The Hancock-Henderson Quill, Inc.
Compiled and Edited by Virginia Ross
Registrar for Daniel McMillan Chapter, N.S.D.A.R.1916
Stronghurst Graphic, May 25, 1916
LOCAL AND AREA NEWS: One of the heaviest downpours of rain ,which has been experienced in this section this season, occurred yesterday morning and the ground is saturated to a greater extent than it has been for years. Farmers who have not finished planting corn are becoming a little uneasy over the prospect.
Rex Hicks writes home folks that he is a member of the rowing team of his class at the Naval Academy at Annapolis and that he has also been selected as one of the substitutes on the regular Varsity team with which he has been traveling. They have been successful in races held with Yale, Harvard, Cornell and other big Eastern universities. Miss Rachel Graham left for Valparaiso where she will attend school at the university this summer. Mrs. Freeman Doak of the south neighborhood has been ill and required the services of a nurse for the past few days.
Automobiles, buggies and carriages repainted. First-class work guaranteed. Special attention given in cleaning and repairing mohair tops. Prices reasonableöE.G.Bowen, Stronghurst. S.D.Hitchner attended a lumbermen's convention in Clinton, Iowa.
Winfield H. Keith and Miss Etta Wilson, both of Media, were united in marriage at Oquawka by Justice J.M.Akin. Commander Louis A. Kaiser, brother of C.R.Kaiser, is spending 10 days vacation with Illinois relatives. Commander Kaiser was recently placed in charge of the big battle ship New Jersey which carries 20 guns and a crew of 800 men.
Dr. and Mrs. Harter are having the rooms over their drug store transformed into an apartment suite, which from the standpoint of elegance, convenience and comfort, will equal anything found in the best cities. The work is being done by Mr. Ed Hardin who specializes in artistic interior finishing for homes. Mr. Dale Kemp and Miss Susie Cargill of the Carman neighborhood were quietly married in Burlington; they were accompanied by the groom's parents and the bride's father.
GLADSTONE GLEANINGS: Mrs. Len Curtis was operated on for appendicitis in Burlington. Mr. and Mrs. Will Morris have returned to their home at Albion, Neb. Glen Lewis is very ill at his home with little hope that he will be any better. Miss Ruth Babcook who has been sick for nearly a year, was taken to the Burlington Hospital for treatment. The second annual spelling contest for Henderson County will be held at the high school and a May pole game will be enjoyed on the school yard in the afternoon. Tom Logan has started a livery business using a Metz car to get over the country.
BI-COUNTY MEET BIG SUCCESS: Propitious weather, a record breaking attendance, a finely developed bunch of athletes, contending on a field and track in the best possible condition and under the management of efficient officials, marked the 9th Annual Field Meet of the Henderson-Warren Secondary High School League held at Stronghurst. The literary and musical contests held in the evening, while not so largely attended, were fully up to the standard previously set.
1,455 paid admissions at the gate of McKeown field one half mile south of town presented a densely packed grandstand, gay with the bright colors of the various school. The quarter mile track was almost completely rimmed with autos. Roseville, who had developed a number of exceptionally fast sprinters, outclassed their competitors in 6 out of 8 events. In field events the Kirkwood team showed up the strongest. .
The total number of points won by each school were Roseville-35; Alexisö23; Kirkwood-21; Biggsville-17; and Stronghurst-12.
Of the 12 points won in the athletic field, eight were made by Steffey, who took second in the 50 yard dash and first in the pole vault, which he won over R. Gibson of Kirkwood in one of the prettiest contests of the afternoon establishing a new record of 10 ft. 5 in.. (This is the paper's description of the event.)
Of the literary contest Kirkwood easily won the honors in both that and the musical competition held at the Opera House and the U.P.Church. Miss Catherine Nicholas earned first place in oration and her sister Esther first in declamation. The Kirkwood school won first place in the choral event with "The Nightingale and Rose."
1891 Graphic: Fred McKee of Biggsville was helping James Sloan paint the opera house. VanAmburg's circus and menagerie showed in town. On account of a Dunkard's convention at Hagertown, Md., the Santa Fe was selling round trip tickets from Stronghurst to there for $13.84. Seven orphan children from the New York Juvenile Asylum arrived in Stronghurst and were distributed amongst a number of families in this vicinity.
(Orphan trains were a means by which New York City got rid of their wards. Families wanting an orphan would meet the train, select the child and off they would go to their new home. Sometimes, drudgery awaited as incredibly hard work which was the child's lot. Stories of loving home and assimilation into the family were told too.
If you have such an "orphan" in your family, please share their story with us.) A new addition was being laid off on the south side of Stronghurst by Civil Engineer E.W.Grant and his assistant Mr. Frost.
ATTENTION AUTO DRIVERS! In the interest of safety and convenience both for yourselves and the public, you are requested when in Stronghurst on occasions when traffic on Broadway is congested more than ordinarily, to park your cars in the center of that thoroughfare heading them toward the curb on either one side or the other.
This has been found the most effective method of avoiding collisions and other accidents and of keeping a clear track for traffic; we earnestly hope it may become a fixed custom in StronghurstöStreet and Alley Committee (Guess first car into town decided which way the parking would go.)
SCALDED TO DEATH: Last Monday, the community was shocked to learn that little Delbert Fornell, three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. L.D.Fornell was fatally scalded by falling into a tub of boiling water at the home of his parents on Maple St. The child's mother was doing the wash and had just dipped a tub full of boiling water from the boiler on the stove into a tub on the kitchen floor.
She then stepped outside to get a bucket of cold water and the child started to follow. As the mother returned, she met the little fellow in the doorway and as he attempted to get out of his mother's way, he stumbled and fell backwards into the scalding water.
He was quickly snatched from the tub, but not in time to present the scalding water from inflicting terrible injuries.
As quickly as she could, Mrs. Fornell removed the little sufferer's clothing and found that his entire back from the shoulders to the thighs had been so severely scalded that much of the skin had stuck to the clothing when she had removed it.
Medical assistance was quickly summoned and everything possible done to relieve the terrible pain. At first the doctor thought the boy had a chance of recovery, but the severe shock to the system, the absorption of burned tissue, and the fact that the spinal column was severely affected for almost its entire length, however, proved that recuperation would be unavailing and at about 12:30 on Tuesday morning his spirit took its flight.
LOCAL AND AREA NEWS: One of the heaviest downpours of rain ,which has been experienced in this section this season, occurred yesterday morning and the ground is saturated to a greater extent than it has been for years. Farmers who have not finished planting corn are becoming a little uneasy over the prospect.
Rex Hicks writes home folks that he is a member of the rowing team of his class at the Naval Academy at Annapolis and that he has also been selected as one of the substitutes on the regular Varsity team with which he has been traveling. They have been successful in races held with Yale, Harvard, Cornell and other big Eastern universities.
Miss Rachel Graham left for Valparaiso where she will attend school at the university this summer. Mrs. Freeman Doak of the south neighborhood has been ill and required the services of a nurse for the past few days.
Automobiles, buggies and carriages repainted. First-class work guaranteed. Special attention given in cleaning and repairing mohair tops. Prices reasonableöE.G.Bowen, Stronghurst.
S.D.Hitchner attended a lumbermen's convention in Clinton, Iowa. Winfield H. Keith and Miss Etta Wilson, both of Media, were united in marriage at Oquawka by Justice J. M. Akin. Commander Louis A. Kaiser, brother of C.R.Kaiser, is spending 10 days vacation with Illinois relatives. Commander Kaiser was recently placed in charge of the big battle ship New Jersey which carries 20 guns and a crew of 800 men.
Dr. and Mrs. Harter are having the rooms over their drug store transformed into an apartment suite, which from the standpoint of elegance, convenience and comfort, will equal anything found in the best cities. The work is being done by Mr. Ed Hardin who specializes in artistic interior finishing for homes. Mr. Dale Kemp and Miss Susie Cargill of the Carman neighborhood were quietly married in Burlington; they were accompanied by the groom's parents and the bride's father.
GLADSTONE GLEANINGS: Mrs. Len Curtis was operated on for appendicitis in Burlington. Mr. and Mrs. Will Morris have returned to their home at Albion, Neb. Glen Lewis is very ill at his home with little hope that he will be any better. Miss Ruth Babcook who has been sick for nearly a year, was taken to the Burlington Hospital for treatment. The second annual spelling contest for Henderson County will be held at the high school and a May pole game will be enjoyed on the school yard in the afternoon. Tom Logan has started a livery business using a Metz car to get over the country.