The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-09-10
THE FREMONT BUDGET.
News Of Good Town Scissored
From the Gazette.

M. Vreelahd Of Oskaloosa was. here
Monday doing some plate glass cut.
ting for John r. Dale & Co.
Last Saturday at Gordon's Park
the Fremont ball tossers defeated the
Cedar boys by a score of 80 to IL.
Miss Esther Whitmer left Monday
night for Walla Walla, Wash, where
she is engaged in the public schools
as teacher.
Miss Nina Bennett left Sunday
night for Cedar Falls, where she will
attend school the coming year. This
is Miss Bennet's last year.
+. E. Mattock of Brighton has
rented the Ingersoll blacksmith shop
and takes possession Monday. He
will move his family here in about a
month il suitable house can be
procured.
Tuesday Agent w. A. Davis of the
Iowa Central sold twenty-five tickets
to different parties, the total amount
Of which was near to $500, the larg.
cts days business ever recorded at
the station In Fremont.
Miss Della White has SO far recov.
cred from her illness as to permit
her being taken from the John Daw-
son home, where the operation was
performed, to her own home, which
was done Saturday.
George Meeker and wife got back
Saturday from Manitou, ILL.,, where
they have been for visit. Mr..
Meeker's two brothers, Walter and
Floyd, came out here with them to
see the county and renew acquaint-
ance with the old Illinois people.
Skunk river has been on ram
page the past week, flooding the
lands along its course and destroying
whatever prospects the owners Of
bottom lands had of getting partial
crop this year. This makes three
times the Skunk has been over the
bottom lands this year.
G. N. Neil drove up to 'Oskaloosa
Tuesday night to meet his brother
and sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ.
Neil, who are on their way home
from Minetto, N. Y, where they Wis.
tied their daughter. They win re-.
main here few days before proceed
ing to their home at Boulder, Colo.
Mrs. Robt. Alexander moved into
her new home last week. Mayor
Rhoads and family will occupy the
house made vacant by Mrs. Alexan-
der and are now moving in. The
house he recently lived in belongs
to Mrs. S. L. Ingersoll, who will take
possession of the same soon, thus
adding another family to Fremont's
population.
Mrs. l.. r. Geneva, district deputy
of the Eastern Star lodge, made an
official visit to Mahaska Chapter No.
179, o. E. s. Monday evening. The
degrees were conferred upon an init
late and royal good time had by
the large number present. Refresh
ments were served which we're, with.
out comment, particularly enjoyed.
Ross Whitmer, who is one of the
progressive young farmers around
here, says he has about fifteen acres
of oats this year that yielded frac-
ton over 40 bushels to the acre, AMI
that his corn, which was planted
early, will be bumper crop If the
frost stays away until after the middle
OF the month. The cold weather dur
ing the entire summer has put Sc
yerely back the early planted corn.
G. N. Turner came in our Office
Saturday and showed US three large
stalks of corn that had been modest
ed by the rats; they had climbed up
the stalks and eaten all the corn from
the cob. Mr.. Turner says the rats
are as thick as flies in the summer
time and have eaten up all his sweet
corn, and now have commenced on
his field corn. He is at a loss to know
how to rid the field of them and fears
they will destroy his best corn.