The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-27
NElCHBORHOOD NEWS
Items of Interest Gathered by Her
aid Correspondents.
oLlvET.

]. A. Vincent, of st. Louis, was in
I town on business Tuesday.
Mrs. AL Pearson spent Wednesday
Il in oskaloosa with friends and rela-
tives
Mrs. W. b. Rogers returned home
Saturday from an extended visit in
Missouri & ~.
Ri j. S. Oldham was business caller
in Pella on Monday. he went to see
Herman Reitveld!2 ~
Single comb Buff Orpington eggs,
so cents per setting during rest OF
season.. j. Top. f
Mrs Ted Coryell, of Oskaloosa,
visited this week with her parents
Mr., and Mrs. John Dolan.
Mrs. R. williams spent Tuesday in
Oskaloosa with niece, who was leav-
ing for her home in Muncie, Ind.
Our base ball team went to Tracy
Saturday for a game and won in a
walk-away, which made the boys feel
mighty fine.
Il The mine here was operated one
y and a half days last week and many
IL of tie men spent the'rest of the time
u at the river fishing. &i 90 he
BIZ w, "A. Jenkins, of Des Moines, while
Il here Saturday said that in his travels
n he finds the coal trade very duh and
4 ssmany tmen out of work. E,y ,s.s5-y4
VIM. Little, while hunting Saturday
caught a female 'possum with nine
little ones. They were quite a cur
iosity and attracted much attention.
s. Mrs. r. Williams received a card
q from Mrs. w. B. Rogers this week,
stating that she was having a pleas
ant time with friends in st. Louis.
The Olivet and Burr Oak base ball
teams played in the park here Sun
day with result of % to 7 in favor
of Olivet. Batteries-Ohvet. Melon
aid and Moore; Burr Oak, Millage
and McComb.
Amos Wilson, of Liscomb, was in
town Saturday and says he finds most
of the corn planted, but during his
thirty years of residence in Iowa he
has no recollection of so late a sea
son for planting.
Edward Barttarma was in town Sat
urday limping painfully around. His
foot got mixed up with some machin-
cry last week and was badly bruised,
but as he had his corn planted his
work will not now be so heavy for
him. , as"E ,... t-.
we acknowledge the receipt of the
report OF the National convention OF
the u. NJ w. of A. through the cour-
tesy of Edwin Perry. The report fills
two books of 1,400 pages each and we
extend our thanks through the Her.
aid.
In talking with w. H. Wilkinson
of Chicago, who is commercial
traveller, he told me that he finds
that Deliver and Cummins are much
talked of and are looked upon as
leaders in Washington and all over
the country. Their position in re-
gard to the tariff is a conmendable
one. We have predicted since 1884
that A. B. Cummins was to be one OF
the leading men of the country.
w. B. Rogers received the sad news
Wednesday of the death of his grand
son at Moberly, Mo-. Mrs. Fritz Oi
son will be remembered as Minnie
Rogers, formerly of this place, and
that to her and her husband were
born twin boys less than a year ago
one of them dying few days after
birth, and now the other has been
taken. Many friends here will extend
sympathy to the bereaved father anc
mother in the loss of their only child
We note with interest the Kendall
liquor bill now before congress. II
has always been debatable to know
why the government would issue &
license to violate the law, for wher
o. search warrant is issued for the
7 so-called blind tiger and the good!
are confiscated, they are incrmnatine
evidence in themselves in the tria
against the owner, even If he has
government license. Kendall ough
to know the ms anu outs of this phase
of the liquor subject, for If there is
county that has fought the liquor
traffic more than Monroe, we woulc
like to know its name.
R. Williams and wife spent Sunday
evening at the Edward Barttams
home west of town. 1t is mode
farm and one of the best improved
in Scott township, with a house tt
keep everything in and everything
IN its place. Last year he put NJ
seven hundred dollar barn and al
ways has a well-stocked farm. He
has thirtv-fve acres of corn in this
season. Our attention was attracted
to his letter box, which is the handiest
we have yet seen. He has the axe
of buggy put into the ground and
the hub of n wheel with four spokes
in 1t attached TO he upper end, The
box is fastened to two of the spokes
and the carrier can turn 1t to any
convenient angie.
r. W.
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