Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
SICK SON SEEKS
MISSING MOTHER
COLORADO WOMAN TRIES TO
FIND PARENT OF WALTER
PETERSON IN oTTUMWA.
LOCATES HER BOY
Leonard Woods Davis Returns to Ma.
terna Arms After Seven Years
of Separation The
Letters.
LOCATES Err BOY

Is the mother of Walter Peterson in
Ottumwa, and if so, does she know of
her sons condition in hospital in
| Colorado? This is the plaintive query
in letters received by Postmaster F..
A. Nimocks from Mrs. e. H. Haynes
| of Burlington, Colo. The efforts Of
Mrs. Haynes to locate the mother of
the sick young man are pathetic ap-
peals of mother for son and that
| son not her own, but in need OF a
mothers tender care and solicitude.
He is sick and cannot get we'll" she
writes. II will send this to the post.
master in order that he may be able
to find you for Walter The last letter
that has been received from Mrs.
Haynes is as follows:
Burlington, Colo, April Is, 1909.
Mrs. Peterson, Dear Madam
| though 1 would write to you and
ask you if you knew Walter is bad off
and has been in the hospital for about
seven months. He can never get
well. We are interested in him be-
cause he has been with us off and on
for about five years. We have sent
him money and stamps and written TO
him as often as we can, for we all feel
sorry for the poor boy, and l know
it it was one of my dear boys l would
thank anyone for LETTING me know Of
his condition. will send this to the
postmaster and trust you will get it
all right. Walters address is Greeley
Hospital, Greeley, Colo.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. E. H. Haynes.
Seeks Information.
The following reply was made by
Postmaster Nimocks In which he asks
for more information regarding the lin.
found Mrs. Peterson, but to which he
has as yet received no reply.
Ottumwa, Iowa, April 81, 1909.
Mrs. E. H. Haynes, Burlington, Colo.
Dear Madam.-Your letter of April
18th received. cannot locate this par
ty as there are SO many Petersons in
town.
If you will tell me what Walter Pc
tersons mother does, or describe
her some way; where she lives what
she does, and what ag. she IS and
whether she has any other son l then
may be able to locate he. from the in
| formation which l receive and deliver
her your letter
! Yours truly,
| f. A. Nimocks .,ostm. srer
Locates Son.
| Coincidental with the search for the
mother of one boy, the Joy of another
mother in locating her missing son
in far off California after an absence
Of seven years is recorded.
| The case will be remembered by
readers of the Courier. who in an issue
early in April saw an announcement
of an l. w. Davis being seriously i'll
at Brawley, Cal, and letter to Post
master F. A. Nimocks telling of the
young mans condition, as we'll as ask.
ing him to locate relatives of the sick
man. The story in the Courier was
read by the mother of the young man
and she correspondent with the local
postoffice asking that further informa
ton be furnished her. Another son
the brother of the young man ill or
the coast, was sent out to the assist
ance of his sick brother, and later
brought him home to his mother, Mrs
Jessie F. Davis in Bentonsport
4 So grateful was the mother and fam
lily for the restoration of their sou ant
brother that letters and e.sona
thanks from both were rendered Post
master Nimocks and the Courier fol
their efforts in bringing about the hap
Ply reunion Of the family.