Lincoln Evening News, Thursday, July 2, 1896:
headline:  AROUND ROKEBY

Mrs. T.J. Charles has been very ill this week, but is slightly improving.

F.C. Hollingsworth's pleasant smile was a noticeable feature around 
Rokeby this week.

A.F. Steinhausen and R.J. Tate made two business trips to Pleasant 
Dale and vicinity.

Frank Martin says he's going to raise cane in Rokeby, but he wants 
it spelled "cane" every time.

B.F. McCall is on the sick list.

The Misses Bishop have invested in a fine new piano.

Bros. Southwell came up from Kansas to spend the fourth with his brothers.

A.C. Reddish and son, with their families, visited A.W. Reddish Sunday.

S.S. Griffin and H.H. Miller have both made an investment in a new binder.

Rev. Smith of Denton preached at Wesley chapel last Sunday.

William McMillin had two teeth "yanked" out in a "jiffy" by coming in contact 
with a clothes line during the thunder storm Wednesday evening.

The ice cream social at the Rokeby school house Friday night was not very 
largely attended, owing principally to the rainy appearance of the evening.

Wednesday's wind storm twisted a few windmills up in great shape, giving 
Jim Tewksbury a chance at them for repairs.

Ed Reynolds, Jas. Sullivan, A.F. Steinhausen and W. Giles concluded a cattle 
deal this week which would have given the celebrated "Philadelphia lawyer" 
a touch of "that tired feeling."

School meeting passed with unusual quiet, both at Union Center and Prospect Hill. 
B.F. Smith, ex-treasurer of the latter district, declined another term, stating that 
he had slept with the public money under his pillow long enough.

"Jumbo" Sullivan went over to Jamaica Sunday to arrange a game of baseball 
between his team and the Jamaica Jugglers.

While Aaron Hause was cultivating corn one day not long since, one of the 
Sullivan boys came galloping up behind him and let loose one of his famous 
imitation Apache war whoops. This frightened Hause's team, which gave one 
yank on the cultivator and was gone with nothing to them but the 
harness, leaving that gentleman standing in blank amazement.

Rev. Doan delivered an excellent address at the Congregational church last 
Sunday, on "Nineteenth Century Thieves."  He illustrated how far mankind 
had fallen short of the high standard of honesty and dwelt at length upon 
the sin of stealing a neighbor's reputation; which, he said, was a man's 
greatest wealth.  He hit upon every idea except to point out to the farmers 
around Rokeby how to get rid of the nineteenth century thieves that visit 
their chicken coops.  This was serious omission and one for which the 
pastor may not soon be forgiven.

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