The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-04-02
THE FREMONT BUDGET.
News of a Good Town Scissored
From the Gazette.

residents OF Fremont, has been quite
sick for the past three weeks.
Mrs. c. N. Neil went to Oskaloosa
Tuesday evening for a visit with her
sister, Mrs. Ellsworth Eeinzman.
Misses Mildred heinzman and Car
RE Ray went to New Sharon Friday
where they visited friends and rela-
tives for a few days.
Mrs. A. W. McClain returned home
Friday evening from few deys' visit
with her sister, Mrs. Walter Wells, at
Oskaloosa.
Miss Nina Bennett returned Satur-
cay to her school work at Cedar Falls
after pleasant ten days vacation
visit with her folks here.
Mrs. Scion Helm has just recovered
from severe attack of erysipelas
which confined her to her home for the
past three weeks.
John A. Kelley, of Oskalcosa, is Wis
iting at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
!, ]. E, Morgan, and taking treatment of
i the doctor for rheumatism.
H. B. Shelledy returned Monday
night from Washington. He is well
pleased with the country of that west.
ern state, but has not fully decided yet
to locate there,
, A carload of horses and mules Fri
day and two more loads of the same
yesterday is what Chas. Fellers has
shipped to H. d. Beaver, of Prospect,
Ohio, this week.
Mrs. Mary Yuont left for her home
in Oskaloosa yesterday after short
visit here with her sister, Mrs. Nancy
Eastburn. She was accompanied by
Miss Jessie Coen, who will visit her a
few days.
D. X. Unsicker, of Wright, returned
home Saturday from a TWO weeks
trip in the south. Was at Memphis,
Tenn, during the high water and said
he went into that city on a train and
came out on boat
John Z. Kelley, of Bloomfield, Neb.,
spent Sunday with DIR. and Mrs. ]. E.
Morgan. Mr.. Kelley is an express
messenger on the Northwestern rail-
way, running between Bloomfield and
Sioux City. He is brother of Mrs.
Morgan.
The extremely bad weather of the
.,asJ few days has retarded work on
the new addition w. H. Sapp is put
ting on to his cozy cottage on Pine
street. However, he has the new part
under cover and will soon have the
extra rooms ready for occupancy.
The many frienLs of Tom Shultz
will be glad to learn that he has so
far recovered from his recent illness
as to be able to be up and around the
house. Tom has had a long and Sc
we're seige OF sickness and now has
hopes of complete recovery.
If there is anyone particularly hap
py in Cedar township it is Ed Gilyeart.
It's a ten pound out at his house and
Eds smiles extend from ear to ear
just from the fact that this one is a
boy. Mr.. and Mrs. Gilyeart are the
proud parents of four bright girls and
the arrival of the son saturday pleases
the whole household.
The stockholders of Rural Route No.
1, Telephone Company, met Saturday
night at the Olive Branch school house
and perfected an organization. The
company will proceed at once to put
in line, and a purchasing committee.
consisting Of e. ". Pomeroy, S. s..
Cook and G. A. Eastburn, was appoint
ed to buy the poles, wires, etc.
! Rev. H. +. Gilbert, of Cedar, started
for Ottumwa yesterday to attend the
state convention of the Brotherhood
of St. Paul, and was about to board a
Rock Island train at Oskaloosa for
that place, when he received mes
sage calling him home to conduct the
funeral services of the late Mrs. John
Davis. He returned to Cedar ON the
Burlington passenger the same even
ing.
I Friday evening, at her home ON west
Main street, Miss Erma Krout enter
tanned a few friends. The evening
was spent in playing cinch, board of
trade and numerous other games. Ar
thur Lee had charge of the fudge max
ing. Those present were: Misses
Nina Bennett, Ella Akers, Ethel Dins-
more, Minnie and Winnie Garrett and
Erma Krout: Messrs. Will and Frank
Dinsmore, Art and Chef Lee, John
Garrett and Bert Gordon.
The officers of the Farmers and
Traders Telephone company met in
Fremont last Friday and consequently
several new improvements will be
made on their lines this spring. The
first one will be stretching new cop
per wire from Butler to Oskaloosa to
be used as toll line. The Hedrick
Telephone company agrees to come as
far as Butler with copper wire and
connect onto the Fremont line, which
will give the patrons of this Office a
metallic toll line from Oskaloosa to
Hedrick that viii be the best of its
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