The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-04
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AIDA Union: representa- i've IL
tne Union conversed with w. Al. Seev-
ers, saturday. He is a business man
ana capitalist of Oskaloosa who has
been associated with E. H. Gibbs in
the coal business and other enterprises
ior more than a dozen years. He was
Ia the Hooking Coal Company until
the recent sale and is well acquainted
Win Abba and ner surroundings. He
SAID 10 us: IF Abba win raise $780,
ooo | VIII provide 100000 more and
form a company to put in electric
ilgne and water works for Abba and
construct an electric road taking in
AIDA. Buxton, Loyilia, Hiteman,
Hooking and Hilton. 1t will double
the population of Abba in five years.
and give you one of the best inland
towns in Iowa"
Grinnell Herald: Edwin Parry, Of
Oskaloosa, spent Sunday in this city
visiting frienGs and looking over the
prospects for entering college in the
fall. Mr.. Parry is the boy who won
the hammer throw in record breaking
distance at the state high school meet
this year and afterwards repeated the
performance when the Iowa boys went
to Chicago. Mr., Parry was also the
crack drop Kicker Of the oskaloosa
High school, team last year. In addi-
ton he is fine boy and a good
scholar. Mr.. Parry is receiving fiat
tering attention from some of the larg-
est schools in the country, but has de-
cided to take his collegiate course at
Iowa Callege.
Abba Union: Mr.. Curtis c. Ware
OF Oskaloosa has been chosen to sue
| coed Art Davis as manager of the
Hooking Supply Co. store Mr.. Davis
resigned his place to attend the medi-
cal department Of Northwestern Uni
versity, Chicago. Mr.. Ware has had
large experience in this line of BUSH
ness, having had similar positions
both in Ohio and Illinois and been thus
engaged since 1895, except the past
year he has travelled for a Chicago
commission firm. Mr.. Ware is thor
ough business man, has lived in that
atmosphere all his life He will take
| up the Hooking work where Mr.. Davis
with much credit left off and push it
vigorously and successfully. He is
both judge Of goods and Of men,
knows how to classify his stock and
satisfy his people. The man who man.
ages 100000 per year business gets
up early, stays up late and gets on
with both feet, jumps side ways or
any old way and never stops. That's
what Curt ware will do and we know
it. Here's a welcome to the new and
a good bye with many regrets to the
| old man.
*ss -.
New Sharon Chief: The Herald
down at 0skaloosa, has moved into
new quarters, now being located on
North Market street. This calls
to imind a move made by that
newspaper plant,away back la 1865.
the Office then being in the old street
block, on the west side of the square,
where it had been long before the war.
From its quarters in this block it was
moved to frame building on the
alley east of the old Bashaw livery
barn, and we'll do we remember the
event At that time the writer was
filling the position of devil" in the
office. and was called on to perform all
kinds of work, such as washing roll
ers, turning the crank of an old Wells
jobber, manipulating the rollers be-
hind a Washington hand press, and
when work of that nature got slack
he was permitted to chase himself
over town with notes to H. G. Leigh
ton and w. H. Needham's best girls.
But as to this move. On the night OF
the finale. when everything had been
transferred to the main room of the
office. the "devu" that was us, and
Bill Needham, now Of the Sigourney
News. locked horns fer wrestle, and
it was the real hing. Up and down
the big room we had it for several min
utes. when finally Needham became
somewhat winded and down fiat on his
back he went with the 'devil' on top
of him. 1t was not scientific bout.
but it was one that resulted in no lit
tie pleasure to this writer, from the
fact that the fellow who got fioored
had been rubbing it in on said devil"
for a couple Of years or more. AS we
remember the event 1t was witnessed
by H. C. Leighton, ] H. Perry, VIM.
Leighton and Geo. r. Lee. At the
time Of this move the lots on the OPP
posite side Of the street from the
frame building into which the office
was transferred, and from the corner
of the street from which the Herald
recently moved, east to the alley, were
covered with dwelling houses. If we
remember correctly, the Herald block,
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