The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-11-12
PERSONALS
lFrom Saturday's DailY. J


senger yesterday to 0ttumwa
Peter Bowen went TO Ottumw
yesterday afternoon TO play drum an,
traps with the Ottumwa Harp Or
chestra at a dance.
Miss Ruth Palmer was down from
Grinnell Thursday night visiting Os
kaloosa friends, and returned THU
morning to her home.
New Sharon Star: Mrs. Irwin AIIeT
was taken seriously i'll q few day.
ago and was removed to the Oska
loosa hospital She is reported 10 be
improving.
j. +. Whetham, superintenedent OF
the John J. Grier Hotel Co., was a
business caller at the Grier lunch.
room in the G. r. /. & p. depot In
this city yesterday.
Allen Rodgers came down from
Grinnell Thursday evening for a few
days visit with his father and moth
er, pr. and Mrs. L. A. Rodgers, of sos
North Eighth street.
Virgie Bowen. OF 1112 Third avenue
west, has returned home from Des
Moines, where she has been enjoying
9 weeks visit with Mrs Vera Pickett
and friends in the Capitol City"
Fremont Gazette: Last week A. J.
Hicks, of Oskaloosa, purchased the
=. Nj. Eastburn residence property
for $2,5e0. This is the property on
Main street now occupied by r. E.
Vincent
Miss Faye Yaeger of Kirkville, Mo-.
stopped over in Oskaloosa, where she
is the guest of her cousin, Mrs. Roy
Barrows, Sol south Seventh street
She was enroute home from the Des
Moines meeting of the Iowa State
Teachers Association.
Miss Margaret Hunter, teacher of |
the Round Top school, closes her |
fall term next week and will teach |
at the Lunt school next term begin
ming on November 23rd. Miss Caro- 4
Ign knight who is teaching the
jackson school, will teach at Round
Top next term.
Roy G. Gillett spent Thursday in
the city visiting at the parental C. ].
Gillett home at University Park go
ing to Sigourney, where the Chicago !.
Orchestral Sextette, of the Meneley
System, gave concert Mr.. Gillett
plays trombone with this excellent
musical organization, which so far
has enjoyed q most successful season.
New Sharon Star: Mrs. ]. NJ. Shroy
or was happily surprised at her home
In University Park Sunday, October
5lst, in honor of her sixty-sixth birth !
day. Her children and grand children I
came with well filed baskets. Those
present We're: Mrs. J. G.. Phillips and ,
family, of New Sharon; L. w. Garner !
and family of New Sharon; Geo. Will {
Jams and family of Chilicothe; w.
z. Shroyer and family of near New ,
sharon
New Sharon Star: c. ]. Griffin of !
MonteZuma, drove through New Shar
1n Saturday on his way to Oskaloosa, ,
but when a short distance south OF !
own, the rear axle on his car broke
md he was compelled to abandon
he trip for the day The incident
vas not without its pleasant circum- d
tances however. for e. c. Branson {
brought him and his daughter to New d
Sharon and they were guests at the
3ranson home for dinner. Mr.. Griffin E
vas formerly in business in New Il
Sharon. e
Fremont Gazette: D. K. Unsicker,
y
National Farmers Congress, in COM S
,any with President P. L. Ames, of f
oregon, Wisconsin, were in Water
90 last week to look over that city \
or the meeting place for the con- q
ional convention held at Fort Worth | 4
Texas, several cities including Wat
sriOo we're candidates for the honor
M aFA al all h,,k kI,nA v
,itY and Omaha the convention left !
he decision between these two to the !,
president and treasurer. From there
he officers went to Omaha and will
alter make their decision. t
Rev. Alexander McFerran, of the E
first Presbyterian church. Is now !
he only one left Of the "Macls" that U
few years ago were such an influen-
ial quartette In Oskaloosa. The +
ther three we're DR.. J. M. McClei- \
and, Of Central NJ. Z. Church, Rev. a
J. w. McCord OF the Christian church t
nd DR.. Gearge A. Mclaughlin, Pres n
dent OF Holiness University. Rev.
icCord was the first to leave and he y
1as followed last spring by DIR. Me- n
.aughlin, who was glanted a years I
save of absence by the University 4
M@Apto- ASabt GCplbAhbGA III VIZ n
iceland was changed from Oskaloo- =
a to Manhattan, Kansas, and SO it
appens that Rev. McFeran Is left
lone. At one time the Herald pub Il
Ighed their pictures and they made +
fine looking gToupe. Each was a v
distinctive leader in his special work S
nd at various times appeared in n
york of public nature. Rev. Nc G
'erran and DR. McClelland have
10Th served az tne manager of the
lskaloosa Chautauqua and the 9th =
rs we're equally active in every good !.
york for the public good. !.
Miss Leoni Cohn, of Davenport, has h
'een In Oskaloosa friends and ac- q
luaintances this week. b
Miss Maude Erdice of Keota is en- o
Dying few days visit in the city at 4
he home Of her brother, A. G. Erdice.
Mrs Abbie Hinchman has returned II
70 her home in Des Moines after two K
seeks visit among old time friends / s
n 0skaloosa. 9
Harry Roberts, OF the Herald, ac- \
the Penn foot bali squad a
o the Parsons-F Fairfield encounter Fri {
lay afternoon. IL
Mrs, G. E. Todd. Of Los Angeles. '