The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-19

tract to furnish three hundred over.
coats to the government for the army
and navy.
K. A. Crown, newly appointed physi.
cal director of the Oskaloosa Y. M. &.
A. arrived here yesterday afternoon
from Ottumwa, and will take charge
OF the duties as physical director of
the local association
Mis- Ethel Standing, chairman of the
War Time Conservation committee of
Penn Colleges National Service Lea
que, has associated with her commit
tee, Miss Grace Kitchener, also a stu.
dent of Penn. Miss Standing hopes
to secure the cooperation of the
Ames extension department and Sc
cure the services of experts from
Ames College to instruct class of
Penn students in conservation.
Rev A. McFerran of the First Pres
byterian church, has a letter from his
sons, Leon and Francis McFerran at
school in Lake Forrest stating that
the president of the college has offer
ed the college property to the govern
ment and that the offer will likely be
accepted and the school closed about
May 1. Many of the students will en- i.
list and will enter the big training
school at Lake Bluff, training for the
navy. The station on the lake at
North Chicago has recently taken on
a tract of five hundred acres and will
have accommodations for twenty
thousand men. The Oskaloosa boys
at the school. Leon and Francis Nc
Ferran and Warren Shoemake VIII
enlist with their college fellows.
CFrom Wednesdays Daily.)
Dick Crookham made a business
trip to Des Moines Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Ward Bridgman, who has
been sick for several days, is slowly
Mrs. Frank Heathcote of Daven-
port has returned to her home after
a months visit with her daughter.
Mrs. Will Pascoe.
Mrs. Sam Ream and Mrs. Van
Flanders spent the week end with
Mrs. Flanders daughter, Mrs. H. B.
Lucas, at Eddyville.
Miss Anna Carlin is home from Des
She went to be the guest of
her aunt, Mrs. Steve Fitzgerald, at a
party given by the Knights of Colum-
bus at that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Fisher of Fair
field who have been visiting their
daughter, Mrs. ]. E. Donnelly, No. |
$40 Third avenue east, returned to
their home this morning.
J. S. Morrison of Ottawa, district
engineer of the Iowa State Highway
Commission, was in town Monday,
going over some county road work
with County Engineer Tumy.
Miss Doris Moore, daughter of J.
A. Moore and a student in the high |
school, was taken to the Mahaska
hospital this morning for treatment,
suffering with inflammatory rheuma-
tism.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bernick and |
family, who have been at Ames on
account of the serious illness of Mrs. |
Bernick's mother, Mrs. ]. H. Will
liams, have returned to their home
here.
Miss Tot Richmond returned to
Oskaloosa from Moberly, Missouri,
night after disposing of her
interests there. Miss Richmond is
undecided whether she will remain
at home or return to Moberly.
Ed Walton went to Des Moines
yesterday. He insisted it was upon
purely business matters, but preoccu-
patton of mind with a leaning in the
direction of downright nervousness,
might tend to indicate intention in an
entirely different direction, on the
part of the young man.
w. M. Ahrweiler of Abba and Har-
ry Morgan of 511 Ninth avenue east
Oskaloosa, have purchased the Ma
haska Bottling Works plant, located
at 215 North street, from the estate
of U. G. Deck, and after making a
number of important improvements
and changes are operating the plant.
John Steddom, pupil of Jefferson
school, was run over by an automo-
bile this morning, and while not seri-
ously injured, was badly frightened
The lad was playing in the school
yard during recess, when a car with
some workmen who were making
some repairs about the school knock
ed the boy down, running over an
arm. The flesh on the arm was only
bruised !
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry A. Thomas are
home from Norway, Iowa, where they
were summoned by the illness and
death of Mrs. Thomas mother, Mrs. |
G. Benson, who passed away last
Fiday, April 10, 1917, with funeral
and interment Sunday at Norway
Mrs. Benson was known to a rather
extended circle of acquaintance in
Oskaloosa and vicinity. She has
visited her daughter here several
times and during the administration
of Rev. McCord at the Christian
church she hecama we'll known in the