People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1894 — KNIMAN. [ARTICLE]

KNIMAN.

BY IMMAGINATION.

The play and box supper given at this place last Saturday night was a grand success in every particular. The large school room was crowded to its utmost capacity, and every one wresent seemed well pleased with the entertainment. Dr. Baxter’s Invention for making the old, young again, was exceeding popular. After the play 35 boxes were sold to the highest bidder, some of them bringing 11.10 each and none selling below 3f> cents. One of the most interesting features of the evening was the voting of a tine volume of poems to the most popular girl present. Eight different girls were voted on each person voting was charged one cent a vote. The most popular lady present according to the vote was, Miss Anna Groube, of Stoutsburg. She received 017 votes costing $0.19. The girl receiving the next highest number of votes was Miss Maggie McGlinn. She received 581 votes costing *5.81. The net proceeds for the evening *37 all of which will be spent in starting a school library at this place. Mr. E. S. Kenton, and daughter Hazel were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Hamilton last Saturday and Sunday. Leslie Sayers spent Sun*

day with his brother Thomas of this place. Grandpa Kniman has been quite sick for the past week. His condition is very critical. Mrs. John O’Conner is on the sick list. A Mr. Hill is building a new saloon room here. Necessity is the mother of invention. Dr. Jones has just completed a new baru. Miss Dankie and brothers, of Wheatiield. were the guests of Miss Lizzie and Frank Peters last Sunday. Post Master Sayers is in Chicago this week. A. Bates was in Kniman last Saturday.