Edwin James One of First Climbers of Pikes Peak
Edwin James born 1797 in Vermont joined Major Long’s 1820 expedition as surgeon and geologist. He and two companies reached Pikes Peak on July 14 becoming the first white climbers, later earning Jamesia plants naming in his honor and a life spanning botany, linguistics, temperance work, and exploration. He died 1861 near Burlington, Iowa.
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Edwin James
Waybridge
Vermont
United States
Mississippi River
Rocky Mountains
James
Middlebury College
Albany
New York
Stéphan H. Long
St. Louis
Major Long
Missouri
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Pikes’ Peak
Arkansas River
Old Fort Bent
Colorado
Canadian River
Fort Smith
Arkansas
Ripley County
Butler, Wayne, Bollinger
Cape Girardeau
Long
Ozark Mountains
United States Army
Pittsburgh
Congress
Europe
America
American Quarterly Review
John Tanner
E. C. Delavan
Temperance Herald
George Bancroft
Burlington
Torrey and Gray
Jamesia
Rock Springs
First Visit Here In Forty Years Miss Effie Tincher Perkins
Mrs Effie Tincher Perkins accompanied by her husband and son visited Friday on return to Girard Kansas from a Canada vacation and spent the day with Mr and Mrs H N Thurlo. Perkins left Browning fifty years ago and this is her first return.
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Effie Tincher ‘Perkins
Girard
Kansas
Canada
H. N. Thurlo
North Salem Quilting Club Meets August Affectionately
August 18 gathering for the North Salem Quilting Club included fifteen members and fourteen visitors. They worked on a puss in the corner quilt and pillowcases, planned to attend Achievement Day at Browning, and noted a resignation and a new member bringing total to twenty eight. Ice tea and cookies were served as Fragments of roll call featured favorite recipes and an album gem.
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Alpha Lambert
Nora Cordray
Browning
Maxine Wyatt
Ida Head
Gracie Jennings
Ioa
Verna Pearler
Alpha
Bertha
Reba Lambert
Almeda_ Baker
Kitty Longwell
Anna Belle West
Madaline Tucker
Flossie Wyatt
Serena Riddle
Marie McCollum
Lois Riddle
Clyta
Lorene Peavler
Helen Ann West
John
Junior Tucker
Simpson Cordray
Leo
Herman Allen
Bobby Peavler
Roll Call
Marceline Golden Jubilee to honor 50 years with pageant
Marceline Missouri plans a three day Golden Jubilee September 8 to 10 featuring the historical pageant Marceline Marches On about the Santa Fe Railway and town growth. A 400 cast will perform nightly in an open air theater with a Jubilee Queen to be crowned by Governor Lloyd M Stark. The celebration anticipates 10 000 visitors and includes a Walt Disney boyhood sequence and a picnic by the Children of Pioneers. Union church services and the display of the Santa Fe train mark events.
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Marceline
Santa’ Fe
Kansas City
Ft. Madison
Iowa
Santa Fe
Lloyd M. Stark
Walt Disney
Mickey Mouse Fame
Children of Pioneers
Union Church
Letter urges poultry raisers to boost disease control
The author argues healthy chickens drive profits and cites losses from disease. He compares poultry to hog and cattle disease programs, noting low vet usage for chickens and the need for sanitation to cut costs and losses. He stresses the economic motive for proactive flock health.
Becker named Sullivan County Democratic leaders
Dr. Q H Becker was elected chairman of the Sullivan County Democratic central committee with Mrs. Vern Kidwell as vice chairman Ira Smith as secretary and Mrs R M Wilson as treasurer.
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Q. H. Becker
Sullivan County
Democratic Central
Vern Kidwell
Ira Smith
R. M. Wilson
Sleeping sickness hits Sullivan County horses again
Over two weeks several Sullivan County horse owners reported sleeping sickness. The disease causes drowsiness paralysis and loss of direction. Vaccination before exposure is advised with 99 percent protection claimed. treatment is preventive. Affected farmers include A. B. Cattey Jeff Bray John Tipton Marion Franklin Charley Bear D. M. Taylor Roy Carver Cecil Yardley Lonnie Scott Ernest Taylor and M. E. Peters.
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Sullivan County
Agricultural Extension Service
A. B. Cattey
Jeff Bray
John Tipton
Marion Franklin
Charley Bear
D. M. Taylor
Roy Carver
Cecil Yardley
Lonnie Scott
Ernest Taylor
M. E. Peters
Diary Snippet Reveals Classroom Tension Over Jake
A diary entry notes a Sunday aboard the S S teacher scolding Jake for his performance in class. The teacher fears judgment and asks if she will meet him in heaven, while Jake responds with confusion asking what he did wrong. The following Monday line mentions being tickled.
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S.S
Jake
Parish diary notes cousins and neighbors week’s events
A جوان church evening brings laughter as a child questions parental speech. The entry covers doctor visits, new neighbors, family remarks about a priestly life, a local fair trip, guest visits, garden work, birthdays, and a school start with teacher Miss Virginia Jennings.
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Eli Sparks
L. E. Hedges
George Phillips
Joe Edmondson
Wm. Morris
Vernon Phillips
Edgar Morris
Carlos Hicks
Earl Hess
W. L. Baker
Baker
Jerry Gooch
St. Joseph
Tommie Bartow
Fay Coulter
Virginia Jennings
Kenneth Gooch
Willie Pridemore
Herb Johnson
Brookfield
Shafter Socials Rainy Weekend Outing At State Fair
Mr and Mrs Darrell Hutchin with sons Eugene Veda and James joined Mr and Mrs Elmer Hammock and children for a Saturday trip to South Missouri and the state fair. Mr and Mrs Chester Schrock and Mr and Mrs Irvin Barrows also attended.
Purdin Items Week of August 15
A series of social updates from Purdin notes visits and family gatherings. Families including Burdock Pulliam Cassity Cotter Cody Gooch and Shuffleburger share visits with relatives in Kirksville Trenton Central Iowa and Michigan. Roy Brown and Albert Johnson are listed as ill.
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Wilber Burdock
Oklahoma
Will
Grover Gilmer Pulliam
Dean Gooch
Michigan
Will Pulliam
Kirksville
Stats
St. Louis
A. W. Cotter
D. L. Cady
R. D. Cassity
Roy Brown
Albert Johnson
Geo. Pulliam
Lucy Cotter
Victor Cassity
Trenton
D. L. Cody
K. W. Gooch
John Shuffleburger
Joan
Central
Iowa
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The
Ell -State Historical Society
Eampher
Pikes Peak
North Salem Quilting Club
Metropolitan Life Ins., Co
Ova Almond Place
Archie Dickinson
South Hooker
Mt. Olive
Gooch
Browning Lumber CO
Institute of American Poultry Industries
Middle Western
Farm Bureau
South Dakota
Nebraska
Illinois
Minnesota
Ohio
Frank Priebe
Dr. Becker
Nelson
MILES
Magnesia
J. G. May Drug Company
Browning, Missouri
Evry Boddie
Poppa
Otto
Jane
Elsy
Sissy
Purdin
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