The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-12-13

who have been guests in the home o
the mother. Mrs, Martha Lovelace
southwest of town, returned to thei
home in Omaha Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floid Hatcher o.
Grinnell visited over Sunday with
parents and friends, and Darrell
Muckler accompanied his sister home
for Sunday at the parental e. e
Muckler place on North Market
street.
Miss Mae J. Evans, having been de
tanned in the city by the improve
ments she has been making in the
Evans Building, will not leave for the
East until after the holidays. She
has moved to the Hotel Lacey in or
der to be near the Public Library.
Bob" Shanahan, Commercial Club
secretary, has returned home from
Fort Dodge, Iowa, where he attended
conference of the commercial club
secretaries of Iowa. The meeting
was an enthusiastic one. Bob" says
the secretarial bureau of the Greater
Iowa Association plans an extensive
var work program, Special wa
work committees will be formed in
communities, where local organiza-
tons failed to raise the quotas ap-
portioned them for the Liberty Loan,
Red Cross, Army Y. M. c. A., etc.
John e. Flewwelling can't account
mr. w
involved in the incident had no pre-
vious acquaintance or even opportun-
ity for communication, but here is
what happened: John got up to build
the fires one morning last week and
get things started for breakfast, as is
his daily custom, and had the work
well along when he happened to
glance at the clock on the mantle
shelf. 1t showed 4:21 a. m. This
was a little too early. To verify the
time, John went into his wife's
chamber to compare the time with a
watch upon her dresser. 1t was
identical with the clock, 4:21 a. m.
John ceased his activity and curled
up on the sofa, close by the fire, for
a nice little snoose. He awoke with
start, the sun shining in through
the window. Somewhat alarmed to
find that he had slept after sun up,
John again consulted the clock and
was astonished to read the face, 4:21
a. m. Returning to the watch on
the dresser he threw up his hands in
utter helplessness. The watch, too,
had stopped at 4:21 a. IN. John is
now looking for anything like reas-
enable explanation of the cause of
both time pieces stopping on the
same instant. So far as heard, no
earthquake occurred at this time.
The little affair is surely mysterious.
Mrs. w. e. Barnhill is i'll at the Alb
bolt Hospital
Miss Ruth Ellis of Givin ives shop
ping here yesterday.
Miss Lucille Pogge spent the week
end in LaceyJwith friends.
Miss Ruth Griffin went to Abba Sat-
urday where she Will nurse.
Mrs. T. r. Holt OF MarshailtoWn is
visiting friends in the city.
Mrs. A. P. Norton of Fremont was
shopping in the city Monday.
Miss Christina McMoran spent Sun
day with friends in Ottumwa.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Phinney have
returned from an Omaha trip.
Mr.. and John Brown, of Martins
burg, were in the city yesterday.
Forest Masters refereed a basket
ball game in Eddyville Monday.
Harold Ferree who has been i'll for
a few days returned to Penn today.
Mrs. Helen Mathews spent the week
end with her daughter Mrs. Cliff Ian
cial.
Mrs. S. Love went to Newton yes
terday to visit with her daughter Miss
Gist.
Floyd Thomas of North English is
visiting his family of 514 B Avenue
west.
Tad Shipley who was taken seriously
i'll last night is considerably better this
morning.
Mrs. Sylvit Gellman went to Cen.
terville last evening to visit relatives
this week.
Charlie Eisminger, Of Marshalltown,
spent Sunday with his mother Mrs.
Carson Mcclure.
Mr.. and Mrs Freeman and son
Homer from .Givin were in the city
yesterday shopping.
Milo Steddom Of the navy returned
home Monday, where he will spend u
few days at the parental home.
Mrs. d. w. Dye and daughter
Delma went to Eddyville last evening
to visit at the NJ. E. Accord home.
Miss Mary Sewers returned Satur
day from Minneapolis where she has
been visiting for the past week.
Miss Carrie Woody has returned tc
her home in Lynnville after spending
Sunday at the Prof. Mortier home.
Miss Henrietta Agan went to Rock
we'll, Iowa, to visit her sister, Mrs
7 a,,i.a A1op Too untill after Christ