Grundy County, IL Phoenix Advertiser "Minooka News" April 20,1903 Vol. 28, No. __ Markets - Corn 36; oats 29; eggs 13; butter 20. C. A. Sperry is now no longer traveling for the McCormick harvesting machine company. He is employed with Wall, the Joliet implement dealer. George Colleps, Jr., arrived home last Monday from Bismarck, South Dakota, where he spent nearly a month. George was much pleased with what he saw in the west but is glad, neverthe- less, to be at home once more. The social event of this week in Minooka will be the May party to be given this Friday evening in Union hall. Nearly two hundred invitations have been issued. The music will be by Stahl's orchestra and a fine supper will be served. The Juniors of the Minooka high school did the honors right royally last Monday evening when they tendered a reception for the Seniors at Masonite hall. The pleasures of the evening consisted in dancing and fine refreshments and general good time. Mrs. Osman Olson near Platteville, underwent a severe surgical operation recently. She suffered with pleurisy which was accompanied by an effusion and the removal of one of the ___ was necessary for the relief of the patient who is now progressing nicely toward recovery. The grain business has been respectably active here this week, oats being the cereal that has been moving. Corn is especially uncertain in grade and this feature makes it hard for the dealer to handle it at a price that is safe for him and satisfactory to the producer. Mrs. Florence Stratton and Miss Ellen Nelson have been reelected as teachers in the primary and intermediate departments, respectively of the Minooka public schools, and their retention is for the best and gives general satisfaction. Prof. F. H. Worthman will not again accept the position of principal and the board has not yet chosen his successor. The farmers have practically finished oats sowing and preparations for planting corn are now receiving attention. Considerable oats had to be resown. Those that were sown before the late snow have come out all right and are up and growing nicely but those that were sown immediately after the snow and lay unsprouted in the ground through the long cold rain, have mostly rotted. The latter sowing is all right and the weather the last week has been quite favorable for finishing the work of seeding. ------------------------------------------------------------- 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