Appleton City Journal
27 February 1908

Rockville Department:
Duck shooting is again in order.

S.H. Bothwell has returned from a visit to Illinois.

Our businessmen are receiving daily large shipments of spring goods.

F.M. Bowen has shipped two carloads of corn since our last report.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sharpless have returned to their home at Raton, N.M.

Seth Clark of Clinton is visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wood.

Mr. and Mrs. Whirley of Schell City are visiting their daughter, Mrs. Will Stephenson.

Hardy Middleton of Colorado is visiting his aunt, Mrs. Cordelia Hitt and cousin, Mrs. Kate Kamm.

Mr. Dugan has a large quantity of cord wood at the R.R. yard and has shipped one car to Montrose.

Some of our rural mail carriers were unable to make their rounds this week on account of high water.

Dan Wilson, an old resident of Rockville, died recently at his home at Harwood, of pneumonia.

C.A. Short has gone to Raton, N.M. to look for a location with a view of moving to that country.

Walter Trail, of El Dorado Springs, visited his brother, Watt Trail, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Mrs. Alice Todd and daughter, Mrs. Dixie Phelps, have returned to their home at Richards, Vernon County.

Mrs. Snively and daughter, Mrs. E. Meyer, went to Kansas City this week for a visit with Mrs. Snively's sons, Roy and Harry Snively.

A friend of Miss Evie Haynes called at this office this week and deposited one dollar with which to send her The Journal at St. Louis for the ensuing year.

Mrs. S.M. Doyle has a lemon tree bearing the largest lemon it was ever fortune of the writer to see. The lemon is fifteen inches in circumference.

Saturday being a holiday for the post office force. Postmaster Boreing entertained at his residence Saturday Rural Carriers Turner, Wilson and Daley.

Miss Beulah Stansbury of Clinton visited this week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Al Wood and then went to Taberville for a visit with her relatives Mr. and Mrs. Hal Heath.

And now comes R.E. Piper, the poultry dealer, with another chicken story. Mr. Piper states that he has a capon rooster setting upon a large number of eggs and that he expects to take the parent bird and brood to the Appleton City Street Fair this summer. Mr. Piper says he has solved the problem of raising chickens without the aid of mother biddy.

A party was given Saturday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Corum by a crowd of young people. Games were played and all spent a very enjoyable evening. Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served. The guests present were Misses Elsie Midkiff, Mable Hocker, Kate Philips, Bertna Keagle, Katie Coffman, Maggie Archer, Eva Wood, Mae Archer, Letta Wallace, Lela Pryor, Messrs. John Wallus, Bill Midkiff, Vern Archer, John Simmons, Ray Rich, Tom Keekins, Jay Carroll, Jesse Slink, Claud Merchant, Ed Robinson, Jake Link.

Porter Midkiff shipped two carloads of cattle to St. Louis.

Robert Heath of Taberville was in Rockville Monday.

Mrs. Clyde Griggs has our shanks for renewal of subscription.

Mrs. Simpson has gone to Ft. Scott to spend some time with relatives.

Forest Turner has our thanks for letter heads ordered for Chelse's farm.

Mrs. Gertrude Deffenbaugh is employed as clerk in Mr. Skillman's store.

Mrs. Moreland of Osage has returned from a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Jack Conward.

Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Shoup came in from Nebraska Monday to look after business and to visit friends.

A large crowd of young people from Rockville attended the masquerade ball at Prairie City Saturday night.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Conward moved to the McCluney farm in the Osage district this week.

Mrs. E. Simmons and son John went to Webb City Sunday to visit her daughter, Mrs. Clara Bluck.

Ralph Boreing and family of Joplin are visiting at the home of his father, J.M. Boreing.

Mrs. Jane Airey of Columbia and Mrs. Amelia Jones of Sedalia are visiting their nephew, Lee Huff, of Osage.

Jay Carroll, an industrious young farmer on Rural Route No. 2 has our thanks for a year's subscription to The Journal.

Russel Preston and family will move back this week to their farm in the Elm Grove neighborhood. The sale of the farm being declared off by the man who bought it.

Miss Ida Heath of Taberville made the editor a pleasant visit Monday. Miss Ida was returning from Kansas City where she had been to visit her brother, Hal Heath and family. Miss Ida left an order for visiting cards.

Presiding Elder E.J. Hunt preached at the M.E. Church Sunday night. Elder Hunt very touchingly reviewed his work at this place for the last six years as this was the close of his labor for this District.

On Friday evening February 21st, Frank Robinson entertained a few of his young friends. The evening was spent in playing games which was enjoyed by all. Those present Misses Effie Hillsman, Lela Pryor, Pearl Midkiff, Lula Samson, Ada Robinson, Messrs. Verna Archer, Lester Preston, Albert Steiner, Jesse Meekins, Jesse Link, Ray and Orvil Rich, Lee McManus.

The M.B.A. Lodge met on their regular meeting Wednesday night with a good attendance.
After the regular routine of business the Deputy assisted and gave instructions in the "'drill or floor work"' preparatory for initiation which took place immediately after, which was very nice and impressive. The Lodge was then entertained by the deputy, Bro. Bonesteele, of Kansas City, with a very interesting talk for the good of the order, which was very appropriate. After the closing exercises refreshments were served, and must say that the committee and those that assisted in preparing the refreshments needs special praise, as they were first class in every respect. More than an hour was spent in partaking of the good things to eat, music and social conversation which was highly enjoyed by all.

Copeland News:
M.T. Baldwin delivered hogs in Montrose Thursday.

Uncle Joe Baldwin shopped in Appleton City Monday.

Mrs. Schoberg delivered fat hogs Wednesday in the Prairie Queen.

O.K. Crowder sold his hogs to Colson Bros. of Montrose Tuesday.

Marian Binegar sold a fine mare Friday for the neat little sum of $165.

Smith Duffey is very sick with indigestion in partnership with the grip.

The blizzard Tuesday stopped our calculations of oats sowing for a few days.

Travis Payne shipped a carload of fine fat "'baby beef steers"' to St. Louis Monday.

O.K. Crowder attended the funeral of Mrs. S.G. Foot at Johnson City Saturday.

R.A. Batchelor bought a nice bunch of steers Thursday in the Montrose country.

Ralph Crowder of Johnson City stopped over Sunday night in the Copeland neighborhood.

John Moore is suffering severely from a broken leg caused by a horse-power while sawing wood.

Mrs. A.L. Lough is suffering from an attack of grip accompanied by a rising in her head.

If sale and sails still continue very long as at the present rate homesteads would be nothing uncommon.

Ohio Mentions:
The Ohio school is closed for this week on the account of diptheria.

Mr. and Mrs. Wisner spent last Sabbath with their cousin and family Mr. E. McCoy.

Sam Ledbetter was out buying sheep last week and was very successful in his deals.

Mrs. J.M. Caton made a pleasant call on Miss Annie Erazee Sabbath evening.

Oscar Clayton came down from Sedalia Thursday to visit home folks and a few others.

James Kirk whose illness was mentioned some weeks ago, is quite poorly which causes much anxiety.

Sickness has taken hold of many of our people with renewed gripps, and developing into pneumonia in many cases.

The cold wave which passed over this locality last week was only a wing feather, from the blizzard that has been soaring over southern California.

J.M. Johnson and family visited with G.W. Witty and family last Sunday and attended Sabbath School at 2 p.m. at the Center schoolhouse.

A protracted meeting is now in progress at the Ohio schoolhouse, being conducted under the leadership of the Holiest order of Christ's church.

Mr. Mabry visited is father who is in advanced years Friday, grandpa Mabery is quite feeble but prefers to remain on the old farm in his declining years south west of Appleton City.

Fred Kast returned home Monday from El Dorado where he was summoned a short time ago on the account of the serious sickness of his wife's father, who is now on the road to recovery.

J.G. Glenn bought, of the heirs of the late D.B. Kidd, the forty acres known as the Chas. Parson's farm, through the agency of J.W. Walker, Ohio's worthy real estate and financier commissioner.

Grandma Smith, one of our octogenarians, died Feb. 21st. She leaves an aged husband and a large family of relation of children on to great-great grandchildren; she was devotedly loved by all. Funeral service was conducted by Rev. Simons at the Harmony Church. The remains was entombed in the silent city nearby, at the same hour that Mrs. S.G. Foot was layed to rest. We failed to get any particulars of Grandma Smith's life.

Mrs. S.G. Foote died at her home in Johnson City Feb. 21, 1908, aged 72, was buried Feb. 22 at 1 p.m. at Harmony graveyard. Thus again it becomes our painful duty to chronologize the departure of one of our number to the land from whence none return. Mrs. S.G. Foote was promoted from earth's turmoils to join her husband who passed on before only a few days previous, seemingly with the expression that the devoted companion of his old age would soon follow, he left the pearly gates ajar. Many we are who will long for the touch of those vanished hands, the sound of those voices now still.
Funeral service was conducted by Rev. Newlen of Nevada , who paid a loving tribute to the departed ones who had taken such an interest in his life's work.
A sister from Lincoln, Neb., reached the bedside of Mrs. Foote in time to be recognized and receive the welcome (Sister Libbie I am so glad you have come to see me.)
Sixteen years ago a society was organized at Johnson City which was the ladies aid society of then is to this day the avowed object of the order was to erect a temple for God's people to worship in.
At the organization of this society, Mrs. Foote was elected president and has been herself successor by choice of its members all these years; the only surviving member of sixteen years ago is Mrs. Florince Walker who is one of the true and tried and has buckled on the shield of righteous and with the aid of the present membership and with an eye single to the glory of God the good work will continue to go on unto the perfect day.
Mrs. Foote was a woman of thorough order in life. She loved her Master's work with all its links of love; The Woman's Christian Temperance Union was so dear to her that a constant prayer passed from her very soul to the throne of God, claiming the promise of full deliverance for those in bondage and may it be so. In God we trust.