No Date - From the Quincy, Illinois, Library Historical Newspaper Archives: From Kathy Robinson
KIDNAPED HER LITTLE NEPHEW
PIKE COUNTY BOY STOLEN FROM HIS HOME AND TAKEN TO CALIFORNIA BY HIS AUNT
PITTSFIELD, ILL., Nov. 23 --A sensational kidnaping story that comes to us is said to be causing much stir in the little city of Pleasant Hill, in the south part of that county. The story is to the effect that Lizzie, daughter of John Capps, of Oakdale, Cali., who has been back to her old home for a visit, on Monday kidnapped her nephew, the six or seven year old son of Frank Hartsock, who since his father's death, had been making his home with his grandfather, Campbell Hartsock, and fled with him, it is supposed, to California. W. A. Windmiller, of Pleasant Hill, is the boy's guardian.

No Date - From the Quincy, Illinois, Library Historical Newspaper Archives: From Kathy Robinson
Gov. Deneen Denies the Requisition, Which Closes the Chapter Gov. Deneen, on the 9th of this month, rendered his final decision in the matter of application for requistion in the case of Elizabeth Wood indicted for kidnapping Maurice Hartsock, denying said requisition. It will be remembered that this is the Pleasant Hill (Pike County) case which arose over a year ago and caused considerable excitement in the neighborhood. The matter was up before the governor on several different occasions. After reviewing the facts, the governor concludes, it appears, that the requisition is sought not to punish the defendant criminally for the alleged kidnaping but to compel her to bring Maurice Hartsock within the jurisdiction of the Illinois civil courts in order to determine the question of his legal custody.

Pike Co. Democrat, Thurs, 4 Sep 1879 from Virginia Gorton Bonne
PLEASANT HILL HOTEL. -- This house has lately changed hands--has been re-painted, re-papered and re-furnished throughout, and is now run in first-class style. Public patronage respectfully solicited. G. HEDGES, --Proprietor. (contributed by Virginia Gorton Bonne)

Nebo Banner, 21 July 1920 - From Virginia Gorton Bonne
A small child of Clifford Rowley of Pleasant Hill fell head first into a kettle of hot soap Monday and was very seriously burned. At last account it was recovering.

21 December 1937 - Unknown Newspaper - From Kathy Robinson
A holiday party was held at Mix Cabin Monday night, and an elaborate feed served. The menu consisted of steak, rattlesnake and the trimmings. Those present were Jack Clendenny, Merle Clendenny, "Bill" Borrowman, "Mickie" Laugharn, "Ding" Kendall, Guy Yokem, Frank Ward, Lawrence Goodman, Arthur Browning, Ralph Henry and Burdette Berry. All enjoyed the feast of rattle-snake meat, except Guy Yokem, who tore up the cabin when the boys tried to feed him a few bites of their favorite dish. Yokem is trying to solve the spell that came over his pals, causing them to turn wild and devour snakes in true side-show style. Yokem said that he had often paid money to see semi-civilized wild men eat snakes when he was a kid, but had no idea his associates in a civilized community boasting good churches and schools would turn back to the dark ages and become heathens. Yokem favors recalling American missionaries from the foreign lands and turning them loose in Pleasant Hill to educate the native heathens.