The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1917-07-13
Additional Bigelow News.

Nteh' NlSltlnR WIN fcIatlNcS.
Mrs. Art Stuart received word
TUESDAY morning that her father was
Iji'C sick NJ Guyman, Okla, and snc
'c;t On the evening train for that
n'acc.
Miss Nellie Williams was visit.
ing with relatives in Maryville. Mo.
several days. last week. returning
home tho latter Part Of last week. lIcr
cousin. Miss Iva Williams. uccompa.
Mod her FOR short visit.
Mrs. VI. u. Williams visited with
friends IN Mound City over SUNDAY.
H. NJ Spillman. the first Of the
week, received a thrcC-Cang plcw fni
use with his new tractor NJ. Spill-
nan i figuring on Using the tractor
for all kinds of work on the farm.
and says the tractor never gets tired
Ike the horses.
Ralph Graham is here this week
from st. Louis. visiting with home
folks and renewing old acquaintance.
Ralph and his brother. Paul. have ~.
-non>iblc positions with one Of the
largest boot and shoe manufacturer
in the city Of -. Louis, and have
"any friends here who are glad To-
see them making good.
With Miss Ncva na'lcnrcc n
chaperon. Misses Hazel Miller. Jenny
Riley. Elizabeth l'rcidcnluh. Helen
Frazier. Hazel Bcnham. GLADYS Col
vol, Bertha Glenn. Martha Little anil
larrctta Little. Of Tarkio. are occu.
pying Dew Drop Inn" cottage, n,
liig Lake, this week. fishing. boating,
bathing and having a general COOL
time. This Is sure a jolly bunch Of
"irls and they are enjoying the ot.
irg very much.
MILF Randall and wife left last
sunday morning for Cedar Ranids,
Iowa, whore they expect to make their
lnm" with one of their sons. Uncle
W.T.. n he was more Familiarity
known. viii bc missed by almost cy-
'ry one in town. Although blind. he
made his way about town jus, the
same ~ one who could see. he sold
napcrs to almost every one In town,
and would make the deliveries with.
uut making any mistakes.
--.Wurkmcn began Tuesday morn.
NJ tearing down the Old lumber yard
building. which was built IN 1909 by
Geo. W. royntcr and \. W. Cunning
Who conducted lumber yard there
for about five years when they sold
~, 10 Lot brown 4 son. and the bus.
,n"ss continued under their manage.
cnt until about five years ago. when
the rGsincss was discontinued on nc
count of the demand not being heavy
Though Ia justify maintaining n yar,i
NJ this point. This was an extra well
huilt yard and cost about $1,000 on,
u l. reported that the building ha /,
been sold 10 Jacob Cloos, Of Mound
city. who will move IL 90 Mound Cit".
wh'"r y viii he used by the Mutd
City Mil Co.
Mother Iaiglcr celebrated her
sb'h birthday. July sth. NJ the home
Of her son, Harry l.. Haiglcr. two
miles west of Bigclow. with the Nom.
bcrs Of her family living here. She
enjoyed regular birthday dinner.
Her three children now with her.
Mary. Harry and John w.. her two
grandchildren, Russell and Frank; her
daughter, Jennie. the wife of Geo.
W. llinkle, living In Lcmoorc, Calf,
was the only child not here on this oc.
casion. Her only living sister. Mr..
Virginia Whobrcy and daughter,
Dora. of Mound City. aud Mrs. Goo.
| Trook. uf lns Angeles, Calf, wcrn
present 10 enjoy the day with her.
Mrs. llaiglcr's parents were .Insonh
and Mary Ferguson. natives of Ken
lucky. Sh" was born in Jnssamir
county, Kentucky. within siN miles ~
Lexington, Kentucky. IN n farm. She
came with her parents 10 Frankie
county. No.. ut an early age. and wn.
married to John ". llaiglcr. February
tkEI Ihats ~
the following March by boat and set
tied IN tho old llaiglcr homestead.
which Mr. llniglcr's mother had en-
tered IN 1873, In 1869 they built q
IIno brick house, now the home NJ
John &. Ilinklc, She lived there until
the spring Of 1854. This farm orig
lnally consisted Of 400 acres or more
From 1881 10 1851 the farm wa.
washed into the Missouri river. with
the exception Of about 30 acres, where
the house now stands. They sold
what was left 10 Dr. J. l.. Minton
who later on sold II 10 John e. IIinklc
the present owner. They then moved
to n farm they had purchased, fouI
miles northwest of Mound City. Here
she lived until April, 1900, then NOV,
lng tn Mound City, whore she lived
until l9lh, since the death Of hen
son llarry's wife, she has made her
home with him, and the entire family
Is together with the execution of hci
daughter Jennie, In California. Hci
husband died in November, 1907. and
she has been tcndcrly cared for by
her children. who are very devoted e
her, she having been an invalid fol
several years. She is true and
christian mother and good ncighbor
Mrs. Dan Hogan and daughter
Miss Celia, who have been visiting
with DIR, and Mrs. +. T.. Hogan foi
several days, returned TO their home
In Farley, Iowa, the latter part of last
week.
A large crowd from Mound City
accompanied Brothers Burke and
Hobbs over to the noon train, last
Monday, to see them safely on Their
way to Kansas City. Many song
We're sung before the arrival Of the