Missouri cotton acreage falls sharply in 1921 report
Missouri eleven county cotton acreage drops to 93 000 acres in 1921 from 136 000 in 1920, the smallest in ten years and near 1915 levels. Reports cite price declines curbing plantings. Bollinger Scott and Mississippi counties show almost no cotton. United States acreage totals 26 408 000, down 10 000 000 from last year, with a projected yield around 433 000 bales. Memorial fund payments reach 11 000. four Missouri School of Mines fellowships offered for graduates in mining metallurgy or chemistry.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
E. A. Logan
United States Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates
Jewell Mayes
State Board of Agriculture
Bollinger
Scott
Mississippi
United
Rolla
Missouri School of Mines
United States Bureau of Mines
State Mining Experiment Station
Self defense cited in murder charge drop for Zumwalt case
In Poplar Bluff Missouri Har rison Zumwalt is cleared of a murder charge for the June 20 killing of Mack Fairbanks at Har trove Bridge after a strong self defense claim. The case followed Far banks pursuing Zumwalt’s wife, leading to the fatal confrontation.
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Poplar Bluff
Harrison
Zumalt
Mack Fairbanks
Zumwalt
Fairbanks
Hartrove Bridge
Bank Takeover Ordered for Birch Tree Bank in Missouri
State Finance Commissioner John G. Hughes was notified to take charge of Farmers' State Bank of Birch Tree Shannon County Examiner C. W. Moody sent. Last report shows deposits $31,000 resources $45,205 capital stock $10,000. Bank previously deemed in good condition with no prior intimation of trouble.
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Jefferson City
John G. Hughes
Farmers’ State Bank of
Birch Tree
Shannon County
C. W. Moody
W.N. Bradfield
L. Davis
Mysterious Slayings of Man and Wife in Arkansas Cabin
Bodies of Helmeke and his wife, both about seventy, were found in a lonely cabin in the Arkansas hills near Oninhay, about fifteen miles south of Hollister. Believed robbery motive. he shot six times, she four. Death dated three to four days prior. An open knife was found gripped in Helmeke’s hand.
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Hollister
Herman Helmeke
Arkansas Hills
Oninhay
Helmeke
Springfield romance ends in Missouri marriage in 1920s
Civil War era sweethearts Lewis Bronson and Mary Dake wed in a union described as a long romance that began when he was twenty and she was sixteen. Other news from Columbia and Jefferson City reports university bulletins for Missouri farmers, crop updates, and local deaths including John Moore the Sedalia resident, and Baptist minister Elder A. J. Nay who died while preaching near Greentop.
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Springfield
Lewis
Greentop
A. i. Nay
Cedar Falls
Ill
Legion Formed in Kirksville First District
In Kirksville Missouri an American Legion organization for the First Congressional District was perfected with W J Bray elected permanent chairman and Sam Ross as secretary Bates representing posts at Begier Callao La Plata Novelty La Belle Hannibal Queen City Lancaster Atlanta and Kirksville. An auto driven by R B McDougal 68 real estate dealer Holden Samuel Christian real estate man and S B Hiatt Warrensburg businessman was struck by a Missouri Pacific train en route home from Versailles between Dresden and Lamonte.
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Legion
Kirksville
American Legion
First
W. J. Bray
Sam Ross
Begier
Callao
la Plata
Novelty
la Belle
Hannibal
Queen City
Lancaster
Atlanta
Sedalia
R. B. McDougal
Holden
Samuel Christian
S. B. Hiatt
Warrinsburg
Versailles
Missouri Pacific
Dresden
Lamonte
Named Club Secretary
Columbia Missouri news notes secretary appointments at Albany and Columbia with Colu mbia Commercial Club choosing Cleo J Flowers as secretary succeeding R B Reid.
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Columbia
Cleo J. Flowers
Chamber of Commerce At
Albany
University of Missouri
Columbia Commercial Club
R. 8. Reid
Fall River Road Opens Over Rocky Mountain National Park
Motorists travel the new Fall River road through Rocky Mountain National Park linking Estes Park and Grand Lake. The route climbs to Roof of the World at 11 797 feet, circling the Continental Divide and offering alpine scenery and multiple hairpin turns.
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John Dickinson Sherman
Rocky Mountain National Park
Fall River
Continental Divide
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
United States
Army of National Park
Estes Park
Grandlake
Denver
Milner Pass
Grand River
Grand Lake
Granby
Berthoud Pass
Mount Evans
Sheep Lake
Horseshoe Park
Fall River Canyon
Specimen Mountain
Poudre Lakes
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of Mo
St Louis
University of Mlissouri
Leslie Cowan
Memorial Fund
Missouri Alumni Association
University Club
Wombles
H. B. Shain
Marshall
Elks
Gorrel Park
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Warrensburg
Carrollton, Il
Searl
Leo
Austin
Bileford
Ornsby
Cerenna Young
Goldie Black
Percy Davis
Clarence, Mc
Clarence
Clarence Auto Company
Maitland
Anna Messerly Meuschke
Henry W. Meuschke
Harry
Arthur Menschke
Frank Knell
Carthage
Battery D
First Field Artillery
Fort Keogh
Mont
College of Agriculture
The
Agricultural Experiment Station
United States ‘Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
John Moore
Hadley
Moore
Neusho
Montgomery City
Uptegroves
W. W. Wells
Bate Uptegrove
Fall River Road
Rocky Mourtain National Park
Igh Photo Co
Tourist Bureau
Zmilner
Jgrand R
Lones PR
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