The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-01-18

home.
Newton Record: Mr.. and Mrs. ia.
Clark are enjoying a visit from thei
daughters family, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralpl
McCurdy and son Master Richard, o
Oskaloosa.
Fremont Gazette: Mr.. and Mrs. E
r. Moore, of Biggsville, ILL.,, are visit
ing this week at the ]. c. Coleman
home west of Cedar. and with rela
tives at Beacon and Oskaloosa.
Walter Evans departed this morn
ing for Champaign, H. where h
goes to accept argood position as limo
type operator for the Champaign
Daily News. Walter is an expert il
his line. and will no doubt win sue
cess in his new position.
Keota Eagle: Mrs. E. X. Taylor
of Oskaloosa delivered the annual c
w. B. NJ. address at the Christian
church Sunday evening to a goot
sized audience, although it was bit
ter cold night and threatening storm
But Mrs. Taylor made the cause OF
missions so plain and the distress Of
the poor heather so clear than when
the offering was made there was more
than enough for two life member
ships at $25 each and seven new mem
bers. 1t was the greatest day in the
history of the Keota auxiliary.
Washington Journal: A. H. Essley
received a telephone message from
his son, Ward, Thursday telling him
of the predicament in which Ward
finds himself over on the Iowa Gen.
trail railroad, one mile from Martins.
burg. Ward went over to Abba and
bought two car loads of feeding cat
tie and left Abba with them. The
train had gotten as far as one mile
west of Martinsburg, where with two
engines it stalled, and a passenger
with two engines on it came up be-
hind and stalled also. At the time
that Ward telephoned all four engines
were dead. There were twenty-seven
car loads of stock in the freight train
and the passenger train was well
loaded.
(From Mondays Dahy.)
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wilson, OF
Abba, we're visitors here yesterday.
Mike Smith, of Fremont, was enter.
tanned by Oskaloosa friends Saturday.
Miss Addie Simms, of Ottumwa, is
visiting Oskaloosa friends for a few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Pemberton who
have been guests of Mahaska and
Oskaloosa relatives and friends have
returned to their home in Winterset.
Mark Bomar who has been in the
city several days visiting friends and
looking after business affairs has re-
turned to his home near Ainsworth.
Mason City Globe Gazette: A. P.
Spencer of Oskaloosa secretary of the
Let's, Spencer, Smith Grocery Co.,
was in the city last week attending
to business matters, and seeing to
closing up the last years business Of
the company.
OF a former Oskaloosa boy the
(Pa.) Record of Jan. 10,
says: Ned Walton the tuba soloist,
writer and composer of Il Dearly
Love My Old Home" Your True
and my Mary Ann" is the
guest at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. o. Anderson, North Main street.
Belle PLANE Union: The Board OF
of Iowa county have en-
ployed Ben Mccoy of Oskaloosa, the
famous tax ferret to bring suit against
of the First National
Bank at Marengo who claim they
have the right to deduct the amount
of their personal indebtedness from
their bank stock to determine the tax.
able value. This the county denies,
claiming it is illegal.
Miss Gladys Beechler has resigned
her position as stenographer for the
Interstate Manufacturing Company
to accept a place in the business Of
fee of the Huber & Kalbach Com
pany. The young lady has been with
the Interstate covering a period OF
over two years and has won an envi.
able reputation for careful, efficient
and faithful work. She entered upon
the duties of the new place this morn.
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Steddom left
Friday for Austin, Mimi, where they
expect TO make their future home.
Mrs. Z. T. Roberts, of Abba, who
was visiting with Oskaloosa relatives
and friends, has returned to her
home.
Lynnville Star: Miss Lucretia
Thompson, of Oskaloosa, who has
been visiting for a few days at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Dolly Parr.
returned home Saturday evening.
The school of which c. A. Kent,
well-known Oskaloosa boy and
teacher, is principal, has tried an in.
noyation, TO which the following in.
vitation was sent to patrons and
friends: You are invited to attend
the installation of Motion Picture
equipment in the Audubon School.
$500 North Hoyne avenue, Chicago
at 2:30 p. m. on Friday, January IL,
1912.
Eddyville Tribune: Mr.. and Mrs.
Hr- an