Williamsfield Times
Thursday Feb. 11, 1909

 

Married

Auburn L. Quinley, formerly a well known telegraph operator of Williamsfield, now of Galesburg, was united in marriage last Sunday with Miss Bertie Babcock of Galesburg. They left that evening over the Santa Fe for a trip through the south and west.

Marriage License

Earl T. Smith, Williamsfield....21 and Mattie A. Hart, Elmore...20.

Born

To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lewis, February 8th, a son.

To Mr. and Mrs. Alderman, of Kewanee, recently twin boys.

 

 

Williamsfield Times

Thursday, March 18, 1909

Personal Mention

Visit Peck's China Store, Galesburg.

Miles Sloan of Etherly is visiting with his parents, H. C. Sloan and wife.

Misses Harriet and Lucille Doubet are spending a few days in Peoria and Galesburg.

Jerry Wallick of Knoxville was visiting his sons and their families here a few days last week.

Miss Maude E. Knox spent several days last week with her grandparents, Mr. And Mrs. Tennery.

Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Tucker removed to Galesburg the latter part of last week and now reside in that city.

Glenn R. Swank is having some repairs made in his east elevator, Ed Diefenderfer doing the work.

Mrs. Barbara Owens left here Tuesday for West Jersey where she goes to visit her friend, Mrs. U. S. Plummer.

Wallace Clough attended a big banquet given by members of his lodge in Chillicothe Friday evening of last week.

Silas Dial is badly crippled and scarcely able to walk, the result of straining or pulling a muscle in jumping over a fence.

Mr. J. D. Doubet purchased another farm Thursday from some of the Mahar heirs. He went to Galesburg Saturday concerning the matter.

 Pearl Murdock sold Alfred Lamboley a horse and harness Tuesday. Mr. Lamboley expects to go to farming on the Wasson place near Laura.

G. E. Morgan is suffering from a bad case of whooping cough. Edward should have had this disease when he was a little fellow, but he didn't.

Mrs. Luct Tallett and Mrs. Thomas Burns of Edelstein, spent Saturday afternoon and evening with Mrs. Wallace Clough and Mrs. W. M. Welsh.

Supervisors O. J. Oberholtzer and J. O. Baird went to Galesburg Tuesday morning to attend the March meeting of the county board of supervisors.

Rev. & Mrs. Warner went to Trivoli Monday, Rev. Warner returning home Tuesday and Mrs. Warner remaining for a longer stay with her daughter, Mrs. Bourne.

Roy Root was taken to Chicago last Friday and on Saturday after making an incision the surgeons pronounced his case hopeless and he has returned to his father's home in Chillicothe.

Miss Ina Bohannan went to Galesburg Saturday afternoon on business connected with the final settlement of the Bohannan estate, and remained until Sunday evening for a visit with friends.

Floyd Wesner received a light injury to one of his eyes a few days ago while whittling with a knife. While the injury was of the slightest, the fact that the point of the knife made a slight scratch in the eyeball as it passed shows how near the accident came to costing him an eye.

 


 Williamsfield Times

Thursday, April 22, 1909

 


CENTER PRAIRIE

Howard Cain is improving and slight hope is given that the sight, though injured, is not entirely destroyed.

Mrs. Alvin Rice is still under the doctor's care.

Born--to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Swedine last Thursday, a boy.

James Elliott and family, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Hammond, Mrs. E. M. Aten and son Arthur attended the preliminary contest in Victoria Thursday night.

Myrle Aten assisted Mrs. A. S. Rice with housework last week.

Pearl Aten was a Victoria caller last week.

Mrs. Chas. Rice and daughter were shopping in Victoria Saturday.

Robert Young was a business caller in Victoria Saturday.

John Rice and family arrived in Williamsfield from Kansas Saturday morning. They expect to make this their home.

Mrs. A. S. Rice and Mrs. John Young were Victoria callers Friday.

Glenn Rice returned Sunday night from his trip through the Dakotas and Kansas.

Chas. Addis spent Saturday night and Sunday in Galesburg. The trip was made in an auto.

Arthur and Pearl Aten spent Sunday with David Webster and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Cain and baby, Mrs. Joseph Cain and daughter Ollie? were Victoria callers Saturday.

Myrle Rice spent Saturday night and Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Rice.

James Elliott and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Hammond.

The Center Prairie school observed Arbor Day and work was done in the agricultural line.

Mrs. Cummings has been suffering with the grippe.



CORRESPONDENCE: LAURA

There is considerable complaint over the breaking of quarantine regulations in the smallpox district northwest of Laura. Some persons seem disposed to disregard the quarantine rules.

Samuel Stimmel and Fay Brady left here Tuesday for Enid, Oklahoma, where they will spend the summer and perhaps remain permanently.

George Hardy returned home Tuesday from an extended stay in Chicago.

Mrs. Amy Cole and Mrs. John Gourley of Williamsfield were shopping in Laura Tuesday.

Miss May Laughlin of Macomb is making a few days' visit with her sister, Mrs. Alldredge.

J. I. Aby made a trip to Peoria last Saturday.

E. W. Davis was in Galesburg on business Monday.

Dr. Beamer is very dangerously ill and is in the hospital in Peoria for treatment. Mrs. Beamer was in Peoria over Sunday to be with him and returned to the city Tuesday.

The trial between Mrs. Dimmick and the Santa Fe railroad company over some horses killed by a train, has been postponed to a later date.

 

SMALL POX AT ELMORE

Ten Or Twelve Families Are Now Under Quarantine.

     An epidemic of smallpox has broken out at Elmore and there are now some ten or twelve families quarantined for the
disease.
     The disease seems to be of a very light form, in fact it has been believed to be chicken pox up to the present, so little trouble has it caused the patients, many of whom were scarcely sick at all and some of them worked out of doors throughout the course of the disease.
It has now been declared to be smallpox, however, and a number of families are under quarantine, after an investigation ordered by C. A. Reed, supervisor of Millbrook township, Mr. Reed acting under orders of the state board of health. Dr. Cole of Williamsfield has charge
of the cases and put up smallpox quarantine signs Monday.

School Closed.

     The Dixie School was ordered closed Monday morning by the directors on account of the prevalence of smallpox, Miss Una Baird, the teacher, being notified of the discontinuance.

School Elections.

     At the school election held at the town hall last Saturday afternoon, G. W. Wallick was elected director. There were ten votes cast, Mr. Wallick receiving seven, M. H. Irish two and J. M. Baird one.
At the school election in the Centennial school district last Saturday afternoon, 23 votes were cast.
Robert E. Farwell was elected for a term of three years and Frank S. Ott was elected for one year.
At Eugene 20 votes were cast, F. J. King receiving 17 and E. M. Kimler 3.
At Dixie, August Swartz is the newly elected director.

Broke An Arm

Cecil Swartz Suffers Sever Injury While Playing At School.

     On Wednesday morning of last week, while playing at the Dixie schoolhouse, Cecil Swartz, son of Mr. and Mrs. August Swartz, fell and broke his left arm.
     The boys of the school were hurdling and pole vaulting. The apparatus which they had for this purpose was not high enough, so they went to some poles bolted higher on the fence in front of the schoolhouse.
     Here, while jumping or vaulting a pole Cecil Swartz fell over on the opposite side on his arm and shoulder. His left arm was broken below the elbow, the small bone being broken so that it protruded from the flesh and the large bone being fractured.
     The little fellow pluckily walked home, being accompanied by two other boys, and Dr. Cole was summoned and attended the injury. He is suffering considerably but is doing well otherwise.

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