The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-03-16
OTTUMWA NEWS

and were bamhoozlcd by the fine
weather of last week and forgot
the ground hog thing and taken
EN- off. Make a run for home and
put en- ON again for Dakota has
several surprises in the way Of
cold waves and billiards. before
the apple trees are in blossom.
FIRST robin news is getting to
DC quite common and little stale
but has anybody heard the sweet
song of the season initial frog.
| Answer me that.
If only the Just and honest guys
are to inherit the earth, you and
should not worry. Things will
! not be crowded.
People are again beginning to
get out after months Of winds.
snow, snow banks, billiards. and
severe cold weather. II. |. Brady
made a trip to Nowlin and Phili
! Saturday. Meader has made y
couple to Midland and Carl -Stinson
mas been hauling cream to Nowlin
There were services at the Cath
Ollie church last Sunday. Owing
to the condition Of the roads only
few attended
The Meaders Of Ottumwa anc
| the Hudsons Of Manila entertained
few Of their friends at cards
| Saturday evening at the Meaders
home. All doubt as to who the
real sure enough BOBBY is was set
tied Aside from having high
| old time you know the rest Ne
reports have thus far been receiv
ed but Mr.. and Mrs. Hudsons re
putation as royal entertainers Is
so we'll known that one could hard
ly make bad guess.
Mrs. Cas-. Shank made bust
1ess trip to Midland Sunday. re
turning Monday.
Almost every day comes somt
emark concerning the foolishness
of the Ottumwa write ups and tht
insanity Of the editor for printing
such stuff While this can make
10 difference to me not even {
| little bit it now appears 1t maybe
is making a big difference will
some of those who have at time,
been the subject of my course
okes. There are some who coulo
| 1ot tell a joke were they to meet
| it in the road and it was as big a
a barn. Be that as it may, | hav,
never written anything Of this ma
ture about anybody except hao
! the best of reasons to think it was
some one who would understand
and the character of them all Is
IN every way above reproach We
are not all built the same way
Most Of us like a joke but like II
best on the other fellow. The lad,
| Vt the store and others against
whom | am knocking enjoy largo
acquaintance and have a long lis;
If friends. most of whom | think
understand the situation. Roosevelt
once said: "The best compliment
one can pay person Is to say they
are good sports. And all of these
against whom | have written joke
in this paper are surely all Of that
and then some.
Our Ottumwa mail carrier has
for some reason formed the habit
of hitching up his team and driv-
ing them up to the gate which
opens to the road and then call
for Mrs. Brady or whoever may be
handy to come and open it while
he sits in the dry and smokes. On
Monday of this week he pulled his
usual stunt but for some reason
we think purposely. the lady was
little slow and w. J thought
he saw niger in the woodpile,
so got out for the purpose OF do
ing the heavy work. being much
slower of movement than the lady
or other help had been. The team
made their getaway and rared VI
and down Ottumwa as principle
streets creating all kinds OF excite
ment. They were finally captured
having done little or no damage
and w. J. SAYS he will try and do
his own work for while.
On Sunday afternoon on West
Plum Creek. occurred one of the
saddest accidents of which it is
possible to conceive. 1t scenes the
three children of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Ferguson were playing on the
banks of the creek pushing weeds