Local notes from Spruce and surrounding area in December 1913
T D Day arrived from Spruce on business. Mrs Sam Bartlett of Carthage guests at John Lot Speich. Mrs Chas Casper from Independence visiting sister Mrs H M Cannon. Elmer Campbell called to Glasgow for grandmother's death. Gerd Wallman from north city on business. John W Jamison of Rich Hill bank visiting Cass County. Orville McCarthy's birth announced in Passaic. Butler High beat Mound City 45 21. girls 20 9. Letha Huddleson and Edgar Prinzle wed in city December 4. Jury finds Rachael Miller not guilty of careless driving. Bates County inmates price cap discussed. J W McCormack displays alfalfa at Peoples Bank. Box supper to be held December 13 at Miller school. Deputy D D McCann injured by crank in scuffle. C Z Baker of Hamburg on business. Charley Baker bullish on Hamburg land. Rich Hill W O W officers elected. Judge J F Smith buys Arnold property. plans to reside there. Taxpayers notice to follow.
Bates County Schools And Teachers Chronicle
Supt P M Allison reports on Bates County schools with varied enrollments from Compton to Prairie City including Oak Grove and Reynard. Notes Miss Stella Ritchey and Miss M Kate Pharis teaching, pie suppers, spelling tests, and student progress. mentions post office bill by Representative Moon and a local humorous poem about stopping a newspaper.
Moving Pictures and Lecture by T E Quisenberry at Electric Theater
State Secretary T E Quisenberry will present two lectures illustrated by moving pictures on Thursday December 18 at 1 30 p m and 7 30 p m at Electric Theater. Nine bulletin boards will be placed in the show room. Mrs Guyton Secretary.
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T. E. Quisenberry
Guyton
Sec’y
Enrollment and attendance noted at local event
Haynes reports an enrollment of 20 with 20 present. Ruth Terry spelled all the words. Neighbors are being drawn into ball games and are proving hard to defeat. Miss Ruby Bennett serves as teacher.
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Compton
Stella Ritchey
Oak Grove
M. Kate Pharis
Hudson
Sarah Jane Godfrey
Pleasant Ridge
Victor Wolf
Mission Branch
Homer Douglas
Anna Smiser
Seelinger
Miss Pearl Angle
Bever
Marie Hegnauer
J. N. Barsom
Seifers
J. N. Lee
Court notices at Sheldon Probate Court Sunday 11 am
Worded invitation states a session of the Probate Court in the courthouse on Sundays at 11 o clock with all invited. The December 14 1913 reference to God the Preserver of Mass appears as a subject line and local residents are urged to attend or respond.
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God the Preserver
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Cattaraugus
Clauss
Universal Food Choppers
Pie
Berlin
Barney & Berry
New York
South Side Square
T. D. Day
Spruce
Sam Bartlett
Carthage Mo
John Lotspeich
Chas. Casper of
Independence
H. M. Cannon
Elmer Campbell
Glasgow
Gerd Wallman
John W. Jamison
The
F. & M. Bank of
Rich Hill
G. E. McCarthy
Passaic
Butler High School
Mound City High School
Letha Huddleson
Edgar Prinzle
Datto
Arkansas
Henry
Rachael Miller
Judge Jeters
Cass Co
Bates’ County
Bates County
J. W. McCormack
Near
Peoples Bank
J.S. Newton
Office Farmers Bank
Miller School House
D. D. McCann
C. Z. Baker
Hamburg
Charley
Co. C
J. B. Neptune
Burr Hereford
Jno
J. F. Smith
Dr. T. W. Arnold
Ohio and
Maple Streets
Dr. Arnold
Shafer
P.M. Allison
Papinville
Irwin Coylé
Ruby Hirns
Clellah Grant
Prairie City
Clifford
Eddy
Lizzie
Ida Hammer
Gladys Summy
Alma Lyons
Rockville
Dr. Whitten
Sallie Hitt
Fair Mount
Lydia Rapp
Lucy Bauch
Rich Valley
Cline Peeler
Cline Douglas
Reynard
Raymond Drake
Wilbur Holt
Lucy Diehl
Burl Kinder
Ethel Culver
Gladys Holt
Ethel Wix
Walter Moore
McDavitt
Mildred Bennett
Hazel Dell
Moon
Tennessee
House Committee On Post Offices
Manchester Union
Dunnin
C. W. Hess
W. Hess
Butler, Missouri
Sheldon
Welton’s
Butler
Welton Jewelry Co
Butler, Mo
Stuckey’s Variety Store
Recotaurant
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