Weather and Health Update from Cora and Vicinity
The record notes variable weather with illness and recovery. Shelby Hunsaker improves slowly while Laura Hagan recovers from flu. Several locals, including Wallace Bohannon and Oscar Hollon, spent Sunday with Jack Hogan and Mack McCoy returned from St. Louis last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora
Shelby Hunsaker
Wallace Bohannon
Oscar Hollon
Jack Hogan
Tom Jennings
Willie Williams
Ed Almond
Frank Jennings
Joahn Thompson
Laura Hagan
Mack McCoy
St. Louis
Lester Kenley
Roy Hollen
Cold North-east Linn county sees deep snow drifts
January brings very cold weather with ten below readings in parts of the region. The community reports sickness with flu in several families. A bed blizzard Saturday blocked travel as drifts halted movement. Local students travel by horseback and by foot amid heavy snowfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Nickel
F. M. Cattey
Alton Abbott
Robert
Sarah Cattey
Norma Jones
Will Rulen’s
Helen McCollum
Winigan
Floyd McCollum
Roy Hart
Ellis Jennings
Helen Jones
George Jones
Edgar Har
Snowbound Roads and Local Visits Highlight Weekend
The region saw its largest snowfall this season causing nearly impassable roads on Saturday. Milan visitors Mrs Harmon and relatives of Mrs Langdon were noted guests. Local residents, including Charley Pipes near Cora, Tharp family, and Eugene Head from Chicago, spent time with kin over the holidays. several flu cases, and cattle dehorning by Chas Dodson were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. ©. Harmon
Milan
Johnie Hollon
Moberly
Holon
W. S. Langdon
Fred Bauswell
Mary Spencer
Montgomery
Charley Pipes
East of
Cora
J. H. Tharp
Roy Marlay
Alden Tharp
Mr. Tharp
Cecil Dodson
Eugene Head
Chicago
J. N. Maxey
Chas. Dodson
W. I. Langdon
Fruit From California Sent to Mrs Guy Coon
Mrs. Guy Coon received a Genstnas box from her mother in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Guy Coon
Fruit Gift from Maryville Sisters Noted for Size
Mrs. Mary Schooler and her sister Mrs. Lee Hammons of Maryville Calif sent a careful fruit package containing thirty six oranges thirty four lemons twenty five pounds of currants and ten pounds of prunes all hand picked and described as very large. It required five dollars to pay the express on the package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Schooler
Lee Hammons
Maryville
Calif
Novelty Couple Welcome Baby Girl Wilma Gene
Mr and Mrs Wm Hedges of Novelty announce the birth of a daughter on January 4 at a Kirksville hospital. The newborn is named Wilma Gene. Mrs Hedges is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Christy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stork
Wm. Hedges
Novelty
Babe
Kirksville
Wilma Gene
Hedges
Ed Christy
Everett Nickell Aims For Three Year Franklin University Course
J. P. Nickell notes his son Everett in Washington D. C. where he works at the Treasury Department and receives the Leader Record. Everett calls himself a model young man making good and plans to attend Benjamin Franklin University night classes starting February 1 for a three year program at a leading school in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
J. P. Nickell
Everett
Treasury
Washington
D. C
Benjamin Franklin University
Notice of Final Settlement in Haggard Estate
I K M Duncan administrator of the Hag gard estate will file a final settlement at the February 11 1929 term of the Linn County Missouri Probate Court in Linneus. Creditors and interested parties should appear to object if desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Haggard
I. K. M. Duncan
Linn County
Missouri
Linneus
K. M. Duncan
Pioneer Woman Mrs Blair Dies in New Mexico Home
Susan Malissa Blair born June 20 1838 in Gentry County Illinois died December 21 1928 at 91 in Tucumcari New Mexico where she lived with daughter Neva Mundell for 25 years. She left Illinois as an infant and endured pioneer hardships in Missouri before church life and family tragedies.
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Mrrs
Blair
New Mexico
Susan Malissa Blair
Gentry County
Illinois
Neva Mundell
Tucumcari
Mussel Fork
Chariton River
Browning
Missouri
Presbyterian Church
Elias Williams
J. S. Lambert
North Salem
Grandmother Blair Dies in New Mexico at 3:30 P.M.
Mrs. Blair born in 1866 to Robert Blair of Browning Missouri and married there. Survived by two daughters Nora Mundell and Winnie Blair of Tucumcari New Mexico, eleven grandchildren, thirteen great grandchildren, and three great great grandchildren. Funeral at First Baptist Church Tucumcari led by Rev J H Coleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Blair
Browning
Kaysong
Nora Mundell
Winnie Blair
Tucumcari
New Mexico
Blair
Mundell
First Baptist Church
N. Mex
J. H. Coleman
Camp Fire Girls Hold Informal Beverly Duncan Gathering
The Camp Fire Girls met at Beverly Duncan's last Tuesday for a brief business session followed by music and conversation. Popcorn and apples were shared with all in attendance, including Dorothy Bickel, Marjorie Myers, Lora Myers, Elma Coon, Francis Baker, Edith Dickinson, Francis Bundridge, Annabel Atkins, Imogene Smith and Alma Cotter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Duncan
Dorothy Bickel
Marjorie Myers
Lora Myers
Elma Coon
Francis Baker
Edith Dickinson
Francis Bundridge
Annabel Atkins
Imogene Smith
Alma Cotter
Come and Go with Me to the Seasons
Poem recounts a child named Johnny and the speaker inviting a companion to visit seasonal places in Brown ing Missouri. It references a 13 year old Edward F Williams and a nostalgic pursuit of simple outdoor joys through spring summer autumn and winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Johnny and
Edward F. Williams
Browning
Missouri
Letter Exchange Over Sample Case Offers
Authentic correspondence shows a cemetery sexton seeking a sample case to sell items. Summers replies that paying commissions would force price increases and violates an eight year policy: no agents, no commissions. The letters are on file at Summers’ business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summers
S. W. Summers
Judge Napton A Prominent Missouri Jurist and Statesman
The Week in Missouri History recalls Judge William B. Napton whose death on January 8, 1883 marked a distinguished career. Born 1808 in New Jersey, Napton rose from Virginia law circles to Missouri where he served as attorney general and multiple terms on the Supreme Court, shaping land titles and commercial law with clear, concise opinions.
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Missouri
Floyd C. Shoemaker
Willian Barclay Napton
Napton
Supreme Court
Supreme Bench
Benton
William B. Napton
Princton
New Jersey
Charlottesville
Virginia
General Gordon
Charles Minor
University of Virginia
Young Napton
Old Dominion
Thomas Jefferson Randolph
Phillip Parbour
Thomas Gilmer
Columbia
Fayette
Boonslick Democrat
State Senate
Boggs
Ap Seiden
St. Louis
Saline County
Bar of
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Ing. Bill Turner
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Johnny and Me
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Leng Abelu Lumber Company
Golden Rule Fur CO
Brookfield
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V. B. Hooe
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