The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-03-05

Oskaloosa several months ago 4
nurse her daughter, Mrs. Olive Cram
a through a somewhat pIotracted i'll
ness, is returning to-day to her nom
in Kansas City. Mrs. Crane accom-
ipanies her and after weeks res
they so on to Little Rock, Arkansas
: for an indefinite sojourn.
Rev. E. J. Evans, of this city, hal
> been advanced in the work of th'
American Sunday School Union. Ii
addition to his work as Missionar,
. for Mahaska county, he has beef
J made General Missionary for South
east Iowa, having supervision ovel
"a counties. His promotion is de
served by the excellent work he /:
doing.
Oskaloosa Times: Mr. and Mrs. NJ
c. Smith and daughter, Mildred ant
Minnie, of Freeport, Ohio, who have
been visiting at the z. p. Kirk home
departed Wednesday for Lawrence
Kansas. They left home about q
month ago, visiting relatives and
friends in Linn county and at New
Providence. They had two feet oi
snow fall in November back in the
Buckeye state and before they left
home the total amount was SO inches
Some heavy storms have since oc'
Cured there. What snow we have
had here, practically, has fallen since
they arrived in Iowa.
| Fremont Gazette: Saturday even
ing the Penn College orchestra, OF
Oskaloosa, gave a delightful concert
at the Fremont Christian church.
1.-The patronage was small, but what
the audience lacked in numbers they
made up in enthusiasm. The orches-
ira consists of fifteen members with
]. Worth Allen as director, and they
are all splendid musicians, each num-
Der being rendered faultlessly and
roundly applauded. Prof. Allen is an
artist on a banjo and he delighted
| his hearers with several beautiful Sc
lections. Miss Mabel Doll is with the
company as reader and gave few
selections which were enthusiastic
ally received and she graciously re-
sponded with encore numbers.
(From Mondays Daily
What Cheer Patriot: Mrs. J.
Saryis went to OskalOOsa Saturday
to visit her daughter Della.
Eddyville Tribune: Mrs. kathrne
Kelley of Oskaloosa is visiting at the
home of her son Fred on the Red
Mineral Springs Farm.
Keota Eagle: Mrs. Minnie Stewart
and Bee Dupuis were in Oskaloosa
over Sunday visiting their sister
Laura who has very sick baby.
New Sharon Star: John Steddom
and wife left OskalOosa Tuesday ey.
ening for their new home in Califor
mia. The best wishes of many friends
go with them.
Sigourney News: w. w. Hardness
and wife and baby, who have been
visiting at the parental J. l.. Hank.
ness home in OskalOoSa, transferred
here Monday a. m, on their way
home to North English.
Eddyville Tribune: Mr.. and Mrs
Jess Morris, Jr.. have fine baby boy
at their home near Beacon since Sat
urday, February q. 1914, this being
the first great-grandchild of Mrs.
Rhoda Briggs, OF North Fourth street
New Sharon Star: Charles, Tom
and Lura Curry went to Oskaloosa
the first of the week and Charles
and Claude went on to Mt. Pleasant
to see Mrs. Chas. Curry and to visit
at Rome with his nephew, Joe Zook
They returned home today and Mr.
Curry reports his wife to be improv
inS.
ColfaX Tribune: will Thomas went
to OskalOosa last week and under.
went an operation for Appendicitis on
Friday in one of the hospitals there
His parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Thorn
as, Sr., went Friday to remain with
him several days. He is reported
to be getting along as well as could
be expected.
EddyviIle Tribune: Mesdamcs n
S. Bradfield and y. B. Holloway
were guests last Thursday of Mrs. j
G. Harold of OskalOosa. attending a
meeting of the Home Economics De
partment of the WOman's Club in the
afternoon. Mrs. c. L. Farmhouse
and Mrs. S. D. Hendryx were also
dinner guests and most enjoyable
day was had by all.
Delta Press: The supreme court
has reversed the lower court in cast
of NJ. l.. Billick VS.. G.. W. Davenport
This is the case growing out of a
land trade in which the Davenport
farm in Warren township and a piece
Of land in Kansas were in cOntrover-
sy. The ruling handed down by tho
judge OF the supreme court give
Davenport possession of the farm
Mr.. BilliCk has been living on the
Davenport farm the past year. He
will move from the same the first OF
March. going to Oskaloosa.
or Miss Lois Whitaker OF this city
he Seymour Leader says: 1t is the
;oncen8us Of opinion that Miss Whit,
Iker's recent stay among US and her
efforts IN building up a musical or.
ganiZatiOn which would leave perma
nent effects on the musical and re
ligiOuS life Of the church have met
with complete success. She has left
the impress OF her musical leadership
in such a way that tho effects will
appear for long time to come Miss
Whitaker'S voice Is a splendid con
tralto. Her promptitude in the Sc.
lection of appropriate invitation
hymns, and wisdome of selection, will
make her elsewhere as here, a valu-
able eyangelistic helper"
Alfred Anderson and family are re.
moving from Rose Hill to Ogkaloosa.
Mr.. Anderson has purchased prop.
erty here and will make perman.
ent home in the city.
Mrs. Frank n. Cowan and Miss Dot