The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-02-22

Friday from OSkaloosa, where sh,
had been for brief visit with rela
tives and friends.
Fremont Gazette: Harlan Brubak
er, of Cedar, went to Oskaloosa Mon
day where he is taking treatment fol
an ailment of long standing. He Il
much improved in health.
Washington Journel: Mr.. and Mrs
Clarence Mclean, of Oskaloosa
passed through the city Friday morn
ing, enroute to Cuba. A number o.
their Washington friends were at the
station to greet them.
Keota Eagle: Dr. J. w. Mulherr
| went to Waterloo Saturday evening
on business. The doctor tells us his
son Vir is making arrangements to
take up the practice of law with an
old attorney in Oskaloosa.
OF a former Oskaloosa boy. the AL.
bia Union says: Rex Morrow, who
has been confined to his home with
the yellow jaundice the past couple
of weeks, is beginning to improve
from MS serious condltlon.
Eddyville Tribune: Round Top
school feels proud of it's scholars and
teacher. They took three prizes on
corn and one on Photographs at the
Short Course at Oskaloosa. One
scholar, Orl Pomeroy, took third
prize on oats at the contest.
What Cheer Patriot: Mrs. Harry
McSpadden and daughters Olive and
June, who have been visiting at
Barnes City, passed through What
Cheer Tuesday enroute to Oskaloosa
where they will visit before returning
to their home in Quincy, Illinois.
OF a former pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of this city, and
who has been conducting gospel meet
ings in Ottumwa, the Courier says:
Rev Scott w. Smith of Cedar Rap
ids has developed deep interest in
the gospel among the people of the
chapel community. There has been
4 good attendance every night as we'll
as the two meetings each Sunday.
There have so far been no CONVEX
sions but deep appreciation of the
work of the evangelist. Mr.. Smith
has had experience as a pastor for
more than twenty years with great
success. Only recently the Presby-
terrain synod of Ohio called him to
the larger work of superintendent of
home missions for the synod of Iowa
which comprises the entire state"
Rev. Smith closed his meetings in
Ottumwa yesterday.
F. ]. Reed and family are home
from a two weeks visit with the
James Eisiminger and Robert Reed
families at Ponca City, Oklahoma.
They found these former Mahaska
families enjoying good health and
prosperity. Both Mr.. Eisiminger and
Mr.. Reed are farming and buying and
selling stock. There is quite an oil
boom on at Ponca City and that To-
cality, several good producing wells
having recently been developed and
many more are being drilled. While
1t Fairfax, a short distance from
2onca City, Mr.. Reed was looking
lround to see if there was anyone he
knew and sauntering up the street
cooking at the improvements his eye
caught the water hydrants, bearing
the imprint of the Iowa Valve Co. of
Oskaloosa, and Mr. Reed says it was
Just like meeting an old friend and
lie stopped to shake hands" Milo
Bump and family, also former Oska-
loosa people, are residents of Fair
fax, where Mr.. Bump is engaged in
he grocery business. All former
)skalOOsans asked to be remembered
all friends and acquaintance in
he old home town." which none
ave forgotten and where they eX-
Iect to return to if only for a visit.
Los Angeles (Cal.) Times: With
six brothers and four sisters living,
he aggregate ages of the IL being
740 years. the Rev. Patterson p.
Boyd, No. J4SJ Hays street, is a
member of a family remarkable for
it's longevity. All the aged people
are in reasonably good health. The
twelfth OF the children, a sister, Mary
Agnes, died when four years old,
and since then, more than half cen
ury, there has not been a death
mong the brothers and sisters.
James Boyd, father of the family, was
IN abOlitionist and was sternly set
against the use of intoxicants. All
his children followed in his footsteps,
,ObaccO, as we'll as liquor, having
1een taboOed by the entire family.
TO their abstinence the BOydS attrib.
lite their length of days and excel
| lent health. The father was first a
J Wing, but in the break up of that
party just preceding the War of the
Rebellion, he became republican
and took his sons with him into the
| lew party. Five of the Boyd family
cast their ballots for Abraham Lin
| coin. Patterson +. Boyd belonged tC
| the state militia of Illinois when the
War of the Rebellion began. He
carried an Enfield rife for three
years and at the close OF the conflict
turned in his accoutrements to tho
government, but never applied for {
pension. He is a minister of the Re
formed Presbyterian church. Hi
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