Skidmore Visiting News, July 1921

Here are a few reports of visitors in town from the Skidmore News (Skidmore, Missouri), July 14, 1921, page 8:

Mrs. John Zook of Burlington Junction came Monday to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Earley.

Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Barrett left yesterday afternoon for a visit to St. Joseph and Kansas City.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Yates of Greeley, Colo., visited a few days the first of the week with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hart and family.

Mrs. Laird of Hopkins stopped here Monday on her way home from a visit at Rock Port, and spent the day with her nieces, Misses Leona and Bessie Mitchell.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Burks and baby of Mound City, who spent last week at the R. B. Foster home, left Friday for a visit with Mrs. Burks’ uncle and cousins at Shenandoah, Ia. They will stop here on their return the latter part of the week.

Mr. and Mrs. George Patton, who have been visiting relatives and friends here for several weeks, left yesterday afternoon for Beloit, Kan., where they will visit for a time before returning to their home at Fowler, Idaho.

Mrs. Ben Johnson and her son and daughter of St. Joseph motored up Monday morning and spent the day with Mrs. Johnson’s sister, Mrs. W. H. Hoblitzell. Mrs. Hoblitzell, Adrian and Margaret returned with them for a week’s visit.

Mr. and Mrs. Ira Whitford, Rev. Huston and Miss Scarlet motored over from Fairfax Friday to spend the day with Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Walker. Rev. Huston was the first president of the Missouri Wesleyan College at Cameron, and quite a number of former students of that school were present to spend the day with him.

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jolly and children who have been visiting for several weeks with Mrs. Jolly’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Grigsby, left Tuesday morning for St. Joseph, preparatory to starting on a motor trip through the west with Mr. Jolly’s brother. They will visit several of the states of the southwest, and will keep on the lookout for a desirable location.

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