The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-03-28

. her life was entertained. Mrs. Mont
gomery departed last evening ant
/. will reach the bedside of her sistel
at Junction City, Colorado, some tim,
: tonight, unless trains are delayed
which is possible. Neither the cause
of the Illness nor the necessity fol
Operation were stated in the tele
grams.
Miss Laura NJ. Chassell. winner oil
the intercollegiate Prohibition Ora
torical contest, was accompanied to
Oskaloosa by her twin sister. Both
are daughters of Rev. and Mrs. o. b
lChassell, of Walker, Iowa, and the
youngest members of the graduating
class of Cornell college. 1t is inter
esting to note that these young ladies
1 tied for honors at their local con-
test, and decided between themselves
which of them should represent their
college at the State contest.
Mrs. r. r. MacRae, of Buxton, is
enroute to Orlando, Florida, to the
bedside of her mother, Mrs. Lavina
S. Hammond, who sustained a seri-
Gus accident last Wednesday, the
breaking of a hip. Mrs. Hammond
suffered a stroke of paralysis last fall
and was taken to Florida in the hope
that she might receive betterments
in the change of climatic conditions.
She has been little improved, how
ever, and her condition with the COM
plications set up in the accident is in
doubt.
The Grinnell correspondent of the
Marshalltown Times Republican has
this to say of the son Of former
pastor of the NJ. E. church of this
city: Irving w. Stoddard. son of
Rev. and Mrs. w. p. Stoddard, grad
uate in the civil engineering course
at Iowa State College at Ames, who
las been holding down a position
with the Iowa Telephone Company at
Des Moines, has resigned that posi-
ton to accept one at Boise, Idaho.
He recently took the civil service eX-
animation at Des Moines and is look
ing for a government position a little
later"
James A. Malone, former OSka-
lOoas boy, son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Malone, now a resident and business
nan of Gillespie, ILL.,, is here for
.ew days visit with his parents and
other relatives and friends. 1t will
interest his old time friends to know
that James has prOspered in his new
home where he and his wife conduct
and own one of the finest ice cream
and lunch parlors in that section of
the state. Jim is a good booster for
his town and brings back word that
Curt Ware, also an Oskaloosa boy, is
one of the leading business men of
that city and is most prosperous,
(From Mondays Dahy.)
Paul Sewers was in Abba yesterday
visiting his friend, Roy Pilkington.
Miss Nellie Fortune returned Satur-
day from a visit with relatives in
Kansas City.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Howard are
home from their sojOurn in Savannah
and other southern cities.
Miss Mile Grant, of Mason City,
is visiting her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Guthbert, southeast OF town.
James McMann, vice president OF
the What Cheer Clay Products Co.,
was an over Sunday visitor in the
city.
Earl Roberts who is attending school
at Iowa City is in the city for a sew
eral days visit with relatives and
friends.
Mrs. J. w. Mcmillan, Of Kansas
City, 10 visiting with her SONS, ". II.
and Arthur and daughter, Mrs. Harry
c. Miller.
Mrs. w. u. Sparks, No. 1911 South
Second street, has a letter from Mr..
Sparks, who has been in Mexico, tell
ing OF the conditions that exist in that
country today and enclosing a copy
of the warning and advice sent from
consular headquarters to all Amer
cans in that land.
Mrs. Clara Hearne, formerly con-
nected with the T. X. Smith jewelry
store, of Oskaloosa, sends the Her
aid a copy of the forty-seventh annual
number of the Seattle Post Intelli-
gencer. 1t is big paper l40 pages in
seventeen parts. Seattle has evident
ly heard OF OskalOOsa and the Herald,
as the special effort is called the
Opportunity Edition" the same as
the Herald's special edition of 1910.
Jonathan D. Ferrall sustained pain
full and serious injury Sunday morn
ing at his home, 40. Elvyn Place,
the residence Of his daughter, Mrs.
Horace Birdsall. He was in the bath
room dressing and fell from a chair
to the floor, sustaining a fracture Of
the neck of the left femur. The city
ambulance was called and the sufferer
was taken by the attending physician
to the Oskaloosa hospital, where he
was made as comfortable as the ma
ture of the hurt permits.
w. F. Brinkhoff came in Saturday
evening from PelIa for an over Sun
day visit with Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Sell.
ers. Mr.. Brinkhoif will be remember
ed as the father-in-law of James Sell
ers. He and his wife have been in
London and Europe for the last seven