The Hancock-Henderson Quill, Inc.
Compiled and Edited by Virginia Ross
LINCOLN DAY SOCIAL: The Adult Classes of the Stronghurst U.P. Sabbath School entertained a large company of members of the organization and their friends at a Lincoln Birthday Social held in the church dining rooms last Friday. A number of original and unique features were connected with the affair, one of which was a mimic White House reception of the days of Lincoln in which Mr. Chester Brooks and Miss Genevieve Strickland dressed in the costumes of the period taking the parts of the great emancipator and his wife. The president’s war cabinet was also represented by various members of the men’s class of the Sabbath school, who stood to the receiving line and were introduced b their respective titles to the guests.
With Mr. Allan Annegers, acting as master of ceremonies, directed a program of narrations of Lincoln anecdotes, patriotic and popular song, games and stunts of various kinds. After which, nice refreshments consisting of sandwiches, pineapple souffle, cake and coffee were served. The entire affair was delightfully carried out and thoroughly enjoyed by everyone present.
HOG THIEVES IN THE AREA: While Mr. C. E. Painter and family of Terre Haute Township were away from home last Thursday evening, Feb. 11th, hog thieves operating with a truck, stole 8 fine full blooded brood sows from a pen in the barnyard of the premises. An animal which they left in the pen gave evidence the next morning of having been doped with some stupefying drug; and it is supposed that the method of reducing the risk incurred in the work of transferring the hogs to the truck was made use of in the case of all of the animals. There are said to have been other cases of hog stealing recently in the country south and west of Terre Haute and the necessity of some organized effort to apprehend the criminals whose operations seem to be marked by great boldness would seem to be necessary.
BAZAAR AND SUPPER: The ladies of the Stronghurst U.P. Church will hold an Apron sale and Bazaar in the afternoon, a supper in the evening at the church on Friday, Feb. 19th. The supper will begin at 5:30 pm and the menu will consist of chicken pie, mashed potatoes, gravy, baked beans, salad, pickles, bread, jelly, fruit salad, cake and coffee for the price of 25 cents. Everyone invited. (In today’s values-$4.00 a head).
LOCAL AND AREA NEWS: A flue of the F. Allen Annegers farm house 3 ½ miles west of Stronghurst caught fire last Friday at about the noon hour and the blaze became so fierce that Mr.Annegers fearing for the safety of his house, telephoned the Stronghurst fire department for aid. The appeal met with a prompt response, and the new fire truck, manned by a good crew of men was soon on the way to the Annegers farm. Happily, however, the danger from the fire was largely over when they arrived and their services were not needed. Guy Leinbach, while running to join other members of the local fire department starting out with the fire truck to the Annegers farm last Friday came into such violent contact with a post standing in his pathway that he was knocked to the ground unconscious. His forehead was badly bruised, but he had soon recovered sufficiently to be able to resume his work at the hardware store.
Mrs. Edgar Hartquist is recovering at the Macomb hospital from an appendicitis operation. Mrs. Wm, Odgen of the south neighborhood of Stronghurst reports 41 chicks hatched out from a total of 45 eggs which she had set. Here will be an opportunity get some Lincoln fries for a 4th of July dinner. Report say that Mr. Glenn McElhinney has purchased from the Frank Gustafson estate the 80 acre tract of land which adjoins that of the W. J. McElhinney farm in Media Township. The price paid is said to have been $100 per acre. (If sold today at $100 worth we would pay-$1,593 per acre. However, back then, the farm economy was still trying to recover from the after war deficit prices so to have such cash would be unusual.)
With ice about 14 inches thick covering the surface of Lake Cooper, the large body of still water above the big Keokuk dam, the management of the hydroelectric plant there recently decided to increase their water supply by raising the level of the lake. The result was that the 14 inches cracked under the strain the entire distance from Keokuk to above Fort Madison, the report being so sharp that people living along the river thought an earthquake was in progress. Miss Evelyn Hartquist, who had been at the home of her parents recovering from an attack of measles, returned to Mendota where she is employed as a teacher. A large crowd attended the sale of the personal property of the late Douglas Wasson; prices at which the property sold were highly satisfactory. (In this issue is a citation for a lawsuit between heirs so not all was harmonious.) R. A. McKeown, who has been a sufferer for several years past from stomach trouble, was taken to the Burlington Hospital and underwent a very serious operation. Since that time his condition has been such as to cause much anxiety on the part of friends. He was reported this morning as having passed a fairly comfortable night and his condition was reported as more encouraging than at any time since the operation. Art’s many friends are all hoping for his ultimate recovery.
MEDIA RECORD IN THE STRONGHURST GRAPHIC: MEDIA QUINTET MAKES GOOD SHOWING: The Media High School basket tossers have some reason to throw out their chests and look proud on account of the excellent showing they have made in the last two games. Last Friday evening witnessed a fast game between the home team and Biggsville High. Media went down the floor for a win of 15 to 7. This win meant a great deal to the boys as Biggsville has always been a worthy opponent in days gone by. Monday evening Media played Kirkwood at Kirkwood and came home with a win of 19 to 17. This helped to heal their wounded pride over their loss to Kirkwood at the La Harpe tournament.
VOICE of S.H.S written by Paul Bell: Last Friday morning the student body enjoyed a Lincoln program, the main features of which was a splendid talk by Miss Adams and the reading of the Gettysburg Address by Alfred Shallenberger. “Slow but Uncertain,” has been suggested as a class motto for the Seniors. The Senior shouldn’t feel hurt as long as it is “uncertain.”
Stronghurst Graphic: February 25, 1926
EQUAL TO THE OCCASION: The C.B. & Q railroad advertised a special round trip rate of $3.25 between Galesburg and Chicago for Monday February 22nd on account of the Miracle Play and the Borah mass meeting in that city. Tickets purchased at the special rate were advertised as being good only on a special excursion train leaving Galesburg at 7 o’clock Monday morning. The officials of the road had evidently not expected such a large number of people ready to avail themselves of their liberal offer and the chair car accommodations of train No. 10 proved inadequate for the occasion. The train officials, however, met the situation by throwing open two Pullman coaches which the train carried for the accommodation of the passengers who failed to get seats in the chair cars and these passengers enjoyed the unusual privilege of traveling in luxury on a crack train with dining car service available at a cost of less than one cent per mile. (Today on Amtrak, only sleeper passengers are allowed use of the dining room and the cost is in the price of the ticket.)
BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ CLUB WILL HOLD CONFERENCE: Boys and girls of Henderson County will have an opportunity to take part in two different lines of boys’ and girls’ club work during the coming year according to plans worked out by the county club committee appointed by the executive committee of the local Farm Bureau. Out of the list of projects which the College of Agriculture, University of Illinois offers to youngsters of the state, the local committee selected the Baby Beef and Clothing Clubs as the ones to be pushed in this county during 1926. The Baby Beef work is already under way with 52 members. Three standard clubs have been organized with Page Randall, J.M. Kilgore, Jr., Clarence Hartquist and Chas. Painter as leaders. The Girls’ Clothing Club is now being organized in interested communities and leaders are being selected.
BOX SUPPER ENJOYED: The Box Supper of the local Modern Woodman of America in the Community Club rooms last Monday evening proved to be a social and financial success. Features of the affair were a group of songs by the Peerless Quartette composed of Albert Nicholas, Estel Mudd, Harry Painter and Douglas Prescott. A number of instrumental selections by Estel Mudd’s Sabbath school orchestra and a violin selection by Mr. G. E. Lant accompanied by Mrs. Walter Gregory were enjoyed by the group. The receipts from the sale of boxes amounted to something over $30. Among the boxes was one in the design of which the insignia of the Order were effectively made use of while another box was very cleverly constructed to represent a log cabin home. The process of the affair will be used in the purchase of sewing paraphernalia for degree work in the lodge.
LOCAL AND AREA NEWS: Delbert Fornell and family are moving from the Bainter farm south of Stronghurst to their old home in the north part of town. Mrs. C. M. Harris of Florence, Ariz. is making two weeks visit at the H. D. Lovitt home and with relatives here. Mrs. Harris’ husband is a brother of Mrs. Lovitt. Rev. R. C. Myers has been a sufferer from an attack of tonsilitis during the past week and was unable to fill his preaching appointments at the M.E. Church last Sunday. Clarice Jean, one of the children in the home, is also a victim of the epidemic in the nature of LaGrippe which prevails in the community. G. W. Worley was in Peoria this week at the convention of the Rexall Company representatives. Mrs. Ethel Shults of Powell, Wyo. visited with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Brokaw and left Tuesday for her western home. W. D. Shain and daughter Mrs. Mabel Shaffner of Iona, Mich. were visitors in the home of Dr. and Mrs. Highfield. Mr. Jack Hatton is moving from Macomb to Springfield, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McElhinney were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Amerman in Alpha, Ill. Mr. Amerman has not been enjoying the best of health lately although he is able to report regularly at the bank where he is employed as casher and to look after the duties of that office.
Mrs. Jennie Sutton, a 65-year-old woman of Dallas City, who for the past 30 years or more had charge of the transfer of the mails between the two railway stations and the post office there, was stricken with a heart attack last Thursday while delivering a sack of mail at the Q depot and passed away shortly afterward at her home to which she had been removed. Home from Monmouth College for the weekend were Misses Agnes Findley and Doris Dixson and Joseph Dixson and Frank Wilcox. Mr. H. B. Fort celebrated his 49th birthday at a noon hour dinner party given by his wife in his home. Dixson Jones, who is employed with a Galesburg wholesale grocery firm, was a Sunday visitor at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Jones. Miss Ethel Jenkins attended the family reunion at the home of her parents in Terre Haute. Keith Stratton and Harold Bainter took advantage of the low excursion rates by the C.B. & Q. and spent Sunday and Monday in Chicago. (see above article) The local I.O.O.F. lodge is expecting to hold initiation ceremonies and an oyster supper at their lodge rooms tonight with invited guests from Carman, Terre Haute and other nearby lodges. C. R. A. Marshall has been at Urbana, Ill. attending a short course for county highway road officials conducted by the extension department of the State University. The condition of Mrs. J. Mahaffey is so as to require the attendance of a trained nurse, which is being supplied by Mrs. Charlotte Holstein. Neighbors dropped in on Mrs. John Gilliland to help her celebrate her birthday. J. W. Stine and family are moving from the Chant property in the west part of town to what is known as the Campbell house on east Main Street recently vacated by the Carnes family. E. A. Crapnell and family are expected to move into the vacated Stine house. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Beardsley gave an evening’s entertainment consisting of games, dancing and the serving of nice refreshments at the Lyric Theatre last Friday evening to about 40 young people in honor of their son and daughter, Edward and Blanche Beardsley. Mr. and Mrs. John Mink have moved from the Putney property in the west part of town to the tenant house on the Sanderson farm south of town. Ernest Putney and family are moving from the R. N. Marshall farm southwest of Stronghurst into the house vacated by the Minks.