Livery stables a social hub of Missouri towns in 19th century
The piece recalls livery stables as hubs where men gathered, horses were cared for, and travel via hacks linked towns. It notes cost to board in 1821 at Franklin Missouri, the social role excluding women, and mentions salesmen, auctions, and an era of daily or thrice weekly mail and express services before trains dominated. It ends with local notes of deaths and a move to St. Louis.
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Missouri
Franklin
Rom
St Joseph Lamb Marketing Day Set For June 11
The St Joseph 4 H Lamb Marketing Day is scheduled for June 11 with a lamb grading contest as part of the educational program. Linn County 4 H members including Orsen Kick Norman Dinsmore and numerous others are listed as carrying ewe and lamb projects for the event. Gooch and son from Moline Illinois visited their relatives in the area and local residents were noted as receiving home visits and community news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Orsen Kick
Norman Dinsmore
Linn County
Chas Dennis
Donnie Chapman
Oreen
Cecil
Jane Irick
Judy Meneely
Archie
Tommy Shiflett
Amy
Max
Jean Sallee
Mary Ellen Wingate
Marlene Abbott
Kay Badger
Jean Sayre
Jimmy Badger
John Lee
Bernard Brantner
Jessie Britton
Larry Hale
Clinton Hale
Donald Sayre
Shirley Minor
Vernon
Gilbert Head
Gary Hanman
Harold Smith
Linda Foss
Janice
Gary Barton
Social Guests In Local Circles Mentioned In Briefs
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Powell included Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kimbrough Mrs. Bernice Riley of New Boston Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Powell and Tommy. Bernice Riley visited Mr. and Mrs. Ned Mundell Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Moeller of Galesburg and Mrs. J. W.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gooch
Stephen
Moline
Ned Mundell
Son
Alpha Powell
Beree Riley
Naomi Kimbrough
Roscoe Powell
Lee Kimbrough
Bernice Riley
New Boston
Clinton Powell
Tommy
Edwin Moeller
Galesburg
J. W
First asparagus is served with butter and lemon
A real occasion to serve the season's asparagus. cook until tender then toss with melted butter and lemon juice, sprinkling with slivered toasted almonds. Pot roast gains flavor with pickling spices added at start. add dried apricots, prunes and sugar near the end. Pears chilled with ice cream and chocolate sauce make a simple elegant dessert.
Fruit Dressing and Novel Appetizer Ideas From a Vintage Menu
A vintage recipe set describes a cream cheese and apricot dressing for fruit salads and cabbage salads. It also suggests banana rounds in mayonnaise with walnuts, orange slices, and maraschino cherries, plus a fruit meringue cake topped with fruit cocktail and a spicy artichoke avocado canapé with cocktail onions served chill.
Thudium District Social Calendar and Obituary Notes
Last week in Brookfield and nearby areas residents gathered for visits and a Browning Music Festival for grade children in the R-1 district. Community members joined Mrs. Kathryn Cleeton for the program while others supported relatives, with Friday through Sunday visits and a final exams trip to Purdin. The community mourned the death of Uncle Drury Watson, longtime resident.
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Harold Abbott
Vernice Cristian
Brookfield
Pearl Helms
Floyd Yokum
Kenneth Bailey
Purdin
Lovella Bailey
Browning
Earl McCollum
Herbert Coram
Emerson Cordray
Randall Minor
Philip Bailey
Curt Helms
Raymond Phillips
Bernetta
Glenn Bailey
E. W. Riley
Kathryn Cleeton
F. W. Riley
Lee Kimbrough
Kimbrough
Frank Phillips
Charley Pearler
Pearler
Max
Pearl
Helms
New Boston
Edward Watson
Lewis Walters
Arleen Forbes
Dariel Lee’ Cordray
Larry Bailey
Drury Watson
Shafter Items Recap Of Family Visits And Local News
Last week in Shafter lists visits by Durbin and Cooper families to Kansas City and Marcelline for clinic check ups. Ed Edmundson and Sgt Seymour Harris, both from Fort Riley, visited, noting Korea service and Heart Break Ridge. Local events include a picnic at Simpson Park, 67 at Mt Olive Baptist Sunday School, and a Measles convalescence for Beverly Molloy. Death notice: Mrs Tressie Belcher Tate of Browning died at Grim Smith Hospital Kirksville.
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Robert Durbin
Larry
Gary
Kansas City
Glenn Cooper
Donald
Glenda
Everett Crookshanks
Vane Kingsolver
Morris
Billy Morris
Clarence Crookshanks
Crookshanks
Robert Crookshanks
Ed Edmundson
Seymore Harris
Fort Riley
Kansas
Joe Edmundson
Jack
Mae Jennings
Gregory
Becky Lou
Korea
States
Sgt
Harris
New York
Navy
Heart Break Ridge
Edmundson
Virgil Molloy
Barbara
Beverly
Glenn Morris
Humphreys
James Foster
Chillicothe
Orville Brown
Norris
Simpson Park
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Junior Phillips
Stanley
Jo Ellen
Kenneth Jennings
Jennings
Kenny Neal
Linda Jane
L. C. Moore
Julius Wood
Floy Morris
Harry Kimball
Brookfield
Russell Benskin
Benskin
Rosalie
Leo
Beverly Molloy
Roy Turner
Jimmy
Janet
John Turner
Jane
Johnny
Lana
Billy Mac
Play Turner
Pershing Park
Tressie Belcher Tate
Grim-Smith Hospital
Kirksville
Tom Kimbrough
Lilburn Gilmer
Ruth Cassity
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The
State Historical Society of Missouri At
Columbia
Floyd C. Shoemaker
Charles Tate
St. Louis
Clinton
Pike's Peak
Helen Hale
Thudium
Santa Cruz
Calif
Marceline
West of Browning
Moore
Rplatines
Harold Cooper
Kenneth Doss
Keith
Kearney
Bertha Tate
Jerry
Bertha Ann
Wm. Morris
Doss
Kearney High School
Mayor McGup
John Jarvis
Giphe Mayor
Arizona
Chevrolet
Browning, Missouri
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