The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-08-26
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toed to Des M9ines and then to Mar
tensdale to visit their, daughter and
family. The roads were fine with
the exception of one or two mud
holes between Prairie. City and Des
Moines on the Great White. Way.
On Sunday CruZens and Shoemakers
visited Seth Milldrs near Norwalk
and met the Misses Clara Beagle and
Margaret Bennett of oskaloosa, who
were visiting Miss Miller All had
a fine time. The men In looking
over Mr.. Miller's 200-acre farm found
good farming land and the biggest
corn yet seen. On Monday morning
Cruzens came back by the way of AL
toona and Colfax and found very good
roads until they reached Otley, where
ii began to rain. After driving to
Pella it. was decided to leave the car
at the Star garage and take the train
and horse and buggy home. which are
the standbys many tourists have to
use. But according to the driver,
the Overland is some puller". Sam
CruZen came over and kept house and
was chief cook and chore boy.
The very heavy rain of Monday p,
m. caused a great deal of hard work
for the men folks. The replacing Of
water gaps and fences which We're
washed away was q compulsion.
Threshing was. stopped which was
with regret, as the oat shocks are not
needing more moisture. Elba Shroy-
er has his new separator here and
has several jobs finished. Mr. Klein
a. - R,Ntn ina Thnn
began raining
Mrs Tom Ferree is reported as a
little better.
Those selling hogs are: ]. F. Cru.
zen, bunch of young ones averaging
240 lbs; old ones 402 lbs. Cecil Fer
rec bunch of old ones which aver
aged 4z3 lbs, all to Mr.. Quick Will
Curtiss, a bunch which averaged 400
lbs, to Ben Snyder, all in Oskaloosa.
Fred Else, 10, averaging 307 lbs, to
John Vanderzly of Leighton.
| Harry Crazen's two older sons, Joe
and Jack, of the city, are out visit.
ing their. uncle, Rex, and Aunt Hazel
! Cruzen this week -.. .~'
Teunis Rieshaar and Virgil Else
have gone to Fairfield for a few days.
John Bieshaar is helping his broth
er-in-law, Mars; Vanhemert, foE u
few weeks. ~... q
Lois Else while attending the Chad
tauqua last week, stayed over night
with Mrs A. J. Lytle, who was tent
ing on the grounds" :
Miss Barbara =. Leichtle OF New
Sharon was visiting at the, Cash DIAL
hey, Ollie Padgett and Floyd Stephen
son home last week. She was &C
fcompanied on her return home by
Miss Mona Dalbey. +,
| Chas. Coffin came down from Des
Moines this week and will spend HIS
two weeks vacation at the parental
Fred Coffin home and calling on his
! friends.
Port Marks of the city was guest
at Will CruZens last week.
There are two cases of typhoid fe-
ver in our neighborhood. Chester,
son of Dan Howar, with an Oska-
loosa doctor attending, and C0Tnelia
EVoIster, with DR.. Ayers of Leighton
as the attending physician.
Garrett VanhemeFt returned to his
home north of Pelia last week after
being with his brother Marcellus for
some time.
Harry Hicks was at the J. B. Cru
zen home Monday night.
Ben Dalbey was visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Cash Dalbey, Sat
urday night and Sunday.
Miss Gladys knight was visiting
last week at the home of her friend.
Hazel Dilley, near Beacon, and with
her brother Floyd and wife in Oska-
loosa.
Miss May Scharf of Prime and Ger
trude Cruzen were at the WalraVen
home Sunday p, m.
Archie Dalbey and Mr.. Harland,
with their lady friends, were at the
Cash Daibey home Sunday, drying
out from the city, .. :.
The Misses Moreno Halliburton of
Moulton, Iowa, and 0rlena Basin of
Washington, ID. c., are visiting at the
Ian Halliburton home indefinitely.
Rex Cruzen and wife entertained at
dinner Sunday in honor of the ami.
versaFy OF the birth of J. b. Cruzen.
Those present were Harry Hicks and
family of Mahaska Center, Harry Cru
zen and family OF the city, and the
father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. ].
B. Cruzen of Madison.
Ed Coffin and wife entertained Al.
bert Hellings and Tom Jordan with
their wives, Sunday evening.
There was quite family reunion at
the John Else home last Sunday
when there arrived John Hendryx and
family from near EddyFille in their
new car; Frank Else and family from
north of the city; Fred and John JT,
with their families. A very enjoy
able occasion il proved to be-, 49,
win Cruzen and wife drove to the
ALT Norris home east of the city last
week. accompanied by Mona, Jesse
and oily" Dalbey for a joyride.
While there Mr. Cruzen bought four
teen head of eve lambs.
] Berl Richmond of the city was Wis
iting over night with his friend,
Frank Knight, recently. 79
John Walrayen, Jr., was at the
home Of his sister, Mrs. Dave Gran
dia, near Ollyet. few days last
week.
Mrs. Chas, Blom entertained two of
her sisters, the Mesdames DeBoef, a
few days recently.
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