The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-05-25

pany OF OttumWa.
Miss Matte Stacey and Eugenia
Stanley, who have been visiting their
cousin, Miss Lena Perkins, since last
week. returned to their home in Prai
rie City yesterday afternoon.
Two Oskaloosa teachers have been
elected to good positions in the Ere
mont schools for the coming year.
Miss Abbie Clayton will be assistant
principal and Miss Minnie Vannest
will teach the fifth and sixth grades.
Both have had experience in their
chosen line and will be valuable addi-
tons to the Fremont corps.
/ Mrs. Charles B. McCulloch is home
from Sioux City where, as delegate
| from the Oskaloosa WOman's Club,
she was in attendance at the Biennial
| Convention of the Iowa Federation of
Women's Clubs. Mrs. McCulloch will
make detailed report of the conven-
ton and its doings to the next meet
ing of the club at it's rooms next week.
| She says the convention was most
enjoyable affair and the women of
the state are accomplishing a wonder
full work in one and another field of
effort and usefulness.
Newton Record: Mrs Alice Swane-
gan, of Des Moines, visited in Newton
over last Sunday with her son, Cal
Bridges, and her sister, Mrs. Charlie
Greenleaf. She left Monday morning
for OskalOosa to see her aged par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Rumbaugh.
Her father, past SO years of age, has
had several paralytic strokes, and re-
Gently suffered from grip, which has
left him in very feeble condition.
He was a soldier in Capt. Roach's
Company G, 23d Iowa, and the old vet.
eran says the oil in the lamp is
burning low" Mrs. Rumbaugh is al
most so. They were residents of Jas.
per county for many years.
OF a former Oskaloosa girl the Des
day says: Miss Joy Wells entertain
ed the Keyapaha club last Monday
evening and the Delta Alphas of the
First Baptist church Tuesday even
ing, making these parties the Occa-
sion to announce her engagement to
Mr.. Paul J. Gramnes, of Virginia,
Mimi, to her friends. Miss Wells is
the daughter of the Rev and Mrs. JO-
Seph Wells, of 1903 Twelfth street.
The Rev. Mr.. Wells is the pastor of
the First Baptist church of Des
MOines. The wedding, which will
take place June 8, will be prominent
among the weddings of the summer
season.
J. Fred Cubberley writes from Cen
terville to send the Daily Herald to
his address there. Fred has pur
chased motion picture show there
and thinks SO much of it and the
prospects that he and his wife will
locate in Centerville and conduct the
same. Fred formerly owned the
Lyric here and made big success of
it and employing the same business
and advertising methods in Center
vile should make for him a big win
ming. Fred is an old printer and
Newspaper boy and knows the value
Of persistent advertising and backing
the same with the goods. Centeryille
people may rest assured that it will
be at Cubberley's where the latest in
the show line will be to be seen first.
Con Lynch, of Seattle, Washington,
ic in tho rity I-iritinU with bic brOt
Jerry Lynch, No. 912 First avenue
west These two brothers are the
sole survivors of a family of nine
children, the children OF Con Lynch,
Sr., one of the best known men Oh
the Iowa Central in the maintenance
OF way department in the old days
Young Con was a trainman on the
iowa Central back in the days when
Andy Dir and Ed Kemmerer were
agents for the local station. He and
Matt Hays went to the ST. Paul q Du
luth as conductors when A. B. Plough
and Ed Brown were at the head of
administration. From there Con went
west and made good in service unit.
he lost a leg in wreck. 1t has been
years since Con has been back to the
old home town and he is having
good time picking up the threads of
local history that have been spun
since he knew of the people person
ally. He is surprised and somewhat
confused at the changes that have
occurred. Con will be in town few
days renewing acquaintance and
hunting up the old timers"
John E. Davis, formerly city engin-
eer, and secretary of the Building and
Loan Association, and later in the
farm and stock business in West Des
MOines township, and who a short
| time since removed to Sutton, Ne
braska, and became interested in the
banking business with A. f. StOcker
has been elected president of the
Omaha and Denver Good Roads AS
ISOLATION, according to dispatches
from Holdridge, Nebraska, where the
big road convention was held May II.
Fifty-three delegates representing
thirty towns were present and more
than a hundred representatives of
towns along the route were in attend.
ance. The next convention will be
held in Hastings. The Omaha-Denver
road connects at the state line be.
tween Colorado and Nebraska with a
highway that is now being construct