The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-06-30

urday evening. for a brief visit. Tn
former lives at Modale, Iowa, AM
the latter in Des Moines,
Oren Schee arrived home this morn
! ing from business trip to Cleveland
Ohio, whittier he went to visit tn
factories and hurry along tn
\ delivery of automobiles handled b,
his oskaloosa Vehicle and Implemen
company.
Mrs. Ella Luzaber and mother, o.
Greenyiile, ILL.,, who have been in the
city guests at the w. E. Boyer home
No. sic Fourth avenue east, went tc
Knoxville Saturday afternoon to be
entertained at the F. NJ. Smith home
of that place.
Grant Byerley. OF Sioux City, was a
Sunday visitor in 0skaloosa. He has
been caring for business affairs in
Davenport and Washington. He
knows much of the business and the
workings OF the pearl button industry
of Iowa and says that the new fac
tory recently acquired by Oskaloosa
is one of the best things the city has
secured in years.
Mrs. Z. X. Taylor, Mrs. e. K.White,
Mrs. Manoah Hedge and Mrs. f. J..
Jarvis were passengers this morning
for Boone. Ia. where they will be in
attendance at the Iowa State Chris
tian convention. The ladies are local
delegates to the c. w. b. NJ. sessions
which will be held in connection with
The convention. The convention will
probably last four days. s
A letter written to the Herald office
by Alexander Martin, Familiarity known
to Oskaloosa people as Dick gives
the information that he is engaged in
farming on a small farm at Haxton,
Colorado. He says he has not heard
directly from any one in Oskaloosa
since going to the west. Dick says
he has in about seventy acres of corn
and a quantity of potatoes. He is en-
joying the best of health and is still
in the land of the living and will be
glad to hear from any of his former
friends in or about Oskaloosa.
Saturday Globe: Rev. Ellison Pur
dy has resigned as pastor of the
Friends church here, and early in
September goes to Wilmington, Ohio,
where he will have charge of the
Friends church. Wilmington is city
of 1900, and there is located Whining.
ton College, conducted by Friends.
Wilmington Yearly Meeting of
Friends is also held there. We Ger.
tainly regret very much to lose Rev.
Purdy and wife. They are splendid
people. Since they are to leave, how
ever, we are glad they are to go to
our old home county. The people OF
Wilmington will find Rev. Purdy an
excellent preacher and a fine gentle,
man in every way. Wilmington is
the home of Rev. Levi Mills, who ser
we'd as pastor here for year and
made host of friends.
(From Tuesdays Daily.) .....
Mrs. C. Winter and daughter Marie
went to Mason City this afternoon for
a few days visit at the Wilson home.
They will be joined by Mr.. Winter
there and will go to Okoboii for
outing.
Mrs. Anna Bowers, OF LeGrand. Ia,
visited over Sunday with her aunt.
Mrs. A. Cooper, OF College avenue,re-
turning via Searsboro. where she will
visit her son Glen. who is engaged in
the lumber business.
A. Cooper returned home Monday
from Grinnell where he went in an
swer to a phone message stating his
son Earl was seriously i'll with mus
cular rheumatism. Found him quite
helpless, but some improved when he
left Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Rillihan and baby
of Pierre. North Dakota, are in the
city visiting with relatives and.friends.
Dan was formerly with the Iowa Cen
trail Ry. in this city, but is now night
yardmaster of the Northwestern Ry.
yards at Pierre.
MIR. and Mrs. Charles Lofland. &C
aompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. ~'alter
Campbell. have returned home after
a pleasant visit in Des Moines. where
they we're the guests of DR.. and Mrs.
A. L. McCarty. They made the trip
in Mr.. Lofand's touring car.
Will Beadle left for Des Moines
this morning, where he and his friend.
Dwight Evans, OF, that place, win try
for the automiIe record from DeS
AOines to Chicago. now held by T
z. Wells OF Des Moines. They VIII
make the trip in a 50-horse,power
car.
Says the Waterloo Reporter Of q
young lady formerly a resident here:
Miss Helen Snowden, who is spending
the summer vacation at the home OF
her father. Rev. J. e. Snowden, at
Cedar Rapids. is assisting in the
Carnegie library for part OF each
day
Miss Garnet Saylor. who has been
excellent service In the
business Office OF the Frankel Dry
Goods Company, has resigned her po-,
sition to accept a place as secretary
to Don Mcclure in the Wholesale de-
partment OF his enlarged automobile