Excerpts from February 1906 issues Community Items Mt. Grove Feb. 1: The whooping cough is raging in this part. Geo. And Oscar Cowan sold 14 head of hogs Saturday for $130. Claud Oldham, the real estate man from Dunnegan, visited relatives in this vicinity the first of the week. Sheriff Arnold was in the part last week hustling the boys out to go to court. Feb. : Plenty of snow these days. Jim Thompson has the frame up for a three room house. John Harris has built a new chicken house. Feb. 15: Jim Curl and wife are the proud parents of a baby girl born Monday the 12th. John Harris has bought his daughter, Cleo, an organ. JERICO Feb. 8: J. P. Hudgins departed for the west, and as soon as he chooses a location, his family will follow. For some time Mr. Hudgins has been contemplating moving to a new location on the account of his bad health. He has been one of our best citizens, is well and favorably known throughout the county and will be greatly missed by our citizens. SOUTH CEDAR Feb. : Zero weather Monday morning. Hope it will be our best for this winter. John Sanders has got himself into a fix after so long. On Saturday night January the 27th, he caught in a steel trap the ground hog, which has regulated the weather, low these many years. Now we can't tell whether we will have a late or early spring... BEAR CREEK Feb. 8: Plenty of snow and cold weather The young folks enjoyed a candy breaking at J. W. Taylor's Saturday night. Tommie Hopkins has bought a half interest in the meal and shingle mill at this place. Feb. 15: There was singing at Paynterville Sunday night. L.A. Simmons and wife made a business trip to Fair Play Monday. HARTLEY Feb. 8: We are having some fine weather. B. F. Birch has sold his farm and is going to leave these parts. Mrs. Minnie Cox is spending a few days at Baldwin with her folks. Feb. 15: ..... Charley Haywood and family have come in from Kansas and are going to cast a crop in these parts. Feb. 22: Little Eva Gothard died on Fe. 14, 1904, from spinal meningitis. She was the only daughter of John and Alla Gothard. It is hard to give up such a sweet little girl, but God has seen fit to call her home.....The bereaved ones have our heartfelt sympathy. TINGLEY Feb. 8: James Bridges sold his saddle mare to N. O. Davis, the new liveryman at Jerico Springs on Saturday last. Jim now is casting about for a heavier animal. The populace of this section was called upon last Friday to pay the last sad rites to the memory of Mrs. Mary Hall, who died on the event of the first last. For several years past, Grandma Hall has made her home with her son, Don Hall, who resides on the old homestead settled by the deceased's husband, William, 39 year ago. On a portion of this land is located the Hall Cemetery, and it was here that her remains were laid to rest on Friday afternoon after funeral services at the house. The deceased had a few weeks previous met with an accidental fall, heretofore mentioned in these items, which while not serious at the time, doubtless together with the natural decline incident to old age, had a helping had in severing the brittle thread. IVY Feb. 8: E. Phipps is very proud of the arrival of a fine baby boy at his house on the 28th. He says that makes six boys. Claud Mason is kept busy attending all the dances. ROWLAND Feb. 15: Sunday school at Bishop Grove every Sunday afternoon at 2:30. The Rev. Modsker preached at Rowland Saturday night an Sunday. CRISP Feb. 22: Mr. and Mrs. Isam Crisp, of near Forest Home, visited Saturday and Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mat Crisp of this place. Quite a number of our young people attended the township contest at Sand Mountain Friday night. Miss Molly Crisp of this place won first honors for speaking. MT. ENON Some of the boys are observing the request to not chew tobacco in the school house, which has been made through the columns of this paper. Now, I wish we could get them to use the same indulgence as to smoking cigarettes. I believe nearly all of the boys will respect the ladies and children, so boys, let's be men and leave off smoking until we get out of the house. *Items from Adjoining counties and elsewhere* Fair Play has no saloon now. The Polk County court refused to grant the license. Fair Play supplied Stockton with booze for a while, so now the favor can be returned. There will be an eclipse of the moon at midnight tonight. Squire R.N. Cox reports business lively in his court. Last week two young men west of town paid one dollar and costs for fighting and warrants were issued for nine young men at Cane Hill for gambling. ... Miss Lena Gimore, who has been employed in this office for the greater part of the last four years, has accepted a position in the Sun office in El Dorado. Feb. 15: Miss Georgia Ackason entertained a number of young people at a Valentine party last night. Frank Metcalf put up six loads of ice on Monday. So far that is all the ice harvested this season and prospects for more are not flattering. George Elliston was subpoenaed to the El Dorado Court and ordered to take 23 tax books with him. He hired H.K. NcNeese's back to haul the big load. [From a copy of the "Dickinson, North Dakota, Press"...We also noticed eight legal publications in which the names of (W.C.) Crawford & Burnett appear as attorneys. Callie is certainly doing well.] Feb. 22: Mr. Foglesong is figuring on building a drain tile plant near Caplinger Mills. The cases in Squire Cox's court against the nine young men for gambling in an old house near Cane Hill a few weeks ago, have been dismissed. It costs but little to keep the streets and allies about one's premises free form all litter and trash and it helps the appearance of the town wonderfully. Mrs. Francis Mammel, M.D., has filed her certificate entitling her to practice medicine in the county. She is located at El Dorado. {my note: the following ad caught my eye} For Thin Babies Fat is of great account to a baby. That is why babies are fat. If your baby is scrawny, Scott's Emulsion is what he wants. The healthy baby stores as fat, what it does not need immedicately[sic] for bone and muscle. Fat babies are happy. They do not cry, they are rich and their fat is laid up for time of need. They are happy because they are comfortable. The fat surrounds their little nerves and cushions them. When they are scrawny, those nerves are hurt at every ungentle touch. They delight in Scott's Emulsion. It is as sweet as wholesome to them.