The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-11-11
ALL OlO MAIDS WERE THERE
They Gather at the Grange Hall in
8 oliVet and EndeaVor to Out.
ISL Rival Each Other. q.

Olivet, Nov. Shy r. W.-The
old maids of Scott township held a
convention in the Grange Hall on
Friday night. We are not advised
whether it was democratic or repub-
lican, but all the old maids were there
in full glory, each one trying at all
times to outrival the other; both in
appearance and performing their re-
: speCtive part in the program, which
was we'll carried out from start to
| finish. Female suffrage came in for
brief discussion. All seemed de.
sirous to exercise some right as well
| as the men folks In the making of
laws. An informant says the entire
program was very instructive as well
as entertaining, 1t could not be 9th.
! erwise, for when the women folks
run things like they did on this oC-
casion something good Is sure to fol-
low. The house was crowded to ca
pacity.
Mrs. Mary Adams of Oskaloosa
spent the week in town disposing of
the household goods of the late Jen-
ME Drake. e
c. Needhan, who has been running
as conductor on the passenger train
from Washington to Knoxville, re-
sumed his regular run on the local
| freight from Knoxville to Evans on
Friday. 49,. ...-,
Mesdames v. B. and George Nc.
Combs and son Burt spent Friday in
! Oskaloosa, trading ~
We notice with much concern the
many friends of Hugh Anderson,
| sent UP for Ave years from Monroe
county for using the miners money
for campaign purposes, are seeking
pardon for him. We hope to see
him get it. This young man spent
his early life in Foster, Monroe
county, with his parents, who are
buried there. During our nine years
of residence there, we knew this
young man since a boy. We knew
him as husband and father 1t was
case of being persuaded by his as.
sociates to seek the nomination for
sheriff. None of them had any ex.
perience in politics. This young
man had no show for the nomination,
but they had a good time at Mr.. An
derSon's expense; then went back on
him. This was his first and only
mistake he ever made TO our knowl
edge and we made an effort to dis
courage him in this. He saw the
error OF his life and we hope to see
him returned to his wife and FIVE chill
idren a free man, benefited by Ms ex'
! perlence. .,. ,.~% .. = r..
G. w. -McReynolds sold his home
place in. front Of the station for $3.50;
possession to be given March l., 1916.
+ The Herald man delivered last
week a hand saw that came through
: the mail. Sometime before he de.
: livered twenty boxes of chewing to.
bacco. Both of these came in the
mail bag. Before that he delivered
piece of casting for a threshing
machine. This looks like using par
eel post for all 1t is worth, .. !
; S., Bartlema, commenced husking
corn on Tuesday, November 2. Stew.
art was the first man to plant corn
and Is now the first to crib in this To-
cality, and has been for several years
to the writer's knowledge.
Mrs. Alice Brown reports an en-.
rollment Of 80 pupils at the Burr Oak
school this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Billings spent
Tuesday in Oskaloosa with their son
Jesse, who is in the hospital there.
| John Perfect, who is working on a
farm near Wright, spent Sunday in
town with his grandparents. Mr.. and
Mrs. J. II. Perfect. He returned
home on Monday with Ed Hyatt.
They will husk corn there this fall.
! N. J. Morrison of Des Moines was
! in town on business on Thursday. He
informs US the mines in Iowa are not
running as well as they should at this
time of the year.
The writer was favored this week
with the receipt of a year book of
agriculture for the year of 1914, from
Hon. e. ". Ramseyer, which is great
} ly appreciated, for it / some of the
best public documents we ever re-
ceived.
w. H. Keeper the Spencer man,
from 0skaloosa, was in town Thurs
day. He says our advice is good, to
either ride on the Rock Island or
walk. for he is going to quit fooling
with these gas wagons while times
are good.
Mrs. J. L. Billings was a business
caller in Harvey on Thursday.