Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1875, JUNE 605 AN INCIDENT. AN INCIDENT - THE SWEDE AND GRASSHOPPERS ARGELIUS PANCAKE June 3 - Argelius Pancake having died, his daughter, Virginia C. Pancake, administered. Martha May I. VIRGINIA C. PANCAKE, married H. C. Goen II. WILLIAM A. PANCAKE, married Alice Corwin 1. Harry Pancake 2. Sam Pancake 3. Zelma Pancake III. RICHARD S. PANKCAKE IV. PATSY PANCAKE, married Geo. Peyton 1. Lula Peyton 2. Lela Peyton 3. Clifford Peyton V. ANDRONICA PANCAKE, married Ben Moore, son of Jeff Moore VI. MARY E. PANCAKE, married Chas. Kerr, son of William Kerr VII. JOHN M. PANCAKE VIII. LUCY A. PANCAKE June 7 - A rise in the Platte River washes away the flume of the Platte City Mills. Grasshoppers in vast clouds pass over, going northwest. They continued to pass at intervals for twenty days. Wills and John Morin take the livery stable in Block 26, Platte City. June 14 - Commencement at Daughters' College. Graduates: Ophelia Bonnell, Bettie Murdock, Jemmie Lysle. Farmers busy replanting corn, and preparing to sow turnips.