The Hancock-Henderson Quill, Inc.
Compiled and Edited by Virginia Ross
Stronghurst Graphic, July 12, 1923
LOCAL AND AREA NEWS: Dr. Bronson, wife and two children of El Paso, Tex., visited at the home of Mrs. John Salter. Phil Chant has gone to Dallas City to work in the Crystal Springs pop factory of which his brother-in-law, Harry Doty, is proprietor. Frank Crenshaw returned home after spending a week on his farm near Fall Creek, south of Quincy. He reports bumper crops of both wheat and corn in that neighborhood. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Brooks help celebrate the birthday of Mrs. Fred Ochsner, Sr. at her Dallas City home. William Kettleman, a resident of La Harpe, Ill. for the past 26 years, died July 10th from the effects of a sun stroke which he suffered that day while working in a field on the farm of Marion Eckles west of La Harpe. Mr. Kettleman was 47 years of age and was a native of Germany.
The Mississippi River is certainly taking its full toll of victims by drowning this season. The nearby river town newspapers contain accounts of one or two such accidents every week. A large percentage of these drownings seem to occur on Sunday and in most cases the victims are reported as good swimmers who ventured out into deep water. Mrs. Wadsworth, who was manager of the hospital here and went to the state of Maine after the hospital s closing, returned for her baby which she left in care of the Scott family. She left for New York and it is understood she has a job as a nurse in a hospital. Miss Nellie Bowen, who is the assistant cashier of the Mercer County Bank at Aledo, Ill., has gone to Cheyenne, Wyo. to visit her sister, Mrs. Bakewell and will take in the Frontier Days celebration. The Willing Workers of the Stronghurst U.P. Church will hold their next tea in the church parlor on Thursday afternoon. Serving will be the following ladies: Misses Grace Marshall, Bessie Bailey, Sara McElhinney, Ruth Heisler, Ruth Brokaw, Hortense Harbinson and Mrs. W.E. Marshall. All ladies of the community are invited. W.C. Ivins, B. G. Widney, Geo. Chant and Roy Park drove to West Point, Ill. to look after their farming interests. They report chinch bugs as doing some damage and also that the yield of wheat on some farms was very good while on others it was rather light.
While carrying in an armful of clothes from the clothes line into the house, Mrs. Abe Magee was over come by the heat and dropped unconscious on the floor of the home in the east part of town. She was found here by her little daughter a short time afterward and medical aid was summoned. She was soon revived and is now fully recovered.
MEDIA MEANDERINGS: July 22 is the date for the Home-Coming at the M.E. Church. Dr. W. H. Crain of Monmouth will deliver the sermon at 10:30 am followed by a basket dinner at noon. At 2 p.m. Mr. John Lugg of Monmouth will be the speaker and Dr. M.L. O Harra, Dist. Supt. will present the evening address. The children of the U.P. Church gave a social on the parsonage lawn; lemonade and cookies were served. The stork flew over early Wednesday morning and left a sweet baby girl to gladden the hearts of Mr. and Mrs. Gail Heap. This little Miss has the honor of being one of four generations all living in one home: Mrs. Almira J. Bacon, the 1st; Mrs. Florence Mathers, 2nd; Mrs. Gladys Mathers Heap, the 3rd; and baby Heap the 4th. She is also possessor of a great grandfather, Mr. J.B. Heap's father who lives at Prairie City.
While oiling the township roads, the oil wagon which was coupled on to an army truck broke loose on the road just south of town and overturned into the ditch and about 600 gal. of oil were lost. Mrs. Alice Schroeder of Media is helping care for the sick at the home of her brother, Charles Lyons of Olena who is quite ill from an attack of gall stones. Mrs. Geo. Wax underwent a very painful operation for the removal of her tonsils at a hospital in St. Joe, Mo. Miss Opal Wolfe entered the Monmouth Hospital and underwent a most serious operation. The Media State Bank has had some necessary repair work done and the building has been newly painted outside which gives it a spick and span look. Clyde Stansbary received the returns of the Willard-Firpo fight over his radio. Quite a crowd was present to hear the results of the fray.
BIGGSVILLE BRIEFS: Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Millen welcomed a fine 8 ½ lb. baby boy to their home last Saturday; the little boy will be known as Donald Graham. The regular monthly meeting of the Women s Missionary Society was held at the U.P. Church. Mrs. W. D. Henderson had charge of devotionals and a paper on Mormonism was read by Mrs. Chas. Riefshnieder and was followed by a discussion. Miss Mildred Kilgore has been engaged to teach in the Raritan neighborhood. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Lee and Earl Trumble left over land in the Lee car for a visit at the Lee home at Spanish Fork , Utah.
OLENA OBSERVATIONS: Mother Asher, matron of the baby fold at Normal, Ill., gave quite an interesting talk to the Olena congregation Sabbath Day and solicited aid for that worthy institution. She said there are 74 children in the home, two more than they usually accept, but the call was so urgent for the last two that they were finally accepted. She explained that each nurse or mother, as they are called, took full charge of six children made up of all boys or all girls of uniform ages. They are given religious training and taught cleanliness and manners. The wheat is in the shock, oats and hay are now being cut and soon we will hear the hum of the threshing machine. Miss Golda Davis is now one of the hello girls in the Stronghurst telephone office. Mrs. Ruby Zang had quite a sick babe who climbed to the cupboard and took an overdose of iodine. In Lomax a number of families agreed to take children from Chicago for a two weeks vacation. The Lomax Lumber Co. received a carload of cedar shingles from Seattle.