Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-03-09
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sale all things brought good prices.
He had good stuff and of course
would get good prices. The day was
good and a big crowd attended.
Mules brought from $3.50 a head to
$532.50 per span. The good span go
ing to Mr.. Yates of Galloway. Cows
brought from $40 to $50 per head.
Last years heifers and steers $50 to
s55 a head, sows from sgt TO S46 per
head, gifts around the $50 mark over
age. Shoats 7c to Sets per pound,
perhaps some not over 5 cents. Corn
&c to 67cts per bushel. Farming
utensils and everything else in pro-
portion. Sale totaled up a little over
$4,000. Lindell will stay here this
season and stand his stock and in the
fall will depart for the Northwest.
Sorry he's thinking of moving out
from our midst. - We were indeed
sorry to hear of the death Of Mrs.
]. ]. Wakefield. Sincerest sympathy
extended to the bereaved. - Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Weaver are home from the
Mayo Hospital, Rochester, Minnesota,
where Mrs. Weaver underwent a very
serious operation a few weeks back.
She comes home though greatly re-
covered in health and bids fair to en-
tirely o her old time strength
and vigor. - Grover Chapman is
now in the Mayo Hospital where he
underwent an operation for Appendix
citis and other things last Wednesday.
(They operate on several things up
there at one time. Here's hoping for
his speedy recovery. Things better
than health on earth are nearly
as scarce as "hen's teeth. ")-Mr. Pol
lard of southwest of Thompson rented
the south port of the King place and
moved in last week. - John L. VIM
rented the 1870 acre farm just east of
Judge Bake Barnes and moved in re-
Gently. = Tommy Davenport occupies
the J. H. Springer 80 acre farm this
season. - John Van Horn rented the
100 acre Shrout farm and moved in
last week. This is the D. w. Butler
farm. - The entertainment at "The
Ladies' Hall" Wednesday night was
very good. Most all those participant
ing rendered their part pretty well.
The negro minstrel was highly IN
joyable to all. The "Mock Trial"
held the audience to special attention.
The recitations were somewhat of the
"gem" order and the extemperaneous
speech by the Hon. Ed Woodward
could have scarcely been beaten by
Speaker Clark of minority leader
Mann. He touched upon several live
questions of the day-including state
and national issues-and of home.
The Leap Year proposition begging
somewhat earnestly and pathetically
for his own great big self. 1t appears
| to the writer he wouldn't have to
wear out many pantaloon knees TIL
he'd land the plum that he could ever
afterwards Notwithstanding, his
own. - We hear the entertainment at
Duly progresses nicely. That the
next two Friday nights will espec-
tally be rich, rare and racy, which
will perhaps close them at present.
Here's hoping them the best ever
The roses didn't have a ghost of a
chance to bloom on the last reported
on coming marriage, which one of the
principle parties had just told me
would happen anyway within three
months. This time it fell the lot of
Mr.. Billy WEIGH and Miss Anna MUIR
ply to be made intensely happy. In
Mexico was the knot tied by father
Casey Saturday a week. They will
live on the widow Brunette farm at
Naylor School House this season.
Here's hoping for them the greatest
amount Of joy, happiness and pros
perity that is possible for this life
to afford. We hear of a couple OF
more knots to be tied at no distant
time and not a long distance from
here either. One of each principles
should tell me positively so we could
jot it down better. - Miss Mildred
Cook, Gladys Patrick, Dora Cawth.
orn, Ruth and Mildred Ellis, Hazel
HALFWAY and Messrs. Dick Patrick
and Arthur Ellis took a sled ride Fri
day night and went to Duly to the en-
tertainment. - We were made very
sorrowful indeed on hearing of Madge
Householder Ketter's death on last
Wednesday, twenty four years of age,
just in the spring time of her youth
was her soul waited away. Pneumonia
was the immediate cause of her death.
They had moved to Wichita, Kansas
about six months ago. She leaves
two baby girls, one two and a half
years old, the other N year old, a
husband, former County Surveyor E.
+. Ketter, father and mother, Mr.. and
Mrs. M. Householder, a brother, Har-
ry, Jr., and host of friends to mourn
of her absence from this life. Sin
cerest sympathy extended the great
~ bereaved. = Mesdames Jim and
Grover Chapman's are in Rochester,
Mimi, with husband and son Grover.
- Mrs. Eula Wisman of Moberly is
here the guest of her u%ncle's, the
Spurling's and families. - Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. v. Hiickam after a months
visit with her son, R. T. Baker and