The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-05-21
News From The County Seat
Jackson, Nav II.

services at a mission fest in Shawnee
town yesterday, therefore there were
no services in the Luthern Church
here, so twenty-four young people of
that church took advantages of it and
had picnic on Williams Creek.
Henry Mueller, his sister, Miss Julia
and Miss Ruth McAtee. took in the
excursion on the steamer Cape Girar-
deau Saturday night.
NJ. jim Morse and children of Ste.
Genevieve spentSunday with the fam
lily Of Mr.. Morse's uncle, Mr.. Doc
Morse.
M. Gilman, a timber buyer of New
Madrid, is in town. Mr. Gilman was
formerly in the shoe business here.
r. NJ. McCombs, who visited rela-
tivCs here over Sunday, returned to
his home in st. Louis today.
Emil Thilcnius and family of the
Cape visited in jackson yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Althenthal en-
tertaincd Rev. Hermann and family,
Mr.. and Mrs r. c. Kncibcrt and Mrs
Henry Meier and children at dinner
and supper yesterday. The young peo-
pie Of Rev. Hermann's congregation
were invited to come out to the AL
thonthal home in the evening and sur
prise their pastor. FOrty-two young
people responded, and the surprise was
d success, rs also the surprise given
the whole party, when a car drove up
later containing Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin
kneibert and sister, Miss Lilly of Ill
mo, and Mr.. Harris of SikestOn. The
Althcnthal home is large enough to
accommodate large crowd, and re-
freshments were plentiful, so needless
TO say. everybody had a fine Tina.
W. c. Cracraft leaves today for Hot
Springs, Ark, in search of health. Aft
er a short stay there, he will go to the
southern part of Oklahoma, to visit his
sister, Mrs. Dickerson and then re-
turn TO Hot Springs for a while before
returning home.
Rev. Cunningham, a Baptist mis-
sionary preacher and family of Lau-
rance, Macon County, arrived here to-
day to make their home here. They
will occupy the Elbrccht house in West
Jackson.
G. Rabold and wife, Fl. Uclecke and
family, l.. Mildc and family, Joe Mil
dc and family, and John Sander and
family comprised a party who went to
Cane Creek yesterday to picnic and
fish.
The High School students are taking
the final examinations today and to-
morrow.
Hinklc Bowman and wife of Adj
vance, and Earl Bowman and family Of
BurfordvilIe spent Sunday with the
family of J. r. Bowman.
Mrs. August Kuellmer visited in the
Cape Sunday.
Miss Helena Hoffman, entertained
the Misses Vera Phillips and Katie
Koch at dinner yesterday.
}. !. Masterson and family of the
Cape came out to jackson yesterday
ard took Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Poe with
them to Gravel Hill where both fam
lilies visited among friends.
Mrs. Cordelia Niswonger died at her
home, two miles west of Millerville, at
) o'clock this morning, aged IA years,
0 months and II days. The husband,
Peter NiswongGr, and ten children sur
vive. Funeral will be at II o'clock to-
morrow in cemetery near the home.
Rev. Cunningham, Baptist missionary
of Jackson, will conduct the services.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Jaeger,
on Saturday, 12-pOuRd boy.
Wilson Howard is moving into Leon
Clippard's property on First South
street today.
Roscoe Patterson, who is working at
Chaffee, is here spending a few days
with his family.
Fritz Siemers and family, Fred
Schrader and family, Claus Kerstner
and family, Mrs. Lizzie Kefstner, Hen
ry Goethe and daughter, Miss Anita;
4. kerstner and wife, and Mrs. VIM.
Schneider and daughter, Miss Sophia,
attended the mission feast at the Han
over Luthern Church yesterday.
Louis Schaper and family, who live
few miles south of town, spent Sun
day with the family of Henry Voges.
Mrs. Cerl Wilhelm and son, and
Miss Annie Wilhelm, who have been
visiting in limo, returned home yes
terday.
Charles Hoffmeister and family and
Mrs. Albert Behrens and son, motored
to the Cape yesterday.
Jackson, May Is.
Henry Neumeyer Oh near Tilsit will
leave for San Antonio, Tex, within