Death of William H. Russell remembered in Missouri history
The 63rd anniversary of William H. Russell’s death at Palmyra Missouri recalls his role as founder and executive of the Pony Express and a driving figure in mid 19th century mail services. Indictments in 1861 and political scandal tied to the Butterfield line are summarized with noted gaps in testimony and evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Russell
Missouri
Floyd.c. Shoemaker
Pony Express
St. Joseph
California
Legion
Express
Wall Street
Washington
Russell
Majors
Waddell
Palmyra
America
J. B. Floyd
Godard Bailey
Department of the Interior
United States
Butterfield Overland Mail Company
Russell, Majors
Victor M. Berthold
The
Bancroft
Congress
Interior Department
War Department
Floyd
Bailey
Butterfield Mail Company
M. Hughes
Ae Russell
Soil Conservation Exhibit Planned for Milan Fair
R. E. Uhland director of the Soil Conservation Service in Bethany Mo discusses with Emergency County Agent Baugher a Milan Fair display on soil saving work. The exhibit aims to raise awareness of soil erosion as a major farm problem.
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R.E. Uhland
Service of
Bethany
Baugher
Milan
Wheat Growers Session on 1936 Adjustment Program
Sullivan county farmers are invited to a September 16 meeting at 7 30 pm in Milan Circuit Court Room to hear explained the 1936 wheat adjustment program. The contract permits planting 95 percent of base acreage this fall with payments based on 54 percent of base allotment.
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Sullivan County
Circuit Court Room
Milan
The Declining Years and Income After Retirement
The article warns that about seventy percent of men reach retirement without enough funds, often relying on charity or burdening relatives. It argues many were once wealthy or earned comfortable incomes yet lost it, urging young and middle-aged readers to build an estate through life insurance, annuities, and trust funds to secure self-sustaining, independent old age.
Local crashes and quirks spark small city headlines
Miss Mabel Christianson of Mason City Iowa overturned her car while avoiding a dog. she required five stitches in her leg after the incident. The dog paused to scratch a flea before running on. In New York a traffic fine wiped out nearly all of William Hartigan's money but the judge remitted a dollar so he could keep a silver dollar as a good luck piece. Mrs Rose Caden of Chicago charged her husband with petty stinginess for hiding her shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Christianson
Mason City
William ‘Hartigan
New York
Hartigan
Rose Caden
Chicago
Oddities and milestones from around the world
A collage of short notes reports Miss Mary Miller in Iowa masquerading as a man for six decades, J A Lavoice of Vermont turning 90 with quadrille dances, Charles Hamilton of West Virginia jailed for stealing a Bible, and Mrs Elizabeth Bourneman’s funeral flowers ordered a decade early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Miller
Iowa
Charles Hamilton
West Virginia
Elizabeth Bourneman
Indiana
Fire Engulfs Car Carrying Milonize Couple in Milwaukee
An automobile carrying Salvatore Milonize and his bride caught fire on a busy Milwaukee street but the couple escaped injury. In a separate matter a will penciled on a matchbox by the late Francisco Bosch of Los Angeles is being contested by his mother in Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvatore Milonize
Milwaukee Street
Francisco Bosch
Los Angeles
Spian
Scattered Local Tales Include Dating Bureau Chef and Robbery
A Racine woman forms a dating bureau with chaperones. Boston divorce suit cites a seven time wife. A Rev R E Allen gospel tent is stolen near Boston. Kansas City police demand clean shaven force. A Chicago woman loses false teeth after streetcar collision. Ohio man Clifford House jailed for highway robbery after 45 cents theft. Boston man Pascal Trent nabbed for trick cigars. New York cafe incident ends with damage payment. A Chicago woman throws acid at would‑be robbers.
Delusions, Crimes, and Courtroom Gossip Across Cities
A mosaic of vignettes: a starved woman in St Paul, a Glasgow man killed in a wreck with a legless survivor, a London butler accused of jewel theft, a Madrid home set alight, and a 111th birthday remark on hard times. Also stalled romance, a judge's order about stalking, pardons and sterilization, a Chicago divorce scandal, and marital tensions in Cincinnati.
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Special Congressional Committee
Buchanan
Virginia
Dr. van Es
University of Nebraska
van Es
van ‘Es
Frank Priebe
Milan Fair
W. L. Bond
Cora
Fiarris
Browning
J. A. Lavoice
Vermont
George Burdon
Cherttey, Eng
B. R. Russell
St. Louis
Decatur
Oklahoma
Supreme Court
Henry Carpenter
Chichester
Eng
Heen
Julius Slade
Lumberton
Miss
Toicago
Arthur Ellis
Montreal
Grace Larsen
Racine, Wis
Eve W.smal
Boston
Rev
R. E Allen
Otto P. Higgins
Kansas City, Mo
Kate’ Thies
O Clifford House
Ohio
Pascal Trent
Helen Barwell
David Bailey
Glasgow
Peter Raitlin
London
Leon Gonzalez
Madrid
J. J. Allen
Bochne
Okla
John F Cann
Elsie McGlone
York
Cyril Goodwin
Charles H. Martin
Oregon
Mary Gaithen
Thomas Miller
Cincinnati
Frances Ripley
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