The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-02-19


Bentley house, took the interests of
Mr.. Mowrey and the firm name was
changed to RAIDER & Pike. This
business association continued with
mutual benefit and protit until 1891
or 1892, when Mr.. RAIDER became as
ISOLATED with Rev. Charles H. Keays,
erstwhile pastor of the Congrega.
tional cnurch of OskaloOsa, in a pub
LEGATION enterprise for the marketing
u MIR. Keays' works. This bust
ness was terminated by the death of
Rev Keays, and Mr.. RAIDER went on
the road for a wholesale drug house.
Being well acquainted i'm Iowa, he
was assigned territory in this state
and sent to Des MoineS FOR his head
quarters. He has since resided in
that place.f $50. -..-. EFT .rl,tu
ANDERSON.-Fune ser"ice for
the late Alexander Anderson, general
secretary of the Y. NJ. c. A. of Mt.
Pleasant took place in Oskaloosa,
this Wednesday morning, February
Is, 1914, at the Friends yearly meet
ing house corner College avenue and
C. street. at 1920 o'clock. immediate
ly following chapel service at the
college. Glasses were dismiss ed dur
ing the hour of service and almost
without exception the student body
attended as mark of respect for the
deceased was a member Of the Penn
Alumni. lnterment was made in the
Friends cemetery on North E street.
Special music for the service was
furnished by Howard Hockett, a per
sonal friend of the Diseased, and
the funeral sermon was y given by
President David NJ. Edwards of the
college, who had known the young
man personally through his career in
the Friends institution. A brother,
Lee Anderson, came from Fairfax,
South Dakota TO be in attendance at
the funeral, and brOtherin-law, of
Riceville, Iowa, also came. After re.
naming in this city few days Mrs.
Anderson will join her parents in
the California home.
OF the passing OF Mr.. Anderson,
who had become deservedly popular
at his home in Mt. Pleasant, the Daily
News of that place has the following
sketch OF the young man and his
work at that place:
Although not entirely unexpected
the passing of Mr.. Alexander Amber
son, the secretary OF the "Y" on Sat
Iurday evening shortly after seven o.
clock at his home on South Van Bur
en- street, came as a distinct shock
ESPECIALLY to the young men of the
city. Mr.. Anderson had only resided
mere since last August, coming from
Sioux City, where he had been boys
secretary of the Y. NJ. c. A. to take
the Mt Pleasant general secretary
ship made vacant by the removal OF
Secretary A. ]. DAVIS TO Muscatine.
OF a quiet, unassuming nature the
new secretary soon endeared himself
to the hearts of the young men who
| frequent the ~" and without, eXcep-
/ ton they all feel they have lost a
personal friend in the premature TAX.
ling away of the deceased young man.
: Mr.. Anderson was taken ill with the
grippe some ten days ago but being
ambitious would not give up until he
was really forced to do. so and then
the grippe had developed into an
acute attack of pneumonia. He was
given the best OF care and attention
and was apparently getting along
nicely when on Thursday he suffered
a relapse. A trained nurse was install
ed but some heart trouble developed
and the immediate cause of death was
due to the choking OF the arteries OF
! that organ. Mr.. Anderson was Il
young man, having been born at
Searsboro, in September, 1878. He
also at Penn College, graduating from
the latter institution in. 1904. While
! in college he was a great athlete,
4. T.. - ti.NhA IIn l. a
studied at Boston University, Boston,
Mass, and after completing his STUD
/ les was a missionary for the Ameri-
can Sunday School Union with" head
quarters at Mitclell, s. D. In 1910
/ he took up Y. NJ. c. A. work and
was appointed boys secretary at
Sioux City. The deceased was mar
ried in 1905 to Miss Jessie Young, a
daughter of Thos. c. and Debbie
Young, for many years a resident OF
OSkalooSa and VINO now resides In
him. He is also survived by a moth
er, one brother one sister and a hall
sister, all residing at Fairfax, S. d.,
and half sister residing at Riceville,
Iowa. There are no children. His
administration of the affairs of the
local Y. NJ. G. A. was excellent and
the result is that the institution Is in
a fiourishing condition. Not only has
the Y. NJ. &. A. lost most efficient
official but the city has lost citizen
whom it can i'll afford to lose. The
remains were permitted to lay in state
at the Y. NJ. c. A. on Tuesday from IL
a. m. to 1870 p. III. and the funeral
services were held at the Y. M. c. A.
at 2 p. m. conducted by Rev. Thos.
Osborn, assisted by the different
pastors of the city.
! 1t has been many a Sunday since
Mt. Pleasant spent such a depressed
day as last Sunday. The death of Mrs,
Hebel Saturday forenoon, leaving five
little motnerless children and the
stricken husband, and the death the
same day of Mr.. Alec Anderson, secre-
tary of the Y. NJ. Z. A, leaving a
heart broken wife, strangely affect
the people of the city and emphasized
as never before the uncertainty OF
death Two weeks ago Secretary An
derson was in perfect health and the
last man in town whose death would
have been expected Mrs. Hebel. a
week ago, was also in perfect. health,
with no suggestion that she would be
rallied so suddenly.
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