The Hancock-Henderson Quill, Inc.
Compiled and Edited by Virginia Ross
Stronghurst Graphic, April 17, 1924
LOCAL AND AREA NEWS: Miss Holstein, who has rooms in the C. H. Curry home during time she is not engaged in nursing, went back to her home in Burlington. Words were received of the death of her brother-in-law, John Forney of Burlington. Miss Gladys Shaw of Gladstone who teaches the Union District School in the south neighborhood came to town to have an X-ray picture taken of her arm which was fractured recently while she was cranking her car. Mrs. Elmer Davis is quite sick at her home near Decorra. Lem Logan with his team has kept quite busy this spring plowing gardens. Peter Curtis of this village has purchased a restaurant in Alpha, Henry County, and is preparing to move there. Joe Woodward and Abe Magee with their teams and road implements are doing some good work on the road that enters town from the southwest. Alta Mae Reynolds, who is employed at the Peacock Beauty Shop in Galesburg, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Reynolds. Roy Mudd accompanied his brother, John, to Burlington to seek medical advice on his limb, which has given him so much trouble in the past and is again causing him anxiety. Mary Dixson is at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Dixson, recovering from the nervous breakdown she suffered recently owing to the unusual amount of work she was carrying at the University at Urbana; she expects to return to the university next week. Aunt Cinda Thrush, living south of town who is practically a shut-in owing to her advanced age and crippled condition, enjoyed a visit from friends and neighbors who spent the day with her and enjoyed a noon-day meal. Alfred Shallenberger went to Chicago to be fitted for an artificial limb so that he may dispense with crutches which he has had to use since the unfortunate accident which befell him last fall at the rail road crossing. Mrs. Pearl Drain, living on the Chandler farm north of Terre Haute, is in very poor health.
Contractor A. E. Moore and hired men are engaged in doing some repair work on the old Isaiah Brook home which, by the way, has quite a history as it was at this house where the older people of Henderson County will recall, occurred the extermination of a band of outlaws years ago who came at night to raid the home but were frustrated in the attempt, some being killed and the balance captured. (Today we know this happening as "The Olena Tragedy.") Thos. McClinton, an old resident of Oquawka, died at his home on April 12th after a long illness. He was 93 years of age and a Civil War veteran. Mrs. Henry Simmons, who has been at the bedside of her daughter Edith since she has been in the Burlington Hospital recently suffered a fall there, injuring her ankle.
Four Monmouth Men have organized a new transportation company known as the Canon Ball Motor Transportation Co. with offices in Monmouth. The capital stock is $25,000. The company expects to transport passengers and freight by motor busses along the Canon Ball Trail from Burlington to Chicago. Phillip Mains has accepted a position with the tent force of the Redpath Chautauqua Bureau and has gone to Waycross, Ga. to join the 1924 season. Miss Maxine Mains is filling the position in the local post office vacated by her brother. Weekly band concerts will be resumed shortly; subscription pledges are needed to defray the expense.
METHODIST WOMEN MEET: The Women's Foreign Missionary Society met at the home of Mrs. Johanna Wheeler. An interesting lesson on Africa was conducted by Miss Galbraith. Short talks on the work the society is doing in Africa were given by Mrs. Gilliland and Mrs. Dawson. Leaflets were read by Mrs. Staley and Miss Slater. The Mystery Box questions were led by Mrs. Chant. Delicious refreshments were served by the hostess to the 25 members present.
MEDIA MEANDERINGS: Mrs. Elizabeth Rankin is having a large boulder erected on the southwest corner of Wever Academy lawn in memory of her son, Bruce, who gave his life for his country during the world war. The boulder is to be set upon a concrete foundation and to bear two bronze plates, one to be inscribed with the name "Rankin" while the other one furnished by the community, will have engraved thereon the names of all the boys who were in the war from Media Township. It is the plan to erect a similar boulder on the southeast lawn in the near future to the memory of Nathan Wever, the founder of Wever Academy.
The operetta given by the high school girls was a great success yielding $47.70. The Senior Class had its first rehearsal of their class play, "And Home Come Ted." The auditing board of Media Township appointed H.R. Rankin as assessor replacing D. L. Frye who moved to Tennessee. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Moon traveled to the Macomb hospital to see their son Joe who underwent an operation for appendicitis. Prof. Jasper Shoemaker, principal of the grade school, cannot be at his desk due to tonsillitis. Ninety-three year old Mrs. A. J. Bacon living with her daughter, Mrs. Florence Mathers, suffered a slight stroke of apoplexy. The M. E. Sunday School is sending an entire case of eggs to the M. E. Children's Hospital at Peoria.
CARMAN CONCERNS: The Sunday school class of young boys is having an ice cream social at the hall; proceeds will go to pay on the piano. Mrs. Edward Kemp and daughter, Betty Jane of West Branch, Iowa, spent the weekend at the home of her mother, Mrs. Anna Gillis. Mrs. Liza Pendry has been feeling quite poorly. having a bad cold. At the school election 50 votes were cast electing Mr. Archie Vaughn, trustee, and Oscar Dillon, director. The Lomax home talent play will be given here on April 22nd; proceeds will go to help the Sunday school on making payment on the piano. Some local citizens are attending the series of meetings held at the Remey Hall in Burlington featuring evangelist Nelson and his assistants. The crowds are large nearly every night