Big Rock "Town Gossip"

Davenport Times
Davenport, Scott, Iowa
Sep 5, 1900

BIG ROCK
     Big Rock, Sept 3- A birthday was held the other night at M.F.
Blackman's. Every thing passed off quietly, a number of Big Rock people
being present...H.B. Earling passed through our city last week in a special
car...We hear from Grand Mound, Ia. that they have a case of smallpox. We
hope, however, that they will succeed in controlling the disease...H.M.
Moore shopped hogs to Davenport last week...G.B. Tolman is shipping ice to
Toronto having sold his supply there...J. Hickson returned from Chicago all
right, where he had been attending the G.A.R. encampment. He says he stood
the long march all right.

Daily Times
Davenport, Scott, Iowa
Jan. 8, 1901

BIG ROCK

...Henry Moore and Henry Roch, also William Lang shipped three cars of stock from here last week to Chicago, also accompanied same to Chicago...Edgar Loomis has brought home a wedded wife that he went to Wisconsin and wedded. He will run the farm of Frank Blackman the coming season west of town...Jacob Kelding was in Davenport Friday...Our sports have laid up their shot guns for the season as the game law has run out for shooting...Mrs. Grace Figley of Toronto, came down here to spend the New Year's  with her grandmother...Mrs. Mary Wood has returned home from her western trip during the holidays. She visited with her daughter at Shelby, Ia...Joe Hickson was a passenger for Davenport recently. .. Farmer Burns, the wrestler, is at home for a few days...May of our people gave the home of Mr. and Mrs. James White, one mile south of town, Friday evening, a surprise party with music. All had a good time...Louis Nagel has been in Minnesota looking up grain of the Bushnell mill...Many of our Woodmen went to Wheatland lodge Saturday.

 

Daily Times
Davenport, Scott, Iowa
Jan. 29, 1901

BIG ROCK

Big Rock, Ia., Jan 28- Frank Blackman it is reported, will soon move with his family to Tipton, where he can give his children a better school education...G. Horstman was home for Sunday from his studies at Davenport...It is reported that we have a new postal clerk at the home of Postmaster Frank Follett and family. Mother and child are progressing nicely...James Goddard was a passenger for Davenport last week to see his family...Mrs. Ollie Nisbet, of Little Rock, Ia., is home to visit with her people and also to see her many friends of years gone by...Many of our people have the grip...Charles Hickson went to Dixon to call on relatives...Icemen are looking for colder weather...Mrs. Kate Gisher, of Chicago, came home a few days to visit with her mother, Mrs. Mary Burns...Many of our people attended the funeral of Mrs. Bridget Keane who died four miles northwest of town at the home of her son-in-law last Monday night. The funeral occurred her Wednesday morning. The remains were taken to Davenport and interred in St. Mary's cemetery...Mrs. White has been sick with the grip for some time...John Madison went to Dixon last week to call upon friends...Farmer Burns is home for a few days...Elder George Bullock moved to Detroit, Ill. where he and his family will reside for the coming year.

Daily Times
Davenport, Scott, Iowa
Tuesday, October 23, 1906

BIG ROCK
     BIG ROCK, Oct. 20- Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hickson were passengers for Davenport to call upon a sister, Mrs. Sarah Nagel.
     Station Agent Frank Nye left Thursday a week ago for northern Wisconsin to visit with two brothers that he had not seen for over 23 years.
     Mrs. Lucy Heckard and Mrs. Emma Templeton of Wheatland called upon Mrs. Heckard's sister, Mrs. Bessie Hickson recently.