The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-07

|. en- wedding anniversary at the nom
OF their son Charles S. Walling.
! Miss Leila Atcheson who has bee
!. in Milwaukee, Wis. on social servic
work is home for few days, visitin
: at the parental James Atcheson home
Thomas Cole and Roy Rich Of thi
city attended the annual meeting an
: banquet of the Metropolitan Life In
surance Company at ottumwa, Sat
urday.
Den Hartog who has been in thu
Mercy Hospital for the past TIVE
weeks and was operated on for ap
pendicitis went too his home in Eddy
vile Saturday.
Earl Powell, of Moulton, returned
home this morning after being oper
ated on at Marcy Hospital for append
ecitis. Mr.. Powell is son of c. Pow
ell on Route A.
! James Watson of Buxton. brother 81
Mrs. Con. Wilson suffered an injury
to the eye which was very painful
He is here taking treatment of DR.
Windle who says he may save the
eye but it is hard to say about the
sight.
Miss Zoe Smith was in the city last
week going over the Palmer Method
Supt. o. P. Flower. Miss Smith is
sent here each year by the Palmer
method people of Cedar Rapids. She
says that Oskaloosa are doing good
good work.
Miss Ida Doll was pleasantly sur.
prised by company of about twelve
girls from the Hanna Company at her
home Friday evening. After social
hour was spent Miss Doll took the
girls over to "Pete's" for refresh
ments. Owing to the quietness of the
girls, they decided to form Silent
Club Miss Gail Smith was chosen
president and Miss Helen Myers Sec
rotary ana treasurer.
Mr.. and Mrs A. j. Glass were given
a farewell party Thursday evening at
Fraternity Hall. About fifty invited
guests were present. Mr.. and Mrs.
Glass will leave for Omaha, some time
this month where he will take pos
ition as superintendent in the Adams
Express Co. The evening was spent
in dancing and card playing. Music
was furnished by the Metropolitan Jazz
)and. Refreshments were served later
in the evening. Their many friends
go with them in wishing them success
in the new city.
J. w. Fields, of Bloomington, ILL.,,
and an active travelling man, notwith-
standing his seventy odd years, was in
Oskaloosa over Sunday and stated
that he had been present at the time
of the dedication of the Central M. E..
church, now over twenty years ago.
He was also we'll acquainted with
DIR. ]. w. Somerville, who after leav-
ing 0skaloosa was the pastor of the
First NJ. Z. church at Bloomington for
two and a helf years. He was present
at church both morning and evening
and had the pleasure of hearing two
unusually fine sermons.
Gerrit GRANDPA of Pella was bust
ness visitor here Thursday.
Mrs. H. G. Richardson of Sigourney
spent Wednesday in Oskaloosa.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. T. Pinkerton of
Abba spent Wednesday in OskalOosa.
Miss Lillian Kilburn has returned
from a visit with her sister, Mrs. S.
H. Mears, of Knoxville.
Mrs. Betz has returned to her home
after a visit at the parental j. A.
Gross home in Keswick.
Mrs. Ted Grifiths of Abba spent
the week end with her son, Professor
Charles Griffiths, of Penn college.
c. NJ. Leach has returned home
ter spending a few days in Bloom
field with his father, H. G. Leach.
Mrs. Henry Yer Nicer and daughter
Lena, Mrs. Bert Yer Nicer and daugh-
ter Gertrude, all of Pella were visit
ors in Oskaloosa Wednesday.
Mrs. Hannah Burnside is closing
winter. She will stay with her
daughter, Mrs. Irving Johnson, until
warm weather.
Mrs. Clyde Norris and baby and
her father, J. S. Goodson, who have
been spending several months in Os-
kaloosa, have returned to their home
in Fairfield, Iowa.
Miss Belle Moon came home from
Oskaloosa Saturday afternoon, and
on Sunday went to Des Moines to at
tend the wedding of her sister, Chris
tine, to Mr.. Kenneth Beach. She
returned to Oskaloosa Monday even
ing.-Bussey Record.
Liston McMillen has forwarded a
petition to congress concerning the
Commission Plan of Peace Evolution
He informs the Herald that he does
not know the result of it; but be that
as it may, he felt it to be his duty to
shift upon the authorities at Wash
ington whatever responsibilities may
rest upon him as a citizen.
II Benson Starr returned from Jack
sonville, Fla, some time ago and is