The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-12-24

VINO mas also been Ill the noftO, return
ed home for the Christmas season.
Abba Union: Mr.. and Mrs. Byron
Harris went to Oskaloosa Wednesday
might to attend wedding.
Fred McLachlin, OF Detroit, has ar
rived to spend the holidays with his
friend, Miss Mabel Kenworthy.
l.. w. Shoemaker, of Highland Cen
ter, is preparing to move to a farm he
recently purchased, near Macon, Mis-
souri,.
Mrs Jerome Chadwick, of Hedrick,
Is visiting her daughters. Mrs. George
Courtney, Mrs. John ulin and Mrs.
VIM. Weaver,
Abba Union: Rev. Lurana Terrell
filled the Friends pulpit Sunday. The
meetings are progressing and some ex-
Icellent sermons are being preached.
Mrs. b. w. Preston and son Blanch.
ard departed last evening for Daren.
port for holiday visit with Mrs. Pres.
tUil utuShlSIs Mo ilaliy IA DpShSSl
Miss Mary Pettitt, instructor of the
Domestic Science department in the
oskaloosa High school, has gone to
her home in GrinneIl to spend her
Christmas vacation. .s"
Pof. T. r. Reese and Mesdames John
r. Price. Lloyd Williams and L. Jones
went to Ottumwa yesterday afternoon
to hear the Mountain Ash Chorus, the
celebrated Welsh singers.
Mrs. H. w. Tyler, who has been Wis.
lting at the parental Dr.. A. J. Hunter
home for a couple of weeks, returned
Saturday evening via the Iowa Cen
trail to her home in Little Rock, Ark.
What Cheer Chronicle: Miss Tassie
Ferguson went to Oskaloosa last week
for medical treatment. She has been
in very poor health for some time past
and we trust she may be greatly ben.
Gifted , ....
Miss Mary Martin, who has been
teaching in the schools at Fairfield,
has returned to her home here for the
holidays. Miss Martin will remain in
the city. having accepted position in
the Oskaloosa schools.
C. w. Moore,of Cedar passed through
the city yesterday enroute TO Ottumwa
to arrange for the next meeting of the
Iowa Wool Growers Association which
will be held in Ottumwa this year.
Mr.. Moore is president of the associa-
ton.
Chas. II. Duboc, of Chicago, son of
a. NJ. Duboc. 404 North Market street,
has just accepted position as credit
man with the Chicago house OF the
American Type Founders Co., the sec
ond largest printing supply house in.
the country.
Rev. Edmond F.. Brown is the new
pastor at the Fremont Baptist church.
With his wife and two children he
moved there last week and is comfort
ably located In the parsonage. Here
after there will be regular services at
the Fremont CHURCH.
What Cheer Chronicle: Presiding
Elder Stafford of Oskaloosa occupied
the pulpit at the Methodist church
Sunday evening and he delivered an
excellent discourse that was especially
helpful and instructive.
He is a splendid pulpit orator.
Fremont Gazette: Frank Brown
was kicked by a horse Saturday but
not badly hurt. He has about recov-
cred from q former accident of the
same nature ut which time he had a
leg broken from the force of the blow.
He was only bruised Saturday and is
able to go about his farm work.
Fremont Gazette: Clarence Cosby
and family have moved from his farm
he recently sold to Abram Wells'tO the
Mrs John Whitmer place in Fremont.
Mr.. Cosby expects to start a dairy in
the spring and will devote his time to
that work and looking after large
number of chickens he expects to
raise.
A. Picken, of near Kirkville, went
to Marshalltown last week where he
entered the Soldiers Home. He has
been troubled considerably lately with
which has kept him from
getting around much and concluded to
go to the Home. He was gallant
soldier and is deserving of all the CON-
forts he can extract from out this old
world. NJ. II. Picken went up with
him and returned the next day.
The Christmas shopping crowd be
comes more animated as the time