The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-30
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OLIVETS P. 0. IS TO. GO
Will Be Discontinued Unless a Suf
ficient Protest is Made. -

Olivet, Iowa, Dec. 27.-The Herald
reporter was informed this week
through Hon. C. w. Ramseyer that
the Olivet postoffice would be discon.
tinued on or about the first of the
year, and that mail would be deliver
ed by route 2 out of Leighton, unless
there was a vigorous protest m de
The patronage is small and the pa
irons all live within Is rods of this
route" is the way an inspector here
some time ago reported to the post.
office department. No protest has
been made.
Crop reporters take notice! Viii
lis Billings, 16 years of age, from this
place, raised and delivered over 1900
bushels of corn on the Ryan place,
east of town, this summer. This
amount was sold at the Ryan sale on
Thursday, besides what was fed to
the stock on the place this fall. The
sale was largely attended.
Mrs. Ryan of Oskaloosa sold her
farm east of, town, $50 acres, on last
Thursday, to J.. W. Binns, neighbor,
for $3.50 per acre. 1t is a we'll i'm
proved farm on the main road to Os.
kaloosa.
Fred -DeCook bought four hundred
bushels of corn at the Ryan sale on
Thursday for 81 cents bushel. Old
horses 13 to 20 years old sold from
forty to sixty dollars each. The
Olivet Ladies' Aid fed the multitude
at this, sale. We. sent down 259
pounds of bread and SO pounds OF
bologne and all we got back was the
empty bread basket. . d..
A. d. Thompson OF Harvey spent
Friday in town at the parental John
l.. Thompson home.
Mr.. Reynolds and son report an
increasing business SO far this month
We hope to see 1t continue. The aV'
erage, person is conundrum. We
have families here with all their
earthly possessions right in this lit
tie town. We also have a good gen
eral store but still these people won't
,patroniZe 1t only when they want
something on time. Then they new
er fail to patronize the home mer.
chant, for they well know they will
get no credit from the other fellow.
William Robinson of Ottumwa was
caller at the station on Saturday
We were glad to see Bill and talk OF
Old times when we were hustling in
the mines together for a living.
The Herald reporter is in receipt OF
a marked copy of the New York Trib-
une headed, do we want T. r. for
President. which was read with
much, interest. IT,. 49," H..
O.. P. Mendenhall of Knoxville re
turned home on Monday after spend
ing Sunday with his mother. Mrs
Jtnn Mendenhall of Leighton.
Mrs C. M. Coryell and daughter
@ Glen spent Tuesday in Oskaloosa
shopping. ..,- ,.. .,...
Mrs. John Crispen and son John
spent Wednesday in OSkasooSa shop
piag. ..
William Kreeling unloaded a cal
of coal here this week from the Eng
lish Creek Coal company of Knox
vile.
Oskaloosa. had no advantage over
Olivet in the skating line. The
writer and the rest of the folks skat
ed all over town for week, some
times on both ends.
Our correspondence this week is
large, among which there is lOt
from fellows that want Offices they
will never get, A man to get pulled
favors, should make record for him
self at home first.
Miss Jane Cole spent Friday in Os-
kaloosa shopping.
John Shaffer and Dan Systme
spent Friday in Oskaloosa looking
after Christmas presents. John in
forms us he has just finished husking
corn.-R w.