The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-06-20
TOWN And VICINAGE


last week to visit his parents.
Miss Alma Swink has returned
from visit to Cape Girardeau.
Miss Belle Lovedale of Chicago,
H., is the guest of Mrs. Frank
Weber.
Miss Alice May Bailey is among
the Pennington people at Columbia
this summer.
Money to loan on real estate Sc.
curity. See j. 5. Clay, Farmers
Bank building.
Miss Elsie Rider is visiting her
grandmother, Mrs Elizabeth Leech,
at Oak Grove Mo.
Mr.. and Mrs. John 7. Burks and
children of Charleston have been
visiting relatives here.
The w. G. T. U. will meet at the
home Of Mrs. G.. W. Moothart on
Tuesday afternoon, June 18th, at )
O'Clock.
Mrs. Will Giegerich and her little
son, Alvin. of Quincy, ILL.,, and Miss
Hazel Hellman of Springfield are
visiting Mrs. J H. Jones.
r. A. Swink, Esq, has leased the
Office rooms over the st. Francois
County Bank and il having them
fitted up for his law offices.
Mrs. W. NJ. Harlan entertained
last Wednesday afternoon for Miss
Alice Cole with sewing contest,
which was very enjoyable.
Judge Robert Madison died at his
home near Festus on the Sth, aged
10 years. His funeral was one of
the largest ever seen in Festus.
Miss Alice Dunlap of Covington,
Ky, is the guest of Miss Louise
HUH. Miss Dunlap carried OIL the
highest honors at Drury College
this year.
Miss Emma Lang went to Ar
cadia to attend the Commencement
exercises at the Ursiline Convent,
where Miss Irene Lang carried OFF
first honors in her graduation.
Raymond Nixon was in Charles
ton last week to attend IA large re-.
ception and dance given on the llth
by Mrs. Marshall for her daughter,
Miss Rose Esther Marshall.
Mr.. A. T. Nixon has been sick
and confined To his home for week
or more. We are glad to note that
he is improving and his many friends
hope to see him out and about in a
few days.
Or, j. f. Harrison, of Mexico,
has been appointed rs II member of
the National Auxiliary Legislative
Committee of the American Medical
Association from Audraiu county
Mexico Ledger.
Mr.. Joseph W. Hogenmillcr Of
Weingarteu, one of Ste. Gcncvlcve
county's best and most substantial
citizens, was in Pennington Tues.
day. He says considerable damage
was done in his section by the
heavy rain sunday night.
Miss Myra Clardy had TO young
turkeys drowned during the electri-
cal storm Sunday night. Miss Myra
has been unfortunate with her poul-
try. She had lot of fine chickens
killed by the cyclone that passed
through here n short time ago.
Barney Pclty has been tranferred
from the Browns to the Washing
tons, and will twirl for the latter
He promises to have better field
backing than he had with the
Browns. Barney was tired working
with tail-end combination and was
glad when the Browns manager
"soldn him to the Washiugtons.
MIR. Charles Blackledge of Avon
was in town yesterday and he says
that in that section the rain Sunday
night was heavy as 1t was here, and
that crops were damaged and fences
washed away along all the several
streams about Avon, Coffman and
down the Saline. Mr., Blackledge
had about six acres of growing corn
overtiowed and ruined.
MIR. and Mrs. q. w. Barham ar
rived home from their wedding trip
last Friday, and have gone to house
keeping in the Boise property on
Harrison street. Mr. Barham
brought home his two children,
Bruce and Gladys, who for the last
two months have been visiting with
their aunt in Arkansas. Gladys,
who has been Ill for couple Of
years with some nervous trouble,
we are glad to learn, has greatly i'm
proved since she went to Arkansas.