The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-02-27

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Mrs. L. G.. Fessler, Monroe,
Mrs, d. NJ Manning. Lynnville,
Mrs. E. H. Reaser, Algona.
Mrs. e. L. Scott, Des Moines,
Wilbur r. Anderson, Grinnell.
Tuesday Afternoon.
The session was called to order al
the appointed time by President E. s.
Downs, of Abba, who acted as chair.
man during the convention. A vocal
solo by Ralph Petty, Of Penn College,
opened the program most cheerfully
and after an appropriate invocation
by Rev. Eugene Allen, Of the Central
M. e. church, Ralph Petty again APP
peared in a vocal selection. Both
numbers were heartily encored and he
was compelled to respond with sec
ond number each time. He was &C.
companied by Miss Mabel Flint, plan.
list, also of Penn Conege.
AS Mayor Chas. Ralston was not
present when the address of wei
come was called for, Rev, Eugene Al
len responded extemporaneously to
the call of the chairman with an elo-
quent and fitting address. He was
followed by Hon. Chas II. Ralston,
who extended the glad hand to the
delegates and wished for them a
most enjoyable and profitable conven.
ton. T. NJ. Reynolds, of Washing.
ton, responded to the welcome adj
dresses most gracefully and express.
ed for the assembly an appreciation
of the efforts of the citizens in en-
deavoring to make the delegates feel
at home in Oskaloosa. After the
reading of the minutes of the last
meeting at Colfax, Ia, Feb. 20, 1907,
and the secretary-treasurer's report
by e. l.. Scott, OIL Des Moines, the
committee on credentials made their
first report, which was accepted unan'
imoiIsly.
The question box was then opened
by Thos. Zook, of Abba, and while the
collection of queries was being taken
Rev. Allen was again called upon to
occupy the interval and he proved to
be a most efficient helper. He had
come to the convention on short no.
tice for the purpose of offering the
invocation only, and could not have
been expected to be ready with wei
come address and popular lecture as
WELL but he struck popular chord
with the funeral directors and they
would have gladly listened to him for
an hour more than he spoke He was
quite competent to speak to such an
assembly by virtue of his profession
being, in fact, representative Of the
closest associates of the undertakers
and he proved his ability to offer
many intelligent and instructive sug
gestions to the professional men in
his audience along the line of their
own business. HIS address was the
best number on the afternoons pro
gram and Rev. Allen win surely be q
welcome visitor at any meeting of the
Sixth District Funeral Directors.
Tuesday Evening.
1t was matter OF considerable re
greet that Prof. Hohenschuh, of Iowa
City, could not be present in the al
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connections at Grinneli, but he arrived
in, the evening in time to speak for {
very few minutes before the banquet
Mi. Hohenschuh is one of the best in
formed and skilled men in his pro
fession in the country and he has ser
we'd as president of both the Iowa anc
the national associations of undertak
ers. He has for number of year:
been the chief drawing card at con
ventions of this sort and during hi!
short lecture he was given the closes
attention. He talked rapidly and wa
able to crowd a good many ney
thoughts into the short talk Hi
subject related principally to th'
best methods of embalming deat
bodies and the thoughts he expressed
were based on the somewhat new
theory that the arteries in the humai
body are very rarely empty at death
as has been generally supposed b,
scientific men.
The Banquet.
At nine o'clock the session was ad
journed TO the Asher cafe and the del
egates were removed thence In cabs