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Newspaper
Bowen Weekly Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1899
Page
8
The passage extols modest girls and dutiful boys shaped by affectionate, prudent parenting. It praises a mother’s guiding influence and children’s healthful vitality, viewing wise parents as sea walls against folly and as guardians of wisdom and noble conduct.
In Hutchinson Kansas on March 20 the coroner removed five dead children from John Moore’s house after a blaze. Moore, the father, is jailed on murder charges as investigators reveal the skulls crushed and many neck stab wounds. The tragedy sparked widespread shock. The victims are Carl 12 Mary 10 Pearl 8 Charles 7 Lee 8.
Mrs. Rachel G. Bennett born June 10 1811 in North Carolina moved to Indiana as a child married Thomas H. Bennett January 17 1833 later settled in Houston township Illinois died March 15 1899 after a long illness. She left ten children nine living with several scattered across Nebraska Kansas Missouri and nearby towns. Funeral services were held March 16 conducted by Rev M S McCoy and interment at Ebenezer cemetery.
Fred Dikerson travels from Chicc ago to visit his sister Mrs. W. J. Carlin and friends. He plans to buy horses and reports a good position with a firm that is well pleased with his work.
The Odd Fellows old folks home on an 186 acre tract opened to the public on Tuesday with a flag raising at 2 o'clock. It notes that many men lack sufficient funds to contribute.
A blaze in Omaha Nebraska on Tuesday afternoon killed two women and seriously injured twenty four others during a Maccabees lodge session. The fire started from a gasoline stove explosion in a rear upper room of the structure.
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