The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-01-05

n cepts call to United Presbyteria
y church OF sOskaloosa,
]. March I--Oskaloosa business me
!. enter demand for better service wit
the Burlington Route.
8 March S-Oskaloosa Artificial lie
!. Company making big Improvement
e at plant. Old exchange of Iowa Tele
phone Company is abandoned and dis
I. mantled.
3 March 9--Two fire alarms. Firs
kites of season are seen. Lon Helling
: comes back home to Mahaska county
|; March 10--Date of the annual sprint
openings. Great crowds out. Lyric
Theatre business change.
March 11-Charless L. Holmes, pop
/. ular business man, succumbs to ty
phoid fever. Reorganization of the
oskaloosa Automobile Club.
March 12-Arthur Jackson, mana
ger of the Singer Sewing Machine Co.
is promoted to management at Water
loo. Fire at the Royal Cafe. u.
+ March 13-The Burlington Railway
takes off the motor car that had been
in operation between Oskaloosa and
Tracy.
March Huntington announces in.
Itention of placing new train service
on lines west and south from Oska,
loosa. Roscoe Woodruff is appointed
Ia cadet to West Point.
March 15-Reyival in progress at
Penn college. Death OF George Nc
Cagg, pioneer business man of the
county. Chas. Glover celebrates 18th
birthday. George C. True receives
commission as postmaster of Oska.
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I March 16-Leo Roenspeiss cigar
factory sold to Iowa Cigar Company
City began work Of dragging streets.
Weather was unseasonably warm and
grass was greening.
I March 17-Harold Tarr, seven.year-
old lad, run over by traction truck and
killed Celebrations of St. Patrick's
day. Closing number of Union Lee
lture Course. Oskaloosa Commercial
Club endorses proposition for County
Fair in Oskaloosa.
| March >1s-Oskaloosa Red Men in
itiate large class of pale faces. Oska-
loosa officers seize 1852 bottles of the
Icontraband. Euphemian Society gives
big banquet at Hotel Lacey.
March 19-Oskaloosa fuel consum-
ers begin the storing of coal in fear
of strike of Iowa Mine Workers.
Alethian exhibition at Penn college.
March 20-Annual memorial service
Oskaloosa Eagles. First spring flow
ers are brought to city. The earliest
date for spring flowers known in To-
cal history.
March 21-Frank Gotch, the worlds
champion wrestler, gives exhibition in
Masonic opera house.
March pa warm day, mercury 60
ing to so in the shade. Bishop Nor
rison of Episcopal church confirms
class at st. James church. Death of
p. Cad Bryan at Des Moines.
March 23-Fire does damage at res.
idence of w. J. O'Brien, No. 500 High
avenue east.
March 24--Boys go in swimming in
Mobley's pond and declare the water
is fine"
March 25-Howar cigar factory was
moved from its old location at rear of
203 High avenue west to the second
story over POI High avenue west.
Royal Arcanum initiate large class of
candidates and banquet follows.
March % - Announcement first
made public that the Sam Baldauf
corner was to be rebuilt and three
story structure erected by Williams
Brothers.
March 27-Easter Sunday and like
a fine summer day. Special services
at all churches. Memorial for Law
renee Byers at Presbyterian church.
Memorial window dedicated.
March 2S-Mrs. Caroline Downing
dies. Fires at Iowa Central coal
chutes and Fair Grounds. stalls. City
council increases wages of Oskaloosa
police.
March 2S-Company F is threaten
ed with mastering out if better ar
mory accommodations are not forth
coming. pc
March 80 The Oskaloosa gas
works begin extensive improvements,
new boiler, etc, at the manufacturing
plant.
March 31-The new pipe organ was
completed at the st. James Episcopal
church and recital promised.
April.
April Employees of Hanna Man
ufacturing Co. go on strike. Ar.
rangements are made for the erection
of a cement Office building by Chas
Phelps.
April Local milk men refused
to have tested cattle and milk fam
inc was threatened in the city. Plans
made for the solicitation of funds for
the erection of an auditorium for the
Oskaloosa chautauqua.
April 3-The Oskaloosa Trades AS
sembly was conducting sort OF la
Dor revival with a number of noted
speakers present to talk on trades
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