The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-07

ing. improvements made at country
club.
August 5--Abijail T. Sopher, aged
resident. overcome by heat on street.
August 6-Willis without u Son
purchase interest in George Morrow
livery business.
August S-Carrie Nation, the no
torious reformer, passes hour In Os
kaloosa between trains. Edward
Crete arranges to open bakery ON
High Ave. West
Aug. 9-Barnes & Dede dissolve
partnership. o. p. Dede buying
Barnes interest In south side business
house
August 10--Hicks' Smoke House"
is closed by owners to give way to
new lease-holder The "Firefiy" train
No. 40 and so, restored to service by
Rock Island company between Oska-
loosa and Rock Island.
August 11-Opening of Fourth An.
nual Assembly Of Oskaioosa Chau.
tauqua at Holiness University taber-
nacle in an eleven day session.
August IL - Three-story addition
made to Abbott hospital and capacity
of institution is doubled. Two inches
of rain fell.
August 13-Death of Mrs. Martha
Jane Vreeland, wife of Michael Vree-
land.
August 14-oficers of Iowa Miners
announce defeat by referendum vote
in district of proposed plan for state
association to pension aged and de.
pendent mine workers. Superinten
dent Hayden, of Iowa Central Ry
takes hand in strike situation, taking
charge of shops at Marshalltown.
August 15-New record for local
rainfall established-4A inches of
water fell in two hours.
August 17--Walter G. Burrell buys
a Buick. Anderson Bros. Canning
company opens canning season.
August ISL. e. Corlett is elected
president of the association of the
clerks Of the district court of Iowa in
session at Waterloo.
August 19--Annual reunion and
session of Mahaska County Veterans
Association.
August 20--FourIh Annual conven
ton of Iowa Retail Tea and Coffee
Mems Association opened at Hotel
Lacey.
August 2lz-Fred Bum, aged miner
residing near Oskaloosa, fatally hurt
in fall Of slate in Boggs mine.
August 22-Iowa Manufacturing Co.
announces several new contracts of
government work. Home Telephone
Co. begins laying Of underground con
Quits for wires. Death of James, A.
Logue, pioneer coal operator of coun-
ty. s2s-,.y....
August ~24--D. e w. Tea Company
installs new furniture and fixtures at
new store.
August 25-S. r. Ewing home sus
tains damage in gasoline explosion.
Will Crozier paid 5000 an acre for so
acre farm TO Fred Butler. northwest
Of Oskaloosa Barnhart shoe shop. an
old land mark of High Ave East.
torn down to make way for new
building.
August 26-Home Telephone Co.
constructs new building, fire proof
construction at corner Market street
and A avenue, for new Offices.
August 27-Fire in Office of Home
Telephone company causes small panic
among hello girls" Annual meeting
of Mahaska County Old Settlers AS
ISOLATION, address by Rev. s. H. Ten
ant. ,., ..,
August 2S-Samuel Shafer Needhan
pioneer resident of Mahaska county
inferred in Forest cemetery. Lewis A
Van Sickle open remodeled, enlarged
and refurnished store.
August 29-Mahaska county repub.
licans meet in county convention to
name delegates to judicial conyen.
ton at Des Moines. Opening Of new
Gem Shoe Store in Evans block. Co.
F, 54th Reg. |. N. G. departs for Fort
Riley
August 31--Annual meeting of the
grand lodge Knights of Pythias, Do;
main of Iowa, convenes for weeks
session Opening of Yearly Meeting
of Iowa Friends.
September.
September 1-Convening OF Grand
| Temple Pythian Sisters held in con
junction with Grand Lodge meeting
X. OF P. Arrival Of chief Mahaska"
from Paris.
September reception for Py-
THAN Knights and Ladies' at resi-
dence Of d. L. Cole; brilliant social
affair. Ringing Bros. circus draws
enormous crowd.
September 3--Deatn OF l.. p. Stan
ton, pioneer resident of oskaloosa and
| former city official
September Hearing of application
of Iowa Central Railway Co. for re-
j straining order against strikers or,
dered by Federal court to be heard at
7 oskaioosa by Commissioner n. W.
i Gleason.
4 September 5--Iowa Central officials
begin investigation Of land available
for shop purposes. lying northwest
) of Oskaloosa
September 6-"Quaker Meeting Sun
D day'--big criwds entertained.
| September Labor Day celebra