The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-11-15

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days.
Mrs. J. H. Harlsweep Of Abba anC
sister, Mrs. r. d. Quarton, were il
the city yesterday attending to bust
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Abel and sol
| Rex, Walter Abel and Miss Rhods
Abel of Fremont spent Monday in Os
kaloosa.
Ralph Bollinger, who has been In
Chicago on combined pleasure ant
business trip for the past week, re
turned home Sunday.
Mrs. Mary e. Bonnifeld went tC
her home in Montezuma this morning
after visiting her sister, Mrs. j. L
Rowe, for several days.
Melvin McCalister and grandmoth
er. Mrs. l. p. Accord, went to their
home in Coalfeld last evening after
visiting friends and relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Tyler and daugh
ter of Poplar Bluff. Mo, have moved
10 OskaI0osa and reside at 412 South
Market Street. Mr. Tyler is a train
dispatcher of the NJ. & St. L.
Mrs. w. H. Strouse went to Brigh.
ton this morning to spend the week
with her paretns, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Swadling, and from there will go to
Keithsburg to visit friends for sew.
eral days.
H. B. Patton announces the pur-
chase of a butcher shop at Bloom
field. Iowa, Mr.. Patton will move
the shop to Oskaloosa, adding the
newly purchased equipment and fix,
lures to those of the local meat shop.
The Bloomfield shop was formerly
owned by E. j. Mason & Son.
OF young man who visited in Os.
kaloosa last summer, guest of his
friend, Leonard Snyder the Des
Moines Register says: Camp Dodge
soldiers who come to the city are un.
der supervision of a special detail of
military police, which rests on the
shoulders of Lieut.. George F. Fisher.
Lieutenant Fisher is at the head of
the city military police department.
Now, according to the lieutenant, two
soldiers are detailed to every beat
in the city. Lieutenant Fishers
home is in Philadelphia. He is the
son of ]. p. Fisher, chief of the
freight transportation department of
the Pennsylvania Railroad company.
Lieutenant Fisher is graduate of
Iowa State college and of the officers
training school at Fort Smelling"
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Barmaster, of
Oskaloosa, spent Sunday in Washing.
ton. .... .s.
w. B. Fitch of R F.. & w. B. Fitch,
was a business visitor in Fremont on
Monday.
w. b. Kemp, of Bussey, was attend.
ing to business matters in Oskaloosa
Thursday.
Mrs. Maggie Van de Keif, of McClin-
took, to business matters in Oska-
loosa Thursday.
Miss Margaret Doughman returned
to Oskaloosa Sunday morning after
a few days visit at Bussey.
Cecil Dixon is again back in his pos
rant after weeks vacation and rest.
Mrs. l.. NJ. Grigsby has returned to
Oskaloosa after her trip of a week or
so in Chicago in a visit with her son
Roll
Misses Dorothy and Winona Dilling-
err, of Washington, went to OskaloOsa,
this morning to visit at the home of
Mrs. Sam Swick.
Mrs. ]. ]. Moore, who was a guest
il the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Moore, Of Abba, has returned to her
home in Oskaloosa.
Mrs. John Moore and son Ray and
Mrs. E. c. Mcclure and daughter Gail
and son Lyle, Of Bussey spent Sat
urday in Oskaloosa.
Court Reporter Edwin Wilcockson,
of Sigourney, the son of District Judge
K. E. Wilcockson was in Oskaloosa on
legal business on Monday.
Miss Ruth Griffin, of Abba, return
ed home after a pleasant visit in Os-
kaloosa last Friday. She was accom-
panied by a friend, Miss Tidcomb.
Miss Clara McFate was the leader OF
the Epworth League service on Sun
day evening and Prof. e. c. Mills ia
vored the young people with a vocal
solo that appealed particularly to
them.
Mrs. A. w. Mattix, who has been
canvassing West Des Moines township
in the interests of the Sammies
Mothers Club, reported TUESDAY with
$685., raised to provide Christmas
cheer for the boys in khaki or in navy
blue.
BILLY" Wyckoff who was formerly
a resident of Oskaloosa and who is
we'll known here, is a decidedly popu
lar brakeman on the Peoria-Marshall
town run on trains and 10. He still
has relatives living here and Away:
has good word to say for Oskaloosa
Constable Arthur S. Shaw left yes
terday afternoon for Chicago to enlis
in the Federal Hospital or Ambulance