The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-04-15

la brief visit with friends in the city
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. ]. Vincent lef
this morning for Ottumwa where they
lwill visit relatives and friends for 8
few days.
M. c. Dunaway, who has been II
the city the past week representing
Horlick Matted MIX Co, left last ev
ening for ottumwa.
Rev. Alexander McFerran and Mr.
E. ], Evans have gone to Dallas Cen
ter to be in attendance at the Des
Moines Presbytery as delegates from
the First Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Louise Blattner received a
crate OF oranges, lemons and grape
fruit Tuesday morning from a friend
in California. The fruit had come
fresh as If picked from the tree but
yesterday.
James Hayes has terminated resi-
dence in oskaloosa and departs for
Mason City to make his home with
his son Harry at that place. Many
friends and acquaintance regret the
going of Mr.. Hayes but he has promis
ed frequent visits.
Roy Eveland, an employee of the
Hoover garage on First avenue west.
was injured about noon today while
cranking a car, sustaining a fracture
of bone in the right fore arm, lit
tie below the elbow. 1t is not a
serious injury but is painful and the
Inconvenience attending is annoying.
In a business note to the Herald
from Helena, Mont, D. ]. Wander Lin
den, formerly of this city. writes that
he is still travelling on the road al
though he owns one Of the finest
ranches In Sheridan county, Moneana,
where he says the Herald is and al
ways will be welcome paper. He
adds that he recently met DR.. Hunter
at Havre and that the Doctor is feel
ing fine and doing well. ... d.
Another former Oskaloosa boy who
is still interested in his old home
city Is F. NJ. Davis of Milwaukee. He
is the president and manager of the
Davis Manufacturing Co., large con.
Germ which manufactures automobile,
truck. tractor and locomotive motors.
In a business letter to the Herald he
says: I'VE are now building new
shop at West Allis which is suburb
of Milwaukee. This shop will be 250
by 290 feet, saw tooth roof, steel con
struction, cement floors, all machin
cry driven with electric motors and
We will have one of the most efficient
up-to-date shops in the country" No
matter where they 90, Oskaloosa
boys always make good.
T. J. Ray made business trip to
Clinton yesterday.
T. II. Davis made a business trip
to Montezuma yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Lowell Dawson of Fremont
was a business caller in the city yes
terday. !C
Miss Lucille Benton of Waterloo is
a guest of friends in the city for a
few days.
Miss HiFda Wadding of Kansas City
is a guest OF friends in the city for d
few days.
Miss Jeanette Walcott of Prairie
Vine. Kans., was a business caller H.
the city yesterday +. ..
Miss Letta Van Maancn OF Leigh
ton vas in the city yesterday looking
after business matters.
Miss Ruth while who underwent
an operation on her throat last week
Is getting along nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. f. Grifrey OF New
Sharon we're in the city yesterday
looking after business matters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Win Harris left this
afternoon for a few days visit With
relatives and fiends in Grinnell
Miss Helen Moore went to Marshall
town yesterday to b3 guest at
birthday party given for her cousin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Johnson of On
aha arrived last evening for few
days visit with friends and relatives
in the city.
Lon Fritch left Saturday evening
for Minneapolis, Mimi. where he will
be a guest of the North Western
Knitting Company for few days re
turning Tuesday morning.
Ottumwa Courier: Professor II. l..
Morris OF Penn college at Oskaloosa,
was in the city today in the interest
of the May FESTIVAL at Penn college
auditorium May /. Attorney F. E.
Thomas OF Oskaloosa accompanied
Mr.. Morris.
Sherman (Texas) Democrat: John
Nickels OF Des Moines, Iowa. dropped
in on the Democrat last evening, John
was the foreman of the Oskaloosa
Qowa) Reform Leader when G. o.
Hunter OF the Democrat was roller
boy way back in the early seventies.
The roller boys duty was TO spread
the ink with a hand roller about two
feet long over tho forms while the
.pressman lifted the printed sheet
from the tympan, laid 1t down and
picked up another to impress 1t, all
by hand and very slow speed on what
was known as tho Washington hand
press John has been printer since
he left the firing line in the war oil
L'6l!64 but no one would take him
to be in his seyenty-second year Tor
his hair has only a few white ones
among a wealth of black, his form
erect as a soldier and his vision
clear. He still does a pretty good
days work on the linotype machine.
In his early days John was one oil
the sWiftest hand compositors In the
west. He comes south for recreation
and is delighted with the balmy April
weather for h. came out of the north
where winter fingers longer and par
ticularly is it so this spring.
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