The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-22
free from frost.

krout was given the position. Be-
sides the experience, an assistant edi-
tor is given four credits in English.
Miss Krout has done considerable writ
ing for the Gazette during the past few
years and we know that she is abund-
antly able TO fill the position.-Fre-
mont Gazette.
Mrs. James O. Bass is home from
a visit in Marshalltown.
Mrs. C. Lowrey was a passenger
to New Sharon this morning.
Dr. Herbert Killips was a passen-
ger to Iowa City this morning.
Mrs. G. B. Hughes Of Givin was
| shopping in the city yesterday.
Mrs. VIM. Deaver of Fremont Wis
tied Mrs. Lincoln Holder Tuesday.
w. w. Stout of Des Moines spent
Tuesday with Mrs. Ed Stout and
friends.
| Mrs. l. N. Ogden who has been Wis
ting her sister in Montana, arrived
home today.
Miss Anna Murphy went to Abba
yesterday to spend the day with Mrs.
Charles Coulson.
Sullman Clark departed Tuesday
evening for Ripon, Wisconsin, to visit
| his grandparents.
DR.. Wilcox has moved his family
from 603 High avenue east to 81
North Eighth street.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. r. Carpenter of
this city spent Tuesday with her
| daughter in New Sharon.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Gottschlich,
who resided on North First street,
have moved to Davenport.
Mrs. A. S. Holmes has gone to
| Lynnville where she will visit her
sister, Mrs. William Whitsel.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Eastburn and
daughter and Mrs Belle Biller were
shoppers in Oskaloosa Tuesday.
Miss Gladys Leanhart of New Shar-
| on spent Sunday with her friend,
Miss fiesta Carpenter, Of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shaw and Mrs Edwin
Johnson and son of Lynnville spent
Sunday at the home of A. B. Bushong.
Mrs. w. e. Davis of Muskogee, Ok
lahoma, is visiting with II. E. Davis
and sister, at 511 Fourth avenue east.
Mrs. c. NJ. Denoway of Ames, who
has been visiting Mrs. James Nc
| marlborough of this city, returned
to her home.
! Mrs. Leora Cammack, who is pa
tient at Mahaska hospital, suffering
| improvement.
Mrs. Elmer Cox and mother, Mrs.
Graham, returned to their home in
Alden after several days at the home
of Mrs. Logan Graham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester LaRue Of
| New Sharon and Mr.. and Mrs. J. j.
! Hawk of North Market street drove
! to Des Moines Tuesday.
| Miss Charlotte Jackley returned
Monday from an extended visit with
friends and relatives at Carroll, Tenn
pleton and Laurens, Iowa.
Mrs. w. r. Fansher of I'll North Fl
street, received word today of the
passing away of his brother, Sam
Fansher, of Sidney, Nebraska.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Magee left to-
day for their home in Beatrice, Ne
braska, after spending several days
with Mr.. and Mrs. Magee of this city.
Mrs. Ethel TRACER of Marshalltown
| visited Tuesday at the home of her
brother, Roy Shirk, whose baby is
. sick, having symptoms of pneumonia.
Mrs. Frank Treger of Marshall
town, who has been spending several
days with her mother, Mrs. Doud,
and friends, returned home this
, morning.
VIM. Stout of Camp Dodge was in
town Tuesday and spent the evening
with Miss Hattie Cole. Mr.. Stout
| has volunteered to go south with the
signal corps and will leave in few
days.
Honor was paid Rev. d. c. Smith of
Ottumwa Saturday upon the occasion
! of his 8Sth birthday, especially by
the congregation of the Willard Street
Methodist church which was founded
} by the aged pastor. Rev. Smith was
born in Pennsylvania November II,
; 1887, and came to Iowa in 1851 when
a youth of fourteen years. He dedi-
Gated his life to the ministry, taking
his first charge in the Iowa confer
ence of the Methodist church fifty
three years ago, in 1864. at Webster
He has served as presiding elder
twice. once in the Oskaloosa district
! and once in the Ottumwa district He
, accepted the pastorate of the Willard
. Street church in 1899 and Temaintd
I there until 1908, when he was called
!. to Pella. In the autumn of 1906 he
0 retired from active work and went to
$ Ottumwa to reside.