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Republican Observer
February 9, 1911 Page 8 Column 2 Transcribed by LA genwim2@gmail.com |
-Frank Hart, who is employed by the Wisconsin Telephone company, is visiting at the home of his parents in the Third ward. -Attorney-General L. H. Bancroft was home from Madison Saturday. He left Sunday for New York where he goes to attend to official business connected with the state. -Mrs. Sarah Elliott, wife of J. S. Elliott, died January 31st, at the home of her sister in Viola, aged fifty-one years. She was a member of the U. B. church of this city and held in high esteem. Funeral services were held Wednesday of last week in Bloom City and the body laid to rest in the Bloom City cemetery. -Lyman Turner, of the town of Richland, received a fine hog by express one day last week from Hanna City, Illinois. This hog is from the celebrated herd belonging to Robert W. Parr, one of the breeders of the best strains of Hampshire hogs. The hog Mr. Turner received has been bred to the Grand Champion of the Illinois state fair and a prize winner in many exhibitions. -The tobacco crop in Vernon county proved to be almost a failure last year on account of the dry weather. The Viroqua Censor says: "Albert L. Hopp drove from Victory Ridge with his almost vanished tobacco crop today. He weighed up about 500 pounds, whereas it would have been fully 3,500 under favorable conditions. This will tell the story of most growers experience." -Mrs. George F. Plye, a former resident of this county, died January 29th at her home near Red Oak, Missouri, after a short illness with tonsillitis. Deceased will be remembered as Miss Delia Allaback, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Allaback. She was born in this county in 1890 and moved to Missouri in 1906 and last November was married to Mr. Plye. Funeral services were held at Red Oak. |