Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-29
JoTTINGs FROM JosLlN.
News OF Miscellaneous Interest From the
Upper End of the County,

Upper End of the County.
Joslin. June 29.-Miss Mile Mat
thews is visiting her brother Row in
Erie.
Mrs. Dan Eipper. of Bethel. speut
Saturday with Mrs. c. c. Whiteside
Miss Fanny Heron. of Henry
coounty, is visiting her grandma in
Yuma.
W. c. Sheppard has a bountiful
crop of cherries, his trees beino
loaded.
Myron Yolton will attend the sum-
mer school at Fulton, beginning next
Monday.
W. F. Filbert. Sheldon Walker. and
Dana Matthews spent Sunday with
relatives in Erie.
Otis Gohn came down from Polo
last Friday for an extended visit with
friends in this vicinity.
Miss Lizzie Dunbar went to Moline
Friday where she visited few DAYS
with her grandparents.
Mrs. Metzgar and Mrs Huutoon. of
Moline, will give n temperance lecture
ut Yuma church Sunday. July ;.
There was no Chicago mail a, JOS
lin Friday morning last on account of
Il washout of the railway in Henry
county.
Myrtle TubbS came home from Polo
last Friday. She has been visiting
there for some time with her sister.
Mrs. Bassett.
The oldest settler does not remem
Der having seen corn grow more rap
idly than it has for the last two or
three weeks.
j. W. SimOnson, of Port Byron.
has been appointed administrator for
the Rathbun estate, the farm being
offered for sale.
Last Sunday evening Roy DALEY
read very interesting report from
the Epworth League state convention
which was held at Springfield.
The heavy down pour of rain early
Thursday morning last placed veto
upon farm work for several days, but
is now drying off again.
DR.. Charles Whiteside. of Moline.
formerly of Zuma. has been appointed
assistant surgeon Of the 9th regiment.
He left Friday morning last to he
mustered into service.
Henry Knockemus, whose left side
was paralyzed and was ba'eft of
speech. has recovered. and is able to
walk around and do a little work.
His family have now moved into their
new residence.
y. w. Holmes in the antocrat of
the breakfast table says: "A person
is always startled when he hears him
self seriously called an old man for
the first time We were forciblv re-
minded of the above when on passing
an acquaintance on the public high
way, who said: We'll, grandaddv.
any war news this morning. We
replied, Yes. it is reported that
Blanco is shot" AMI we felt person.
ally as if a bullet had passed through
our own body, but we passed on and
smiled.
The medal contest at Zuma church
Friday evening last, presided over by
Mrs. Metzgar. of Moline, was fairly
attended and proved to he very inter
esting. There were six contestants:
Mrs. Laura Daley, Mrs. Sanders.
Mrs. Bessie Karr. Mrs. Rose Donahoo.
Mrs. Trowbridge and Mrs. Oscar
Daley. The judges were Mrs. c. NJ.
Mrs. w. ii. Whitesidc and
Mrs. DIR. Eddy. Although the con-
testants were somewhat apologeticallv
to the audience as
chicken raisers," nevertheless their
oratorical and evolutionary abilities
were of such high order and they
were so evenly matched that the
Judges could not decide which one
was fairly entitled to the head prize.
II was finally decided by lottery, Mrs.
Trowbridge, OF Enterprise, being the
recipient.
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