The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07
DATES AND D0|AGS
or THE PAST YEAR
RESUME or IMPORTANT LOCAL
EVENTS DURING 1908.
DOES MEMORY CORRESPONDS
Many Things Seem Longer Ago, While
others Impress One as of More
Recent Occurrence - An
Eventful Year.

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The following resume of local events
Of the year just closed win no doub
be OF interest to our Readers. The
year has been an eYentful one in Os
kaloosa and Mahaska county. ant
more things have transpired than one
could believe until he makes study
OF them. Here is list, which is nc
doubt incomplete, but will serve as 9
Kaleidoscope of the passing months:
January
January IAN informal meeting Of
business men was held in commercial
club rooms to urge the restoration Of
four train on Rock Island. Their eff
forts proved effectual.
january Annual meeting of Con
gregational church. R. L. Turner
elected to the deaconship and A. A
Paine superintendent of Sunday school
January William Lewis, shot firer
hurt in mines at Beacon. DR.. J. e
Morgan selected to care for contag
ious diseases in county. .....s..
January 4--Morrows (now Will
hoit's) livery barn that burned to the
ground on Nov. 1, was restored and
formally opened to the public.
January 5--Fhil Kearney Post No
40, G. A. r., held memorial services
for deceased comrades. s. p. Ank.
eney. George Stewart, Henry Cooper,
j. d. Johnson and j. H. Willis.
January GA few cases of CHAMBERS
had developed among horses in the
county. oliyerson & Dowell granted
permit to operate saloon.
January Announcement made OF
extension OF rural mail service to Gov
Or entire county. Revival in progress
al Baptist church, conducted by
Evangelist Taylor and wife.
January S-Amby Crambruzzi sc
riously hurt in Cricket mines. w. r..
Gilmore elected president at annual
meeting of Pentacostal Mission. An
nual meeting of Y. NJ. c. A. and W. f.
Kemble elected president.
January 9--Chas. Vert sustained
broken leg while lending assistance
in raising telephone pole. Rumors
were current that Iowa Central would
abandon one or more passenger
trains. ~ N4k&EMw
January 1O.-Annual report of Os
kaloosa Public Library. showed that
$40 new books had been added and
81 .2G2 loaned out during year.
January 11-Reports showed that
over 700 students were enrolled for
the winter term in Oskaloosa's three
colleges.
january l2-The baccalaureate
sermon to the mid-winter class OF
o. II. S. was delivered by Rev. 4. V.
Dugan at the U. P. church. DR.. Hoft-
man. pioneer physician of Oskaloo
sa, passed away in death.
January 13-Alex Baker, pioneer
carpenter. OF Oskaloosa, died. VIII
Jacobs hurt by stray shot while Out
hunting.
January 14--Mahaska County Farm
ers' Institute opened at the court
house. New Burlington round house
completed and engines placed therein.
j. A. Thomas, manager for Iowa Tele,
phone Company fell dead of heart
disease at Office.
January 15-Symon Walling and
Miss Georgia Wilcox, married. New
brick plant proposition endorsed by
Commercial Club. Mid-winter class
-of ~ members o. H. s. graduated in
Grand opera house.
January ICE. T. Hanna elected
president of Farmers Institute for en-
suing year.
January 17-Prof. John Leedy elect
ed president of Mahaska County FRO
hibitionist club. Farmers Institute
closed.
January 1S-John Wilson elected
president Of oskaloosa Trades Assem-
bly,
January 19--Reviyal services open
ed at Central NJ. E. church by Rev
Eugene Allen John Ownes. Of Bea
con. re-appointed State Mine Inspect
or. Rev. John Gilmore, pionee
Presbyterian, died.
January 20-H. E. Talbot, OF De
Moines, came to arrange for cam
paign for pure milk and Baptist re
viyal conducted by Rev. Taylor closed
January Restoration OF dis
charged men 10 old places prevents
mining strike at Buxton. The ladies
minstrels for Elk benefit given a
Grand opera house.
January 22-The Narrow Guage
saloon closed on Injunction secure
Nv Iowa Central railway. Robins wer
observed in town.
January 20 Daniel Rhodes SUI
cnmbed to excitement during fire
Lakonta. New bridge over Sknn
river, near Blyth accepted by boar
Of supervisors. John Q. Dickey, droI
ped dead
January "a The insurance on u
Morrow livery loss by fire was a.
Iusted. Horse sales at Wafthall
barns we're abandoned.
January rs The explosion in Il
big Gre al Hooking was felt in Os
ioosa. Committees were at work ia
ing subscriptions for bonds for ne
brick plant
January &C. BENJAMIN Slemmons,