The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-01-26
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STORE THAT HAS BEEN coNDUc.
TED BY CORPORATION SOLD TO
PRIVATE PARTIES - UNIVERSE.
TY RECEIVES $1,000 REQUEST.

The University Park store, of
which Andrew Swanson was man
ager, has been sold to private parties.
The new proprietors are Messrs. Pull
ley and Boyce. The latter has been
clerking in the store. Mr.. Pulley
was formerly in the lumber business.
Possession will be given the 14th of
February-or, IL you prefer, on st.
Valentines day. Formerly the post
Office was located in the store. The
arrangement was not fully sa.isfac-
tory, and A. L. Litsey, the postmas-
ter, moved the Office to nearby
building of his own, erected for the
purpose. pee.
Will Lawson, younger brother of
Prof. Paul l.. Lawson, who has been
in California for his health, has re-
turned. About year ago he was op-.
Grated upon for appendicitis, and in
the meantime has not regained the
robustness that had been hoped
would be his portion. However, he
is improved physically, and many ac-
quaintances hereabouts are glad to-
welcome him back.
Miss Wallace, of the faculty, re-
turned Friday, having attended the
funeral of her mother. She is again
absent, however, this time for proba'
bly, two weeks. She is at Humeston,
the old family home, assisting in
Strengthening up business matters,
incident to the taking off of her moth
err.
An interesting incident of the re-
vival meetings at Apple River, which
were attended for few days by Mrs.
Gilmore and Miss Terrell, was the re-
storing to health of Prof. j. X.
Whites father. The latter had been
i'll and suffering under a mental
cloud for about eight years.
The regular faculty meeting on
Tuesday evening was presented with
a petition from the senior class ask
ing that The class be excused from
orations on commencement day, and
that a speaker of note be secured for
that date. The matter was taken
under adVisement.
Coming events cast their shadows
before. About twenty-five feet of new
shelving has been installed in the H.
brary, and new tables arranged for
There is a prospect of
the library being favored with an in
voice of new books.
M. NJ. Snyder, one of the infiuen-
tial trustees of The University, has
been seriously i'll at one of the hos |
pitfalls in Des Moines. 1t was the re-
port on Wednesday that he was i'm.
proving, to the great pleasure of his
numerous friends here.
Arrangements have been made for
Rev. E. A. Ferguson 20 hold eyange- |
listic meetings at the University the
latter part of March. Mr.. Ferguson's
home is in Mt. Vernon, ILL.,, but he is
this week holding meetings at New
ION, Kansas.
Two ladies, the Jared sisters,
whose home is in Kansas, some time
since donated piece of land to the |
The land was located in
1 eAdS county, mo. IL was ooiu ~
Gently; consideration $1,000.
Councilman c. L. Hodnett, who
was called 20 South Dakota on ac-
count of the illness of his sister, re-
turned home Saturday. His sister
will likely later come to reside here. I;
Mrs. Reyle, of the vocal music de-
partment, has organized glee club
of male voices. The chorus is just
now getting rightly down to work.
The next final examinations will
occur on March II or 1S-not to men
ton the numerous "quizes' that will
likely intervene.
Prof. w. c. Dennis went to Des
Moines Wednesday to assist his faith
err in returning home.