Village Board Advances Drainage Project For New Building
February 4 1904 village meeting with full board. An improvement committee of Fleming Shorts and Cox to drain the new building addition and $40 appropriated. Flood prompts call for drainage Pollard's addition and a sewage system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Fleming
Bruce Shorts
A. F. Cox
Pollard
John Gay
Roger Ide
R. A. Hilling
Chas. Fisher
A. A. Hamilton
Dan Zimmerman
Harry Brown
E. G. Pollard
R. L. Mahr
Emma Bailey
Letha Harbaugh
Whiley Chapel
John Isenberg
Willie
Bill Watson
Frank Reynolds
Callaway School House Fire and Local Notices
A fire last Friday night destroyed the Callaway school house where Thomas Smith Jr. taught. The Springfield Filler Co. resumes operations after a blaze that left a larger, upgraded plant with double capacity and thirty workers back to steady work. Nurse investigator reports, John Combs slipped from a hand car Friday morning and was run over on his right arm with no serious injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callaway
Thomas Smith Jr
Springfield Filler Co
Waggaman
John Combs
Valentine Dance Planned by Pekin Church Group
Friday night dance organized by Prof. Clyde Paith at Pekin follows a valentine season. Ladies Aid of the M. E. church announce a new tailoring effort offering pant pressing for men at 20 cents per pair. Pants must be at church by 1 PM each Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Paith
Pekin
Ladies Aid
M. E. Church
Free tobacco seed offered to Mason Co farmers
January 28 1915 report notes 20 below zero morning. Mehl Tobacco Co offers free seed to Mason County farmers to promote tobacco growing on sandy land. Brown and Rohlfs store ads list low priced groceries and a Friday public dance to feature O'Shea Stewart and Harbaugh. Prize winners named from the Happy-Go-Lucky Club event at a local home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mehl Tobacco Co
Mason Co
Brown
Rohlfs
O'Shea
Stewart and Harbaugh
Lila Toland
Edna Grob
Olive Bollan
Mayme Dwyer
Happy- Go-Lucky Club
Manito School Chooses Janitor and Club Reorganization
The Manito Community High School board chose Charles Gordon as janitor at $100 monthly after nineteen applicants. Ill health forced Henry C. Gumbel to resign. The Manito Fans Ball Club reorganized with Fuzzy Fehrman as president Cy Rohlfs as secretary Shur Maloney as treasurer and Biddy Brenner as manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Manito Community High School
Chas. Gordon
Henry C. Gumbel
Manito Fans Ball Club
Fuzzy” Fehrman
Cy Rohlfs
Shur Maloney
Treas
Biddy Brenner
R. A. Hilling
James Seelye
I. D. Zimmerman
Havana
County Central Committee
M. BK
Chas Smith
George Ethell
Ralph Ethell
Nora Ryan
John Rankin Jr
Jeanette Memmen
Carl Wistehuff
Abner Meigs
Flooded village streets resemble a lake after heavy rain
Heavy rains and sleet flood the village with water filling cellars and driving lanes. Cars struggle through flooded streets near the Hill Hotel corner as residents cope with rising water levels. Miss Elizabeth C Bennett of Spearfish SD begins work as new English teacher at MCHS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill Hotel
Elizabeth C. Bennett
Spearfish, S.D
M.C.H.S
Hilst Sale Attracts Crowd Despite Frigid Weather
Attendees at Col. Bill Hilst sale report a fair crowd despite the cold. The Hilst family will move soon to a place bought from Sol Simcox. The Spring Lake township lake levy broke Sunday causing damage to the farms of Lewis Vawter and Ernest Palmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Bill. Hilst
Hilst
Bo’t
Sol Simcox
Levy
Spring Lake Township
Lewis Vawter
Ernest Palmer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alemory’s
Manito Hardware Co
Jacob Graff
Grangers
Louis Hechman
Chicago
Coliseum
Louis Amant
Chandlerville
R. R. Hilling
EB. Ethell
Robert Harbaugh
Florida
Hilling
R. L. Farnam
S. J. Memmen
C. G. Hodkinson
N. Reuling Co
Pekin, Illinois
Chevrolet
Bernshausen
Manito, Ill
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