The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-09-16

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return here In short time for an ex
tended visit with relatives.
Mrs. Sarah Slemmons has returned
from two months visit with her sis
ters and other relatives in Denver
and is again at home in her apart
ments at the Bomar home on North
Third street.
Miss Nellie Fortune is home from a
three months vacation very enjoy
ably spent in visiting relatives in
Cleveland, Ohio and other eastern
cities. and the gloom OF the Contra
bookstore has been dispelled.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Clark and baby
Margaret and Miss Vera Yeoman, OF
Seneca, H., are visiting at the J. c.
Scoles home on North First street.
They came through in their auto and
report very heavy roads in Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Edwards who
have been at Duluth, Minnesota, on a
pleasure and sightseeing trip while
Dan made effort to gain relief from
hay fever, returned to their home Sat
urday morning and report most en-
joyable time.
Keosauqua Republican: w. w.
Stlreckengast, who moved from Keo-
sauqua to Oskaloosa six years ago,
visited in town with relatives and
friends from Saturday until Tuesday.
Mi. ShreckeEgast has good posi-
ton now as railroad carpenter for the
Iowa Central railroad.
Leonard Fisher, son of Joe Fisher.
of Bolton, who had the misfortune to
lose foot, being run over by car in
the Iowa Central yards lest week, is
doing as well as can be expected. He
suffers to some extent but shows a
wonderful amount of grit and nerve
under the circumstances.
Howard F. Kirk, manager of the
Jordy end 10 cent store on High ave-
nue. west, left Sunday evening for New
York, where ne will spend two or three
weeks in the eastern markets in the
interests of the store. During his alb
sence the store will be in charge of
C. S. Macy, of Marshalltown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hurst, of FIRE.
mont, Nebr., are guests at the Adlon
home for few days. Mrs. h. A. La
Rue who came from Waterloo to see
them returned Saturday afternoon.
Will Hurst has notified the father that
he and wife will be down from Duluth
this week for brief visit at the Ad-
lon home.
Grand Chancellor DR.. Mccoy, OF
Corydon, Ia, and Grand X. of r. and
5. John H. Merckens, of Fairfield, are
In the city today and will attend the
of Oskaloosa lodge No. So,
of Pythias tonight. These
gentlemen were elected at the recent
session of the Grand Lodge X. of P.
which met at Sioux City.
Word was received last week of the
decease of the aged mother of the
Rev. J. w. Somerville,. of Blooming
ton, Illinois. While Rev. Someryille
was located in Oskaloosa, many friends
will remember her visiting here. Her
funeral was held at her late home in
North Creek, New York, and she was
in the family lot. She is
by four sons and two daugh-
ters, all of whom were present at the
funeral.
What Cheer Patriot: Oliver Seaton
went to Oskaloosa Wednesday to be
in attendance at the Thirty-third Iowa
which was held there on the
Sth, 9th and 10th. Mr.. Seaton is 60
ing to invite them to What Cheer
next year. There is no better town
than this and no better place for their
The Patriot feels sure that
every citizen would welcome the old
soldiers and the reunion and do their
part to make the occasion one of the
best they ever held.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. K. Lofiand and son
Ewing and Mr. c. &. Sheppard return.
ed Saturday from five hundred mile
trip over the roads of Iowa and
Illinois. They left Saturday preced-
ing Labor Day and have experienced
fine weather with the exception of one
day. They were in the land of good
roads at that time and the rain made
no difference. They went to Wash
irgton, Columbus Junction, Davenport
and thence up the river to Clinton,
over into Illinois, and back through
Iowa returning by the way OF Cedar
Rapids and Belle Paine. MIR. LOT
land reports a most enjoyable trip and
he has learned enough about good
roads to make a sermon. The worst
piece of road he encountered on the
trip, he says, was in Mahaska county.
Excellent roads were found In north
eastern Iowa. some are macadam,
about twelve feet wide and elevated
Then splendid road is made out OF
the natural earth packed and rolled
down with a heavy road roller. This
is graded up above the sides
DR. cutters to give proper drainage,
and is a great Improvement over the
ordinary dirt road.
A notable family reunion was held
at the old Samuel Knowlton farm,
three miles east of New Sharon, near
Union Mills, Sunday. The hosts of the
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