Grundy County, IL

Phoenix Advertiser
Minooka News

February 16, 1905


Frank ENEIX is on the sick list.

Markets - Corn 39; oats 29; butter 26; eggs 29.

Misses Anna and Kate McEVILLY and May TINDER were in Joliet Saturday.

Edward SHEPLEY, who is at the hospital in Joliet, continues to improve.

Matthew GORMAN, of Chicago, is visiting old friends here for a few days.

John GREENBACK is nursing frozen ears.

Jay WIDNEY has been absent for a week visiting friends in Omaha, Neb.

Miss Grace PYLE visited in town Sunday.

Thomas OAKS was in Chicago Thursday.

Rev. W. JAGGARD was a Morris visitor Thursday.

Martin CLENNON was in Chicago on business last Friday.

Mrs. B. MORAN has been on the sick list for several days.

John BRANNICK and James McEVILLY shelled corn this week.

George NEWMAN, of Huron, S. D., is visiting among relatives here.

Miss Kittie KINNEY visited in Chicago Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

Carroll FRANK, of Chicago, visited friends in town Sunday and Monday.

Mrs. William MARTIN, of Gardner, Ill., was a guest of friends here last week.

Mrs. C. E. DAVIS spent a few days of the past week with kindred at Mazon, Ill.

Fred DIRST and Thomas HOLBROOK shipped out a car load of hogs Thursday night.

Anslow BELL, of Chicago, spent a few days of the past week with his relatives here.

Miss Veronica MURPHY, of Troy, spent last week here with her sister, Mrs. Richard BRADY.

Bert COOP has started to remove his personal farm property to his new home near Plattville.

Mrs. G. TINDER and son are here from Morris this week visiting G. TINDER Sr. and family.

Quite a number attended the basket sociable given in the Town house of Troy Friday evening.

A large number of farmers of this vicinity attended the county institute in Morris last week.

Mrs. W. J. WALSH and daughter Celia of Joliet, are visiting Mrs. WALSH's parents this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry HILL, of Blue Island, spent a few days of the past week with their kindred here.

Mrs. M. DEMMOND, of Chicago, was a guest at the home of James HANDLON and family last week.

Some thermometers registered as low as 34 below zero last Monday morning; the coldest for thirty years.

Mrs. E. Van VALKENBERG, of Joliet, spent a part of last week with her mother, Mrs. M. DEMPSEY, in this place. 

Miss Garnet MILLER is now enrolled as a student in the Joliet high school having entered that institution last Monday.

George COULEHAN, of the DWYER & COULEHAN firm, has almost recovered from a ten days' illness and is able to be at the store again.

Miss Mary CANTWELL's cousin, Mayme FITZGERALD, who was visiting here, was called home to Chicago Wednesday on account of the death there of her grandmother.

Harry CAMERICK resigned last week as manager for the board of trade brokers who have an office here and a new man is now in charge of the business at this point.  Mr. CAMERICK returned to Iowa.

In the wreck of the Rock Island mail train at Geneseo last week H. P. BRANNICK, of this place, was bruised up some but was not seriously injured as were some of the other clerks in the car.  H. P. came to his home here to recuperate from the shock.

Last Thursday evening quite a number gathered at the home of T. F. DEMPSEY east of town and played progressive euchre until 12. Then a dainty supper was served after which dancing was enjoyed. John KINNEY won the gentleman's prize and Mrs. John TALBOT the lady's prize.

Frank WILSON's meat market now comes as near being a thing of beauty and a joy forever as a meat market can.  The market has all been repainted and repapered, a fine new cooling plant installed and a cozy office for the proprietor established, all of which a public that admires hustle will duly appreciate.

Miss Eda ROTH, of this place, became the bride of Mr. John LAUTERBACH, of Troy in Chicago, last Saturday, Feb 11, 1905. The ceremony occurred at the home of the bride's brother, Samuel ROTH, in the presence of a few of the immediate relatives. The happy twain will reside on the groom's farm in Troy.

The State Farmers Institute will be held in Joliet next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and there will undoubtedly be a general attendance of the yeomanry of this section. The meeting will be of great interest to any progressive farmer, and the vicinity of Minooka has few farmers of any other kind. It is therefore certain that there will be a large attendance at the state institute from here.


Transcribed by Deb Haines, Grundy County IL CC, December 6, 1998