Grundy County, IL

Phoenix Advertiser
Minooka News

January 28, 1904
Vol. 29, No. 4


Markets - Corn 35; oats 36; eggs 32; butter 20.

S. BEDFORD has been spending a few days in Aurora.

Charles DOUGHERTY, of the Ridge, is suffering with tonsilitis.

Mrs. F. STRATTON and daughter Lois spent Saturday in Joliet.

S. F. TROWBRIDGE was a business caller in Morris Thursday.

Wm. PLATT has been numbered with the sick for the past week.

Miss Franc WATSON has been visiting in Chicago the past week.

Miss Gladys NEWMAN has been on the sick list for a few days.

Robert BRADBURY called on Joliet friends Friday and Saturday.

W. H. KAFFER and George BELL were in Joliet on business Saturday.

Mrs. George COLLEPS is a little improved from a severe attack of illness last week.

Mrs. Fred DIRST spent Thursday and Friday with her mother, Mrs. J. EATON, in Joliet.

Mr. SMITH, at the SCHEFELDT home north of town, has been quite sick for a few days.

Additional victims of the prevailing tonsilitis are Robert SHURTLIFF and Fremont PLATT.

Dennis DOUGHERTY, of Chicago, formerly of Minooka, spent Sunday here with friends.

Miss Nellie COWA__, of California, was a guest at the home of Mrs. Henry RANDALL last week.

Mr. and Mrs. John BUCKLEY visited in Verona, Ill., with friends several days of the week past.

A fine son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Louis LIBERTY near Channahon, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1904.

Several Minooka people who intended going to Joliet and Chicago Tuesday noon did not go.

George BELL held the lucky number that drew the set of dishes at DWYER & COULEHAN's store Saturday.

A new and complete line of fancy and comic valentines at Bert WARD's at very low prices.  Get them now.

Mrs. C. NEILSEN and daughters, Mrs. Geo. KROGNESS and Mrs. F. McCOWAN, were visitors in Joliet Thursday.

Harry LIDAMOSE, a resident of Aux Sable township, is suffering with consumption and is in a very serious condition.

Mrs. Myrtle LISTRY and Miss Susan GOOSTRY, both of Harvey, spent a day or two of last week at the home of Mrs. R. VanDOLSON.

H. BIRD Jr., of Lockport, spent a day or two of this week in this place looking up orders for trees, shrubs, etc., in which he deals.

Mrs. Hester CLENNON, who had been visiting relatives and friends here the past two weeks, returned to her home in Colorado, Friday.

Trains east on the Rock Island Tuesday afternoon were all about four hours late on account of a wreck of some freight cars at Bureau.

Last Tuesday was almost a record breaking day for grain marketing in Minooka. Over two hundred loads were handled at KNAPP's elevator, nearly all corn.

Thomas MURPHY held an auction sale at his farm two miles north of town last Thursday and disposed of all his farm tools, stock, etc., preparatory to embarking in the hardware business here. He expects to open his store about Feb. 1.

Miss Maggie FEENY and Mr. Thomas BRISCOE were married at the Catholic church in Morris Wednesday, January 27, 1904. Miss HENNEBRY, of Wilmington, was the bridesmaid. She is a sister of D. A. HENNEBRY the well known grain man.

If the back bone of the winter was broken by the January thaw last week it grew together again mighty suddenly Sunday and has been pretty stiff ever since. Fifteen below was registered Monday morning and zero weather has prevailed for several days.

Miss Mattie SPERRY, who is chief stenographer for SWEET, ORR & Co., in Joliet, has entered into a year's contract with that firm at a good salary and will spend a good share of the coming summer at the great exposition in St. Louis where the company will have a big exhibit.

A caucus of the republican voters of Aux Sable township will be held in KREINS' hall this Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock to select four delegates to the county convention to be held in Morris the next day at 1:30 p.m. for the purposed of selecting delegates to the congressional convention Feb. 4.

An exciting runaway occurred on the streets of the village last Thursday with a lively team and Sir Thomas OAKS as the star performers. The prelude was an upset of the bobs to which the team was attached and the postlude was Sir Thomas, his boots and breastworks all full of snow, saying "it might have been worse".

Dr. J. J. BRINCKERHOFF received a handsome trophy a few days ago of which he is justly proud. It is from the America Light Brahma Club and was awarded for the best exhibit of Light Brahmas at the Illinois State Poultry show in Bloomington, Jan. 3-9, 1904. Dr. BRINCKERHOFF had ten fowls exhibited and secured $16 in cash prizes besides the trophy which is a very fine large, acorn shaped, quadruple-plated vase with ebony, handles valued at $20. It is something worth winning. This week Dr. BRINCKERHOFF has thirteen Light Brahmas exhibited at the great Chicago poultry show which is of national scope.

Miss Shirley DAVIS was taken completely by surprise by about forty of her young friends at her home last Friday evening in honor of her thirteenth birthday which was Wednesday. The event was planned for the latter night but Miss Shirley's suspicions were in some way aroused and she accordingly prepared to entertain her friends that evening. Her friends were not to be outdone, however, and learning of Miss Shirley's preparations they quietly postponed the surprise and allowed Miss Shirely to wait for them in vain. Then Friday evening they became busy and carried out the surprise in a way that unnerved Miss Shirley for a few moments. They brought refreshments along and the fun they didn't have could be described in mighty few words.  

Transcribed by Deb Haines, Grundy County IL CC, December 14, 1998