The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-04-17

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: remained at the home of her siste
until Sunday night,
Miss Franciene Harrington, WHIT
has been with the general offices o
, the M. & st. l.. Ry in Oskaloosa fol
a somewhat extended term of Ell
cient service in the capacity of stem
ographer, file clerk and librarian, ha.
resigned her position to join her par
ents at Havre. Mont.
\ George Heilman, one of the new
proprietors of the Oskaloosa Dry
Goods Company, arrived home Satur
day from goods buying trip in the
eastern markets. Mrs. Heilman join
ed him at Chicago, and came from
their recent home in Sheboygan
Mich, to make Oskaloosa their per.
manent abiding place. These popu.
lar young people will be welcomed
back to this city by hosts of friends.
Maxwell O'Brien, son of Mrs. d.
IO'Brien. 4l0 East High avenue, was
a delegate from the State university
/ chapter of the Phi Delta Theta ma
| tional fraternity at Iowa City, of
which he is member, to superintend
the installation of a chapter of the
| fraternity at the State College at
] Ames Friday evening. A large dele
cation of the members from Iowa City
went to Ames to assist in the install
lation.
| j. w. Kinney, of the Mutual Life
Insurance Company, is in receipt of
delayed copies of the Daily Times,
published in Portsmouth, Ohio, his
boyhood home. The destruction of
property there was enormous, the
water being higher than ever before
Mr.. Kinney says he often waded
across the river as boy, and the re-
cent stage of the water there was over
Sc feet. In 1884 the water came up
| within an inch of the floor in his
home, and this was the record food
up TO the present time. This time,
however, 1t rose Is inches above that
mark and flooded great districts that
had heretofore been considered safe.
Master Charles Marion Shurtz, the
Ithree-yearold son of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. Y. ShurtZ, No. 513 A avenue east,
eluded the watchfulness of attendants
Saturday morning and was lost for a
period of three hours during which
time he wandered about at will at the
depots and along South d street where
he was playing as best suited his fan.
cy. The presence of the little fellow
on the street had been noted by a
number of women and one of them
told Ray Myers. former police Off
Ger, who was on his way up town. He
took the little fellow to the mayors
office where an alarm of his absence
had been turned in and he was quickly
restored to his much worried parents.
Miss Rena Brown, of Mason City,
Is visiting friends and relatives. H..
Mrs. d.. Tenant went to Eddyville
to visit with relatives over Sunday.
C. H. Manning, of Delta, was a bust
ness caller in the city last Saturday.
Miss Bessie Dixon is visiting ,rela-
tives in Grinnell. for couple OF weeks.
Mrs. N. A. Martin, of Lacey, was In
Oskaloosa Saturday attending to bust.
mess. IL. 8, "a &i t.-
Miss Grace Boyd OF near Lacey,
was in the city last Saturday on bust.
ness.
Mrs. Bell Quick is at Eddyville to
visit relatives and friends for a few
days.
Mrs. c. H. Farrell went to Hampton
Saturday to visit her daughter for two
weeks
Miss Lovelle FRANKIE, OF Des Moines,
was a visitor with Oskaloosa friends
yesterday.
John Gallena and sister, Miss Es-
Their, of New Sharon, were in the city
Saturday, shopping.
Mrs. c. s. Homer and daughter
Frances went to Rose Hill to visit
relatives over Sunday.
Mrs. C. C. Reynolds has returned
to her home at Lacey after a brief
visit with relatives here.
Miss Harriet Duffy went to Sears
boro Saturday to visit her sister, Mrs.
D. K. Talbot. for a week.
Orville McCord, formerly of Oska-
loosa but now residing in Eddyyille,
was in the city Saturday.
Ross Brown, district passenger
agent of the NJ. & St l.. Ry., was at
home Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. A. B. Frank, of Monroe, pass.
ed through the city Saturday enroute
to New Sharon to visit relatives.
Mrs. c. II. Woolery has returned to
her home in Sigourney after visiting
relatives and friends In the city.
Keokuk County News: Mrs. James
Glass, of Oskaloosa, spent a week
here with her brother. Jack Dwyer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Jacobson were
called to Keota Saturday afternoon by
the illness of their son, r. B. Jacob
son.
Mrs. Fred Mitchell of near New
Sharon has returned home after an
extended visit with relatives east of
the city.
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Mcdonald re-
turned to their home In Mason City
after visiting friends and relatives in
this city.
Miss Ollie Bancroft, who has been
with friends and acquaintances in Os-
kaloosa, has returned to her home in
Des Moines.
j. NJ. Tongate and wife have re-
turned to their home in Washington
after visiting relatives here for the
past two weeks
Miss Ida Surtees, of Eddyville, pass
ed through the city going home from
Montezuma where she has been visit
ing relatives for the past week.