Last Rites for N E Cotter Held in Chillicothe
Funeral services for N E Cotter were held in Chillicothe on July 2 at 2 30 PM from Gordon Home for Funerals after death in a Kansas City hospital. He served in Browning Missouri businesses, on the Chillicothe police force, and as merchant’s police. He leaves a wife Bess Dexter Cotter a daughter Madge Lewis and a son Norman Edward. He is survived by six siblings and a brother S B Cotter. The service was conducted by Rev A S Day with interment at Edgewood Cemetery.
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N. E. Cotter
Kansas City
Gordon
A. S. Day
First Baptist Church
Edgewood Cemetery
Noah
Edward Cotter
Browning
Missouri
A. J. Cotter
Bess Dexter
Springfield
First Baptist
Madge
W. H. Lewis
Indianapolis
Indiana
Norman Edward
Chillicothe Hospital
Cotter
J. M. Moore
Laclede
Wm. Cordray
Joe Johnson
B. J. Lambert
Brit Hilburn
Warsaw
A. W. Cotter
Purdin
For Sale: Front Bumper and Two Used Tires
One good front bumper for an older model car and two 450x20 used tires offered by H. R. Tate.
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H. R. Tate
Mary Martha Society Meeting Notes and Attendees
The Mary Martha Society and related groups met on July 2 with nine members and two visitors. Mrs. Floy Peterson led prayers, Mrs. Verlea Foxe reviewed Providence Misunderstood, and Mrs. Dorothy Drake led topics on North and Latin America. Next meeting will feature Mrs. Mary Griffis with devotional leaders Mrs. Letha Bailey and Mrs. Lela Neet. Refreshments were served. Visitors were Mrs. Mary Wilkinson and Mrs. Vivian Beall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Martha Society
Women’s Missionary Union
Mary Martha Aid Society
Mildred Morrow
Floy Peterson
Providence
Verlea Foxe
Dorothy Drake
North
Latin Americas
Mary Griffis
Letha Bailey
Lela Neet
Mary Wilkison
Vivian Beall
Helen Carter
Verlea. Foxe
Eva Glenn
Maloney Family Visits Kin Near Milan
Mr and Mrs Alva Maloney and their Kansas City children visited Sunday with Jas E Marvin the father of Mrs Maloney. They were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Gramling and family near Milan.
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Alva Maloney
Kansas City
Jas. E. Marvin
Kenneth Gramling
Milan
Gifford Announces Candidacy for Sullivan County Prosecutor
R M Gifford of Green City launches campaign for Prosecuting Attorney of Sullivan County. He cites local roots and law training at Missouri and Northeast Missouri State as qualifications. Gifford has served as Green City mayor and operates a growing legal practice. Primary election set for August 4, 1942.
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Sullivan County
R. M. Gifford
Green City
Gifford
Noah Gifford
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College
University of Missouri ‘School of Law
Columbia
Secon
Browning Methodist Circuit Church Services This Sunday
Notice from the Browning Methodist Circuit inviting friends to services at 11:00 a.m. for church membership and 8:30 p.m. for evening worship. The message requests contributions to the World Service Fund with the goal in sight and asks all to give according to ability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reger
H. R. Tat
Do Animals Talk at Electric Theatre Show
A weekend program promises talking animals as the short feature reels. The main act is Nothing But The Truth starring Bob Hope Paulette Goddard and Willie Best with a bet that Hope can tell the truth for 24 hours delivering broad humor and lighthearted comedy.
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Electric Theatre
Bob Hope
Paulette Goddard
Willie Best
Bob
Mrs Bolling Finnell Reunites With Family After Navy Visit
Mrs Virginia Bolling Finnell returned to San Diego California last week after a visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Jas P Bolling. She also met her husband Patrick Finnell of the U S Navy in Boston Massachusetts and is employed at Consolidated Aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Bolling
Finnell
San Diego
California
Consolidated Aircraft
Jas. P. Bolling
Patrick Finnell
U. S. Navy
Boston
Mass
Government urges disposal of old rubber before Friday
The old rubber drive ends this Friday after an extension to allow all holders to dispose. President Roosevelt warns he may seize every automobile tire if the situation worsens, so those with rubber on premises should act now.
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Roosevelt
Mrs Herman Knifong Dies in Eden Idaho
Word reached this week that Mrs. Herman Knifong died at her Eden Idaho home Sunday after weeks of illness. Her daughter Mary moved with her to Eden years ago. The body will be brought here Friday and taken to Lavone Barnes near Winigan. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2 PM at the Winigan Baptist Church with burial in the Knifone Cemetery north of Drowning.
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Eden
Idaho
Herman Knifong
Robison Baby Boy Born on Friday July Third
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Robison announce the birth of an 8 lb baby boy named Rescog Walter. Attending physician was Dr. Mc Artor.
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Archie Robison
Rescog Walter
McArtor
Farm Machinery To Be Scarce In 1943
Linn county USDA War Board chairman warns farmers that old machinery must be repaired for 1943. The Iceal Board completed a county inventory to guide WPB steel allocations for farm equipment and welding supplies. Placed under controls, six percent of welding rods and electrodes must be reserved for repair and maintenance. New equipment expected includes tractors and mowers as wartime planning signals tighter supply.
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Linn County
Usda War Board
Iceal Board
War Production Board
WPB
Linne
Sensintaffer
Tent Revival Opens with Singing Evangelists
A tent revival begins Wednesday July 8 featuring Singing and Preveine Evangelists. A singing evangelist left a business life to preach on the unsearchable riches of Christ and share what Jesus means to her.
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Christ
Jesus
Sue Brooks Piano and Accordion Ministry
Sue Brooks presents piano and accordion music described as comforting and soul lifting. The event promises ministerial songs inviting all to seek salvation and healing through faith and devotion to the Lord.
多Ralph A Long obituary details a Navy veteran and community leader
Ralph A Long born June 4 1888 near Browning Missouri died June 12 1942 in Colorado Springs Colorado from coronary causes. He served in the U S Navy Medical Department 1908 1912 with postings in Asia and the Philippines and learned Chinese and Japanese. He later worked for U S Steel at Pittsburgh and Gary Indiana and married Sarah Brown February 5 1915. He held Mason Odd Fellows Woodmen of the World offices and died while visiting his sister in Colorado Springs. Burial in Pittsburgh after services in Gary Oregon?
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Ralph A. Long
Browning
Missouri
Malachi M
Martha E. Long
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Irother
Sarah
Gary
Indiana
Arnold
Brookfield
James
Guffey
Charles F
Bear Lake
Michigan
Alvin H
Washington, D. C
Julia E. Young
Etta Brown
Jenkins District
U. S. Navy
Medical Department
Mare Island
California
Peking
China
Legation Guard
Yokohama
Japan
Mohican
Cavite
Phillipine Islands
Vladivostok
Russia
Manchuria
Singapore
Straits Settlements
Orient
Kansas
U. S. Steel Corporation
Pittsburg
Sarah Brown
Anderson
Long
Odd Fellows
Woodman of the World
The
Woodmen of the World
Julian the Young
L. M. Johnson
Reformed Church
Gillen and Coulter Mortuary
Homewood
Mrs Frankie Woolf Visits Family Near Jacksonville
Mrs Frankie Woolf of near Jacksonville spent the past week with her mother Mrs Laura Atkins and other relatives and friends.
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Frankie Woolf
Jacksonville
Laura Atkins
Lieutenant Arthur Brassfield on Thirty Day Furlough
Lieutenant Arthur J Brassfield famed for shooting down Japanese planes at Midway Island is on a thirty day furlough. He arrived at Laclede Tuesday afternoon to spend the vacation with wife parents and relatives.
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Arthur J. Brassfeld
Battle of
Midway Island
Laclede
Brassfield
P. A. Brassfield
Jennie Glaze
J. H. Calhoun
Fraudulent checks linked to non existent nurses association in midwest
A man operates in Missouri and Oklahoma forging checks in the name of the Treasurer of the Tri County Registered Nurses Association which does not exist. Checks drawn on Sedalia Third National Bank and Claremore First National Bank Oklahoma were signed with fake treasurer names and stamped with a rubber seal. Names used include C J Kern C H Gray and C H Griffin as alleged treasurer outlets while all checks were returned unpaid.
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Missouri
Oklahoma
Tri- County Registered Nurses’ Association
Third National Bank of
Sedalia
First National Bank
Claremore
Tri-County
C. J. Kern
C. H. Gray
C. H. Griffin
Edna FE
Peterson,r. N
Missouri State Nurses Association
Willing Workers Club Holds July Meeting
The Willing Workers Club met July 1 with Sylvia Skeen hosting fifteen members six visitors and seventeen children present. A noon cafeteria dinner followed a red white and blue decor theme and the business meeting included singing Love Lifted Me and a Psalm reading.
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Willing Workers Club
Sylvia Skeen
Lena Warren
Lena
Editor’s insight on small town newspapers and local ties
The piece argues editors in small towns know local people and places better than city editors. It contrasts why small papers feel personal interest in news because editors are familiar with residents and the paper’s print location.
Mrs J R Williams Visits Family Then Returns Home
Mrs J R Williams left on No 8 Friday afternoon for Buslington Ia for a short visit with family. She was joined at Ft Madison by Mr Williams who was returning from a trip through the east. She returned home Monday.
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J. R. Williams
Buslington
Ft. Madison
Williams
Éast
Ministers Meet With Local Pastor In Brookfield District
Brookfield District ministers with wives and children met Rev H R Tate Browning on July 7 with pastors from Dallas Marceline Brookfield St Catherine Meadville Linneus Purdin Milan present Rev John Snyder Bucklin La Clede unable to attend Rev Thompson in car wreck not fully recovered and Rev and Mrs C J Chappell Breckenridge attended Our District Superintendent and daughter joined the gathering Dinner followed by regular session and cession Twenty eight present and reports indicate a strong year and conference to end Sept 15 with plans for Sept 15 start.
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Brookfield
H. R. Tate
Browning
Dallas
Marceline
St. Catherine Meadville
Linneus
Purdin
Milan
John Snyder
Bucklin
Laclede
Thompson
C. J. Chappell
Breckenridge
Bitter Sweet Club Ice Cream Supper At Pleasant Shade
The Bitter Sweet Club held an ice cream supper at the Pleasant Shade schoolhouse on July 1 with about fifty attendees. The next meeting is set with Mrs. Eula Y. Cooch on July 15 in the afternoon.
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Bitter Sweet Club
Pleasant Shade
Eula Y. Cooch
G.K
Slats Diary Sunday and Monday Reflections in Stray Entries
A rough diary style entry recounts Sunday events where Ma falls ill and Slats saves her from a garden hazard. Monday shows relief at being free, then plans for schooling and savings. The narrative shifts through curious episodes about a new citizen, a fire, and family tensions, with fragmented slang and local color.
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Skcol
Sum Capitol
Jake
Homalulu
Ben
Sturday
Clarence
Wampler Family Weekend Visit To Big City
Mr and Mrs Lyle Wampler of Keoki Idaho spent the weekend with relatives in the big city, returning home refreshed and full of stories about their trip.
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Lyle Wampler
Keoki
Big City
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Helen Tyler
Sue Brooks
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Roy Calhoun
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