Description: M.A. Cooley sustained a severe scalp wound Monday by being struck...

Date: November 25 1913

Newspaper published in: Brookfield

M.A. COOLEY sustained a severe scalp wound Monday by being struck with the
wheel of a surrey. He had been driving the team but stopped in front of
JENKINS' plumbing establishmentto set a suitcase inside the shop door. As
he came out the horses, which had been left untied, had begun to walk away
and immediately broke into a trot. Mr. COOLEY ran after them and attempted
to get into the vehicle but fell and the upper left side of his head was
deeply abraised over a space of about one inch by four. The torn scalp bled
profusely and it was at first thought that he might be dangerously injured.
He was taken to a doctor's office at once and it was soon found that the
cuts were only scalp deep. The horses ran south nearly to the railroad
track, then turned in Main street and doubled back to the Brownlee bank
corner which they rounded into East Brook street and came to a sudden stop
by straddling a tree on the new post office building birm. When they struck
the big elm they were going so slowly that no injury was done to the horses
or surrey and only one strap was broken on the harness.
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OBITUARY.
William ROUSE, aged father of Geo. W. ROUSE of this city, passed away at his
home 7 miles north of Green City, Mo., about noon on Wednesday, November 19,
1913, after a brief illness from pneumonia, at the age of 79 years, 10
months and 14 days.

The Green City Press says of him: "Mr. ROUSE was one of Sullivan county's
early settlers, the majority of whom have gone on before. He had lived in
the Pennville neighborhood for over half a century, and was a man of high
standing in that community, enjoying the confidence and esteem of a wide
circle of friends. He lived to a good old age, and until his recent illness
looked after the affairs about the farm and assisted his son Frank, with
whom he lived, in attending to the daily tasks."

"Besides two brothers, Samuel ROUSE of near Lemonville and Harrison ROUSE of
Pennville, and one sister, Mrs. George LAWHORN of north of Green City, he is
survived by his aged wife and 7 children, five sons and two daughters:
Frank of Pennville; Elisha and Will of Denver, Col., Samuel of Monmouth,
Ill.; George of Brookfield, Mo.; Mrs. Andrew THOMPSON of Green City; and
Mrs. Mary SCOBEE of Lincoln, Neb. All the children, with the exception of
Mrs. SCOBEE, were at the bedside when the final summons came."

The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. H.J. DUCKER of the Methodist
Episcopal church, of which the deceased was a member, at Pennville on
Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock, and interment was made in the cemetery
there. A large attendance of neighbors and friends gathered to express the
high esteem in which the deceased was held, and the floral offerings were
beautiful tributes of love and sorrow, for all of which our fellow townsman,
Geo. W. ROUSE, desires to espress in behalf of himself and the other members
of the mourning family, the most sincere appreciation, which they will carry
in loving remembrance along with tender recollections of the departed.

William ROUSE was born in Ralls county, Mo., January 5, 1834. He came to
Sullivan county in 1850, settling near the home where he died. In 1852 he
was married to Miss Sarah E. DAMERALL of Putnam county, and his residence at
Pennville covers a span of 63 years. Besides the children mentioned above,
five are dead.

It was late in life that Mr. ROUSE made his spiritual preparation for the
better world to which he has now gone, having become a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church in 1907, but throughtout his long citizenship
here he has been known as exemplary in both private and public life.

The venerable man had visited in Brookfield only a few months ago, at which
time he was enjoying good health with a prospect of living many years, and
the acquaintances which he made here unite in sympathy to the Brookfield son
and his family, all of whom were in attendance at the funeral.
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BASKETBALL GAME.
The Brookfield schools put on a basket ball game all their own last Saturday
afternoon when the girls of Miss ARBUCKLE's room at the Hickman school met
those of Miss Belle HUMPHREY's of the Park on the High School campus. For
the North Side team Veda JENKINS is captain, while Florence SAGER is leader
of the girls on the other side. The Park girls put up a stiff fight and
proved their mettle from first to last, against the stronger Hickman team.
The final score was 18-1. Miss Margaret SMITH, coach of the High school
team, acted as referee and Miss Helen MYERS umpired. Following are the other
players with the positions they filled:
Hickman--Stella ANDERSON & Veda JENKINS, forwards; Katharine MYERS & Martha
LANDER, centers; Stella DIENHART & Hester WHITE, guards.
Park--Marian HURST & Florence SAGER, forwards; Alice EVANS & Ona NORVELL,
centers; Mary MENDENHALL & Margaret DORAN, guards.
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PERSONAL NEWS.
-Miss Georgia SPALDING of St. Louis arrived Saturday for a visit at the home
of C.L. SPALDING.
-George EDWARDS and family of Macon visited at the home of G.B. WOOLERY.
-J.A. COTTER & wife spent Friday and Saturday at Chillicothe.
-J.J. AUSMUS has gone to Arcada, Fla.
-Mr. and Mrs. W.A. BRUNER of New Cambria spent part of last week at the
homes of J.J. AND J.A. BRUNER.
-Lee WOODS and family left last week to make their home on a farm near
Mutual, Okla.
-Mr. and Mrs. R.O. CLEMENTS of Cleburne, TeX., are visiting at the home of
J. Wesley CLEMENTS.
-C.K. HART and family were St. Joseph visitors over Sunday.
-Mesdames C.B. BUNCH and Bernard SMITH and the latter's children have
returned from visits at Hannibal and LaPlata, Mo.
-Mrs. J.D. FLEMING and children of Atlanta, Mo., arrived Saturday for a
week's visit with Mrs. Kate TOOEY.
-Shannon STATEN of Hale, Mo., spent Saturday with James KENT.
-Mrs. L.B. WALKER was called to Cowgill, Mo., Saturday on account of the
illness of her sister, Mrs. J.H. WALKER.
-Mrs. L.R. Van DYKE and children were Bevier visitors over Sunday.
-Mrs. R.H. ALLEN and daughter, miss Bea, and Miss Esther McCUNE spent
Saturday in Kansas City.
-Mesdames R.C. CLEMENTS of Cleburne, Tex., and J. Wesley CLEMENTS spent
Friday at Browning.
-Mrs. John STERLING of Macon visited at the home of W.I. SUMMERS two days
last week.
-Mrs. S.A. YOUNG of Green City, Mo., was a guest of Marion YOUNG Friday and
Saturday.
-Mrs. J.D. McLEOD spent last week at Kirksville, Mo.
-Miss Besse SCOTT is spending a few days with miss Ruth PALMER and other
Brookfield friends.
-Miss Ruth LAMEY of Hannibal is a guest of miss Marguerite McGRAIL.
-Miss Vera TOMLIN of Pleasant Plains, Ill., arrived Friday for a visit with
Miss Eilleen FUOSS.
-Mrs. Fay HOOPER of Newton, Kan., is visiting at the home of Theodore HOOPER
en route home from Sedalia, Mo.
-Mr. and Mrs. John DOWNS, Misses Frances TOOEY, Frances and Marguerite
COLLINS and Messrs. John BURKE, William DOWNS and Casey HERMAN came down
from St. Joseph to attend the Bachelors' Ball.
-Mr. and Mrs. John FISKE and daughter of Phillipsburg, Kan., spent part of
last week at the home of E. J. CURRAN.
-Mrs. W.C. BRYANT of Aurora, Ill., who visited here last week, and Mrs. F.A.
YOUNG spent part of last week in Kansas City.
-Mrs. A.C. OWENS and children of Kansas City are guests of Miss Beatrice
GREEN.
-Robert CHITTENDEN will be here from the Illinois University to spend
Thanksgiving with home folks.
-Eugene HIGHTOWER and family of Mooresville, Mo. spent Saturday & Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. E.J. CURRAN.
-Miss Frances WELSH of Hannibal is visiting friends.
-Dr. and Mrs. J. Fred PEERY of St. Louis are visiting at the home of C.W.
GREEN.
-Mrs. Charles IRELAND of Chillicothe was a guest of her sister, Mrs. E.J.
CURRAN two days last week.
-Miss Lotus TREACHNOR and Trelle DOBBINS of Shelbina and Will REECE of
Bevier are guests of Miss Ethel CLEAVER.
-Messrs. Elmer ZIMMERMAN and Thomas LAMEY of Hannibal were here for the
dance last night.
-F.A. MAGNAN of Albany, Mo., spent Sunday in this city.
-J.T. BIXLER and wife and Mrs. A.B. CLARK were at Canton, Mo., last week on
account of the death of Mr. BIXLER's mother, Mrs. Mary F. BIXLER.
-Mrs. F.E. GARRITY and baby were Bevier visitors 2 days the latter part of
the week.
-Miss Grace BROWN of Kansas City is a guest of Miss Ethel HAYS.
-Messrs. Buel SWOPE and Herman SHIFFLETT of Wheeling were Sunday visitors in
this city.
-Mrs. William MARKEY and son went to Hannibal Sunday.
-Mrs. B.F. STALEY of Kansas City was a visitor Saturday.
-Mrs. T.D. VALIANT of Quincy, Ill., is a guest of Mrs. Oscar SLEDD.
-Mrs. F.M. VEAL was called to Shelbina Monday by the illness of her aunt,
Mrs. Ellen RUFFNER.
-Mrs. A.S. LANHAM & son of Glenwood, Mo., and Mrs. A.C. LANHAM & daughter of
Alta, Ia., are visiting at the home of John GILLESPIE.
-Mrs. Elizabeth StudeBaker MORRISON of Decatur, Ind., arrived Monday night
for a visit with Miss Emma BROWNLEE.
-Mrs. Emma SYLVESTER of Carrollton returned home Monday after a week's visit
with Mrs. F.L. SYLVESTER.
-Mrs. S.T. BROWNFIELD has returned from a 4 weeks visit in Maryland,
Pennsylvania and Ohio.
-Mr. and Mrs. W.C. WELCH of Hannibal came Monday to be guests at the home of
R.N. BOWDEN and to attend the Bachelors dance.
-Mr. and Mrs. R.S. BROWNLEE and son Rollins, Mrs. A.A. BAILEY, Misses Rosa
CRAMER, Helen MOORE, Birdie ROBBINS, Cleora FAUT, Hazel KINSEY; and Harold
MOORE and Ray SAUNDERS went to see the Kansas-Missouri football game at
Columbia Saturday, and report an exciting battle with a final score of 3-0
in favor of "Old Missou."
-Mrs. F.C. NOTROTT leaves today for a week's visit at Ottumwa and
Burlington, Ia.
-Mrs. A.W. HAMILTON went to Rothville Monday.
-Mrs. J.L. CUMMINS is spending a few days at Linneus.
-Mrs. G.A. SMITH visited at Marceline part of last week.
-Mrs. Josephine RUMMELL visited at Laclede over Sunday.
-Mrs. Grace RATLIFF visited at Marceline last week.
-Miss Nellie FRANKLIN visited at Marceline last week.
-Mrs. J.J. AUSMUS & son were Laclede visitors Sunday.
-Mrs. Ed STODDARD & baby are spending a week at Meadville
-Misses Mary and Barbara OTT spent Sunday at St. Catherine.
-Mrs. A.G. IRVIN & baby spent Friday & Saturday at Browning.
-Mrs. W.B. SCHOCH & children spent Saturday & Sunday at Bucklin.
-Mr.& Mrs. Richard BEVIER & daughter were Browning visitors Saturday.
-Mrs. John KING visited her brother J.C. CLEMENTS, at Linneus over Sunday.
-Mrs. George GIBSON & granddaughter Helen FORD, spent Saturday at Bucklin.
-Mrs. W.N. WHEELER of Marceline came Monday for a visit with Mrs. Harry
MARKHAM.
- Misses Viola and Nellie HANNAN visited Mrs. S.P. EVERLEY at Marceline over
Sunday.
-Miss Olive CLAIR returned to Rothville Saturday after a 2 weeks visit with
Mr.&Mrs. Lee WOODS.
-Misses Mamie and Hazle ERSKINE were taken into the First Methodist
Episcopal church Sunday evening.
-Mrs. W.B. McGREGOR and small daughter of Linneus were guests of Mrs. Ed
BROOKS.
-Mrs. Goldie BOWMAN has returned to Marceline after a 3 weeks visit with her
mother, Mrs. L.J. STANARD.
-Mrs. J.L. CUMMINS is spending a few days with Linneus friends.
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SOCIETY NOTES.

The regular meeting of the Nonpariel rook club wa sheld at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. L.W. RUMMELL on Friday evening. Besides members of the club,
guests present were Mr. & Mrs. J.W. MOORE and Mr.& Mrs. M.Y. RUSK. The high
scores were made by Mrs. G.A. SMITH and Dr. C.V. SIDENER.

Mrs. M.I. CARTTER entertained a number of friends Monday afternoon. The
house was decorated with pink and white carnations, the ladies busied
themselves at embroidery.

Mrs. Charles TOOEY was hostess to the P.E.O. society Monday afternoon.
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MARRIAGES.

Mr. Herman F. CLARK and Miss Mary E. MADDEN were united at the home of the
bride's parents, Mr.& Mrs W.E. MADDEN, Sunday evening at 6:30 o'clock, Rev.
W.C. ATWOOD officiating. The ceremony occurred in the presence of the
immediate relatives of the couple, and afterward a wedding supper was
enjoyed. Out-of-town guests were Mr.& Mrs. W.F. CLARK and Miss Edna CLARK
of Clarnece, mo., Messrs. and Mesdames John FOSMIRE and Forrest MADDEN and
Miss Gladys MADDEN of Meadville. Mr.& Mrs. CLARK will leave in a few days
to make their home at Galveston, Tex., where the former will be employed by
the Santa Fe railroad. The pretty and accomplished bride was until Saturday
night employed in the art department of the Halliburton dry goods store, and
she is succeeded by Miss Irene PLUM. The bridegroom is claimed as a
Brookfield boy although he lived here only 3 years and will be remembered as
one of th Elks Hikers to Portland last year. He has recently been employed
as pullman conductor with headquarters at Denver, Colo.

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Mr. Fred B. LANHAM of Glenwood, Mo., formerly of this city, and Miss Clara
FORD of that place were married at the Christian parsonage by Rev. V.C. ROSE
at 7:30 o'clock Wednesday, November 19. Mr. LANHAM is a brother of mrs.
John GILLESPIE of this city.

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At eight o'clock Friday evening, November 14, 1913, at the home of the
bride's parents, Mr.& Mrs. D. ORMISTON, occurred the wedding of Mr. Carlos
Boardman WESTERN to Miss Susa Catharine ORMISTON. The groom is a son of
Mr.& Mrs. Chas. B. WESTERN. Only a few immediate relatives and friends were
present to witness the ceremony, which was performed by Rev. W.E. ROYSTON.
The ring ceremony was used, Miss Caroline HOMAN acting as ring-bearer.
While the guests were being arranged mrs. M.F. HOMAN sang "I Promise Thee"
The wedding march was rendered by Miss Irma LOCKE. Both the contracting
parties are estimable and worthy young people and have the good will and
best wishes of all for a long and happy life of wedded bliss.
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OTHER LOCAL NEWS ITEMS & NOTICES.

The following letters remain uncalled for in the Brookfield post office.
Geo. W. MARTIN, postmaster.
Roy CLEMMONS, Fred HALK, Hugh HILL, Troy HUTCHISSON, Lucy WOODWORTH, Miss
Mary MILLER, Mrs. Mary MENDER, Mrs. F.E. JACOBS, J.C. HUGES.

The annual election of officers was held at the regular B.of R.T. meeting
Monday afternoon, and these were re-elected: W.R. SNODGRASS, pres.; D.T.
MORGAN, vice pres.; O.C. BARTON, secty; E.O. HILL, treas; I.J. HAMMOND, R.R.
WILLIAMS & F.C. STUETZ, grievance committee. Ray WATERS was initiated at
this meeting.

F.J. GARRITY is making extensive repairs in his recently vacated building,
prepartory to its occupancy by the well-known caterer, R.N. WOODWORTH of the
Gem cafe.

The H.S. Van DEVENTER harness shop is again open for business under the
management of Gus C. WILLIAMS, who with his brother, O.H. WILLIAMS, is
conducting the shop under the firm mane of Williams Bros.
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WANTED.

Plain sewing, Mrs. A.F. BOYLE.

Plain sewing, Mrs. L.M. OGLE of East Prairie.
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OUR NEIGHBORS.

An old tobacacco press fell on Robert W. COOPER of Sterimetz, Howard Co.,
breaking his neck, both legs and all of his ribs on one side of his body.
He was a prominent farmer.

Purdin -- John I. PURDIN is filling both the position of president and
cashier at the Stockgrowers bank until the directors select someone to take
his place, about January 1st.

Willie TOOEY, of Brookfield, was a guest at the home of R.B. KILPATRICK on
the Ridge from Friday night until Sunday. He got a little duck shooting
Saturday, but not enough to make his kill over the legal limit.

Sumner -- Stephen ECKLES passed away late yesterday afternoon.

Laclede -- Mrs. Alma MOORE, wife of A.C. MOORE, of route 1, died at the
state hospital in St. Joseph Wednesday. The remains were brought to Laclede
yesterday and given burial in the city cemetery.

Laclede -- John Clay LOMAX, first and only grandson of Cashier H.C. LOMAX
was born to Mr. & Mrs. J.T. LOMAX of San Benita, Tex.

Linneus -- Jesse TURNER of this place, formerly of Jackson twp., yesterday
purchased the T.S. STEPHENSON residence.

Marceline -- Miss Mary PERRIN, daughter of Dr. J.H. PERRIN, will enter the
Marceline post office as an assistant to the Postmaster J.S. WALKER.

Linneus -- Sheriff HEAD left last Saturday for Southern Oklahoma on a
business trip and short visit with his father-in-law Thos. STANDIFER &
family. Mr.& Mrs. HEAD will also visit their son-in-law and daughter, Mr.&
Mrs. R. McKEES, for a few days in Kansas City.

Laclede -- Alva ENGLEHART, who is attending Missouri Wesleyan college,
visited over Sunday with his parents, Mr.& Mrs. H.F. ENGLEHART. Alva is a
member of the college football team and is making quite a reputation as one
of the star players.

Seeley Chapel -- Mr. and Mrs. Claude STUVER of Moberly, Mo. are visiting the
former's parents Mr.and Mrs. M.M. STUVER. Mesdames May HOWK and Orletta
MILLER were guests of Mrs. W.S. DOWELL Friday. George TOTTEN of Twiney, Mo.,
and son, Will TOTTEN of Linneus, Mo., are guests at the home of Ed HOWISON.