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Newspaper
Bowen Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1915
Page
5
Peculiar column lists visits by Robinsons Ruth Dennis and various townsfolk to Versailles Carthage and Mt. Sterling. ads for breeding lambs coal tin cans and garden items. Shipper Geo Hecox sent cattle to Chicago. Universal pictures at Majestic and Old Oaken Bucket event planned. Local stores offer pressed garb flower pots and fall fabrics with special promos and free pencils.
The Quincy Three I League team travels to Rushville to face the Rushville Greys on Friday and Saturday September 3 and 4. The Greys have 17 games with only one loss and boast former major leaguers among their ranks. If Quincy succeeds, it proves they can compete with top regional clubs amid strong crowd plans and field preparations.
A Sunday trip to Quincy ends in axle trouble for Lynn Manlove after a ride from near Loraine with Jim Whewell. Vertner and Zema Woods spend Sunday at Camp Point while Miss Lena Whitmire attends Mendon picnic and visits home folks in Loraine. Mrs Frank Meyer travels to Hannibal to care for a feverish niece then returns home. Chester McGinley visits cousin Glenn Willard at Big Neck. Antioch neighbors attend Chautauqua at Camp Point last Sunday. Robert Johnson loses a fortune last week. Ralph Owen buys horses in Pam neighborhood last week. John Thompson spends Sunday with folks nearby.
County Advisor Wilson records a field trip to Rochelle Illinois to study Willard Graham’s sweet clover pastures. Observations note high yield hay two tons per acre, cattle feeding value, and strong horse appetite for fresh hay. Graham’s 160 acre farm has eighty acres in bloom ready for seed and eighty acres sown last spring with oats.
Bowen defeats Camp Point 4 to 3 in a well played baseball clash. Heizer pitched superbly as Parkins hit a leadoff homer and Clark added a two base hit. Simmons laid out a sensational catch in right to prevent Guthrie from scoring. Final 4-3 with Bowen taking the early lead in the ninth.
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