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From the
Hancock News -
Hancock, Wisconsin
Friday February 14, 1908
Plainfield and
Vicinity
Mrs. J. Wilson has been
out to the Farley home getting acquainted with that little grandson.
W. G. Foster has traded
his lievery outfit here for the Crystal Spring Bottling Works in St.
Point.
Sumner Pickering
celebrated his fifteenth birthday last Saturday by entertaining a number
of his boy friends in the evening.
As Saturday, Feb. 8,
1908, was the 81st birthday anniversary of Rev. R. D. Sparks, a
number of relatives and friends were invited to help celebrate the
occasion. There were nineteen present and all did ample justice to the
oysters, roast turkey and other good things to eat. Mr. Sparks is in
better health now than he was a few weeks ago and still takes a lively
interest in the affairs of church and state.
From the
Hancock News -
Hancock, Wisconsin
Friday March 27, 1908
Miss Marcia Schoff closed
a five-months’ term of school in South Burr Oak last Friday. The only two
out of 43 pupils who attended every day were Goldie Warren and Julia
Marousek. After a vacation of two weeks Miss Schoff will begin the spring
term in the same place.
Plainfield and Vicinity
Frank Trickie is ill
again with rheumatism.
Mrs. Wm. Stevens has been
very ill with pneumonia.
Dr. Frost is not
recovering as fast as his many friends wish he might.
A. Keene has moved out of
the restaurant and Mr. Collins is now in charge.
Rev. and Mrs. Sparks have
been seriously ill with a relapse of the grip the past week.
Mrs. Jas. Mattice has
been seriously ill the past few weeks. Mrs. Ida Dixon, of Hancock, has
been helping to care for her.
Frank Freeland and Earl
Perry, and their families, started Tuesday evening for the state of
Washington where they intend to locate.
Tarun Bros.’ creamery
burned Sunday morning. They had sold it but the papers were not completed
so the ??? ???? from partial insurance is theirs.
Little Chicago
Ward Weldon has rented A.
Gragg’s farm.
There’s a new boy at Art
Marshall’s since March 22nd.
Jas. Cain is planning to
move before long on to a farm 2 ½ mi. east of Plainfield.
Miss Lizzie Zwetz
departed last Thursday night for a visit at Mellen and Ashland, after
which she intends to go to Hibbing, Minn., and spend the summer with her
brother Roy.
On Wednesday evening of
last week a large number of friends and neighbors gathered at the house of
Mr. and Mrs. Almon Gragg and gave them a farewell surprise party. The time
was well spent in social ways and a nice supper was served. Mr. and Mrs.
Gragg were presented with two fine large rugs to frequently remind them in
their Canadian home of their many friends back here.
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