The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-10-01

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John Speer, Of Marshalltown and
the Iowa Central, was in the city
yesterday in conference with Supt.
| ]. A. Davis concerning matters taken
up by the engineers committee.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Johnson, who
live near Eddyville, were in the city
yesterday on their way to Mt. Union
called by the serious Illness of their
sister-in-law, Mrs. J. A. johnson.
Mrs. Sarah e. Wing and daughter
Mamie, returned this morning from
Colorado, California, Oregon and
other western states where they have
been visiting for the past nine
months.
A. P. Spencer is in Marshalltown
today caring for business in connec-
ton with the improvements being
made at that place by the Western
Grocery Go. He goes from MARSHALL
town to Kansas City.
Rev. Florence Baker, who has had
charge of the Friends 81 street Mis-
sion in this city, returned yesterday
from her new charge at Motor, where
she spent Sunday. The lady will not
go there permanently until next
week.
John Lofiand, who has been.in the
city a number of weeks visiting at
the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. O. E. Lofland High avenue east
departed last evening via the Burl-
ington, enroute to Annapolis, Mary
land, where he resumes his studies
in the national naval academy. The
young man was accompanied as far
as Chicago by his father.
William E. Berry, A. B., A. M, of
Penn college 100, who has been In the
employ of the Model Portrait %.
in Nebraska during the summer,
spent few days here last week and
has returned to Harvard University.
He has been an excellent student at
Penn and at Harvard. He has two
degrees from the former and will this
year win his second from the latter.
In different indirect ways this sum-
mer news has reached his friends
that William Berry's record in
Semitic languages at Harvard is high,
80 high, that after he had been elected
to professorship in Wilmington
college, Ohio, his professors made
special provision for him to remain
at the university. Among his Semitic
studies/he will this year take up
ArabiG the most difficult in the
Semitic family of languages.
From Wednesdays Daily.)
! Mrs L. Hatfield returned to her
Phome in Richland this morning after
brief visit with Mrs. Susan Coffin,
The lady was returning from visit
to Abba
Rev. It B. Couchman and family
were in the city to-day enroute from
the old home in the M. E. parsonage
at Chester Center to his new charge
in Attica.
D. B. Workman and family return.
ed to their home in Council Bluffs
yesterday after a visit since last
Thursday at the homes of T.W John
son and G.. w. Workman.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Boyd, of FIRE.
mont, came up yesterday to assist in
the moving of w. II. Lee and family
to the M. B. Lee farm near Fremont
where they will reside. The entire
party departed for Fremont yester-
day.
The issue of September 8, of the
Mt. Pleasant News contains cut of
Prof. Frank W. Else, former Oska-
loosan, who 10 superintendent of the
Mt. Pleasant public schools. Mr..
Else is making pronounced success
as a public man.
What Cheer Patriot: @. E. Mum
roe, of Oskaloosa, was at the fair
Thur eday. Mr.. Munroe was former
ly city clerk of Oskaloosa for several
years and is now chairman of the
democratic central committee of Ma
haska county. He is pleasant gen.
tleman to meet.
e. G. Ports, of Grinnell, passed
through the city yesterday on his
way home from trip to the new
part of Oklahoma to look up loca-
ton. He says its fine country down
there and just the place for poor
man.
Knoxville Journal: DR.. Thompson
of Columbia, was in town Tuesday
acco mpanied by Robert Wright, an
old gentleman from the south part of
the county. They were on their way
to Oskaloosa where Mr.. Wright ex-
pected to have an operation perform
ed for removal OF cataract of the
eyes.
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