St. Clair County Republican
Osceola, MO
Thursday, 30 September 1897

Published weekly at Osceola, St. Clair County, Missouri. Subscription, $1.00 per year, in advance; six months, 50 cents; three months, 25 cents.

Teachers' Institute
There was an enthusiastic number of teachers assembled at the little town of Taberville last Saturday in consequence of a call by F.M. Belisle, president of the Appleton, Monegaw and Taber Township Teacher's Meeting.
Teachers began to arrive in town about 9 o'clock and at 11 the Appleton delegation of twenty teachers in a Glee club wagon, drawn by four black horses, came driving up to the school house.
The Taber Cornet Band rendered some excellent music after which the house was called to order by the president, with Mrs. Ooley of Appleton as secretary. As was previously arranged Prof. Wright gave a short address of welcome and then adjourned until 1:30 p.m.
A goodly number of the teachers having brought lunch, all went to the campground near the spring where the physical man was replenished.
At precisely the stated time the band struck up a familiar air and after two or three good selections a procession was formed with Prof. Louis Theilmann in the lead, followed by the band, which in turn was followed by the delegation of teachers and all marched back to the schoolhouse to the time of "'Marching through Georgia"'.
House called to order. Miss Fowler of Appleton read a paper entitled "'How to Interest a Dull Pupil"' in which she introduced work done in map moulding and an anatomical chart.
O.F. Tally gave an excellent talk about "'The Needs of Our Schools"' in which he put great stress upon the thought of uniformity in school work.
Prof. Theilmann gave a talk on Psychology in which he very plainly illustrated the three different planes or worlds of man's existence, namely, the physical, intellectual and moral.
Thirty-four teachers were present whose names are given below and the house was crowded with people interested in the cause of education.
J.P. Springer, Laura Hedrick, O.F. Tally, Nellie Allen, Etta Ridgway, Burkella Pierce, Pearl Hill, Eunice Farnham, Henry Stephens, Belle Showalter, Bessie Baugh, Nellie Knowles, Minnie Shoup, Ada Nation, Louis Theilmann, Cora Fowler, Mollie Showalter, J.F. Davis, Bettie Yoder, Mary Laney, Lulu Springer, Nora Patton, Nettie Wright, Cora L. Thomas, Mae Springer, J.B. Good, Lena Wright, George Hays, Paul Wright, M.R. Belisle, Richard Belisle, M.F. Belisle, W.J. Wright, Ettie A. Ooley.

Osage Township:
H.C. Castle is having a siege of chills and fever.

Noah Short of this township moved to Rich Hill the first of the week.

E. Counterman and wife and Sam Ridgway left for Oklahoma last Monday.

Marion Ridgway stepped on a nail a few days ago and in consequence is limping about considerably.

Revs. J.B. Murphy and Geo. Wyatt are conducting a revival at Shady Grove with very satisfactory results.

Mrs. Wm. Allinson, Sr., who has been suffering from dropsy is reported worse and not expected to survive long.

A deputy sheriff has been circulating in these parts several days serving legal papers for the approaching term of Circuit court.

Our school commenced Monday of this week with Mrs. Janice Garnett as teacher. She taught the school in this district last year.

Report has it that Mr. Long of Iuka has disposed of his stock of goods to William Dixon and that he will remove the same to Kansas.

Jones & Son of Taberville have moved their saw mill to Mr. Cox' place and in a few days will be ready to turn out lumber for the natives.

Smith Hoover has decided to enter into the mercantile business right at Monegaw Springs, having put in a good line of general merchandise.

L.F. Reeder, formerly of Iuka Springs, but who for the past two years has been residing at Rich Hill, has again taken up his abode on his old stamping ground at Iuka.

Information Wanted
On Tuesday, September 16, my wife, in company with one Thomas Wyatt, left the neighborhood of Copeland, Mo., taking with them a little girl 9 years old, of fair complexion, light hair and brown eyes. Wyatt is a small man with blue eyes, dark hair, fair complexion, weight 135, age 32, is a blacksmith by trade. Mrs. Roland has dark complexion, hair and eyes, weighs about 110 pounds, and is 5 feet 4 inches high. They are supposed to have gone to or near Galena, Kansas. A liberal reward will be paid for information leading to recovery of child. Other papers please copy. A.L. Roland, Copeland, Mo.

To Whom It May Concern:
Copeland, Mo., September 28, 1897
Editors Republican:
In last week's Republican appeared an article in the way of advertisement concerning the elopement of my wife with one Thos. Wyatt, and offering a reward for information leading to the recovery of my child. I wish to say to the public that this was done without my knowledge or consent as I have not offered any reward nor authorized any one to use my name.
Respectfully,
A.L. Roland