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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1902
Page
6
County correspondence from November 17 1902 reports residents visiting neighbors selling hogs and crops as well as school term start and church meetings. Mentions Fergus sale at Talmage Johnson Clark and farmyard developments with rentals and planned plantings.
J. W. Fetzer and wife visited relatives in Independence on Sunday. Thad Lucas lost a horse named Geo. Smith and daughter Stella traveled to Portland to see his sons. Grandpa Nance returned from Corvallis on Friday.
Dempery town residents hear praise for Dr King s New Life Pie claiming rapid cure for constipation stomach and liver troubles. Nearby notes mention Kirkland Cruze Co s Ben Mason horse with pink eye Rev Briscoe s sermon at the schoolhouse and Frank Bennett taking possession of the Reeves place. Sunday school awaits literature and Chrysanthemum Fair offers a 10 cent lunch.
John Compton is ill. Clay Bush and Willie Helmick traveled to Albany on Friday. A literary gathering was held at the Elkins school house with a meeting at 7 30 Saturday evenings. BE Evans and wife visited Mrs Evans brother H D Cauthorn Sunday and Monday. Miss Fannie Helmick visiting the Normal spent Sunday at home. Miss Ruth Cauthorn is in Corvallis. Judson Smith and bride of Corvallis visited E Evans last Sunday. Miss Cotton attended the teachers institute last week. D Hewitt attends court in Portland.
Rudolf Simon killed a goose from his kitchen window recently. A Startling Surprise. Very few could believe. In looking at A. T. Headley, a healthy robust blacksmith of Tilden Ind, float for ten years he suffered such tortures from incumbration no few could endure and fire. But a wonderful change followed his taking Electric Hitters. Two bottles totally cured me, he writes, and I have not felt a twinge in over a year. They regulate the kidneys purify the blood and cure general health. Try them only 50¢ Kirkland Pro Co's.
Parents urged to keep children home as diptheria fears rise after the death of an infant in the Reynolds household and Merl Reynolds falls ill. Officials note no other cases yet and school closures aim to prevent further spread while the sick child improves. Community expresses sympathy.
On December 14 the K O T M will celebrate its 11th anniversary with a costume social. Members are invited to attend in period nation or vocation costumes with a prize to the most representative couple. Refreshments and a program will accompany the evening.
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