The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-22
CORRESPONDENCE.
EDpYvlLLE EVENTS,

Miss Lola Coursen is quite i'll this
week.
DIR. +. d. Vance was an Ottumwa
caller on Monday.
Mrs. Patterson, of North Fourth
street, is quite i'll this week.
Dick Riggs returned Monday from
a few days hunting at Keokuk.
Mrs. Fannie Cassatt left Saturday
evening for a visit at Kansas City.
Mrs. Cad DOTS and daughter, Miss
Maude, were ottumwa callers Thurs
day.
Rev. and Mrs. Hemstead left Mon
day to spend Christmas at CLEVELAND.
Ohio.
Ben Gordon has purchased the
Coughlin property on South Fifth
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Moore, of ear
Cedar, visited Sunday at the parental
Young home.
Richard jaeger has leased his larm
to Wylie Berry and will move to
town in the near future.
Carl Odem, Of West Side, left Sat
urday morning for an extended visit
with his uncle at Atlantic.
Mrs. w. P. Gray, of ottumwa, came
up Saturday morning to spend a
week with her daughters.
Will McNeese left Friday noon for
an extended visit with his sister, Mrs.
Gertrude Lawless, of Des Moines.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Morris and son
Poulten, of Oskaloosa, were down on
Friday to spend the day with relatives.
Cooper Fisher, of North First street,
is very i'll with cancer OF the stomach.
No hopes are entertained Ior his re-
covery.
Rev. Claude F. Whitley, Of Marshall
town, arrived last Friday to conduct a
series of meetings at the Church of
Christ.
Mrs. O'Hara, who has been visiting
her daughter, Mrs. F. NJ. Epperson,
was a passenger for Cairo, Ill, on
Thursday.
The ladies of the Baptist church
conducted a very successful bazaar at
the Palace hall last Saturday. Re-
freshments were served during the af-
ternoon and evening.
Mrs. Avis Bourke, whoshas been
visiting at Harrison, Nebr., is expect
ed home today. Her son George, who
accompanied her, will remain with his
uncle the coming year.
James Shea, of Two Harbors MIMI,
arrived to spend the holi-
days at the parental Shea home. John
Shea and wife, also of that place, are
expected next Thursday.
Mrs. June Findley, who has been
very i'll at the home of her father on
North Third street, Is very low from
the results of a surgical operation OF
a few days ago.. There is little nope
for her recovery.
Word was received last evening
that Mrs. Matilda odem had died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ed
England, of West Side. Mrs. Odem
has been i'll all summer and about a
month ago she was taken to the home
Of her daughter.
Rev. w. r. Yard, OF the Baptist
church, will preach his farewell ser
mon next Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs
Yard leave about Jan. LIST for Big
Rock, Ill. This young couple during
their short stay at this place have
made a multitude of friends who will
regret to see them leave.
The Royal Neighbors elected the fol
lowing officers last Saturday: Mrs
Belle Scott, o.; Mrs. Whiteman, v
o.; Mrs. James Miller, Chanc.; Mrs
Lizzie Harding, Recorder; Miss Anna
Briggs, Receiver; Mrs. J. M. Crossor
Mrs. j. Hunelick and Mrs. Edna Old
ham, Managers; Mrs. ION Kussart and
Mrs. Frank Comstock, Sentinels; DR.
=. L. Bay and Mrs. DR.. McCrea, Physi
clans.
Died, Saturday, Dec. II, 1904, at 9
p. m, at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. VIII Phillips, southeast of town,
Robert H. Moore, aged "a years
Death was due to pneumonia, devel
oped from a slight cold taken about
three weeks ago. Mr.. Moore moved
from Pennsylvania to Eddyville at an
early date and had lived in town until
the marriage of his daughter Alice
about four years ago. He was for a
time mayor of this little city. The
funeral was held from the M. E.church
Monday afternoon, followed by inter.
! ment in the Highland cemetery.
Dec. 20. Amateur.
CEDAR.