The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-08-13
OUR COLORED SOCIETY
Ins and Outs of the Local Colony
and Its Friends.

A large crowd of both old and
young people attended the social Civ
en- by the ladies of the A.M.E. church
at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. c..
g. Lee, north of town, Thursday
evening. Refreshments were served
on the lawn in front of the house and
the tables were well patronized. The
ladies realized neat little sum and
everybody enjoyed pleasant even
ing.
Miss Jessie Jones, who has been
spending vacation of several weeks
at her home on North Fifth street,re-
turned to Washington this evening.
Oskaloosa needs more young men.
The girls outnumber them two to
one and the burden is killing on some
of the gentlemen.
Mrs. Boyd, of Cedar Rapids, a sis
ter of Mrs. A. Ford, and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. S.Braman,of Fremont, Neb.,
who have been guests of the A. Forc
home on North Sixth street for the
past two weeks, were joined by Mrs.
Annie Cabbell and children, of Col
fax, and her sister, Mrs. Matte
Weeks, of Ottumwa, who were over
Sunday visitors at the parental Ford
home, and a pleasant family reunion
was held that was enjoyed by all.
Miss Anna Brown passed through
the city this week en- route from
Buxton to her home in Sac City.
Miss Mills, Of Buxton, spent a few
days visiting with her cousin, Miss
Della Neal, in the city this week.
MrShaw, of Minneapolis, in charge
of the superintendent's car Of the M.
G. St. L. R. R., was guest of C. G.
Lee Thursday evening.
Miss Eldora Green, of Newton, who
has been visiting her friend, Miss
Edna Sanford, for few days, re-
turned to her home Thursday night.
Miss Besie Buckner, who has been
spending the summer with her uncle,
John Williams, left Monday for Co
lumbus, Nebr., the home of her aunt,
where she is now living.
Mrs. Ella Dyer is home again after
several weeks spent in the hospital
in Des Moines where she underwent
an operation for tumor. Notwith-
standing the reports to the contrary,
the operation was entirely successful
and the patients condition perfectly
satisfactory at all times. She is still
little weak but unless something
unexpected occurs her recovery is
fully assured.
Buxton celebrated August by
sending an excursion Of nine coach
loads to Marshalltown where a glori
Gus good time was had.
Elder Clemins preached one of the
best sermons of the year on Sunday
night.
Geo. w. Douglass, of Colfax, for
| merly of this city, was elected Grand
Chancellor of the K. of P. at the
Grand Lodge in Buxton last week
| We think it a wise selection. The
order has had many ups and downs
in this state but is now in good shape
and with Sir Knight Douglass at the
head is bound to grow and flourish
as never before. Oskaloosa is with
out a lodge and as there IS plenty oi
good material here now we suggest
that Bro. Douglass get to work and
see if the braves cannot be reorgan
lied and put in line again.
Miss Lille Finley returned home
this week after an extended visit
with her sisters in Des Moines and
Colfax.
Rev. Hiram Lewis will occupy the
pulpit at the A. M. E. church to
morrow in the absence of the pastor
Rev. James r. Clemins went tc
Buxton this morning where he will
preach for Rev. Williamson at the A
M. E. church tomorrow.
Rain Saturday materially inter
fered with the celebration projected
for that day. Quite a crowd oi
strangers were in the city, however
and they did the best hey could to
enjoy themselves between showers.
No attempt was made to carry out
the celebration program and it was
great disappointment to large
number of small boys who had been
in training for several weeks in an
ticipation of taking part in the diff
ferent contests arranged for the day