The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-12
OUR kEOTA LETTER
TWENTY-FIVE UNITE WITH N. e.
CHURCH AS RESULT OF REVl.
vAL-MONDAY WAS BUSY DAY
AT kEoTA HOSPITAL.

| keota, March 10.--As result of the
Hanley-Fisher meetings, which were
held recently, twenty-five united with
the Methodist church last Sunday.
| Monday was a busy day at the Keo-
ia hospital. There were three opera
tions for appendicitis. The patients
were Miss Agnes Swift, George
Sheetz and Chester Stewart. DR..
Littig, of Davenport, DIR. Mclaughlin,
of Washington, DR.. Whiting, of Iowa
City, and DR.. Downing of Wellman,
were present. Miss Swift has been in
Keota for several weeks nursing Mrs.
H. Henkle. Her home is in Wash
ington. Mr.; Sheetz is from the coun-
try south of town and Mr.. Stewart is
a local man. Miss Swift's sister is
here from Rchland and Mrs. Ola B.
Miller came from Washington to be
with her. Mr.. Stewards sisters, Mrs.
J. Nichols and Mrs. Downing, with
their husbands, are here from Well
man. Miss Delaney, a trained nurse
from Davenport, is here on special
' duty at the hospital
| James Chesney returned Saturday
from California, where he spent the
lpast two months.
tspent Sunday with Keota relatives.
| Mrs. Nettie Mitchell and little
daughter returned to their home in
Springville Monday morning after a
visit at the home of her mother, Mrs.
Caroline SheetZ.
Mr. and Mrs. B. b. Brown left for
their new home in Corfu, Washing
ton, Saturday morning. Mr.. Brown in
To hi N OF n
but Mrs. Brown and Master Glenn
would stop over in Des Moines to
visit relatives. 1t is real loss to the
community to have these fine people
leave.
church met with Mrs. II. B. Scoles
Saturday afternoon and enjoyed all
interesting program on Japan and
Korea. The April meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. l.. e. Hulse
The Misses Mary and Emma Klein
invited another company of ladies
out to their home for last Friday af-
ternoon to enjoy their beautiful array
of hyacinths. They have more than
100 spikes of bloom. A very fine
luncheon was a feature of the occa'
sion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Embre announce
the birth of daughter on Sunday,
March 8, 1914.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Kuhn were
over from Washington Friday calling
on Keota friends.
Mrs. A. w. Pringle and Mrs. A. w.
Stephens will entertain the Willing
Workers of the Methodist Sunday
school at the Stephens home Tuesday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Hogist will move
from the country to their recently
purchased town property, the Hamill
residence, next Wednesday. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hamill will store their goods
and board for the present.
Miss Leal Rogers returned to Iowa
! City Monday for further treatment
of her nose and throat by DIR. Dean.
: Miss Irene Helscher spent Saturday
with relatives in Washington.
Roy Warrington went down to Wa
pello Monday to visit his sister, Mrs.
Lloyd Fry. Mrs. Fry's little son is
i'll and the Keota relatives are anX.
ious to know just how serious the
illness may be and Roy went to in
vestigate the situation.
Rev. Harry B. Scoles went to Mt
Pleasant Monday to visit his daughter
Miss Ruth, who is attending the Iowa
Wesleyan University.
Miss Clara Brownhousen, who is
visiting at the home of her sister,
Mrs. 3. d. Halscher in SigOurney,
came down from that place with Mr..
and Mrs. Helscher for an over-Sunday
visit with Keota friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. viii Charlton spent
Monday in Washington.
Mr.. Hinshaw, of Richland. who has
purchased the east end implement
stock. is here and the inventory is
being taken.