The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-05-24

the M. & st. l.. r. X. ticket office at
the passenger station. Mr.. LGcey is
now general agent in the Traffic De-
partment of the company and has his
headquarters at Kansas City. He
has been so successful in developing
! this field that the territory of Omaha
was later added to his district, SO
that he now has jurisdiction over
/ both points.
Mrs. Amelia Deffenberg of German
town, Iowa, is a guest in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs Arie De Hafr for cou-a
pie of weeks visit. '~af I'. gI
Mrs. Lola Crane, who has been suf.
fering since the first of February
with sciatic rheumatism and compli-
cations, has been taken to Hot
Springs, Arkansas, for treatment. She
was accompanied by her brother, VIII
son James, and nurse, Miss Beatty.
Grinnell Herald: Mr. and Mrs. S.
J, Sparks went to Oskaloosa Tues
day to visit at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. Charles Munroe, and
before returning will visit Mr. Sparks
brother, j. j. Sparks, in New Sharon.
They expect to be at home again
next Friday.
Grinnell Herald: Mrs. Eta Wilson
went to Oskaloosa on Saturday to
visit for few days. From there
she goes to Muscatine and after visit
ing there for time will probably go
to Des Moines to undergo an oper;..-
tion.e She looks forward to the lat
ter event with less pleasure than the
rest of her journeys.
Hedrick Journal: Robert j. Shana-
han, who has been secretary of the
Retail Merchants Association in Of
tumwa for several years, has resign
ed his position, and on June / will
commence as secretary of the Oska-
loosa Commercial Association. Mr..
Shanahan has been very efficient
secretary at Ottumwa, and the sue
cess of the association is largely due
to his untiring efforts. He will put
new life into the Oskaloosa associa-
ton.
Newton Record: Nell d. Parks, the
young man who has made himself
very popular with the patrons of Nc
Murray's meat market, left for Oska-
loosa, Monday morning, to enter the
Abbott Hospital to be treated for
gravel-an operation to be performed
Immediately. Nell claimed that he
had suffered patiently until patience
was no longer a sensible virtue, and
was now ready for anything that
promised relief The physician
would not promise Nell that he could
come home under six weeks.
Sigourney News: Many residents
will remember Henry Seebers who
used to run the Merchants Hotel
some II years ago. He is now pro-
prietor of the Lacey Hotel in Oska-
loosa and called on us this week. He
remembers number of Sigourney
people, this being his first visit here
in years. He notes many changes in
the old town, for the better.
Sigourney News: John r. Garrett
of O.kaloosa was a visitor here sey-
eral days of this week. He is in the
real estate business in that city.
Bob" Hearne, an OsklloOsa lad
who has had some experience as !"
loct motive fireman, has accepted ser
vice to join the United States navy
and he left this morning fir New
York City to report for duty on one
&C Uncle Sans big batt'a3iir:. He
goes into a hard berth, that of fire
man or stoker for the engines, but
the chance came his way and he
grabbed the opportunity. He does
not know with what ship he will be,
but he expects to sail almost imme'
diately.
Superintendent o. P. Flower has re-
ceived notification of his selection as
speaker at the Conference of Voca-
tional Education, to be held at the
State University of Iowa at Iowa City
on June 20 and Fl. He will have a
place in the symposium to explain the
effect the Smith-Hughes act will have
on the public school, Mr.. Flowers
speaking from the standpoint of the
smaller school systems. Other
speakers are Superintendent Thorn
burg of Des Moines and Superintend-
ent Clark of Sioux City. Among the
educational leaders who will address
the conference are A. M. Deyoe, J. ID.
Murphy, A. l.. Urick, Arthur Dean Of
New York, C. c. Prosser of Dun
woody Institute, and William Towsly
of Marshall Field & Company.
Knoxville Journal: John Moore,
citizen of Mahaska county, east of
Bussey, is now at the home of his
son, Claude Moore, the pop manufac-
turer, in this city, and is making good
progress towards recovery after be-
ing laid UP since early February with
a fractured thigh. Mr.. and Mrs.
Moore, ST., (she sitter of S. H. M.
Byers, the celebrated Iowa author).
were visiting with the family of their
daughter in Iowa City when Mr.Moore
accidentally fell down stairs, with