collis, m f
unknown – unknown
- Name variants
- M. F. Collis
- Record count
- 27
- Sources
- life_events
- Places seen
- Campbell; Dexter; Dexter, Mo.; Dudley; Sailor Spings, Ill.
- First event date
- 1913-02-12
- Last event date
- 1916-07-21
Timeline — 16 events
- 1913-02-12 Had a fall Saturday night, badly spraining her arm; at first thought to be broken Quote: "Mrs. M. F. Collis had a fall, Saturday night, which resulted in a badly sprained arm"
- 1913-07-16 Dexter. M. F. Collis and wife and Russell Sisler and wife left Monday on an auto trip thru Illinois Co-mentioned: Russell Sisler. Quote: "M. F. Collis and wife and Russell Sisler and wife left Monday on an auto trip thru Illinois."
- 1914-02-18 Dexter. Offered for sale cheap: one Schacht automobile, twenty-four horsepower, five passenger, cushion tire, convertible into a light delivery truck, in good repair; apply care J. J. Dowdy's Drug Store Quote: "FOR SALE CHEAP. One Schacht Automobile, twenty-four horsepower, five passenger, cushion t…
- 1914-06-03 M. F. Collis showed a hen's egg 2 1/2 inches long and about 1 1/2 inches in equatorial diameter, laid by a big white hen he owns Quote: "showed us a hen's egg 2 1/2 inches long and about 1 1/2 inches in equatorial diameter. It was laid by a big white hen he owns."
- 1914-07-01 M. F. Collis is remodeling the South main street front of his residence Quote: ""M. F. Collis is remodeling the South main street front of his residence."" Quote: ""M. F. Collis bought a new Ford auto last week.""
- 1914-07-01 Exhibited an egg about three inches long containing another fully formed egg with a hard shell, completely surrounded by albumen; Earl Smith, who waits on Dowdy's soda fountain where Collis is employed, broke the smaller egg and found albumen and yolk as in ordinary eggs Co-mentioned: Earl Smith. Qu…
- 1914-07-01 Dexter. M. F. Collis bought a new Ford auto last week Quote: "M. F. Collis bought a new Ford auto last week."
- 1914-07-01 M. F. Collis exhibited an egg about three inches long and 1 1/2 inches in polar diameter which, when broken yesterday, contained another fully formed egg with a hard shell, completely surrounded by albumen Co-mentioned: Earl Smith. Quote: "This story, vouched for by a number of witnesses, is about t…
- 1914-07-29 Dexter. M. F. Collis's hen laid an egg 8 inches in polar circumference with a double shell: the inner shell contained all yolk and no white, while the outer shell contained all white and no yolk Quote: "The egg Collis' hen laid was 8 inches in polar circumference."
- 1915-08-20 Dudley. With his wife and Mr. and Mrs. John Shepherd, motored to the Dudley rice fields last Sunday Co-mentioned: John Shepherd; Mrs. John Shepherd; Mrs. M. F. Collis. Quote: "Mr. and Mrs. John Shepherd and Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Collis motored to the Dudley rice fields last Sunday"
- 1915-09-10 M. F. Collis and wife motored to Saylor Springs this week and brought home Miss Addie Brown, Mrs. Collis' sister Co-mentioned: Addie Brown.
- 1915-10-08 Campbell. M. F. Collis and wife and Elijah Garner and wife attended the Campbell ball show and Merchant's parade at Campbell Tuesday [date from clip_id] Co-mentioned: Elijah Garner.
- 1915-11-12 Dexter. M. F. Collis had new fixtures including a self-starting apparatus installed on his Ford car this week, then took a party consisting of Mrs. Collis and others to the county seat Wednesday afternoon; the party took in the sights of the county seat, including editor Jim Miller, Senator Joe Farr…
- 1916-05-05 Dexter. Recovering from an attack of neuralgia [date from clip_id] Quote: "M. F. Collis is recovering from an attack of neuralgia."
- 1916-06-23 M. F. Collis and wife left Tuesday by auto for Sailor Springs, Ill Quote: "left in their auto, Tuesday, for Sailor Springs, Ill"
- 1916-07-21 Sailor Spings, Ill.. M. F. Collis and wife returned from a month's rest at Sailor Spings, Ill. (spelled as printed) Quote: "M. F. Collis and wife have returned from a month's rest at Sailor Spings, Ill."
Dates and spellings are preserved as found in the source records; contradictions are kept, not smoothed over. See the methodology for how this archive handles uncertainty.