Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-10-02

ed to have quite severe accident in
| the mine at Pekay Saturday morning.
He was caught by fall OF slate, while
at work drawing the pillars of the
mine, and but for pile of slack
which protected him, he probably
would have been crushed to death. AS
| it was he suffered severe injury in
the back and one knee, but how seri-
ously cannot yet be determined.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Edgington Of near
Fredric are the proud parents of a
baby daughter whom the stork left
with them on Wednesday, Sept. %,
1909. All doing we'll.
Rev. Seed pastor of the M. E.
church for the coming year arrived
with his family and household goods
Thursday. He held his first service
here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Phillips and
children returned from there trip to
the west Wednesday night. They had
been absent six weeks. Mrs. Phillips
and children visited sister, Mrs.
Rose Smith at Denver, Colo, while
Charles took in the Alaska Yukon Ex-
position at Seattle and Portland, and
visited his brother, William Phillips
at Hermiston, Oregon.
Miss Christina Roberts has return
ed to school for the ensuing school
year at Highland Park Des Moines
Eddyville--A deal was made Mon
day, whereby F. Miller & Co., who
have for some years conducted an i'm
plement business here, sold their stock
to Pickerell & Odem, who took pos
session Tuesday, and as soon as they
have oSerhauled the building occupied
| by the implement business they will
consolidate it with their hardware
business by moving their hardware
stock i'm with the other stock. Fred
Miller, the active member of the firm
of Miller & Co.. will soon leave for
Kansas and other points for his health
which has been poor of late.
Geneva Shaver one evening recently
! by eighteen of her young friends. She
was taken entirely by surprise. She
was presented with manicure set. Ice
cream was served.
Mrs. James Johnson and baby de-
parted for their home at sawyerville,
ILL.,. Saturday after spending a week
Schribner, north of town. with her
father, James Boden, at Coalfeld. and
her mother Mrs. Lutte Boden at Os-
kaloosa.
Mrs. Henry Kitterman and little son
Jerome arrived home Monday after
spending a few weeks with relatives
at Grafton. Neb. Mr.. Kitterman met
them at Chillicothe and they spent
Sunday with his parents there.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. :. Jager of Cody
Wyoming, have gone to Ottunawa aft
or visiting Mr.. Jager's uncle, John
Jager. ST., and other relatives for q
few days.
Mrs. r., Leonard Beamer and baby lato
OF Elida, New Mexico, but who have
been visiting relatives in Oklahoma
for some time. have arrived to again
make this locality their home. They
are at present stopping at the parental
b. B. Beamer home on Bluff Creek,
and will be joined during December by
Mr.. Beamer, who is still in New Mex
leo.
Mrs. Charles Barnett, of Jonesboro
Arkansas. is paying a visit to her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. John Jager. Sr
and other relatives and friends. She
and her sister. Mrs Frank Epperson
We're in Ottumwa Monday
Mrs. George Pe.-dray departed Mon
day night for her home at Ravalli,
Mont, after spending about three
weeks with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
N. B. McNeese. and her sisters.
Mesdames Gertie Lawless and Lloyd
Waters. Her sister. Mrs. Lawless, and
baby went home with her to spend a
year and perhaps locate. Mrs. Lawless
mas rented her property to Willie
Cowden, who has been moving to the
same. Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Akers, who
stored their household goods some
time ago, will occupy the Fred Heard
property vacated by Mr.. and Mrs.
Willie Cowders
Mr.. and Mrs, Fred Walker west OF
town, visited at Marshalltown over
Sunday with Thos. Moran, who is SER
iously i'll with typhoid fever.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Powell of Ottum-
wa. spent Sunday with the formers
father. @, Powell east Of town.
! Ed kussart spent Sunday with rel
etives and friends at oskaloosa.
Theodore Inskeep, of Ottunlwa, spent
Sunday with his wife who is making
an extended visit with her father, H
G. True.
Mrs. Lutte Boden and daughter, Miss
Marie of Oskaloosa. spent Saturday
and Sunday y ith Mrs. Doden's moth
| er. Mrs. Frank Scribner and other rel.
atives and friends.
, DR.. Derrick of Ottumwa. was ii
, town Saturday on professional bust.
ness.
Peter Francis. after spending a few
days at his old home here, left Monda,
for Ottumwa. enroute to Abba wher,
, he is now making his home with hi:
son E. n. Francis.
J. c. Hamilton who moved his fam.
, iy here from Ottumwa some week
ago, is moving to Hedrick this week
!. f A. Thornburg lately Of Abba, sue
: ceeds him as local banker.
: Mrs. Martha Beamer visited owe
t Sunday at the home of her daughter
Mrs. Henry Schmidt near Kirkville
. and saw her new grandson, who arriv
, ed at the Schmidt home recently.
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