The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-11-30

Z Montezuma Republican,; Mrs. Mar,
Plat, Lizzie Harter and Jean Plat
: left Saturday evening for Oskaloosa
for visit with relatives.
w. w. Williams and C. L. Barn
house departed this morning via tn
Iowa Central for a several days
, business sojourn in northern cities.
| George Christie, agent of the low,
/ Central at Elrick Junction, was il
the city few hours yesterday shak
ing hands with friends and attending
to some business affairs.
4 Davenport Times: Miss Gladly.
Griggs, $50 East Sixth street, ant
Mrs. Nellie SNYDER and daughter
Mabel, 16141a Harrison street, lef
for Des Moines for visit with rela
tives. Later they will visit in Oska
loosa, returning home after the New
Year.
Fremont Gazette: Mrs. Agnes Ger
hart, of Ashland, Oregon, returned
to her home Tuesday, starting from
Oskaloosa, after an extended visit
here with relatives and friends. Her
| mother, Mrs. Jane McClain, went
home with her and viii. remain dur.
! ing the winter.
Newton Journal: There's no better
report from ]. B. Lawson's sick room
han there was given yesterday.
Miss Lillian Lawson, a niece and a
trained nurse, is here with him now.
She was attending case in Des
Moines, but left that case with an
other and came to Newton as soon as
she heard of her uncle's critical con-
dition. Miss Lawson is the nurse
who accompanied Mr.. Lawson home
from Oskaloosa at the time he was
taken seriously i'll some months ago.
Oskaloosa Times: We were in re-
ceipts of an invitation to attend the
annual gathering of the Herald cor.
respondents at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. V. Hoffman,, 1105 G avenue
East, at II M Thursday. Not only be-
cause it was gathering of actual news
paper workers, but because it was at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Hoffman,
do we regret our inability to be pres
ent. Charley is a newspaper man of
the older school, who amid the rush
and responsibilities of modern meth
DDS never forgets the courtesies of
former times. The HOFFMAN, boys
took charge of the Herald in 1896
and have built up business of which
they may we'll feel proud To them and
their correspondents We extend our
best wishes for renewed prosperity
and amicable relations in the years
to come.
Miss Lillian Newton is at her
home with her mother, No. 302 Col
lege avenue, for the holiday season,
having completed a long season of
successful chautauqua and platform
work, similar to that which she
gave at. the local chautauqua last
summer. She comes from Illinois,
where she has filed a number of en-
gagements following the chautauqua
season. Miss Newton appears in folk
lore, old songs and work with chill
dren. She seems born to the work"
and is perfect in a field in which
she alone is mistress. She is much
in demand and her success is crafty
ing. Oskaloosa friends extend con.
gratulations. Miss Newton will re-
sumo the road again after the first
of the year, appearing in Lyccum en-
gagements.
Harry Sage, No. Ala South | street,
a young man employed by James My
ers on the sewer work for the new
Pythian Block on High avenue west,
lost a finger while ON the job Friday.
Young Sage was assisting in the re-
moval of the block of cement side
walk that was being broken up and
the pieces pried out with a steel crow.
bar. Sage reached after one of the
dislodged pieces and his hand passed
under the point of the descending bar
Just in time to catch a finger which
was instantly nipped off at the first
knuckle joint as neatly as though ii
had been chopped off with cleaver.
overcome with the pain and loss OF
blood he tainted, but after the dress
ing of the MANNED hand he revived
and is as good as ever to-day outside
Of being compelled to carry the hand
in a sling for some time to come.
(From Mondays Dany.J
Mrs. Morris Mitchell, of Chicago
is in the city enjoying two weeks
visit at the Robert Johnson home on
d avenue west.
Mrs. J. L. Gilmore, 603 South L
has arrived home, after
visit with her son, Edwin
Gilmore, of Marceline, Mo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Bowles, of Glen
wood, Iowa, are in the city for a few
days visit at the parental J. b. Smith
home, No. 500 Third avenue east.
Mrs. f. NJ. Gregson was in Grinneli
last week to attend the funeral OF
Pioneer Holt, veteran of the civil
war and a resident of Poweshiek
county since 1874.
Miss Mary Ann Phillips of the
Central Book Store left Saturday ev
eGIng for Cincinnati, Iowa, where she
will visit for a couple OF weeks witt
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