Grundy County, IL

Phoenix Advertiser
Minooka News

April 14, 1907
Vol. 29, No. 15


Markets - Corn 35; oats 37; eggs 14; butter 20.

Frank CLARK, of Joliet, called on friends here Saturday.

Michael WHALEN and James PAUL were visitors in Joliet Saturday.

Frank TIERNEY, of Channahon, called on friends here Saturday.

Mrs. Frank JONES visited relatives in Morris Friday and Saturday.

Mrs. Florence STRATTON and daughter Lois were in Joliet, Thursday.

J. N. EDMONDS Esq. Has been numbered with the sick for a week past.

Mrs. W. A. THAYER has been quite ill for a week, but is now somewhat improved.

Mrs. Charles COOP has been confined to her home by sickness for several days.

Mrs. A. R. BLY came down from Joliet Friday to attend the funeral of her niece, Mrs. Clarence MURLEY.

Mrs. Elias TABLER has been in Seneca since Monday, caring for her son's wife, Mrs. Charles TABLER.

Miss Mary CANTWELL, the popular assistant at WARD's ice cream parlor, is enjoying a vacation this week.

Dr. J. J. BRINCKERHOFF was called to Seneca Sunday to attend Mrs. Charles TABLER, who is seriously ill there.

A group of traveling musicians were in town Tuesday and discoursed the strains of the violin and harp.

C. E. DAVIS was elected school trustee last Saturday. Only a very small vote was polled at the election.

Mrs. George TINDER, Mrs. Sadie COOP and Charles COOP visited in Morris Sunday, with George TINDER Jr. and family.

Mrs. Della FLUENT left for her home in St. Charles, Iowa, Tuesday, after spending several months here with Mrs. A. K. KNAPP. She was accompanied as far as Chicago by her daughter, Miss Millie FLUENT.

The smallpox cases are not causing much alarm. The elder HEATH has almost recovered and the two boys are not sick with the disease in the same mild form. During the quarantine the county furnishes supplies, medicines, etc.

Hostilities broke out between two fellows near the Rock Island depot last Saturday and the Russo-Japanese war took a back seat for a few minutes. Several schooners were involved in the fracas and the affair therefore might properly be called a naval engagement.

Albert RIVETT had his right arm dislocated at the shoulder last Thursday in attempting to stop his team which was trying to run away near WALLEY's mill. As Mr. RIVETT lost his left arm several years ago and is now temporarily deprived of the use of the remaining arm, he is well-nigh helpless.

DWYER & COULEHAN have decided to reimbark in business and are putting a stock of general merchandise and meats in the DWYER store heretofore occupied by Dr. BRINCKERHOFF with drugs. Dr. BRINCKERHOFF will occupy one side of the front part of the store until he can secure a room in the new WHITE block that will be completed within sixty days.

DIED: At her home five miles west of Minooka, Wednesday, April 6, 1904, Mrs. William MATTESON. The funeral occurred Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, from the house to WALLEY's cemetery. Mrs. MATTESON leaves a husband, a son aged 10, a daughter aged 5, a mother, Mrs. WIDNEY; one sister, Mrs. Edward HEAP and one brother, Jay WIDNEY and many other relatives.

DIED: At her home, four miles west of Minooka, Tuesday evening, April 5, 1904, after a brief illness of three days, Mrs. Clarence MURLEY, aged 25 years. The funeral occurred from the house to Aux Sable M. E. church Friday afternoon at 1:30; interment at WALLEY's cemetery. Mrs. MURLEY was formerly Miss May BLY, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William BLY and she had been married but a little over a year. She leaves, besides other relatives, a husband, mother and one sister, Miss Lettie BLY.

Transcribed by Deb Haines, Grundy County IL CC, December 18, 1998