The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-09-13
THE OL|vET ITEMS
THREsHlNG rs OVER AND Ev.
ERY5oDY HAD GOOD CROPS.

body had good crops. The corn is
climbing to the moon and has ears
on it like stove wood pieces. For
what people had to sell was never
better than now. We want the good
people to settle down to preaching
Americanism, nothing else, and be
happy.
Mr. and Mrs. J. c. Nossman of the
county line spent Friday in Leigh
ton trading. John brought home a
wagon load of stuff.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arie Hol spent Friday
in Leighton trading and calling on
friends. The Herald man was fav-
Ored with a large bucket of nice eat.
ing apples for which we return many
thanks.
p. M. Hart of Riverton, Fremont
county, made this office a call on
Tuesday. Mr.. Hart is much pleased
' it'll Wilson's reply to the pope on
The peace proposition.
r. ID. Robertson left an ear of corn
in this office on September / that re-
sembled saw log. 1t was well
filled from end to end and very near
dried out
The Herald man talks to large
number of farmers in his business at
the station and he finds that many
differ as to the corn maturing. We
had four persons to tell us on Sept
that two weeks more of fair wealth
er with no front would assure the
corn crop with the exception of a
few late pieces replanted. On Sept.
4, we had three farmers to verify
these assertions. One older Hol
land farmer told us that the corn
was made now and they all knew it
but were loath to say so.
Prof H. P. Mauers of Moulton was
caller at the station on Saturday.
Mr. Maurers will teach the fall and
winter term of school at Burr Oak
He is very pleasant appearing man
of social turn of mind and has the
make up of good teacher. He will
be well taken care of this fall and
winter at the Walter Clark home.
Mrs. Maggie e. Sarver and chill
dren of Oskaloosa spent Saturday
OuhuuJ at luC llOiuC vi NIL anu
Mrs. Walters south of town.
Mrs. James Norwood of Leighton
spent Sunday with her daughter,
Mrs. Herman Sedreli and family
south of town. .# #
We would be benefited $3.50 a
month on a reduction of bread to five
cents loaf but are not going to hol.
Ter hurrah until it comes, for the 9TH
er fellow is hard to shake off from
good thing when he gets good
hold VS.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Tucker of Har.
vey spent Sunday evening at the
John l.. Thompson home. Mr.. Tuck
er reports good crops in Marion
county but he thinks that they are
largely over-estimated.
J. L. Nye of Newton was a caller
on Tuesday. Mr.. Nye says there are
things a man can do and there are
things he can't do and he has no
faith in the reduction of anything in
the eating or the wearing line as long
as this war lasts for the demand is
greater than the supply.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bennett, Mrand
Mrs. John Hoar, Mrs. Mary Hoar and
daughter Effie, also Mrs. Henry
Hould of What Cheer spent Saturday
and Sunday at the William Kreeling
home west of town. We are indebt.
ed to Miss Josie Kreeling for the
news.
In a recent letter we mentioned
our father being conscripted during
the Civil war That item, brought
to our memory little incident that
day with our mother. We hauled
father to Salisbury, N. c.. to report
to Colonel John c. Hake, Company c.,
10th N. c.. regiment for service, and
on the way home we stopped three
miles from home and bought large
fat hog to kill, tied all of his feet to-
gether, rolled him up in the wagon
but never fastened the end-gate.
Down the road we. saw number of
Stoneman's cavalry coming at rap
i'd gait. So we started out at a rapid
gait for home, to beat the Yankees,
and on getting there we found our
hog gone; must have rolled out at
the end of the wagon. We never
did know who got the hog.
Mrs. r. v. Clark spent Tuesday in
Oskaloosa trading.
6. f. Franklin of Mills county was
caller at this office on Tuesday. Mr..
Franklin is a stock feeder when at
home. He thinks the twenty cent
hog is here to stay.
The Rock Island has a force of six
men on. this section this week which
is the largest force we have had for
some time. ,....gas
Ira Shaffer was in town on Tues
day. He says the people have ev-
erything to be thankful for. The
good Lord blessed them by sending
sunshine to raise the good crops and
then just as the pasture was getting
short He sent nice rain and started
the grass to growing just when it was
needed. M
Mrs. Charles Walters south of