Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-08
SIGoURNE

Slgourney.-The county board Of
supervisors made business trip to
| Hedrick yesterday and after returning
mere adjourned for this month
Mats Biewen made a business trip
TO Oskaloosa Thursday.
Dan Wilson of Hedrick, came here
/ To-Day to visit with his sister, Miss
Rhoda and with friends.
Mrs. 5. III. Shank started for her
nome In Beatrice Neb., after having
spent several days here with her sis
Ter, Mrs. James Williams.
Misses Mabel Pennell, Alice Will
mans and Mrs. Parker spent Wednes-
day in Ottumwa
Lestor Korf will leave this place on
| next Monday and go to McCook Neb.
Where he has position in a grocery
store and where he can make his home
with lbs father Mr.. Korf is a genial
ana Industrious young man and will be
missed by his many friends here, who
regret to see him go but wish him
we'll in the undertaking.
MISS Laura Gilliland, of Lancaster,
was In the city short time on We'd
nesday en- route to What Cheer
ii. j. Hoogennaker, candidate for
state representative on the Republic
| can ticket, came to the city on Tues
| day evening and went from here on
wednesday morning to What Cheer to
help enjoy gala.day
| Miss Emma Lester. of South Eng
fish is visiting among her many
friends here this week.
County Superintendent Capt e.
Miller announced to the normal on
| Wednesday that the absence of any
member for that afternoon would not
pc marked against them. that he was
| going over to What Cheer to celebrate
and that he would allow them spec
ial privilege on that account. Needless
to say that the attendance was not
! very large that day as most of the
teachers took advantage Of his kind
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred I-affner Attorneys
] D T. Stockman, Hugo F. Goeldne
I Henry F. Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. E. c..
Lambertsen. A. w. Lynn, H S. Nc
Wicker. Edward Schiltz. ]. R. Williams,
James Dymerly and Miss Ada Bertscn
We're among the Sigourney people that
/ attended the gala-day exercises at
| What Cheer on Wednesday.
Allen Hawk, the republican candi-
! date for member of the board of SUI
| pervisors, was a caller in the city on
tuesday. On Wednesday morning he
went with some of the Sigourney peo-
pie to What Cheer to spend the day.
| Mrs. Orel Wildes. of Cherokee, Ok
! ger Wednesday to make a visit at this
/ parental II. j. Turner home, and with
/ her numerous friends and relatives.
Sanford Fair is at home with his
parents after an absence of several
months time at Ft. Madison.
The paving is progressing rapidly
and the men are now spreading tho
mixture of cement and rock, the first
treatment after getting the ground
leVeled and in proper condition. They
are doing the mixing with an engine
| this year, instead of by hand as was
done last season.
Chris Liechty is putting in a new
cement walk at the south school build
! ing.
The new walks and steps at the high
school building is being put in by con-
tractors, Sam Utterbacky and Dick
Clary each having an equal share of
| the construction.
Charles 9. Utterback, Walter Hahn
and Fred Fishburn, returned from Des
Moines on last Tuesday where they
had been spending several days vis-
itins with special friends.
A good rain here last evening, ac-
companied by wind and some hail, but
SO far no damage has been reported