Rain Strains Low Ground as Floods Displace Residents
Flooding from steady rains drives Martin Styles from Hilberton ranch to live with daughter Mrs Hiram Lawson. Neighbors visit, cyphering matches draw crowds, and many families endure mud and high water. A local two year old dies after spinal illness. community sorrow and sympathy extend to bereaved parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Styles
Hilberton Ranch
Hiram Lawson
Johnnie Axton
Ira
Willie Phillips
Woodsville
Macon Co
Woodville
Waillie Phillips
Ot. McMecDooail
Local notices and community updates from Putnam County
A string of brief items notes residents traveling visits and work changes. Ketcham leaves town for several days. Mrs. Henry Lewis returns from Hannibal. A T Henry of Memphis hosts a church exhibition. Shelton moves to Mendola with land purchases. Pennock resumes road work. Mel Minks leaves his store job. Hiram Perkins assists the company. Mrs. Nellie Gray goes to Keokuk for shorthand testing. School events include Children's Day planning and a 5th Sunday report. local trades report stock invoicing, mine activity, and Sunday school attendance. Family obituaries recount a long marriage with sixteen children and funeral details. Various local appointments, travel plans, and social gatherings are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ketcham
Henry Lewis
Monlday
Hannibal
A. T. Henry
Memphis
Shelton
Mel Minks
Hiram Perkins
Local notices of visits, illnesses, and family events
A compilation of social items notes Wi formerly of the lumber yard and Miss Logan marrying in California and preparing to reside in Crescent Oklahoma. It records visits by Wash Warren in Indiana, Elsie Whiteley with grandparents, Chas Jewett’s visit, George and Davidodlington visiting a sister, and health concerns of Mr. and Mrs. Allphin. It mentions illnesses, a graveside service, travel to visit relatives, trading in town, a misfortune injuring Isaac Ousins, and hopes for Charley Fillis’s recovery. Also noted are a children’s program for June 14, birth of a daughter to Wm T Lewis, travel of D C Puffer and J Sturgeon, and visits by Nell Wells and Mable Fields’ plans for Kirksville.
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Elsie Whiteley
Henry Zimmerman
Sewal
Vaelet
Chas Jewett
Osgood
Alta Blackman
George and
Davidodlington
Thos Allphin
Severa
Henry Fllis
Idaho
Charley
C. H. Wells
Lucerne
Wm T Lewis
Mesdames
D. C. Puffer
Lineville
C J. Sturgeon
Deattiste Brs
otacLuwes
Washington, D C
Henry Bebee
Kansas City
Mrs. Bebee
Seaton
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Rosewood
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