Flood Statistics Highlight Missouri Flood Losses and Ditch Projects
An 1909 Missouri flood survey tallies property losses at about 21.8 million dollars across 53 counties with Howard leading at 1.5 million. It notes 1.9 million acres overflowed and details channel straightening and ditching efforts in Chariton, Macon, Livingston, Adair and Linn counties, claiming land values and farm productivity rose where channels were widened.
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Missouri
Agust
Howard County
Livingston
Grundy
Daviss
Carroll
Holt
Missouri River
Iowa Line
St. Louis
Old
Wejl
Hiller
Linn
Sullivan Counties
Benj Mairs
Chula
Medicine Creek
Laredo
Chariton County
Chariton-Macon
Macon County
Adair County
Chariton River
Livingston County
Resolutions of Respect for Brother L B Phillips
The committee reports death of Brother L B Phillips on April 24 1910. The lodge honors his devotion to Freemasonry and duties as husband and father. Sympathy is extended to his widow and children and copies of resolutions sent to the family for records.
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L. B. Phillips
Bro. Phillips
Biswell Lodge
Clothes Cleaned by Clyde Sayers at Austin’s Barber Shop
Clyde Sayers offers cleaning and pressing of suits at a reasonable price and will send your laundry. Leave it at Austin's barber shop for service.
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Tom
Austin
Clyde Sayers
Obituary for Carrie Alice Drake Oaks in Missouri
Carrie Alice Drake Oaks died after an operation in Kansas City on a Saturday morning at 11 o clock Her husband Wm M Oaks and two children Alice and James survive The family arrived home from Kansas and funeral services were held at the M E Church and Jenkins cemetery in a community shocked by her sudden death The obituary praises her as a loving mother and dutiful wife and notes sympathy for the Oaks family from neighbors and friends
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Carrie Alice (Drake) Oaks
Frank Drake
Lee County
Iowa
Linn , County
Missouri
Wm. M. Oaks
Alice
James
Kansas City
Will Barkley
Jenkins
Township Notices and Receipts Issued for Poll Tax
On April 15 each year the township clerk must provide road overseers with two books one for warning notices to work the road and one for poll tax receipts. The notices and receipts are to be printed on different colored paper with blank stubs to be filled, dated and signed. The office has completed a number of these books and the clerk invites orders. Also advertised are Workman equipment and flour prices for Empire and Kansas Seal brands.
Letter from Andrew W King from Missouri to Browning
Andrew W King writes from Arleta Missouri noting heavy rain yet better crops except corn. He mentions fruit orchards, locals including Barbee Phillips and Zehinlbeans, and prisoners at a rock pile. He plans to return to Missouri by September to visit relatives in Sullivan and Linn counties.
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Browning Mo
Missouri
Arleta
Mr. Barbee
Milan
George Phillips
John
Bob D
Rock Pile
Joe Zehinlbeans
Purdin
Old Missouri
Sullivan
Linn
Andrew W. King
Gibson Honored as Linn County Bankers Elect President
S L Gibson elected president of Linn county bankers at Laclede meeting held last Wednesday. H Markham named vice president Cleve Johnson secretary and H L Lomax treasurer. First annual meeting set for Brookfield on June 8. Gibson hailed as a leading organizer of new banks.
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Linn County
Laclede
S. L. Gibson
H. Markham
Cleve Johnson
H. L. Lomax
Brookfield
Gibson
Browning
Mrs Rebecca Atkins Dies After Accident
Mrs Rebecca Atkins died Monday night from injuries after a fall at her daughter Mrs Walter Prather's home. She was upstairs when she fell dislocating her hip and injuring her spine in an unaccountable incident. An obituary notice will appear next week.
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Rebecca Atkins
Walter Prather
Halley's Comet Visible Early in Clear Skies
Readers report Halley's Comet visible with telescopes as dawn approaches around 4 am. The comet appears south of sunrise and is expected to brighten and be plainly sighted around May 18 to 20.
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Halley
Jalong
Church Moves to Corner Lot Near Main Street
The Baptist church board met at Healy's jewelry store and awarded the move to P. L. Urback of Marceline. The building will relocate to the corner north of Main Street where F. A. Fleming previously ran his lumber yard. Move is planned for next month.
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the Baptist Church of
Healy
P. L. Urback
Marceline
Main Street
F. A. Fleming
Mr. Fleming
Glass Shower of Bottles and Soldiers
A local note observes repeated Saturday night incidents leaving empty half pint bottles along alleys and near feed barns. The writer jokes that the “man in the barrel” is now the bottle, and that boys reap a harvest from these glass finds.
High priced horses shipped to St Louis from Browning
Fields and Carter shipped a carload of the finest and highest priced horses ever sent from Browning to St Louis on Monday. A large crowd watched the loading and praised the quality, noting the dealers’ reputation for fetching top prices.
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Fields & Carter
St. Louis
Browning
Messrs
Carter
Cold Rain Endangers Planting After Cold Spell
The report notes bitter rain and cold that struck Thursday night and Friday, risking serious damage to newly planted corn. Farmers had delayed planting hoping for warmer weather to finish sowing, and continued cold weather could force widespread replanting.
Reverend Hubbard to Preach at Morris Chapel Weekend
Reverend John H. Hubbard P E will preach at Morris Chapel this Saturday night and again Sunday morning announcing a regular weekend service schedule.
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John H. Hubbard
P. E. Will
Morris Chapel
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Flood Statistics
Com
W. P. Nickell
W. G. Warren
Empire and
Kansas
Hood River, Ore
Seaman’s
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