The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-05-24

II trouble while Mr.. Johnson suffers
: with a series of carbuncles on head
and face. Meantime the son Milo is
, inconvenienced with cement poison
ing, and the management of the place
! devolves upon the son Harry.
Guy Bacon returned today to his
work on the Davenport Times after a
brief visit here with relatives and
friends. Mr.. Bacon, who served with
the artillery on the Mexican border,
went to Fort Smelling to enlist for the
present war, but was rejected on ac-
count of some slight heart trouble.
Guy is the picture of health and feels
the part, and was surprised at the
surgeons decision He will do his
bit therefore in other lines.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. d. Hull of Scott
City, Kansas, arrived in the city Sat
urday and are the guests at the home
of l.. B. Pierson, their nephew. Mr..
Hull has been ranching in Kansas for
a number of years and having sold
their ranch they are making tour of
the east, visiting relatives and old ac-
quaintances in Iowa and Illinois. Lat
er they will go on to New York and
will spend some time in the east Wis
iting their old home Mr.. Hull came
west in the early seventies, and was
one of the early settlers of western
Kansas.
DR.. J. G. Roberts took Coach Yount
and the Oskaloosa High school track
team to Milton Saturday, leaving
here Saturday morning and returning
home Saturday night. Only five of
the Maroon team made the trip be-
cause of lack of cars. Those who
represented Oskaloosa were Spike"
Parker, Slayman, Reggie Snider,
Charles Brookins and Harold Ferree.
Every Oskaloosa man placed in the
events. Oskaloosa won the meet,
one point ahead of Milton. In one
event Oskaloosa tied with Milton, and
Johnson, the Milton athlete. gracious
ly withdrew his claim in Oskaloosa's
favor, giving the. Maroons the meet.
Abba Republican: Capt. j. p. Early
was in Oskaloosa Saturday attending
to business matters as an oil inspector.
DR.. J. C. Barringer for few days
past has been out on the road caring
for his professional duties as the Resi-
dent Physician of the M & st. l.. r. r.
DR.. J. M. Brown, the Methodist pas
tor at Grinnell was in Oskaloosa in the
attendance of the funeral of the young
son of DR.. and Mrs. G. l.. Minear on
Saturday. rnr.ra. ..
Colfax Tribune: Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil
Ballinger of Oskaloosa came Wednes- !
day evening for visit with their cous-
in Mrs. VIM. ClarksOn. They may de-
eide to locate mere.
H. L. Thatcher the attorney, and w.
ested in patented specialties, returned
on Friday to Oskaloosa after an ex-
tended absence of several months.
Thomas J. Bray, the city attorney of
Oskaloosa, has purchased of Dr. John
|. Tony, a plot of ground near the !
kemble Green Houses on c avenue
East and indications point to the cree |
ton of anew residence there soon.
Brighton Enterprise: John Abram-
son of Des MoineS and Miss Johnson
of Oskaloosa came down in the form |
er's car and spent Sunday at the Faris |
home. Mrs. Abramson who has been
visiting with her parents for the last
two weeks returned with them.
Of former resident of Beacon, the |
Colfax Tribune says: John E. Bell of
Sewers celebrated his Seventy-sixth !
birthday on Monday. He is feeling fine, !
bears his age well, and says he is hale !
and hearty, all of which is good news
to his many old time friends. He has
been a resident of Sewers nine years,
eight of which he held the office of
constable. .
AS Robert Alexander, former Oska- |
loosa boy, was the founder of the bust |
ness, the following message from Ok
lahOma City is of interest here: Fire,
believed to be of incendiary origin, in
the laboratories of the Alexander Drug
Company, early this morning caused a
loss estimated at 100000, and for a
time threatened destruction of the en-
tire retail business district of the city.
Knoxville Journal: Foster kissinger
the Knoxville bloodpoison victim in
Mahaska hospital at Oskaloosa, was
probably slightly improved when his
wife and some of the children visited
him Sunday. He is taking considerable
more nourishment that he was the
week or two weeks previous; however,
he is terribly reduced in flesh His son
James, says that the thigh of the in
fected leg is scarcely larger than the
average mans wrist. He also says that
pieces of muscle several inches long
have protruded and been cut away
from the openings in the flesh that
have been made for drainage purpos-
es. He is really in deplorable condi-
ton and the limb will be useless If he
RECEIVERS.
(From TUESDAYS De.I7J