Cairo Bulletin, December 20, 1914
Alexander County, Illinois Genealogy Trails
Contributed by Evelyn Caldwell
The snow and
sleet have kept a
large number of Thebans from going to Cairo as planned.
The Thebes correspondent has been on the sick list and news is
very scarce. (Does not mention who the correspondent was.)
Charles Jeffries and Curtis Phelps are home from Sedalia,
Missouri to spend vacation during the holidays. Don’t their
girls look pleased.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Sheerer are going to go to housekeeping in Mrs.
Alice Walker’s property in upper Thebes. They are the young
couple who surprised parents and friends by slipping away and
getting married.
Edgar Riseling and family of Mounds are visiting relatives in
Thebes.
Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Campbell and little son have gone to Pine
Bluff, Arkansas to spend Christmas with his father and sister.
Mrs. Carrie Cook is expected today to visit her mother, Mrs.
Lucinda Loyd.
There will be an Christmas tree at the Baptist Church Thursday
night and entertainment at the school building Friday night. Miss
Milford visited Thebes school on Friday.
Dr. L. A. Jones and family were Cairo visitors Tuesday.
Mrs. Claud Dean took her baby to Cairo, Tuesday for medical
treatment.
We hear there was a wedding in lower Thebes Monday, but
haven’t
the particulars yet.
Cairo Bulletin, December 20, 1914
Contributed by Evelyn Caldwell
Rev. Bell and his wife of Thebes will be
present
at the Christmas entertainment.
Dr. Duncan advises that there have been nine births in this
vicinity the past week.
There is so much ice on the roads here that they are practically
impassable, even when horses are sharp shod.
Clifford Caldwell who has been quite sick with typhoid fever is
much better now.
Elvis Caldwell is on the sick list.
Stanley Matthews returned this week from St. Louis.
Claude McRaven is here to spend the holidays with family.
L. M. Matthews went to Cape Girardeau this week to attend to
business.
John T. Bishop and his son, of Thebes, are finishing the bank
building this week.
The ladies of the Methodist church have arranged to have their
Christmas entertainment in the church Thursday afternoon. The
cost of this entertainment is nearly fifty dollars, and the
ladies have earned the money to pay for it by shelling pecans and
selling them in Cape Girardeau. This entertainment bids fair to
eclipse all former Christmas affairs given by the church.
Note: In the Thebes and McClure news during the month of December, 1914, traveling was difficult because of the snow and sleet on the country roads. Thebes and McClure both had a doctor. The bank building at McClure was being finished during the week of December 20, 1914. During this time of the year, people traveled to Cairo for additional medical treatment. Young couples were getting married. Relatives were visiting relatives during the holidays, celebrating Christmas.
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