Local Social Notes Highlight Richfield Area Visits
Nellie Sethmatshof visits Brainville relatives while Kitwin Wasy travels from Hansas to Hull. Numerous households from Payson, Quincy, Liberty, Beverly, and Kingston share Christmas and visiting days with families across Richfield. Soldier boys depart for Camp Dodge. medical student Carl Niece visits before enlisting. An idle quote closes the column on self confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Sethmatshof
Brainville
Kitwin Wasy
Hansas
Hull
James Sterns
David Brown
Barry
Otis Gallaher
Payson
Albert Brown J. Rice
Pennis Ryan
Caiutsbury
George Rice
Quincy
Etta Collins
Mainville
Fsy
Nelile Selimalshof
John MckKinney
James Brown
S. S. Kennedy
Liberty
Delbert Holeman
Walter Graham
Beverly
Earl Swan
Hannibal
Earl Rice
Ben Swan
Wilbur Quker
Fred Morgan
Grubb
Florence Henne
Alberta
Boerryman
Raymond Pettit
Kingston
Camp Podge
Iowa
Carl Niece
Columbia
Earl Ries
James Campbell
Camp Dodge
T. P. Moore
Myr
A. J. Moore
J. Z. Rive
Mildred
Myra
John Redman
Floyd Warris
Bentley
Pat Daniels
Local notes record weddings, illness and travel in nearby towns
Miss Iea Allen and Robert Thrasher wed in Quincy on December 26 and plan to live in Amboy. An aged mother, Mrs. Ann Francis, grows weaker at Hawkins home. Several families move, visit, and host dinners. measles and public health warnings prompt school closures. Bessell funeral in Brooklyn area. Christmas fires, Cross Drive success, and community activity mark the holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iea Allen
T. L. Allen
Robert Thrasher
Amboy
Quincy
Ann Francis
Milton Hawkins
Hawkins
Thomas Faust
Edward Spidle
Peter Bockhold
Neat Liberty Church
Thomas Cooper
Robert Alen
William Cooper
William Petite
Knox City
Len Wiedman
la Belle
Lula McFadden
Ivan Morris
Colony
Artie McDonald
Mounday
Clapp
Ada Morrow
Stronghurst
Scott Porester
Iown
Katie Robinson
James Cooper
Colorado
Zuck
Peter Reckhold
Clark County
E. H. Roberts
Helen Ringerville
Rutledge
June Ritterville
Swengington
Georgia
Charles Bessell
Brooklyn
Mr. Bessell
West Union
Brookyn
Fremont White
New Mexico
Marrace
Melle Agnew
Presbyterian Church
Suod
General Assembly
John Agnew
Dr. Hutchinson
Augusta
Agnew
Ben Estes
Here
Robert Bunker
Springfield
Tinrold Camp
Monmouth
Julian Camp
Brooklyn Township
Red Cross
Center Ridge
Board of Health
Walter Agnew
Hedding College
Y. Mf. c
Camp Grant
Rockford
C. C. Bessell
John Thompson
Warsaw
Fd Blackburn
Willie Hite
Major Crone
Charlie Curtis
Roy Stoelscher
Julian Lantz
Camp
Truntsville
Ed Black
Huntsville
Cahrlie Curtis
Plymouth Ill News Briefs Include Weddings Deaths and Illness
Plymouth Illinois notes on families visiting and ill with scarlet fever. Roy Munn, once a Plymouth resident, was shot and killed in Stanton Kentucky while returning from oil fields. Multiple marriages occur, including Alice Aleshire and Frank Alexander, Leslie Cludry and Verla Grenwater, Frank Douglas and Inez Pointer. Local business change as Tierbert Stoss buys the garage. many relatives visit in holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kge Turner
Augusta
George Lirner
Lbeaver
Wol
Irwin Irriday
Hose Collins
Maude Collins
Macomb
Fred Mickle
Charlie Taylor
Roy Munn
Plymouth
Stanton
Portage
J. H. Felts
Chlairenee Bartlett
Colmar
Munn
Tierbert Stoss
Will Huff
Alice
Benton Aleshire
Frank Alexander
L. B. Frazee
Kentucky
Leslie Cludry
Camp Dodge
Verla Grenwater
Keokuk
Frank Douglas
Inez Pointer
Dan Selover
Selover
Mary Miller
Philip DeWitt
McQuein
Wm. Copeland
George Collins
Rose
Maude
Elmer Lawton
Hazel Swisesood Wao
Silas Wright Eccles Dies in Florida at 66
News from New York reports the death of Silas Wright Eccles at St. Augustine Florida aged 66. Eccles, born in Washington Illinois, was vice president of the American Smelting and Refining Company and president of the Alaska Steamship Company and the Copper River and Northwestern Railroad. The obituary notes his prominent business leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
St. Augustine
Fla
Silis Wright Eccles
Washington
Illinois
American Smelting and Refining Company
Alaska Steamship Company
Copper River and Northwestern Railroad Company
Scarcity of cooks baffles Mrs Housewiffe Dear
Mrs Housewiffe notes the old saying about too many cooks spoiling broth but laments finding a willing cook to work. She discusses hiring challenges and the shortage impacting her household tasks.
Local Markets and Livestock Prices Reported
Readable market notes from boles and Rogers listing prices for Bay and Grain commodities, mill products, hogs and cattle at stations west of the Mississippi, and regional quotations for poultry and hides. Includes Kansas City and Omaha price data for hogs cattle and sheep.
Live Stock Prices and Receipts at St Louis and Sioux City
In St Louis on Jan 2 the livestock market showed higher receipts: dogs at 16.55 to 16.95, pigs up to 16.75, cattle receipts about 3,500 with beef steers to 14.25, yearlings to 15.50, cows to 10.50, calves 3.75 to 16. sheep receipts 200 with lambs to 17, ewes 11.50, weth ers 12.50, canners and choppers noted. In Sioux City on Jan 2 hog receipts 3,000 with a price around 18.30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knollenberg Milling Company
H. BP
Mississippi River
Chenveloope
Choice Ness
Eels
Daly
Anck Brothers
Bolles & Rogers
Kansas City
Omaha
St. Louis
Severe Cold Weather Grips Southern Europe
Paris reports a severe storm and unusually cold air blanketing southern Europe. Madrid dispatches say heavy snow continues and fuel shortages worsen as railroad traffic remains halted, causing widespread suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Paris
Madrid
Economy Wave Hits Chicago Eight Hour Day City
Chicago city council cut 400 to 500 municipal jobs and shifted all workers to an eight hour day. The move aims to save about 3 million dollars annually. The policy was approved at Monday's meeting in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
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Maine
Wolfe
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Quincy White Ame and Cement Co
Call Whig
Morris Adler Motor Co
Davis-Cleaver Produce Co
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Inquire Electric Service. Co
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State St
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Burton
Albert Ullman
J. B. Murphy
Y. Lawless
Poultry and Eggs
R. R. Kiine
Élan
M. N. Reinhart
Ursa
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C. E. Delaplain
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Dr. Welsch
Hampshire St
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Terry Produce & Seed CO
Rosen
Supeck
W. F. McCready
North Sixth Ava
Browlway
A. Padovic
North Sixth Ave
V. M. Wolf
Greencastle
M. Wolf
Smale Nissouri
Munger
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Denver
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Merdon, DL
J.S & J. W.cruttenden
Sixth & Vermont Sts
Hamp
Dave Rarsky
Walter Siemens
Agency For
Jewel Furnaces
Hou
Snyder
Main Springs
H. T. Snyder
Phono
Jeweler
E. Best
PROMP
Maine Street
Quincy Savings & Loan Office
T.C. Poling & CO
T. C. Poling
Samuel Woods
Legal Department
T. C. Poling, Jr
Blackstone Ltdg., Sixth and
Vermont
Koetter Mattress Co
Elm St
Globe Printing Co
Walter H. Bennett
Satath Bank Bldg
Richfield
Leo
Lewns AL
MR. Lewis
MR. At
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Sam Stevens
Deer Ridge, MO
Arthur Swisegood
Sindred Myers
Helen Griswold
McDaniel
Brooklyn, III
Plymouth, Ill
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South
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Qwaite Land
Thad W. Ward
Wille
Joan E. Watt
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