Duffield Community Club Reports May Meetings and Contests
The Duffield Community Club held May 12 with Mrs. John Ross hosting and quilt making and pillow case embroidery planned. Doris Callihan won the guessing contest. Hazelene, Helen Morrow, and Linda Toda won other contests. Twenty two members and nine children attended. refreshments followed. May Sayers invited the group to meet May 26 but stormy roads kept them from going.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duffield
John Todd
Soveta Miliner
Gayla Miliner
Pearl Williams
Margaret Neet
Betty Sue Reid
Childen
Evelyn Keithley
Margaret Nee
Velda Ray Sharp
Lena Reid
Largest Cash Wool Sale Sets 18 Year High at Linn County
The Linn County Wool Pool sale netted over 40 thousand dollars, the highest total in 18 years, with 450 producers to receive checks next week. Shropshire wool topped at 39.3 cents per pound and the average price was 37.7 cents. Bert Lyons & Company of Kansas City purchased the lot, with several major bidders from Boston to Chicago in attendance.
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Linn County
Bert Lyons & Company of
Kansas City
Busy Sewers Club Meeting in Virginia Langdon's
The Busy Sewers of the Smith Community met on Wednesday June 9 at Langdon's Virginia Langdon presided with Opal Hollow recording the roll. Present were Opal Hollow Virginia Langdon Imogene Nellie Powell and leader Frances Hoselton. Eunice Bones Betty Powell absent. Visitors included Charles Dollie Langdon and Earl Keirth Hosel ton. Next meeting set for June 22 with Imogene Powell.
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Smith
Virginia
Langdon’s
Virginia Langdon
Opal Hollow
Eunice Bones
Betty Powell
Imogene
Nellie Powell
Frances Hoselton
Charles
Dollie Langdon
Earl Keirth ‘Hoselton
Imogene Powell
Capons worth the extra price urge Missouri poultry
Letter urges raisers to maximize capon production as prices surge and demand outpaces other poultry. Forecasters expect ample feed next fall, with the writer advising early planning to capitalize on rising capon profits. Also included is a Missouri history note on the Rocheport 1840 Whig rally and political fervor.
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Frank Priebe
Visited Relatives Here From Nearby Towns
Mr. and Mrs. Merle Hess and children of Haseville visited Mrs. Harry Woolf and family with Fay Prather on Sunday. Also noted were Sam Correll and sons, and Mr. and Mrs. John Correll of Brookfield, along with Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Tomlin and Mrs. Lee Tomline.
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Merle Hess
Haseville
Sam Correll
John Correll
Brookfield
Edwin Tomlin
Lee Tomline
Harry Woolf
Fay Prather
Parsons kin visit Mr and Mrs Van Arnold group
Entertained J. E. Parsons, Mrs. Frankie Hamilton and daughter Louise, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Carter, French Parsons, Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Parsons and daughter of Kirksville and Mr. and Mrs. Fleet Parsons of Omaha, spent Sunday June 6 with Mr. and Mrs. Van Arnold, Ruth and Jean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Parsons
Frankie Hamilton
Louise
Warren Carter
French Parsons
Freeman Parsons
Kirksville
Fleet Parsons
Omaha
van Arnold
Ruth
Jean
Missouri Whigs Rally Ends in Defeat at Jacksonian Rally
At a landmark Missouri convention, portraits by George C. Bingham and a dugout canoe on display marked the three day event. An Old Soldiers meeting opened the proceedings with Young Men's Day following as speeches by Fletcher Webster and others stretched late into the night. The spectacle showcased cultured citizens joining a political ballyhoo to sway Jacksonian democracy, ending in a Missouri defeat.
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Rocheport
Missouri
Floyd C. Shoemaker
Tignecanoe
Tyler
Boon’s Lick
St. Louis
Jackson County
Harrison
van Buren
Thomas H. Benton
Mississippi
Missouril
Poon's Lick
United States
James S. Rollins
George C. Bingham
Ballyhioo
Freeland and Alspach Families Dinner Guests
Sunday dinner guests were Mr and Mrs G G Freeland and sons Max and Nyle along with Mr and Mrs F J Alspach visiting Mr and Mrs Edgar Carter.
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G. G. Freeland and Sons
Max and
Nyle
F. J. Alspach
Edgar Carter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Adams & Leland
Boston
Ryder & Brown
Swift & Company
B. Harris Wool Co
James A. Collard
Philadelphia
S. Silberman
Chicago
Jake
Blisters
Okey
Otto
Jane
Will & Jane
Oahu
York
Callaway County
Saline County
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
U. S
Brookfield Federal Savings & Loan Ass’n
F. X. Devoy
Paul M. Devoy
Sec
Treas
McCormick-Deering
R. McGee Co
Trenton Community Sale, Inc
Campbell & Whitney
Wm. Robertson
Howard County
Fayette
Browning Farm Club
M.F.A
SHU
Staley’s
el Vampiro
Browning Produce
Dr. Hess
T.N.T
the Farmers Store
Browning
CORA
Humphreys
Harris
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