The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-14
OLNET AND VICINITY
TwENTY.slx PUPILS ENRoLLEE
AT GREELEY SCHOOL EVERY.
THING SOLD WELL AT THE
GRANDPA PUBLIC SALE.

NlllNeI, Icts ShAagb -
cy. moved his family here this weei
and win work in the mine. w. c
Brandy, of Bussey, win make hi:
home with him this winter.
J. M. Johnson, of Des Moines, wa!
in town on business Thursday,
r. T. Rhys, mine inspector for thi:
district, made an official visit OF
Thursday. Mr.. Rhys informs us thai
the mining business is duh over the
district except the mines on the
Northwestern railroad, which are run
ming good.
Miss Lulin, the teacher OF the
Greeley school, was in town on FIJI
day, on her way home to Oskaloosa
She reports an enrolment of twenty
six pupils.
Mesdames C. Coryell, George Nc
Combs, V. McCombs and Clyde Rob
ertson were passengers for Oskaloosa
on Saturday.
Mrs. Faulkner started the winter
term of school at Burr Oak on No
vember 9th, with an enrolment OF
fifty years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tener, o. Knoxville,
were in town Saturday on their re-
turn home from the sale of their
son.in-law, ]. L. GRANDPA, which was
held on Friday. Everything sold well.
The highest price paid for a work
horse was $11S.00, and the lowest
-. g., q ,,-orly borca uaS 500 Cows
sold for $40. Corn brought AZ cents
per bushel. This sale was well ad'
vertised and the result was a large
crowd with a pocket full of money
and good credit. Mr.. GRANDPA informs
us that he was we'll pleased with the
result of this sale all round.
In a conversation with farmers at
the station they report corn yielding
from thirty-five to sixty bushels per
acre. One of them informs us that
he had IA acres that yielded 60 bush
els per acre of first class corn.
Messrs. Tandy, Robertson, Barnes,
Toy, r. d. Robertson and son. also
Mr.. Barnes son, were passengers for
oskaloosa on Monday. The younger
people were heading for Penn Col
lege, while Denny was just going to
see the folks, for he hadn't been to
town for two months, owing to his
corn crop taking his attention.
]. W. Jones, coal man from Green
county, was in town a short time on
Tuesday on business with the writer,
George Lundy, of Harvey, moved
his family here on Tuesday. He will
work on the section this winter for J.
]. Toy.
Homer Reding, of Harvey, was in
town on business on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Silyers, south OF
town, we're passengers for Oskaloosa
On Monday.
ID. Reding and son OF Harvey,
loaded a car of corn here this week.
They paid "a cents per bushel for the
corn.
Mrs. Richard Clark and Iva Shat
fer were passengers for Oskaloosa on
Wednesday.
The Herald man feels highly hon
ored this week. He received for him.
self and wife an invitation to the sill
yer wedding of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Entler at their home in Des Moines
on December 4, and on Tuesday re-
ceiYed an official invitation TO attend
the opening of the Rock Island sta
ton at Ottumwa, on December 9TH.
Business in both instances prevented,
SO We were unable to attend either
much to our regret.
Walter Clark. the young man who
has been sick for some time with ~
phoid fever is reported better. Miss
Eliza Studham, a trained nurse from
Oskaloosa, is waiting upon him.
We hear nothing but kind words fol
Miss Studham, in her kindness and
devotion to her patient, as she looks
to his every want at all hours, botf
day and night, never firing in her Ell
forts to do good for those under hel
care The writer had experience witt
these nurses in and around the hos
pitfalls at Richmond, Virginia, at th'
time of the Civil war, and he Away
looked to them as angels on earth
and Miss Studham is no exception Il
the rule. That she may succeed II
restoring Mr.. Clark to his usua
health is the sincere wish of all.
Denny Robertson and Squire Hearn
took in the Grange "roin's" in Osks
loosa on Monday and came back a.
smiles on Tuesday. They rreport, tn
time of their lives. At supper Their
were four hundred served, and enoug
left to feed the rest of Scott tow
ship. We are not advised as to ho'
Denny and brother hearney acte'
at the table, but will guarantee the
played full hand. Mr.. Robertso
was accompanied by his daughte
Lucretia.
Now that the Mcnamara brother
are retired from circulation, the que
ton might be asked, What have "
learned in this confession"' If v
have learned to use better judgmel
in the selection of leaders for orga
lied labor, we have learned a grei
deal for the betterment of mankin
If not. we have simply retired tW
self confessed criminals from usir
their influence among organize
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