Wheat crop insurance offered to Linn County farmers
The AAA and community committeemen launched a campaign to sell Federal all risk wheat crop insurance for a three year period covering 1943 1944 and 1945. Farmers signing before August 31 will secure the three year policy with premiums in bushels paid yearly. Insurance is described as protection like fire or wind coverage for wheat crops and 180 Linn County farmers insured last year, with 77 planting and 25 suffering weather losses.
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Linn County
Triple A
AAA
Walter W. Sensintaffar
AAA Committee
Sensintaffar
Dickinson Items Rain Brings Relief and Local Visits
We received a fine rain Sunday night much needed for the area. Tuesday evening visitors included Miss June Crawford Miss Evelyn Longwell and Phillip Mac Kenzie at the John Longwell home. Monday evening guests were Mr and Mrs Oda Spencer and son Jerry at the Alex Purdin home. Mr and Mrs Harold Abbott and family spent Sunday with relatives near New Boston. Daniel Gray Mrs John Longwell and Eugene and Henne Ann West visited Mr and Mrs John Lisby and their sons on Sunday.
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June Crawford
Evelyn Longwell
Phillip MacKenzie
John Longwell
Oda Spencer
Jerry
Alex Purdin
Harold Abbott
New Boston
Daniel Gray
Eugene
Henne Ann West
John Lisby
Lee Wood
Browning
Glenn Cooper
Homer Buswell
Barbara
Babe Kimborough
Purdin
Essie Wood
Pearle Goins
Hazel McCollum
Roberta Gooch
Thrashers
Nolan Creason
Judith Ann
Ola
Creason
Bennie
Freddie
Bob Smith
R. E. Smith
Bob
Darrold Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Arthur Stultz
George Crooks
Kansas City
Levi Sparks
Hattie
Hattie ,Stultz
Buddie Stultz
Army
Emmett Palmer
Rose McCollum
Shelby Crossroads Weekend Visits Reported
Everett Westfall and family from Brookfield visited Ivan Coker ham. Harold Abbott and family visited Sunday at Ellwood Foss's home in New Boston. Randall Shrekhise and family were at Dean Maxwell's home Sunday. Ramah Jean Crist visited cousin Janelle McGhee in Brookfield. Harold Foss consulted a doctor for his daughter in Kirksville. Rev Art Freeman from Chillicothe and wife spent Sunday at Allie McCollum's. J C Shouse and wife visited Willis Cokerham's home for the weekend. Prentice Brown and wife shopped in Shelby Saturday night. Rudy Burkholder and wife spent Friday in Brookfield at W T McGhee's.
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Harold Abbott
Willis Cokerham
Prentice Brown
Shelby
Rudy Burkholder
Brookfield
W. T. McGhee
Purin Items and Local Visits Mention Farm Purchase
Neighbor notes in Purdin report rain needed for corn and pleasant cool weather. Social visits include Mrs. Herbert Crookshanks and her mother with Mrs. Janes Hardin, Ora Smith buying Sam Schrock farm south of the railroad, and several Sunday calls among local families including Mrs. Tilly McShane Mrs. Maxine Helms Mrs. Frances Ogle Mrs. Lydia Seals Mrs. May Johnson and the McNallys.
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Herbert Crookshanks
Bundies
Janes Hardin
Ora Smith
Sam Schrock
Tilly McShane
Arthur Monroe
Maxine Helms
L. M
Austin Myers Family Visited L M McNallys Friday
Mr and Mrs Austin Myers and their son Bobby spent Friday evening with the L M McNally family, visiting and sharing time together.
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Mrs. Austin. Myers and Son
Bobby
L. M. McNally’s
Morris Chapel Items and weekend visits
Sunday visits fill Morris Chapel as families travel between Browning Pur din and home. Local residents note Mrs Rose McCollum’s illness and hope for improvement while relatives share meals and greetings with kin, including Stultz and Hutchinson families.
Haying Dominates Local Life as Dry Weather Persists
The community reports hot and dry conditions with cooler Sunday air. Haying is in full swing while corn and gardens seek rain. Local residents make trips to St Louis and St Joseph for business and markets, and several attend a Milan horse show. Families from near Green City and east of Cora visit Addie Roberts and Bernie, with others selling horses and mules and helping with hay.
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Clifford Fanning
St. Louis
Glenn Freeland
Elmer Sevier
Mr Turner
St. Joseph
Milan
David King
David King and Family of Near Green City Visited Mrs. Addie Roberts
Bernie
Cora
Dean Knight
East of Cora
J. D. Elliott
Johnnie Elliott
Bernie Roberts
Buster
Ralph Lawrence
John A. Browning
White Oak Items Mixed Visits And Dog Bite Incident
Miss Marjorie Wattenbarger visits sister near Roger. Ross Knight family spent Sunday with Shatto family. Nellie Moddrell and Vonda with Moddrells visit Turner home near Cora. Fritz Brinkley visitors include Stephenson and Ste phenson families from near Roger. Lyle Wickham bought a second hand pickup. Charles Fields was bitten by a dog Sunday injuring his eyelid.
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Marjorie Wattenbarger
Robert Shipley
Roger
Ross Knight
Neil
Leonard Shatto
Nellie Moddrell
Vonda
Lavaun Moddrell
Mystic
Elworth Turner
Otis
Cora
Fritz Brinkley
Robert Stephenson
G P Club meets with Mrs Merle Hess on August 13
Saturday note reports the G. P. Club will meet with Mrs. Merle Hess on August 13. Mrs. Verl Dell and her son visited her sister Mrs. R. A. Thurlo and family for a few days last week.
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G. P. Club
Merle Hess
Verl Dell and Son
R. A. Thurlo
Warning on polio season and parental vigilance
Public notice urges parents to watch August and September for poliomyelitis symptoms in children. Officials warn the disease can spread via sewage and insects and list fever irritability drowsiness and stiff neck as possible signs. Also reports Buddy Stultz’s trip to Brookfield and Jefferson Barracks return home Tuesday.
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Browning
Hattie Stultz
Alta Wilhite
Betty
Walter Taylor
Buddy Stultz
Brookfield
Buddy
Jefferson Barracks
Willing Workers Club Meeting At Mrs Taylor Home
The Willing Workers Club met with Mrs. Mary Taylor and Mrs. Lucile Norvell on Wednesday July 22 for an all day session. Eleven members attended with five visitors five children and two men present. A noon cafeteria style dinner and summer flowers decorated the room followed a business meeting at 2 PM with singing and a Bible verse roll call. A flower collection of 20 cents supported a Cecile Cotter contest won by Marjorie Lay. The meeting closed with the Lord's Prayer and the next gathering scheduled August 12 due to hay harvest.
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Willing Workers Club
Mary Taylor
Lucile Norvell
Cecile Cotter
Marjorie Lay
Nena
Lorraine Taylor
C. R
Labor Praise and War Time Industry Strife
A historical note praises labor and industry for their wartime efforts while acknowledging ongoing labor strikes and industry suffering as conflicts persist. It urges workers to continue their tasks and not impede any branch while pursuing national interests.
Scottsville Social Notes Highlight Domestic Visits
A rainy spell brings appreciation as residents report a weekend gathering at Bernie Foster's with Edward Foster family and Frank Scott family. Farmers busy with haying and threshing while Jake Atkins attended a Milan horse show. Roads east of Scottsville are being worked. Lantz Hoselton of Mountain View Mo. died and will be brought back for burial. Marion Quigley visited Milan.
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Edward Foster
Galt
Frank Scott
Bernie Almond
Bernie Foster
Mountain View
Marion’ Quigley
Milan
Farmers toilers of the land deserve a summer bouquet
The piece lauds farmers for their hard work and resilience in wartime, then shifts to hay fever season. It notes August 15 as the onset period, discusses pollen from weeds and ragweed affecting both rural and city areas, and urges readers to cut ragweed on premises to reduce irritation and suffering.
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Wheaties
MFA Feed
MFA Flour
M. F. A. Central Cooperative
Fountain Grove
Anna Belle Belzer
Helen Ann
Ruth Belzer
Betty Belzer
Winigan
Jesse Longwell
Lee Goocch
Carl Bauer
Near Brookfield
Geo. Spencer
Floyd Swisegood
Max
T. S. C. Lambert
Robert Lambert
Dickinson
Shelby Crossroads
Everett Westfall
Ivan Cokerham
Scottsville
Browning Lumber Company
Batiste—Yard
Voiles & Batiste
Wilson
Hbottle
Mae Naan
Ane
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