Mower County transcript., 1908-09-02
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Passenger, west bound .241 p. m. & IL 80 a. m
Passenger, east bound. ...12 :N and 7:41 p. m.
frelghts, west bound. ...4: :55 p m.
Fre1ghts. east bo1nd 8 40 a. m.
Nate n. Palmeter went to st. Paul
Tuesday to attend the reunion of the
Ninth MINI. Regiment and will then
60 to North Dakota to spend about q
week with his daughter, Mrs.
Anthony Madison and family. 49,.
Miss Grace. Stephenson went to Min.
neapolis Monday on VISIT
Miss Clara Sleeper went to Mankato
Monday to attend Normal School.
Miss Mabel Sleeper went Monday to
attend the state fair. H..
w. G. Weisbeck was called to Du-
buque on Saturday by the death of
his brother-in-law.
Mrs. R. H. Hinsdell and daughter,
Buelah, left for their home at Elgin,
ILL.,, on Saturday.
Mrs. Little and three children of
Fairmont are visiting at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Sodergren.
Emily Bussell of Grand Meadow
arrived on Friday for a visit at the
Palmer home.
l.. l.. Quimby made business trip
to Hawkeye, Ia., last week.
H. B. Hitler is building silo.
Mrs. Chas. Knox and daughter
Blanche, went to Rochester on Fri
day, returning Saturday.
Miss May Johnson came up from
Grand Meadow on Friday.
A number of friends gathered at
the home of George Merrill on Sat-
urday evening to remind him of his
birthday. A pleasant social evening
was spent.
The rain on Thursday night put
an end to the Sunday school picnic
that was to have been held on Fri
day. A later date will be arranged
soon.
A number of young people spent
pleasant evening at the Gransee
home on Wednesday evening.
Miss Nellie Sims arrived last week
to visit with her mother and sister
before their departure for North Da-
kota. Mrs. Sims is packing up all her
goods to move them to her western
paradise.
A mother, whose little boy always
suffers from car-sickness, found it
necessary to take him with her while
shopping the other day, and, as the
distance was rather far to walk, she
decided to risk taking him on the
car. All hudled up in a corner he
sat- and his face kept growing paler
and paler, while all the while his
eyes seemed fastened with a hard,
CLASSY stare on the car wall opposite
him.
II think we'd better get off for
little while," said the mother, watch
ing him.
Out in the air the little fellow felt
better and, with his voice quivering
from earnestness, he said:
"Muver, did you see that sign in
the car? The one that said $500
fine if you spit on the floor? Now,
what do you think it would have cost
my poor papa if l had womited?" ?"-X.
Mrs. Mary Slater and daughter of
Mason City, 1a., arrived last week
for visit at the home of the for
mers sister, Mrs. NJ Stephenson.
Miss Mamie Jorgenson of Wells
left for Houston on Saturday. where
she teaches school, after pleasant
visit at the Lawrence home.
Miss Mabel Dickinson of Owa ton
ma is guest at the Merrill home.
Mrs. Onsgard left for her home
in Pleasant Grove on Monday after
visit with her sister, Mrs. Andrew
Olson.
This community was greatly
shocked to hear of the death of Miss
Medora F.. Clark. which occurred at
her boarding place at the F. w. KIM
ball home in Austin on Saturday
evening. Aug. 20. 1908, at 7:10
o'clock. Miss Clark has not been
we'll for some time and had but re-
Gently returned to work after a two
weeks vacation. She was compelled
to give up her work about a week
previous to her death. A physician
was summoned and on Thursday a
nurse was employed There were
symptoms of typhoid fever and per-
itonitis, but she was, apparently,
getting better when, on Saturday af-
ternoon. the disease took a sudden
turn for the worse and the relatives
were notified. Her heart, which has
been weak for some time. would not
withstand the attack and she passed
away at ten minutes past seven.
Medora E. Clark was born in Red
Rock township on the farm now
owned by E. P Merrill on March II,
1878, later moving with her parents
them, three miles north of Browns
dale. She has lived here practically
all her life, attending school at
Brownsville and Waltham. She