The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-07
now located at Edmonton, Canada

was in town today.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Hartshorn return
ed to their home in Des Moines thi
morning after enjoying visit at tn,
Joseps Burdock home.
E. H. Newstrom, of Chicago, spen
Saturday and Sunday in the city Wis
iting with old time friends and attend
} ing to business matters.
Mrs. Lydie Ruggles, of Des Moines
who has been visiting in the city TO
the past week, went to Ottumwa Thu
morning to visit other friends.
Friends here have received Wort
from Mrs. +. X. Porter, of Chicago
stating that she is slowly recovering
from recent surgical operation. The
daughter Ruth is now i'll with typhoid
fever. Their many friends here viii
sympathize with the family in theil
Affections. u
The r. d. Walton family is again
at home in Elvyn Place, No. One
They formerly occupied this property
but moved into No. 2. When the Hiatt
family vacated the Waltons moved
back, finding it more convenient tC
their needs. Mr.. and Mrs. j. d. Fer,
rail- and Mrs. Birdsall will occupy
No. 2.
Mrs. Wright, wife Of DR.. Walter
Wright, of Rose Hill, was hurried to
the Oskaloosa hospital Sunday for an
operation to be made to save her life,
1t was an emergency case and the
sufferer was brought upon special
train. The operation it is understood
was entirely successful and the pa,
tient is doing nicely today.
Master Earl Parr is seriously i'll
with la grippe and pneumonia.
Miss Esther Larimer is enjoying
brief visit in Marshalltown with
friends.
Harry DeCock and 2. Z. Van Zante,
of Pella, were in Oskaloosa Saturday
completing a horse trade.
c. Erickson, of Des Moines, special
agent of the c. r. |. & P. Ry., was in
Oskaloosa Saturday on business.
Mrs. Sam Holmes, of Lynnville, re-
turned to her home Saturday after
short visit here with Mrs. viii Whit
sell
Fremont Gazette: Mrs. Maggie Will
son came down from Oskaloosa Sat
urday for few days visit with rela-
tiyeS and friends.
Mrs. Anna Rabbit is confined at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. S. w.
Parr, 1907 First avenue west, with
infiammatory rheumatism.
Monroe Mirror: Miss Inez Targgart
of Oskaloosa spent Sunday with her
aunt, Mrs. Clara Targgart, going on
to Des Moines Monday for the day.
H. p. Weaver, who has been on
visit in Beardstown, Florida. suffered
a stroke of paralysis on February 20
and his condition is regarded serious.
What Cheer Patriot: A Mr.. Guilt
land, formerly of near Atwood, but
now of Oskaloosa, was in town Tues
day looking for vacant house so he
could move to What Cheer.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Brown and chill
dren, of Wright, spent Friday at the
John Miller home. They departed
that evening via the NJ. & ST. L. for
Park Rapids, Mimi, where they ex-
pect to make their future home.
Newton Daily News: Mr.. and Mrs.
lnF do
afternoon for Mantle, Conn, where
they will make their future home
with their eldest daughter, Mrs. Alice
Hunt. They stopped for visits en-
route at OskaloOsa and Fairfield Miss
May Rinehart will follow them after
her school closes.
Marshalltown Times Republican,:
When the glass of the lubricator on
his engine burst at COrwith Friday r.
b. Reed, a Minneapolis K st. Louis
engineer, residing at COS West Linn
street, was covered with the hot oil,
and burned quite badly about the face
and eyes. His condition is not seri-
Gus, however. Mr. Reed was brought
to his home in this city Friday morn
ing.
The following from"The Continent
is an item of much interest concern
ing Gilbert BOwles, class '98 of Penn
college: "A tall, raw-boned, gentle
faced Quaker missionary in Tokyo is
the greatest single force making for
peace in our time in that nation. He
is Gilbert Bowles of the Philadelphia
Friends mission and the founder of
the Japan Peace Society and the
American Peace Society of Japan"
The United Presbyterian, published
at Pittsburg, under date of February
Is, says: The Presbytery OF Rock
Island convened at Moline, ILL.,, in ac-
cordance with a special call, January
1G. The resignation of Rev. VIM. NJ.
Story, who has, for nine and a half
years, labored faithfully and effect
lively in the field at Moline, asked to
be released in order that he migl. be
free to accept the Office of synod cal
superintendent OF missions in the
Synod Of Illinois. The Presbytery
was reluctant to release him but did
SO that he might enter upon the larg,
er field. A hearty and unanimous call
OF the Cedar Creek congregation in