The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-04-20


home in Des Moines. g..
Mrs. E. Brown and her daughter
!. Miss Cara Brown, of Des Moines, are
in the city visiting for few days al
the home of their daughter and sis
ter, Mrs. M. Childress.
i Miss Ivyl Walling returned to Grin
nell this morning after spending the
week end at her home in this city
Miss Walling is attending the Grin
nell Conservatory of Music. a..
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Brown left this
morning for Cedar Rapids where they
will spend a few days at the home OF
Mrs. Browns father, Marcus Fisher
Mr.. Fisher is reported TO be very i'll.
! AL Mccartney, who has recently re.
! turned from the southwest, says Kan.
sas and Oklahoma have the finest
crop prospects in years. The winter
wheat especially promises big pro
duction.
Mrs. Susan Ortwig and Mr. and
Mrs. J. w. Cease, who have been in
attendance at the Free Methodist
District Conference in this city, re,
, turned this morning to their homes
in Newton.
Mrs. E. ~ Taylor returned this
morning to her home in Des Moines
after a brief visit in the city. Mrs.
! Taylor came here with her daughter,
Miss Sibylla, who will enter the c.
II. u. school.
] Miss Fern Roberts of the Oskaloosa
! National Bank leaves This evening
over the Rock Island for California
where she will spend several weeks
resting and visiting. She expects to
spend most of the time at La Jolla
and San Diego.
Miss Martha Fox and Miss Jennie
Fray are in Des Moines in attendance
at the Des Moines Music FeVtical be-
: ing held there today and tomorrow.
They will hear again the New York
Philharmonic Orchestra which ap-
peared under difficulties in this city
, on Saturday evening.
Miss Anna Parker, Mrs. Ella Coats
and Mrs. Bride Gilmore came from
Des Moines TO day and in connection
with the brother Willis Parker super
intended the disinterment of the
mother, Mrs. Ollie Parker, at Forest
cemetery in preparation for the re-
moval of the body and reburial at
Chester, Nebraska.
Clifford Carroll, captain of the Os-
kaloosa fire department, has resigned
the position to accept an offer for his
services rendered by the Earring Auto
Company. The change became eff
fective today, Monday, April II. Mr..
Carroll has been with the company
for a term OF service extending over
about three years. He has driven
the fire truck with a rare degree of
judgment and success.
Grinnel Herald: Miss Isla Cooley
has returned from visiting friends in
IOskalOosa.
Mrs. Richard IEckerd of Bloomfield,
returned home Saturday from a couple
of weeks visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Eberhart, GIL South Eleven.
tn street.
Ottumwa Review: Rev. d. C. Eddy
of Oskaloosa, arrived in this Friday
and viii be a guest of Rev. and Mrs
Is l.. GlkinsOn 8O7 Wabash avenue
over Sunday.
Sigourney Review: Edwin WillCOCk-
son has torn down the old frame build
ing just south Of Judge WillcOckson' S
building on the east side of the square
and will put up a new brick there
this summer.
Fremont Gazette; Roy Robinson,
city editor for the OskalOOsa Herald,
was in town a few minutes Monday
coming down with Col. +. NJ Chees-
man. who was called here by the
tragic death of Walter Mckinney.
Knoxville Express: Mrs. r. I:amsey
returned to OskalOOsa last Saturday
morning having been here for short
visit with the family of her daughter
Mrs. r. w Marley. Her granddaughter
Miss llene Marley, accompanied her
home for a short visit.
Delta Press: Mrs. Kittie Dunn re-
turned to her home in OskaloOsa Oh
Friday, after spending the week at
the home of her brother, Eli Whistler.
Her sons, Homer and Howard also
left for their work the first of the
week, Homer going to California and
Howard to Wisconsin.
Eddyville Tribune: Mr.. and Mrs.
John Lindholm, of OttumWa, came up
Friday to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Lindholms aunt Mrs. Dora Harding
and to visit over Sunday at the parent
al Mrs. Ada Harding home. Mrs.
Clyde Spears. of OskaloOsa, was also
down Friday to the funeral and Wis
ting her mother Mrs. Ada Harding
Winfield Beacon: Monday night
n. P. Norton, editor of the Fremont
Gazette, gave us a call. He had been
to Washington and engaged Alex Mil
Ter to deliver a 4th of July Grafton in
their city. They have made a good
selection and Alex will make the old
bird" soar mighty high. Mr.. Morton
is a live wire and a pusher when
there ia any public improvement OF
enterprise on tap.
Abba Union: s. NJ. Hunter spoke
before the Southeastern Iowa Teach
era association at Oskaloosa the last
of the week and his subject was
Have You a Vision OF Your Work.
This subject was illustrated with mod
els such as may be taught in the hrst
eight grades. Mr.. Hunter Is giving
excellent satisfaction as teacher oil
manual training in the Abba schools
and his address was we'll received al
the convention of teachers last week
A. T. Montgomery, has returned etC
his boyhood home and has established
himself In Oskaloosa as a genera