Newspaper Articles Grundy County, IL Phoenix Advertiser "Minooka News" December 25, 1902 Vol. 27, No. 52 Miss BAILEY will spend the holidays with her father in Plano. Mrs. T. KREIN and son Andrew were Joliet visitors Saturday. John HENNEBRY will soon succeed Alex. BELL at the new elevator. C. F. THAYER has presented his daughter with a fine new piano. Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt SHUFELT are visiting with friends in Chicago. William GRUETT is building a new barn on the rear of his town property. The Eastern Stars, of Minnehaba chapter of this place, have a new piano. Hugh DEMPSEY is the new bartender in P. WHALEN's saloon in Lisbon. Miss Lois STRATTON has finished her school course at the Wheaton college. Mr. and Mrs. Bert WARD were joyed by the birth of a fine baby girl, Dec. 18th, 1902. John VanDOLSEN has been quite sick the past week but is reported better at this writing. Miss Frances FEEHAN returned to her home in Odell, Ill., Saturday to spend the holidays. William and George RUSHTON returned from Odell, Wis., Monday where they had been visiting with relatives. The E. J. & E. have completed the masonry of their new bridges and will soon replace the old wood work with new iron bridges. Charles DIRST has tendered his resignation as postmaster here and it is probable that C. B. CHASE will be appointed as his successor. Mr. CHASE's petition for appointment has already been quite generally signed. Mr. Henry NEWMAN, Sr., died Dec. 18, aged about 75 years, of pneumonia, at his home in Sand Ridge. Mr. NEWMAN was one of the earliest settlers of this vicinity and was well known and respected by everyone. Burial took place Saturday in the Aux Sable cemetery. Deceased leaves a widow and several sons and daughters to mourn his loss. The remains of James FEEHAN were brought to Minooka from Chicago last Friday and interred at Dresden cemetery. Deceased was born and raised to manhood near Minooka and moved to Chicago about ten years ago where he died of consumption aged 38 years. His mother and several brothers and sisters, among whom is Mrs. Ambrose BRANNICK, survive him. Transcribed by Deb Haines, Grundy County IL CC, March 13, 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------ USGENWEB 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