The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-11-02
THE SEWERS news OL|VET VICINITY
SIX MORE CARS or APPLES SHIP.
PED FROM SCOTT TOWNSHIP
PRoTRAcTED MEETINGS BEING
HELD IN M. r. CHURCH.

HELD IN M. p. CHURCH.
Oliyet, Oct, 2S.--Rev. R. Wilkinson
is engaged in holding protracte,
meeting in the NJ. P. church. Their,
is quite an interest taken In thu
meetings and the attendance is goot
at each service.
Mrs. S. Bartema and Mrs. Johr
Rogers were passengers for oska
loosa Monday.
]. ]. Top has moved into the resi-
dence he recently purchased from
Adam Thompson
The apple season closed here las,
week with six cars being shipped
with an average of 600 bushels pei
car. They all went to Kansas City
Mrs. James Norwood, of Leighton
was a pleasant caller Thursday at
the station while in town attending
the Davis funeral.
The first snow of the season fell
here on October Goth. ..
Uncle John Morgan, south of town,
is reported very feeble this week
and is confined to his bed with heart
| trouble.
r. B. Thompson, east of town, was
pleasant caller Thursday while in
town on business.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Clark on Thursday night, Oct. 10th. a
daughter. All parties reported doing
81 nf nGI
attendance. The writer acknowledge
es a pleasant call from the Doctor in
in the morning while waiting for a
train home.
Mrs. Richard Clark was q passen'
ger for Oskaloosa Friday.
Homer Johnson, of Des Moines,
was a business caller in town Thurs
day. Mr.. Johnson reports business in
all lines good and never saw condi'
tons better.
The remains of Mrs. Susan Davis
one of our pioneer residents, who
died at her home in Valley Junction
Tuesday, Oct. oath, was laid to rest
here Thursday. The funeral services
we're held in the NJ. p. church at
2:3O p. IN, by Rev. w. s. Knight,
the NJ. K. pastor at Valley Junction,
who took his text from JOB 1922.
Mr.. Knight dwelt on the different
stages of life and carried the audience
with him from start to finish, admon-
ishing his hearers on the ups and
downs of life as the years passed by
and the uncertainty of life and the
certainty of death, urging those ltv-
ing to prepare to meet the end which
was welcome to the deceased having
lived Christian life. His remarks
were well taken and full of thought
and we'll worthy of consideration. In
his remarks he was not unmindful OF
the courtesy shown them by the ROCK
Island people on this sad occasion
and spoke of it, in his discourse. The
trainmaster and the train dispatcher
at Des Moines gave special train
from Olivet to Evans for their return
at night. He connected with the
train for Des Moines. Mr.. Knight
believes in handing flowers to the
St
when dead. 1t was we'll taken. This
recognition on the part of the road
comes as a reward OF merit TO the
son of the deceased, W. +. Davis,
conductor on the road. When he left
here to go on the road several years
ago he went against the wishes of
his parents and entered in their EN-.
ploy at Valley Junction as a brake
man, and worked himself up to his
present position. At the death of bis
father a few years ago he took his
mother to the home he prepared for
her at Valley Junction and spared no
pains to make her last days on earth
happy ones.
As near as we can learn the de-
ceased moved to this locality in 1879
with her family and remained here
until the death OF her husband and
then took up her home as above
stated. She united with the NJ. P.
church here at its organization and
| kept her membership to her death.
She was a devoted Christian, prompt
at all services, liberal in the support
of the pastor, contributing to all that
was good and for the betterment OF
/ mankind She leaves to mourn W. L.
| Davis, Perry Davis, one daughter,
who we don't know, also Mrs. Lee
| Nossman, whom she raised from in
! fancy, also one sister, Mrs. John
Moody. of oskalooSa. The family
vas all in attendance and could i'm
agine they heard this good old Chris
tian mother on her departure say:
We are going home. We have had a
/ vision bright
or the Holy land the world Of light,
Where the long dark night of time is
r. past,
And the morning OF eternity dawns al
-sa last. g. a.. a.. (. b..
4 Where the weary saints no more shall
4 roam, 81 ~. .
Rut duall IN, a hannv rpapafill hounp