Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-05-18
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Mrs. Milton Bales has gone to Kan
sas City to take treatment for cancer.
] VIM. Kinzer who has been adjudged
| insane was taken to the MI. Pheasant
hospital this week.
Miss Anna Allen of Muscatine is
visiting her mother and other rela-
tives.
Mrs. Mary Virgins who is seriously
| i'll has been taken to the hospital In
Fairfield.
Elwood and Minor Hadley who visit
! ed relatives at Excelsior Springs nave
returned home.
Mrs. Sarah Orr Of Pleasant Plain has
returned home after visit here with
| her daughters.
Arnold Turner. Lem and Charles
Horning have returned from business
trip to Blakesburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Bridger visited in
Fremont Sunday with their son.
Claud Hinshaw and son and George
Todd of Corydon were visiting relatives
in town Monday. -
Thomas Turnbull Of Fairfield spent
Monday in town with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Allen visited
Sunday in West Chester with Mrs. AL
lens brother.
Walter Pettis has returned from
business trip in Des Moines.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Reameo and
daughters spent Sunday at Haskins
with friends.
Rev. J. c. Caughlin Of Columbus
Junction who visited his son Walter
and family of this city, has returned
home.
Miss Georgia Heath, Mrs. Hood. Mrs:
Hattie Dillon and Mrs. Rena Duke OF
Otturnwa were over Sunday visitors
with the VIM Harkins family. go,
John Pendegraft and wife visited
their daughter Mrs. Robert Prunty In
Seymour over Sunday.
Mrs. Lloyd Little and children and
| Miss Helen Wilson Of washington have
been visiting the F.SW. Smith family.
! Same twenty-nine relatives Of Al
johnson came from Brighton Tuesday
evening to help him celebrate his 10th
birthday. Among the number was his
mother, almost 90 who enjoyed the oc-
casion.
Dillon Hinshaw and son Loren have
material on the ground one mile east
Of town ready for the erection OF fine
farm house.
On wednesday evening at o'clock
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Had
lev. occurred the marriage of their only
daughter Orla Mae, to Charles w. Wild
ner. Rev, Alva Hoskins of the Friends
church performed the ceremony In the
presence Of only immediate relatives
and friends. The bride was born and
reared in this locality and is quite an
accomplished and popular young lady
| The groom Is prosperous young
farmer near Packwood. After congratu-
lations an excellent wedding dinner
was served.
! District Evangelist B. S. Denney OF
Des Molnes preached Sunday morning
| Ch,.ic
Jacob Jones received word Saturday
morning that his brother David OF
Pleasant Plain had passed away after
several weeks illness. Funeral was
held Sunday.
| An excellent program has been pre-
pared for the annual w. G. T. u. con-
yention which will meet In this city
next Wednesday, ending Thursday
evening.
Miss Bertha Radley who taught the
Hopewell school closed successful
! term last Friday.
! A. F. Brideer was chosen at the con
vention at Sigourney as delegate tC
the republican state convention and
E, E. Swank to the democratic state
convention.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety Of the Friends church held bake
day Saturday to raise money for the
missionary cause.
Miss Freda Cowgirl has just closed
her years work at the Boston school
which has been very satisfactory to the
patrons.
| At a recent meeting of the schoo
board the following teachers were en-
ployed for next years work: Ftrs1
primary, Miss Cora tombstone; secont
primary, Miss Nellie Letch: intermedi
ate, Miss Vaughn Thornburg: gram
mar, Mrs. Amy Mohland; history ant
domestic arts, Miss Bernice Brady
latin and English, Miss Anna Maxwell
Two others are to be employed soon.
1t is the purpose Of the Decoration
day committee to have that day observ
ed as a memorial day and not a holiday