The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-09-18


a Lutheran congregation near Char
ter Oak, Iowa, to teach their school
at an increase in salary. The congre-
cation here regrets to lose Prof. Egg
gerding, who is a very efficient
teacher.
Mrs. Arthur Braun received tele-
gram Saturday, announcing the death
of her only sister, Mrs. Olivia Harris,
at her home in Christina, Texas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Putnam, who are stop
ping at the Central hotel, have taken
room at A. NJ. Robertson's and will
move there tomorrow. They will take
their meals at ]. S. Priester. Mr.. Put
man is the manager Of the Gem thea
ter.
Mrs. Ella Dempsey, Mrs. w. B.
Schaefer and daughter, Margaret,
Magnus Dempsey and Harry Medley
of the Cape, visited the family of J.
f. Schmuke Sunday.
Mrs. August Meyer of Gordonville,
is in town today.
Shirley Smith of limo, spent the
day here yesterday.
Theodore Obermiller, Sr., and
daughter, Miss Dora, Eugene Ober-
miller, Luther Spradling and Ed Rose
motored to Oran yesterday to visit the
family of T. Obermiller, Jr.
Mrs. VIM. Paar entertained this af-
{ ternoon Mesdames H. Mueller, Sr., H.
Mueller, Jr., c. Kerstner, J. G. Kies,
VIM. Schwartz, Fred Kies, A. Kuell-
mer, A. Kruger, and the Misses Pau
line and Nora Kerstner, Clara and
Henrietta Mueller, and the Misses
Guenther and Gerdelman of st. Louis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Schneider and
daughter, Evelyn, Mrs. Fritz Brien-
lein, Mrs. Heinberg, Miss Linda Brien-
lein and Mr.. H. Poe, all of whom have
been in st. Louis, returned yesterday.
The Jackson correspondent for a
Cape paper writes, at has become the
order, and is mo more the exception,
that citizens kick and make life miser-
able for the aldermen when they en-
gage in the work of improving streets.
At each and every session some one
raises a disturbance in regard to some
proposed or half done street work, and
last nights session was as usual
Mrs. Slaughter of Fredericktown
passed through Jackson today enroutc
to the Cape, where she will visit with
her daughter, Mrs. A. Mueller.
The funeral of the little son Of Mr..
and Mrs. A. r. Byrd Of Carriso,
Springs, Texas, who died in st. Lukc's
hospital in San Antonio, Tex, was
held in this city yesterday afternoon.
The services were attended b. a
large number of relatives and friends
of the family.
Among those present from out Of
town We're: Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Byrd
of San Antonio, Mr.. and Mrs. A. II.
Byrd Of St. Louis, Mr.. and Mrs. Over
all of Columbia. Mr.. and Mrs. Dan
Nevanz of Fayette, Mr.. and Mrs. l..
b. Houck of Cape Girardeau, Mrs
George Barringer and two daughters
of Jonesboro, ILL.,, Polk Barringer of
Cairo and Joe Howard of Oak Ridge.
The burial services were held at the
Jackson cemetery.
Two mission feasts were held in the
neighborhood, Sunday, one at the Sa-
lem Evangelical church, and the other
at the Tilsit Lutheran church.
Tho ministers participating in the
exercises at Salem were: Rev. Diebel
of Arkansas, Rev. Bemberg of Cape
Girardeau, Rev. Layman of Oak Ridge
and Rev. Herman of Jackson.
Rev G. Press of Peoria, ILL.,, son
Of the pastor of the Salem church
preached sermons in both English and
German.
The ministers attending the Tilsit
exercises were: Rev. Fleiss Of Poca-
hontas, and Rev. Lohmann of Egypt
Mills.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vess Lawbaugh and
Mrs. julius Rozier of st. Mary's, pass.
ed through Jackson today on THEN
way to the Cape, where they will visit
the family of w. II. Medley.
We would call the attention of oul
aldermen to the following verses