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The Holt County Sentinel
Oregon, Holt County, Missouri
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Delayed letter from Richville dated January 30, 1920, reporting various local happenings including social visits, illnesses, travels to St. Joseph, weather updates, a fox hunt, mumps cases, discontinued church meeting, and a needed bridge repair in the Nodaway area.
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(Delayed letter, January 30, 1920.)
Mrs. Chris. Lenz, from Possum Hollow, visited Albert Egger and family, at One Horse View, Sunday afternoon.
Harvey Proffit, Sr., who is suffering from bronchial pneumonia, is better at this writing.
Dr. F. E. Hogan, formerly from Bigelow, now of the city on the hills, made several trips through the Nodaway Kingdom last week.
Orville Miner, from Kansas City, was a week-end guest at the Kneale home, on Plain View.
Chas. Hornecker and Newt. Planap attended Masonic lodge in Fillmore, Tuesday evening.
Misses Effie Kneale, Carrie Miner, Kansas City, were callers at the temple of
Jesse Cordrey, from the Richville sector, Addie Reed, Louella Carroll, Mrs. tor, and Mr. Orville Miner, from Kansas City, were callers at the temple of knowledge, Friday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lambert, from Portland, Oregon, and O. A. Mclntyre and family were visitors at John Milne's, in the Cracker's Neck country, Sunday.
The Nodaway Alps are again covered with snow.
Art Traub killed a red fox, in the Mayflower sector, last Saturday.
Mr. Mink, from near Fillmore, has moved onto one of Judge Hibbard's farms. We welcome you to our city, and will also say to you that you have some mighty good neighbors.
Jesse Cordrey was a passenger to St. Joseph, Monday morning.
Mrs. John Feuerbacher and daughter, Miss Grace, from Maple Hill in the Woodville sector, were shopping in St. Joseph, Saturday.
Protracted meeting at the Nickell's Grove church has been discontinued on account of sickness.
A few cases of the mumps have been reported in the Woodville sector.
The stop, look and listen corner has been pretty sleek of late.
Streamlets Mystery and Doubt discarded their icy mantle last week.
They are now emptying their crystal waters into the treacherous Nodaway.
James E. Taylor was suffering with a severe cold last week.
Louis Burnstein made two trips to St. Joseph, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Ramsey and Mrs. Wesley Meyer and two daughters, of Upper Nodaway, were shopping in St. Joseph, Tuesday.
The Bridge of Hope over Streamlet Wanderer is in need of repair. In fact, it should be repaired with a new bridge. It needs some new boards in the floor. The heavy trucks now refuse to cross over it. This is Article No.1.
EMANON.
John Oliphant, living on the Nodaway east of Oregon, killed a fox last week, and sold the pelt for $35.00.
If you want to buy a farm see us. We have a good list of them for sale. BRIDGEMAN & FRYE.
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Richville
Event Date
January 30, 1920
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harvey proffit sr. improving from bronchial pneumonia; few mumps cases reported; church meeting discontinued due to sickness; foxes killed and pelt sold for $35; bridge needs repair and heavy trucks refuse to cross.
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Community news roundup including visits such as Mrs. Lenz to Egger family, Orville Miner as weekend guest, callers at temple of knowledge, Lambert and Mclntyre at Milne's; health updates on Proffit, Taylor's cold, mumps in Woodville; travels to St. Joseph by Cordrey, Feuerbacher, Ramsey, Meyer, Burnstein; Dr. Hogan's trips; lodge attendance; new resident Mr. Mink; snow in Nodaway Alps; streams thawing; fox hunts by Traub and Oliphant; discontinued church meeting; bridge repair needed.