Did Ya Know?. . .The Carthage Public Library will be opening at noon on Saturday, October 16, after the Maple Leaf Parade. Did Ya Know?. . .The Jasper County Health Dept. has scheduled flu clinics for anyone 9 years and older at 105 Lincoln, Carthage, MO. Flu shots will be given on Fri. Oct. 15, Mon. Oct. 18, and Mon. Oct. 25 from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. Flu shots are $5 and Pneumococcal are $15. If on Medicare or Medicaid, please bring card. There is not a charge for high risk residents or 65+. For more information call 358-3111. |
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laugh "So you're not going to Paris, this year?" "No, it's London we're not going to this year; it was Paris we didn't go to last year!" "He was a failure as an architect, so he went on the stage." "Is he drawing better houses?" Judge-"Have you ever been up before me?" Accused-"I don't know. What time do you get up?" "My dog took first prize at the cat show." "How was that?" "He took the cat." 1899 Gave Her Baby to a Stranger. There was a strange transaction on the east bound Frisco train between this city and Monett Saturday evening. A mother voluntarilly gave away her bright eyed baby to a woman whom she had never seen before. The mother who so calmly delivered her child into the keeping of an entire stranger gave the name of Mrs. May Farrington. She said her home is at Fort Smith, Ark. Mrs. R. R. Hitson, of Hermitage, Hickory county, is the woman who accepted the little one as a gift. Just before the trained reached Monett the woman who claimed to be Mrs. Farrington carried her baby to Mrs. Hitson, and said, "Will you hold my baby for me a few minutes, please?" "How long do you want me to hold it?" Mrs. Hitson asked. "You can keep it all the time if you like," replied Mrs. Farrington. Mrs. Hitson was at first not inclined to take kindly to the proposition, but the little one cuddled down in her lap so lovingly that her heart was touched. The Hitsons are childless, death having taken away their little one a short while ago, and husband and wife both became interested. A few minutes discussion and they agreed to take the child and keep it as their own. Mrs. Farrington - if that be her name - lingered long enough to press a kiss upon the dimpled cheeks of the cooing youngster, and then as the train whistled for Monett, she left the train and disappeared in the crowd. Mr. and Mrs. Hitson remained aboard the train until they reached Springfield, where they changed cars to the Kansas City division of the Frisco. At the time they left Springfield they did not know whether their new heir was a boy or girl, but they were none the less proud of the child, and hereafter its name will be Hitson.
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