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Local Milan Notes Read Like A Village Ledger
A crowded column lists visits and movements of residents: H Clay Jones in Laclede, K M Duncan in Milan on business, Mrs Roberta Jenkins in Chillicothe, Ed Lambert of North Salem, Dan Brinkley of Cora, Tat McCollum of Winigan, Jay Harvey in Excelsior Springs, and many others. Also notices of auctions, theater billings, farm loans, trades, and local business ads intermingle with family news and travel, painting a lively snapshot of community life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Clay Jones
K M. Duncan
Milan
Roberta Jenkins
Chillicothe
Ed Lambert
North Salem
Dan Brinkley
Cora
Tat McCollum
Winigan
Jay Harvey
Excelsior Springs
Barney-Lay
Purdin
J. D. Burwell
Alden Knifong
Kirksville
Eddie Polo
Clydone Smith
Electric Theatre
Effie Fields
Elmer Byrd
A. H. Tharp
Willie Nickell
E. W. Nickell
W. L. Taylor
Robert Haggard
Kansas City
C. I. Grice
Dr. Calland
Peters
Sam P. Kelley
Kearney
Roy Edens
Brookfield
Virginia Duckworth
Vesta Neely
H. F. Killie
Frank Brandon
Bertha Neely
J. W. Neely
New York
L. V. Taylor
James Fisher
Lillian Whaley
The
Missouri University
R. W. Whaley
Ray Keithley
Lucile Alspach
Brookeld
R. W. Alspach
Julan Granite
Carlos Knifong
Gem City Busiess College
Quincy
J. H
Tusla
Okla
L. R. Hilburn
Brit Hilburn
Hinton
Bert Steele
East of Cora
Steele
J.N. Oaks
Laclede
J. G. Shipp
Old Enterprise
J. B. F. Wampler
Henry Hanman
Browning Farm Club
W. W. Atkins
Pink Woolf
Jacksonville
M. W.dodson
W. L. Agin
Joans
Campbell &Thorpe