The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-07-13

after attending a missionary conven
, ton at Red Oak and visiting relatives
| in Ottumwa.
Mr. and Mrs. ii. A. LaRue and son
Harold, of Waterloo, and Mr.. Garwin
of Cedar Rapids are at the j. j. Hawk
home ON North Market street for a
few days visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell Sullivan of
Monmouth, H., visited over Sunday
i at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Graft Mr.. Sullivan is the manager
and clerk at the store for the round
house.
i M. and Mrs. w. A. Vernon were
passengers to Grinnell yesterday af.
ternoon, going to visit for several days
with friends and relatives. From
Grinnell they will go to Malcolm for
a short visit.
Miss Louise Sealim of Omaha, Neb.,
arrived in the city last evening for
several weeks visit with relatives.
Miss Sealim will visit with friends in
Des Moines before returning to her
home in Omaha.
Monroe Mirror: Mr.. Fred Bateman
and family returned last Wednesday
from Des Moines where they had
spent couple of days visiting Mrs.
BIS brother, Ivan, who had enlisted
with the Oskaloosa National Guards.
Lieut.. Percy Van Nostrand, former
well known Oskaloosa boy but of late
years a resident of Iowa City, has been
promoted from a second to a first
| lieutenancy in the United States ar
my, at Brownsville Texas, and has
been transferred to Fort Ringgold,
about 100 miles to the west of that
town-the last twenty-five miles of the
| journey being made by auto, as the
| trip through the deep sand was killing
| to men and horses. Lieutenant Van
Nostrand enjoys the distinction of be-
| ing the only S. u. l. cadet officer ever
appointed to regular army post with
out first going to West Point.
Barnes City News: A quiet wedding
: took place at Oskaloosa on Wednes-
day, June 2S, 1916, at IL a. m, when
Mr. William Fl. Taylor, one of the
most respected citizens of this town,
was united in marriage to Mrs, Anna
Cleland of Buffalo, Mo-, and a former
resident of this vicinity. The happy
event was solemnized at the resi-
denee of Rev. Minear, Dist. Supt. of
the M. E. church. After the ceremo-
ny Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor returned to
Barnes City and>received the congrat-
ulations of their many friends and rel
atives. Mr. Taylor is almost life
long resident of Mahaska county, hav-
ing come to this state from Illinois
over 40 years ago. He was born in
Indiana They lived on the farm
now owned by Jesse Boatman. Mrs.
Cleland and her husband resided in
this county for some years and were
neighbors of the Taylors. The Gle
lands moved to Missouri some years
ago where Mr.. Cleland died. Fred
Cieland of What Cheer is a son, one
daughter Is a Methodist minister in
Ohio, and two other sons reside in
Missouri. Mr.. Taylor is the father
of G. w, M. d. and Geo. Taylor and
of Mrs. j. II. Doan. Mr. Taylor is
going to erect new residence south
of Roy Tarvin's property and the foun-
dation is now being prepared. "'
James K. Henderson is in from the
road for brief visit at his home
here. u"
Mrs. F. D. Boyer is at Nevada. Mis-
souri, for a few weeks rest and recup-
Grafton.
Ottumwa Review: Ewing Lofiand
and Harter Hull of OskaloOsa were
visitors in the city Friday.
Washington Journal: Miss Bess
Burke, who has been a guest of Miss
Mabel Dankwardt, returned Saturday
! to her home at Oskaloosa.
Lynnville Star: Mrs. Homer Jay
and son Carl autoed to Oskaloosa on
Sunday to see her brother-in-laW, Bert
| Bushing, who is quite sick.
Waterloo Courier and Reporter:
Mrs. A. c. Robertson and daughters,
| Catherine and Mildred, of Oskaloosa,
are visiting at the home of Mr.. and
! Mrs. John H. Fitzgerald, 1908 Fifth
street west.
Marshalltown Times Republican
Earl Sylvester of Oskaloosa, employ
ed by the central Foundry Company
of this city, was operated upon for
double hernia at the Deaconess Hos
, pital Saturday morning.
Fred Matthews, of the claims de-
partment of the general Offices of the
, NJ. & st. L. Ry., at Minneapolis, who
was promoted from the Oskaloosa of
fees as claims clerk in the office of
the superintendent. is at the paren-
tai Ed Matthews home for vacation
! visit.
Bussey Record: Master Fredric
Johnson of Oskaloosa, who has been
here visiting at the home of his uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. John Essling,
I for several weeks, returned home on
Monday morning. His aunt accom-
panied him home for short visit.
Eddyville Tribune: Mrs. Charles
Wells spent a couple of days in Oska-
loosa visiting at the Andy Baker home
and with her niece, Mrs. Earl Alcorn.
who has been sick. Mrs. Alcorn was
sufficiently improved that she was
able to come home with Mrs. Wells
for a visit with her and at the paren-
tai Fred Crosson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Blakeslee and
family, who were summoned here for
the funeral of the father, the late 10
seph BIakeslee. left yesterday for
their home in Dakota, going via Des
MONIES where they will stop briefly.
: Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Blakeslee and
family, John Blakeslee, their sister,
Miss AIDA Blakeslee, and Mr.. and
Mrs. JEFF g. Harold motored out to
the Ed Evans place in Jefferson town
ship to spend the day and enjoy Sun
day dinner,