The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-06-29
5 PERSONALS :
(From Saturdays Daily)

noon from a business trip to ottum'
wa.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. A. Frost, of Boone,
are with Oskaloosa friends for few
days.
Ben Risney and Glen Long went to
Des MONIES this morning for visit
with friends.
Frank Emerson. of Ottumwa, was
looking after business affairs about
town yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Wilson, OF
Abba, will be guests of Oskaloosa
friends Sunday.
Miss Freda Conover,- of Ames, Is
visiting at the L. +. Pearson home
for a few days.
Murlin Lewis went to Des Moines
this morning for an over Sunday WIS.,
il with Miss Florence Buford, of this
city. who is visiting with relatives.
What Cheer Patriot: Mrs. ]. d.
Broyles, of Oskaloosa, passed through
What Cheer Saturday enroute to
Barnes City to spend few days with
her sister
What Cheer Patriot: Mrs. Paul re-
turned to her home in Oskaloosa
Tuesday, after spending a few days
at the pleasant home of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. L. Mitchell on South Hill.
The Ri. Rev. T. n. Morrison, d. d.,
LII. D., Episcopal bishop of Iowa, who
is to be at st. James church on Sun
day, will be the gust of Major and
Mrs. John F. Lacey during his stay.
What Cheer Patriot: Mrs. NJ. Con-
vey and her cousin, Mrs. NJ. Neal, who
is a guest at her home, went to Os-
kaloosa, Friday, to spend few days
with the formers daughter, Mrs. A.
A. Dollar.
Campbell Fair formerly with the
Gas Co. here, but now manager of the
Atlantic Company, was in the city
seeing old time friends yesterday.
He found some at home and some
were out of the city.
MarshaIltown Times Republican:
Mrs. F. L. Morley, of Monmouth, ILL.,,
wife of an Iowa Central conductor,
and Mrs. Thomas Cooney, of Oska-
Ioosa, wife of an Iowa Central engin-
eer, were in the city Tuesday, coming
to visit the Iowa Soldiers Home.
w. H. Broerman, Steward of the
county farm, was in town today. Mr..
Broerman says everything at the farm
is moving along nicely, but the gar
den truck and crops are sadly in need
of rain. None of the showers that
have visited this section for four
weeks have touched the farm.
Mrs. w. H. Hamilton departed this
afternoon over the Rock Island for
Billings, Montana, where she will
make her home for about one year.
She was accompanied by her sister,
Mrs. J. F. Kelley, of Billings, who Is
returning from a visit with relatives
and friends here. Frank Hamilton,
son of Mrs. w. H. Hamilton, accom-
panied the ladies as far as Des
Moines, where he will remain for
brief visit.
Knoxville journal: William Cros-
sen, the veteran Mahaska county
president of the Iowa Holiness Asso-
citation and field agent of the Holt
ness University at OskaIoosa. visited
at the J. X. Cathcart nome in this
city Monday Mr.. Crossen is now Sc
years Of age and is perhaps one of
the most virile old men in Iowa. He
works in the interest of the Univer-
sity six days a week and every week
in the year He was here for the
purpose of interesting Marion county
holiness brethren in proposed camp
meeting at Bussey. Mr.. Crossen trav-
elled over 10000 miles in the interest
of his work. The writer of this item
was employed by Mr.. Crosson as a
brick-maker 81 years ago this summer
OF a former Union township boy,
the York (Neb) News says: Prof.
Loren G. Atherton, A. B., NJ. s., who
has been at the head of the depart
ment of Biology and Chemistry in
York college for the past five years,
has resigned bis position here to ac-
cept the head of the department OF
Biology and Agriculture in the State
Normal and Agricultural school at
Madison, S. d. The position Is one
OF excellent opportunity for Mr.. Ath.
erton. as the equipment of the school
Is very good and offers fine chances
for research work. His salary will
be almost double that received by
him in York College. Mr.. Atherton
will also be at the head Of the normal
agricultural extension work of the
state. This field OF education has not
been worked to any extent in South
Dakota and the fact that Prof. Ather
ton has been called to build up that
work is significant feature. His
summer vacations will be very large
iy spent in county intitute work ir
hygiene and physiology and agricul
ture and nature study. His work IN
zoology has often attracted the atten
ton Of his fellow scientists in thi'
and other states. He WAS one OF tbs
principal speakers at the 1871 meet