, E. F. Garrett, escaped
with only slight injuries.