Liberal Missouri's Godless Town and Free Thought University
The piece recounts Liberal Missouri founded by G H Walser in 1880 as a surprising experiment in independent thought banning churches and saloons. It details Walser led enterprises including the Universal Mental Liberty Hall and Free Thought University, the barbed wire dispute with orthodox Christians, spiritualist turn, and eventual decline with 1923 church placement and Walser’s death in 1910.
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Liberal
Missouri
Floyd C. Shoemaker
United States
G. H. Walser
Priestcraft
Walser
Orthopaedia
Brotherhood
Free Thought University
Free Thought
Lamar
Robert Ingersoll
Kansas City
Fort Scott
Memphis
H. H. Waggoner
Pedro
Catalpha Park
Bouton
London
Universal Mental Liberty Hall
Christ
Peanut Plant Grown By Reverend Hobbs Captures Attention
Rev Hobbs sent a tiny peanut plant he grew in his garden to the office. The plant is small yet filled with peanuts, its size below normal due to weather but yields appear above average for this year. Peanuts are generally easy to raise in this area.
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Hobbs
Sullivan County Farmers Map 1937 Program
Sullivan County farmers and Soil Conservation Committee members have held multiple meetings over the past two weeks to discuss and recommend a 1937 program for soil and farm conservation. The notes indicate planned actions and considerations for the coming year.
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SCDA
Leonard T. Shipley
Sullivan County Conservation Committee
State Agricultural Conservation Office
Shipley
State Soil Conservation Committee
The
Soil Conservation Association
Sullivan County Farm Committee
Sullivan County
Soil Conservation
Funeral crowd honors Mr. Dickinson in Friday service
Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Scott of Cameron, Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Duncan of Richmond, Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Thurlo and children, Miss Maude Fields of Chula, Mrs. D. A. Taylor, J. D. Lay of Linneus, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Crowdis and children of Roger, at the funeral Friday.
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M. T. Scott
Cameron
F. R. Duncan
Richmond
K. M. Duncan
Maude Fields
Chula
D. A. Taylor
J. D. Lay
Linneus
Guy Crowdis
Roger
Dickinson
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G. M. Spencer
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Lee C. Baldridge
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Ae Js
Canay
Ife
Worley Motor Company
Schumacher
Browning
Humphreys
Harris
Oxydol’'S
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