The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
HEISEL IS A HUSTLER
Mailed Out Since Jan. Is, Through
Fremont P. 0. $4,000 Letters.
Fremont Gazettel

Il Fremont Gazette)
f. ]. Heisei, the progressive and ag
gressive horse dealer of Fremont
sends more letters through the Ere
mont postoffice than all others com
Ibined. To handle the work eXpediti
lously he has added an addressograpf
Imachine to his office equipment. This
machine is electrically run and is cap
liable of addressing $4,000 letters a day
each to a separate address. At this
season of the year Mr. Heisel sen Is
out many letters, his mailing list con
tanning about 10000 names. On March
16 he will hold his semi.annual mare
sale here and Is advertising it thor
|, loughly throughout Iowa, Minnesota
Illinois and Indiana. Since Jan. IL
he has m;dled through the postoffice
here about $4,000 letters and expects
to get out at least 10000 more before
the day of the sale He is doing an
immense business in his line and has
: for this sale about fifty imported and
American bred mares that are said by
competent judges to be the finest
string of registered mares ever OF.
ferer for sale under one roof at the
same time.
"OIu HAS just DeGH TSCGlNEu from
Inspector John L. Foster that the Ere.
mont High school has become fully
accredited. This means Fremont
school work is on par with the best
high school in the state and the grad
yates from this school vii. be receiv.
ed by any college or university, in the
state without any further eXamina-
ton.
In 1911 Fremont had eleven gra.les
in the school and about thirty en-
rolled in the High school, while the
total tuition amounted to $35 per
month. Fremont schools now have
twelve grades and Is fully accredited.
The enrolment this year in the High
school is IS, while the total tuition
per month is over $500
| Last Thursday, Sam Swanstrom,
two miles east of Fremont, hal big
farm sale and ii was attended by an
exceedingly large crowd, despite the
bad condition of the roads. Col. c.
w. Whitmer, of Framont was the
aIctioneer, and he acted in this ca
pacity to the entire satisfaction of
Mr.. Swanstrom, and procured god
prices on everything In fact, the
sale totaled about 5000 more than Mr..
Swanstrom had expected and he gives
credit to the splendid advertising he
did and the good auctioneer M
Swanstrom will move to Fremont
some time next month.
I The first tractor to be brought into
this part of the country was received
last Wednesday by c. G, Triplett, one
of the progressive young farmers
- .F.,N- tF, Ill IL
Mule" and Is guaranteed to pull three
plows, discs and harrows at the same
time. From the ground or caterpillar
pull it has thirteen horsepower and
from the top pulley, which can be used
in running a threshing machine or any
thing else, it develops thirty horse
power
G. NJ. Holbert, who was operated on
at the S. u. |. hospital in Iowa City,
Feb. 18th, for appendicitis, left the
hospital Monday morning upon receipt
of word that his wife had died that
morning at the Oakiale sanitarium.
Although not fully recovered, he was
able to accompany the remains of his
wife to Fremont He was met in Cedar
Rapids, Monday afternoon, by his son,
Harry.
There was an exceptionally large
crowd at the S. f. Clark sa!a, four
miles south of town, Monday. 1t was
one of the largest sale crowds of the
season and at good prices. Mr.. Clark
is well satisfied with his sale, which
totaled almost $3,4OO. He will remain
on the same farm for another year,
having rented his farm near Keosau-
qua.
Sunday morning John Purdin ship
ped five carloads of hogs to st. Louis
and Clarence Fox and Fred Alderman
went in with the shipment He also
had one load for Chicago which d.
Goehring took in with car of cat
tie of his own. Mr. Purlin has ship!
ped "a car load of hogs from Fremont
during the past four weeks, besides
several cars of cattle.
A. G.. Ellison. who purchased the
Mrs. Emma Nesbit property last week
has rented it to ID. C.. Rhoads, who
will soon get possession until fall.
when Mr.. Ellison and mother will
move to town. Mr. Rhoads has bought
lot on Chestnut street from John
Rennie and will build a commodiouS
home this summer.
w. r. Martin Of Oskaloosa, !. y.
Martin of Cedar, Miss Nelly Martin
and Sam Rankin of Fremont, were in
Olds, Iowa, Sunday, where they at
tended the funeral of their uncle, r.
G.. Jackson
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. G. G.. TriD-
lett, south of town. on Sunday, Feb.
81, 1916. daughter. who has been
named Frances Elizabeth Triplctt 4
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