Uncle Joe favors loyal clerks while dodder woes hit farms
The passage recounts how politicians like Cannon and Uncle Joe rewarded trusted clerks with high pay while others from their districts were left out. It also explains dodder, a parasitic plant on clover and alfalfa, its life cycle, and control by cutting and burning infected areas. A note mentions a Grantsville preaching schedule and a Purden Commercial Club meeting discussing community matters.
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Busby
Chicago
Uncle Joe
Washington
Cannon
Pennsylvania
Congress
Samuel J. Randall
Joe
House
UN- Joe
Allus
Reuben
Wool Wanted by Harmon and Keithley Ad
In a concise classified ad Harmon and Keithley invite wool sellers to contact them before selling. The notice signals a local market for wool and urges timely engagement with the buyers.
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Adv
Harmon & Keithley
Eradicating Dodder Yet Plague of Seed Firms Revealed
J C Hackleman reports Missouri Seed-testing Laboratory analyses over three years show alfalfa and clover seed markets contain substantial dodder infestation. Findings indicate widespread contamination signaling industry concern and need for stricter seed quality controls.
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Missouri Seed-testing Laboratory
White shorts advertisement by J. D. Kaifong
An advertisement promoting white shorts as a favored car of choice, credited to J. D. Kaifong.
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Adv
J. D. Kaifong
Purdin Items and Local Notices
Local news lists residents convalescing and new purchases. George Pulliam and wife visit from Linneus. J C Myers, Parker Johns, A M Cassity, Wm Belcher go to Carrollton. Miles Hutchinson and daughter Lola join travel to Winfield Kansas. Elder Edwards preaches at Church of Christ in Purdin. An opera recital by Miss Muff’s class draws praise. A Burlington Route pamphlet promotes Colorado Yellowstone tours with free information.
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Carrollton
J. C. Myers
Parker Johns
A. M. Cassity
Wm. Belcher
Winfield, Kans
Mr. Hutchinson
Miles Hutchinson
Miss Lola
J. S. Blackburn
R. G. Edwards
Colorado
Cheap Farm Loans No Charges for Abstract
Higgins and McDuff of Milan Missouri advertise cheap farm loans with no charges for abstract work.
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Higgins & McDuff
Milan
Sheriff’s sale under deed of trust in Brown ing Missouri
The Sheriff of Linn County Missouri will sell Lot One in Black Seventeen and portions of the second floor of the building on Lot Two Block Seventeen and Lots Ten Eleven Twelve Block Twenty five in Brown ing to satisfy a note. The sale occurs Friday June 20 1913 at the Browning post office front door between 9 AM and 5 PM. Proceeds go to pay the debt interest and costs. J W Head Sheriff Linn County Missouri.
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D. L. Whaley
John Whaley
Recorder of Deeds
Linn County
Missouri
J. B. Harmon
Browning
J. B Harmon
Browning County
Linn
State of Missouri
J. W. Head
Notice from Pearson Bros Barn Drayman Wm Hicks
Headquarters at the Pearson Bros Barn. All orders left with them will receive prompt attention. Adv Wm Hicks Drayman.
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Pearson Bros
Adv
Wm. Hicks
Drayman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Longacre’s Ice Cream Factory
Bench & Ferguson
Grantsville
Purdin Commercial Club
Dodder
J. C. Hackleman
Purdin
al Hunter
Wm. Stultz
Geo. Pulliam
Linneus
Jas. Buswell
Mrs. Buswell
Shelby
Muff
Opera House
Edwards
Church of Christ In
West
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone Park
Browning UN le
The
Spéncé Theatre Company
Eden Valley
D. L. McCollum
North Salem
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