The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-07-15
THE EDDYVILLE NEWS
Daily Happenings In a Live Town
Told by John R. Sipes.

Eddyville, Jnly 14.-The funeral SER
vices of Mrs. M. J. Gardner, who died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M.
r. Keeran, at eleven a. m, Friday,
July 8, 1909, were conducted at the
Keeran home by Elder w. c. Ross OF
the Christian church, at seven O'Clock
Monday evening, and the remains We're
shipped on the south bound Iowa Cen
trail passenger train the same evening
to Ness City, Kansas, where interment
will be made by the side of her hus-
band, about Thursday. The remains
were accompanied by two grand
daughters, Miss Ida Hays, of Califor-
mia, who is visiting here and Miss Jen-
ME Keeran.. . Margaret Jane Miller,
Ter, was born at Flemingsburg, Elem
ing County, Kentucky. She removed
with her parents to Rushyille, Indiana
when she was but two years old. At
| the age of fifteen she Joined the
Christian church and was a life long
(September II, 1S43), she was married
to Alexander Gardner, in Indiana, and
they came from that state to Lovilia,
Iowa, about 1S47, residing there till
1874, when they moved to Ness City,
Ness County, Kansas, and had lived
there since, Mr.. Gardner dying there
fourteen years ago. Last October
| Mrs. Keeran went to Kansas and
brought her mother home with her,
and Sc had been ere since. About
six weeks before her deaf Mrs. Gard
| ner had a stroke of paralysis, which
was succeeded by two others, the last
occurring the Tuesday before her
| death. Mrs. Gardner was one of a
| family of eleven children, of whom
two sisters, Miss America c. Miller,
who came here from Shelby county
some time ago and will remain here,
and Mrs. Kate Arnold, of Long Beach,
California, survive her. She was the
| mother of eight children, as follows:
| Martha, who died in indiana IN infan-
| cy; Neatly, wife of M. T. Keeran, OF
Eddyville; Mrs. Margaret Clemmons
who died at the age of nineteen and
is buried at Bethel cemetery, west OF
| town; George, of Joplin, Mo-, John,
| of Kansas City Kansas; Nora wife
of w. L. Hays, of Eddyville; Nettie,
who died some years ago and is also
Antonio, Texas. She leaves also
eighteen grandchildren and seventeen
| great-grandchildre At the time of
her death she was o3 years, 10 months
and % days of age. On account OF
the floods between here and Kansas
it was feared at first that the remains
would have to be inferred at Bethel.
Will Criswell attended the big Nor
rell picnic which was held Tuesday
at Oskaloosa, two special trains pass
ing through here on the Rock Island
that day, bearing the employees of the
| big packing house from Ottumwa to
| Oskaloosa. ,
A son of J.. II. Dial is ill this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank johnson, OF
South Second street, departed Tues
| uuy " SpChu ubouI iii SS
weeks attending the Alaska YuKon-Pa.
cific Exposition at Seattle and visit.
ing two brothers of Mrs. Jonnson.
| Mr.. and Mrs. H. e. Dixie entertained
at cards Monday evening. Those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Epperson, Mr.. and Mrs. d. p. Guy and
their visitors, Major and Mrs. Jones,
from the Philippines.
| Misses Maggie, nate and Nellie
Fenton, formerly of this place, but for
several years past of Ames, came
down Tuesday afternoon to spend a
few days visiting their re'atives, Mrs,
B. Sullivan and family, and with
friends. .
Mrs. ]. f. Bland went to Ottumwa
Tuesday afternoon to spend a few
days visiting her daughters and other
relatives.
Chas. Odem and o. J. Lind each
took party of people to Ottumwa in
their launches Tuesday to attend the
boat races.
Master Virgil Linderman returned
this week from two weeks visit
with his grandmother, Mrs. l.. Spencer
in Des Moines.