Art and Peaches in the Ozarks Inspire a Moving Picture Vision
Dawson Watson, a St. Louis artist writing from Brandsville Howell County, reports on the Ozark peach harvest of 1910. He describes vast orchards, 800 acres of peaches, and crates packed daily, with pickers from Florida and Georgia, and packers earning up to seven dollars a day. He notes nightly campfires, music, and the bustling scene as a potential subject for moving pictures.
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Florida
Georgia
Peach
Dawson Watson
Reedy’s Mirror
St. Louis
Brandsville
Oversight omits John Fusker from owner list
In last week's enumeration of motor car owners the name John Fusker was omitted though he owns a Ford that is described as running about. The total number of owners is updated to 28.
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John Fusker
Serum Scams Target Missouri Fruit Growers Warned
The Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station warns of an organized scam selling a serum claimed to cure all fruit tree complaints. Reports begin near Moberly and spread west with impostors posing as officials from West Virginia and claiming USDA cooperation to bolster trust. They violate the Federal Insecticide Law and may face fines.
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Tée
Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station
Missouri
Moberly
West
West Virginia
Missouri College of Agriculture At
Columbia
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Browning, Missouri
Joseph Nickell
Hroving, Mo
Ozarks
By L. Haseman
Burwell
C. W. Palmer
Line Street
L QO. Carpenter
Bargins
Fitzgerald
Christian Church
W. W. Clay
Trenton
M. E. Church
Mr. Eldridge
Opera House
Reed
Winigan
North Salem
R. J. McCollum
Gene McCarty
G. E. Jones
A. L. Walker
the Laredo Horse Buyer
Browning, Mo
Pearson’s
COAL
Mendota
Igwa
Farmers Store
Undertaker
T. B. Mundell
Adv
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