The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-08
THE STAR iNSTALlS A MODERN
TIPESETTiNG MACHINE IN ITS
OFFicE-coMMERciAl HOTEL
CHANGES HANDS,
(Scissored from the Star

MIS-. Al Hill on Wednesday night,
December 81, will give possession to
the new proprietors of the CONNER
cial Hotel which property she sold
a few weeks ago to Isaac Shoemake.
Homer Holloway and wife will be in
charge beginning January LIST and
continue the general hotel and
boarding business. Mr. and Mrs. Hill
will remain in New Sharon two
weeks and then go to Tulsa, Okla,
TO visit their daughter, Mrs. Ned
Masterman. They will probably re-
turn to New Sharon to reside after
making an extended visit with their
children.
Dave Rowley has an interesting
collection of old U. S. and foreign
coins which contains some pieces
that are quite rare. He has five u.
$. pennies, one made during each
year of the war, from 81 to '63, also
Canadian penny dated 1887 and
which Is as large as our 50-cent
piece. Some of the other coins are
a Japanese 5-sen, Netherland penny.
a U. S. Scent piece, and a Swedish q
ore. Among his relics is a finger ring
made in Wisconsin a good many
years ago by some of his ancestors.
II Is made from natural hair.
l.. w. Garner and wife gave q
Christmas dinner at their farm home
west of town. 1t was beautifully dec
GRATED with Christmas decorations
and holly colors. Mrs. Garner served
delicious farmers dinner. Those
from a distant were Jim Shroyer,
wife and daughter Grace, of Oska.
lOosa, c. w. Beal and wife, of Des
Moines, Geo. Williams and family, of
Chillicothe, and J. N. Cozad, of New.
ton. Those from here were, w. e.
Shroyer and family and J. C. Phil.
lips and family
Prairie Chapter No. 1877, Order of
the Eastern Star, held an interesting
meeting last evening and initiated
Mrs. DR.. Ryan into the mysteries of
the order. Refreshments were served
and pleasant social hour enjoyed
after the work. The installation of
officers will occur at the next regular
meeting, which is one week from
next Tuesday night.
L. r. Briggs and family of Oska-
l0osa ate Christmas dinner at the
home of his brother, Art Briggs, o:
Lynnville, coming to New Sharon in
the evening and remaining over night
at Mrs. Mary Hargraves, Mrs. Briggs
mother, and returned home Friday.
Ten of New Sharon's confirmed old
bachelors were treated to a most de-
licious three course dinner as guests
of Grover c. Baker at the Baker hotel
last Sunday. The menu included ev.
erything from turkey to ice cream,
such as we are privileged to enjoy
only on rare occasions.
Mrs. Leslie Beals Sunday school
class of girls entertained the boys
of Miss Louise Ratcliffs class at the
Leslie Beal home last evening There
were music and games and refresh
ments, and all report a very enjoy.
able time
LATE Graham and wife entertained
TO Christmas dinner, her mother,
Mrs. Sarah Pfoutz; her brother, Geo.
PfoutZ and his son; her. niece, Mrs.
Leslie Beal and family; and their
daughters, Mrs. c. A. Briney and Mrs.
Lou Busby and their families.
The Star is celebrating the advent
Of the New Year by installing in our
Office one of the most wonderful
pieces of machinery ever invented
a modern typesetting machine the
Intertype.
Mrs. J. M. Shaw of Vesta, Neb,
and Mrs f. X. Shaw of Portland,
Ore, visited their niece, Mrs. E. d.
circuit, and other relatives and
friends of New Sharon and Oska-
loosa the past two weeks.
Mrs. Milton Young of Oskaloosa
spent Friday at the c. E. Wallace
home with her sister, Mrs. Emma
Kramer prior to Mrs. Kramer's de-
parture for California,
Paul and Granville Crowder of Os-
kaloosa and Ray Kincaid of Murray
were over Sunday visitors with their
sister and cousin, Mrs. Yves McVay
and family.
Jess Crandall and Robert Rhine
each shipped a car of hogs to Chi.
cago Sunday and Robert Rhine an
other to Peoria Tuesday.
X. C. Wurster, the new manager
of the Eclipse Lumber Co., is NOV
ing VITA his wife into the Presby-
terrain parsonage this week.
Mrs. Albert Swisher went to Os-
kaloosa Monday evening to see her
mother, Mrs. J. II. Brown, who is
seriously i'll.
Vada and George Smith of Oska-
loosa have returned home after a
visit with their cousin, Miss Mearl
Jarard.
Miss Madge Phillips has been
spending a few days at the home OF
her uncle, Jasper Phillips, at Oska-
loosa.
Miss Edna Crowder. of oskaloosa,
is spending this week with relatives
and friends in New Sharon.
Yves McVay and family spent
Christmas at the parental ]. ii.
Crowder home in Oskaloose.
CERT Strom accompanied his wife
to the hospital in Oskaloosa Monday
evening.
Iowa Has Many Fowls.
Iowa has more fowls than any state
in the Union. The latest census re-
nortc chou that thara ora % ASo ESQ