Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-08
BLOOM FIELD.

dent to mar the day.
The Home Missionary society of
the M. e. church will meet with Mrs.
Ellsworth Rominger next Tuesday aft
ernoon In her new home, where cleo
| ton of officers for the ensuing wear
will take place.
me Foreign Missionary society of
the M. e. church will hold a meeting
at the e. X. Herr home Thursday aft
ernoon at o'clock and after the bust
ness session picnic will be held on
the Herr lawn to which everybody is
| invited.
Paul, little son of Rev. F. B. Tuck
fell from ladder in his yard last
Friday and injured his right shoulder.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. K. Carruthers and
daughter, Miss Ruth of Kansas CITY.
Mo-, are expected in this city next
Sunday, Mr.. Carruthers to spend his
vacation and Mrs. Carruthers and
daughter to remain longer.
Misses Catherine Graham and Nellie
ana Marie Paramore are visiting in
Ottumwa.
Mrs. Kirk Wood and three children
will go to Weldon Wednesday to visit
W. n. Tillotson and family week.
MT. and Mrs. Anon Brunk of Berk-
ley, Cal, have gone to Milton to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Lunsford.
Misses Effie and Matte Vorhis spent
Saturday evening and Sunday with
| friends in Pulaski.
}. w. Eckerd was in Ottumwa Mon
day on business
Mr.. and Mrs. A. v. Smith, Mrs. Guy
Hatton and Miss Kathel Fryberger of
| Bloomfield and Chas. e. Bussey and
family and Mrs. Joe Blough of Pu-
laski started on an extended western
trip this morning.
Mrs Ella Kbby of Denver, who
spent two weeks with relatives at Keo.
sauqua has returned to this city.
Quite crowd from Monterey cele.
brated In Bloomfield Saturday.
Prof. Wilbur York, attending sum-
mer school at Des Moines, visited Sun
day in Bloomfield with his family
Mitchell Wiseman of Centerville,
spent Saturday with his brother, Will
lam Wiseman.
Miss Lena Walker Of Moulton and
Misses Genevieve and Nadine Lewis
OF Williamsburg returned Sunday to
their homes after a few days visit 1T
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Walker.
Mr.. and ldrs. D. H. Payne will start
for Lake Okoboji Wednesday where
they will enjoy an outing.
The following interesting letter in
part was received by John H. Plank
from his daughter, Mrs. Lillian Faeth,
recently: I'VE land at Naples to-
morrow after long and delightful
voyage. We are now sailing the Med
iterranean sea, have had smooth sail
ing and some delightful stops. Ev-
erything Is so different on the islands,
people, manner of living and all. Gi-
bralter was very interesting as was
Madeira, but are ju;t as unlike as can
be. The people at Madeira are Portu-
| guese, at Gibralter mixed French and
English. Yesterday was most interest.
| ing Of all Although in some ways
| loathsome. Afgiers of course is on
African soil but the French have ruled
| 1t for some years. The main part Of
the city is French and consists OF
| thickly settled villas on the hill and
| the old city Is Arabs and Moors. There
are one hundred and fifty thousand
French and the rest are Arabs anil
Moors. They are black as Egypt and
more beggars than anything else
They still dress like the Arab pictures
you see and have no ambition at all
They were formerly set of pirates
and it still isn't safe to go through
their quarters at night without a
guide. They do everything in the
world but drink. Mohammed forbid
that We saw the city very well as
we have all day for it. We will mes,
the children at Munich in about a
week"
Next Sunday, July II, the Bloom.
field Pirates will play the Oxford In.
dams at the fair grounds.
Miss Clementine Sheaffer of Fort
Madison and Miss Carrie Davies favor.
ed the Methodist congregation with
solos at the morning service Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Saunders, daugn-
ter Iowa and son Craig are visiting
Mrs. Julia Saunders.
Ray Baumgarten and Lincoln Saun-
ders started Monday afternoon for
Seattle, Wash, and other western and
southern points before returning
home.