The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-02-08
NEW SHARON NEWS
CITY HAS BEST FIRE PRoTEc.
TON IT HAS HAD FOR YEARS
1.-THE BAND BEGINS REGULAR
PRACTICE FOR SEASON.
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or his father, Jacob Harper, and his
son.in.law. Jess Rice, will occupy the
place in the spring. Jacob Harper
and wife have concluded to retire
from the farm and will move to New
| Sharon and reside in the G. A.
| Swisher home, which was purchased
last week by Sidney Harper.
| A small fire broke out on the roof
of the building occupied by the Sha.
| fer feed store and Il. w. Eyarts'
living rooms last Friday afternoon.
The blaze started near the tiue and
was probably started by sparks.
! Quick work with buckets of water
| extinsufshed the fire before any serl.
Gus damage was done.
Superintendent Geo. Husman, OF
the light plant, has been winning
many friends by his careful atten.
ton to the city's water supply. The
tank has beeh kept filled to its ca.
pacity for many weeks and we are
being afforded the best fire protec
! ton We have had in years.
l.. r. Briggs and wife and Miss
| Lorena Briggs of Oskaloosa, Elmer
F.. Briggs of What Cheer, Charles +.
Briggs, Arthur Briggs and daughter
Bertha, Charles Wildman, and o. J.
Ladd of Lynnville came to New
Sharon to attend the V. s. Hill fun.
era..
| Eugene Billsby, who was seriously
| injured three weeks ago by falling
| while at work at the Momyer-Bain-
! bridge farm, has been staying at the
S. w. Hartwell home the past couple
of weeks and is so far improved as
to be able to come up town today.
! David Jones, winner of the free
trip to Washington, D. c., left Mon.
day for Ames 10 join the winners
from the other congressional dis.
tricts. They departed last evening
for Washington, via Chicago. and
will return by the southern route.
! The New Sharon band began regu-
lar practice work last Monday even
! ine and will meet again Friday of
! this week. twenty-five members
/ have signed up and Instruments have
! been ordered for all who are not al
ready supplied,
, Isaac VAIL oldest brother of II. J.
Vail died very suddenly al his home
in Pasadena, Cal, Friday, January
! 2G, and was buried Saturday. He
is survived by a widow, two daugh-
! terS. four brothers and three sisters.
| Doris Hardestys the five-year-old
daughter of A, r. Hardesty and wife,
was severely bitten by dog Thurs.
day evening. A deep cash was cut
over her eye and several stitches
! We're required to close the wound.
! J. S. Dryden received word today
| concerning his son Dwight, who has
been seriously i'll with typhoid fever
at the hospital in Chicago for sew.
eral weeks. The doctors give little
hope OF his recovery.
A local council of the BOY Scouts
OF America has been organized in
New Sharon and DIR. s.. w. Hartwell
has been commissioned by the Ma,
tiORal Council as ScOut Commission
er TO direct the movement.
Conway Camp No. 1856 Installed
the following officers last Thursday
evening: Carl A. Briney, V. c.; Cleo
, McMains, w. A.; las. Dewitt, ". h.
Henry Dewitt was reelected clerk.
Invitations are out for the wedding
Of Miss Nellie Dysart to Cleveland
Beaver, which will occur Thursday.
February Il, at the home of the
brides parents, l.. Dysart and wife.
O. A. Bridgeman, operator at the
M. q ST. l.. depot, was transferred to
Marshalltown last Wednesday and is
succeeded here by c. w. Christy of
the NJ. N. & s. Ry.
John Jennings was painfully in
jured in fall last Monday. The
| ligaments in his shoulder were torn
and although no bones wero broken,
he carries his arm in sling.
Word was received today that
Geo. Bartlett, brother of A. J. Bart.
lett of this city, and of the late Amos
Bartlett, is dangerously i'll at his
homo in Creston, Iowa.
Marie Kisor had the misfortune to
hurt her knee quite badly in a run
away accident last week. She was
of duty" a few days but is around
again.
Mrs. Mary Hoffman moved last
week onto the old Van Corp farm
just north Of town. now owned by
Walter Johnson of Oskaloosa.
The revival meetings which are
being concluded this week at the
Friends church. have been produc-
two OF much good.
Mrs. +. J. Kennedy and children of
Lyons came in Saturday evening for
q visit with her sister, Mrs. w. G.
Eato3.
Carlos Hill returned to Ames Mon
day TO resume his work in the State
college. He is now in his junior
yea:
Mrs. Hickox is another victim OF
the icy sidewalks. She fell and
broke her arm while going to church
last Sunday. , .a.s
Miss Bertha Wyant, high school
principal, was unable to teach Mon.
day and Tuesday on account of
chicken poX.. s...
Miss Inez, daughter of Geo. Burkes