The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-02-06
9tFrom Tuesdays Daily,

y MTS. .. VI. ITdy,aOt near S6afSDOTO,
was Guest OF friends in the city yes.
Iterday.
s B. Perry, of Marshalltown. was
transacting business in the city yes
iterday.
| Mrs. G. w. Burnham, Of Hedrick,
was an over Sunday guest of relatives
In the city. .yst
/ Mrs. ID +. Harris Is visiting for a
few days at the John j. Morrow home
near Fremont.
Jos. o. Willis, of Monmouth, ILL.,,
has returned home after brief bust.
ness visit in the city.
Miss Hattie Lewis is at What
Cheer for brief visit with her aunt,
Mrs. Jas. l.. Hancock.
Mrs. A. NJ. Nichols, of near Cedar
departed yesterday for a visit with
her parents in Iowa Falls.
Mrs. Jas. Slater of Gilman return.
ed home yesterday after a few days
visit with relatives near Beacon.
Miss Ruby Ellsworth, of What
Cheer, has returned home after spend.
ing a short time with Oskaloosa
friends.
Miss Franceine Thomas was a pas
senger to Ottumwa yesterday for a
visit with her friend, Miss Margaret
Williams. ...
Mrs. G. II. Rodgers, of Keosauqua,
returned home yesterday after short
visit in the city with her daughter,
Mrs. Ed A. Springer.
Mac. M onA Anrrl, 49,,
Miss Laura, of Burlington, who have
been visiting relatives in this vicin-
ity, returned home yesterday. ...
Mrs. w. f. Dickey, Of near Uni
versity Park, left yesterday for a
somewhat extended visit with rela.
|tives in lOttumwa and Keokuk. a."
Miss Sadie G. Cowles, of Nevada,
Iowa, who has. been spending a few
days with local friends, went to Eddy
vile yesterday for visit with her
sister. aa .
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. L. Brennan, of
Charlton passed through the city
yesterday on their way home from
visit with relatives at Delta and
What Cheer. ..., ..
Mrs. NJ. d. James and son Ray, of
West Liberty, who have been visiting
relatives. and friends in the city for
the past several days, departed for
homo yesterday. ..
Mrs. Frank Little went to. Albion
yesterday for visit with her moth
er, Mrs. A. ID. Smith, who has been
confined to her home by illness for
the past two months. - a...
Montezuma Republican: Ollie S.
Ellis, vice president of the Western
Grocer Company, will go to California
and be the general buyer for all the
wholesale houses owned by the Spen-
GERS and the Western Grocer Com
pany. Ollie Ellis Is an uncle of the
Republican man, Now We don't write
this item to tell you that we are kin
10 the high br0ws. but we want to
say 5 that Ollie Ellis is pusher, a
splendid business man and boy who
started at the bottom of the ladder.
When the Spencers started ups that
little wholesale house in 0skaloosa,
no one thought that 1t would some
day be big institution. Ollie Ellis
was a little, chubby, redfaced, bare
footed boy in Oskaloosa. He had
ginger In him. One day he walked
into the Spencer wholesale house and
asked Harry Spencer for q job. He
got IL. He chased errands, he swept
the floors and made himself useful.
He grew and the Spencers awarded
him for his faithful attention to work
After n little while he went on the
road as a travelling salesman. Il The
trade all knew him. They would
give him orders because he was jol-
ly, good natured. So we are pleased
that Uncle Ollie is still going higher
in the financial world His mother
Mrs. Harriet J. Knowlton. resides in
New Sharon, and she is grandmother
to the writer. She was the wife of
our grandfather, Samuel Knowlton,
and when We were boy, we made
our home on the old farm down in
Union township. Yes, we were once
a hayseed and are proud of it.
George Lister was a passenger to
Des Moines this morning on a brief
business trip ....... .-.zss.
Mrs. ID. C. Mattox, of Atwood, was
trading and calling on friends in the
ity yesterday. ... .lH- s
Miss Allie Porter, of Ottunwa, has
returned home after brief visit
among Oskaloosa friends. wig 81
\ Mrs. SIR. Staley is visiting for
few days with her daughter, Mrs
Harold Oliver, in Sgourney. ri"
Donald Meade. of Ottumwa, has re-
turned home after a few days visit
here with relatives and friends. ..s
Miss Gail Franklin went to What
Cheer yesterday for few days: visit
with her aunt. Mrs. John +. Fields,
Miss Emma Lewis, of Delta, who
has been visiting friends in the city
for few days, returned home yester-
day. 4.
Mrs. G. w. Gates, of Winterset, re-
turned home this morning after Wis
iting in the city with friends for
short time. . 49,
Mrs ]. w. Brand and son Harry, of
Monroe, passed through the city yester-
day en- route to Rose Hill for visit
with relatives.
Miss Essie Wilkins. of Abba, was a
visitor in the city this morning en-
route TO What Cheer for visit at the
B. J. Meyer home.
Mrs. A. r. kellogg and daughter
We're passengers yesterday for New
Sharon, where they will visit short
time with relatives.