The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-05-30
LARGE CROWDS ATTEND THE
SATURDAY EVENING BAND CON.
cERT-GEoRGE LENTz coNTIN-
uES IN POOR HEALTH.
Clipped from the Gazette.)

M. e. church Sunday evening. The
edifice was filed to overlooking by a
congregation made up of regular at
tendants and friends and relatives of
the 18th and 18th grades of the school.
The graduating class marched to their
places with their teachers, Miss Geor.
gia McFall playing a march on the
piano. A double quartet furnished the
music and it was good, the most
pleasing number being the bass solo
by Roscoe Severt, with full choir ac-
compartment. Rev. Williams, of the
Eddyville Baptist church, offered
prayer.
George Lentz, who has been sick
for several months past at his home
south of town, is not showing the i'm
proyement his friends would like to
see him make. He has been belfast
for the past nine months and his con-
dition is getting no better. He is one
of the early settlers of this commun-
ity and before his sickness began
three years ago was a contributor to
the press of this county of many in
teresting articles of the early events
of this section of the state. He has
splendid memory for time and dates
and his writings, were not only inter
estinG, but authentic.
One of the biggest crowds of the
season was in Fremont Saturday ev-
ening, listening to the splendid band
concert program and trading with
our merchants. People were here
from all directions,-Cedar, Wright
Kirkville, Hedrick, Delta, Rose Hill,
and Highland Center, with the coun-
try contingent, furnishing crowd
that filled the town. And the people
came to buy goods. Every store had
good trade and the ice cream and
soda water dispensers did a flourish
ing business.
Lowell Dawson, who was called
home from Mt Vernon by the seri-
GUS illness and subsequent death of
his father, w. f. Dawson, returned
to his school work Saturday. He will
graduate from Cornell college in June,
when he will return home and assist
in managing the Fremont Brick &
Tile Works, which was for so long
time looked after by his father.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. Goehring and Mr.
and Mrs. NJ. f. Smith went to Mount
Pleasant Tuesday in the formers
car. The Goehrings will visit their
son Howard, who is a student at Wes-
leyan college, and the Smiths will be
guests of their son Clarence, who is
county engineer of Henry county.
Fay Parlett, of Des Moines, who
has been visiting his aunt, Mrs. Jas.
II. Harkins, the past few days, left
on Tuesday for GAINESVILLE, Iowa,
where he will spend few days with
his uncle, F. A. Yeoman, before leav-
ing for his home at Pomeroy, Wash.
Earl Alderman shipped a car of
hogs to Chicago Friday and the av-
erage weight was 301 pounds. The
seventy head came within a nickle of
topping the market for that day. Earl
is splendid feeder and his cattle
and hogs always bring high prices.
Ben Roof returned Monday evening
from Bonaparte, Iowa, where he Wis
tied since Friday at the home of his
wife's mother, Mrs. Laura Dulin Mrs.
Roof is making couple Of weeks
visit and will not return until the
first of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. B. NJ Eastburn left
Thursday for TT. Madison, Iowa, for
weeks visit with their daughter,
Mrs. Letha Welpton. They will then
go to Greenwich, Kansas, for an eX-
tended stay with their son, j. O.East-
burn and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Fl. McKibben, who
have been in Des Mones for the past
few months. have moved back to FIRE.
mont and Mr.. McKibben will have
charge of the dray line owned by
his father, VIM. McKibben.
Miss Leona Priest, who spent the
past winter visiting relatives in Kan
sas and other western points, return
ed home last week and has accepted
position in the Hamilton general
store.
A number of the young friends of
Lucy Wharton surprised her Monday
evening anu spent utllShIlul tlhiS
at her home, the occasion being the
young ladys thirteenth birthday.
Nj and Mrs. Andrew Jones, of
Radcliffe, Iowa, arrived this noon to
be present at the commencement ex-
ercises. Their son. A. J. Jones, is
superintendent of the schools here.
Miss Edna Gardner, of Dudley, Mrs.
Marion Kepler and daughter, Mrs.
Flossie Swatzendruber, of Kalona, ar
rived Yesterday to visit Rev. and Mrs.
Geo. Filmer and daughter.
Sam G, Wilson, the popular Nasty
of Delta, was in town Saturday, and
acted in the capacity of umpire for
the Dclta-Fremont high school ball
gone.
Mr., and Mrs. d. Gochring and Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. W. Alderman. attended
tho funeral of Mrs. Phoebe Schertz
ct DablOnega, Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Fl. S. Davis and son Paul re-
turned SATURDAY. from Lomax, Illinois,
where they had been for a month
past
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