The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-10-09


Each contestant received a hearty
reception from the audience and 1t
was impossible to tell from the APP
plause which one was accorded. the
most favor from the crowd The
contestants were: John B. Allgood,
Adams township; w. w Carter, Os-
kaloosa; l.. Eddy. Oskaloosa; j. D..
Crafty, Spring Creek township. and
J. O. Grant, Oskaloosa, Judges were
w. L. Campbell, II. r. Kendig and
Mrs. Lizzie Hellings
Byron " Sewers president of the
association. named the following as
a nominating committee to nominate
officers for the following year and
report this afternoon: r. |. Garden.
Harry Tullis and l.. NJ. Bacon.
Following the contest, Cal Stewart,
we'll known comedian, who appears
at the Masonic this evening in Run
ming For Governor" consented to
appear and entertain the crowd for
few minutes and his talk was one
of the big treats of the program He
gave an extemporaneous comic mono
logue on everything in general and
| the old settlers of his native state,--
Virginia, lin particular, and kept the
audience in one continual roar from
the time he stepped on the stage I'M
til he left Mr. Stewart is "the man
that put Uncle Josh in the phono-
graph and has told his Uncle Josh
stories to millions of people through
the medium of the talking machine.
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The chiIdren's Garden Contest.
Prizes will be awarded Wednesday
evening at $3.50 at Exhibit Hall.
In spite of adverse conditions, a
cold wet spring followed by an I'M
usual drought, there have been many
very creditable gardens and the com
mittees feel that the summer and
their efforts have not been wasted
IL has been largely a backyard con.
test requiring a special visit to be
appreciated. The committees have
not found it easy to decide upon the
winners among so many contestants
| but have tried to be fair. and only
regret they cannot add more to the
list. The children winning prizes
will be notified by the principals ol
the ward schools. Following is the
Hist of winners: IFS B.
First ward Daniel Broughton
Gladys Pearson, Hobart White, Vida
Martin, Leroy SEEK. ..z~
Second ward--Ruth Buckholz, Mar
garet Powers, Muriel Spencer, Mary
Little, Wanda Lichtenheld. g.
Third ward-John Boyd, Earl ant
Elizabeth Anthony, Alverta Rafferty,
81 Gy,,st
/ Fourth ward-Hazel Hedge, Arthur
Augustine, Josephine Walling, Berry
Richmond, Emma Samuelson.
1 Fifth ward-Cecella Dursch, Sher
man Eckert, Marie Rosebrook, Wilda
Martin, Ray Atchison.
4 Names of contestants deserving
MENTION Nellie Friend, Frank Gil
bert, Anna Gibson, Ernest Woolsey
Elizabeth Ross, Ruth Mccall, Eliza
beth True, Junior Schee, Houston
Schee, Jack Heinzman, Carl Samuel
son, Marguerite Samuelson. Clars
Little, Juanita Rogers, Francis Ever
hart, Martha Stoler,, Helen Suffer
Homer Moore, Irene Hawkins. Jessi,
Arkless, Harold Hook, Frank Morris
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l Welcome In the Parade. ., .
/ Answering number of inquiries
any special driving outfits or feature
of parade, attractive, novel, and the
like, will be welcome in the grand
street demonstration that moves to
morrow afternoon at o'clock.
/ -. A Day Of Fun.
Thursday, the closing day of Ma
haska Fall Festival, will be a day o
lhilarity There will be a variety o.
things to occupy the time. At 1,
a. m. there will be band concer
in the park, and at 1900 the banc
transfers to Exhibit Hall to discourse
music during the ladies' hour.
This IL o'clock hour will be espe
cially enjoyable While it is termed
on the program ladies hour" It will
be quite safe for the men folks t
venture inside. A kind of a farewell
glance will be given the exhibits; tn,
food demonstrations will be espe
cially in evidence, serving in larger
quantities and varieties than at an,
other time. The hostesses will bt
present to encourage sociability, anC
a general good time. These ladies
are: Mrs. Louise Kalbach, Mrs. w
w. Williams, Mrs Thomas Soseman
Mrs. Earl Witt of Wright, and Mrs
! VIM. Natter.
In the automobile gymkhana there
are seven stunts, all of them new in
these parts and decidedly interest
ling. If you have not read up on this
subject you will enjoy noting the
stunts and prizes as fully outlined
on the program. The contest opens
at 2 p. m.
The committee having charge OF
Thursday afternoons program IL
made up as follows: DIR. F. F. Parker
chairman. Dan Unsicker of Wright
and w. F. McVay OF New Sharon
The course will be street neal
the public square. If you ever Grive
a car please take try in these auto
mobile prize events Thursday after
noon and encourage your friends to
join you. Rare sport lies in waiting
for those who participate and those
who look on.
! Come and get your share of the
laughter. the entertainment that re-
moves the crouch.
Shakespeare remarked, They
laugh that win" Here is a chance
for the rest of us to laugh while they
are winning