The Oskaloosa Times Friday April 28, 1899 An epidemic of measles has struck Perry, and the following are the afflicted ones: Elsie and Gerald EAKIN, Paul FLAGG, Hugh CARVER, Effie LARIMER, Myrtle KNAPP, two children of Mrs. BRYANT and Willie THOMPSON.

The Oskaloosa Times Friday April 28, 1899 Joe MOON was doing business in Topeka last Monday. Miss Etta GRINTER was a Lawrence visitor last Friday. Taylor HAM, of Grantville, was a Perry visitor last Sunday. Mrs. M.J. YOUNG returned to her home in Topeka last Friday. Mrs. J.C. GRINTER and daughter, Etta, visited in Kansas City last week. Mrs. J.C. GRINTER and daughter Birdie, were Lawrence visitors Tuesday. Miss Ida KUNKLE visited Monday in Topeka with her sister, Mrs. M.J. YOUNG.

The Oskaloosa Times Jefferson County Friday April 28, 1899 A Water Spout Does Damage. Buck Creek and Williamstown were visited with a terrible water spout last Wednesday evening. Considerable damage was done and some stock lost. Mr. PEATREE lost one steer, Ben WILSON 15 head of hogs, Tom FARREL 15 head of hogs, Chat McCOY, 16 head, Wm. BAYNE, 20 head, Ed. WEBB, 1 cow, John HUTCHINSON 2 calves and some hogs, Walter UNKLE 18 head of hogs. Lightning struck Mont EVANS house and Pete STALLARDS barn, but no serious damage was done. The stock yards at Buck Creek and two hundred feet of the U.P. railroad track was washed away. A hard rain and hail storm visited our city the same evening, but no damage was done.

The Oskaloosa Times Jefferson County Friday April 28, 1899 Leo HILL, east of Perry, died last Sunday morning of pneumonia fever. He had been sick only one week. The remains were interred in the Holdisay cemetery last Monday.

The Oskaloosa Times Jefferson County Friday April 28, 1899 A Stormy Wedding. Although the weather was very stormy and disagreeable last Wednesday eveing the 19th, the BROWN--HART wedding was solemnized just the same. Inside all was calm and beautiful. Miss Brown was handsomely attired in cadet blue serge, trimmed in corn colored satin and white chiffon. The groom wore the conventional black. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Estep, of Perry. The young couple went immediately to housekeeping three miles north of here. May success and prosperity attend them through life.

The Oskaloosa Times Friday April 28, 1899 Base Ball Thursday. Next Thursday afternoon the business men and the court house officials will engage in a game of base ball, at the grounds in the north part of town. Following is a list of the players: County Officials: Judge JOHNSON, Sheriff HAM, Judge DICK, Surveyor DAVIS, Dist. Clerk, LEECH, Dept. Sheriff KYLE, Co. Supt. SPENSE, Co. Atty. RAINES, Dept. Treas. BATES, PHINNEY, and MERRITT. Business Men: Mayor HOFMAN, Chas. DOCKHORN, Al. CONANT, Frank HOUSH, Alpha HUDDLESTON, Chas. EDMONDS, Wm. WORSWICK, Chas. NOBLE and Fred DEDRICK. They promise a lively and interesting game. You should go and see that they "play ball."

The Oskaloosa Times Friday April 28, 1899 Probate Court. Editor RANDOLPH, of the Nortonville News, was appointed executor of the last will and testament of Susan N. CRANDALL, deceased, on April 21st. August and Joseph SHONER wer appointed executors of the estate of Augustus SHONER, deceased, on April 25th. Sintha A. PARKER had filed her final statement as guardian of Ray RICHARDS, of Ozawkie. A.E. DICKINSON has been appointed administrator of the estate of W.K. BROWN, deceased, of Meriden. E.W. McLUCAS and Lillie HUNT, both of Meriden, have secured a marriage license. The will of Mary Van Gaasbeek has been admitted to probate and John SILLS is appointed executor. D.A. JENKINS and Minnie BUNDY both of Dunavant, were granted a license to wed on the 24th.

The Meriden Message Friday May 15, 1931 Perry high school commencement was held May 14, 1931. The list of nineteen graduates is as follows: Earl BRYANT Woodrow CLARK Albert DUREE John SHORTALL Lloyd TAYLOR Wilmer WOODSON Frank WORTHINGTON Josephine ABLE Midlred BIGHAM Betty BRADFORD Berna BROWN Strethen BRYANT Billie CAIN Kathleen GENTRY Elma GOEPFERT Garland GREEN Melva Humphries PEARSON Venetta PLUMMER Leah WORHINGTON Salutatorian and Valedictorian were not mentioned.

The Meriden Message Friday May 15, 1931 Rock Creek high school held commencement exercises May 14, 1931. Valedictorian and Salutatorian honors lie between Rachel TAGGART and Freida Belle FLEMING. Graduates is as follows: Eugene COOK Freida Belle FLEMING Amphie NOEL Isa NOEL Charlotte ROSE Rachael TAGGART.

The Meriden Message Friday May 15, 1931 Valley Falls commencement exercises were held May 14, 1931. The list of graduates for the high school class of '31 is as follows: Gillen ASHE Claude FERRELL Charles FRAKES Paul HEFTY William MEDLOCK Charles ROBERTSON Robert SIMPSON John ZIMMERMAN Francis WOODS Rosemary ASHE Josephine BICKLEY Elverta BOOTH Nellie Mae BOOT Ethel BOWIE Mary Ellen GOODWIN Edna HAMON Helen HAUPTFUEHRER Gladys JACKSON Leora LEIGHTON Susan LOWMAN Mildred OWEN Alvina REICHART Josephine SIEVE Mary SIMONS Mildren STRAWN Helen Van HOLE Letha WALKER.

The Meriden Message Friday May 15, 1931 Nortonville hold commencemnet exercises on Monday, May 25, 1931. The graduates are as follows: Lindell CLINKENBEARD Harold DIETRICH Joseph Patrick GALLAGHER Edward JONES Ernest TUCKING Velma BRUNS Virginia COPPINGER Teresa CUNNINGHAM Margaret DAUM Ella LANGE Mildred MILLER Gretchen VARNER Helen YOAKUM. Salutatorian and Valedictorian have not been determined as yet.

The Meriden Message Friday May 15, 1931 Winchester commencement was held May 14, 1931. The high school graduates are as follows: Charles CURRY Earl LEATHERMAN Paul HENSLEIGH Edward MEYER David REYNOLDS Gerald SHRICK John TUCKING Boyd WHITE Millard WRAY Lyle TRIBBLE Naomia DILL, Valedictorian Irene DOMANN Marjorie DUGIUD Mary PRICE, Salutatorian Irene REYNOLDS.

The Meriden Message Friday May 15, 1931 Ozawkie commencement exercises for the class of 1931 were held Wednesday, May 12, 1931. Ten graduates are in the class of '31, as follows: Virgil Elaine BAKER Walter H. DERRITT Leland F. THOMPSON Helen J. ESCOE Lillian G. ARTHUR Evelyn HYSTEN Floris L. KUNTZ Bessie L. PUDERBAUGH Virginia Lee SHANNON Vera Ruth WILSON. Virgil Elaine BAKER, Salutatorian Helen J. ESCOE, Valedictorian.

The Topeka Daily Capital Saturday August 21, 1920 Deaths and Funerals. MALONE--Mrs. Ida C. Malone, 50, died Thursday at her home in Perry. The funeral will be held at 3 o'clock Sunday from the Perry Christian church. Burial in ??? Ridge cemetery. LEWIS--The body of Mrs. Bertha Lewis, who died in Kansas City, Mo., Wednesday, will arrive in Topeka Sunday afternoon. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon from Stonestreet's chapel. Burial in Topeka cemetery. She is a sister of Mrs. Lizzie MAYHEW, 1822 Western avenue. CHESNEY--E.E. Chesney, formerly a Topeka lawyer, is dead at his home at Rosedale, Kan. Chesney came to Topeka in 1874 and became a member of the law firm of Chesney & Sanders, with an office at 313 Kansas avenue. Later he occupied offices at 333 Kansas avenue and 625 Kansas avenue. He moved to Rosedale in 1903. He is survived by his widow, six children, a brother and a sister. The body will be taken to Bushnell, Iowa for burial.

The Meriden Message Friday May 15, 1931 Meriden high school held commencement exercises last night, Tuesday, May 14, 1931. Twenty-two are graduating in the senior class this year at Meriden, and the list is as follows: Esther CHITWOOD, Robert MOSER, William BECK, Jr., Gerald HINES, Lloyd IRWIN, Albert KROLL, Christopher MARTIN,Lewis MARTIN,John SHAFFER, Jr., Carl SPILLMAN, Ezra WALKER,Francis WARNER,Selesta ADAME, Roxa Mae BARRETT, Udell BOWLES, Iona Mae BROWN, Vera BROWN, Doris GASTON, Garland LEWIS, Betty MULLIGAN, Pauline WILLIAMS, Katheryn WEST. Esther CHITWOOD, Robert MOSER, Tied for Valedictorian. Garland LEWIS, Salutatorian.

The Meriden Message Friday May 15, 1931 Oskaloosa high school commencement will occur tonight, Friday, May 15. Following is the list of 28 graduates of Oskaloosa high school for 1931: Frank Tatum BLISS, Leonard Sheldon EDMONDS, Max ENGLE,Lanstron Roy ERHART, Waldo Roy HARVEY, Amos LEECH, Jr., William LOHMAN, Gordon Eugene LYONS, James Thomas RICE, William S. ROBERTS, Leon Kessinger ROBERTSON, Lloyd Herbert TODD, John WEISHAAR, Thelma Venita BREY, Edna Alice ERHART, Lois Pauline GAY, Lola LaVerne GRIFFITH, Josephine Stella GAINES, Helen M.E. GARRETT, Mary Catherine HIEBSCH, Susie Lucille HOLLADAY, Elizabeth JOHNSTON, Marvin E. KINIG, Marie Elizabeth MOUNTAIN, Dorothy Jo OTTINGER, Dorothy Mae OROKE, Muriel Ascenith SLOOP, Velma Wilberta WHITE. Leonard Sheldon Edmonds, Valedictorian. Max Engle, Salutatorian.

The Meriden Message Friday May 15, 1931 McLouth high school commencement exercises will be held next Wednesday, May 20. Eighteen seniors graduate this years, the list as follows: Harold CAUFIELD, Charles DAVISON, Arnold EDMONDS, Herbert KIMMEL, Elton KUCHERA, Paul RITCHIE, Marlin WHITE, Paul WHITE, Louise BRADFORD, Ethel BLACK,Muriel DODD, Irene HEHN, Doris MOORE, Laura Margaret SANDERS,Mariana TAYLOR, Maxine TAYLOR, Mabel WILLIAMS. Louise Bradford, Salutatorian. Mabel Williams, Valedictorian.

The Meriden Message Friday May 15, 1931 Marriage Licenses. License was issued to Edward Ray FETTY, over 21, to marry Mrs. Dorothy SLOAN, aged 20, both of Lawrence. Judge DECKER performed the ceremony.

The Meriden Message Friday May 8, 1931 Marriage Licenses. License was issued to James H. RICKSTREW, 20, of Belvue, Kansas, to marry Miss Cora NIHART, 16, of Wamego, Kanas. With consent of the parents of both the bride and groom given in open court, they were united in marriage by Judge Decker. License was issued to Russell L. CALVERT, 43, of Williamstown, to marry Mrs. Orpha McCOY of Perry. Judge Decker performed the ceremony.

The Meriden Message Jefferson County Friday April 24, 1931 Former Co. Clerk Dies. Louis TUTT, 80 years old, pioneer resident of Valley Falls and county clerk of Jefferson county during the '90's, died at Kansas City and was buried in Valley Falls cemetery Tuesday of this week. Tutt was formerly a postmaster and druggist of Valley Falls.