Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-30
Miss Fannie Burkhead.

| was formerly Miss Fannie Burkhead,
and she resided here several years.
| Mr.. and Mrs. JOS. Box and BABY OF
| Hiteman. returned home Tuesday ART
| err a few days visit with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. r.. d. Williams.
| Mrs. D. h. Cowles visited relatives
and friends In Ottumwa YESTERDAY
Her grandson Master Geo. Hollings-
head. ACCOMPANIED her as far as Abba
where he will spend a few days with
Mrs. T. C. Walker left yesterday for
visit with relatives at her former
home In st. Joe.
Mrs. Boon, Of Leon VINO mas oeen
visiting in Charlton with Mrs. J. D.
smyth, and transacting business re-
turned home yesterday.
DR.. Clutch returned yesterday morn
ing from a professional trip to Liyilia-
Miss Freda Anderson visited IN
WOODBURY. yesterday with her sister,
| Mrs w. H. Lewis
Mrs. John Foulka of English town
ship returned yesterday from VISIT
In Russell at the home OF her 1atner'
AERO King.
The Misses Jeanette and Minnie
Sterrett visited friends in Garden
Grove yesterday.
Company II. Fifty fifth regiment, I.
N. G., was inspected by Captain, Ball
Of the United States army on Tues
day evening. There was a good at
tendance and the company made
that applications for enlistment are
coming in from outside towns.
Mrs. Dora Marchand of Des Moines
is spending a few weeks In Charlton
with her brothers. c. E. and G. G:
F1uke. and other relatives and OLD
friends.
The eighteenth annual banquet of
the Old Thirteen chapter of the Daugh :
ters Of the American Revolution was
held at the Grips hotel. The tables
were decorated with blue and white
hyacinths and the favors were sweet
peas tied with blue and white ribbon.
Twenty-Five were present and most
enjoyable time was had.
The Credit Mems association held
banquet in the basement Of the Presby-
terrain church on Tuesday evening, and
the question of street sprinkling and
the cleaning Of the street and alleys
was thoroughly discussed. A commit
tee of five was appointed to wait upon
the city council and learn what could
be done.
Early yesterday morning fire de-
stroyed three barns, some coal sheds
and other outbuildings in the south
east part Of town, and two horses per-
ished In the flames. The barns were
the property of r. E. Dale. Geo. Stalker
and VIM. Cook. One horse belonging to
Mr.. Stalker and one to Mr.. Dale The
origin OF the fire Is unknown, but ls
thought to have started in some man.
ner in the Dale barn.
Mrs. Isaac Downward has returned
from a few days visit in Des Moines
with her daughters, Mrs. Griffin and
Miss Maude Downward.
P. f. Gardner who has been residing
in Kersey, Colo, for the past year, has
returned to this country, and will
make this place his home again.
Mr. and Mrs. John Martin Of Keo-
sauqua are guests Of his sisters, Mrs.
George Moore and Mrs. AIDA O'Gara.
F. L. Morgan has returned from
Chicago where he had been spending
the winter with his daughters. His
wife will return here in short time.
Miss Helen Tansey is reported quite
i'll with appendicitis and 1T is feared
that an operation will be necessary.
w. H. Gill who recently sold his de-
partment store here, has gone to
GAINESVILLE, Iowa, where he and his wife
will probably locate.
Mrs. w. J. Burgess went to Garden
Grove yesterday to visit her brother,
Pearl Richards, Of the United States
batueship Kansas, who Is home on a
few weeks furlough.
Miss Gladys Garvin of Mt. Pleasant.
is spending the week in Charlton, a
guest of Mrs. Dennis Boydston.
The ninety-flfth anniversary Of the
organization of the Independent Order
Of Odd Fellows will be observed at
their hall in Charlton on Monday even
ing, April q. An interesting program,
appropriate for the occasion, will be
rendered. All Odd Fellows and Re-
bekahs are invited to be present.
At a meeting of the city council OF
Charlton, held on Monday evening the
contract for thirty-nine blocks of brick
paving was awarded to ]. w. Turner
Improvement Co., of Des Moines, their
big being the lowest, and was at the
rate of $1.93 per yard, or $77,171 for
the thirty-nine blocks.
Mrs. o. D. Harding returned yester-
day from a visit in Montezuma with
her sister, Mrs. H. H. Gibbs, who form
erly resided here.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Patterson spent
the day yesterday with friends in
Lucas.
Miss Ethel Snuggs of near Lucas. re-
turned home yesterday after a week
visit with her brother, J. w. Snuggs
and family.
Mrs. Rev. M. Hubert of Clarinda,
formerly of this county, returned home
yesterday after visit with her new
granddaughter, Ruth Marie Hubert,
who arrived at the home of her son,
L. A. Hubert and wife, in this city,
on April 13, 1914.
Mrs. Edwin Jarl spent the day yes
terday with relatives and friends in
Osceola.
Mrs. T. ]. Curry and. two children OF
Pocatello, Idaho, who had been spend
ing five months with her parents at
Lucas and with her brother, e. S.
Jones and family Of this city, returned
home yesterday.
CHARLTON