Proctor Estate Valued in Monroe County
Monroe City memo notes J M Proctor a major landholder with a full section and stock valued around 4 5 thousand dollars his personal property 10 12 thousand dollars and life insurance of 380 000 widow Minnie McPike Proctor named administratrix with appraisers J S Rutledge Wot Yowell and Charles Elza appointed to value the estate. Court items list cases heard and continued at Monroe county circuit court including local option offenses parole expirations and various civil matters with sentences for burglary carrying concealed weapons and a murder set for December 18. also a notable accident with a child injured by acid at a local store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe City
J. M. Proctor
Monroe County
Proctor Jewelry Co
Proctor
Minnie McPike Proctor
J. S. Rutledge
Chas. Elza
Praetor
Paris
Woodson and Jackson
Oren FF. Woodson
Stoutsville
Pearl
Eddie Lee Bassett
White
Scott
I. CC
Henderson
A. A. Melson
J. B. Bristow
Bristow and Tongmora
A. W.ily
Burlington Railroad Company
Moberts
J. J. Beck
J. W. Long
Mary Rick
Malinda M. Wilkerson
C. Scohee
A. C. Crabtree
William Flughes
Shelvina
Ed Rober
Dirks and Hays
Wm. Kriffmiller
Pen Lou
Mitchell
Santa Fe
Wadsworth Bros
Augusta social notes and church bazar items
Augusta residents and visitors linked to Plymouth Carthage Terra Haute and Macomb are noted. Miss Adria Custer departs for Terra Haute. the M E church Standard Bearers hold a successful bazar raising 46 dollars. Nell Young visits. Knox college students return for Thanksgiving. fashion show attendees from Augusta. post office moves to new quarters. Christian church bazar announced with cafeteria supper on December 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Will Aleshire
Plymouth
D. Faris
Carthage
Adria Custer
Terra Haute
Ind
del Allen
Society of Standard Bearers
M. E. Church
Nell Young
Galesbug
W. HE. Young. Holbrook
Keith Hatmilton
Harry McAfee
Ralph Decker
Knox College
Galesburg
Home Fallow
Mattie Golden
Maude Ogden
W. Venable
Constance
Macomb
Visiting notables and holiday scenes in town
Hull Illinois visitors travel to Kansas City and relatives in Quincy join Thanksgiving. Local teachers attend a Pittsfield normal institute. Springfield Missouri and Sterling Kansas residents visit relatives for the holidays. Dan Haeshman departs with emigrant outfit toward Arkansas. Mrs. Whiting’s house suffers a serious fire damage Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
Ill
W. H. Lease
Kansas City
T. B. Kenady
H. Kenady
Quincy
Pittsfield
Normal Institute
Grace Henderson
Springfield
Anna Mittchell
Sterling
Kan
Dan Haeshman
Arkansas
Joseph Whiting
Obituary and Community Notes From Brooklyn Illinois
Mrs. Orvilla Blackburn dies after years as an invalid, funeral held in Presbyterian church with Rev. Thompson. Visits and family news include Homer Lantz in Phelps hospital, Dr. Harold Camp in Monmouth, Bertha and Dement Miller visiting grandparents, and Will Blackburn in from Virginia for the funeral. Lyceum program to feature The Iris company in the Presbyterian church. previous lecture titled The High Cost of Low Living. Also a Petrograd report: Russians gain footing in Kirlibaba amid desperate street fighting.
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Brooklyn
III
Orvilla Blackburn
Edgar
Presbyterian Church
Mr. Thompson
Warsaw
Glanden Lantz
Camp
Macomb
Homer Lantz
Phelps Hospital
Harold Camp
Monmouth
J. E. Camp
Bertha
Dement Miller
Industr
A. A. Brooks
Will Blackburn
Virginia
Orville Blackburn
Lyceum
Iris Company
Barton Place Occupied by Kings and Others in Pittsfield
Vinton King and family moved into the old Barton place on East Washington street, restoring its Civil War era interior. The article notes local happenings including jury selections, political appointments, Thanksgiving visits, and local shippings and moves among residents of Pittsfield and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Deco
Vinton
King
Barton Place
Washington Street
Kings
Daniel Kellogg
Farr McKnight
Overland Automobile Co
Quincy
de Vault
Theo. Bates
John Reed
George Metzgar
Charles Athey
Grigessilie
John Lytle
Frank Tlerter
Milton
Floyd Stevens
Harry Hooper
Harry
George Kuhlman
Kinderhook
Wim. Moore
Chas. A. Deam
Otto Rigney
New Salem
Alex
Couch
Spring Creek
Lon Lowe
Elmer Weaver
Newburg
Charles Ellis
Detroit
Frank Berry
A. W. Windmiiker
Pleasant Hill
Ellis Strubinger
el Dara
Win. Stone
Hardin
R. O. Wessinger
Elmer Draper
Pearl
Frank Swartz
Levee
W. K. Skinner
Griggsville
Rooks County
Easg
Stockton
Watson Goodrich
Barry
Arron Chamberlain
Oren Campbell
W. 3
Binns
South Carolina
Florence
Laura Sough
Hayward
McClintock
West
Bly Foreman
Chicago
Mary
Anna Kientzle
John Dennis
Springfield
Jas, Colvin
Laura Moore
Jacksonville
Abs
Elijah Moore
Chas. Akers
Erbie Woods
Will Sedberry
Albert Shadel
Jessie Johnston
Hannibal
Enos Morgan
Albert Strauss
Mr. Strauss
Lois Weaver
Billings
Mont
Cris Weaver
Palmyra Arymlap club hosts dance at Hanly Opera House
Palmyra Missouri reports a Friday dance by the Arymlap club at Hanly Opera House with many local attendees and out of town guests named. A Fabius township farmer was arrested Saturday morning for shooting three hogs belonging to A J Johnson and released on bond with a hearing set for Dec 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmyra
Hanly Opera House
Bertha Duscher
Virginia Hunson
Bernice Jacobi
Irene Smoot
Nell Heinze
Jassamine Gentry
Gretchen Veillbracht
Mildred Simpson
Henrietta Best
Evadne Best
Laurie Cummings
Virginia Gosney
Frances Suter
Stella Wells
Gladys Mitchell
Minta Ellie
Misa Johnson
A. W. Mrackey
Messrs
H. Heinze
Donald Losey
H. Moss
W. Legget
J. B. Lewis
M. Scott
F. Heinze
H. Baker
Dr. Carlstead
James Sterling
George Lewis
Steve Dearing
W. Gilkinson
Cliff Hollyman
Carrol Moas
Gentry Cummings
Ju W. King
A. W. Mackey
A. J. Johnson
Fabius Township
Divine barred for assailing Germany
Washington December 3 The Rev Dr Randolph H McKim of Epiphany Church did not officiate at the wedding of Baron Von Schoen and Miss Catherine Birney because the German embassy barred him after his Thanksgiving Day sermon assailing Germany for deporting Belgians He denounced the Teutonic powers for enslaving the population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Randolph H. McKim
Church of Epiphany
Baron von Schoen
Catherine Birney
Germany
Diet squad ends food test in Chicago nutrition trial
December 3 report notes members of a diet squad finishing a two week test of feeding one person on 40 cents a day in Chicago. They near the end of the experiment in excellent physical condition and report satisfactory results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Daily Menu Encourages Simple Comfort Meals
The note outlines today’s meals slightly spelling errors: Breakfast with grapefruit, griddle cakes, syrup, coffee. Dinner includes rice, leg of lamb, candied sweet potatoes, creamed cauliflower, mock plum pudding, and guice. Supper features Lyonnaise potatoes, cold meat, cocoa, and sugar cookies.
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Ben Seward
Mell Lester
Missouri
Lillie Fusselman
Ivah McCarl
John Waegy
Walter
Zlampshire
Lippincott
George Nestri
John Wagg
Pike
Mr. Pike
Anibal
Ainville, Ill
Elis Benson
Wek
Hiawatha
B. F. Baldon
7Th St
Kirlibaba
Petrograd
Quincy National Bank Fourth
Hamp
Federal Reserve Bank
Divine
Mrs. Milk Consumer
Hodgdon
Maine Street
Quincy, Ill
The
Chevrolet
Clough-Reihm Co
18Th and Broadway
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