Horrible Accident Kills Man in Wakenda Field
A laborer named Sprows was killed while operating a stalk cutter on land rented from Crispin. The team bolted, dragging him into Crispin’s barn lot where blades mangled him. Despite medical help, he died soon after. Sprows, a 25 year old single man, leaves two sisters and a brother in Missouri and Kentucky. The funeral was held at Wakenda with Rev. Crockett officiating.
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Ems
Mnan Sprows
James Burn
Burris
Crispin
Mr. Sprows
Sters
Richards
Dewitt
Sprows
Miami Station
Kentucky
Wakenda
Rev. Crockett
North Sentinel
Brookfield marshal shoots at fleeing prisoner on depot track
Gearly Brookfield attempts to recapture a prisoner named Linneus near the Brookfield depot. The marshal fires several shots as the prisoner bolts south along the rails. A man named Childress offers a dollar to aid the capture and the fleeing pair are boarded toward Brookfield on a train.
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Brookfield
Linneus
H Childress
Jess
Brook- Lacide Blade
Missouri Crop Estimates for 1904 Yield Figure
K H Tatlow questions the 1904 mis corn crop estimate. Prof Munford explains the method used, noting a total yield of 173 800 000 bushels and an average per acre, based on reports from leading farmers. Acreage matches 1900 census figures.
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Liter K. H. Tatlow
Hounterprise
Munford
Missouriultural College
Corp Ced
Election of Teachers and School Board Meeting
Notice for the election of teachers for the coming school year and a school board meeting by May 1905. J L Kinre serves as secretary and will conduct the election process.
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J. L. Kinre
Sec'y
Obituary for Mrs. Melvina F Phillips of Morris Chapel
Mrs. Melvina F. Phillips born January 4 1853 in Linn county Missouri died March 2 1905 aged 48 1 29 obituary notes her conversion and long church membership at Morris Chapel M E Church South wife of James O L Phillips marriage December 23 1875 and three sons two surviving. Funeral at Morris Chapel conducted by Rev Bur tis Pacvin with many mourners. Burial in local cemetery awaiting the last day.
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Melvina F. Phillips
James O. L. Phillips
Linn County
M. E. Church
South
Morris
William Warren
C. Grimes
Christian
Morris Chapel
C. M. Burtis
W. J. Pacvin
Card of Thanks for J. O. L. Puittips and Sons
We thank friends and neighbors who assisted us during the illness and death of our wife and mother J O L Puittips and Sons.
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J. O. L. Puittips
Filipino student at Missouri State on American life
Pacifico Laygo, a Filipino student at Missouri State University, voices opinions on American life. He says Americans lack time for home life, are driven by money, and contrasts this with Filipino values of home and family. He claims Americans are dollar mad and notes a perceived national weakness.
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Pacifico Laygo
Missouri State University
Phillipine Islands
Missouri druggists face new liquor sale law crackdown
The state enacts a measure dubbed the blind tiger act requiring druggists to keep a sale log with purchaser details and physician name, penalizing violations with fines from fifty to one hundred dollars per offense. Authorities may inspect records. the act targets drugstore saloons and is expected to be widely welcomed, per Brookfield Argus.
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Missouri
Brookfield Argus
Excerpt from a Citizen’s Mexico Trip Report 1905
A Missouri farmer recounts a March 1905 journey from Kansas to Mexico. He details travel with twelve companions, visits to San Antonio and Mexico City, crossing the Rio Grande, and arrival at Tuxtepec. He praises local scenery, cocoanut and fruit crops, parks, and the San Bartola plantation livestock operation.
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Browning
Linn
Ssalloan County
Wkansas Cit
A. G. Humphreys
Vitecita
Kansas
JL Db
Cathcart
Sedgwick
San Antonio
Orto
Capital Hill
Alamo
Humphrey
Mire Humph
Laredo
Rio Grande
Custom House
City of Mexico
City of
Mexico
Winston
la Joya
Tuxtepec
Vera Cruz
EiHule
Papaloapan River
Missouri River
Kansas City
M. E
M.E. Churet
Suicide at Laclede Ends Life of James Edwards
James Edwards aged 53 committed suicide at his Laclede home last Thursday by swallowing an ounce of carbolic acid obtained from a local drug store. He spent the evening bidding friends farewell and telling his wife of his intention before dawn, when she found him. He had been drinking heavily for several days and was despondent.
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James Edwards
Laclede
Edwards
Wah Berre
Our Veteran Fisherman Tavner Stewart Returns to Creek
The piece extols Tavner Stewart as the town’s premier fisherman and heir to old skills. It praises his patience, knowledge of pools, and the strong catches he yields, contrasting him with less adept anglers and recalling ancestral fishing lore during spring days by Lo cust Creek. It ends with a nod to garden seeds at the Racket Garden Seed shop.
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Tavner Stewart
Locust Creek
Roosevelt
Road Dragging Improves Rural Roads, Farmers Lead Efforts
Farmers west of town engage in road dragging to fix rough roads. Practice involves dragging from front gates to neighbors, leveling knolls and filling holes. Repetition after rain is common, with spring driving cited as optimal before autumn work slows. Credit given to those who drag, noting it takes little time for great results.
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Enoch
John Hooker
Tushack
John Fields
Cow Causes Bizarre Rising Buggy Accident Near Town
Orville Gunter, east of town, had a strange incident Sunday night when his buggy rose and flipped after hitting a cow in the road. He escaped unharmed but startled the horses and bystanders. Reports note the cow awakened from rest and fled, leaving no injuries among people involved. A local teacher's tardiness cure led to students and officials waiting at school at dawn for the kiss policy to take effect.
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Orville Gunter
Orville
Mother Earth
Cos
Olen
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