The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-07-09
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Hon. w. L. Hensley delivered a
speech at Arcadia on the 9Th of July.
DR.. J. L. Eaton of Bismarck was a
Pennington visitor last Monday.
r. D. Fisher spent Sunday and Mon
day in Flat River with his friends.
John Coffman, one of our leading
merchants, is transacting business in
st. Louis this week.
Cool, cool Fourth--temperature 70
Lowest for many Fourth of July
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gideon Of Ogden, Utah
are here on visit to Mr.. Gideon's
mother
Harry Highley made business trip
to the City the first of the week, re-
turning Wednesday.
Mrs. Margaret Crawford Of Texas
is visiting her father, Col. E, 7. No
land, and her sister, Mrs. VIM. Chinn.
Mr. Thos. Short, superintendent Of
the County Infrmary, made US al
pleasant call last Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. johnson of St. Louis
were visiting Hon. w. L. Hensley and
family the latter part of last week.
Mr.. G. B. Gale will move to Flat
River shortly where he will reside
and be handy to his place of business.
P. S. Cole, Tom Halle and Henry
Braning spent last Thursday at Iron
Mountain dam. Caught 1876 bass and
perch.
Mr.. Ben H. Miller of Crystal City,
Mo-, and Miss Teress Smith of Fes-
tus were married by Esq. zolman at
his residence last Tuesday.
Mr.. o. w. Ramsey, Bismarck's May
or, Judge Tullock and their families
of Bismarck attended the services at
the Tabernacle Tuesday.
Mrs. Ed Townsend and daughter, who
reside near the mouth of Wolf Creek,
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Thos.
Short at the County Infrmary.
Mr.. Asa Mckenzie, one of Liberty's |
most prosperous farmers, was in
town Tuesday and reports times on
the farm never more prosperous.
Mrs. Geo. Wilson and son, Lieut..
Elic Wilson, contemplate going to
Hamilton, Ontario, to visit Rubart
Long, a relative. 4
Sam and Bart Byington and fam
lilies spent the 4th on st. Francois
River fishing, and report fine catch
about 80 pounds. Sam is some fish
erman
Mrs. Anna Lloyd accompanied DR..
Topping and family on a motoring
tour to Virginia, the Doctors old
home. From there they will go to
the Fair at Frisco.
A daughter of Mr.. Wilson, Secre-
tary of Labor in the Presidents Cab
ines, was a distinguished guest at the
home of Hon. W. l.. Hensley, our
Congressman, recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vim Hunt of St.
Louis spent the first part of the
week visiting their parents. Vim
looks fine and says he likes the city
going.
O. W. Ramsey of Bismarck is being
urged by his many Republican friends
to become a candidate for Congress
on the Republican ticket in the 1916
campaign.
Mr.. Gale and Mr.. j. H. Tetley re-
Gently made an exchange of properties
and Mr.. Tetley, who has lived in Flat
River for some time, will move to
Pennington.
Quite few from here attended the
picnic at Desloge last Saturday and
heard the debate on "Wet" and "Dry"
between Judge G. 0. Nations and Hon.
Meeker of st. Louis.
Mr.. j. C. Watson, our alert and eff
ficient reporter, says he thoroughly
enjoyed his recent outing on Wolf
Creek, the catch being large and the
eating fine.
Hon. w. L, Hensley and family at
tended the celebration at Frederick
town on the Bird and Walter was the
orator of the day. They report quite
a large crowd and an enjoyable time.
Mr.. John W. Blue, one of st. Fran
co.'s county's oldest and most re-
spected citizens, left last Monday for
California on quite an extended visit
with his sister and other relatives.
We wish Uncle John a pleasant trip.
Mr.. ]. ]. Creglon, one of our citi-
zens living on Route 4, will move to
Madison county the latter part of this
week. We regret to lose Mr.. Greg
Ion, he being an exemplary citizen
and an esteemed reader of The Times;
but our loss is some ones gain.
Mr.. Linn Zolman and family are
spending a few days here visiting
friends and relatives. Mr.. Zolman
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