The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-11-22
PERSONALS.
Saturday

Iowa Central.
N. p. Norton and wife departed
yesterday via the Iowa Central fol
Miami, Florida.
Mrs. Judge Watson and daughter
of Indianola, arrived this morning
for brief visit at the G.. w. Sewers
home.
w. p. Snow and family went to Ed
dyville this morning to spend Sunday
among relatives and old time friends
there.
Chas. Lewis arrived in the city yes
terday from Colorado and is guest
OF his sister, Prof. Rosa E. Lewis, Of
Penn college.
Mrs. Ellis Rinard went to Ottumwa
this morning to visit over Sunday
with Mr.. Rinard who is employed in
a foundry there.
Miss Emma Riddell, of the Iowa
Central superintendent office, this
city, viii spend the Sabbath at hel
home in Marshalltown.
Fred Hamlin, representing the" Two
Married Women" company that will
appear in the city soon, was here yes.
terday arranging the preliminaries.
Charlie Mccall, who has been hunt.
ing on the Mississippi river, near
Muscatine, returned home yesterday,
bringing with him string of ducks
and quail.
Chas. Knight has accepted posi-
ton as operator in the Western Union
telegraph Office at Ottumwa. Mr.
knight is an expert at the key and
we bespeak for him the best of sue.
cess in his new location.
Roy Robinson departed last even.
ing for Duluth, called there by the
serious illness of his mother. Mrs.
Robinson formerly lived in Oskaloosa
and has hosts of friends here who
are sorry to know of her poor health.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Wells enter
tanned few friends at dinner last
evening at their hospitable home on
first avenue east. Those favored were
Messrs. and Mesdames ]. F, Lacey,
J. A. Kalbach, Chas. Huber, w. R..
Lacey and w. @. Sheppard.
Marshalltown Times-Republican:
Mrs. Ed Cole and daughters, Helen
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been guests of the formers mother,
Mrs. T. FL. Hardy, for few days,r
turned home this morning, accom-
panied by Mrs Hardy, who will re-
main over Sunday.
Last evening Miss Mabel Cleaver
entertained at her home, 2O5 Third
avenue east, part of the Freshman
class of Penn college in honor of Mr..
Harry Vanderbilt Coffin. The even
ing was spent in playing progressive
domino, and light refreshments were
served. Those present were Misses
Emily johnson, Cora Ryan, Pearl
Caldwell, Maud Howerton, Mabel
Cleaver, Messrs. Harry Coffin, Wilbur
Macy, Howard Harold, Eli Pearson,
Monroe Ashton and Leo Stalker.
Last evening the gentlemen gave a
return party to the young ladies who
entertained them Halloween. The
party was given in Winters hall and
a merry good time was had. Those
present were: Misses Edith Preston,
Mae Vreeland, Blanche Lacey, Abbie
Rockwell, Pearl Burket, Mabel Barr,
Lucy and Lizzie Collard, Lulu Robert
son, Anna Harrington, Mrs. W. d.
Dunsmore, Messrs. Will Blakeslee,
Harry Spencer, Art Hersbacker, Art
Oppenheimer, Clegg Bowd, George
Fehlinger, Frank McCreary, Clarence
Hyde, Frank sandvos, Louie Smith
and w. d. Dunsmore.
A letter from Simon Walling, who is
on the road playing drums and traps
with the Fifty-irst Iowa Regiment
band, brings the information that the
entertainment that has been given by
the band has been merged into sort
of a minstrel and that he has been en-
gagged at an advance in salary to take
a part in the burnt cork portion of
the show. He has song or two,
keeps the audience posted on current
humor and has several specialties of
which the young man is fully capable.
The boys tell that Simon has been
big hit wherever he has appeared and
that he is soon to be billed as feat
ure of the entertainment. He was
wanted at home in local musical
organization but it has been impossi-
BILE to get the young man to resign
his present lucrative position.
Monday.
w. p. Anderson departed this morn
ing over the Iowa Central route for
Marion, Indiana.
B. w. Preston was called to Wash
ington Saturday evening by a telegram
to attend to some legal matters.
j. Myers, of Topeka, Kansas, was
an over Sunday guest at the home of
his brother-in-laW, J. A. Wheeler.
Misses Lena and Alberta Black at
tended the wedding of Arthur De-
Garmo and Editha Snider at Delta
last week.
w. f. Hinesley, of Lexington, Mo-,
arrived Yesterday morning for abrief |