The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-04

in Oskaloosa.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Geneva and
Mrs. Beckman spent last Wednesday
at the home of A. f. Geneva in BUS
sey.
Miss Margaret Doughman and her
friend, Miss Clarke, spent Sunday at
the parental j. T. Doughman home in
Bussey. 49,, -,
Mr. and, Mrs. H. p. Way and son
Lloyd and daughter Loras OF Busseyy ]
spent last Friday I'M oskaloosa visit
Ing at the home of friends.
Grant Cawley, revenue officer, who
spent Sunday with his family in OF.
tumwa, returned to Oskaloosa and
resumed his duties this morning.
Miss Helen Whitaker has accepted
the position as bookkeeper for OPP
penheimer's Store made vacant by
the. resignation of Miss Lucille Wal
lett.
Art Delano has resigned his. posi-
tion with the Erdice Auto Company
and has gone to Davenport where he
expects to enter the automobile bus
mess for himself.
VIM. r. Kemble of the battleship
Montana, while on a ten days fur
Tough is visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. E. Kemble, and friends in
the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. 2. FERGUS, and Mr..
and Mrs. Globe of Bussey spent last
Sunday visiting the daughter of the.
latter who is confined to the Mahas:
ka. hospital recovering from recent
operation&.S2 "la:A ~ ~ ipa DGH~.
Evan Rowe, who has been working
with Chas. HATS force of men ON the
White Way east of Oskaloosa, has re-
turned home, and is engaged ed;inrshock'
ing corn for Lloyd Townsley.--Eddy-
vile Tribune. =. f..
Chief of Police Jim" Lawrence is
going to take a lay.off this fall and
look after his new coal mine near
town. During his absence Assist
ant Chief Ray Myers will act as the
Chief. Jim" will probably leave at
the first of next week. .
Mrs. Frank Whitsel of Eddyville
cut her right hand to the bone In four
places Monday while engaged in can.
ming peaches. The glass jar broke
in her hands, and fragments, of the
glass penetrated the hand, making
painful wounds which will require
some time to heal.
Ralph Sherman, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
s. l.. Sherman, of Carbonate Road.
WHO has been a chemist in the De.
partment of Mines, stationed at Pitts
burgh, has given UP his position and
enlisted in the Signal Corps at Pitts
burgs. The government will hold
his position open for him, pending his
return from war.
John Gallagher, M. & st. L. night
ticket clerk at the local station, is in
line for an unusual promotion. Sat.
lrday he goes to Grinnell to become
city passenger agent for both the M.
& St. L. and Rock Island roads. He
will have complete charge of the
Grinnell union depot, which is now
merged under one manager.
Miss Bonnie Ramsey of Denver, Col
orado, and Mrs. Chas. OFT of Abba
stopped off in Eddyyille last week
while enroute home from Oskaloosa
after visiting at the N. B. Holloway
home. Mrs. OFT visited at the home
of her brother-in-law, T. A. OFT, for
couple of days. Miss Ramsey re-
manned here for a few days longer,
guest of her uncle Theo.-Eddyville
Tribune.
Mrs. l. c. Johnson, member of the
Oskaloosa Public Library Board, is
End Vice President of the Iowa Lii
brary Association which will hold its
2Sth Annual Conference In Iowa City
October to IL. The speakers for
the conference will include DR.. Vic
tor S. Garros of Hull house. Chicago,
who is to speak of Century Strug-
gle in Russia" dorado Taft. the
noted American sculptor, will give an
address on the Process of Sculp-
ture." Miss May Massee, editor of
the "a. L. A. Booklist," will advise Ii
brarians on the ever.perplexing3 prob
lem of Choosing Fictionps t'Certi.
fcation of Librarians and Library
Civil Service" will be discussed by
Miss Frances Simpson Of the Univer-
sity OF Illinois library school, Forrest
q. Spaulding, who has recently come
to the Des Moines public library from
New York City, will tell of library
war Service" DR.. Benjamin +.
Shambaugh, editor of the Iowa Jour.
nal of History and Politics.. and DR..
w. A. Jessup, president Of Iowa State
university.
John Kramer went to Des Moines
today for a brief stay.
Charlie Keohen was a passenger to
Des Moines this morning.
Mrs. NJ. Davis of Givin was a shop.
per in the city yesterday.
Mrs. Jack ireland of near Fremont
was shopping Tuesday in Oskaloosa.
Floyd Lewis, SO5 Third avenue east,
has moved his family to Rock Island,