The Hancock-Henderson Quill, Inc.
Compiled and Edited by Virginia Ross
Stronghurst Graphic: Oct. 30, 1924
TRIED TO ROB THE BANK: Word reached from Sciota, Ill. just before going to press told of an attempt this afternoon to hold up the bank in that village. Two men in a Buick touring car drove up to the bank at about 2 o'clock and entered the bank. Drawing guns, they forced Mr. Hainline, the cashier and a farmer who was transacting business with him into the vault which they locked. Before they could secure any of the bank's funds, however, they were fired upon from the outside by a resident of the village named Fahnestock, who had seen them enter and bank and suspecting their design, procured a shot gun and fired at the bandits through a window. The two men rushed from the bank and climbing into their car made their get-away going out of town toward the south. What direction they took after reaching the outskirts of the village had not been learned at the time the message was received. So far as had been learned no money was obtained by the bandits although some papers were found to be missing.
CULTURE COMING TO TOWN: The first number of Stronghurst's Lyceum course for the coming season will be given at the Stronghurst U. P. Church on Monday evening, Nov. 3rd. The attraction will be the Mason's Jubilee Singers, a group of colored singers and entertainers who are captivating big audiences wherever they appear. The irresistible lure of the Jubilee Singers increases from year to year and the door receipts are always at a maximum when the colored singers appear.
Five numbers are in the season's court: Nov. 3 Mason' Jubilee Singers; Nov. 26 Mary Moncure Parker, monologist; Dec. 16 Misner's Colonial Male Quartette; Jan. 13 the Chicago Players in "Is Marriage a Failure:"; Feb. 16 A. L. Flude, journalist ad lecturer.
The committee has decided to make the price of session tickets for the five numbers $1.50 for adults and 25 cents for children charged for each single entertainment if no season ticket is purchased:
HE DIED HAVING HIS SAY: The celebration which the people of Raritan held last Friday, Oct. 24, in commemoration of the completion of their new beautiful modern grade school building was marred near the close of the day's program by the sudden death of one of the speakers of the occasion, a former teacher who expired on the platform in the M. E. Church a few moments after completing his congratulatory remarks.
The former teacher to whom the death summons came so suddenly was Mr. Charles Hardesty, who forty years ago was a resident of this county and who taught school at Raritan and in some of the neighboring country districts. Mr. Hardesty's home for a number of years past has been at Santa Rosa, Calif., and although past 80 years of age, he made the journey recently back to Illinois in order to visit relatives and renew old acquaintances.
He was selected by the committee having the school dedication ceremonies in charge to make one of the addresses at the closing exercises for the day. He had responded to the invitation by a short speech delivered in a happy vein and had taken his seat again on the platform when his head was observed to drop back and a pallor to over spread his countenance. Mr. E. E. Voorhees of Blandinsville, a former pupil of the Raritan School and also one of the speakers had just begun his remarks when Mr. Hardesty's collapse occurred. Mr. Voorhees speech was brought to an abrupt close and attention directed to the relief of the stricken man. A physician was summoned, but it was soon discovered that medical aid could avail nothing and that Mr. Hardesty's spirit had taken its flight.
The audience which had gathered at the church in such happy mood was quietly dismissed and the people returned to their homes with saddened hearts over the tragic closing of the day's program.
Mr. Hardesty's remains were brought to the Regan undertaking parlors in Stronghurst where they were prepared for shipment to Santa Rosa, Calif., the home of the deceased. The remains started for their destination on train No. 9 Sunday afternoon.
"WOMEN IN POLITICS"-COMMUNITY CLUB TOPIC: The regular meeting of the Stronghurst Community Women's Club will be on Saturday afternoon Nov.1st at 2:30 o'clock. The program leaders are Mrs. J. A. Mahaffey and Mrs. John Lant with the subject, "Women in Politics." This will be a mass meeting for women voters with the ballot of the coming election explained and the importance of women availing themselves of the right of the franchise discussed.
The group will sing the national anthem and campaign songs making this both a pleasant and profitable meeting. (A detailed list of why women should vote follows this article. Remember, women only obtained the vote in 1920.)
OBITUARY: ISABELLA EMMA JAQUINS: Isabella Emma Jaquins, widow of the late G.L. Jaquins, daughter of the late J. W. and Mrs. Curry, passed away at the home her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. F.A. Becker, Cleveland, Oregon on Oct. 15, 1924 at the age of 71 years, 3 months and 15 days. Born near Olena, Henderson County, Illinois on July 1, 1853, she married at Olena on Dec. 25, 1878, the mother of 8 children including Mabel C., who died in infancy. The living are as follows: John C., Cleveland, Oregon; Walter E., Marshfield, Oregon; Paul R. Of Prescott, Washington; Mrs. E.J. Lyons, Augusta, Maine; Mrs. J.H. Coan, Valentine, Nebr.; Mrs. F. A. Becker, Melrose, Oregon, and Mrs. Walter Burbank, Fort Dodge, Iowa. Mrs. Jaquins was a life time member of the M.E. Church. Funeral services were conducted at the Cleveland M.E. Church with burial at the Cleveland Cemetery on Oct. 17, 1924.
LOCAL AND AREA NEWS: Mrs. Mary Kern has returned to her home from a visit of several weeks with relatives and friends in Virginia. Miss Marguerite Vaughn is now prepared to do hair dressing, manicuring and facial work at Curry and Lukens' Barber Shop. Ed Stine is helping his brother-in-law with some carpenter work at the Hodgen home south of town.