The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-01-13

lof short duration lie was q minister
| in the Friends church AM lived in
Oskaloosa number of years and will
be remembered by many friends and
lacquaintanCes.
Mrs. j. G. Hammes has gon 10 San
Antonio, Texas. where sha viii visit
for a time with Mr.. and Mrs. p. r.
Hammes. From San Antonio she will
&c to Prescott, Ariz, for short visit
with his sister, and together they will
visit in California. Mrs. Hammes ex-
poets to be away the greater part OF
the winter. III o., .,ats ~ ...,,.
Harry II. Phinney7 departed this
morning for Akron, Ohio, to join f. T.
Bridges in inspecting some new kilns,
Mr.. Phinney is president AMI Mr..
Bridges is manager of the Oskaloosa
Nitrifled Brick company, and If they
are satisfied with what they find in
the east similar kilns will be built in
the local yards.
Miss Minnie Trask, a school teach
er of Illinois, and former teacher in
the OskaIoosa public schools, has be-
come q petitioner for the Illinois
Teachers ension and requests he:
record in the Oska 'oOsa schools from
the school board Miss Trask taught
II the local schools for seventy five
months or over eight school years.
Mrs. s. b. Thompson, 400 Third av-
enue west received word yesterday
of the death after two days illness OF
her only sister, Mrs. Maria B. Hull, at
her home in Atchison, Kansas. She at
one time lived near Des Moines river
in the Jack Oak neighborhooj. She is
survived by a daughter. Mrs. Helen
Urich, Independence. Kansas, and two
sons, Theo Henderson and Sumner
Hull, both of Atchlson, Kansas.
c. NJ. Leach, city passenger agent
for the M. & st. l.. road in Des
Moines, was in town yesterday in the
interests of the road. Mr.. Leach has
! ecently returned from Minneapolis,
Mimi, where he has been assisting
the NJ. & ST. l.. chief rate clerk, in
arranging the new interstate pas
senger tariffs, which go into effect
after Jan. Is, as provided by the new
ruling of the Interstate Commerce
Commission
Ottumwa Review: Mr. and Mrs. s.
L. Reynolds, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Parks and Mrs. Eva Smith of Oska-
loosa were Ottumwa visitors yester.
day.
Brighton Enterprise: Henry Rosen-
berger of Muscatine spent Sunday
with his grandmother, Mrs. Charlotte
PriZer. He was on his way to Oska.
College.
Eddyville Tribune: Edward Web
ster, who lost his little finger in
feed n'ill, is better at this writing and
goes to Oskaloosa to spend few days
with his sisters, Mrs. G. J. Thomas
and Mrs. Margaret Mather.
Montezuma Republican: Miss AL
lene Anderson and grandmother, Mrs.
Underwood, left Saturday for Oska-
loosa, where Miss Anderson is teach
ing, after a two weeks visit at the
parental J. E. Anderson home.
]. C. Billtck and family have given
up their farm and have moved to
town, living at SOP A avenue east. Mr..
Billick will be associated with his
father in the hardware business re-
Gently purchased of Thomas 4
Holmes.
Knoxville Journal: Mr.. and Mrs.
Herschel England returned to their
home in Oskaloosa Friday after a
weeks visit with the families of his
brother and sister, Charles England
and Mrs. Hattie Herman in the En-
glewood neighborhood and with her
brother, NJ. J. Wren and family in
this city.
Pella Booster: Mrs. eenstra. Of
Oskaloosa, is visiting her sister Mrs.
NJ. A. Allison for a few days. Her
grandson, Paul Jackson, who is teach
ing near Clear Lake, visited here on
Wednesday evening between trains,
on his way back to his work from Os-
kaloosa where he had been spending
the holidays.
OF former Oskaloosa people, the
Colrax Tribune says: Mr.. and Mrs.
H. w. Funk AMI daughter Miss Beul-
all were present at the sixtieth we'd
ding anniversary of her parents, DR..
and Mrs. Frank Dunlap at Victor on
New Years day. Twenty relatives
were present to assist the aged couple
in fittingly celebrating the day.
LynnvilIe Star: Miss Agnes Shat
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last week with her grand parents, Mr.
and Mrs. L. ]. Trease, On Thursday
night another granddaughter, Lena
Jay spent the night with them and
on Friday tho young Misses demon
strated their ability in domestic sci
ence by knotting a comfort for their
grandma.
Saturday Globe: Miss Hollyce d.
Brown has returned from Cedar Rap
lids, where she was called the day al
ter Christmas by the serious illness
of her mother. Mrs. Brown was on
Thursday. only so her daughter could
/ be spared, not her former self by any
means. but it is hoped on the way to
recovery. During Miss Browns alb
sence the work of the secretary OF
the Oskaloosa Social Service League
and the overseer of the poor was car
ed for by Miss Lena Atchigon, the as
sistant secretary, in competent AMI
satisfactory manner.
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