Newspaper Articles

1916

The Carthage Press

January 6

Submitted by: Kathy Sidenstricker

Miss Stella McCofferty, after spending a few days of last week with her parents, went to Kansas City, where she will be supervisor of the school for mental defectives

Miss Mary Buxton returned to Alba Sunday evening, where she is attending school, after spending the holidays with her parents.

Olin McConnell is expected home this week from Nebraska, where he has spent the past three months visiting his brother.

Mr. and Mrs. E. Buxton and J. J. McConnell made a business trip to Carthage and Webb City last Thursday.

Mrs. Mattie Fuller expects to move the latter part of the week to the residence she recently purchased in Purcell.

Bruce Coleman of Carthage, spent from Thursday until Sunday with his uncle, J. J. McConnell, and family.

Miss Robert Weir and Miss Ada Richart spent Firday night and Stuarday with Mrs. C. A. Weaver.

Ralph and Harold Weaver, of Purcell, spent Friday night with their cousin, Lee Weaver.

Mrs. Louis Schwerkert was in Webb City Friday having some dental work done.

Oliver Buxton, who has been quite sick with the grip is reported better at this writing.

Miss Ellen Buxton is spending a two-weeks vacation with her parents.

John Buxton, of Carthage, is spending a few days with home folks.

Grant Buxton and Jesse Flesher are cutting mining timbers for Forest Myers.

Ell. Collier is able to be out again after having an attack of the grip.

R. L. Flesher and family spent Sunday with J. P. Flesher and family.

Guy Gibbs is absent from school this week on account of sickness.

R. T. Judd returned home Monday from Barry county.

Miss Maggie Flesher is spending the week in Joplin.

A. J. Milton butchered two-large hogs Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. John Harris returned a few days ago from California, where they visited old friends and attended the exposition. They, like most of the Jasper county people who have visited California during the exposition, enjoyed the trip very much, but did not see that that country was much ahead of Jasper county, except for their excellent roads.

Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Crandall, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Cearnal, and children spent Sunday in Joplin. The ate turkey with Prof. C. L. Spaid and family. Mrs. C. M. Snyder and son, Joseph, of Kansas City, were there also. Mrs. Snyder and Mrs. Spaid are sisters.

Mrs. A. H. Langhead entertained the following ladies last Thursday: Mrs. Balfour, Miss Gerturde Frazier, Mrs. Hoyt Giehart, Mrs. Frank Stafford, daughter May and Miss Cora Mayerhoff, all of Carthage, Mrs. W. C. Thomas and Mrs. John Marsh, of Jasper.

Drs. Hendricks and Schooler cut almost an entire needle, Saturday, from the knee of little Thomas Covert, of of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Covert. He had gotten it in there several weeks ago while playing on the floor with a kitten.

Dr. David Houser, a veterinary, has moved to Jasper and will occupy the Campbell house on Second Street. Before coming to Jasper hewas with his brother on the veterinary work at Carthage.

Rev. J. A. Reid occuped the pulpit at the M. E. church Sunday morning in the absence of the pastor Rev. J. J. Martin, who was confined to his home caring for a case of la grippe.

Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ward returned home Saturday morning from a tow months' trip through the west. While away they visited a number of former friends from Jasper county.

Robert Horton has bought an interest in the feed and poultry business of John Carr. As Bob has been handling oil for some time that will be added to the business.

Mrs. Will Hicks and son, William who had been visiting Mrs. Hicks' parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Spaid, have returned to their home at West Point, Ill.

O. E. Roberts and daughter, Pauline, returned Friday morning from St. Louis, after spending a week with his sister, Mrs. Herman LaForce.

Miss Fay Grim, a teacher in the Jasper schools, returned home from Joplin Sunday evening, where she had visited during vacation.

Emma Dodd, who spent vacation week at the home of her aunt, Mrs. C. R. Waller, in Joplin, returned home Sunday evening.

Will Tabler is clerking at Dr. Schooler's drug store. Julian Miller, who was clerking there, has returned to Carthage.

Bryan Tiller and Miss Bertha Jackson spent Sunday at the home of his sister, Mrs. Jamie Baird, near Lakeside.

Miss Cora Redding, who has been in poor health for some time, is very low, with little hope of her recovery.

Mrs. Hugh Kincaid, of Asbury, visited the latter part of last week with James Kincaid and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Trimble are the proud parents of a son, born Thursday, December 30.

Luther Wescott helped Emery Teeter and Waney Sweezy butcher hogs last Wednesday.

Mr. Jacobs, of Carthage, is having a new smoke house built on his farm, southwest of Jasper.

Mr. and Mrs. Etters, of Carthage, visited their daughter, Mrs. Waney S. Weezy, last week.

Mack and Roy Carter called at the home of Will Wood Sunday.

Will Wood and James Kincaid went to Carthage Thursday on business.

Charlie Patterson, whos has been having the grip, is still quite sick.

Beula Patterson has taken the place as "hello-girl" in Jasper.

Don Ward returned home Thursday evening from Kansas City.

Clarence Trimble made a business trip to Carthage last week.

John Rose was husking corn for A. W. Teeter last week.

ROSE BANK NEWS--Jan. 5--Ed Beach had the misfortune to have one of his working horses fall dead in the road while hitched with another horse to the wagon Saturday morning. Heart failure was supposed to have been the cause of its death.

Harvey Alyea and Walter Forrester, who are working in the mines near Webb City, spent Saturda and Sunday with home folks.

Miss Edna Cline returend to Springfield Sunday evening, after having spent the holidays with home folks.

Miss Ethel Cline has been confined to her home the past two weeks with an attack of grip and tonsilitis.

"Grandma" Cass spent Sunday afternoon at the home of her son, Bert Cass and family.

Mrs. Jennie Carey was a week-end guest at the F. C. Osbun home.

D. W. Schriner lost a number of cattle from blackleg last week.

Clinton Osbun is ill with an attack of the grip.

MIDWAY AND ROUTE 7 NEWS-Jan. 5--The grim monster "la grippe" has been abrod in around Midway, seeking whom he may devour. Amost everyone has come in contact with him.

Mrs. Alva Oldham's mother and brother of Granby are visiting her this week.

Mesdames Hood and Wickstrom were shopping in Reeds Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. Capps spent Sunday with Will Wickstrom and family.

Essie and Bessie Daugherty are spending this week in Columbia.

Opal Hood of Reeds visited Mrs. Adaline Willoughby Sunday.

Mrs. H. Wickstrom is visiting her parents in Arkansas.

The Needlecraft club met with Mrs. Willoughby Tuesday.

Mr. Ullom is reported better at this writing.

Henry Lowery is shredding fodder.

C. Estes butchered hogs Monday.

Alba News__Mrs. Dan Honeycutt gave a party on Wednesday evening of last week. Those present were Misses Myrtle, Ruby, Adelade and Lucile Teter, Myrtle and Grace Carmichael, Ruby Betebenner, Lela Ferguson, Eva Bowman; Messrs, Ed Farmer, Carl Betebenner. The evening was spent in games and music. A delicious lunch was served.

Mrs. Alice Davis died at her home here last Thursday morning of tuberculosis. The funeral was held Friday at 2:30 o'clock at the residence. Burial was a the Weaver cemetery. She leaves six children and many friends to mourn. The children have the sympathy of many.

Mrs. Lon Carmichael and duaghter, Mrs. Bert Carmichael, of Shenandoah, Iowa, Mrs. Abbie McCord, of Mt. Pleasant, Iow, and Clyde Smith and wife, of Alba, took supper at the Carmichael home Thursday and they left for their Iowa homes on the midnight train from Joplin.

Joe Hubbard, of Miami, Okla., came Saturday to visit his brother at Purcell and spent Saturday night here with Henry Hubbard, returning to his home Sunday.

Frank Sponable is able to get around again, after a seige of rheumatism.

Ed Sponable was confined to his home last week with the grip but was able to be out Monday.

Miss Verna Wheeler entertained Misses Ruth Knight, Beulah Jarred, Maud Spawr, Myrtle and Grace Carmichael New Year's Eve.

G. Bradfield and wife and Will Mink visited Mr. Purcell Sunday. Mr. Purcell has been sick and is not much better at present.

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Smith entertained W. A. Carmichael and family and Byron Smith and family Sunday.

Miss Myrtle Teter returned to her school Monday, after two weeks vacation here with her parents.

Eli Davis is somewhat better. He is still at the home of his parents, Lige Davis and wife.

G. B. Hubbard and wife are improving, but Mr. Hubbard is not able to leave his bed.

J. King, of Pineville, accompanied Miss Lucy King here Sunday, returning to his home Monday.

Mrs. Claudie Carnes and children called to see "Uncle" Steve Smith and wife Sunday.

Several from here attended the funeral of Hoyt Gierhart at Carthage Tuesday.

Miss Leona Bradfield, visited Orville Bradfield and wife of Joplin, last week.

Walter Shaw, of Kansas City, is visiting relatives here and at Carthage.

Mrs. Roy Bryant and son, Evan visited Mrs. Carl Smith Tuesday.

Eusebia Hayworth took supper with Mrs. Carmichael Monday.

"Grandpa" Burnsides is very poorly at this writing.

"Aunt" Becky Johnson still remains very poorly.

The Carthage Press

August

Submitted by: Kathy Sidenstricker

Alba News Items.
Alba, Aug 1.--Mrs. Earl Ackley, of Pratt, Kans., spent Sunday night with Mrs. Carmichael and took dinner Monday with Henry Ackley and wife and left for home Monday evening. She had been called to Carthage two weeks ago to see her brother, Clarence Gilmore, who was injured by a horse falling on him.

Kiefer Harp and wife, of Carthage, came in on the early train Sunday morning and spent the forenoon with W. A. Carmichael and Ross White and families and attended the funeral of their niece, Miss Pauline Fisher, at Purcell at 2:30 Sunday afternoon.

Roy Truex and wife, of Indiana, arrived last Thursday to visit W. A. Carmichael and family. Mr. Truex is a nephew of Mr. Carmichael.

Clyde Smith and wife entertained at dinner Sunday, Roy Truex and wife, of Indianapolis and W. A. Carmichael and family, of Alba.

Misses Myrtle and Adelade Teter, Eva Bowman and Leona Beagle arrived home from Springfield normal.

Mrs. Southards, of Reeds, visited here last week with her daughter, Mrs. Lester Smith.

John Barnett and wife have a new car. John says his wife can run it better than he can.

Mrs. Charley Smith, of near Preston, called on "Uncle" Steve Smith and wife Saturday.

Many white people from Alba attended the negro picnic at Lakeside last Friday.

The Friends church held their picnic at Quaker Mills Wednesday of last week.

Orville Bradfield and wife, of Joplin, were Alba visitors Sunday. (most likely to visit new niece, Glenna Decker).

Mrs. Teter writes that the weather is very warm in Chicago.

Born to Will Decker and wife, August 1, a daughter. (Glenna).

Mrs. Frank Sponable is somewhat better at this time.

A shower fell here Sunday, but more is needed.

Ray Horton, of Purdy, Mo., visited Herman and Harmon Loveless last Tuesday. Ray and the Loveless brothers attended the Kansas City veterinary college last winter together.

Robert Fox, of Mineral, spent Sunday afternoon with Herman and Harmon Loveless. He expects to enter the Kansas City Veterinary college with the Loveless boys this fall.

Robert Smith, of Carthage, is spending a few weeks in these parts, visiting at the home of his grandparents, W. E. Smith and wife.

Mr. And Mrs. Glenn Herrell came up from Sarcoxie and spent Monday visiting relative here. The latter’s sister, Ruth Stith, accompanied them home for an indefinite stay.

Mr. And Mrs. W. P. Brown, Judge Marion Brown and his son, George, of Peru, Neb., were dinner guest Sunday of Mr. And Mrs. Will Brown.

Hulda Zogg left last week for Branson, where she will take the teachers’ examination some time during this month.

Farmers finished threshing their wheat and oats last week. Wheat was unusually light, while oats was a fair crop.

Mrs. Ruben Lollar and daughter, Novelta, of Carthage, were all-day guests Sunday at the home of W. H. Kay.

Mrs. Will Kinsley and son have returned to their home in Sarcoxie after a visit at the James Herrell home.

Lena Huddleston spent Saturday night and Sunday in Webb City with her aunt, Mrs. M. Y. Campbell.

T. W. McKnight and family took Sunday dinner with Bert Bowman and family, of Pleasant Valley.

Several from these parts attended the social given at the Brixey home last Friday evening.

Only a few of the farmers here have begun to plow for wheat, on account of the drought.

Georgia Hickman is spending several days with her aunt, Mrs. Walter Brown.

Edmund Burke, of Kansas City, is visiting at the home of his friend, Harold Arlin.

B. A. Arlin has returned home after a week’s visit in La Harpe, Ill., with relatives.

Ruth Dintaman, of east of Carthage, is a guest at the home of Hazel Coates.

Tave Ogle had as her guest Sunday, Marshie Carroll.

Route 1 News—John Henry spent Monday with Truman Crowe.

Cap Paugh is nursing a very sore foot this week.

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