The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-28
AN EGGlSMEGG ANYWHERE.
Sage of oilvet Sees No Difference in
them whether in Chicago, St. :,
Louis or His Home Town.

Oliyet, Aug. 23-We real this week
a long winded article on eggs. The
writer has bought eggs in Chicago and
| he has bought them in St, Louis. To
make long story short he has bought
eggs forty years or more and all the
eggs he ever saw looked Just like they
do in Olivet. It mattered not how long
they were getting to market or how
many professors handled them; it is
a case Of an egg being an egg.
= A mighty nice young man represent
ing fl. l.. Spencer of Oskaloosa was
in town on Thursday looking after
trade, He informs us our man Klepper
is dom gwell after the shaking up he
got in Harvey on his last trip. We
want him from this time on when not
riding on the Rock Island to walk.
v. A. Palm and w. " Mangel of
Hastings, Nebraska, representing the
Texas land company was IN town on
Thursday looking after their interests
here. They recently purchased from
A. r. Kilbufn of Kansas City, Missouri
his farm g. .' 70.
Departed this life at the late J. L.
Billings home on Thursday night, Oc-
tober 21st, at eight p. M, Mrs. Jennie
Clark, aged 81 years. The deceased
came here from st. Louis two years
ago She was sister-in-low of Mrs. j.
L. Billings and made her home in. the
Nossman home, in the west part Of
town until she was taken sick and be.
ing alone she was removed to the bIl,
lings home where loving hands did all
they could for her in her last hours.
The best road MAKER we have scent
this year was in town on Thursday, III
was a low wagon with solid wooden
wheels and a five inch tire on them.
This is a practical road maker
We have seen a whole lot of sick !
gas wagons in town lately. One day
we saw one sneaking behind the car,
two small wheels attached TO ten
foot gas Spipe. A, short time after wei
saw another going through town with |
same attachment following after it.
We are not advised whether these two
little wheels were their TO hold the
thing down or TO hold il up when i'll
did get down. Later in the day we
saw large team attached to d car
pulling ii through town heading for
q junk shop. ~
-. A. !. DeCook and s. Bartlimat with
their families spent Sunday in Prairie
City at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Pet
err Partlima.
Gilbert Johnson of Rochester had a
force Of men in town on Wednesday
hauling boilers all over Scott Town
ship TO be used on the roads. ..
II. W. @Vanyeekel left on our desk
on Tuesday, October IS, large bunch
Of blackberry blossoms, as nice as we
ever saw them in springtime.
L. Stoddard of Des Moines was in
town on business with the Herald man
on Thursday.
Dr.. Ayers Of Leighton made a nro
fessionaf call in town on Wednesday
at the Billings home to see Mrs:
Drake, who is very sick He reports a
large practice. He came to town in
brand ne wautO, and he deserves The
1est.
Farmers are busy this week cutting
corn. John Cole cut 500 shocks this
week. a...... .-.. .~
We are spending all of our mon.
~ for coal this week.
N A. W ilson OF Seymour was a bust
ness caller at the station on Thursday.
ie reports nothing doing down his
way, but looks for better times.
We often hear people complain Of
lines and prices, The last one was al
nan running small country coal
nine. This writer has statements to
show when he had q wife and one
'hild to support he dug. coal for 35c, d
on, and paid FIVE dollars for a kes
II powder and one dollar for a gal. I
on OF oil Today he pays from two to (
wO and half ton for coal at the
mines with powder selling at two
dollars a key. W. are pursuaded to
believe at times there is a whole lot
VI people on this earth that wouldn't
rc satisfied with a front seat in heav
in. We had occasion to tell man so
his week" r. w. i