The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-04-14
BISMARCK


Misses Ethel Schmidt, Ora Robin
ton and Charlotte Meyers, of Flat
River, spent the weekend at the 5.
P. Denton home, the guest of Miss
Lillian Schmidt.
Miss Chadman, of st. Louis, spent
a few days last week with her cou-
sin, Miss Lillian Schmidt.
VIM. Hughes, of Irondale, was
Bismarck visitor Sunday afternoon.
Frank Blue, of Desloge, spent the
weekend at the home of Joe Goetz.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. J. Belknap and
family, of Bonnie Terre, spent the
weekend with relatives and friends
in this city.
Prof. J. U. White, of Flat River,
spent Sunday at the home of j. &.
Hunter and family.
Miss Bessie Woodrow is spending
the weekend with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. l.. C. Woodrow.
Chester Beard, of St. Louis, came
home Sunday noon for brief visit
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. N.
Beard.
J. P. Gross, of St. Louis, was home
Sunday.
Miss Nellie Garrett, of Flat River,
spent the weekend with homefolks.
w. S. Pogue, Robert Hodkins and
Mr.. Taylor, of Caledonia, were Bis
marck visitors Sunday afternoon.
Chas. Kettinger, Virgil Sloan, Yer
non Hansbrough and Mr.. Croker
were Irondale visitors Sunday after
noon.
Master ]. L. Ragsdale entertained
a number of his friends at his home
Sunday AFTERNOON. Various games
were played and refreshments served.
All the little tots present report Mas
ter ]. l.. good entertainer.
John London, of st. Louis, came
home Sunday for visit with his par
ents and other relatives.
J. T. Schultz, of Iron Mountain, who
has charge Of the Iron Mountain lake,
met with an accident as he was re-
turning to his home Sunday. He was
driving along and met another car at
a culvert and in attempting to give
his share of the road he ran too close
to the edge and his truck struck the
wing of the culvert, knocking it off,
and the truck went into the ditch. No
one was injured.
Chas. Kendall was an Irondale Wis
itor Sunday.
DR.. j. L. Eaton contemplates open
ing his campaign for Congress in this
district the latter part of this week.
The Doctor is a good speaker and we
know those who hear him in his adj
dresses will agree with us. We are
of the opposite political faith to that
of the Doctor, but we are going to
come "across the line" and help him.
Mrs. Simpson went to Ironton Mon
day for a visit of few days with
relatives and friends.
Ben Smith, clerk at the Mo. Pac.
depot, is unable to perform his duties
because of sickness. Roy Edison is
filling his place, while Rolla Sisk is
filling Mr.. Eidson's place as assistant
clerk.
Emmett Belknap, the local Ford
salesman for the Bismarck Motor Co.,
on Saturday sold Ford car to C. l..
Simms, of Pennington.
Edw. Hawn and F. T. O'Dell, of
Pennington, were here Monday look
ing over the prospect of the new road
that is to be built north of here. Mr..
Hawn informed us that on Saturday
the court appointed commission of
three men to appraise the land
through which the road will pass. The
men appointed were: Tom O'Sullivan
and Frank Hamilton, of Bonnie Terre,
and Giles Hunt, of Pennington. A. ].
Knorpp and Jas. Richeson, of DeSoto,
1uara cleo hare Mn,,day InolSnn ,1ya,.
the road site.
Ralph Hughes, of Pennington, has
been employed by the Bismarck Motor
Co. as salesman.
Chas. Francisco had part of his bag
gage stolen at the Salem depot, while
he and T. H. Coxey, of this city, were
there to do road work.
L. C. Woodrow on Tuesday pur-
chased the restaurant formerly owned
by Mrs. Les Huff.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Hinze and son,
Billie, went to San Antonio, Texas,
Tuesday for visit.
The members of the Junior and
Senior classes of the high school went
on a weiner roast at the "Y" of the
Mo.-IH. railroad Friday night. Vein
CHS anu llLdISuNldllOW5 were TOdSLSu
and games were played. In the party
were: Misses Audrey Bisplinghoff,
Ethel Halls, Clova and Velma Crump,
Louise Woodrow, Bertha Oehler and
Leila Bass; Messrs. Bert Lindsey, Wal
ter Coxey, Albert Zaphf, Alvin
Hughes, Lee Order, Lyle Baker and
Dent Matkin.
A large crowd of people braved the
storm last Saturday night to attend
the negro minstrel at Hickory Grove
school. The characters played their
parts well.
A Pullman coach was wrecked here
Wednesday night. The trucks of one
end of the car were pulled from under
it and left the track.
N. w. Talley was in Potosi the lat
ter part of the week to receive medi-
cal treatment. He is suffering with
asthma. tn d''i 1',.H
Mrs. Roy Edison was an Irondale
visitor the latter part of the week.
w. F. Stewart was an froflton Wis
itor Friday afternoon. 8'3
John Simms, of this city. came near
having his Ford "drowned" last Sat
urday might. Mr.. Simms, in company
with his two sisters, Goldie and Mae
and Telman SimTns, of Renne Terre
who Was coming here with them, was
returning home, and when he came To