The Republican journal., 1914-05-14
The News of Brooks.

The millinery business has been busy at Mrs.
Merritt's rooms.
| Mr.. Crockett is drilling well for the new
schoolhouse lot.
Charles F. Bessey remains about the same
He is confined to the bed most OF the time
Mrs. E. C. Boody is at home from Massachu'
sets. where she had been for several weeks
Mrs. Oscar Chase of Jackson spent the week
end with the family of her brother, Fred
Brown.
| Mr.. Dow is filling his Sprout Hill pasture
with Young stock this year. No better place
| to be found
| Mrs. Herbert Woods of Knox called upor
friends here May 9Th for the first time in
| many weeks.
| The ice cream parlor Of Kilgore & Rolfe is
now open evenings. They have fitted up in
good shape.
The Bowden Boys seem to be improving,
| but it has been close call for them. 1t was a
case of typhoid fever.
Mrs. Murch has bought one of the l. S. Sta
pies cottages and will now make her home in
| this village permanently.
Rev. H. G. Booth spent several days in
Brooks last week, He was called here to
attend the funeral Of Lawrence Estes.
Mrs o. C. Higgins, who has been confined
to the house by illness for several weeks. was
| at church and in her place in the choir last
| Sunday.
May oath will be observed as Memorial Sun
| day by the men of the G. A. k and the knights
of Pythias. They will attend the Congrega-
tional church in a body.
Mrs. E. D. Bessey of GAINESVILLE. Ohio. with
her sons, Charles and John, are expected here
the last of May for the summer, much to the
delight of grandpa Dow.
| Mrs. Hattie Cook with her daughters, Mrs.
Mary Estes and Miss Beatrice Cook, have re-
! turned to Liberty from attending the funeral
of Lawrence Estes in Brooks.
| The Sunday evening services at the Congre-
gational Church are unusually well attended
and are made interesting. The speciality last
Sunday evening was selection by the trio,
| Carne Jones and Brown.
| Tilton Elliott. who is stopping in Lincoln
now, attending to his life insurance business,
was in town last week looking after the nice
set of buildings he has here and which he does
not rent to anyone.
Brooks people were interested in the news
paper report of the Maine man who was ar
rested, tried, convicted of burglary and sent
enced within twenty four hours of the time
when he committed the deed. 1t was one OF
the same fellows arrested in Brooks for break
ing. but who was not found guilty by the
| grand jury.
| William Anderson of Jackson called to see
US here at the village last week for the second
time for several months. He had serious
attack of rheumatism and was at one time
threatened with blood poisoning and was kept
| indoors for a long time. He is some sixty
years of age and seems to be quite badly used
up, but hopes to improve with the warm
weather.
| The funeral of Lawrence Estes was held at
his late home at 10 a. M, May 9Th. Rev. H. G.
Booth officiating. The body had been en-
| DdlmGd and was In cOnQlulOn TO De seen, not.
withstanding the long journey from New
| Mexico. Many beautiful flowers were in evil
! oence and the funeral, though supposed to be
private, was quite generally attended by his
old friends and acquaintances. The interment
was in the old cemetery, so-called. The village
choir, W. S. Jones, Fannie Merritt. Miss Car
mount and Fred H. Brown, furnished several
| musical selections.
| As has been stated in these columns May
Both, or Memorial Day as it is called will be
observed here in the time .honored way. There
will be band and marching by the schco
children and various organizations. There
will be musical and literary exercises with an
address by Edgar F. Hanson at Union Hall iu
the afternoon. Rev. W. S. Carne will perform
the duties Of chaplain, and E. A. Carpenter
will be the marshal of the day. The musica
program will be directed by w. S. Jones ano
Mrs Jones will preside at the piano, din
ner will be served at the banquet rooms II
Union Hall by the Pythian Sisters, tickets tt
be obtained personally. If it should be fail
day there will be a crowd in town. The affail
will be policed and will be orderly as any
church service. It is to be Memorial day fo
the old soldiers, for the Knights Of Pythlas
and for everybody in memory of departed
friends