Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-24
Twenty-Five Years Ago
= From The Courier Files :

February 21.-There is somewhere a
wonderful dearth of theatrical enter
tainments. What is the matter? The
walking is good Where are all the
Uncle Toms Cabins, the Anticipated
Janauschek, Louise Kellogg, Maggie
Mitchell, or Camilla Urso on their 25th
and last annual tours? =.
A number of the C1outman Post boys
60 to Agency tomorrow evening to eel
citrate Washington's birthday with the
boys of Winslow post there.
February 22.-Willie Foster is at
home from Parsons college for, few
days and is accompanied by young
friend named Kennedy.
1t is reported that the Muscatine Is
landers have organized sweet potato
and watermelon trust. This should
stimulate our watermelon and sweet
potato growers to put in big crop.
with the expectation of good prices
this summer.
The stone foundation of the new
Presbyterian church is completed and
the contract for the brick work and
they laying of cut stone has been let.
The dimensions of the building will be
81 feet on Fourth street by Is feet on
Washington. 1t will have fine base.
ment rooms, for the Sabbath school
infant class room, and cook and boiler
room. toilet room and pastors study.
The auditorium will cover. the whole
of the second floor and will seat about
500 without placing extra seats In the
aisles 1t is expected to be completed
and ready for occupancy before cold
weather next fall.
February 23-The annual election
in the city OF Ottumwa, Iowa, for the
election of mayor, solicitor, treasur.
err, and assessor for the city at large
and one member of the city council for
each ward of the city will be held on
the 4th day Of March, 1889.
The blue birds were not singing this
morning and the grocers took In their
onion sets and seed potatoes, because
the mercury was rustling around eight
to ten below zero. The spring open
Ing" set for next Friday, will in con.
sequence be postponed for few days
BY circular issued by the state
university we notice that at the com
mencement exercises to be held March
s. and g. the medical department will
graduate II doctors in the allopathic
department, 9 in the homeopathic de,
partment, 81 in the dental department
and 2 in the pharmacy department
The number attending in the allopathic
department is 1872, homeopathic 25 den
tai IA and pharmacy 49,
February 25.-Herman Ostdiek and
Fair, Williams & Co., of the Ottumwa
Bridge and Plow works, have formed
a partnership to manufacture the
Mason rake and stacker. The company
will be known as the Ottumwa Stack
err Co.. and there seems to be no doubt
but that they will make it success.
Fourteen members were taken into
the PRESBYTERIAN church yesterday
three by letter and eleven on profes
sion of faith.
February 26.-The school board yes
terday afternoon awarded the contract
for the new Highland Park schoo
house, for S14,845. The contract In
CluucS Vic LUZ illSllhS VI tuc llISI SLOIy
but not of the second 1t is believed
that four rooms will fill the needs OF
the west end for at least another year
or two.
Yesterday the building committee OF
the new Presbyterian church accepted
the bid of a Chicago firm for cut stone
trimmings for the church. It is to be
of buff colored free stone from The
quarry at Otway, Sciota county, Ohio
1t is very handsome, durable and vel
finished stone. and superior to the cut
stone in quality and finish used so fan
in any building in the city.
February 27.-President and Mrs
Cleveland will give dinner at the
white house tonight in honor of Presi
dent-elect Harrison and wife.
Keokuk Medical college last night
graduated and turned loose upon the
country SO more doctors. From .feil
pills and potions the prayer of the
public should be, Good Lord, defend us
One of the largest audiences that
ever was seen in Turner opera house
to witness an entertainment, gathered
last evening at the "Orion" entertain
ment. given by the high school senior
class. The first thing on the program
was selections from Shakespeare, the
first being the Merchant of Venice
Glen Summers, as Bassanio, Melvin