The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-20

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tied over night in the city with trends
on their way to their home in Hill
dreth, Neb.
| Mrs. Mollie Kelley, of Sioux Falls
S. d.. is visiting at the home of hei
uncle, John w. Doak, 404 South Thirt
street. They had not met for twenty
eight years.
w. p. Sandusky and party of eight
landseekers were passengers this
morning via the Rock Island fol
| Stanford, Texas. to look over the
Texas forms lands.
John l.. Davis and A. A. Heath, OF
Central Holiness University, are meet
| ing with great success in their taberna
Gle meetings at Packwood. The Sc
ries was to have closed Sunday, but
| on account of the Increasing interest
| manifested, 1t was decided to continue
them for few days. The closing SER
vice will be held Wednesday evening.
John Davis is doing the preaching
and Mr.. Heath the singing Sunday
was the big day. About 800 people
crowded into the tabernacle and much
interest was shown. A large number
of people have professed conversion
and many have been regenerated and
sanctified. The meetings have also
been success financially, as 5000
has been raised for the expenses OF
the series. The gentlemen win go to
Winterset Thursday for a ten days
campmeeting, after which Mr. Davis
will return to this city to be married
to Miss Lillian Hughes.
Will Beckman has returned from an
engagement with George w. Landers
Firty-third Regimental Band at the en-
campment of the Fifty-third regiment
at Charlton.
Misses Birdie Parry and Beulah
Holt returned Saturday evening from
a visit with friends in Davenport en-
route home from two weeks outing
at Rapid City.
Winnie Bean who has been engaged
as a linotype operator in Muscatine
during the past several months is in
the city visiting with relatives and
friends for few days.
c. E. Stooey, of the Rock Island,
with headquarters at Cedar Rapids,
visited in the city last week with his
uncle, U. q. Deck. He is putting in
new scales at Evans for the Rock Is
land lines.
W. |. Beans and son Hoyt were pas
sengers this morning for Lamoure,
North Dakota. to look after grain in
terests there. They returned last week
from Lake Okoboji where they took
few days outing. !
A note from Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Hirsch reports them enjoying their
outing very much. They leave Albert
Lea for Mankato today, and after al
brief visit there, go to Clear Lake to
try their luck at fishing.
Mrs. Bud Anderson, who has been
visiting at the parental Anderson and
Penick homes, returned this morning
to her home in Valley Junction. HerI
niece, Miss Beulahi Bassinger, accom-
panied her home for an indefinite
visit.
A. @. Hayes, of Hutchinson. Kansas,
who has been spending week with
his sister, Mrs 8. B. Jones. left this
morning for Des Moines accompanied
by Mrs. Jones and granddaughter, Miss
Ayleen Brown. They will spend the
week in Des Noines at the home OF
Mrs. Jones son, DIR. Geo. c. Brown.
Edwin Perry is home from Streepy,
where he was summoned to assist inl
the dedicatory services for the new
hall for miners at that place. Mr..
Perry states that the event was madel
noteworthy in many particulars. The
dedicatory program was appropriate
and entertaining. The entire camp
turned out for the occasion and many
were presen- from the surrounding
country.
MIS-. II. -. MIGHTY VI bco hoiiiSo,
came to the city Saturday evening for
the celebration of the birthday of herl
mother, Mrs. Mary Moreland, No. 4Ol
Fourth avenue east The event of thel
birthday anniversary of the mother is
made a notable occasion in the More,
land household. The lady will bel
eighty-two years of age tomorrow,
Tuesday, and there will be an appro-
pirate celebration of the event.
Will Davis, of Marshalltown, son of
r. w. Davis, of this city, has received
call to higher work and the young
man has departed for Panama to ac-
cept a position on the canal. Mr.. Davis
has been connected in the mechanical
department of the Iowa Central during
number of years and has been doing
excellent work This is the second
call he has had to enter government
service and the conditions this time
were of a nature that could not be re-
sisted. Will was in the city number
of days visiting with his father and
old friends.
Captain J. c. Milliman, of Logar
Harrison county, was in the city Sat
,,,day tho uyuact IF w n Jacpv 'rha