The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-12-05

time with his mother in Keota.
The C. M. Porter home has been a
regular hospital for the past few
days. Mr.. and Mrs. Porter and son
John, all i'll in bed at the same time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Porter are much better
today, but John is still quite i'll, SUI
fering with bronchial pneumonia.
Miss Lizzie Clark of Delta was a
visitor here Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Forbes visited with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Bot
torff, at Hedrick. ....
G. A. Sunstrum and family spent
Sunday at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
L. McCreery in Hedrick.
Miss Florence Smith of the Abba
High school faculty is i'll at her home
here with the influenza.
Mrs. Thos. Beal was caller in
Knoxville Monday visiting at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. H.
Ramsay. .....r...
Mr.. and Mrs. George Black and son
Harold and grandsons Gail and Ray
were Sunday visitors at the George
! Godfrey home in Abba.
OF a former Oskaloosa resident the
Eddyville Tribune says: ]. L. Sipes,
who has been poorly for so long, is
improving, and symptoms are gradu-
ally becoming more favorable, though
he is not able to come up town, or
10 kn t4 nf
John De Jong, whose home is near
Leighton and who is member of the
college S. A. T. c., had the misfor-
tune last Friday evening to break his
ankle while wrestling with Ralph Yer
Ploeg He was taken to the office
of DR.. Carpenter on Saturday morn
ing, where the injured member was
given proper surgical attention. John
was taken to his home and will remain
there until he is able to resume his
studies again at the college.-Pella
Chronicle. ~
Copies of "The Bayonet," official
publication of Camp Lee, Virginia,
have reached Oskaloosa, containing
an illustrated section, showing pic
lures of the various camp buildings
and other institutions. Included in
the illustrations is a picture of the
officers of the Surgical Service, Base
Hospital. Prominent in the picture
is Captain Jay G. Roberts, of Oska-
loosa. The Doctor looks fine in his
soldier clothes, and his health-giving
outdoor surroundings.
Miss Mabel Gibson attended the
Woman's Foreign Missionary Conven-
ton held in Des Moines last Thurs
day and Friday. Miss ellison is
Correspondent Secretary of the Oska-
loosa district. Miss Mabel Johnson
who also attended the convention was
guest for day and returned to her
home in Brooklyn Saturday after
noon. Miss Johnson is Iowa Confer
ence Superintendent of the Young
Peoples work. Miss ellison gave the
only contribution to the jubilee offer
ing at the convention. 1t was a
memory offering for her mother and
Mrs. Gilson's name will be placed on
the memory record-Newton Record.
w. T. Thatcher, of Chicago, was in
the city Tuesday.
Jess Pulliam has arrived from a
business trip to Springfield, Illinois.
Mrs. Asa McClain, of Fremont, was
in town Tuesday attending to bust.
ness.
Mrs. Laurie Fry, of Creston, was in
the city yesterday transacting bust
ness.
Mrs. Ella Reed of No. 612 South
Fifth street is confined to her home
with Illness.
F. H. Eckert, of the Frankel estab-
lishment, is on duty again following a
few days indisposition.
Miss Lena Johns, of Des Moines, is
a visitor in the home of her brother
A. F. Johns of B avenue west.
Ralph Crozier who has been attend
ing school in Pella is home on account
of the quarantine on the schools.
Mrs. James Whitner and children
Marion and James are spending sew
eral days in the city with her mother.
Mrs. Stutzman, of New Sharon, was
in town yesterday and spent the day
with her sister on North Seventh
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Wilson and
daughter Martha, of Burlington spent
Monday and Tuesday in the city with
friends. ..,... .-...
H. w. Targart and wife of Council
Bluffs, arrived in the city Tuesday to
spend the week with Mrs. Targarts
parents.
Miss Hazel Crown, of Taintor, ar
rived in the city Tuesday to spend the
winter months with her aunt on North
G street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stopher and son Lloyd
of Barnes City, were visitors in the
city Tuesday at his sisters home on
South A street.
Mrs. II. s. Rhynsburger, No. 1913
North Market street, was called TO
Knoxville yesterday on account OF the
illness of relatives. ,l
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