The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-09-14

. Mr.. and Mrs. j. Riggs and daughter
Leta, returned to their home yester
day. They have been enjoying Wis
1t with relatives and friends at Har
vey.
; Mrs. John Cowan is home from q
visit with her sister, Mrs. win Beck
man, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She
also visited friends in Colorado. She
has been away all summer.
Will Gallagher returned home this
morning from an extended sojourn
in Colorado and other western
points. He says he likes the West
but would rather reside in good old
Iowa. ....
Milton Young. No. All North B
street, received a telegram this morn,
ing calling him to the bedside of his
sister, Mrs. Mary E. Mann, who is ly.
ing at the point of death with pneu-
monia at her home in Golden, Colo.
Mr. Young will start on the first train.
Dies Moines Register and Leader !:
Miss Irma Runyan, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. H. Z. Runyan, will leave
Monday evening for Mount Carroll,
ILL.,, where she will enter Frances
Sinner school. Miss Runyan will be
at home very informally to her
| friends Saturday and Sunday after
moons at her home on Tenth street.
F. H. Eckart, who came to the city
from Abba to accept a position with
the Frankel Dry Goods House, is
moving to one of the Pardun cot
tages, No. els South A street.
Mrs. Paul CLANCY, of Kansas City,
and Miss Ida Dodds, of New York
City, who have been visiting at the
]. NJ. Larimer home, No. 103 South
Third street, returned to their respec-
tive homes today.
New Sharon Star: Mrs. c. T. Bow
en- and daughter, Miss Besse Bowen,
of Avoca, were guests last week at
the c. E. Wallace home, gong from
here to OskaooSa for brief visit be-
fore returning home. Mr.. Bowen
formerly owned a drug store in New
Sharon, coming here in 1888.
Monroe County News: J. H. Cor
man has vacated the Hennion build
ing with his marble works and has
sold out to the City Marble and
Granite Works of Oskaloosa. He
shipped his stock there last Friday
and they now have one among the
largest monument shops in the state.
Fremont Gazette: County Superin
tendent Chas. II. Young was in town
Monday to see that the Fremont
schools got started out right Mr..
Young was a former superintendent
of the schools here, and takes a
great interest in the affairs of this
school, as well as those all over the
country. He is a brilliant school man
and every one around here is proud
of the record he has made.
Mrs. Helen Myer Dawson, of OF
tumwa, orders the Daily Herald sent
to her address and adds: MY
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. |. X. Myer, are
leaving OskaloOsa to make their
home in Ottumwa and as we have
been readers of the Herald for so
many years, we can't get along with
out it, Papa has a good position as
storekeeper for Johnson & Sharpe
and likes his work very much"
Oskaloosa Times: Mrs. A. D. Rose
Grams and children, Alice and Muriel
left Tuesday for their home at Globe,
Arizona. They were accompanied
by Mrs. Rosecrans' father and moth
er, Mr.. and Mrs Isaac Dean. Mrs.
Dean has been in ill health for sew
eral months and her daughter has
been here looking after her. 1t is
hoped the change may prove benefi-
cial to her and the many friends of
the family in this community wish
them a safe and pleasant journey.
Jack McFall, of San Francisco, the
six-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. G.
B. McFall, wants to be boy president
of the Panama-Pacific Exposition and
he Is making a strong bid for the
honor. His photograph is published
in the San Francisco Post, together
with the following letter, printed by
him in support of his claim for fav-
ors: Mr.. Evening Post Can | be
a boy president of the big fair? !.
want to be, for was six months old
when the big fire was that burned it
up. | was in the Golden Gate Park
when the fire was and Mamma says
we had to sleep in the big park
where the fair is going to be. Please
can ] be boy president?-Jack Nc.
Fall" Commenting upon the appeal
OF the lad the Post has the following:
Jack McFall is perhaps the most
travelled boy in the United States for
his age. AS representative of a big
western book concern, the father has
in the last five years travelled
| through all the states and all parts
of Canada. Mrs. McFall and their
son Jack have always accompanied
him. The little fellow is a clever
story teller and has a remarkably re-
tentive memory. Mrs. McFalI is of
literary trend and is a writer of
verse"
(From Mondays Dany.I
Paul and Homer Phelps left for
Erinnall nm b,isinps- t!,ic pnorpi,n