Grundy County, IL

Phoenix Advertiser
Minooka News

June 30, 1904

Vol. 29, No. 26


Bert WARD was in Joliet Tuesday.

Markets - Corn 25 to 40; oats 38; eggs 14; butter 14.

Miss Kittie KINNEY spent Sunday in Joliet.

James BRADY was in Joliet Saturday on business.

Mr. and Mrs. L. WALSTROM visited friends in the country Sunday.

Misses Essie BRISCOE and Mamie HANDLON were in Joliet Saturday.

Several from here attended the Wallace shows in Morris last Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. L. A. WARD spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Henry RANDALL.

Charles WHITE opened his new place in his new building last Saturday.

Miss Jessie CLARK, of Joliet, visited Sunday at the home of her uncle, William CLARK.

Mrs. Robert MOORE came home from St. Joseph's hospital in Joliet Saturday.

Plyn GATES, of Kansas City, visited Monday at the home of William CLARK and family.

Mrs. William CARROLL, of Chicago, is visiting relatives and friends here and in Channahon.

Mrs. CLONAN, of Chicago, is visiting this week with her parents Mr. and Mrs. James MEAD Sr.

George and Daniel FRECKELTON, of Joliet, visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. James FRECKELTON, Sunday.

Mrs. John HANSON, who is in a hospital in Chicago for treatment for rheumatism, is reported as not improving.

Mrs. FOX, of Chicago, who had been visiting for a week with William PATTON and family, returned home Monday evening.

Mrs. J. SCHELBE returned to her home in Lockport Monday after a week's visit here with her daughter, Mrs. J. J. BRINCKERHOFF.

The Minooka M. W. A. ball team went to Channahon last Sunday and lowered the colors of the best nine there by a score of 5 to 4.

William WALLEY left Tuesday morning for Indianapolis, Ind., as one of the delegates from Illinois to the national prohibition convention.

John BRINCKERHOFF and son, Howard BRINCKERHOFF, the former of Lockport, and the latter of California, are spending the week here with Dr. J. J. BRINCKERHOFF.

James PAUL's team ran away on Main street Monday evening and wound up in a fence down near WEESE's blacksmith shop. No particular damage was done.

Miss Mamie WHITTINGTON went to Chicago Tuesday to attend the wedding of her cousin, Miss Hattie CURTIS who has visited here in the past and has several friends in town.

HOLBROOK and DIRST shipped out two carloads of hogs Monday evening and A. S. McCOWAN a carload Tuesday evening. Hogs are worth about $4.75. CONROY and WHALEN shipped out a car of cattle Tuesday evening.

Mrs. L. NEWSAM is spending some time at the home of George NEWSAM who sustained a stroke of paralysis ten days ago and the chances for his recovery are very slight. It is the third stroke that he has had.

Robert CAMPBELL, father of Elmer N. CAMPBELL, of this place, died at his home at St. Elmo, Ill., Wednesday, June 23, 1904, aged about 60 years. His son here left at once for St. Elmo and attended the funeral which occurred Friday. He returned Saturday.

DYER & COULEHAN's delivery team ran away last Monday and did a few interesting things to the delivery wagon. In fact the vehicle looked like it had been through the campaign on the Yalu when the melee ended. George COULEHAN, who was driving the team, escaped injury.

Mr. and Mrs. Alex. BELL and family went to Maywood last Sunday to visit with the former's sister, Mrs. F. M. CROSBY, and the father, Anslow BELL. Saturday was the tenth anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. CROSBY's wedding and the gathering Sunday was to celebrate the event. Mr. Anslow BELL is reported to be in quite poor health.

Alex. BELL's team of bronchos ran away with the owner out on the mail route a mile and a half from town Monday morning and MR. BELL sustained severe cuts and bruises as the result of the overturning of the closed rig and the breaking of the glass in the windows. The cause of the runaway was the breaking of one of the neck yoke straps which frightened the team. When the wagon overturned the horses broke away from the rig and ran on for some distance before they were caught and taken care of. Mr. BELL, although quite badly injured, managed to get another wagon and continued on his delivery route. The mail wagon was somewhat broken but can easily be repaired for further service.

Transcribed by Deb Haines, Grundy County IL CC, December 17, 1998