Local notices and personals from Linneus area
Dr Hanna Optician visited here Friday afternoon. Milan visitors included Mr and Mrs Glenn Moore and Newt Sayers. Various locals served or shopped in Linneus and nearby towns. many planned visits, trips to St Louis and Chicago, and property sales offered. For rent or sale ads listed rooms and items. multiple residents mentioned in weekly social notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanna
C. L. Grice
Purdin
Glenn Moore
Milan
Fritz Parsons
Chillicothe
Dick Lay
Linneuson
J. W. Brassfield
Brookfield
Pete Carmack
East of Cora
F. L. Maggart
Chicago
Maude Wilson
Mont Cumbo
Roy Mairs
Linneus
Edgar Carter
Newt Sayers
Paul McCollum
George Gooch
Better Glasses for 1933 and Local Visits
Residents visit Chillicothe and nearby towns on business and social calls. Alex Jacobs and Hugh Stewart from Duncan township stop by on Saturday. M. J. Fields thanks for subscription favors near Roger. HL Fuller travels to Milan for a meet with implement dealers. J. W. Seale ships cattle to Chicago. predicts blizzards when selling. Local families—Mrs. Wm Hedges and children, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Christy and baby, Mr. and Mrs. Van Christy and son—guest of E. D. Christy Sunday. H. L. Schrock visits his mother Mrs. D. G. Schrock, ill but improving. R. A. Arthur and Flossie Wyatt of North Salem travel to Linneus for settlement with county court. J. D. Lay from Jefferson City visits and notes busy hours in the state capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia McQuown
Joe Christy
Jon
Ray Pipes
Cota
John Crawford
James Swisegood
North San Jem
C. Lantz
Chillicothe
Paul McCollum
St. Louis
Ross Lantz
Carpenter
Loyal Bisby
EE. Harris
S Uniopyillephenson
Garner
E.R. Warren
Route One
Leader Record
John Crowdis
R. E. Crowdis
Near Roger
W.L. Taylor
Basil
St. Joseph
Byron Taylor
Glenn Moore
Lee Brantner
Alex Jacobs
Hugh Stewart
Duncan Township
M. J. Fields
Jake
HL. Fuller
Near Purdin
Milan
J. W. Seale
Chicago
Wm. Hedges
Humphreys
Henry Christy
Near Brookfield
van Christy
E. D. Christy
H. L. Schrock
Purdin
D. G. Schrock
R. A. Arthur
Flossie Wyatt
North Salem
Linneus
Capitol
House
Senate
Local Social Notes and Farm Moves Across Summers Area
Mr and Mrs Guy Dray of Linneus were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs J D Lay and Miss Frances Warren. J R Kenley receives thanks for subscription favors. Jay Burkholder moved to the Broyles farm west of town. Mrs H L Fuller and niece Glayds Stone dined with G T Woodward and Sara Keithley. Dell Moore moved to a farm near Chula. Lost brown traveling bag between Ed Christy and Van Christy homes. Orville Hampton and Neva Bingham farm owners to move to Dick Norvell farm by March 1. H F Kille sold two loads of yearling cattle. more cattle to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Dray
Linneus
J. D. Lay
Frances Warren
J. R. Kenley
Kenley
Jay Burkholder
Broyles Farm
H.L. Fuller
Glayds Stone
Near Purdin
Kille
Walnut Grove Social News Hits and Misses
The column lists visits and stays among Walnut Grove residents. Mary Spencer and her grandson Woodrow stayed with daughter Mrs. Fred Bauswell. Barbara Swearengen visited the Fosters at Pleasant Grove. Several others, including Miss Eula Christy and Mrs. Ella Hoskins, are noted for weekend or weekday visits. Ralph Morris attended a Browning Legion meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Spencer
Woodrow
Fred Bauswell
Barbara Swearengen
Tom Foster
Pleasant Grove
Bert Steele
Eula Christy
Mae Morris
R.E. Dunlap
Drexel
Charley Morris
Ralph Morris
Cora
Molly Pipes
Ray, Pipes
Geraldine
Edna Irene Cox
Near
Milan
Mary
Erma Knight
Ella Hoskins
Lester Lawrence
Elmer Jacob
Junior Fristo
Max Dunlap
Snow Storm Hits Shelby Area With Zero Temperatures
Shelby residents recall a fierce snow storm Saturday bringing the temperature to zero. Community members share visits, wood cutting, and travel plans as they anticipate warmer days.
Shafter Items Weather Brief Describes Snow Storm
A snow storm hit Shafter Saturday night with notably cold conditions and a briefly warmer follow up mentioned. Urban readers note the sudden drop in temperature and lingering chill after the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Community Notes From Chariton County Hairline Letters
Monday morning entries show Mrs Ethel Gooch Alta Phillips and Miss Dorotha Mae Phillips quilting with Mrs Ora Molloy. Many visits from Gooch, Baker, Crookshanks, and Meeker families as neighbors mingle and plan tobacco activity and farewells in Meadville and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Gooch
Alta Phillips
Dorotha Mae Phillips
Ora Molloy
Carrie Bowyer
W. L Baker
Baker
al Brown
Near
Purdin
W. L. Baker
Joe Crookshanks
Joe
Walse
Weston
Missouri
Chariton County
Brunswick
Brown
L. W. Arnold
Elizabeth Cooper
Fred Meeker
George Phillips
Vernon Phillips
Byron Molloy
Lee Gooch
Eail Jerome
Ingleman
Elmer Hammock
Fay Meeker
Veda Jerome
Meeker
West Liberty
Albert Baker
Alma
Eva
Dan Haley
Browning
Kenneth Jennings
RE. Smith
Warren Gooch
Betty Gooch
James
Bobby
Grover Murrell
Andeatha
Rolla Gooch
Emerson Headland
Forest Jacobs
Jacobs
Suan
Edgar Morris
Ida Thompson
Meadville
Wax Pridemore
Everson
Watch Returns to Bequest of Time on Pacific Beach
A memoir fragment recalls a wristwatch lost near a pandanus stump in the South Seas. The watch, once a tyrant over daily routines, reappears when shown by a friend and is cast into the lagoon with a final gesture. The narrator admits no personal longing, even after years apart from the device.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
South Seas
James Norman Hall
Mayflower Relics and a Curious Pilgrim Town Shop
James Morgan recalls a Plymouth curiosity shopkeeper with a Pilgrim name who hoarded Mayflower relics. Protestations about their value rise as locals claim the treasures could sink a Cunarder, while a St. Louis woman argues over a fork seen as an Italian novelty in 1620.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
James Morgan
Boston Globe
St. Louie
Alry
Prague heirs refuse $30,000 legacy over curse
In Prague the Jungmann family rejects a $30,000 inheritance from a wealthy uncle. Baker Johann Jungmann briefly received the money, was murdered, and his eldest son soon died. The fortune then passed to a younger son who also refuses the legacy. The property stays in chancery and will revert to the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Johann Jungmann
Jungmann
Itinerant tooth puller known as Siberian Mike dies
A notorious Arctic figure, an itinerant tooth puller linked to the Hudson's Bay era, died in the Perry river region. He learned the trade from a dentist and spent years wandering from settlement to settlement offering forcible dental extractions. His passing was mourned locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson's Bay Company
Mike
Arctic
Perry River
Wristlet watch winds itself during wear
A Bolton England watchmaker announced a wristlet watch that needs no winding for three years. It contains a small balance weight that powers the spring with wrist movement. After half an hour of wear the spring is fully wound, and a safeguard prevents overwinding. The watch stops after forty hours idle but resumes when worn again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolton
England
Millionaire Declines to Stop Daughter’s Marriage Proposal
A fragment from Stray Stories portrays a wealthy man granting permission for his daughter to marry a man with a title but no fortune. He emphasizes education and literacy, declaring if she cannot say no she does not deserve luck. The dialogue centers on permission, pride, and social expectations in a humorous tone.
Elastic Girl: English girl rumored with stretching limbs
A fifteen year old English girl nicknamed Miss India Rubber is to be examined by doctors who report extraordinarily pliable flesh and limbs that can stretch at will like india rubber, prompting widespread curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Doris Jay in a Dust Cap at Graysons
Doris Jay, a neat but dismissed office worker, wins favor by cleaning her boss Michael Grayson’s desk while Miss Hanson aims to oust her. Grayson learns of her loyalty, discharges the plan, and later proposes marriage to Doris, ending the office power play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gratsons
Miss Hanson
Doris Jay
Mr. Michael Grayson
Mr. Grayson
Michael Grayson
Miss Jay
Grayson’s
Larry
Michael
Doris
Veasen
Diabelical Pursuit Misleads Boss Over Wife’s Biscuit
A cryptic notice describes a hardened boss inviting an associate to a dubious outing centered on a wife’s biscuit. The fragment hints at a tense, personal conflict set in a noir tone.
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Josie Fields
Bertha ‘Elds
Jeff Fields
C. L
Charley
Orlo
Mabel Smith
Sturday
Leon Kenley
L. M. Kenley
Verl Atkins
Sis J. G. Atkins
Fred Tunnell
Betty Flo
Roger
D. A. Taylor
Bund
Martha Cokerham
Purlin
Hubert Cokerham
D. G. Freband
Kirksville
R. H. Warren
Sara Keithley
G. T. Woodward
Dr. Palm
Floral Company
Walnut Grove
Shelby
Curt Bauer
W. J. Bailey
Nora Richardson
Carl Logan
Dewit Bullen
Detroit
Mich
Henry Logan
Tilman
Mary Richardson
Lee Bagley
J. M. ‘Logan
Mildred Gooch
Ray Rauer
Wheeler and Woolley
Tom and Jerry
Havanna Cocktail
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