The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-08-11
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
Items If Interest Gathered by Her
aid Correspondents.
MADISON.

~ MADISON.
Will Cruzen and family were at ].
B. Cruzen's Sunday. fA
Mr.. Reed was out from the city
Monday on business.
Chas. Bailey and family were at
Sam Cruzen's Sunday.
Arthur knight is proprietor during
Arthur Dilley's absence.
Mr.. Walrayen's niece, from Pella,
is spending the week here.
Mrs. Dan Howar was at the Fred
Else home day last week.
Miss Catharine Bieshaar was visit
ing her friend, Mrs. Frank Crispin,
last week.
Fred Else and family and Miss Car
roll were at Jim Cruzen's for dinner
on Sunday.
Harry Hicks threshed 1900 bush.
els of oats and $50 bushels OF wheat
last week. -...>4. .-:,' .....
Miss Neya Coffin and aunt, Mrs. De-
Bord, were visiting at Ollie Padgett's
last Thursday.
Homer Prime and wife, from Prime
neighborhood, attended church here
Sunday forenoon.
Walter Beal, wife and daughter
Hazel were at the parental T. J. Fer
rec home Sunday.
Rex Cruzen and friend, Mr.. Jack,
ley, from the city, were recent visit
ors at ]. B. Cruzen's.
G. B. Coffin, wife and sister, Mrs.
DeBord, were recently entertained at
dinner at Elmer knights.
Mr.. Dicks and wife, from North d
street, were at the J. B. Cruzen home
and spent the day recently.
Byron Cruzen went to Brandsville,
Mo-, taking In the sights. Jack Shoe
maker is located at that place.
Carl Beal and family were visiting
at the home of his sister, Mrs. Fred
Hiatt. near Searsboro recently.
The minister who occupied the pull
pit here Sunday a. M, was enter
tanned at dinner at Ed Harvey's.
Mrs. Fred Denberger and children,
from Leighton, spent last week at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Jack Else.
Padgetts and Moore sold another
bunch of hogs last week, % head to
Hawkins Bros, which averaged 2OS.
Mrs. Howard Bryan and daughters
from New Sharon, have been visiting
at the home of her brother, T. ].
Ferree.
Clifford Ferree, wife and daughter
Viola, from the Barr neighborhood,
were at the parental Perry Ferree
homo on Sunday.
Those having their thrashing done
report grain of an excellent quality
and oats average from 40 to so BUSH
els per acre and wheat "a and rs blu.
The Frank Whitehead family are
entertaining Franks mother, father,
aunt, sister and her husband and
two sons, from Irwin, Pennsylvania.
Fred Coffin, wife and daughter
Clara responded to an invitation to
dinner Sunday and accompanied Mr..
and Mrs. Hicks to their home after
church.
Fred and John Else have threshed
and their wheat averaged rs blu. per
acre and oats so. Iowa is hard to
beat taking everything into consid-
GRAFTON.
Mrs. Baxter returned to her home
Saturday after spending nearly
two weeks with her daughter Ida,
who accompanied her home, return
ing Monday.
Mrs. Pharaba DeBord and Ray Muir
row. who have been visiting relatives
for month, will return to their
homes at Della, Kansas, this (Tues-
day. evening.
Miss Susanna Carroll Is staying at
the home of her grandfather, John
Else. Mrs. Else has been quite poor
ly for several weeks but has regained
her usual health
Mrs. S. M. Dilley, of North Marke,
street, returned to her home Satur-
day after spending the week at the
homes OF her son Arthur and daugh.
aeT, Clara Cruzen.
G. B. Coffin, assisted by Elmer
knight, has put in cement walks,
built a hog house 10x3O IT,, and a
floor to feed hogs on 1890 IT,, both
having cement wall with paved floors.
Other improvements are to follow.
Fled Coffin. wife and daughter
Clara went through the city at ono
D. irp, recently and took in Ben Cru,
zen land wife and went to the Dave
Jamison home and had delightful
visit" returning in the cool OF the
evening.