Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-26
ALBA HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCES
MENT WEDNESDAY-CL PLAY

Albia.-The high school commence
ment exercises will be held at the
King theatre next Wednesday even
ing. May 81, when DR.. F. c.. Eastman
| Will deliver lecture on 1.-THE Limbo
| Of Letters" On Friday evening, May
%, the class play will be ~iven. Rev.
Gardner, Of the Methodist church will
deliver the class sermon on Sunday
morning. The "raduating class Of the
Abba schools this year consists of
thirty-one young people-the largest
class ever to go out from the school
at one time.
Rev. Wilson, of Missouri, has been
called to the pulpit of the Christian
church and will be in the city next
Sunday morning and evening and oc-
cupy his plpit. He has been in the
city on two former occasions and made
such decided favorable impression
on the congregation that they ex-
tended him the call. He will take up
the regular work the first Sunday in
July.
The Abba police were notified late
last night Of the theft OF a suit case
from truck at the c. B. G. c.. depot.
The case was filled with samples and
was taken while the baggage man was
in the station. The police made every
effort to locate the missing article but
were not successful They made a
and eleven tramps were taken in
custody. Four Of these are being
held and the balance were ordered
from the city.
William Penn, travelling passenger
agent for the Pennsylvania lines was
In Abba today looking after the mon
| roe county people who will travel to
the east during the summer His
headquarters are in Des Moines
Dr. w. B. Cousins, formerly resi-
dent Of Abba. but who now resides at
| Cleveland O., is in the city. This
evening party Of friends will be en-
tertained in his honor at the more of
Judge and Mrs. A. A. Mason just
south Of the city.
Mrs. James Pheney and Mrs. Clar-
! ence Pyle, who have been visiting the
family Of Ed Walker at Paduka, Ky.
returned home last evening. While en-
route home they stopped in Chicago
| for short visit.
Today was another of those DAYS
when the strangers came to the Abba
market for their matrimonial alliances
At an early hour this morning a
license was issued from the county
clerks office that permitted the law
full wedding of Joseph Knott, Of Sioux
City, South Dakota, and Mrs. Eta
Wilkinson, Of Darlington, Mo The
|
sup and the ceremony was performed
by Rev Schreiner at the Byerlee
hotel Another couple who were
strangers to the city and to whom a
license was granted were Marion f
Collins, Of Hamilton and Miss Elmire
Kolar, Of Alton, Iowa The bride came
to Abba on the morning train and the
! groom and his father and mother were
here to meet her. The ceremony was
performed by squire Falvey and the
couple went to Hamilton during the
day.
r. A. Elder, carrier of the rura
route mail on No. Z. had runawa,
yesterday evening that might have
been even more serious. He was com
ing toward the city from an all day
drive and when two miles south of the
city he attempted to pass an automo.
bile that was standing in the highway
His horse became frightened and il
turning the buggy was upset and Mr.
| Elder was thrown to the ground Hi.
head was badly cut and his face
bruised and skinned. He also suffered
a severe bruise on his hip. The hors,
ran toward the city and scattered tn,
buggy along the way.