The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-22

Mrs. J. d. Ferrall went to MARSHALL
town yesterday to visit at the Bird
sail home.
Mrs. NJ. j. Beckman wentto Beacon
this morning for a visit with relatives
and friends.
A. E. McGiIl of Montezuma was in
the city yesterday attending to BUSH
ness matters.
Chester Bradbury and Cl~ifford.Ster-
rett went to Atwood last evening on
a hunting expedition.
W. P. Robertson, of Taintor, was
in the city last evening enroute to
Rose Hill on business.
Mrs. Hannah E.Byers of Des Moines
is visiting in this city at the home of
her son, John d. Byers.
Mrs. A. Gottschlick and daughter,
Miss Anna, went to Eddyville this
morning for a days visit.
Mrs. Nick Adlon went to New Sha-
ron yesterday to assist her husband
in his jewelr store during the holt
days.
Miss Stella johnson of Eddyville
was in the city yesterday enroute to
Lacey to visit her friend, Mrs. Geo.
Tudor.
Mrs. John Watts and baby Harry
of Marshalltown were in the city yes
terday enroute home after a pleasant
visit at Beacon.
Misses Marie Turner and Blanche
Evans of Taintor who are attending
school here, went home yesterday
for the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Wilson, of Dav-
EXPORT, who haye been here several
days on business departed last
ing for their home.
Mrs. L. Smith and Miss Mary Holt,
who are conducting a series of meet
ings in Grinnell, were in the city yes
terday on a business trip.
Tom Sewers, of the Sewers Manu-
featuring Co., is in Hot Springs, Ar
kansas, experimenting the installing
of two of his heating plants.
Delta Press: Mrs. Della Swails, of
Oskaloosa, is visiting relatives here
this week before going to her new
home in Muskogee, Indian Territory.
Mrs. A. McDonough and daughter,
Miss Martha, went to Davenport this
morning for a visit with the lady's
daughter and sisters at her old home.
The Jovial Whist Club met last
evening at the home of S. p. Martin.
Jess Swearingen won first prize and
Mrs. Donar the BOBBY. Refreshments
were served and a good time enjoyed
by all.
Pella Chronicles: DIR. F. M. Fuqua
was called to Tracey last Sunday
morning to meet DIR. Phillips, of
Oskaloosa, in consultation of Mrs. O.
@. Phillips of that place. She has
been ill for several months with ner-
vous trouble, and in her weakened
state her condition is very grave.
j. B. Adlon of North B Street cele-
brated his seventy-eighth birthday
yesterday. Quite a large number of
children and grandchildren were
present, even unto the fourth gener-
alton. A sumptuous dinner was
served and a number of nice presents
will serve as a reminder of the happy
occasion.
Hon. G. w. Sewers, general solicit
or for the Iowa Central, is home from
New York whither he went to look
after the interests of his road. He
reports everything satisfactory in the
main, and the outlook for business
good. Enroute he stopped at Wash
ington and had a pleasant visit with
Major Lacey.
Bloomfield Republican: Mrs Lizzie
B. clearinghouse of Cantril, Iowa,
came to spend the winter in Bloom
field, guest at the Sax Hotel. Mrs.
clearinghouse is the daughter OF
Rev. Thomas Ballinger of Oskaloosa,
now deceased, who vas one of Iowa's
noblest pioneers. The daughter was
for years a prominent primary teach
er, and is an accomplished lady.
Newton Record Judge Lucien O..
Blanchard of Oskaloosa has been
granted a pension of eight dollars
per month. Judge Blanchard was a
private in Company K, twenty-eighth
Iowa Regiment, and Unlisted in New
ton for the Civil War, August 8, 1882,
and was discharged OIL account of
disabilities, October z, 1888. He well
deserves the pittance which the
Government tardily granted him.
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