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The 1920 Graphic

Compiled and Edited by Virginia Ross
Registrar for Daniel McMillan Chapter, N.S.D.A.R.1920

Stronghurst Graphic, April 22, 1920

GRAPHIC 1895: The marriage of Miss Clara Rankin and Mr. J. Wesley Rankin occurred at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Lant on the evening of April 17th. Arbor Day was celebrated in Stronghurst by the planting of 130 shade trees in the village park. Miss Fronia Shook, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Shook, passed away at her home on April 20th at the age of 15 years, 7 months and 8 days. A wealthy farmer living in Warren County was about to build a residence in Roseville to cost $3,600. Miss Ellen Perrine, daughter of Mrs. I.V. D. Perrine of the south country and Mr. James Spiker of Raritan were married on April 18th. Geo. H. Slater, M. T. Beardsley and L.W. Mathers of Yates City, Ill. were in Stronghurst investigating business prospects and while here Mr. Slater bought of John Weir his two lots having a frontage of 50 ft. on Broadway and 142 on Nichols St. for $1.25.

LOCAL AND AREA NEWS: A son was born on April 14th to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Long of the country northwest of Stronghurst. H. F. McAllister, whose home is now at Los Angeles, Calif, was greeted by old friends in Oquawka. Virgil Putney of Stronghurst has opened a produce market in Oquawka where he will deal in poultry, eggs and cream. Mrs. R. M. Billups is at Kirkwood helping to care for Thos. Garrett, who has been seriously ill for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cook are the parents of a fine baby boy born April 21st at their home southeast of Stronghurst. C. H. Davis was chosen to succeed himself as school director of Dist. No. 30 at the election held there-21 votes cast. Mrs. Libbie Schenek of Raritan was a passenger west on the Santa Fe, being enroute to Pueblo, Colo., where she will visit her daughter, Miss Loretta, who has been a teacher in Colorado for several years. Misses Madaline Park and Hazel Long were successful in obtaining 2nd grade teacher's certificates in the examination conducted by Co. Supt. Beall. First grade certificates were granted to the Misses Erminda Clark and Minnie E. Furr of Media and Susie Simonson of Smithshire. Clarence Spring-steen and wife expect to start in a short time for Casper, Wyo., where they will make their home on a claim which Clarence had taken up previous to being called into the military service of his country. Tom Moore, Stronghurst former citizen now of Monmouth, reported that the rain of last Monday evening was one of the heaviest downpours ever seen in the Maple City. He says that a large number of basements and cellars were flooded with the overflow which the sewer system of the city was inadequate to take care of it. Roy Randall, who is connected with the Poster company, a Chicago concern largely interested in bill board advertising, stopped off here and visited with J.F. Mains and family while enroute to Kansas City and other western points on a business trip. Roy states that Mrs. Randall and the children have been spending the winter in a Gulf resort in the state of Alabama.

Word from the Omaha hospital where Rev. K. R. Anderson, pastor of the U.P. Church, underwent a very delicate and serious operation, is to the effect that he is doing as well as could be expected. He was allowed to take no nourishment of any kind for nearly six days following the operation and has been obliged to maintain a sitting posture ever since. The physicians are, however, sanguine of his recovery in case no unforeseen complications set in. Miss Beulah Leinbach is the new night operator at the local telephone exchange. The approach to the new concrete bridge west of town had become so mirky that a fill of gravel and sand was added. Sheriff R. T. McDill says that the recent heavy rains have caused Henderson Creek to spread out over the low lands of the county farm and that the deposit of mud left when the water recedes will likely prove quite injurious to the grass and grain growing thereon.

GLADSTONE GLEANINGS: Mr. Colley has bought the hotel building of Fred Galbraith and will move into it some time soon and run the business. The house of W. M. Daughtery was struck by lightning breaking out 12 big windows and wrecking the front door. Weather boards were also torn off in some places and the plastering fell in some of the rooms. No one was in the house at the time. One window was broken out of the Mr. Will Graham's house and one in the Charles Ahlburg house. Quite a crowd of young people gathered at the home of M. A. L. Thompson to celebrate Alta's 16th birthday. A happy time was spent in games and music. Nice refreshments of ice cream and cake were served. H. O. Randall has purchased the Long house from Smith Morris and hopes to move into it very soon.

OLENA OBSERVATIONS: Mr. Wm. Hicks and the weather man are having it nip and tuck on the good roads proposition. (He must have been the road commissioner.) Mrs. Roscoe Deitrick received a telegram saying that her mother, Mrs. Allen, had passed away that evening at her home in Donnelson, Iowa. Mrs. Peyton was called to Monmouth to accompany an invalid friend to Omaha, Nebraska. At the school election Mr. O. H. White and Mr. Lyman Ross were elected to the school board. They with joined by Albert Hult to comprise the new board. Miss LaVelle has recovered from her recent illness as to be able to resume her duties as teacher of the village school. Mr. Gill, who moved into the village some time ago, returned to Burlington. A lady shopping in Burlington informed the paper that the town was again having a sugar famine. Two pounds was all one customer could get. Plenty ordered but shipping facilities were greatly hindered by the R.R. strike.

The remains of Mrs. Bice, who recently passed away at her home in Media, were laid to rest in the Olena Cemetery. She had for many years lived near Olena. Floyd Burrell has recently gone to the Green Bay bottoms to farm. News from Carman says the river is till very high. Catfish are the luxury. Clyde Meade landed a 10 lb. channel cat and Abe Babcook and Buck Cogswell have caught several weighing four and five pounds dressed.