The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-07-31
0L|VET AND v|CIN|TY'LYNNV|LLE LOCALS
YEAR OLD SON OF
MR.. AND MRS. VAN SENS
DROPS DEAD RIDING HIS 6lcY.
GLE TOWARD HOME.

olivet, July 26.--All roads led to
Pella Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Harris, of Oskaloo-
sa, visited in town last week at the
home of their daughter, Mrs. Clyde
Robertson. Mr.. Harris takes a keen
interest in all public matters. He is
well versed in the trend of the times
and is an Interesting talker, one
whom it is pleasure TO meet. We re-
ceived very pleasant call at the
station from him Thursday, which
was greatly appreciated.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Billings took In the
"doin's" at Pella Thursday and re-
port the time of their lives while
among those good people.
Mrs. r. Williams and Mrs. G. H.
Laughlin spent Thursday in Oskaloo-
sa shopping.
c. NJ. Craft, of Des Moines, was a
pleasant caller at the station Friday
while in town on business.
The fourteen year old son of Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. Vansenis, of west of town
dropped dead on his way home from
Leighton Wednesday. AS near as we
can learn he was riding a bicycle be-
hind the spring wagon and had got
tired and was putting his bicycle in
the wagon when he dropped dead.
The family is among our best people
and the untimely loss of this son Just
when he was getting to be a help to
his parents will be a sad one. Their
many friends and neighbors in this
locality join with them in their sor-
row.
c. L. Reece, the Rock Island freight
conductor, is spending his vacation
in New Mexico.
George Dennis, of Harvey, was a
pleasant caller at the station for
short time Thursday. George is one
of those fellows who reads and when
he reads or sees anything he never
forgets 1t. His memory is perfect on
these lines. He informs us that he
and his son attended the national SOL
diers' reunion at Gettysburg, going by
the way of Harper's Ferry. He found
the statue of John Brown there still
holding the fort. He says that famous
battle was clearly fought over again
and 1t certainly was pleasure to meet
those old friends face to face and
talk over their "reminiscences during
the engagement which was the turn
ing point of the war. He says he
found those old fellows just like they
were during the war, full of life and
droll in their talk, using the words
"Yank" and you all" just like they
always did. The writer. visited all
over the ground seven years ago when
he attended the jamestown fair-took
dinner in that old farm house on the
hill that was there when the battle
was fought fifty years ago and went
over the peach orchard and the place
where Pickett made his famous
charge. George remembers these
places well. On our return to Rich.
mond we went out to where the bat
tie of the seven Pines" was fought,
about nine miles out of the city. Dur.
ing the war there was an old water
mill grist near where the battle was
fought. We found this old mill still
doing business there. George remem-
bers this famous old mill well. We
were glad to talk to our old friend OF
years gone by. o.. .,.,.
Harvest time being on hand and
everybody busy about all the writer
sees these days is the women folk
and kids.
w. H. Rogers, of this place, COM
menced working for the Rock Island
this week as brakeman.
w. r. Bell, of Atlantic, was in town
Friday on business.
Miss Alta Gelderbloom returned
home Friday from visit at the De-
gose home in Harvey.
Farmers report fine crops of all
kinds. Blackberies are a drug on
the market. Uncle John Thompson
says he has wagon load of them.
Klepper, the Spencer man from Os-
kaloosa, reports trade good and every
body happy. -l.
Threshing commenced in this local
ity last week. ....... .
Mrs. A. Boerstma, of Marion coun-
ty, visited with relatives and friends
in this locality this week.
The writer was favored Friday with
a very pleasant call from j. Richard,
of Des Moines, whom he had not seen
for several years. John informs us
H. he