The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-06-15

' entertained the New Vincent Chautal
7 qua Circle at picnic supper at Ault
!, Parak Monday evening. The out Z
5 town guests were Miss Showers, O
/. GAINESVILLE, Ohio, "a cousin of tn
. Misses White), and Miss Edith Frost
{ prominent teacher of Oskaloosa.
Saturday Globe: Miss Letha Peck
ham, of this city, a student of Penn
College and of the musical depart
ment, has delighted all during tn,
commencement week with her singin,
Miss Peckham has natural central
to voice of great sweetness and pow
err All who have had the privilege o.
hearing this talented young lady are
enthusiastic and predict a brilliant
future. But few voices have been
heard in Oskaloosa that equal it.
Elmer T. Killough, who has been 6
member of the Iowa Brigade band
playing euphonium. or baritone, and
also being a general utility man, able
| to handle alto, trombone, drums and
other instruments in case required
| in the band, and cello or double bass
in orchestra, has accepted an offer to
play during a season of fourteen
weeks at Clear Lake with the concert
band at that place and he departed
yesterday to take up the work of the
position. Mr.. Killough is solo bari.
tone player of recognized ability and
n 10 hot lie,
ted by the local band. His place will
be hard to fill Outside of his band
work Mr.. KillOugh was engaged as a
cigar maker and he was an officer in
the local union. He has hosts of
friends here who regret his departure
from the city, but who will wish him
well in his new field. Mrs. Killough
will join him later in the season.
Will Stump, of the firm of Wells,
Porter & Stump, received yesterday
check for fifteen dollars, annual
rental from a piece of farm LAM
which he owns in West Virginia and
upon which he lived prior to coming
to Oskaloosa. The piece contains
forty-two acres and that is the best
he can get out of the property at the
present time. The taxes on the land
cost him $4.2S annually, leaving him
a margin of $10.72 income of the
land. The same ground in an Iowa
farm would bring five dollars month
rent per acre or 5000. Mr.. Stump re.
tains his title to the property as it
is in the heart of an oil region which
will be developed some day. He has
been offered $500 for the piece but is
content to hold it for the present.
Will Stump came to OskaloOSa from
Ottumwa twenty years ago Saturday,
June 18th, 1891. He was without
penny with which to buy meal. In
other words he was broke, dead
broke" He looked over the town and
business, applied for a job, secured
with the Sanitary Plumb
ing company and he has been live
ever since. Will is now mar
ried, owns a home and is in business
for himself. "Oskaloosa is good
enough for me-" asserts VIII, "and it
is going to be better. Thing are COM
ing our way. No more West Virginia
cheap land for me, at least not with |
things as they are now"
(From Wednesdays Daily)
Mrs. Nellie Bancroft, of Keithsburg, |
is visiting friends and relatives for
a few days.
X. VerPloeg left last evening for
Des Moines where he attended to
business matters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Kiley, OF Den
yer, are in the city for a brief visit |
with Mrs. Essie Long.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. d. Luther, of Des |
Moines, are guests during the week at
the home of II. B. Fothergill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will George, of OF
friends in the city for a few days.
Herbert Hanna departs tonight via
the Iowa Central for San Francisco !
where he expects TO make his future
home.
Mrs. c. E. Foster, of Delta, who |
has been visiting at the VIM. ATTIC |
home, returned to her home this |
Mrs. l.. B. Coggeshall was a pass |
enger this morning for Muscatine
where she will enjoy a visit with
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Irwin left this
for Muscatine where they |
will be in attendance at the G. A. X. |
Mrs. Sam V. Wilcox, OF Greyson,
KY, and Miss clara Welch, of Lex.
ington, KY, are guests at the home |
Of Sam w. Lewis.
Mrs. D.'F. Taylor, OF Chicago, and
Mrs. r. F. Quick, of Underwood, ILL.,,
are visiting their sister, Mrs. ID. O. |
Quick, OF Oskaloosa.
Otto p. Dede was a passenger 80 |
morning for Washington where he
will visit with relatives ana attend |
to business matters.
Misses Marjorie and Lottie Wheel
er, OF Spring Valley, Illinois, are
guest Of their uncle, Fred Wheeler,
No. 30l North C street.
Mrs. J. r. Busby and daughter, Lois
OF Rose Hill, who we're in the city