The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-12-20

| Oliver Anderson, who has been al
tending the Gen. City Business Co
!, lege at Quincy, ILL.,, is visiting here 70
few days before reporting to Daven
. port, Ia, for military training. Ander
son has enlisted in the ordnance de
partment OF the u. s. Army, and ex
poets to see France shortly, following
a brief period of training here.
! Eddyville Tribune.-H. A. Hamilton
living on the old Beamer farm on Mil
ler's Creek, sustained loss Monda,
forenoon when one of the best of hi:
!, tenant residences in Oskaloosa caught
fire and was considerably damaged
! The house caught fire from flue in
the hallway upstairs. Mrs. Hamilton
went to Oskaloosa Tuesday to investi
gate the damage.
| Mrs. o. H. Moore is visiting friends
/ in Davenport. .a..
Harry Lathrop of Rose Hill was
shopping in the city Monday.
Chas. Brown of Camp Dodge was
in town Saturday visiting friends.
Mrs. John Patterson of Knoxville
spent Saturday with friends here.
Lester Butler went to MARSHALL
town yesterday for short visit with
friends.
J. w. Kirk was in Knoxville Thurs.
day looking after his business inter.
ests there.
Mrs. ]. A. Stoltz has been visiting
for several days with her sister, Mrs.
Peters, at Manhattan, Kan.
Harvey Compton left Saturday to
have a holiday visit with his brothers
on their ranches in North Dakota.
Hoyt Beans has. enlisted in the Sig
nal Corps and is with Co. E of the
telegraph Battalion at Camp Dodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Brown were
Sunday visitors at the home of his
sister, Mrs. Walter Johnson, at Bus
sey.
Miss Marjorie Vaughn left for st.
Louis Monday evening to spend the
Christmas vacation with her aunt,
Mrs. Anna Pringle.
Mrs. Sina Evans of 1922 High ave-
nue. east returned Saturday from He'd
rick where she has been visiting her
sister, whose husband is very i'll.
Mrs. l.. B. Haughey went to Center
vile this morning to be at the Ea' |
Parker home because their little
daughter Dorothy is ill with pneumo-
mia. .I
Miss Idah Waller, who has taken
charge of the Smith-Shipley millinery
department the past season, left last
night for Chicago to visit relatives be-
fore returning to Minneapolis.
Freeland Templeton of this city, a
graduate of Penn college in the class
of 1917, has enlisted in the 349th
Field Hospital of the 313th Sanitary
Train of the National Army, station
ed at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Peter Van Weelden of Wright, Ia,
was the first Mahaska county young
man to return to the local exemption
board the military QUESTIONABLE. Van
Weelden's order number is 81, and
his serial number 1913. He was as
sisted in filling out tie registration
blani,I by Attorney G: Yer Ploeg.
Prof. Naudj',e Z, who is instructor of
Physics at the Oskaloosa nigh school,
has enlisted in the aviation corps.
Mr.. Naudine left Friday evening for a
few days visit at his home, and from
there he will report to Des Moines.
His three Physics classes presented
him with a handsome soldiers kit.
Miss Estella O'Rourke of Lynnville
spent Sunday here with friends. -
VIM. Yer Steeg of Knoxville visited
here Sunday with his wife and chill
dren.
Leonard Paulson left Monday for
ST. Louie where he will visit with his
father for a fe wdays.
Marie Boggs of Des Moines college
is here visiting with friends and rela-
tives until after Christmas.
Frederic Knight Logan went to
Chicago Saturday evening on bust
ness trip and will return today.
Miss Sylvia Barnes, who is attend
ing school here, visited over Sunday
at the home of her parents at Lovilia
John Wilson is home from his la
bors at INDIANAPOLIS to spend the hol-
iday season with. family members
here. -. ...
q. l.. A. Pond of Sioux City is in from
the road for a three weeks holiday
visit with his family at 316 Fourth
avenue west. ........
Mrs. w. p. Rhoades, Mrs. d. c..
Rhoades,J Harry Denmore and Harry
Ferguson of Fremont were shopping