The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-01
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Oliyet, Ia, July 30.-Lem Hackert
OF northwest of town shipped a car
load of hogs to Chicago last Thurs
day morning. They had an average
weight of $50 pounds. He also
bought load of fine young hogs av.
eraging $50 pounds. One big hog
in the bunch weighed $50 pounds. Lem
went along with the shipment to the
windy city.
We note with sorrow the death of
Mrs. Thee. Evans. We first met
her and her husband at Evans in '83.
Mr.. Evans was then employed in the
Elida store at that place. All the
ready-towear made clothes we have
bought for twenty-five years or more
were bought from Mr.. Evans, as we
always relied on him for several
years. We join in sorrow over the
untimely loss Of good wife and
mother.
/ Mr.. Long, junk man from Evans,
made us friendly call Monday. He
says the country mines in and about
the old Bolton mine and the County
Farm are running every day and that
they are selling lots of coal. Among
them is our old friend and neighbor,
Albert Boles. rs.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Smith of Spring
Creek township and children spent
Sunday in town at tie parental ]. H.
Perfect home. Mr.. Smith was raised
in this neighborhood and his many
old friends are always glad to meet
him when in town. #
Z In a conversation with Mrs. John
Cole Monday evening she informed us
her Oldest son, Andrew, was exempt
from the service. We are glad of
this, for Mr.. Coles health is not very
good and he has large farm and lots
of stock to care for and Andrew is his
only son left at home.
3 l.. p. Seaman commenced hauling
mine timber Tuesday. He has thir.
ty-five acres of good corn on his
place. He also has some oats but
1t did not grow high enough to cut so
they pastured it. He will devote
his time TO mine timber for the pres
ent.
\ N. J. Staly of Harlan, Shelby coun.
ty, was in this neighborhood looking
after business Tuesday and favored
us with a call Mr.. Staly was for
merly newspaper man but is now
selling implements. He still has a
laundering for the work but he says
the field for local newspaper is
overdone, and he will not engage in
the business until conditions change.
Steward Bartlema cut and put up
enough hay on the railroad ground
and wagon road to keep Uncle John
Thompson's COW for the winter This
is the best of sympathy and he is to
be commended for it.
Dan Reding, our stock and grain
man, was over this neighborhood on
Tuesday looking after wheat. He
informed us the Hearny brothers were
starting their machine for the sea.
son.
A number Of line men were over
this road Wednesday resetting the
telephone poles on the line from Ev.
ans to Harvey, ". '.w g
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Bartlema and
daughter spent Thursday in Oska-
loosa doing some trading while Stew.
ard took day off after a. hard spell
of work.
q. L. Alcorn, representing II. l..
Spencer Company, was in town last
Thursday stocking up G.. W.. Mercy,
nolds. 1t looked natural to see Earl
in town and we were glad to meet
him. '
The church Aid Society held their
regular monthly meeting at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Laughlin on
Market street Thursday. Owing to
the busy season with the women
folks the attendance was not as large
as ii usually is but enough to trans,
act business and to make an inter.
esting crowd which was engaged on
the lawn. Brother w. 4. Tandy
brought over a car load of mighty
nice looking women Refreshments
were served during the evening and
they we're gotten up in the highest OF
culinary art for Mrs. Laughlin is one
of those women that know just how
to do things Mrs. Williams was
favored with an invitation but was
unable to, attend, much to our regret
The only short crop we have heard
of this week was the startling news
of short crop OF doctors-R. w.