KAYSVILLE KINKS - #77 IN SERIES - MAY 1897 Mary Jane Wigglesworth Proudfoot (1858-1934)

KAYSVILLE KINKS - #77 IN SERIES - MAY 1897

• C. D. Bennett's residence was burglarized Tuesday while the family was absent and 2 coats, a vest and a pair of pants were stolen. Tramps are suppose to have done the deed. Sheriff Abbott is after them. Entrance to the house was made thru a pantry door.
• Friday's rain showers were gratefully received.
• Kaysville is fast becoming a central point for the breeding of thoroughbred Costwold sheep. Prominent among those engaged in the industry are William L. Galbraith, J. B. Meredith and Charles Layton.
• The closing exercises of the 8th school district were conducted at the Music Hall yesterday. A good program was rendered. In the afternoon the schools went to Webster's Grove and enjoyed themselves. A dance in the evening at Webster's Pavilion closed the day's sport.
• Henry Holmes is assisting John Barton at his furniture and undertaking business.
• Mrs. Proudfoot has kept her ice cream parlor open on Sundays only up to the present but will be open steadily from now on.
• PHOTO: Mary Jane Wigglesworth Proudfoot (1858-1934) She ran an ice cream and candy shop in part of her husband's James barber shop (area currently Horizon Credit Union 37 E 100 N) Mary Jane also ran her knitting factory and her umbrella making business from this space. She was a petite little lady always dressed to the hilt, never leaving her house without her embroidered gloves and parasol.