Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton




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1894, NOV. 1021 J. WALRUFF Mrs. T. W. Park Gaylord Institute T. C. S. ASHBY died at Parkville, aged 72, leaving a widow and three sons. Dr. Sheldon Jackson Indian School at Carlisle The Anti-Brighamite Mormons ELIZABETH WALRUFF, wife of John Walfurr, died in Kansas City. Dr. S. V. Cornish, of Omaha, locates in Platte City; but in a few months removes to Woodruff, and opens a drug store. May 16, 1896, he became insane, and was sent to the asylum at St. Joseph. Nov. 15 - Perry Brown, three miles north of Dearborn, in digging a well, strikes at 40 feet below the surface, a 15-inch startum of coal of excellent quality. Knights of Pythias creameries cannery apple crop Keller and Thorp Judge Stephen McComas Hoover Todd's Creek Eddie Rice J. R. Rice Nov. 25 - Dr. J. H. Throckmorton, of Hampton, sells his store to Eugene Carbaugh, and buys the drug store of Gus. Smith at Platte City for $4,000.