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From: "Jim Laird" <>
Subject: [KSJEFFER] Local Items: Oskaloosa, January 1, 1897..
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 12:11:22 -0500


The Oskaloosa Times
Friday
January 1, 1897

Prof. Julius COOK, formerly of this place, but now principal of the Axtell schools, came down Christmas day to visit with friends here a few days.

Chas. SNELL and wife, of Venice, Ill., are visiting Mrs. Snell's Uncle and Aunt, Sam EMERT and Mrs. Brittie HUDDLESTON, here this week.

And it rained the last day of the year 1896. Will you remember it a year hence.

Helen and Flo GIBBS, of Oskaloosa, spent Christmas with E.P. KARR and family.

Henry HARMS is making arrangements to run the electric lights with the power of Legler's mills.

City Marshal FOX pulled the cords of the new city bell, ringing out the old and ringing in the new year.

Charley HAUCK who is manufacturing cigars at Harrisonville, Mo., and doing a good business, spent the holidays here.

Will POSEY who is an applicant for a guard at the penitentiary was over to Topeka Wednesday to see Gov. Leedy, accompanied by Dr. Marks.

Mr. HOWLAND, a carpenter who lived here 20 years ago, dropped in this week to visit some of his old time friends. He looks well and no older.

Allen STOCKWELL is on regular duty as night watch and it is not likely that burglars and thieves will have any business here while he is on the lookout.

D.G. CARVER has been apprised of the fact that he has fallen heir to quite a little fortune in Indiana. He will be all right even if he doesn't "get the postoffice."

John GINTER and his large family were all in the city Wednesday and had their pictures taken, including Grandma SWALLOW, a remarkable family group of fifteen faces. They may never be all together again.

Uncle Perry BROWN has not been converted to the gold standard idea of finance, by a long shot! No Sir! He is still for silver and expects to convince John ARMSTEAD of the error of his way ere many moons.

Thousands of bushels of courn are being cribbed here and the elevator shellers are silent, the cirbs paying a cent more a bushel than the elevators. And there is also a scarceity of corn cobs so that Niel McLEOD says he can only deal in options on that kind of fuel right now.

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