State Highway Plans Dragging Roads and Mud Hole Removal
Frank W. Buffum urges Missouri county officials to drag roads after every rain to keep them smooth and safe through winter. He advises center dragging to prevent ridges, draining mud holes, and using snow drag to keep roads passable. He calls for investment in road machines and attention to school and church routes, plus a campaign against hedges. Also notices annual stockholders meeting for The Farmers Bank of North Salem on January 5, 1915 to elect seven directors.
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Jana
Missouri
Frank W. Buffum
State Highway Com
Farmers Bank of North Salem
North Salem
A. W. Payne
Dillard V. Mardis
Sec
Paper payment rule set by Nebraska judge
Judge George Thomas in Columbus Nebraska ruled that a person who accepts a mailed newspaper must pay for it. The decision came in a case where the Columbus Telegram sued for 235 dollars after the paper was delivered to and accepted by the reader. The ruling hinges on the act of accepting delivery as assent to payment.
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George Thomas
Columbus
Neb
Thomas
Rifty
The Boy Who Can Dream
A reflective note extols imagination and dreamers, praising the ability to see visions and imagine futures as a guiding trait for a former boy.
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Boy
Petit Jury Chosen for Sullivan County Court Term
The Sullivan County court drawn a petit jury for the January term listing 24 jurors from Morris Union Penn Buchanan Pleasant Hill Taylor Duncan Clay and other townships. The pool includes A J Callihan Francis Watt Almond Anderson and Geo Reinhard among others. A cloudy rainy day kept town activity low as Rev W W Clay attended district conference at Kahoki and returned Friday.
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Sullivan County
Morris Township
Charles Morris
Clay
Kahoki
Cows eat music in rural piesupper mishap
John Burwell delivered hay wagon music to Smith school band but cows fed on the music and hay. The next morning Jason found cows marching and dancing in the yard. An investigator traced the missing music to the hay wagon.
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John Burwell
Smith School
Jason
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Buffman’s Lotter
Petit Jury
Milan Standard
F. R. Pfeiffer
Buchanan Township
Ben Barnett
Jacob A. Smith
Polk ‘Township
Booth J. P. Baker
D. DeVeeman
Pleasant Hill Township
J.W. Sevier
A.A. Hawkins
Duncan Township
H.P. Maggart
James Hall Taylor
Alfred Foster Bowman
Ed L. Montgomery
Albert Kiser
Eato
Galt Sun
Poole
I Lot
E. V. Hanna
Kansas City, Missouri
Whaley’s Drug Store
Hanna
Linueus News
Peters & Miller
Browning
Bench & Ferguson
P. Kile
Ae Christian
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