The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-01-14
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What Cheer Patriot: Blanche Lis
ter of Oskaloosa visited over Sunday
in this city
What Cheer Patriot Ruth Hell.
lings returned home to Oskaloosa
Monday after a weeks visit at the
Sam Steddom home.
What Cheer Patriot: Miss Ella
Just went to Oskaloosa Monday
where she will spend some time at
the Rev. Minear home. .-..
Carl Perry, of Beacon, has secured
a position as secretary to Senator J.
f.. Ream, and will leave today for
Des Moines to take up his new duties
at the State Capitol.
Miss Josephine Boyer, formerly
record clerk OF the District Court uu-
der the administration of j. l.. Mill
gan, is engaged as stenographer for
the Excelsior Coal Company.
PelIa Chronicle: Geo. Wielaard and
wife and Henry Rosenberg and fam
lily OF Oskaloosa and Gerrit DenHoed
and wife OF Monroe were in Pella
Wednesday attending the funeral of
Mrs. II. Wielaard. ..-.
EddyvilIe Tribune: p. j. Tharp,
who left his farm in West Des Moines
township some weeks ago and has
since been rooming in Oskaloosa,
was in town Tuesday on business and
calling on friends.
Pella Chronicle Miss Sarah Ryan
of OskaloOsa visited Pella friends
briefly Saturday. She has been Wis
iting near Peoria and came to Pella
to take the train home, aud stopped
to see friends at the college.
Knoxville Express: Rev. and Mrs.
George, L. Minear of Oskaloosa are
here this week. Rev. Minear held
the quarterly meeting at the NJ. E.
church Sunday, and this week they
are helping with the revival in pro-
gress at that church.
Saturday Globe: Prof. Ella H.
Stokes has returned from Whittier,
Cal, where she went to see her
brother, who is seriously ill. The
brother spent the past summer here.
He was former employe of a big
New York newspaper and his illness
was caused by long hours at work
in unsanitary surroundings.
Marshalltown Times Republican:
Edward o. Cole, an M. & st. L. en-
gineer in the freight service, who was
transferred to Des Moines in the fall
and has been running between that
city and Oskaloosa, has returned
here. He has been assigned to the
: passenger run on trains Nos. and 10
between this city and Monmouth,
while John l. Armour, who is taking a
vacation for the rest of the winter, is
away.
c. w. Ramsayor of Bloomfield, con.
gressman-eleCt for the Sixth District
| is in Des Moines this week, where he
has business with the supreme court,
He will leave Des Moines for Wash
fington, stopping for a day at Bloom
ingtOn, ILL.,, enrOute. He expects to
reach the national capital Monday or
| Tuesday of next week. The new
! congressman intends to stay in Wash
ingtOn for the remainder of the pres
ent session and will see how things
fare done in the halls of congress.
Montezuma Republican: Mrs. NJ.
j. GriCe, who has been visiting her
sister, Mrs. Thomas Starlight, left
Friday for OskalOOsa, for a short Wis
! it with relatives. She will then re-
! turn to MOnteZuma for a short time
/ MOntezuma Republican" Mrs. J.
| II. Kelley, of OskaloOsa, arrived Fri
| day night, called here by the sickness
! of her daughter, Florabelle, who was
! visiting at the L. f. Thorn home The
! daughter was able to start home
! Saturday night and was accompanied
| by her mother Mr.. and Mrs Kelley
were residents of Montezuma for sew
eral years and are well known here
Mrs. Randall Weikel, nee Miss
Pearle Porter, a former Oskaloosa
girl, and OTganist at st. James Epis-
cOpal church, is coming into promi-
hence i'll the musical circles of De
troit. The Free Press says: For
the benefit OF blind children Of De-
troit, who will attend the moving pic
ture show in the Washington theatre
Saturday morning, Mrs J. Randall
Weikel and Mrs. David Inglis will
give a musical recital. Hundreds OF
children are expected to attend, but
as some Of them cannot know the
Joys of the MOVIES Mrs Weikel and
Mrs. IngIis have arranged a special
program for their benefit The au-
dience Saturday will be made up of
children from the Van Leuven
Browne home, the blind and crippled
children of the public schools, for
whom a place will be reserved, and
all the children of the Bishop, Rus
sell, Morley, Bennett, Higgins, Nc
MILAN. Brownson, Johnson Ferry and |
Jackson schools. All will come in |
automobiles loaned for the occasion,
and will be the guests of John r.
Kunsky, proprietor of the theater."