The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-09-01
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Rev. Linus Eaker and MIR. and Mrs.
John Edgar, of Bonnie Terre, were
here Tuesday night attending the re-
vival meeting. ......
S. J. Hensley, of Flat River, was
here visiting his daughter, Mrs. Z. f.
Karsch, and family last Wednesday.
Uncle Rudy Benham, an old resi-
dent of this place, but now living at
Granite City, ILL.,, visited relatives and
friends here part of last week.
T. M. Jackson, Of Desloge, was here
a short time Thursday.
Quite large delegation of our folks
attended the Baptist Association at
Flat River on Wednesday and Thurs
day.
Donald Goodin, who has been at
Muskogee, Okla, the past few
months, is at home visiting his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Goodin, and
family.
C. z. Boyer, of Desloge, was here
Thursday afternoon on business.
The st. Joseph Lead Co. is having
a number of their houses painted,
which will add quite lot to the looks
Of the town.
Miss Theresa Henderson and Miss
Zoe Adams, teachers in our school who
live at Belgrade, were here Friday
making arrangements for moving here
the first Of the month.
Capt. Henry Duemler and Buck
Coleman were at Flat River Wednes-
day on business.
Geo. r. Jordan returned from two
weeks visit with relatives in Detroit,
Mich, last Wednesday.
O. H. McCarver, who was hurt in
the Hoffman mines few months ago
and who has been in the hospital at
Bonnie Terre until few days ago,
died at his home at Mitchell, near this
place, Tuesday. Funeral services were
held at the family residence Wednes-
day, conducted by Rev England, and
the body was laid to rest in the Nit
chell cemetery.
Frank Triplet was instantly killed
by falling "back" at Desloge mine
No. 6, near this place Thursday, and
a man by the name of Emanuel La
Rose was taken to the Bonnie Terre
hospital for treatment. Mr.. Triplet
leaves a wife and five children to
mourn his death.
j. f. Poston and sons, Walter and
Clark, went to St. Louis Monday for
few days visit with relatives and
friends.
The public schools will open Sept.
9Th, with a bright prospect for one Of
the best years in the history of the
school district. The grade building
has been painted on the inside, both
walls and ceiling, and all the building
has been put in first class condition.
At the high school building the equip
ment for manual training has been
installed, which will add much to our
high school. The faculty for this
year will be second to none in the
county, and we are looking forward to
great year in our schools.
Rev. J. w. Ham, of Bismarck, came
here Thursday evening to take part in
the revival. meeting and to contrib
ute whatever can to the salvation Of
the people. Bro. Ham is a very ear
nest worker for the church and has
many friends here.
Miss May Zimmerman is clerking
in the post office this week in the alb
sence of the postmaster, j. f. Poston.
Miss Ora Akers has charge of the Of
flee while the postmaster is away, and
it will be the first time in nearly sew
en- years that the office here has been
in charge of Republican postmaster.
Prof. M. w. Baker and family, of
Bismarck, attended the revival meet
ing here Friday night.
J. A. Sizemore and daughter, Miss
Pearl, of st. Louis, visited relatives
and friends here from Friday to Sun
day afternoon.
Mrs. J. T. Simms visited relatives at
Bonnie Terre last Wednesday.
Miss Lena Harper, who has been
working in st. Louis, came home Fri
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Edw. F. Karsch and
family left the first of the week for
few days travel seeing the country.
Their first stop will be in st. Louis.
They are making the trip by auto.
Glen Maurer and Miss Mabel Belk-
nap surprised their many friends here
Friday by driving to Pennington and
getting married. Mr. Maurer is the
Youngest son of Mr.. and Mrs. R. B.
Maurer, of this place. and Miss Belk-
nap is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. p. Belknap. Both of these young
folks would have been Juniors in our
high school this year. They are
spending their honeymoon camping on
Cedar creek,
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Klein, Of Elvins,
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. N. Levy
Sunday.
Miss Tena Levy and her guests,
Miss Mary Levy of Herculaneum and
Miss Bertha Morris of st. Louis, at
tended bunking party given by Miss
Mildred Miller at Elyins Monday
night.
o. E. Hansbrough, of Bismarck,
transacted business here Saturday.
B. H. Boyer and Paul Adams, of
Pennington, passed through Lead
wood Saturday morning.
j. C. Fields, our Democratic Com
mitteeman from this township, met
with the Democratic County Commit
tee at Pennington Saturday.
Prof. ]. W. Reayes has installed a
radiophone in his residence, and is
getting news from all over the coun-
try. Saturday night he received the
election news from Texas very plain.
ly. also the base ball scores in both OF
the major leagues. He also heard a
song sung in the State Of idaho on
Friday night. ,,a4,5L ..,
The revival meeting which, had been
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