The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-05-21
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
Items OF Interest Gathered By Her
aid Correspondents.
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Mrs. A. Vanline is confined 20 -er
home this week by severe case of
rheumatism.
w. A. Anderson, OF Des Moines, was
In town Tuesday looking up some real
estate business.
AL DeCook was in town Saturday
evening and he Informed us that he
had just finished planting thirty-fiyeI
acres OF corn.
Mr. and Mrs. Barnett, Of Oskaloosa,
were pleasant callers here Thursday.
Mr. Barnett represents the Under
wood Candy Company.
w. A. Anderson, of Valera, was in
town Thursday. He informs us that
he finds the general prospects for
farmers good and fruit hurt but nttle.
w. H. jenkins, of Ankeny, was an
town Thursday on business. He in
forms us that the mines of Iowa are
starting up in different localities on
short orders.
Andrew Williams, Art Rodgers and
Clark Billings attended ball game at
Bussey Saturday. The boys report a.
royal time while treading on Brother
Johnson's domain.
In personal conversation with farm
ers as f,ney come to town they inform
us that the wet weather has al
ready set them back two weeks with
their spring blowing and planting but
say that there is at least two-thirds OF
fruit crop saved out OF it.
w. II. johnson, of Des Moines, was
in town Saturday. Mr.. Johnson is an
ardent republican and he says he Is
:, in favor OF making this campaign a
handshaking one and throw away the
words standpat and progressive and
be a republican. The writer most
heartily agrees with him.
Mrs. Ellie Druse in a letter to her
mother, Mrs. J L. Thomson, says her
general health is greatly improved
since going to Washington. The Sc
we're cough which she had has stop
ped altogether. Mrs. Druse was rails
ed here and her many friends will be
glad TO hear of her good health in
Tacoma.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Moody, of os-
haloosa, were pleasant callers at the
home OF Mr. and Mrs. h. Williams
Wednesday. Uncle john and wife
have shared each others joy and sor-I
row for half century and are among
our oldest citizens. Their many old
time friends are glad to meet them
and extend to them the warm hand OF
welcome, .,s ..g....
j. H. Miller, of Cass county, was in
town a short time WednesdaT In
personal conversation Mr.. Miller
showed himself to be one that looked
on the dark side of life by knowing
the field before the seed was planted
and could see nothing good in any
thing or anybody We often meet
these fellows and want to impress on
their minds right now when Iowa
fails they had better move to Arizona,
where good crop is unknown out
side of sagebrush and mullen leaves.
While ON the rounds for an item
Thursday we called at the home OF
John l.. Thompson and found Aunt
Martha at home busily engaged In the
running of I've in an old ash hopper
and making oldtime lye soap. Aunt
Martha is now travelling on the lAree
score years and ten mark, but sun
sticks to the way she was taught by
her mother when she was girl in the
back woods OF Kentucky and says
good old I've soap is the best soap on
earth. She showed us hoe used by
her grandfather to dig jinseng out of
the mountains of Kentucky. She
thinks II is over one hundred years
old
The Herald correspondent noted
with much interest the editorial in
the Herald of the red-headed woman
Of Colfax securing a position as stem
ographer in Des Moines. Certainly
Why not? This brings to the min J
of the writer of debate we took
part in at Foster Monroe county, sew
eral years ago The debate was, Re
solved. That the Philippine Islands
were more beneficial to the United
States than Detrimental" The writer
affirmed and r. A. Arnold, the mega
tive. In his remarks he said that we
would send all the red-headed school
teachers to the Philippines II they
failed to learn the average pupil OF
ten years of age to read and write
their own name in the English Ian
guage in one year. We didn't want
them. as they would be detrimental
II they did, we wanted them. The
: Judges decided unanimously for the
affirmative. well knowing that the red
headed teacher was success any'I
where, and when they failed the case
: was a hopeless one. So here is to the
red-headed !somen.
The writer is pleased to note that
Joseph, Sharp OF Brazil, was selected
by the coal operators association teI
succeed John P. Reece as commission
Ell. Mr.. Sharp is well known Iowa
miner with the very best OF habits. He
is a very careful student of mining
having spent the greater part OF his
life In them, making study OF every
dafail of work He 8 one without