Montauk State Park to Build Modern Hatchery Next Summer
A new hatchery will be built at Montauk State Park near Salem Dent county. It will include a hatchery building seven bass ponds two trout rearing ponds and a 15 acre water area created by a dam on a spring branch. Civilian Conservation Corps workers will be used to cut costs and aid distribution to streams such as Current River Gasconade Black St Francis Jacks Fork and Pineys.
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Montauk
G. B. Herndon
Game and Fish Department
Current River
Gasconade
Black
St. Francis
Jacks Fork
Pineys
Missouri
Spring Branch
Meramec State Park
Fisher's Cave
Mushroom Cave
Onyx Cave
Meramee
Fisher’s Cave
Meramec Valley
Meramec
Hollon Home Burns Down In Noon Fire
The Hollon residence of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hollon burned yesterday around noon. Cause undetermined though suspected a defective flue. The loss is substantial for the family.
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Everett Hollon
Telegraph Reaches St. Joseph in Missouri History
Floyd C. Shoemaker recounts the 1853 milestone when a telegraph line reached Missouri’s western boundary at St. Joseph on March 3 1853. The first message was President Franklin Pierce’s inaugural address received in St. Joseph as printers printed it. The piece surveys early telegraph expansion from Philadelphia to St. Louis and then west to Jefferson City and St. Joseph, noting key dates and figures.
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Missouri
Floyd C. Shoemaker
St. Joseph
Franklin Pierce
Washington
Peter Lovell
Second and
Jule Streets
St Joseph
the Gazette
the Adventurer
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Louisville
Vincennes
Indiana
St. Louis
United States
East St. Louis
Mississippi
Dubuque
Iowa
Chicago
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Ste. Genevieve
Perryville
Cape Girardeau
Paducah
Kentucky
Nashville
Missouri General Assembly
Bly
Jefferson City
State Capitol
Boonville
Charles Stebbins
Leavenworth
Kansas
Kansas City
Mathematical Herd Division Keeps Peace After Will
A farmer dies leaving 17 cows to his wife one half to the son one third and to the daughter one ninth. A neighbor lends a cow making 18 then the widow receives 9 equal to one half the herd the son takes 6 equal to one third and the daughter 2 equal to one ninth leaving the borrowed cow for return to its owner.
Will Rogers Declines Honorary Degree With Humor
Will Rogers rejected an honorary Doctor of Humanities from Oklahoma City University. He quipped he would accept only a Doctor of Applesauce if sanctioned by a kindergarten, arguing that honorary degrees are a joke and undermine those who earn real degrees.
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Will Rogers
Oklahoma City University
Oologah
Will
Linn County corn hog plan described as simple and cooperative
Linn County farmers learn the corn hog plan is simpler than expected. County Agent Hall notes many misconceptions from gossip have faded as contracts form a cooperative effort to reduce corn and hog production by about a quarter. Signers receive payments tied to soil fertility and average county yields, with urgency to sign promptly for faster payments.
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Hall
Linn County Extension Service
Linn
Linn County
Passengers aboard steamer raise baby gift pile to $250
A steamship from England to America collected a $250.03 purse for a baby born on board. A rumor about Scotch passengers prompted three Scots to be aboard. Chicagoan Harry Sommerfield sues for $5,000 against Elmer Love and Haycroft Honey, alleging assault.
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England
America
Harry Sommerfield
Chicago
Love and Honey
Elmer Love
Haycroft Honey
H F Crookshanks, Chillico Resident, Dies After Illness
H F Crookshanks of Chillico died yesterday morning after pneumonia began Friday. He spent years in this city owning a flour mill and engaging in mercantile work. In recent years he operated a bakery in Chillicothe with notable success.
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H. F. Crookshanks
Chillicothe
Mr. Crookshanks
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Joe E. Green
Game Protection Fund
Oklahoma
Bennett Spring
Roaring River
Popular Bluff
W. H. Johnson
Butler County
CCC
Sullivan
National Park Service
Civilian Conservation Corps
State Game & Fish Department
Lowing
Wilkinson
Ethiopia
Edna Heibreder
Tom Soldad
California
Jesus Modrano
Poli
Ernest Schieffels
New York
Central Park
Army
Chemical Warfare Services
General Johson
Mary Goldman
Russia
Sherman
Quoia National Park
Californ
Englers
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