Davenport Times Davenport, Scott, Iowa Thursday, March 15, 1900 LONG GROVE Long Grove, Ia. March 14- The country roads will bear the sign now in many places "no bottom"...The Old Maids' convention was a success socially and financially, but we fear the main object was not secured. More than a hundred bachelors are yet to be seen scouting in the neighborhood heartwhole and fancy free. The rejuvenating machine introduced which was to transport old spinsters into lovely maidens of sweet 16 worked fairly well, but in some instances when the subject was born again she was born a boy! A married woman made an attempt to fool the machine but when she entered the hopper the wheels refused to turn and she was compelled to withdraw...W.J. Evans whose plunge into the icy waters of the Wapsie were chronicled in Tuesday's Times, is himself again and is ready for another experience. He purchased a new horse of C.F. Jacobsen today...Dr. Maxwell had an upset and runaway last week without serious consequences...The school election Monday was a quiet affair, only 20 votes being polled...William Reimers was chosen to succeed James Hardes who has held the office for many years and was a faithful and efficient director...The brick yard will open up for business again this week. Mr. Ditch has taken a contract to burn five large kilns the coming summer...John Seastrand has moved into the late home of John Hansen...The W.O.W., the oldest and strongest benevolent insurance order here, has run for ten years without a death...These are now about 90 members in good standing. They are talking of building a suitable hall as their present quarters are rather inconvenient. The Court of Honor, Modern Woodmen and Modern Brotherhood also have a substantial and growing memberships here. WILTON Wilton, March 14- The man who has seen the first robin is very numerous, but the first robin is very scarce...James Murrison is spending the week with relatives in Davenport and vicinity...Miss Agnes Breniford, who wields the rod in Scott county, near Davenport, spent Sunday at her home in Wilton...Miss Edna Giesler, who formerly resided in Wilton, but now of Muscatine, is spending the week with her young friends here...Misses Lula and Verda Dose of Iowa City spent a few days during the past week in Wilton...Mrs. George J. Nicolaus and Mrs. J.Y. Monahon attended a large dinner party at the home of Misses Freysmith in Bloomington township last Thursday....Misses Vay and Libby Boer, who are attending school at the state normal at Cedar Falls, are enjoying a vacation with their many Wilton friends... Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm