Local notes share visits and illnesses across communities
Jas B Fleming of Linneus visited on business Friday. Fay Peterson and Mrs Ella Bundridge were sick. O S Stone improves. Several residents including Arch Dickinson, Andrew Pfeiffer, Edna Nickell, and Alpha Bennett renewed subscriptions or sent favors. Church events, travel to Chicago, and obituaries of Marion Fields and Gaylord Quigley are noted along with numerous local visits and errands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. B. Fleming
Linneus
Fay Peterson
Cash for Farm Bargains in Browning Missouri
C E Martin of Browning Missouri advertises cash for farm bargains and offers farm loans. Contact by phone 93 for quick transactions and financing options for farms and related equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Martin
Browning, Missouri
Wood Cutting Barnam McCollum Breaks Leg in Accident
McCollum suffered a broken leg on Tuesday of last week while at Wood Cutting Barnam. The incident left him unable to work, with injuries described as serious though not life threatening. Further details were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnam. McCollum
North Salem Items Highlight Local Ills and Visits
The column notes Jane Walters sustaining injuries from a stove accident with facial cuts a broken arm and improving. It mentions widespread flu affecting families, weekend visits among residents Mrs Oma Deskins with Eda Thelma Tucker and family and several social calls including Frank Head's and Bucklin trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Salem
Jane Walters
Oma Deskins
Eda Thelma Tucker
Mrs. Tucker
Local social notes from Louisiana Missouri update residents
Louis ana Missouri Tuesday on business Mr and Mrs Oren Jennings called on Mr and Mrs Harry Lambert Sunday evening. Clay Moore has returned home from a Columbia hospital feeling very well after a third part set of teeth were extracted. He will return to the hospital in February for a check up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Oren Jennings
Harry Lambert
Clay Moore
Columbia
Browning Humors and Local Quips From Browning
Readers in Browning share sharp witticisms on calendar girls road noise paperhangers and the broader state of public opinion. The column notes humorous takes on motorists honesty mothers in law and lawyers with a mix of satire and local color.
Albino Skunk Captured by Hunters in Greene County
An albino skunk weighing nine pounds was captured southeast of Boaz in Greene county by Austin Roberts and Sherman Rutledge while hunting raccoons. The rare animal was bayed by a dog in an open field and Rutledge grabbed it by the tail. Missouri farmers raised cow peas on 108000 acres in 1940, up 35 percent from 1939, per the College of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James River
Boaz
Greene County
Austin Roberts
Sherman Rutledge
Robert
Rutledge
Missouri
College of Agriculture
Rock Port Bell Theft and Caruthersville Bond Vote
A 300 pound church bell stolen from a Rock Port Christian church after a 1938 fire was found movable by four deputies. The bell had been stored since the blaze and linked to four churches. Caruthersville city council votes March 3 on a $200000 bond for a new municipal light plant.
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Rock Port
Caruthersville
Ellington Reorganizes Chamber Leadership and Wolf Hunts
Ellington's chamber of commerce reorganization names B. E. Neely as president C. A. Macy as vice president B. W. McCormick Jr as secretary and Edgar Sloan as treasurer. Benton county reports 125 wolves killed last year per county clerk E. J. Heerman with a county bounty offered. Statewide increases in wolf population prompt daily drives. Platte county drive yielded six full grown wolves including a three legged specimen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellington
Chamber of Commerce
B. E. Neely
C. A. Macy
B. W. McCormick, Jr
Edgar Sloan
Benton County
E. J. Heerman
Platte County
Calf Runs Wild in King City as Jim Hazzard Corners It
A stray bull calf roams King City streets until Jim Hazzard corners the animal, grabbing the horns and subduing it on muddy pavement, restoring order after a city scare. December rubber stock in the U S rises 15 percent to 318,486 tons with 121,811 tons held by the government. Work starts on Festus post office with a $76,000 contract after deducting land costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King City
Gentry
Jim Hazzard
Rio Grande
Hazzard
United States
Festus
Nodaway County WPA Road Project Approved
The Nodaway county court approves a $337,766 WPA road project to build sixty miles of road in the county. Each township will receive a share of the new roads under the plan announced by the Burlington Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nodaway County
The
Burlington Post
Bloomfield chamber buys Jersey bull to aid dairy herds
The Bloomfield chamber of commerce purchased a registered Jersey bull, per the Vindicator, to help farmers improve local dairy herds. The group also plans to grade up poultry flocks as part of a strategy to develop Stoddard county livestock along thoroughbred lines. Aubrey D. Hibberd of the Campbell fruit station warns that a severe freeze damaged peach trees, killing dormant tissue under the bark and sap vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Stoddard County
Aubrey D. Hibberd
Campbell, Mo
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H. L. Adams
Milan
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Laclede
Napple
W. P. Nickell
F. R. Fanning
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Lexington
Ed Smith
Near North Salem
Delphine Haley
Dearborn
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Griggsville
Illinois
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G. T. Woodward
Kansas City
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Eva Biswell
F. E. Reynor
Chicago
Virgil Schrock
Jimmie
Chillicothe
California
O. P. Morris
Winigas
Ill
A. A. Pines
Fresno
Sarah Ann Moore
C. R. Bagley
East of Purdin
Browning
Chas. L. Britton
George Gooch
Purdin
A. D. Peterson
Rolla
Joe D. Christy
Sam Warren and Son
Near Reger
Mrs. Floyd . Doyle
Near Purdin
Hank Oliver
Son
Jerry Jennings
Near Shafter
H. V. Campbell
Bill Barrows
Neva Smith
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Ray Melloy
Near Laredo
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Mason Dell
Mason
Vert Dell
Kahoka
Jas. Bundridge
Jas. Head
Howard Head
Hubert Phillips
Donald Head
San Diego
Gayle Ingraham
Elaine
Patricia Gooch
Culver-Stockton College
Canton
C. W. Gooch
Clive Freeland
St. Charles
Chloe Fields
Fields
Roger
Marion Fields
Guy Brookshier
George Fields
Beryl Head
Ova Almond
Bernie Almond
Clarence Head
Fred
James G. Nickell
Herbert Rachford
B. C. Page
Gary
Indiana
Wanda Quigley
Gaylord Quigley
Electric Theatre
Pat O’brien
Knute Rockne
Rock
Kenney Baker and
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Ann Miller
Patsy Kelly
News of the Day
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Jeffrey Lynn
Kenley Dairy
Marian
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Ilene Belzer
Virgie Cordray
Frank Head’s
Beryl Taylor
R. J. McCollum
Harold Cordray
Gregory
Oral Riddle
Barnam McCollum
Helen. Rauer
Roy Jennings
Ellis Jennings
Roy Hari
Hari
Paul Kaschmeider
Bucklin
Flossie Wyatt
Marian Wyatt
Nene Belzer
Floyd Swisegood
Hitler
Tom Kimbrough
Bailey Maytag Company
Ford
Worley Motor Company
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