The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-05

Ed Clarahan, who operates a POP
corn and refreshment stand at tn,
Wander Zee corner. South Market ant
First street, is back, in possession o
the place after a somewhat extended
absence covering several of the win
ter months.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Howard H. Harold
of Eddyville, we're in town Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Harold al
the parental home on South Second
street to take their part in a special
chicken dinner prepared by the good
mother and to which all did ample
justice. ....-.
Eddyville Tribune: Miss Beatrice
| Williams, who teaches the Hard Scrab
bic school, attended the Study Center
at Ottumwa last Saturday,, going from
here to Oskaloosa for Sunday visit
with her sister Miss Rachel Williams
who is in her senior year at Penn.
The former Miss Williams will close
her school at Hard Scrabble next Fri.
day.
or people known to many here, the
Brighton Enterprise says: w. AL
White returned Saturday from Sigour-
new where he had been helping his
sister Mrs. Nicola sell and pack her
furniture before she moved to Brigh-
ton. She brought her piano and a
few other articles here but sold on
the rest. w. AL will leave next Tues
day for Chicago to join the circus.
w. H. Perdew Jr., of Ottumwa, and
who has been attending Iowa Wesley
an College at Mt. Pleasant, spent
Sunday in Oskaloosa among friends.
He is the son of Rev. w. H. Per-
dew formerly of the Central M. E.
church and now the district superin-
tendent of the Ottumwa district. viii
says that his siser who was injured
last winter in coasting, is now well
again and going to school.
AS the result of a visit of Prof. C.
NJ. Case to the Central NJ. E. church
on Sunday morning, at the evening
service Fred NJ. Else, A. w. Burdick,
Mark Norman and DR.. M. Childress
were selected as a committee to pre-
pare telegram to both President
Woodrow Wilson and to Congressman
C. w. Ramseyer at Washington, d. c..
the views of the congrega.
ton regarding the impending war
question. The sentiment decidedly
favored peace if possible and war only
as last extremity.
When Charles e. Mason left town
a few days ago enroute to pillow and
seed his Montana lands some one ask
ed him If he intended remaining in
the northwest for good and keeps
Charles Indignantly denied the alleg-
alton and along with other reasons
the fact that he intended
his seniority as an en-
gineer in the service of the M. & st.
L. Ry Co. He has too good record
with the company to abandon. Since
the retirement of John Armour from
the active engineer list Mr.. Mason
stands sixth in point of extended SER
vice. c. NJ. Fogg, of Peoria. ILL.,, is
first, Charles MCGOWAN, of Marshall
town second, Dennie Collins of Mar
ShalItown third, John Morton, of Mar
shalltown fourth, Owen o. Murphy, oil
fifth and c E. Mason
Of OSkaloosa sixth.
Harry Morgan returned from a
bushes trip to Abba Saturday.
John Thomas is visiting at the
Phil Castle home for a few weeks.
Miss Eleanor True has gone to
Mason City for visit with friends.
Harry Burdock of Abba was a
business caller in Oskaloosa Monday.
Mrs. G. w. Friend and son Of OF
tumwa were guests at the 7. &.
Friend home on Sunday.
Mrs. Ezra Watson, 610 South A
street, who has been very poorly with
heart trouble, is not So well.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Head and son
Robert visited at the J. T. Harvey
home near Evans on Sunday.
Master Robert White went to Mar
shalItown Monday for a short visit
with Mrs. Helen Beatie Powers.
Miss Hazel Mcdonald OF the teach
ing force has gone to her home in
Fairfield to visit during her vacation.
Grinnell Register: Mrs. Harry l..
Davis of Oskaloosa came Thursday
to visit with Mr.. and Mrs. H. L,Davis.
j. d. Hawkins and family motored
to Waterloo to visit friends Satur-
day and returned home Sunday even
ing.
: Mr.. and Mrs. H. ]. Townley and
baby of Knoxville, spent Sunday at
the j. S. Vernon home at 1S9 High
avenue east.
Grinnell Register: Chester Wander.
veer OF Oskaloosa spent the week
end with his parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Clint Vanderveer.
J. F. Harvey of Des Moines visited
his son James T. Harvey, near Ev-
ans, Sunday, getting acquainted with
his new grandson.
Mrs e. w Friend and her three