The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-05-18

CTS, ID. D., pastor of tho Tompkins
Avenue Congregational church, of that
! city, one of the largest protestant con.
! gfegations in the world. Rev Mr. Wat
ers was born, and received his educa-
| ton in West Virginia but soon after
ward came to Iowa, accepting a call
20 the Methodist Episcopal church at
Gskaloosa. He later went to Dubuque
and for several years WAS pastor of
st. Luke's Methodist church. His
death was due to heart failure, follow.
irg severe illness with pleurisy.
Especial local interest is attached
to the announcement that comes from
Chicago that DR.. w. C. Huntington
has been appointed commercial at.
tache at the United States embassy at
| Petrograd, Russia. Or. Huntington,
is a son of Vice-President and Gener-
al Manager c. w. Huntington of the
NJ. & st. l.. Announcement of .the ap-
continent was made by Secretary
Eedfield, of the department Of com.
Inerce. The appointment removes DIR.
Huntington as head of the federal
bureau of foreign and domestic COM
lnerce at Chicago and advances him.
Dr. Huntington is now in MINNEAPOLIS
with his parents and his sister Mrs.
James Rerryhill, well known in Des
Moines, who is now living in Berk-
: @ley, Cal. He leaves there Thursday
or New York, from where he will
rail for Russia. 81.
Ottumwa Courier Ed Millisack. age
II, was the driver of the first delivery
wagon which was ever operated in
Ottumwa. He is visiting at the home
of his brother, Jacob e. Mllisack, at
lC14 West Second street after having
been away from this city for about
fifty years. Mr.. Milli5ack was born in
Ohio, and came to this city with his
barents in 1864. There were seven
boys in his family. only three of whom
are now living the third one being
F. w. Millisack Of Oskaloosa Soon
after coming to this city Mr.. MillisaCk
while still but youth inauguTated tho
system which has made it possible for
housewives to receive an order of gro
Ceries from the store within a few
minutes after ordering them. His
father furnished him a horse which
cost $135 and a light spring wagon
and with this he would go to the diff
erent stores about town and collect
their goods. later delivering them to
the purchasers. He worked for about
year for seven different firms and
received an average COMPENSATION OF
about $3.50 per week from each OF
them.
What Cheer Chronicle: We were
over to Oskaloosa last week and we
had a very pleasant visit with Post
master Henry Rosecrans and carrier
John Shelton. and we are pleased to
note that both these former What
Cheer boys are doing so nicely. We
also visited Wella Beans. Wella is a
candidate for state representative and
| OF course he will be nominated and re-
elected He has been tried and never
found wanting in single instance.
The weather. was threatening but
there was the usual large crowd
around the square. Oskaloosa Is build
ing and improving in substantial
way. The changes are very notice.
able. They have some fine business
/ houses We called to see our friend
Oppenheimer, at the Ladies Shop
house and found him very busy.
They have a beautiful arranged store
and we never saw quiet so many
pretty things on display in one store.
{ z hey, are liberal users of printers ink
and do lots of business with the
Chronicle. We looked in at the T..
C. Lambert clothing store. they have
fine stock of goods and the clerks
were all busy. We returned home on
the evening train via Delta, and took
tile auto route from there.
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