1919
Missouri Soldier Gets Bible He Lost During A. E. F. Service.
MEXICO, Missouri — William Judd of this city has just received from George E. Showman, of Ellsworth, Kan., a small pocket testament and a letter explaining that he found the book, in which Judd's name had been written, in France, May 17, 1919, and brought it back home with him, hoping that he would be able to restore it to its owner.
The testament, Judd says, was missed shortly after he reached France as a soldier, and he had no idea where he lost it. So when he received it from Showman and learned that it had gone to France and back he was greatly surprised.
Showman said in his letter that he thought perhaps the owner had been taken to the hospital and was dead, but sent the book anyway, hoping that if Judd had died or been killed that it would reach some of his relatives who would cherish it as a keepsake.
—The Saturday Blade, Chicago, Jan. 3, 1920, p. 7.
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Saturday, June 2, 2007
Runaway Pastor is Found
1914
Writes Home at Cawden, Ill., He Left Wife and Parishioners to Escape Debts
Decatur, Ill., Feb. 20. — Rev. O. M. Eaton, pastor of the Christian church at Cawden, Ill., who has been missing since Feb. 10, has been located at Lebanon, Mo. A letter from him to B. E. Prater, cashier of the Cawden National bank, recites he left home because of debts.
The pastor told his wife he was going to Flora, Ill., on business. When he did not return next day a search was instituted.
Eaton wrote that he was employed and would send money to his aged parents soon. His wife and two daughters are at the home of her parents.
Writes Home at Cawden, Ill., He Left Wife and Parishioners to Escape Debts
Decatur, Ill., Feb. 20. — Rev. O. M. Eaton, pastor of the Christian church at Cawden, Ill., who has been missing since Feb. 10, has been located at Lebanon, Mo. A letter from him to B. E. Prater, cashier of the Cawden National bank, recites he left home because of debts.
The pastor told his wife he was going to Flora, Ill., on business. When he did not return next day a search was instituted.
Eaton wrote that he was employed and would send money to his aged parents soon. His wife and two daughters are at the home of her parents.
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Salvation Army Lass Locked Up in A Trunk
1909
HANNIBAL, Missouri — While the Salvation Army people were holding a street meeting a man entered their headquarters where Miss Millie Stocking, aged 16, was left in charge of a baby. Threatening her life if she made an outcry, he cut down a clothesline, bound it around her neck, tightly tied her arms and feet, chucked her in a three and one-half by two foot trunk, shut the lid and left the premises. When the army people returned the girl was nearly dead from suffocation and suspension of blood circulation, but was soon resuscitated. The reason for the man's strange actions are a puzzle. Miss Stocking's parents reside in St. Louis.
Hubby Gone 30 Years
LAPORTE, Indiana — Mourned as dead for thirty years George Medsker of Marion, Indiana, will be reunited the coming week with his family, living at Parkers Landing, Pennsylvania. Medsker was a Civil War veteran. He disappeared thirty years ago without apparent reason or cause, and for years, with his mind blank, he drifted about the country. He finally became an inmate of the Marion Soldiers' Home. Mrs. Medsker recently made application for a pension as a soldier's widow, and an investigation by the Government established the residence of the veteran.
Want to Buy A Town? There's One For Sale
SALINA, Kansas — Shipton, a busy little village in this county, northwest of Salina, will be sold at auction Oct. 20, 1909. The village is on the farm of W. S. Irwin, and when he sells his farm, personal property and farm belongings the village will go with the rest. A band will furnish music. This is the first time a townsite has been sold under the hammer in this part of the State. Shipton is on the Union Pacific Railroad and has a depot, a store building, an elevator and several residences, and much business is transacted there.
HANNIBAL, Missouri — While the Salvation Army people were holding a street meeting a man entered their headquarters where Miss Millie Stocking, aged 16, was left in charge of a baby. Threatening her life if she made an outcry, he cut down a clothesline, bound it around her neck, tightly tied her arms and feet, chucked her in a three and one-half by two foot trunk, shut the lid and left the premises. When the army people returned the girl was nearly dead from suffocation and suspension of blood circulation, but was soon resuscitated. The reason for the man's strange actions are a puzzle. Miss Stocking's parents reside in St. Louis.
Hubby Gone 30 Years
LAPORTE, Indiana — Mourned as dead for thirty years George Medsker of Marion, Indiana, will be reunited the coming week with his family, living at Parkers Landing, Pennsylvania. Medsker was a Civil War veteran. He disappeared thirty years ago without apparent reason or cause, and for years, with his mind blank, he drifted about the country. He finally became an inmate of the Marion Soldiers' Home. Mrs. Medsker recently made application for a pension as a soldier's widow, and an investigation by the Government established the residence of the veteran.
Want to Buy A Town? There's One For Sale
SALINA, Kansas — Shipton, a busy little village in this county, northwest of Salina, will be sold at auction Oct. 20, 1909. The village is on the farm of W. S. Irwin, and when he sells his farm, personal property and farm belongings the village will go with the rest. A band will furnish music. This is the first time a townsite has been sold under the hammer in this part of the State. Shipton is on the Union Pacific Railroad and has a depot, a store building, an elevator and several residences, and much business is transacted there.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Prodigal Son — Not According to Scripture
1920
British Journalist Reports an Amusing Incident on a Tram
Old stories repeat themselves in actual life. An incident which was witnessed recently reminded a British journalist of the errant young hopeful who returned home, and when asked afterward whether they killed the fatted calf, said: "No, but they jolly near killed the prodigal son."
It occurred in a suburban tram car. Two women entered, followed by a nice little boy in a nice sailor suit, with "H. M. S. Venus" on his cap. Mother explained to her friend how the lad had been lost and retrieved from the police station, with touching references to the anguish of her heart during his absence.
But observing that the small boy was preening his feathers with pride, the mother boxed his ears soundly, remarking, "And a nice blinkin' beauty of a Venus you are, I don't think!"
British Journalist Reports an Amusing Incident on a Tram
Old stories repeat themselves in actual life. An incident which was witnessed recently reminded a British journalist of the errant young hopeful who returned home, and when asked afterward whether they killed the fatted calf, said: "No, but they jolly near killed the prodigal son."
It occurred in a suburban tram car. Two women entered, followed by a nice little boy in a nice sailor suit, with "H. M. S. Venus" on his cap. Mother explained to her friend how the lad had been lost and retrieved from the police station, with touching references to the anguish of her heart during his absence.
But observing that the small boy was preening his feathers with pride, the mother boxed his ears soundly, remarking, "And a nice blinkin' beauty of a Venus you are, I don't think!"
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