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

course, member of the building com
mittee and trustee of the Presbyter
ian church and local manager of tn,
Corning Chautauqua"
W. f. McCarty, local agent OF tn,
M. & st. L. Ry at Oskaloosa station
has filed application with the manage
ment for a leave of absence of ninet,
days duration, from the duties ant
responsibilities of his position, to be
leome effective as soon as he can be
relieved. Mr.. McCarty has been .'ir
the harness in railway work in Oska
loosa during term of continuous ser
vice of twenty-three years without
rest or vacation of more than a few
days extent, and he feels that he
has earned little time off Mack
lentered upon his local railway ser.
vice in August, 1890, and went through
the PAGES for the Rock Island, from
Photographer to station agent. He ac.
Icepted position with the old Iowa
Central, taking up the Office of station
agent in February, 1908, over ten
years ago, and was retained in the
position by the M. & st. l.. Ry. man
agement Following the installation
of the relief that has been promised,
Mr.. McCarty will take long needed
rest and make somewhat extended
trip about the country. He expects
to leave the office some time next
week 1... s..... ..
(From Mondays Dany.)
/ o. P. Dede is in Hedrick today on
a business mission.
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In the city over Sunday.
| Horace Hawkins is in the city WIS.,
iting his old friends for few days.
E. s. Bailey, of Washington, Iowa,
was an over Sunday visitor in the
city. '..s
Mrs. A. G. Miller has returned home
to Ollie after visiting relatives in the
city.
r. w. Caldwell went to Rose Hill
this morning to transact business
there.
Mrs. C. M. Seaton returned to her
home in Ottumwa after Visiting Oska.
loosa friends over Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. s. w. Douglass, of
ISigourney, were in the city Sunday
visiting Oskaloosa friends. 49,. :
Leonard Knight departs tonight for
Miles City, Montana, where he ex-
poets to take up his residence. .
Guy Bacon, of the reportorial staff
of the Davenport Times, visited over.
Sunday with relatives in the city. q
John Doner, Amos Chord and Chas.
Beadle went to Des Moines this morn.
ing to take military examinations. .t
Mrs. Ora Henderson, of Valley
Junction, is the guest of her brother,
George Wilbur, of South Market ST
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Lamphere, OF
Wright were in the city visiting rela-
tives over Sunday, returning home
this morning. ..|.
Mr., and Mrs. L. w. knight have re.
turned to their home in Hedrick af.
ter. visiting at the parental j. F.
Knight home. a ~.
r. A. Kent has returned from
three weeks trip in northwestern
Iowa, where he has been adjusting
tornado losses.
Mrs. Chas. Cole, of Moravia, was a
guest Saturday and Sunday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. NJ. Perry,
No. 70l South A street.
Washington County Press: Rev.
Rowe and wife returned Thursday
evening from Oskaloosa, where they
had been visiting friends.
Abba Union: Rev A. G. Niblack
went to Oskaloosa to attend a. meet
ing at University Park. He was &C
companied by Samuel Miller.
Hedrick Journal: Miss Alice Red
mon, of OskaloOsa, came in Friday for
a visit with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. T. Redman, south of town.
Miss Laura Gibbons visited with
her parents at Buxton and with Miss
Evelyn Slayman at Hamilton, during
her spring vacation from Penn Col
lege.
Mrs. G. X. Lucy and daughter, Miss
Jessie, have returned home to Des
Moines after visiting Oskaloosa
friends and relatives for the past
week.
Mrs. w. w. Braniger, who suffered
an operation for appendicitis at the
Oskaloosa hospital on recent date,
is recovering nicely and in salts
factory manner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank G. Henness and
son Eiorise, and Mrs. A. w. Pringle
of Keota, were visitors yesterday at
the F. NJ. Henness home on C avenue
east, returning today.
Mr.. and mrs. John o. Roberts and
little son Hubert, of Washington. Ia,
are visiting for few days with Mrs.
Roberts parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. II.
Hauser, at the Downing Hotel
| Miss Florence Goodner, of the Col.
fax schools, returned to her duties
this morning after spending the
spring vacation at the parental John
Goodner home, 1914 C avenue East.
Washington County Press: Robert
Kinnan, of Marshalltown, was a guest
at the F. l.. Broadgate home last week
leaving Saturday for his home. Mrs.
Broadgate accompanied him to Oska-
lobsa for a visit
Harry Heston, until recently opera
tor for the Western Union at Fort
Dodge, Iowa, spent Sunday with his
sister, Mrs. Dan rorcoran, and went
on to Fairfield to spend a little yaca-
ton with his parents.
Mrs. A. l.. Shook, formerly In the
M. & st. L. suprintendents office,
now residing in Marshalltown, who
was in the city Saturday visiting
friends, has gone to Rose Hill to visit