Social Functions Of The Past Week At Gooch Home
Mrs and Mrs W B Gooch hosted a Sunday dinner at their east town home with guests including W E Davis D B Gooch Ella Keithley Drummond Whaley and Mrs Wm Stark and daughter. Guests praised Mrs Gooch as a culinary artist and commended the hosts as ideal entertainers noting an enjoyable time and plans for more occasions.
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W.b.gooch
Town
W.e.davis
D. B. Gooch
Ella Keithley
Drummond Whaley
Stark
Daughter
Enthusiastic Country House Party Returns for Two Evenings
A pair of consecutive gatherings hosted by Mr. and Mrs. H N Thurlo and R M John at their rural home north of town entertained guests despite poor roads. The evenings featured elab orate meals, music, games, and social conversation with many friends including Mr. and Mrs. Ross Lantz and others. Guests arrived bearing boxes and baskets and departed joyful and well fed after a day of hospitality.
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Messrs
Lesdames
H. N. Thurlo
R. M. Jhoun
Ross Lantz
Rs. C.B. Purdin
Erbert C. Bailey
Cecil Clem
Harris
George Hooker
Locust Valley church holds annual Thanksgiving reunion
The Locust Valley artist church gathered at Mr and Mrs Brassfield's home for its Thanksgiving Day reunion and a large potluck feast. About one hundred members attended despite snowy weather, with Florence Lay Ruth and Ella Keithley from the city among the guests.
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Locust Valley
P.brassfield
Florence Lay
Ruth
Ella Keithley
Big Pitch-in Dinner for Mrs. J H Tharp Birthday
A Thursday event approves a Thanksgiving and birthday dinner honoring Mrs. J H Tharp. The gathering aims to celebrate her birthday with family and friends and plan a community pitch-in style meal.
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J.h.tharp
Thanksgiving Dinner Parties at Rural Homes
Mr and Mrs Hank Thurlow and Mr and Mrs Roy Calhoun hosted a delightful Friday dinner at a rural home with a five course meal and pink and green decorations. Guests included Dr and Mrs Roy Whaley and many others. a warm evening ended with fond memories. Thanksgiving at J R Lantz home featured a twelve o clock meal for G D Prather B T Jolley. Mrs Lantz prepared the dishes. F L Biswell hosted a bounteous Thanksgiving with a box of viands sent to Aunt Lizzie Pickens and others. George Gooch and family noted.
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Hank Thurlow
Roy Calhoun
Roy Whaley
J. F. Bolling
Virginia
Kenneth Dunc
Nana
Beverly
Maude Fields
Hinda Rush
W. H. Dickinson
Herman Schrock
Elmo
Guy Adams
J.r.lantz
F. L. Biswell
Thanksgiving Dinner at The Little Gem
The Little Gem hosted a Thanksgiving dinner last Thursday offering a fifty cent plate. Guests praised the hospitality of Mr. Ogle and the Mrs Ogles, noted culinary artists, with about thirty guests enjoying the feast.
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Little Gem
Mr. Ogle
Origin of Our Thanksgiving Day
A historical overview traces Thanksgiving from Pilgrim days to Lincoln's 1863 proclamation and later presidents. The narrative notes the day shifting from a thanks observance to a feast and home coming, then describes a Thanksgiving snowfall that disrupted travel and delayed corn husking, with mild weather easing into Christmas prep.
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United States
Plymouth
America
England
Congress
Washington
Madison
New England
Lincoln
Old Sol
To Tax Payers of Benton Two. I will be in Purdin Mo
A brief public notice states that a speaker will visit Purdin Missouri on Tuesday to address Benton County taxpayers about local tax matters. The exact time and venue are not provided in the available text.
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Benton
Purdin
Tax collection schedule for Benton township released
The notice states daily and Friday collection days each week starting December 4, 1923 to collect Benton township taxes, with the remainder of time at the Farmers Exchange Bank in Browning. Florence E. Lay is the Collector.
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Benton Township
Farmers Exchange Bank
Browning
Florence E. Lay
Missouri and Kansas football clash ends in 3 to 3 tie
A record crowd of 21 000 at Lawrence watched the annual Missouri Tigers versus Kansas Jayhawkers game on Thanksgiving Day. A snow storm blanketed the field as conditions stayed wet and sloppy yet both teams showed grit in a hard fought 3 to 3 tie. The next meeting will be in Columbia with expected large turnout. Also notices Modern Woodmen Camp 2614 Brownings holds election night December 14 with B H Peterson and B L Powell presiding.
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Missouri Tigers
Kansas Jayhawkers
Lawrence
Kansas
Missouri
Missouri- Kansas
N. W. Phillips
Wm. Bond
Prof
Shipley
Columbia
Browning
B. H. Peterson
B. L. Powell
Tom Mix and Buster Keaton Double Feature at Electric Theatre
Tom Mix stars in Mile-a-Minute Rome o and Buster Keaton appears in the two reel comedy Cops. The program runs Friday and Saturday nights this week with seven reels of speed and laughs. Admission 25 and 35 cents.
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Tom Mix
Buster Keanne
Electric Theatre
Tom
Romeo
Buster
Farmers Bank of North Salem Stockholders Meeting Notice
Notice is given that the Farmers Bank of North Salem Missouri will hold its annual stockholders meeting on Tuesday January 8 1924 at the bank office in North Salem at 10 oclock a.m. for at least three hours to elect seven directors for the ensuing year and to transact other business. Attest D V Mardis Secretary President C L Pearler
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Farmers Bank of North Salem
North Salem
Missouri
D. V. Mardis
C. L. Pearler
Minstrel Show Tonight at Electric Theatre
The Minstrel Show with twenty five performers comes to the Electric Theatre tonight. Legion boys back the movement and most seats are sold. Reserved seats cost 25 and 50 cents.
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Electric Theatre
Legion Boys
Linn County Farmer Grows Record Corn on 14 Acre Patch
D G Gibson and son Will finished shucking a 14 acre corn patch on J H Knufong farm averaging 82 bushels per acre. Uncle Dave praises the yield calling it the best he has seen with extra large heavy ears. Gibson always rents ground well and says he will be ahead if anyone raises corn.
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D. G. Gibson
Dave
Stock shipments report from Browning on Saturday
Saturday stock shipments leave Browning with J H Knifong C Lantz eight loads of cattle J J Knifong one load of cattle John Moore one load of cattle Chas E Rinehart one load of cattle to St Louis Kenley and Smith one load of hogs and one load of horses and mules W P Carter one load of horses and mules to Kansas City S P Kelley H L Cooper two loads of sheep
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Browning
Chicago
J. H. Knifong
C. Lantz
J. J. Knifong
John Moore
Chas. E. Rinehart
St. Louis
Kenley and Smith
W. P. Carter
Kansas City
S. P. Kelley
H. L.cooper
He Was Some Collector Vic Fields Returns Home
Vic Fields of Stansberry visited Thanksgiving with his mother Elizabeth Fields and relatives. He recalled his youth in this city and an old incident when he stopped a feather renovator from boarding a train without paying his store bill. The trio then clashed with Curt Tiffany and were fined at police court. the debtor paid both the bill and the fine and left town.
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Vic Fields
Stansberry
Elizabeth Fields
Mr. Fields
Vic
Fiddlers Contest at Electric Theatre Prize Night
Fiddlers compete with prizes for the top three at the Electric Theatre on Wednesday night December 12. A prize will go to the best dancer. Free admission for fiddlers. Six reels of pictures shown. admission 10 or 25 cents.
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Electric Theatre
Pie Supper a Success for District Community Fund
The district thanks residents for strong support at a Wednesday pie supper night. A lively bidding and voting pace raised receipts to cover obligations and fund ongoing efforts.
Coleman gas light and Columbia phonograph purchased
Bundridge School with Earl M. Palmer as teacher notes Coleman gas light from Bailey Hardware and a Columbia phonograph from Nevins Drug Store.
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Coleman
Bailey Hwd
Nevins
Bundridge School
Earl M. Palmer
City Taxes for 1923 Collected at Farmers Exchange
Zella Woodworth announces tax collection times at the Farmers Exchange on Monday and Saturday in December 1923 for city taxes.
Slats Diary Chronicles a Week of Mischief and Crismas Plans
A juvenile diary records a week of light mischief and reflections. Entries mention dancing progress, a party for younger peers, candy, a planned Christmas fund, and school questions about marriage versus prison. The tone is humorous and informal with casual spellings.
Uncle Charley on Puke Shame and Street Disposal
The note recounts Uncle Charley wishing people would expel sickness openly on the street rather than inside his stairway, expressing a desire for a shameless reaction to vomiting. He criticizes private embarrassment over illness.
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Charley
Farm land sale near Brookfield in Linn County
Joe W. Johnson sold a forty acre tract at the south edge of Brookfield to a Mr. Lucy of Trenton for 300 dollars per acre. The property has good improvements within the Brookfield school district and was described as a desirable place to live. Johnson has resided there two years but will return to his main farming interests.
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Jonite
Jane
Missonarys
Chirch and Menby
Jake
Wensday
Gillemast
Linn County
Joe W. Johnson
Brookfield
Lucy
Trenton
Johnson
Hunters Warned Off Farm by G. D. Walker
Special notice from G. D. Walker guarding his farm, warning hunters to stay off with guns or dogs. Nursed.
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G. D. Walker
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stockholders’ Meeting
Farmers Exchange
Zella Woodworth
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