Mound Area Grows Big Corn Crop and Local Happenings
Amid forecasts of two or three good rains Bates county may harvest one of the state’s largest corn crops. Notes include Tom Oden seeking yearling steers, Williams and Crews exiting hay baling briefly to invest in a new hay press, and Mrs. Castor hosting a successful ice cream supper that netted seven dollars. J. W. Crews and Mrs. Crowder’s Wyoming trip is described, and notes cover wheat sowing by Geo Kingore, J. N. Sharp’s two-month visit to Appleton City, a Clyde horse colt owned by Chas. Conklin, tobacco crop status, and church and cemetery efforts for Conklin. The piece closes with a church preaching plan by Brother Scott at Pascaic and community cemetery maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Bates
Tom Oden
R. Williams
G. Crews
J. W. Crews
B. Crowder
Lizzie
Wyoming
Luther
Carlie Blake
John McCann
Cleveland Chambers
Packer & Zimmer
J. N. Sharp
Mrs. Thayer
Mra. Duncan
Appleton City
Chas
Conklin
J. B. Rice
Walter
Grover
Lucie
Johnnie Eichler
Scott
Pascaic
Hall
William Walls
Conk- Tin
Garly
Lize
J. D
Ballard Items Night Ride and Local Visits
Ballard notes show Maysourg leaving Ballard last Saturday and Ballard leading 22 to 12. Visitors include P. M. Noble and wife, Hick Ray and wife, Bertha Rodman and brother in Forts. Mr and Mrs Moshier visited Creighton. Creighton tidbits mention ice hauled from McClenny and a stray spotted white dog. J. C. Noble and Cris Greer near selling out. T. M. Fort and J. L. Richardson left for California. cream supper at Shantz's. Everett Wendleton studying chemical blending. Flax yields poor locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maysourg
Ballard
P. M. Noble
Hick Ray
Bertha Rodman
Forts
Geo
Obie Keirsey
J. L. Richardson
Broomfield
Smith
Nancy Hendrix
Moshier
Creighton
Murray
But
Cris
Everett Wendleton
Choate & Co
T. M. Fort
Shantz
J. C. Noble
Cris Greer
J.D. Rogers
Buck Hendrix Place
James Lamann
Will Warford
Democratic Headquarters to Open in Commercial Building
Democratic state headquarters for the campaign will occupy the sixth floor of the Commercial building at Sixth and Olivestreet. Harry R. Hawes and Thomas F. Mitchum of Sedalia, representing the state committee, secured four rooms and will set up immediately. Mitchum, secretary of the committee, will run the quarters with Hawes present daily during Rothwell’s absence in California until September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Rothwell
California
Coal Out at Hants Bank West of Appleton City
A fragment notes coal out at Hants bank five miles due west of Appleton City. The remark includes "35-2m" as a measured detail, likely indicating a depth or grade, though the context is incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hant’s Bank
Appleton City
Deepwater community notes and farm life snapshot
The column details farm activity with abundant wheat and timothy harvests and praise for the crop, local visits and travel by residents such as W. L. Kash and Evans Stephens, teaching appointments for Evins Stephens, and social events including a house hop and church appointments. It notes visiting relatives in Johnstown and Schell City, plans for Eln Grove school, and community pride in Bates County’s new courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.L Kash
Montrace
L. Coleman
Schell City
Judy
Parksville
Johnstown
Luther Inet
Hizgine
Holt
Rogers
Addie Allison
Georgia Hendrix
Eln Grove
Misa Seaton
E. P. Morris
Appleton City
Evins Stephens
Johnestown
Evans Stephens
Rich Lill
Mia
Don Waynes
Shawnee
Okla
Bettie Chambers
Spruce
Ida Kash
Rolla
Los Angeles
Cal
Mra. K
Effie Allison
Mra
Temipie Stevens
Vetera
Bates County
O.Y. Jackson
Lee Summit
G. W. Allison
J. W. Choate
Butler
Lee Simpson
Oklahoma
James Offban
Manila cholera death toll rises with new figures
Report from Manila notes cholera decreasing there while provinces show high totals. Since outbreak began archipelago wide, over 21 000 cases and 16 105 deaths recorded. Estimated 28 000 cases likely, and Manila has 48 American and 18 European deaths. In Bibuyan a bandit Pablo Mauras drowned after leaping from a transport boat. In Missouri, Frank Kalkinberg shot wife and then killed himself, jealousy suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Pablo Mauras
Bombion
Bibuyan
Rombion
Kanine City
Frank Kalkinberg
West Argentine
Passaic Breezes Notes From Bates County Messy Local Items
Passaic community notes recount repairs by Tom O Day and D Martin, harvests by Mat Owens Kit Claunch and hay deals by W Wilcox. Mentions Judge Booker Powell recovering, George Croce from Butler, typho malate fever illness, and local visits, sales of prairie grass, threshing by Ed Boswell, and various family updates across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom O'Day
Mat Owens
Kit Claunch
W. Smith
D. Martin
Booker Powell
Bates County
Herman Hamburg
Harvey Kennedy
Alexander & Kennedy
Elkhart
Fritz
Lockard
Ed Boswell
Frank Kline
George Church
Timothy
Wilcox
Cruce
Todd
Cal Robinson
Mra
Claud Majors
Baby
Butler
Tom
Johnson
W. Wilcox
Ra. R . Wilcox
J. RK. Baum
Os Kendrick
Charles Larkin
Cai Robinson
Lena Atkins
Madiv
J. Bo Lotspeich
A.M. Templar
Misa Boswell
Fred Church
Dianpany
George Kiersey
Sprague
Sucress
Mr. Mosier
Rosier
Alee Bod Small’s
Duvall & Percival
Doe Jenkins’ Place
Part
Do You Get Up With A Lame Back
Kidney trouble prompts a synonymous appeal for Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root a kidney liver and bladder remedy promoted as a great medical triumph of the nineteenth century. The ad claims quick relief for lame back kidney bladder and uric acid troubles and Bright s Disease and offers a free sample bottle by mail to readers who mention the newspaper. It notes Dr Kilmer and Co at Binghamton NY and lists 50 cent and one dollar bottle sizes sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Bright
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
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Kentucky
Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Co
Louisville
Deacon Bros., & CO
Democratic Headquarters
Hay and
Farmer’s Exchange
LeMar
Uptown
ROSS
Peoples Elevator Co
Clarence C. Lyle
Butler, Mo
C. H. Zabriskie
Kansas City
Missouri
Potts
Buller Cash Department Store
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