100 Years Ago

Herald of Feb. 11, 1921

The Shelleytown correspondent reported that I.A. Showalter, E.A. Brumbaugh, Lloyd Schaffer, Lester Miller and Elmer Treese saw a live grasshopper jumping around on the grass, “even though the groundhog did not see his shadow.”

Albert A. Cowen wrote a lengthy account of his trip to Florida.

Patriotic entertainments were scheduled at the Henrietta and Curryville schools for Lincoln’s and Washington’s birthdays.

The straw stack at the farm of Collie Shonefelt, Plum Creek, fell over and smothered three head of cattle.

Miss Ruth Snyder, teacher of the Armstrong Sc...