The Holt County sentinel., 1916-08-25
FOrtescue News.


day at the J. C.. Iiinkle home.
Miss Mayme Burks is the guest
Of Mrs. T.. l.. Craig this week.
Born, Friday, August II, TO Nj.
and Mrs. Floyd Williams, a girl.
Dick poyrtcr visited over Sunday
with his brother. George, in Bignlow.
Mrs. Agile Coins and May stew
ems were shopping in st. Joseph, Mon.
day.
C. r. Iiitz motorcd over to falls
City,, on business. Tuesday Of lat
week.
Joe Minton spent Sunday In
Mound City, a guest at the Geo. Price
home.
Miss Byrd Pcrct. Of Oregon. was
visiting at the Will Hill home, over
Sunday.
Mrs. Ida Rominc. Of Graham. No.,
was visiting with friends here, the
first Of the week.
Mrs. Martha Horn, of st. JOSEPH.
was visiting her sister, Mrs. Setta
Williams, this week.
DIR. and Mrs. {. II. Thomas re-
turned TO their home, Monday, after q
few days' visit with Mrs. Thoma'
parents. pr and Mrs. I. Al. Minton.
DR.. W. ". Minton. Of st. Joseph.
pcrt Sunday in Fortcscuc. looking
over his farm.
Mrs. John Nhipplc. Of Chester.
Nch., who was visiting her sister. MIR.
" iiiiam., returned To- her home, Sun
day.
Tim Huffman aid wife and vii.
liam stuart and wife motOrcd to Falls
CITY, Monday afternoon.
Misses Edna and Allie Williams
and Zoe Boyd were guests Of Miss
Florence Boyd, over Sunday.
Mrs. VIII llinklc and son, Jane,
lrft last Sunday morning. on a motor
trip To- Fort Collins, Colo. to visit
flrS. llinklc's two married daughters
there. They expect to make the trip
~ Three days. and to return the irt
uf October.
-.!ortcscuc has been shipping out
no lit!lc amount Of fam pIoducc this
."cck-a'wo car loals Of wheat were
'it out from tho elevator. {. T.. liitg
and VIII stuart have been buying and
..inri1R summer apples, md Gcorrc
'inli'c, ~, sent n car load Of iinr
hogs to market. Monday.
a nuub'r uf Young pcoplc. com.
llsiuV the q. e. &. Club. ur Oregon,
.harr.o by Miss Byrd rcrct aud
Nr. H. u. Bridgoman, spent n few
'iays ut the Ill cottage. on Big Lake.
Those forming the party were the
Misses blanche Iiodgin. Pauline r..
l,y Jcnds bankers. Esther Kelly, Nil.
drod Iochtt rWan. Dot Smith, Mildred
Moore, Grace Mcdonald.
"A nun her of relatives aud friends
ol Mr. nnd Mr.. Elircdvc l,unkcr. of
Napier. motorod over there Ia intend
Z, birthday dinnCr given az their homo.
nose WHO went were: Nj. and Mrs,
Fred binder. Mrs. Kate bunker. M,,
ard Mrs. T.. 4. Boyd. Miss Florence
lloyd, all of Fortcscuc: Miss Glcrrn
Griffin. Of Falls City; Miss Grrcc
l'il". oi Iilii. ca, Iowa end .'irg Drl.
% l.Hytcr ard Miss May Gillis, both
pi Mound City. and N,ss Bunker. If
Futtosc,c.
gloom was cast over 'hc com.
, 'n''N' ' iday afternoon. August -,
Q, iHtnl accident which u,c,lirtI I,
Meek SlnI'Ecr Of Mound City. ~. i.
N"'Ntug ou the electric line. urar Ea
' "','I crossing, wet of Big /. sc.
10 Vt. i.n utLpi url. SO. ~ lr.
'.F 'hr Ire. and while dong 30 .c
.. ,'a'uini.! cam, IN c,utrc, Win D..
'... '.'v and t.a- ~ 'u.t'y Killed. \,
"'r va U NJ immediate rg,.rr. IA
tn' im, e., the un,ul,nt. urr i,...,
~ "'W i',f,d tu wuy. tho
,,,.' '., h''aH' oi tie rN'wuc danger.
''''h, huston, "i furt'sruc, drove
",' anu removed the body from II.
l'".' On irc wIrr, nui i wa m,Ir.
'l "lN'N 'aicu tu Aiu.ui civ Tho
'r'p'r CO. ths vicinity extend thcir
, l.'' e "yula,ly Ia the relatives AMI
friends Of Mr. Sloniclrr
The following - brief nrcoup,
,i TIE iifc Of Mr.. John .. SLrunr,,
~ "hurnrd died last wrrk In Snn
Diego. California, nnl tho body wus
frni hack here for hur'al. II Win he
remembered thG, he wa, ma unrlc nr
mr. John v. slater and Of Mr. Henry
''tvnr', lutN of this community.
.. W. JOIN q. Shcpard vns born 4,
,Mln' Louis county Mo-. September 2,
$50; died IN San Diego. California
Nurlst =, 1915, and had he lived until
'''iten hcr ., would have boon on
Years old. Mr., shepard came 10 Uolt
ounty. about 1888. lie lived coptinu.
nlsly in this county since thnt timr,
nNr'nt lS months that he lived in
saint Louis county, aud the last three
years that be lived in san Diego. ,
california. lie was united In mar,
mage to Josephine A. Jamison. No. |
v'ember ~, 1858, and settled ON farm
lhree miles southwest of Bicclow
where they resided until 1902. who,
'hey moved to Mound City, Mo. They
al several children. all of whom died
IN infancy, except DR.. John p. Sben, /
ara, who died March 4, 1905. Mrs.
Shepard, his wife, died NAV tx
i?os. MIR. Shepard leaves n sistcr'
Mrs Sarah Bacon, who lives in Usage
county, Mo-, and is 90 years of noe.
also the following grandchildren;
Harold T.. and Carlisle S. Shepard
d Marysville, California; MARI Bcat,
nee Townsend and John Paul ShenarJ
Sho live with their mother. Mr.,
lara Shepard, at San Diego, Cali.
,ornia, MIR. Shepard united with the
,resb,yterian church, of Mound CITY
,iaich 81, 1878, and was a member M
ne time of his death. While badly
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