The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-01-21
THE FREMONT BUDGET.
News Of a Good Town Scissored
From the Gazette.

The firm of Caves & Bennett has
dissolved partnership.
Born, on January S, 1904, to Mr..
and Mrs. e. w. Pomeroy, an eight
pound girl.
Sam White was in Oskaloosa over
Sunday. Needless TO say his best
girl was there today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph M. Shaw and
family leave next Monday for their
new home at Anaconda, Montana.
Ernie Lyon and Will Rennie accom-
panied by six men from oskaIoosa,
were rabbit hunting Monday and
came in with 65.
Purdin G Alderman shipped FIVE car
loads of fine cattle from Oskaloosa
Sunday to Chicago. They purchased
the stock northwest of oskaloosa.
Allie Van Buskirk, carrier on route
No. 2, made record time on his trip
yesterday. His route is twenty-one
miles and he was back in Fremont
two and one-half hours after he
started ..
M. G. Palmer came in Saturday
from his home in Alexis, Ill. He has
secured good job as travelling sales
man for a prominent Des Moines firm
and will move his family to Fremont.
The neighbors and friends of Peter
Emmert gathered at his home on Fri
day evening and succeeded in giving
him general surprise. Refresh
ments were served ana a pleasant
evening spent. ... -..... ..
DR.. J. e. Morgan came home from
Des Moines Friday after a ten days
business visit in the capital city.
Mrs. Morgan, who was visiting in Os-
kaoosa, accompanied the doctor
home from that place.
The sale of T. w. Douglas, south
west of town, yesterday was we'll at
tended and every article offered sold
at the top notch. In fact the sale
amounted to $500 more than Mr..
Douglas figured on and he is well
satisfied.
J. E. Sharp is the new agent for
the Iowa Central at this point. w.
A. Davis, who has held the station
the past fewEyears, was checked out
by the travelling auditor Tuesday and
given a better job by the company.
Mr.. Sharp has been agent at Stark
and comes to us well recommended,
Died, at 2 a. m, Monday, January
II, 1904, after a thirty hours illness,
of lung fever, at the family home in
East Harrison township, Eva, the s.
months-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Carpenter. Funeral was held
at Wright Tuesday, Jan. IL, with in
terment in White Oak cemetery.
The stockholders of the Farmers
and Traders Telephone company
met at the town hall in Fremont on
Tuesday in annual session. About
fifty were in attendance and much
interest was manifested. The secre-
tary's and treasurer's reports were
listened to attentively and showed
the company in good shape financial
ly. The following stockholders were
elected directors, from among whom
the officers will be chosen: o. C.
Cochran, Wright; T. o. Stewart,
White Oak; Seth Randell, Wright;
w. S. Mowery, Fremont; Will Fel-
lers, Fremont.
G. w. Alderman and Chilean made
rne following real estate deals the
past week: Sold the John Yenney
farm of $50 acres near Fremont to
w. A. Attebery, of Emden, ILL.,, con-
sideration $16,320; sold the Jas. Nc
Carroll farm of 80 acres near Kirk
vile to Henry Seigrist, consideration
$7,750; sold the M. Witt estate farm
of 80 acres near Wright to D. X. I'm
sicker, consideration $1,000; traded
GAO acres of land in Dakota and 41S
acres in Missouri belonging to z. T.
Palmer to Darden G Stodgill for H..
900 acres of land in Oklahoma, con-
sideration $4,000.