Grundy County, IL "Minooka News" January 22, 1903 Vol. 28, No. 4 Markets - Corn 39; oats 31. C. E. Davis was in Morris on business last Tuesday. Mrs. Chas. Parmenter has been on the sick list for a week or so. D. H. Andrews, the Rock Island agent, is slowly improving from his illness. Matthew Paul, who has suffered with a siege of rheumatism, has nearly recovered. William Bedford returned a few days ago from a visit with his relatives at Victoria, Illinois. Grain has been coming in lively this week. Late quotations are 39 cents for corn and 31 cents for oats. A little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Thompson in the county near here is sick with diphtheria. J. B. Hughes, the former druggist at Dr. Brinckerhoff's, is now employed with a drug firm in Chatsworth, Ill. The Norwegian church in Seward is soon to have an addition built to it and a part of the material for the improvement is already on the ground. The old school building out in the Bell district in Seward will be sold to the highest bidder on the grounds next Thursday, Jan. 29, between 1 and 3 o'clock p.m. The final number of the lyceum course will be given the early part of March and will consist of a lecture by J. R. Reitzel, who has a wide reputation as a platform speaker. Miss Shirley Davis entertained a number of her schoolmate friends at her home last Tuesday evening, Jan. 20, in honor of her fourteenth birthday. Games, fine refreshments, and a general good social time prevailed until a late hour. ------------------------------------------------------------- UGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organiza- tions or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contri- butor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines, Grundy County Coordinator