Voters in Sullivan County Show GOP Lead in Local Election
Tuesday brought one of Sullivan County’s largest vote totals as Republicans won most county positions with margins from under fifty to several hundred. The article notes strong turnout, party cooperation claims, and a statewide lag behind the national results, with Democratic judge results in one district mentioned.
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Sullivan County
West District
Clarence Riggens
The
Republican
Milan
Judge County Court First District Mae Ne ipa ee b s
In a brief court item Mae Ne ipa ee b presides over a matter in the First District. The record notes a procedural update affecting the PROTEINS csr oceans ws docket.
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Judge County Court
McClaskey
Local Race Ballot Fragment For Prosecuting Attorney
Fragmentary OCR shows candidates McClaskey and Atherton in a second district race for prosecuting attorney with party markers D and unclear surrounding details.
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Wince
Atherton
Local Officials Ballot Sample with Party Labels
Fragmentary OCR shows names and offices: Treasurer Cowgill Mairs surveyor examiner public administrator coroner Roberts Parsons with party labels in parentheses and stray numbers. Text is unreadable in parts but indicates a sample ballot or candidate list for multiple county offices.
New Stamping Dynamite Development Aids Missouri Farmers
A. J. Mesidams of the Missouri College of Agriculture reports a new explosive to replace dwindling surplus war materials. It can be bought in carloads, rivaling Pyrotol in price, with safety and practicality for clearing field stumps. Over five years Missouri farmers used nearly 709,000 pounds of war salvage explosives, saving about $80,000 statewide. government distribution now ends.
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Missouri
A. J. Mesidams
Missouri College, ‘of Agriculture
Missouri College of Aeviculture
Ant & Stretieth
Price
Peirotsl
Mpl
Fie
Manufacturis
Ae Rotc
Taco
Linn County Farmers Survey Incentives Spark Prompt Replies
County Agent Hall mails a 50 question survey to Linn County farmers to track production method improvements. Farm Bureau offers 15 in prizes for closest estimates of red clover acres sheep and dairy cows reported, with awards at the Corn Show finale November 24 in Brookfield.
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Linn
Hese
Hall
Linn County
Farm Bureau
Brookfield
Cassity Auctioneer Promotes Listings for St Catherine
C E Cassity of St Catherine promotes auctioneering services and invites inquiries for dates or phone contact in Shelby area listings.
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C. E. Cassity
St. Catherine
Shelby
Little Folk Celebrate Eleventh Birthday with Games and Cake
Mrs Mark C Alspach hosted eleven Dorothy friends on a Tuesday evening for Dorothy Alspach eleventh birthday. They played contests with prizes, viewed a pink and white decorated dining table, and enjoyed ice cream and cake with rose candle adorned centerpieces.
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Mark C. Alspach
Dorothy
Beverly Buncan
Carl, Reymond, Boyles i
Verne Jones
Dorothy Alspach
Erma Petergon
Ttle
Executors Named In J B Stone Estate Notice
Letters testamentary on the estate of J B Stone were granted by the Linn County Missouri Probate Court on October 1 1928 to Roy M Calhoun and William H Stone as executors. Creditors must present claims within six months or be barred after one year from the grant date. Gladys Phillips Clerk of the Probate Court attests the seal.
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J. B. Stone
Linn County
Missouri
Roy M. Calhoun
William H. Stone
Gladys Phillips
This Week In Missouri History: John Brooks Henderson
An excerpt notes John Brooks Henderson of Missouri as an example of self made success. It recalls his 1868 marriage to Mary Newton Foote, daughter of Judge Elisha Foote of New York. After 1875 he left government service and focused on private life.
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Nis
Washington
John P. Henderson
Missouri Cities
Henderson
Danville
Pittsylvania County
Virginia
Washington, D. C
United States
Missouri
Lincoln County
Schock
Arid - Ti
Tachis Dormer Toach
Floyd C. Shoemaker
John Brooks Henderson
Senate
Mary Newton Foote
Elisha Foote
New York
Obituary notice pricing notice and local advertising plea
The notice threatens ten cents per obituary for non advertising business men and fifteen cents per line for delinquent subscribers. It offers free obituary writing for advertisers and cash subscribers and urges prompt payment, warning that hog cholera is abroad.
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land—Exchange
Small towns urged to revive American life against dull big cities
Arthur Holt argues in the Northwestern Christian Advocate that dullness pervades large cities, while small towns offer community life. He says city workers are depersonalized in mass production, cites a Chicago flapper, and asserts true community will draw people away from urban centers. He praises farmers as the town’s enduring workers and warns against city living.
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Arthur Kk. Holt
Iitonssor
Chicago Theological Seminary
Northwestern Christian Advocate
Sinclair Lewis
Chicago
Holt
Tie
Not All Trees Suitable for Roadside Planting
A bulletin by the department discusses which trees suit roadside planting in various regions. It names green ash brick locust hackberry thornless honey locust poplars and advises choosing species based on climate and soil to ensure successful roadside forestry programs.
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United States
Tno
Ato
Helsing
Definition of home as civilization’s core in a 19th century view
The Portland Oregonian quotes a text arguing home embodies civilization beyond mere shelter. It links home to social order and spiritual meaning, claiming Anglo Saxons preserved this essence while others did not.
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Faiphbeina
Bethe Dayne
Neratic
Portland
Oregonian
Health service mirrors community management on farms and cities
A good manager moves to the city and moderate managers follow, concentrating wealth in urban areas. The growth of city health departments reflects better urban governance and overall community health.
Value of lot price on house resale
The text argues that a cheaper lot leaves more money for the house and a well built home on a cheap lot is more desirable than an unsatisfactory house on an expensive lot. It notes that highly expensive houses may hinder resale, while very cheap houses may not boost the sale value of costly lots.
Delight in Land Owning
The possession of land brings peace of mind and protection against chance. It anchors fortune to yield maximum benefit for oneself and posterity.
Uncle Jack and His Rat-Catching Dog Tale
Vic tor Murdock of the federal trade commission recounts a Kansas tale about Uncle Jack and a rat catching dog. The story highlights Uncle Jack's savage talk and his loyal pet who proves useful at the grocery corner when bystanders praise the dog and provoke a sharp retort.
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Jack
Kansas
Uncle Jack
Victor Murdock
Federal Trade Commission
Butterflies and the chase in student life at KU
An observer at the University of Kansas notes a gendered dating dynamic among male and female students. He describes flirtatious energy and mutual pursuit as a social pattern reflected in campus life.
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University of Kansas
Clisswerks
Tameahanese
Mulloenry Tree Slowe Sale Notes and Varieties Observed
A fragmented item lists various plant varieties and fruits with notes on appearance taste and quality. It mentions peaches white grape fruit and breadfruit like shapes, plus references to tasting tests and garden offerings. The legible text suggests a sale or catalog entry for nurseries or farms.
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Psyeta
Igre
Bonn
Duke of the sorting Sidewalk Kings Rag Pickers
A king among rag pickers oversees a district in Paris. He assigns streets and collects daily tolls from the profits of his subjects who sift garbage for lanterns, cloth pieces, bones, hair, and other discarded items. Lemon peel goes to syrup, bottles to druggists, hair to milady rats.
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Paris
Vrnethines Kridayn
Would Make an Artificial Volcano in Glacier National Park
Shelby Montana men propose piping natural gas from Kevin Sunburst oil field 60 miles away to a park mountain. They would sink a shaft from summit to base, ignite it, and melt rock to form a volcanic crater using the 11,000,000 cubic feet of gas produced daily.
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Nature
Glacier National Park
Shelby
Mont
Kevin-Sunburst
Park Mountain
Bhase
Where His Thoughts Were
A mother helps her son dress for Sunday school and prompts him about salvation. While she questions him, the boy’s mind wanders to fishing at the river and he replies, Learn to swio, revealing his childhood mispronunciation as a humorous moment.
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John
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