Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-09-07

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Hardin, Mont, is recovering from q
severe injury which thrateened to al
POSSESS her Of the end OF her lett
,orennger. The accident happened al
most two months ago and the phyA-
slan has dressed the finger several
lines a week in the hope Of saving
The finger.
The finger was not cut entirely OIL
but hung by a thread OF skin
Eose and some OF her play
mates yer entertaining themselves
With a lawn-mower. Eloise put her
finger into the blades as the ma
chine was started. Though the physl
cian wanted to amputate the injured
part Immediately Mrs. Ho~eH
stoutly persisted Il should not be.
and Il was placed in splints, Though
the finger IS not well by any means
the physician eniertains hope that
the severed portion will in time grow
back.
The many friends OF MIR. ana
Mrs. Howell viii hear with much re-
gret of the accident, but all hope
that Elolse viii recover entirely from
her mishap.
Nate Phillip, Mr.. and Mrs. Maur
ice Phillip. Mrs. A. c. Cohn and MIS-
Helen Valid have returned from a
moaor trip through the North hat
covered 2044 miles. They visited
many Northern resorts and part Of
the Canadian Lake ports.
They had fine weather during the
whole time they we're away with the
exception OF the last week when they
came home from Ohio and the rains
made the roads heavy. They met
with no accidents and had little trou
BILE with the machine. All in the
party had a most delightful time
J. W. lee, Jr.. has been in Call
fornia on an extended visit, an d Ii
now visiting his brother, Claude
Lee, in Colorado. Mr.. Lee writes
Warner Williams here that he eatfgh
a fish in the Cataline Islands weigh.
ing go pounds.
Mr.. Lee knowing that Mr.. VIII
liams lives in Missouri sent him Q
photograph of the fish and himself
The fish looks to be about twice the
size of Mr.. Lee.
During the rain and electrical
storm Monday afternoon, the light
ming struck the house in which Wm
Bryarly and family reside, on the
Boulevard. A flue vas hit by th'
bolt and the top portion was demol
ished. The plastering was also dam
aged slightly. Mr.. Bryarly who was
sitting near received a slight shock.
Virgil Miller, formerly of the Mex
leo Ledger force, is en- route hons
from the Philippine Islands.
Myrtle. the eight months and tel
days old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
viii Harvey, of West Jackson St
died Friday evening. The body wa
buried Saturday afternoon in th'
Liberty church cemetery in Noru
Wilson township, The Rev. Mr.. Nj
Duffie officiated. The Ledger join
other friends IN extending SINGER
sympathy to the bereayed.
Jake Blum of st. Louis Is shakini
hands with Mexico friends and /
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. o. Pois
son.
Frank Buckner and family, o
Auxyasse, attended the Chautauqni
here Sunday
Wallace Fry, John Guthrie an
Ralph Buckner enjoyed a motor tril
TO Hannibal in the Fry Buick SUI
day.
John Mabry was in Mexico thl
week en- route from Vandalia to th
ex.C confederate Home in Higginsyilt
Mo.
c. A. Buckner and wife hay
gone to Mullebt Lake. Mich. NJ
Buckner is suffering from hay fever
Miss Vera Mays, of this city,
spending the week with her brothe
Ira, at Moline, who has a bouncln
9-pound girl.
Miss Ethel Schopp is home frol
a pleasant visit with relatives
st. Louis.
Miss Anna Kirkpatrick will agai
teach in a Deaf and Dumb Institi
ltion in Ogden, Utah, this winter.
J. j. Donohue Of Chicago, visite
the family OF ]. D. Miller, owe Su
day. Mrs. Donohue and children W
, lhavc been here several weeks wi
, remain awhile longer.
Mrs. F. H. Thomas returned
r her home in Auxvasse Monday aft
"a short visit in this city. She WI
accompanied by her aunt, Mrs. NJ.
McKean, who is visiting here fro
' Denver.
u Mr.. Ebeighler, a prominent CIV
ID engineer from Illinois, has rented t
new Willard Potts residence in Sou
1 Mexico and will send his daughter
Hardin College.
w. w. johnson. Mrs. George job
/. son and DR.. Frank Harrison TOT
George n. johnson to the Jewb
. Hospital in st. Louis Saturday mig
Ahere he will be examined by a pf
sIcian with a view to an operation,
I'd necessary. Georges many frien
/ ape to see him home again soon.
. Misses Lola and Bessie Powell a
a Margaret Quisenberry departed ST.
o day for an extended trip in t
North and East. They expect
n visit all the principal cities a
take a trip down the Hudson.
ella Great A~dvattage to Working Me
AL ] A Maple, l2j S 9TH ST., steu
enville, o., says; For years