The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-01-06

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Dec. Is. Dr. Ward King inyento
OF king Road Drag talks to institnt,
people on the subject of good roads
Death of Roy Harshburger. Heral,
installs new telephone service for tn,
gathering Of Iowa news.
Dec. II. Holiday rhetorical pro
grams. Last day of fall term. Doctol
David Edwards is elected Presiden
Of Penn College vice President A
Rosenberger, resigned. OLD fashioned
spelling match at Mariners Institute
evening entertainment.
Dec. IS. Severe damage to Koss
bakery by fire. Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Baldauf sail for Europe. Closing OF
most successful Farmers Institute in
history of association. Merchants OF
High avenue west put up attractive
holiday street decoration.
Dec. 10. Opening of Friends Mission
Revival. Cold weather continues
Death Of Daniel Kenner prominent
Eagle and Red Man.
Dec. 20. First day of operation OF
new service of Iowa Evening Press
Association over specially installed
service. w. w. Montgomery sells
business to John H. Crowder and Son
of New Sharon. DR.. David Roberts
addresses Oskaloosa Stockmen upon
subject of tuberculosis in animals.
Dec. 81. Body of Daniel Kenner
taken to old home in Rushville. In
diana. Wesley Chapel gives annual
possum supper Oskaloosa merchants
enjoying big holiday trade. Ice har-
vest of 1909 is started with 10 to II
inch ice.
Dec. 22. Christmas crowds and
holiday shoppers throng streets. Ideal
weather, cold and crisp. Rush at
post Office. A bunch of good fellows
plan to care for the empty stockings
Of Oskaloosa little ones. Fire alarm
for Iowa Central.
Dec. %. Holiday trade continues
with undated fury. Crowds come to
the city from great distances. Smith
Jewelry house gives Oskaloosa big
Christmas present in form of set of
chimes for telling the time Of day.
Dec. "a. Christmas eve. Hardest
snow storm in years. Snow fell all
day. Eight to ten inches in total.
Makes Christmas shopping carnival
occasion. Storm interferes with
Christmas entertainments. Everybody
gives something to somebody this
year.
Dec. 25-Saturday. Christmas day.
The Herald has a full holiday All
Oskaloosa is snowbound with eighteen
inches of snow on the level. Trains
delayed and Oskaloosa spends day in
doors. Church and Sunday school
almost failure, with
half and third of programs planned
Ray Duboc sewers connection with
editorial staff OF Herald.
Dec. 26-Quiet Sunday. Oskaloosa
still snowbound. No papers. Great
crush of people at the post office toI
get Christmas presents. Christmas
,antata at NJ. E. church-splendid mu-
steal event. Marks termination OF
Claire D. Gordon's dictatorship OF
Methodist choire.
( Dec. 27-Death of John ]. Price,
prominent Mahaska county business
nan and resident, of blood poison.
D. ]. Phillips sells restaurant to Mrs.
". w. Van Wrinkle. Pythians install
arge class of candidates.
Dec. 2S-Golden Eagle Clothing
house begins remodeling store. Hog
market reaches highest point known
n 81 years. Death of Cheney c.
prouty. former pioneer merchant OF
oskaloosa, at home in Des Moines.
Dec. 29-Palace Theatre purchased
md closed by Chris Malone. Coolest
hight of year, Is degrees below zero.
Don Mcclure takes on wholesale
stock of auto supplies. Enlarges gar
lge. Ice harvest in progress.
December 30-City council in assess
ng UP pavement laid in 1909 strikes
snag in Anna Phelps protest. l2th
annual banquet Mahaska County Bar
Association at Hotel Lacey. Address
,y Hon. John F. Lacey. James De-
Board sells Hamm and Dick retail IL
luor places to give entire time to
manufacture OF ice. New Years party
If Oskaloosa Eagles was fraternal
success of year.
December 31-Annual New Years
Eve ball OF Company F, oath Regt.. |.
Y. G., was a social success. First
melting weather of December since
5alling of first SHOWS. w NJ. Holmes
buys Mcdonald & Perry grocery.
Quail of county reported perishing
Tor want of food.