Excerpts from Clark County Newspapers

25 Jan 1905      Rube Wells of Lamotte Prairie was visiting Lewis Life's family Sat. He is indulging in the soap business

01 Jan 1902     Will Weir & wife of Weir, spent Sunday with the latter's brother, Fred Wells of Melrose

29 Jan 1902     Melrose: Harry Wells is ill

26 Feb. 1902     Iva & Anna Wells, of Wells, visited Lulu Seymour on Friday

09 Apr 1902     Mrs Fanny Wells visited Sat & Sun with her Aunt, Mrs Jacob Snyder

CLARK COUNTY DEMOCRAT 25-AUGUST-1920

BURKETT BASKET DINNER

A basket dinner was held in the grove at the home of James Burkett Sunday August 22 in honor of Elisha Burkett and family of Fayetteville, Arkansas. Relatives and friends to the number of 65 were present. At the noon hour a bounteous dinner was served at Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Burkett and family, Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Burkett, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Hurst, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Barrett, Mr. and Mrs. George Burkett, Mrs. Emma Blunk and sons Arthur and Estell, Mr. and Mrs. Vern Church, Mr. and Mrs. George Linton, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burkett and daughter Lelah, Mr. and Mrs. George Bradley, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Morgan, Dick Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Hendrix and daughters Virginia and Imogene, William Morgan, James Burkett, the misses Maude Mildred, Dorothy and Ruth Bradley, Minnie Barrett, Nellie, Mable, Lola, and Golda Morgan, Mary Alfa, Linnie , Lillie, Marie and Alice Burkett, Mayme McNary and Esther Davis and the Messrs. Sylvan, Otto and Charlie Morgan, Albert Jones, Russell Hutchings, Harlie Brossman, Lloyd and Lester Beabout, Joe and Ralph Burkett, George Barrett and Arthur Reed.

Thanks to Kim Torp for these.

Miss Ione Connelly, of near Westfield, is visiting the family of Mrs. G. B. Huber. [The Charleston Plaindealer...Thursday June 23, 1887]

Miss Myra Edman paid a visit to Miss Nellie Fasig, of Martinsville, during the past week. [The Charleston Plaindealer...Thursday June 23, 1887]

On Tuesday of this week a stable belonging to James Dawson, near Westfield, was burned, together with two horses that were in it. [The Charleston Plaindealer...Thursday June 23, 1887]

James Parkison and wife of near Charleston, visited relatives in the village Sunday and Monday last. [The Charleston Plaindealer...Thursday July 28, 1887]

John Endsley, we are sorry to say shows little signs of improvement. He is not able to be up yet. [The Westfield Palladium quoted by The Charleston Plaindealer...Thursday July 28, 1887]

Grace, the little daughter of Polk Parker, who lives two and one-half miles south of town while playing with a dog, Wednesday, fell off his back and dislocated her elbow joint. Dr. Hall was called, the joint put in place and the little sufferer was doing well at last account. [The Westfield Palladium quoted by The Charleston Plaindealer...Thursday July 28, 1887]

About a week ago Mr. Cash received a letter from his son Ed, in Kansas, saying he had forty acres of as good corn as ever grew out of the ground, that in another week would be in good roasting ears. This week Mr. Cash received another letter from him saying the hot winds had completely killed his corn and he would not have a nubbin from the whole field. [The Westfield Palladium quoted by The Charleston Plaindealer...Thursday July 28, 1887]

Abraham Lincoln Watson and Miss Angeline Gross, of Westfield, were united in marriage, Wednesday, July 20th, at the residence of the officiating clergyman, A.Y. Graham. [The Charleston Plaindealer...Thursday July 28, 1887]

Westfield News printed in the Charleston Plain Dealer on Saturday April 14, 1888

W. H. Hamell preached at Liberty, Saturday night and Sunday, last.

Daniel Goble shipped a car load of hogs to Chicago Tuesday. He is also buying stock hogs at 4 cents.

T. H. Hardy, Geo. Wallage and J. R. Steveson are the old students who arrived this week that we did not expect back this term.

Jno. Laws returned from near Bloomington, Monday, where he had been assisting his brother in the management of a livery stable.

Jno. Endsley's sale last week brought a good many people to town, also a good many dollars into his pocket; yet nothing went beyond value.

Sunday afternoon about 3 o'clock a fire was discovered in the roof of the house opposite the college, now occupied by Rev. J. Love. However, it was extinguished with but little damage.

Uncle Thomas White, an aged citizen of our village, was called away by Him who giveth life both here and hereafter, on last Thursday morning. He he lived until the 20th of May he would have been 88 years old. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. L. Chittendon at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Burnap, where he had for years made his home. Having passed through the greater part of the 19th century he was well posted in civil and political affairs. He remembered the war of 1812, and also more of the Blackhawk war.

Mr. Briscoe, of Westfield, visited Kansas last week.

Rev. T. J. Thornton and family have moved to Casey. [The Charleston Plaindealer...Friday April 11, 1890]

Mr. L. Perry removed his family from Casey to our village (Loxa, Coles Co.) this week. [The Charleston Plaindealer...Friday April 11, 1890]