Grundy County, IL Phoenix Advertiser Minooka News August 4, 1904 Vol. 29, No. 31 Mr. and Mrs. George BELL visited in Morris Sunday. Markets - Corn 44 to 47; oats 32; butter 15; eggs 16. C. E. DAVIS and daughter, Miss Shirley, spent last Thursday in Ottawa. Mrs. Charles FOSTER has been visiting friends in Joliet for a couple of days. Clement CURTISS, of Chicago, spent a few days of last week with friends here. A fine son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank HINES at Drummond last Sunday. Albert PATTON has disposed of his well driller and engine to J. MASON, of Plattville. Mr. and Mrs. Osman LARSON at Sand Ridge became the parents of a fine son July 24. Mrs. Zoie LLOYD and son, of Joliet, are visiting here this week as guests of Mrs. William BLY. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Bernard FEENEY, south of town, last Sunday, July 31, 1904. Several of the members of the family of Charles DIRST have been on the sick list the past week. Mrs. L. J. REED and son went to Sheffield, Ill., last week to visit their daughter and sister, Leona. Contractor Wm. ROLFS has just started the carpenter work on Dr. BRINCKERHOFF's new residence. Edward HAFF, of Valparaiso, Ind., spent a day or two of last week with former acquaintances in this vicinity. Mrs. Theodore KREIN, daughter Julia and sons Andrew and Fred left Saturday for a week's visit with relatives in Chicago. Miss Kate McLEAN, of Mokena, is visiting this week at the home of Mrs. John VanDOLSON. Miss McLEAN is a teacher in the Mokena schools. From Joliet came glad news from Mr. and Mrs. E. J. DUFFY. A fine son was born to them last Thursday. Mrs. DUFFY was formerly Miss Kittie BRANNICK of this place. George COLLEPS, Mrs. A. K. KNAPP and Miss Millie FLUENT were in Lockport Tuesday to look after some memorial work in the KNAPP and GRISWOLD lots in the cemetery there. The grain market here has been quite lively the past few days and an average of nearly 150 loads a day have been brought in. Corn is in the lead but the new oats will come to the front. States Attorney C. F. HANSON, of Morris, was a visitor in town Monday evening, calling on friends and inspecting his political fences. Mr. HANSON is a candidate for the renomination of states attorney. Miss Etta THAYER, who had been suffering with appendicitis for some time underwent an operation for the disease at the hospital in Chicago Wednesday of last week and for a time was in a very critical state. She rallied after a time and is now getting along as well as can be expected. The storm here Wednesday of last week was one of the worst hail and windstorms that has occurred in this section for several years. Considerable damage was done to crops out north of town and the lines of the Chicago Telephone Co. were quite badly tangled up. Part of the rain was quite badly needed but the wind was far from being welcome, as was also so much rainfall in so short a time. Transcribed by Deb Haines, Grundy County IL CC, December 18, 1998