The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-11

ana mas entered upon ner duties as
accountant at the offices of the COM
pany.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Kalbach have
arrived home from trip to Japan.
They have been absent from their
home number of months departing
on March 16. Ben Wightman was a
member of the party from SanlFran-
cisco.
Miss Patti Lindner departed yester-
day for Minneapolis where she viii
begin Immediately upon her work
with the ladies quartette representing
Stanley Hall conservatory. The
young lady will go into a course of
training for the position and later in
the season VIII represent the school
in a number of luceum entertain
ments in some of the biggest music
halls in the country. The position
came to the young lady, as "a reward
of merit and was wholly unsolicited
on her part. She has the first
soprano part of the quartette and
won the place in competition with
between twenty or.thirty also entered
in the competition for the place.
Hence the honor is one of no mean
proportion.
Miss Carrie Gibbons returned to
her home in Bussey last evening.
Mrs. @. L. Staten went to Omaha,
Nebr., this morning to visit her
daughter.
Judge Dewey, of Washington, has
been in the city for few days attend
ing to business matters.
Mrs. Geo. Bannewell and daughter,
of Grinnell, were in the city over
Sunday at the Albert Cooper home.
Prof. J. E. Cameron, of Cedar
Rapids, who has been teaching in the
Normal, returned to his home yester-
day. -.
Mrs. Fred Jacob, of Knoxville, who
Has been visiting with Mrs. Grin
Brown, returned to her home yes
terday. $3.50,
Mrs. Frank Sidel, of Ackley, was
in the city yesterday enroute home
from Ottumwa where she had been
visiting.
Mrs. L. A. Smith, of Des Moines,
Moines, who has been visiting in the
city few days, left for Peoria, ILL.,,
yesterday. ...
Mrs. A. G. Barnard and daughter
Jane, of sMedford, Mass, came in
yesterday for visit at the j. w.
Rawson home. a..J
Mrs. S. B. Jones went to Waterloo
over the Iowa Central this morning
to represent the Rathbone Sisters in
Grand Temple.
Mis- LIS & 9as q44f2yeys 2t Thy aEZiIl91
H., who has been in the city on bus
mess for few days, returned to her
home yesterday.
d. E. Walton, chief clerk r. M. S.,
at Burlington, son Will and daugh-
ter Ruth, Mrs. B. E. CLARK, WI. and
James Blaine Walton, of Des Moines,
were called here to attend the funeral
of their grandfather, d. M. Walton.
Mrs. T. Wilcox and daughter, Miss
Angie and Mrs. NJ. Stacey, of Prince
ton, Mo-, who have been in New
Sharon visiting their sister, Mrs.
Charles Craver, were in the city this
morning, Mrs. Wilcox returning to
her home, and Mrs. Stacey going
back to New Sharon for longer visit.
H. G. Parkhurst is in receipt of a
letter from a relative bearing the
information of the death of life long
acquaintance-Captain McCall-who
romped and froliced and played
hockey and went swimming together
in their boyhood days. Capt. Mccall
was formerly stationed on Ship Island
but for some time past had been on
Cat Island in the Gulf of Mexico in
charge of the light honse. The letter
to Mr.. Parkhurst says: "Word came
about three weeks ago of the death
of Capt. Dan Mccall. His wife went
out to the end of the wharf at Cat
Island and found him lying there.
1t was near the time to make the
light. She found the machinery
broken. 1t was revolving light and
if it was not kept up there was great
danger for the ships coming in on
the sea. she kept it going using her
arms for machinery. The next morn
ing she put up flag of distress but
no help came for two days and three
nights. She watched the dead by
day and kept the light going by
night. They seem to have been
entirely alone on the island. When
found she was nearly exhausted. 1t
is said Mrs. Mccall will remain in
charge for a couple of months or
until relieved by the government.
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