Missouri born playwright Paul Armstrong dies in 1915
Native Missourian and prolific dramatist Paul Armstrong born in Kidder Caldwell County in 1869 built a career from steamboat work to journalism and theater. His popular plays include The Heir to the Hoorah Alias Jimmy Valentine and The Escape, with a last New York production in 1914 before dying of heart disease in 1915.
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America
Kidder
New York City
Bay City
Michigan
Armstrong
Great Lakes
Chicago
St. Joseph
Belles-Lettres
Steamboat Company
Buffalo
The
Express
Courier
the News
New York
Boston
Via Wireless
Alias Jimmy Valentine
Jimmy Valentine
Sing Sing
Rosalsky
James Brown
Brown
Bella Abel
Kansas City
Kittie Cassidy
Catharine Calvert
Poultry Breeding Aims to Improve Meat Yield
A letter from Frank Priebe discusses poultry breeders prioritizing egg production over meat quality. He notes meat yield varies by bird and urges development of dual-purpose birds with more flesh. The piece advocates voluntary farm cooperation to expand a well-fleshed, affordable poultry industry.
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E. B. Heaton
Institute of American Poultry Industries
St. Paul
Frank Priebe
Linn County Receives Largest August School Fund Payment
Lloyd W. King announces Linn County will get about 56 126 in the August state school support, up from 47 015 the prior August. The 1937 38 Linn County total was 116 330 and the 1938 39 total is 141.
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Missouri
Lloyd W. King
Linn County
Cash and Carry Budgeting Advice
A thrift column urges readers to compare cash purchases with charging by using a cash and carry approach. It argues paying cash may simplify budgeting and reduce long term costs, noting the pain of paying upfront but potential month to month relief and consistency in spending. It advises trying cash for a month to test effectiveness.
Back to School as New Auditorium Eyes Graduation
Ninety one students enrolled with nineteen seniors glad to be back for their last year. The class may graduate first in the new auditorium while twenty nine boys and fifteen girls report for basketball practice. A county conference schedule will be set after a Friday meeting in Brookfield with superintendent Dutton attending. Enrollment spans grade 1 to grade 8 with varying numbers. The PWA office at Omaha awaits setting dates for contractor work on the new building and the community is encouraged to attend games and school events.
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Dutton
Brookfield
PWA
Omaha
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Society OF Missouri At Columbia
Floyd G. Shoemaker
Paul Armstrong
Paly Wright
King
Hing
William Green
American Federation of Labor
John Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Rexall
Castora
A. D.S
J. G. May Drug Company
Browning, Missouri
Cash
H. L. Schrock
Voiles & Batistes
Caldwell
N. R
Dr. Hess
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