The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-06-13
NEWS OF EDDYVILLE.
Daily Happening In Live Town,
Told By ]. R. Sipes.

Eddyville, June 8.-The tabernacle
meetings being held in tent near
the park are drawing good sized audi
ences. The services are held at 2:30
and s o'clock each week day after
noon and evening, and at II, 8, and 5
o'clock on Sundays, The afternoon
meetings are conducted by Eyange-
list VIM. ]. Campbell and the even
ing and Sunday meetings are in
charge Of Evangelist Don Carlos
James. The song service is led by
Elmer L. Jorgensoh. The meetings
will continue through June.
Children's Day exercises will be
conducted at the Christian and Con-
gregational churches on Sunday even
ing, June 10th.
M. d. Ford and family have moved
to the Quincy Myers property on
South Fifth street. The residence
vacated by the Fords has been pur-
chased of H. G.. True by Charles
Brown and Mr.. Brown is occupying
the same.
The spring term Of school at Bluff
Creek school house, four and one
half miles northwest, closed Friday
with program. The school was
taught by Miss Ida Taylor, of -Des
Moines, and she had over thirty pu-
pills.
MRS. John JAEGER, Sr, her daughter,
Mrs. G. b. Barnett, and her little
grand daughter, Larue JAEGER, have
been visiting at the George lager
home, near Batavia.
James Hayes, of Oskaloosa, came
down Thursday for a visit with his
sister, Mrs. Mary Fisher, on First
street. .,s.,.-..-s.a. E
George Elliott, who is employed in
the Ottumwa post Office, Is enjoying
a few days vacation with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. n. Elliott.
Harry Chrissinger of Oskaloosa,
spent Thursday and Friday at the
home of Mrs. L. A. Roberts.
Charlotte Wilcox, who was one OF
a family of thirteen children, was
born April 5, 1911, in Chenange coun-
ty, New York From her third to her
twelfth year she resided with her
grand parents in Connecticut. She
made her home with her parents from
her twelfth to her twentieth year. She
was married three times. On April 5,
1881, which was her twentieth birth
day anniversary, she was married to
Caleb DANES, and about two years
later they came west and settled in
Carroll county, Illinois, in the midst
of the Indians. To her, first union
were born nine daughters, of whom
five survive. Mr.. DANES died August
18th, 1876. She married Aaron Rubel
in Illinois in June, 1S4S. To them
were born three sons and one daugh-
ter, of whom one son and one daugh-
ter survive. She and her second hus.
band came to Iowa in 1868, and set
tied on a farm near Kirkyille Station
Mr.. Rubel passed away in April, 1871.
In February, 1875, she married Sam
uel Stuart No children were born
to them. They moved to Eddyville
about % years ago, and Mr.. Stuart
died December 81, 1889. OF late
years she had been making her home
with her daughter, Mrs. Fanny Olney,
III EuuyNllle. MIS-. OludTl passed
away at her home in Eddyville on
May 9th, 1907, at the age Of Sc
years. month and 20 days, dying OF
pneumonia after an Illness of a little
less than a week. She is survived by
seven children, 26 grand children,
and 10 great grand children, also by
one brother, Miles Wilcox, of Spo-
kane, Washington. The children are:
Mesdames Lucy Wilcox and Lois
Smith, of Waterloo; Mesdames Fan
ny Olney and Emily Sinnard, of Ed
dyville; and Mrs. Emma Chadd, of
Omaha, Nebraska. of the first union;
VIM. H. Rubel, of Council Bluffs, and
Mrs Harriet Williams of Bonesteel,
South Dakota, of the second mar
riage. The funeral services were
conducted at the M. e. church in Ed
dywille on Wednesday afternoon,
May goth, Elder w. C. Ross of the
Christian church officiating. The re-
mains were inferred in the family lot
in Highland cemetery at Eddyville.