The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-05

Miss Lillian have returned to thei
home in Waterloo after visiting will
her mother, Mrs. Seebers at the Lace.
Hotel. Eight Girl friends were at thu
train to see Miss Lillian off to hel
home.
Horace c. Hawkins who has beer
granted leave If absence as City
Engineer, in order to enter Army
Housing and nngInecr work, left or
Saturday evening fcr Bethlehem, Penn
where large housing problem is be
ing worked out in connection with the
big steel works located there.
A couple of weeks ago We published
an item taken from the Oskaloosa Her.
aid which stated that Floyd Locke Rad
threshed 1890 bushels of grain in six
hours and claimed the championship
of the season. Now comes Lynch &
McKibber of Fremont with state
.nent that they thrashed 1905 bushels
of grain for j. w. Dinsmore in five
hours. It's hard to beat Cedar town
ship.-Fremont Gazette. .- 4.
Elmer Bryan was in Des Moines Fri
day on business. ..... ...
DIR. B. +. Parker, of Des Moines,
was business caller in the city Satur-
day.
Miss Edna Erect, who has been Wis
iting relatives at Lynnville, has re-
turned home.
Mrs. DR.. Barnes and daughter, Miss
Nell, are visiting in Des Moines with
Mrs. Barnes sister, Mrs. Hal Scott.
Miss Mary Ann Phillips left Saturday
for Des Monies, where she will spend
Labor Day among relatives and friends.
Mrs. Emma Nisbitt, of 500 Second
Ave. West, went to Hedrick Thursday,
called there by the illness of her grand
daughter.
Misses Margaret and Lucille Best and
Ralph McCannon, of Charlton, visited
with Vivian Knowles, at SIG Third
ave. East, last week.
Arthur Walling arrived home from
Camp Taylor Field Artillery Officers
School Sunday evening. The folks met
him in Grinnell with machine. We
salute him as the first officer represent
ed on the Herald service flag.
Clifford Chord, who has been in train
ing in the Great Lakes Naval School,
Chicago, since last April, is home on a
furlough, guest at the parental F. c.
Chord home. Clifford is slated to leave
Chicago on the 14th of September en-
route to France.
Robert Miner Jr. who has been home
with his parents Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Miner at the residence on south Market
street on furlough of several days ex-
tent, left Friday afternoon for Dallas
Texas where he will have training in
the flying school.
Thomas Harold Burke, who left for
Camp Funston with the last contingent
Of Mahaska county's drafted men, is
nome, after being discharged because
Of flat pronated feet" John o. F.
Hustled and John Perry Lytle were also
discharged because of physical disa-
bility.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Tohren have a
from their son Chris,
from Camp Pike, Arkansas, bearing
the information that he has been ad-
Vanced to the position of corporal of his
company and has been having some ex-
ira heavy training. He states he is
likely TO be moved to another camp
within short time.
News comes from Rochester, Mimi.
that U. A. Wycoff, who has been in a
hospital there a number of days, has
been compelled to submit to the ampu-
tation of a leg because of tubercular
of the knee. The left leg
was taken off above the knee. For
several years Mr.. Wycoff has been a
popular conductor on the east end street
car line. IS,
Miss Marie Eaton went to Marshall
town Saturday to attend school.
Miss Edith Spease went to Sears
boro Saturday to visit relatives.
Miss Helen Dekle went to Ewart,
Ia, Saturday where she will teach
school. t..r
Miss Eta Russell is in New Provi-
dence spending the week end with
relatives
Miss Verna Jansen went to Rich
land yesterday TO visit with relatives
few days.
Miss Anna Hecker went to Malcolm
Saturday to make preparation to
teach school.
Mrs. Ralph Currier was in the city
yesterday from Fremont and visited
her husband.
Mrs. Maud Kemblc of Chicago is
visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. J..
J. Robertson.
Mrs. A. J. Kudsen went to Richland
yesterday to visit her daughter Mrs.
p. C. McCracken.
Mrs. Reed McMurray went to New
Ton gaturday m uiQit Tho waak cud