The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-08-09

of Oskaloosa is guest at the home
of f. Richardson near this place.
Grinnell Herald: G. o. Watland
and son Clarence spent Sunday visit.
ing in Oskaloosa and New Sharon.
Keota Eagle: Miss LaNor Holmes
went to Oskaloosa last evening to
visit her friend, Mis- Sara Jamison.
Pella Booster Miss Lucy. Koopmans
of Oskaloosa came here last Wednes-
day evening to see her sister, Mrs.
DeBruin, who is iii.
Grinnell Herald. Chester Wander
veer, who has been clerking in Frank
els store at Oskaloosa, is here to
spend his two weeks vacation with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs, C. Wander,
Veer. -.
Pella Booster: Frank Huyser was
operated on for appendicitis Tuesday
morning at his home by Drs. Carpen-
ter and Williams of Oskaloosa. He
is getting along nicely at the present
writing.
Davis County Republican: Mr.. and
Mrs. S. Z. Rowe and son Harold mo-
tored to Alton, Iowa, the first of the
week to attend the funeral of Mr.
Charles Edgington, who died at his
home in Oskaloosa. He was buried
at Alton.
What Cheer Chronicle: Billy
Bridges of Oskaloosa who represents
one of the largest monument insti-
tutions in this part of Iowa, was in
town last week soliciting business
which he, always secures wherever he
goes. Billy is some salesman.
Bloomfield Democrat: Mrs. M. c..
O'Cain of Oskaloosa who has been
visiting the past three weeks with her
son, Charley Barnes and family, re-
turned home Friday. Her grand
daughter, Miss Madeline Barnes, ac-
companied her home for an indefinite
visit ....,
Mrs. s. A. Keel, formerly of Oska-
loosa and now of Des Moines, and
Miss Esther Tiberghien of C. Fl. u,
have been conducting special revival
meetings in Eddyville. This is the
second season that these workers
have been together, and they have
been more than successful in their
labors.
Charles II. Anderson, of 80 South
Third street, and the manager of the
Anderson Canning Company, who has
been in Western Arizona for several
weeks past, on business, has return
ed to Oskaloosa and reports splen-
did trip. The work at the canning
factory will soon open up and other
interests made his return necessary.
r. W. .Baily, formerly of Oskaloosa,
and president of the Interstate, Manu-
featuring Company, is making sue
cess of his new business in Chicago.
1t has grown so that more help was
necessary, and he has associated him
self, under the firm name of Baily &
Allen, with M. e. Allen, who has been
secretary and contracting engineer
for the Central States Bridge Compa-
ny OF lhulanapoHS,, ...
Knoxville Journal: J. w. Kirk is
erecting a fine new brick residence,
32x36 feet in size, and of nine rooms,
on his 13-acre tract5in the suburbs of
Oskaloosa. ]. d. Anderson of this
city has the contract for the work,
which was commenced on Monday of
loot ,.ynaky II iS nn6orctnOd tbot tho
Kirk family will remove from Knox
Vile to Oskaloosa next fall so as to
take advantage Of college facilities
for the children.
George w. Davis of second avenue
east and South Third street, states
that the crop of oats this year is the
finest that he has seen in many
year. Fifty bushels to the acre is
considered a good crop for Iowa and
yet on his farm near Lakonta they
will run this year as high as eighty
bushels and this will hold good in
other places as well. Mr. Davis is
man of some 70 years of age and yet
his interest in agriculture and the
currant events OF Inc DAY is as keen
as many a man far younger in years.
Saturday Globe: Prof J. Worth Al
len of this city toured the New Eng
land states last summer with a Chau.
tauqua company. During one of the
engagements he was in town where
the poet, Whittier, once lived. A
youth of the place piloted him
around to see the sights and natural
ly took some pride in showing him
the house where Whittier had lived,
the old church which he had attend
ed, etc. Professor Allen said the
streets of the town were very crook
ed. He mentioned the fact to the
boy, and he said: well. they have
to be that way to git where they're
goin' to-"
An article by Prof Rosa E. Lewis
in Penn Bulletin reads: Penn col
lege really had it's beginning back in
1860 when DR.. J. w. Morgan and his
brother opened a school named
Spring Creek institute. in three sto
ry building, about three miles from
nokalnoca In ocfa hIic biuo this