The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-09-05
THE COUNTY NEWS.
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Eyerist, spent sunday at The pafe1tai
j. R. Bucknell nome.
Bolton was depopulated Wednesday
as everybody went to the show.
w. H. Dickinson, of Perry, was a
business caller in town Thursday.
John Lloyt and son, of Evans, were
pleasant callers in town last week.
Mrs. Mary Anderson, of Sankeny,
visited in this locality this week.
]. X. Bruce, of Iowa City, was a
business caller in town last Week.
Homer Wilson, of Perry. was in
town a short time Friday on busi-
ness.
]. H. Holman, of Cedar Rapids, was
in town a short time Saturday on bus
mess.
Richard Wilson spent Sunday in
Des MONIES with his brother William.
who is going TO school there.
Miss Eva White OF Oskaloosa, Wis
tied in town Saturday at the home OF
ner parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
White.
David Lawrence and wife spent Sun
day in Eyerist with relatives and
friends.
Miller Beard, our cautious and eff
cient book-keeper, enrolled in the
Daily Herald family last week for
six moaths.
A., A an, aud MrS Jnbn Fred.
rickson spent Sunday evening in
Evans with old time friends and re-
port pleasant time.
Mr.. ana Mrs George Wilson return
Jed Friday from kock Island, where
they attended the golden wedding OF
Mr.. Wilson's parents.
]. II. Bucknell and family visited
in Everist last week. Mr.. Bucknell
is having a severe time with rheuma'
| tism of late and can only ge+ around
with tine aid of cane.
Miss Kate Convey, book-keeper tor
the Phillips Fuel Co., at Foster, Wis
tied in town last week, the guest OF
Miss Charlotte Wilson. Mrs. A. Long
| acknowledges a pleasant call from
the ladies' on Tuesday evening.
w. w. Brannigar, superintendent o.
the mines, enrolled himself in the
Daily Herald family Friday for si'
months. Mr.. Braligar was formerly
a Herald reader and knows gooc
! thing wnen he sees 1t. We welcome
| MIN to the rapidly increasing family
] The Herald reporter is pleased t.
get good report from William Viii
sol, who is taking business course
in the C. c. c in Des Moines. On his
i first lesson in shorthand ne was Civ
en- a credit of 100 per cent, and thu
4 writer always lookei at Billy as
hustler, and if anyone got there |
would be he.
. The Herald correspondent in hi
i travels went across Virginia, Nortl
Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky an
Ohio, and he saw more corn AID cat
tie from Burlington to Oskaloosa thai
he saw in tne above five states. Ii
4 Illinois we saw hundreds of acres o
n
els per acre.
. David George, one of our most enter
prisflg miners who has been farming
west of town this summer, was Il
town Saturday. Mr.. George inform
us that he raised number one GRO
of everything this summer, and vii
start In the mines this week, hayin
MS work on the farm done for tn
preselt. Mr.. George is model ma
with a fine wife and family and W
are pleased to note that he is doing 5
well.
w. II. Henson, of Dawson, was
business caller in town Thursda!
!, MIR. Henson in conversation wit
the Herald reporter informs us tina
he Travelled all the northern part c
the state and found the corn in exec
leat condition, but fruit failure. o
tne question of frost, he says he ha
4 kept tab on the weather for nun
Der of years and when we see coo
. nights and mornings in August as q
present, we may look for warm 'weatl
er in September.
: Theodore Dare, one of our most IL
du trious miners, VINO has spent tn
| summer visiting with his family I
j Oklahoma and New jersey, common,
: ed work in the mines last week. M
= Dare informs us that while in Ne
Al Jersey ne visited relatives he lad nj
a seen for twenty years before. Will
3 he noted many improvements made !
II the state of his youth, he mad no d.
e sire to remain there, as Iowa wa
81 ahead of them all.
/. In a personal conversation wit
John p White in mis- Office Wednesda
he reported the mines 10 Iowa rul
ming COOL, peace and harmony pr
: vailing in general over the state. M
White says all indications lead 20
> good winters work in the mines, b'
shortage of cars still prevails, bt
5 he hopes to sec this eliminated at a
9 early day. In his official report up
I August l, We find the grand total
money in the, treasury to be $2S4,444
/ "a. and 10 debts to pay. This repo
- Wy Af A