The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-30

AFTERNOON, holding an investigation o
1.-THE accident by which a traction EN-
lgine was partly thrown off the fla
lear on which IL was being transport
led. while the car was being switched
in the local yards last week.
Hedrick Journal: Sunday was "Old
Peoples Day" at the M. Il. church, and
the services were very interesting
Rev. I. O. Kemble, of Oskaloosa, one
lof the veteran ministers of the Iowa
conference, preached in the morning
and in the afternoon an old-fashioned
class meeting was held, conduced by
Rev. j. C. Kendrick of Martinsburg.
Mrs. Robert George and daughter.
Mildred England. of Whittier, Cal, are
Visiting at the w. !. Neagle home.
Mrs. Geneva Giese, of St. Joe, Mo-,
and Miss Ezma Young. of Eldora. are
visiting at the Robert Wetherwax
home.
Visit in Ohio. Mrs. Fiaker and son
George win arrive the latter part of
the week.
Little Miss Opal Harris, of Eddy
Vile, is visiting in the city at the
Mrs. Ida Shoemaker home on Eighth
avenue west.
Miss Cora Mettler, of Delta. was a
visitor in the city today at the w. l.
Beans home, enroute to Des Moines
for visit with relatives.
Miss Beryl Kinkead. OF Des Moines,
who has been visiting at the j. l.. Kin
kead home, went to Knoxville this
noon for a visit with relatives.
Mrs. Frank Giffen and Mrs. Jack
Lawler returned last evening from
Marshalltown where they have been
visiting Mrs. Citizens relatives.
John Van der Wal, who is coming
back to Oskaloosa from Davenport to
reside permanently, has rented one OF
the L. L. Hull properties ON A avenue
east.
Mrs. J.. w. Mcconnell. of Monte
vista, Nevada, visited in the city yes
terday, at the J. C. Alcorn home on
her way to Ottumwa for a visit with
relatives.
DR.. T. e. Coffin, of this city, has
gone to Boston where he will attend
the convention of the National Den
tai Society as delegate. DR.. Coffin
will be absent from the city two
weeks or more.
Owing to the illness of Holman
Lee, of the Green Candy Co., the SER
vices of an expert dispenser from
Des Moines, Roy McBain, have been
secured. Mr.. McBain arrived in the
city and took charge of the fountain
to-day.
Cornelius Yer Ploeg left last even
ing for Des Moines where he will at
tend the annual banquet of the High
at the Slavery this evening. He will
appear on the program in response to
toast. II,
Mrs. Ida Shoemaker has returned
home from Centerville and other
points, where she has been visiting for
several weeks. Mrs. Shoemaker is
a former member of the Centerville
schools and has many friends there
who were pleased to meet her.
Miss Edith Branson. of New Shar-
on. arrived in the city last evening
for an extended visit at the Samuel
Branson home just north of the city
Mr.. Branson has been quite ill for the
past few days. but his condition is
rapidly improving and he hopes to be
on his feet again soon.
+, Miss Maude Anderson went to
Sioux City yesterday for brief Wis
it with relatives. after which she will
go to Cedar Rapids, where she will
stay with friends for short time.
She was accompanied to Sioux, City
by her neice. Miss Miriam Harrison,
of that city, who has been visiting at
the DIR. Teeter home.
Ottumwa Courier: o. C. Scott, of
Berwyn, ILL.,. a suburb of Chicago,
who was here to attend the funeral
Of his father, returned to his home
last night on the Burlington. Mr..
Scott was for a number of years sup.
erintendent of schools at Oskaloosa
and is now engaged in school work in
the public schools of Chicago.
Glenn Taylor went to Des Moines
Tuesday morning to take the examin-
alton for divisional clerk in the rail
way mail service. The young man
was put to a severe test, written and
oral, and came home with the unus-
ual grade of ninety-nine and one
fourth as an average. He received
immediate appointment and was today
ordered to Dubuque to take a run on
the Illinois Central between Dubuque
and Iowa Falls.
Rev. Jay w. Somerville, formerly
pastor of Central M. L. church, and
now pastor of the M. e. church at
Bloomington, H., who is platform
manager of the Oskaloosa Chautauqua,
has been looking the field over for a
few days. He and Mrs. Somerville re-