The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-06-07


the Misses Helen and Lucille by,
who graduate from the college an
academy respectively this year. Mis-
Hughes is staying at the Rev. C. /
: Leehr home, 404 South d street.
! Mr.. and Mrs, Ray Riggs an
daughter Miss Maxine of Des Nome
spent Decoration Day here visitin;
with friends and relatives. Mr.
! Riggs, who is employed with tn,
Crane Company, returned to De!
Noines Wednesday night, His wife
and daughter returned home last ev
ening. .....
Miss Bessel Kenworthy, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Kenworthy, OF
San Jose, California, will arrive in
the city Monday to spend the sum
mer with her sister, Mrs. Charles d.
Mcconnell. Mrs. Kenworthy will
come later for a visit at the McCon.
nell home. Before returning to
their western home they will visit in
Kansas and Oklahoma.
G. l.. Graft has leased and occupied
| the Wightman Block business room,
recently vacated by the Spurgin Pr
ano Company, No. 900 High avenue
east, with a new business, battery
depot. Mr.. Graft is a battery spe-
cialist. He was formerly engaged
with the Lamberson-Hunt people. He
took over their battery agency and
MT hns
has batteries for all kinds of engines,
autos, trucks, motors, etc, and all
purposes. He repairs the lights, re-
fits them, doctors sick batteries and
makes new ones of old worn out
ones.
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas +. Beman of
Chicago passed through the city this
morning, enroute to Pella. They
were Joined here by Mr.. Beman's
mother, Mrs. Mary Beman. going to
Pella to attend the wedding of Mrs.
Beman's granddaughter, Miss Edith
Warren, to Mr. Kinkaid, superintend-
ent of the Tracy schools. Miss War
rem is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
mer residents of this city. Mr.. and
Mrs. T. r. Beman expect to return to
this city this evening and will spend
Sunday at the home of the mother
on A avenue east.
When champion chicken stories
are in order, look at this one. Mrs.
L. S. Hensyl. No. 40S First avenue
west, says: I'VE have read of hens
that some people think have done
well, but we believe we can beat any
record yet on file. We have a ban
tam hen Matched September Is, 1916,
and raised a pet. She laid her first
egg February Z, 1917, laying every
day until April 20, inclusive, a total
own eggs April 81 and came off the
21st day of May with a full brood,
the proudest mother we have ever
seen"
Ottumwa Courier: A farewell din.
ner was given at the Commercial
club Thursday evening in honor of
Robert J. Shanahan, who resigned az
secretary of the Retail Merchants
association some time ago to become
secretary of the Oskaloosa CONNER
cial club. Newly appointed Secre-
tary Frank T. Lynch took charge of
the affairs of the association last
evening. Following the dinner, J. B.
McCarroll presented Mr.. Shanahan
IF
were present at the meeting and
each one spoke in the highest terms
of Mr.. Shanahan and wished him
success in his new Office.
Miss Vida Reeves of Fremont is in
OskaloOsa visiting friends.
Mrs. w. H. Zeigler of Harvey was a
business caller in Oskaloosa Friday.
Mrs. T. Z. LIttlejohn o. Lakonta is
visiting her mother Mrs. Dave Miller.
Mrs. Martha Knudson and daughter,
Miss Elsie of New Sharon were shop
ping in town Friday.
Miss Florence Catlin of Grinnell was
in Oskaloosa Thursday to attend the
graduation of her sister Miss Laura.
Fremont Gazette: Mrs. NJ. ]. Garrett
of Oskaloosa attended the commence
ment exercises here Tuesday evening.
Misses Marie lAartinstein and Alice
Brock Will leave Tuesday for Cedar
Falls to attend State Normal school
Mrs. c. w. Russell visited her broth
er c. w. Dayton Friday while enroute
from Gargeant, Mimi, to her home in
keOta.
Miss Grace Palmer while enroute
from her home in What Cheer to Bed
ford, Iowa, visited with friends in Os
kalOosa Friday.
Mrs. Mariana Brown of What Cheer
while enroute to Springville, New
York, visited Friday at the home of
Mrs. Will Odem.
PClla Booster: Jennie Steinkamp
was taken to the Williams hospital at
Oskaloosa in car Monday to have
an operation for appendicitis.
PeIla Chronicle: Mrs. ID. S. Barr
and daughter, Bernice of Oskaloosa,
a. 4. H..