The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-02

day afternoon TO Grinnell, where they
will visit with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Asa Hemingway
have returned to their home in Keno.
sha. Wisconsin, after months visit
here and at Evans with. friends ana
relatives. .s.. EiG,
II. G.. Samuel, who has been max.
ing an extended visit with his brother
In Fort Dodge, passed through the
city this morning on his way home to
Davenport. H.. #,' Is E>-." 'r'-'
Geo. r.. Sullivan, who has been
spending the winter with relatives
here, has returned to his claim at
Havre, Mont. He expects to be gone
two years.
Rex O'Neil, who has charge of the
Union Delivery System at Marshall
town, is enjoying a short visit In the
city with his wife and son Cedric and
other relatives. .... .., g..
Mrs. DR. Parker, Mrs. Maud Perry,
Mrs Edith Garland, Miss Sara Will
Jams and Miss. Nellie Williams went
to Ottumwa this morning to attend
the play, Ben Hur.
Mr., and Mrs. T. !. Williams, Of
Centerville, spent a few hours yester-
day visiting with friends in town.
They were en- route, to Waverly,
where they will make a weeks visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Goodwin and
children, of 435 North Third street
left Saturday for Agency to visit the
parental home. Mr.. Goodwin re-
turned Monday and Mrs. Goodwin re-
NAMED for a longer visit. ~.
Fred Moore, of the Iowa Telephone
company, Is at New Sharon in the in
teIest of the company and engaged
IN rebuilding the exchange switch
board He has been on the job sew
aral weeks and has much yet to do.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. c. Adair and son
Read were at the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Benjamin Binns. No. 701 Second
avenue East, Monday in celebration
of the sixty.third wedding anniver-
sary of their grandparents The day
was most happily spent. ~. e.
Jesse b. Hooton and family have
'emoved from 1909 First avenue West !
70 GA Fifth avenue West. This loca
10 Is between the c. b. & Q. Ry. |
and the NJ. & st. L. Ry. and is con.
siderably nearer the center of the |
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Kemble, father and |
mother of w. r. Kemble, who have
been spending the winter in Lexing- |
ton, Mo-, with w. F. Hinesly and
returned this morning to their |
home in Muscatine, after enjoying a |
weeks visit in town with friends and
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. X Winnemore and |
five children have arrived from Musca. |
tine 10 become permanent residents
of Oshaloosa. Mr.. WinnemOre has
purchased the Johnson property, No.
6l9 North A street, which will be
made over to meet his requirements
aud convenience. The family was
attracted to Oskaloosa by the advan.
tages offered by Penn College.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Hines have re-
turned to OskaloOsa from Silvis, Ill.
That Is, Bert is returning after an
absence Of several years to take a
position with Ted Briggs in the Os'
kalOOsa Dress Club, and Mrs. Hines
is accompanying him on her first Wis
1t to the town. Mr.. Hines will be
welcomed back by former friends
and he will hove also the congratula'
lions of the crowd The couple re-
side at No. 416 North Market st.
Mrs. B. Frank Shoemake and
daughter Miss Bernice, OF College
avenue, have. left for California. They
will first visit at the home of an aunt
Mrs. J. X. Carlson, at Modesto, and
60 thence to San Francisco, from
which port Miss 'Bernice sails April
7 for Sidney, Australia. where she
will become the wife OF Mr.. Herman
Baughmier, formerly of Denver. The
groom is In charge OF government
irrigation project at Melbourne,
which city is to be the home OF the
young couple for the time being.
|Congratulatios and best wishes OF
Oskaloosa friends will accompany the
young lady upon her long journey.
| The marriage will be the result of an
acquaintance formed when the bride
elect was a student i'm Colorado. =
Mrs. Otto Dede has gone to Chica-
go for a brief visit with relatives.
! Mrs. Dede was on the C.. b, & O.
fast train from Denver TO Chicago
which ran into an open switch and
was ditched near Hawthorn, Illinois,
yesterday morning. None OF, the pas
SeuSets were luJuI cu DuL' all lCSCiNCu
scare that they will remember for
some time Those of the passengers
who were riding in the sleepers that
were deraiied were transferred into
other cars and the train went on into
Chicago without waiting for the
wrecking crew to replace the cars
lon the rails. When the train hit the.
open switch the engine and the first
FIVE cars stayed on the rails. but the
strain became too great when the
heavy steel sleepers hit the switch
and the last five cars were sent into
the ditch. Before any of the passen
gers realized that they had been in
extreme danger the train had been
brought safely to a standstill by En-
. gineer Hinmon. The train crew in
formed the passengers that they
4 would have to alight and get into 9th
er coaches so as TO get to Chicago
with as little loss OF time as possible
Reports from those who were In the
wreck, or rather derailment, state
there was no possible way OF avertint
THE accident and that the engine crew
deserve credit for the manner II
(which they stopped In time to ayoit
any more serious consequences.
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