The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-10-22

roads in the automobile started fol
} their home in Joliet, Illinois, vest
! erday.
F.. NJ. Roberts, of Hunnewell, Mo.
surprised his father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. J. l.. Roberts, of 516 Second
avenue east, by dropping in on them
on Saturday and remaining for few
days visit,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Gould and two
soRs of Chicago, ILL.,, are new resi-.
dents of Oskaloosa and are living al
l07 c avenue west. Mr. Gould is a
baker and is employed at the SAM.
tary bakery. ...
Mrs. Sadie Little of Washington,
was caller on Oskaloosa friends on
| Tuesday afternoon, while waiting for
train to Grinnell, where she goes
% spend few days with sister, Mrs.
Emma Bailey,
Ben w. Landfear, chief train dis.
patcher at the M. & ST. L. office is
enjoying a weeks visit with friends
in Keithsburg, Illinois. j. NJ. Smith is
relieving Mr.. Landfear during the
latter's absence. ...t
Mrs. Robert A. Kent, of 324. North
Market street, and her niece, Miss
| Emily Kissick of 30l X avenue East,
went to Creston this morning to at
tend the State WOmen's Christian
| Temperance Union convention.
Prof. J. w. Burnett, formerly of
Oskaloosa and a member of Penn Col
lege faculty, but of late of Denver, is
here for a brief visit and to attend
Penn Day. He is enroute to Mime
| sofa on a business trip and expects
to locate in Chicago.
J. f. Marmon who is now operat.
ing farm between Bussey and BuX.
ton, was in town yesterday. Frank
| used to be one of the best mercantile
clerks in Oskaloosa, and later was
in business for himself, but he says
the farm beats life in town all to
! pieces.
Mrs. Mahlon N. Williams and her
daughter, Miss Ada, of ll6 Sixth ave
nue. east, and a large company OF
| friends will journey to Ottumwa on
Thursday to enjoy the George Evans
minstrel and visit with Mrs. Williams
son. Mahlon. who plays solo clarinet
in the famous minstrel band.
Mrs. NJ. L. Gerard of Wann, Okla.
hOma accompanied by her daughter,
Mrs. Edith Harris arrived in the city
Saturday and are guests at the home
of Mrs. S. f. Ferret, 500 d avenue
west. Mrs. Gerard will spend the
winter here with her sister while Mrs.
Harris returns to her home in Okla.
homa.
Floyd Earring, residing on south
Eleventh street extension, arrived
nome Tuesday morning from Lavina,
Montana, where he has been spending
the past two weeks on his farm oil
100 acres. Mr.. Earring reports that he
viewed the field on which C. Yer
Ploeg raised twelve thousand bushels
of wheat this season.
Mrs. F. d. Dennis who was enroute
to her home at Albion, Iowa, was a
guest Tuesday of Oskaloosa friends
Mrs. Dennis has been in attendance
at the Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of the Methodist Episcopal
church which was held at Mount
Pleasant, and spent Monday night
with her son in Ottumwa.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Fitzgerald and
daughters, Miss Margaret and Miss
Edna, formerly of this city but now
residing at Waterloo,left Tuesday af
ternooon for their home, after being
called to this city by the death of Mr.
Fitzgerald's mother, Mrs. Catherine
Fitzgerald. Miss Doris Fitzgerald re
mains for visit with relatives.
Marshalltown Times Republican:
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward o. Cole, of Az
East Church street, west Saturday
night to Des Moines, where they will
make their home. Mr.. Cole, who Is
well known engineer on the M. &. st
L., has had his headquarters changed
to Des Moines and will make the run
from that city to Oskaloosa and back
every day.