Appleton City Tribune
Appleton City, MO
1 June 1909

Local Items.
Personal Mention and Local News Items Gathered by Our Reporters.

Miss Marie Cotton who has been attending school at Mexico, Mo., returned home Wednesday evening.

Mr. Joe Klein, wife and children departed on the evening train Tuesday for Chicago, for a two-week’s visit among friends.

Pattern Hats in attractive designs and endless varieties just received at Mrs. J.B. Wright’s millinery store. Now is the time to buy.

Miss Edna Scott, of Clinton, came down the latter part of last week for a week visit with her brother, O.M. Scott, the city Bakery proprietor.

Mrs. Claude Frazier, of Butler, visited in our city the latter part of last week at the home of Mrs. Walls and attended Decoration Day service on Saturday.

Mrs. E.A. Beever returned home Friday night after an absence of a couple of months at the bedside of her mother who is in very poor health. Mrs. Beever left her mother still quite poorly.

The regular Mother’s and Daughter’s meeting will be held next Friday afternoon at the home of Miss Bina Cline. A good program enlivened with splendid music is assured. All are cordially invited.

Miss Judith Baskerville returned home Tuesday evening from Nevada, where she has been attending the commencement exercises of Cottey College, of which institution she is a graduate.

Miss Oril DeWesse, a student at Cottey College, returned to her home in this vicinity Monday evening. Miss Eunice Pipes also a student at the same school is expected home this evening.

Mrs. W.B. Cole and son, Joe, departed last Wednesday evening for quite an extended visit in the west with her daughter, Mrs. Bertha Shale. Mrs. Cole will visit the Seattle exposition before her return.

Miss Ina Eliott, of Nevada, visited in our city the latter part of last week with Miss Octavia Gilbreath. Miss Ina is an Academy Alumni and made it a point to be in attendance at the banquet Saturday evening.

Mr. N. Board and daughters, Misses Lucy and Emma, after spending the winter in Oklahoma, returned to their home in our city last Thursday morning. Our people are all glad to welcome r. Board and his estimable daughters home.

Mrs. J.A. Gerard and daughters, Misses Julia and Florence, departed this Wednesday morning, for Pilot Grove, Mo., where they will make their future home and at which place Mr. Gerard holds the position of station agent. Their host of friends in our city regret deeply their departure. They will be sadly missed both in church work and social circle.

Mr. J.C. Tussey formerly a photographer in our city, but who has made St. Louis his home for the past year or more, arrived on the noon train Tuesday for a short business visit. Mr. Tussey now represents the Sanders Duck and Rubber Co., of St. Louis, and has the states as his territory. He is now casting about for a place of residence where he can be more centrally located. He was a pleasant caller at the Tribune office and informs us that his daughter, Miss Lulu V., will graduate from a conservatory of music at St. Louis in a few weeks. Her many friends in our city will be pleased to learn of her success in music.

Temperance Lecture.
Noted Indiana Lecturer to Speak in Our City.
Mr. Bonsid the noted Indiana lecturer will deliver a temperance lecture at the Presbyterian church in our city Thursday evening at 8 o’clock. Admission free, but a collection will be taken at close of the lecture.
Everybody is invited to hear Mr. Bonsid.

Music Club Meets.
The Woman’s Music Club met Monday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Stout. This being the social meeting the gentlemen were invited to be present and hear the program rendered.
Chorus – Flow Gently Sweet Afton
Welcome – Hostess, Mrs. Stout
Response – Mrs. R.N. Burns
Instrumental Duet – Quivive Gallop -- Mesdames Joe Klein and Cotton
Vocal solo – I Cannot Sing the Old Song -- Mrs. Phil Klein
Instrumental solo – Mrs. Joel Pratt
Reading – The Soul of the Violin – Mrs. Harry Pratt
Instrumental duet – Shepherd Boy – Mesdames Holland and Cotton
Instrumental solo – Selected – Mrs. Summer
Instrumental solo – In Rank and File – Mesdames Schultz and Robinson
Vocal duet – Flowers of May – Mesdames Egger and Cotton
Instrumental solo – Martha – Mrs. R.N. Burns
Vocal solo – Lullaby – Mrs. Staples
Vocal solo – Four Leaf Clover – Mrs. J.M. Carter
Instrumental solo – Dixie – Mrs. Will Burns
Vocal solo – Selected – Mrs. Ed Hook
Club History – Mrs. Hilton
Vocal solo – Selected – Mrs. Mendenhall
Chorus – Home, Sweet Home
The ladies were assisted in serving by Misses Ruth Peak, Regina Klein, Marie Cotton, Carrie Hook, and Bettie Burns.

Epworth League, M.E. Church Announcement.
Prayer Meeting, Wednesday evening at eight o’clock, Subject: “The Christian Family”, Gen XII, 7, 8; XVII, 17-19. Everybody invited.
The Women’s Foreign Missionary Society will meet with Mrs. Bigelow on Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock.
Chorus Practice, Friday evening at 7:45. All members requested to be present.
Sunday: Sunday School at 9:45 o’clock. At eleven o’clock, Rev. Dr. Carter will deliver a special sermon on “Sabbath Observance and What Day We Should Keep”. All invited to be present.
Junior League in the afternoon at three o’clock. Epworth League at 7 o’clock. Subject: “Our Legal Obligations”. Mark XII, 28-34. Miss Eva Maxwell, Leader. Regular preaching services at eight o’clock.
The Monthly Business Meeting of the League will be held at the church on Tuesday evening at 7:45 o’clock. All members are requested to be present.

Mr. Robt Talbot departed Friday evening for St. Louis, where he will join his wife and where they have decided to locate. Mr. Talbot expects to follow the business of Ad. Writer.

In a letter from Mr. J.F. Penrod, a former resident of our city but for many years a citizen of Santa Barbara, Calif., he writes that Mrs. Thos. Streiff and daughter, Miss Colleen, spent a week in Santa Barbara and during their stay paid himself and wife a pleasant visit. He also states that the Appleton City colony, which at one time numbered 31 persons, is now reduced to fourteen. Seven of the colony having sought other places of residence.

Commencement
Twenty-First Year of the Academy Brought to a Successful Close.
Another year’s work at the Appleton City Academy has come to a most successful closer, and the event was fitting observed last Thursday evening, at which time the commencement exercises were held at Durley Opera House.
When the curtains rose, a most inspiring scene presented itself to the vast audience in attendance. Comfortably seated in the foreground were the members of the class of 1909 – eight in number – Miss Stella Ritchey, Pearl Frost, Nellie Harvey, Leona Ingles, Messrs. Robert Hegnauer, Ben Brown, Lester Dodds, and Dell Atcheson, while in the background the class colors, white and blue, lent a charm and attractiveness to the picture. The exercises both by the class and the Physical Culture drills were up to their usual standard of excellence and were very well received and liberally encored by the audience.
The readings by Miss Domer and the vocal and instrumental music added to the entertainment and pleased the audience.
The Academy is an educational institution of which everybody is proud and its successful management for the past 21 years by Prof. G.A. Theilmann has gained for it a most enviable reputation, and each succeeding year adds to its broadening field of usefulness.
The Society banquet and reunion was held at the Academy building on Friday evening and was very largely attended by former students and members of the societies. A splendid program as well as a feast of good things and the joy of meeting old friends made the evening a most delightful one.
On Saturday evening the Alumni held its banquet at Durley Hotel, and was quite largely attended by members and invited guests. A feast of good things both for the intellect and inner man had been prepared by the officers for the occasion and were served in a most happy and pleasing manner. The Alumni meeting of 1909 was without doubt one of the most enjoyable and largely attended of any in the history of the organization. With the next year the Academy will be at home in its modern new building and under such favorable circumstances her power for good in the field of education will have materially broadened, and as a consequence the institution will wield a greater influence for good in the community.

This is the season of the year when tornados work havoc to property. If you are not carrying tornado insurance on your property see the Tribune man. He writes insurance of this kind as well as fire and lightening.

Mothers – Have you tried Hollisters Rocky Mountain Tea? It’s a great blessing to the little ones, keeps away summer troubles. Makes then sleep and grow. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. Schultz & Bowman.

Appleton City like all other cities, towns and communities, has a few persons who are not quite up to the standard in enterprise and broad-spiritedness; but most of her people have “true metal” and can be depended on at any and all times when it comes to public enterprise.

Do You Want A Farm.
Father do you want a home for your son or daughter come and see me I will inform you how to get one. Geo. Mills

Nearing Completion.
New Store Building on West Side Approaching Completion.
Work on the new brick store building on the west side is moving along rapidly; the brick layers will soon have completed their work and the interior work will soon be well under way. When completed the building will be occupied by Mr. J.P. Skaggs as a dry goods and grocery store, and Mr. Rood in turn will move into the room now occupied by Mr. Skaggs, while the Williams Poultry Co. will occupy the room vacation by Mr. Rood.
The new building is being erected by Mr. M.B. Strickland, who also owns the adjacent building. Such substantial improvements are indeed a credit to our city as well as to the enterprise of Mr. Strickland.

At Hill’s Harness Shop.
Mr. S.A. Hill, our East Side harness man, is turning out made-to-order harness these days on very short notice, due of course to the fact that some time ago he installed a Landis Harness machine and much of the work is now being done on it. His help having become proficient in operating the machine they are enable to turn out work with dispatch, finished in first-class style. Mr. Hill admits that there may be other good machines doing good work, but defies anyone to name one that will do better work than the Landis. No matter what others may say as to the merits of other makes the Landis is recognized throughout the country as one of the best harness machines on the market and the work done by the Hill force proves conclusively that in point of workmanship the Landis stitches firmer and evener than the average workman and equal to any and superior to most so called harness machines, and the management stand ready to guarantee the wearing qualities of the stitch and smoothness of work done on same.

A good resolution – subscribe for The Tribune, one dollar per year, and receive the Kansas Farmer in connection.

The first game of baseball for the season by our uniformed nine will be played Saturday afternoon at the ballpark.

Mr. Oliver Brown, of Des Moines, Iowa, arrived Tuesday for a visit with his parents, Capt. and Mrs. T.C. Brown. Oliver holds the responsible position of pharmacist in a large drug establishment.

Dr. J.M. Carter, pastor of the M.E. Church will preach next Sunday morning on the Sabbath question and will discuss why we keep the first day of the week instead of the last. All are cordially invited to hear this discourse.

Mr. C.E. Beever, of Fredonia, Kans., who spent about a year in our city assisting his brother, City Electrician E.A. Beever, arrived Monday for a visit in our city. Mr. Beever is employed on a light plant that has just been installed at Fredonia.

Mr. Otto Deerfeld, who has been in poor health for some time departed the first of the week for St. Louis where his wife will join him in the near future and together they will go West, hoping to improve his health by a change in climate.

Baseball, Saturday, June 5th. Round Prairie vs. Appleton City.
Plenty of shade and seats for all. Admission 15 cents. Game called at 2:30 p.m. at Ball Park, three blocks south from Rood’s hardware.

Cooper Wins Verdict.
B.C. Cooper of Lowery City, in his suit against the Common Wealth Trust CO., of St. Louis, won and obtained a judgment for $3500.00 in the Court of Appeals of St. Louis last week, in an able opinion handed down by that court.
This suit grew out of the Salmon & Salmon bank failure, where in Salmon & Salmon used $3500. of deed trust of Cooper’s and disposed of it to the Common Wealth and collected in it from a Kansas City bank, who refused to pay Cooper and the Common Wealth credited it on what Salmon & Salmon owed them.
J.A. Gilbreath brought the suit for Cooper in the Circuit Court and got a verdict, then the Trust Co. appealed and last week the higher court affirmed the decision of the circuit court.
The Common Wealth Trust Co. had much of the Salmon & Salmon property when it failed. Cooper has been four years in litigation and he and his attorney feel proud of the victory. The creditors of Salmon & Salmon very much dislike the Common Wealth Trust Co., who succeeded in keeping everything except that of Cooper’s who litigated them to the end.
A St. Clair county litigant and a St. Clair county lawyer won the judgment.

Mr. J.A. Gilbreath, of Clinton, was down on business Monday.

Dr. C.P. Bowden made a business trip to El Dorado Springs the last of the week, returning home Sunday evening.

Found – On the road leading to the cemetery a package. Owner can have same by calling at the Tribune office.

Mr. J.O. Gregg the carpenter and saw mill man was a business caller at the Tribune office Saturday. He reports crop prospects exceptionally good for this season of the year.

Mr. T.O. Smith the Clinton Eye man spent Friday in our city and was a pleasant caller at the Tribune office. He reports Clinton moving along in the even tenor of her course.

The “Kid” nines of our city and Montrose played a game of ball at the High School grounds in our city Tuesday. The visiting team put up a good game, but were defeated in a score of 16 to 9.

Veterinary Surgeon G.D. Reeder reports a large amount of ailment among stock of all kinds this spring. However he has been very successful in his practice and has not lost a single case when called in time.

Mr. Herbert L. Burt, of Eugene, Oregon, was a caller at the Tribune office last Thursday. Mr. Burt is with the Daily Guard, published at Eugene, at present he with his wife are visiting relatives at Clinton.

The shooting gallery and doll rack, which for the past two weeks has furnished the “Boys” with ample opportunity of parting with their small change, has departed for other fields. The management seemed to enjoy a liberal patronage.

Mr. Robt A. Zebold, a member of the Stigler, Okla., Abstract Co., arrived on the early train Saturday morning for a two day’s visit; departing for home Sunday night. Mr. Zebold is making good at Stigler, and his many friends are pleased to know he is prospering. He predicts a very bright future for Stigler.

Help, Real Estate Agent Park Hotel. I will sell you one cheaper than you can rent one. Geo Mills