The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-20

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Profit and Miss Julia E. Sands, both
of Flat River, were married in Farm
ington, Justice VIM. Good officiating.
They win make their home in Flat
River. ~
Mrs. Wilkinson this week sold 26
young guineas to the Pennington
Mercantile Co., for which she re-
ceived $11.65. Manager A. S. Davis
remarked to her that two years ago
he could have bought them for about
$500 a dozen. The lady suggested
that the farmers are now enjoying
Wilson prosperity.
DR.. C. A. TetIey has sold to DR..
R. E. Walsh his dental outfit and
lease of his dental rooms in the Real
ty Building. DR.. Tetley will prob
ably open new Office rooms in the
Tetley Building. 1t is part of the
contract between them that DR.. Tetley
does not surrender any of his rights
to practice in Pennington.
Thomas Smith, the popular propri-
ctor Of the o. X. Barber Shop, is not
only an expert barber but 8 good
'possum hunter. lie went out last
Monday night in the Doe Run neigh
borhood and bagged five fine speci-
ment of the didelphys virginiana. the
largest weighing in the neighborhood
of 20 pounds. Sweet taters and
'possum-um, UNI.
Marvin C. Williams, son of Sheriff
J. c. Williams, who has been with
Gen. Pershing's army on their inva-
sion Of Mexico, has recently been pro-
NOTED 70 the Chief Authorship of that
army, with headquarters at Column
bia, N. NJ. Marvin has been in the
military service for several years,
and was formerly wireless operator in
the army, being one of the very first
to serve the army in that capacity.
Mrs. j. W. Ingram about three
years ago was operated upon for APP
pendicitis. Since then she has suf-
fered frequently with sharp, shooting
pains in her side, and about month
ago an abcess appeared. On Wednes-
day of this week the point of an OPP
Grating needle made its appearance in
her side, far enough out for her to get
hold of it and pull it out. 1t was
doubtless the cause of much of her
suffering.
The latter part of last week the lit
tie son of Elliott Klein was taken with
throat ailment, and the home of the
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Nc
Kinney, where they lived, was quaran-
tined on the supposition that it was
diphtheria. Some of the phlegm was
sent to st. Louis and tested and prov
ed to be only an ordinary case of ton
silitis. The little fellow is now all
right and quarantine was lifted Mon
day.
Considerable complaint is made in
the town concerning the bad eggs
being sold to the various stores and
later to the customers. With eggs at
80 cents dozen it is not very profit
able for customers to find about one
half Of their purchases bad. Some
unscrupulous people it seems are
gathering up the unmatched eggs from
nests and palming them off on the
stores There is special law con
corning this and it should be en-
forced.
John, son Of Mrs. Lillian Gillespie
Of St. Louis, when about three years
old fell and stuck the point Of pair
of scissors in one Of his eyes, and as
it has been giving him a good deal
of trouble recently, occulists saic
it would have to be removed to save
the sight of the good eye. The opera
ton was performed last Saturday
and latest reports>ara that he is get
ting along favorably, though some
fear is still entertained that ne may
lose his sight altogether. John is
about fourteen years old.
The Ninth District of the Missouri
Federation of Women's Clubs will
hold its ninth annual meeting on the
31st inst, at Charleston. The dele
gates will arrive in Charleston OF
Monday, the Both inst, and at
o'clock that evening a musicale vii
be given, followed by an address by
Mrs. Chivois, the State President
The business sessions will be helC
in the Baptist church all day Tues
day. and on Tuesday evening Mr.. d
L. Edison of Columbia, Secretary Of
the Conference of Social Workers
will give an illustrated lecture OF
"a New Conservation"
Sheriff j. C. Williams, DIR. G. w
Patton, Norman e. Bugg, VIM. E
Matkin, w. j. Martin. Bryan Forster
Henry Sutton, Mr.. Schrader and A
| w. Bradshaw were among those from
Pennington and vicinity who attend
ed the great Democratic rally at tht
! Cape Tuesday. A few of them did no
get there in time to. hear the speak
! ing, but all report having had splen
did time. Those who failed to reacl
there in time for the speaking, owini
to auto accidents, saw thousands o
miles of country. which in manne
repaid them for the trip.
STRAINS of barbed wire on outsid,
fences in town next to pavements arr
more than a nuisahce7-almost
crime. We have one in mind wher'
ladies in passing along have had thei
wraps caught and torn, and in ont
| instance a man had a new overcoa
rent. In walking along this stree
with lady the man usually takes thu
precaution to walk on the inside o.
the pavement to protect his companion
rom the harbed wire menace. Thu
street commissioner the council, o
somebody whose duty it is, ought t,
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