Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-03-10
TONGA.

iaSt WEEK liEiH several days WISH IN
Iowa.
Mrs. +. NJ. DoXsee of bloomington
visited among her old friends in
Tonica over Sunday.
Champ A,nbros an old resident Of
ronlca spent Il few days here last
week shaking hands with friends.
earl Williams returned to Rock Is.
lahd saturday after Il visit at home.
reenpera'ing from the flu.
Rev. {. Wesley Ayling and wife
still continue quite poorly. They ar,
sun with their son at St Anne.
+. K, Lambert has moved into the
house OF his fathers on south hin
Which he vacated some time agk
Orlie Lock has gone to WalhoIlo
North Dakota, to remain for IA year
or more.
Ed, Bowers and family left this
week for Peoria where they will make
their home in the future.
Harold Lambert now occupias bi4
west side residence the one h.
bought of j. f, Kahn
Fritz Yaeger has again become a
resident OF Tonica MOVING Into rly.
ersiue cottage on Pontiac street.
Ed Philips has vacated the Barr
house on Pontiac street and moved
INTO the house vacated by Ed Bowers.
III, Bernardo has moved onto Henry
Allenmans farm south Of Ceder Point
vacated by Frank Alderman.
dence property northwest OF the lum.
Der yard to Fred Hoffman
John l.. Roeder has purchased w.
F. iiensold's home on the west side
Mr.. Roeder expects to occupy it
soon
Mrs W. A Flint will quit the mil.
iinery soon after being in that bust
ness the past ten or twelve years.
A. {. Ryan and Louis Doulber re.
turned last Saturday from the Sunny
south, The former has been there for
several months and the latter for
month past
Thomas is no longer on duty at
Kings elevator. After fourteen years
eating dust as he expresses it, he
VIII again take up carpentering as
his vocation
}. +. Kahn has moved into the Ag
mes AIleman place recently occupied
by f. K. Lambert Mr.. Kahn recent
~ purchased this property including
the pasture land
Walter Cofoid OF this place enlist
ed last week in the Tank Corps of the
/, ;. army, A recruiting drive has
been on in La Sale for week and
over dozen OF the boys have Joined
different branches of the service.
Workmen started work derolish-
ing the old house of the property Of
the Congregational church and one
OF the oldest in Tonica Mr.. Burgess
intends to erect Il new dwelling on
these lots.
David Upton loaded his belongings
Thursday for shipment to Laporte.
Indiana, where he and his family
will make their future home These
good people have been residents of
this vicinity for many years and viii!
be greatly missed by their numerous
friends May success attend them
The diptheria cases in this commu-
nifty are getting along nicely No
ed that the disease il at an end in
these parts.
John H. VALLEY died at his home In
Pennington, Iowa. last week and was
buried in Bloomington. this state, on
last Friday. He was married to Il
daughter of John Bridger, formerly
Of this place. and was sixty-six years
Of age at the time Of his death. Mr.
VALLEY was for many years a resi-.
dent Of Farm Ridge township and
was well kOWn and much liked by the
people of this community.
Merton Signer who is attending
the mining school at Rolla. Mo, is
another Signer who is making re-
cord in basket ball. He is a member
OF the team which represents that
college and is playing fast game this
season. According to reports Signer
continued his stellar work in the
match last night. He was distinctly
the star man In the miners lineup.
Merton plays guard on the team.
Mrs. Cora Ashley entertained a
crowd of young folks at her home last
Friday evening. The time was spent
playing rook while some very few had
to waste much time fixing stars to
their cards to indicate the number
of games won. The evenings enter
tainment was finished by young
banquet chicken sandwiches. pickles
and a no limit of ice cream and cakes
after which the guests departed with
another memory of pleasant even
ing having been spent
The Thursday Club entertained
their husbands with a. leap year party
Saturday evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. 4 c. Woodke. During So
eiaI hour e h lady wrote on interest
ing leap year proposal The prOpO-
sails We're answered by the gentlemen.
/ The letters displayed much Originate
tv and experience in these matters.
Another stunt was the writing tele-
grams using the letters in leap year.
/ The remainder of the evening was
spent in playing progressive rock, at
ter which delicious two.cOurse
luncheon was served. At the begin
ming of another day they took their
departure voting the WoOdke home
delightful place for a leap year party.
The highways have been full of
wagons and trucks loaded with farm
| implements and household goods the
past week demonstrating that the an
nual moving time among the rural