From the Kingscreek Baptist Church

During a series of meetings held in January & February 1894 the following persons professed faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and were Baptized and received in full Fellowship with the Church.  Gary Englehart, David Harvey, Charley Williams, Sallie Stokes, _____Craig, Fannie Courts, Ida Livingston, Bessie Ropp, Marie Williams, Jacob Clark, Altha Instine, Harry Beatly, Leedpm Thurman. 
        By Experience, John Williams,  Belle Williams, John Kline, _______Curl, & Edward Blair. 
        By Letter, Margaret Dempsey & Emma Dempsey

The Hunters by Henry DECKER

THE HUNTERS
Have Not all Smooth Sailing But Will Stay the Limit
                                                                          Nov. 20th, 1905

Editor Herald, Dear sir--I will
now fill my promise.  to you in
regard ti writing you a letter
while up here hunting.  I arrived here on the 10th,
and found the boys all here but not in very good
shape.  Joe Brown was laying in camp
idle from the effect of step-
ing on a nail, but is alright now,
Willis Glendening had the tooth-
ache, Jesse Barber was home sick
and went home soon after I landed
here.  Albert Runyon looked tired
and I think he was tired.  It
seems that Vernon Pontius was
the only man that was able to

meet me at the train.
    Hunting here is a pretty hard
problem this year, there is not
much snow, and what little there
is is frozen and it makes it very
noisy so the deer can hear one walk
for a half a mile therefore they are
hard to get a shot at.  We have
killed four deer so far and some
pheasants and rabbits for camp use.
Albert Runyon says he is a pretty-
good hunter, but says those deer

are to slick for him.  He says they
won't stay long enougn for him to
shoot at them.  There us lots of
timber here such as  beech, Sugar,
Hemlock, cedar and pine, but the
land is not worth two rabbits per
acre, according to my estimation,
They are chopping lots of four foot
wood here now.  Theree is a com-
pany from Marquette, that have
two hundred and fifty thousand
cords of wood cut and corded up.
There is wood nearly as far as one
can see.
    If there are no accidents we will
stay the limit which is the 30th of 

the monthm All are Well. Respectfully

I have transcribed this as written.

I an mot sure where they were hunting.

The mention of Marquette makes one 

think it was Michigan,but I have seen

documentation that said they were in the 

Dakota territory about that date.

Flames Damage J. Teeter Home

Fire which started between the walls, beside the chimney in the John Teetere home, a miles west of Geneva, threatened for a time to destroy the building., but was finally brought under control by a bucket brigade furnished with water from a pump near the kitchen door, and with a couple of small hand chemical extinguishers taken from the Geneva fire truck.
     The fire was practically extinguished when the six township fire truck arrived from Berne and the Berne fire department took over.
    The fire was discovered at about 11 a. m. today by Mr. Teeter who seeing that he and his wife would be unable to cope with it alone drove into Geneva and spread the alarm.  The call was sent in to Berne and a number of members of the Geneva fire department drove out with the chemical cans.  The length of time required by the truck to get to the scene was explained by Fire Chief Leonard Baumgartner as being due to his having been told the fire was at the John Kraner home in Ceylon by mistake.
     A metal roof and rock wool insulation in the attic prevented the fire from breaking through the roof. The damage to the side of the building and to plastering and paper is considerable, but is covered by insurance.


Transcribed as written.  No name or date on clipping but believed to be from the Geneva Hearld. About  January 18, 1940