Miscellaneous Newspaper Articles Grundy County, IL Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives Copyright 1999 Deb Haines Phoenix Advertiser "Minooka News" October 13, 1904 Vol. 29, No. 42 Markets - Corn 48; oats 28; butter 18; eggs 19. W. H. KAFFER and little daughter Katheryn went to Ottawa Tuesday. Miss Mary CANTWELL is visiting with her sister, Mrs. FEEHAN in Morris. Mrs. RUTHENBECK, in Troy, has been quite sick but is now a little better. F. DIRST's three children had a thrilling experience on the way home from school Monday afternoon. They were caught in the storm and only by the most strenuous endeavors were they able to reach home. Mr. and Mrs. William BUCKLEY departed Tuesday noon for _______, Wash., where Mr. BUCKLEY will work in a machine shop. They came from the west last November and Mr. BUCKLEY was then in poor health. He has fully recovered, however, and is anxious to go to work again. Mrs. John A. BELL will not soon forget the storm of Oct. 10, '04. She was driving home from the country when the storm overtook her north of town. The horse became frightened and ran away and threw Mrs. BELL out. In the excitement she lost her pocket book containing quite a little sum of money. The horse ran into WATSON's pasture and no further damage was done. The wind, hail and rain storm of last Monday evening was one of the worst that ever visited this vicinity and considerable damage was done. Thomas REDMOND's barn in the northwest part of the village was blown down with a loss of $100 or more. About a hundred feet of plank sidewalk near W. A. THAYER's residence south of the new St. Mary's church was lifted by the wind and set out into the street and the plank lying about the church entrance were hurled about very promiscuously. Over toward Channahon the hail was more severe and window panes almost without number were broken. Those who were caught out in the storm were pelted mercilessly and some had face and hands skinned by the sharp cornered icestones. Some fields of corn were stripped by the hail and others were laid flat by the wind and still others suffered both. Here in town at the height of the storm one could not see across the street and one lady in particular had great difficulty in reaching her house where her children were alone. The suddenness with which the storm broke was one of the remarkable features. Transcribed by Deb Haines, Grundy County IL CC, March 13, 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------ USGENWEB 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