The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-20
MCCLURE.

AL Jaynes. and Clark James were
lii cairo Tuesday on business.
Ed Miles who has been home visI'.
| ling his parents the past two weeks
| left Tuesday for East Moline where
he vii work in the John Deere Pillow
works.
Mr. Russell is handling GOO bush
els Of corn from East Cape to the
elevator here. The price is 4oc.
There is still numDer of car
loads of corn being shipped out oil
here.
Miss Lena Jacobs who left home
to work in the railroad hotel at
Mounds is with hen brother and wife
at Mound City.
Cleat Craiglow was in Jonesboro
Wednesday taking degrees in Ode
Fellowship.
| Last Wednesday night John J. Por
ter installed the officers Of Delta
Lodge Modern Brotherhood of Ameri
ca at Delta.
Last Monday night Thebes Lodge
, 1893 M. B. of A. had their officers In.
stalled John j. Porter Of Mcclure
was the installing officer assisted by
, Mrs. r. c. Campbell as conductor
and Miss Campbell as organist. The
weak was well done. After the cerc.
monies music and speeches followed
an excellent banquet which wa.
served by the ladies and which was a
surprise given by them. Thebe:
Lodge Is in tlourishing condition
numerically and financially. The
Lodge has fine organ and the music
from it was greatly enjoyed by those
present The lodge is TO be con.
graduated upon the progress made.
The following are the officers for
1915 President, C. A. Campbell
vice president, VIM Dixon; secretary
and treasurer, Laura v. Bishop:
, chaplain, Nellie Edwards, conductor
Earl D. Veach; Waterman, C. c. Bene-
field; sentinel, Geo Burns; trustees,
Is. Petit. J. r. Underwood, Curtis
Phelps.
Mr.. Hale Allen is on a trip to Heb
ron, Ind, on business, he having re,
, covered from his scalds.
Mrs. NJ. McRaven and family who
have been visiting here returned to
their home Thursday.
! Mr.. G. Stollberg of Steelvile was
here the first of the week on bushes
Never has there been such a win
ter for sickness as this. Every FAM
lily in Mcclure has had one or more
i'll and in some cases the entire fam
lily has been abed for days at time
unable to do anything. Our DR.. Norris
has been continually on the move
Conditions are little more favorable
now although there areastill a great
many sick and under the doctors
care.
Wilma Mize was brought to her
grandmothers, Mrs. John j. Porter,
Monday from Mounds, where she
had been visiting her mother. The
yonngster had baptism of fire as
.she was in the building that burned
down and lost everything and had a
narrow escape.
Earn Caldwell is in Arkansas this
week buying up mules.
Blanche Brogham aged 72 died last
Thursday. For over fifty years size
had been resident here she leaves
daughter aged So The interment
was in the Lindsy cemetery
On Jan 9th John Lickfield aged 81,
years died of old age. He leaves a
son and two daughters. For years
past he has lived in the hills and 1t
Jas fact that he had never seen a
horse, or electric car or. passenger
train He was buried in the Cum
mings cemetery
!, Mrs. Amanda Manner who has been
very iii with appendicitis, is in fair
way to recovery, having greatly i'm
proved the past few days.
Mrs b. A. fBartin who has been
visiting in Chicago the past week
returned home Monday.
Y B. Linson of Cape Girardeau
VIII return again to Mcclure in the
spring and occupy his farm. He mas
also rented tn 80 acre rarm of B. F.
0owan and will tend 1t, Mr. Linson
says the levee offers him protection
and It encourages him to come here
and live again for good.