Oak Grove Social Notes from Wednesday to Friday
Miss Mae Cumpton called on Miss Thelma Sargent Wednesday afternoon. Miss Syvilla Randall has been visiting relatives nearby and left Wednesday for Kansas City. Dudley Cumpton and Mrs. Clara Batchelor with daughter Nena spent Thursday at the W. G. Cimpton home. Mr. and Mrs. John McCook were Butler visitors one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Keen and Mrs. Kathryn Young called at the Geo. Keen home Sunday evening. A. L. Gilmore was an Appleton City visitor Monday. Will Lawson spent Sunday at the A. L. Gilmore home. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Wilson made a business trip to Montrose Friday. R. F. Marehayer was in the big vicinity buying cattle last week. Will Davis was a Butler visitor Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Cumpton
Thelma Sargent
Syvilla Randall
Kansas City
A. T. Keen
Kathryn Young
Geo. Keen
A. L. Gilmore
Appleton City
Will Lawson
C. C. Wilson
Montrose
R. F. Marehayer
Will Davis
Mt Carmel News Roundup of Local Visits and Life Events
Everett Robertson returns from Fulton to spend vacation with parents C S Robertson and family. Earnest Jarvis visits Kansas City to see his operated mother. May Jane Burk and Geo Brayton stay with grandparents in Butler. Edna Dillon visits, Mrs Robertson’s sister from Pleasant Gap visits. W M Hardinger sells 40 lambs and 39 ewes for 508.05 under a Democratic administration. Chess Howell visits Joe Fleming then goes to Iola. Birth announced for James E Park's son William Wendle Park. Jess Fleming hauls hogs to Butler. Mrs Mason Darnes and son George visit near Virginia with Wolfe family. Francis Huffman visits Porters. Everett Drysdale’s 53rd birthday celebrated with dinner. Attendees listed. Albert Leonard of Kansas City visits. conducting work and 30 day leave noted. Mrs Leonard helps in kitchen while Mrs Jarvis is away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Robertson
Fulton
Robertson
Earnest Jarvis
Kansas City
Jarvis
May Jane Burk
Geo. Brayton
W. A. McElroy
Butler
Edna Dillon
Near Pleasant
Gap
Guy Thomas
Wm. Wendle Park
Jess Fleming
Mason R. Darnes
Geo. R
Attica
Kansas
D. C. Wolfe
Virginia
Lee M. Hardinger
Francis Huffman
W. M. Hardinger
Harve Steele
Mr. Drysdale
Edgar Brayton
Virgil Burk
Russell Steele
Elmer
Arthur Hardinger
Social visits and gatherings in Butler area
North New Homa visits by Miss Lola Roberson from Kansas City to Brick McCaughey family. Thelma Richmond spends Friday night in Butler and attends Opera House show. Stanley Patterson visits Butler weekend. Mrs. Jay Bright and Mrs. Stoddard of Omaha spend Saturday at Henry Ehart's. Stoddard visits after 22 years. Perry Osborne Bud Berry visit Chandler's Sunday. Willie Simpson visits with Nightwine parents Sunday. Bob Sproul calls on Walter Strein Sunday. Cliff Ehart family and Mitchells visit Milt Reeves Sunday. Brick McCaughey hosts gathering in Lola Roberson’s honor Thursday. Pearl Adams and Daisy Flinn visit Thelma Richmond Sunday afternoon. Ike Kelley and John Ehart haul corn from Craven’s. John Reeves of Amsterdam stays with Milt Reeves. Standfield couple visit Milt Reeves. J W Jones family visit Cliff Ehart Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lola Roberson
Kansas City
Brick Mce-Caughey
Thelma Richmond
Butler
Opera House
Stanley Patterson
Jay Bright
Robert Stoddard
Omaha
Nebraska
Henry Ehart
Stoddard
Gertrude Merica
Missouri
Perry Osborne
Bud Berry
Pearl Adams
Daisy Flinn
Ike Kelley
John Ehart
Craven
John Reeves
Amsterdam
Milt
Brick McCaughey
Miss Roberson
Homer Linendell’s
Mr. Standfield
Near Virginia
Milt Reeves
J. W. Jones
Cliff Ehart
Ice cream social planned at Passaic June 17 1916
Friday through Monday visits noted at Mrs Webb Shelby and Miss Gladys Brown. An ice cream social at Passaic is set for Saturday night June 17 1916 with all invited. Community events include Sunday school classes hosted by Mrs Falk and a Christian Endeavor gathering on Sunday night June 18 focusing on The Usefulness of Good Cheer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bros
Passaic
Kansas City
Alta Brown
Geo. McCarthy
Christian Endeavor
Rish Rose
Pleasant Gap Notes and Local Happenings
Pleasant Gap reports another good rain on Saturday. Buford Brown visited grandparents on Friday. Mat Dickens and family called last Friday. Carl Burch shows off a new Ford. Abe Brown traveled to Butler last Wednesday. Will Dixon and wife enjoy life in Montana. Marvin Campbell is painting his buggy. Mehaffey is improving. A H Kips sold a cow to Lane last week. Joe Brownfield and Miss ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buford Brown
Mat Dickens
Carl Burch
Abe Brown
Butler
Will Dixon
Montana
Marvin Campbell
Mehaffey
A. H. Kips
Lane
Joe Brownfield
150 Dental Students Take Licensure Examinations
About 150 dental students sat licensure examinations in Jefferson City on Monday. The testing assessed readiness to practice dentistry, with candidates from several schools and programs reporting the event as a key milestone toward professional licensure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Man from Rector struck by train near Malden
Dick Persinger of Rector Arkansas was struck by a train at Malden Missouri Monday morning. He was seated on the edge of the ties apparently asleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Persinger
Rector, Ark
Malden
Interest on surplus funds collected for May total 19576.62
The State earned 19576.62 in interest on surplus funds for May. Merchantile Trust Co of St Louis contributed 10878.14 of this amount as the May payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercantile Trust Co. of
St. Louis
Woman Withdraws Candidacy for Johnson County Treasurer
A woman filed as a candidate for Johnson county treasurer on Thursday of last week and on Friday withdrew without giving any reason, exercising her right to change her mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson County
Missouri towns debate animal bans and road bonds
In Missouri Rockville touts being dogless while Springfield aims to be pigless as a census finds 29 pigs inside city limits. The Sanitary Inspector orders removal. A Friday special election in Red Oak, Dade County, approved $25,000 in road bonds by 170 for and 650 against. Lockwood defeated a similar proposal by a small margin, another election planned there.
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Missouri
Rockville
Springfield
Red Oak
Dade County
Lockwood
Tobacco shipped to soldiers by Missouri buyers
One hundred seven hogs heads of Missouri tobacco were shipped from Weston by Louisville buyers who are executing a commission for a warring nation. The tobacco will be sent to soldiers in the trenches. A Mexican with a crippled foot was arrested at Warrensburg on suspicion of being Villa, the bandit, and jailed. authorities feed him well while treating his injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Weston
Louisville
St. Joseph
Warrensburg
Villa
Young Independence minister ordained at Baptist church
Roy Johnson of Independence who graduated from William Jewell College two years ago and preached at Bezonia Church and Hume Mo was ordained into the ministry at the Baptist church in Independence yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Johnson
Independence
William Jewell College
Bezonia Church
Hume, Mo
Baptist Church
Lincoln Institute graduation in Jefferson City closes
The Lincoln Institute commencement in Jefferson City, nicknamed the Tuskegee of the North, ends with 160 graduates including 94 in trades and 66 in pedagogical studies. The report also notes a Missouri motor car total of 83,757, up 20,437 in a year, with KC, St. Louis, Buchanan county, and Jasper listed, and rural counties showing the steepest rate increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Institute
Jefferson City
Tuskegee of
North
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Louis
Buchanan County
Jasper
Missouri Governor Invited to Address Tammany July Fourth
Gov Major has been invited to deliver a Fourth of July address before the Tammany organization in New York and is likely to accept. He becomes the second Missourian guest of honor after Speaker Champ Clark, invited eight years earlier.
Railroad experts estimate Ozark peach crop for season
Last week railroad crop experts issued estimates on the Ozark region peach harvest for the current season. The bulletin discusses expected yields, market implications, and potential regional supply changes based on weather and planting data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ozark
Edasco Wage Bogedda Road District Landholders Measure
A fragment notes that 60 percent of landholders in a road district supported or opposed a wage or levy. The unreadable text makes the full context unclear but indicates landholder votes affecting district road funding decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Asco
Mrs Neet Guided Guiding Light for Missouri Girls
Mrs Neet, 74, shaped the moral and physical environment for more than a thousand girls and women students. Loved by thousands of Missouri women for her motherly advice, she previously taught in Warrensburg and Sedalia before becoming dean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neet
Missouri
Warrensburg
Sedalia
No Ball Game Last Sunday Due to Rain
Appleton City could not travel for the game as rain washed out Sunday. Manager Ellis tried to arrange games with Rich Hill or Adrian, but neither town could arrive in time. Adrian defeated Butler’s team on Thursday after Adrian’s overconfidence led to a loss. Newsomer suffered a ligament tear from an awkward slide, sidelining him for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton City
Ellis
Rich Hill
Adrian
Butler
Shome Newsomer
Jealous wife pours lye on husband in Sherman
Sherman Texas June 10 Mrs L P Gathright poured concentrated lye on her sleeping husband, 45, owner of a Sherman restaurant, burning out both eyes and badly disfiguring him. She told the sheriff she sought to ruin his appearance to deter other women, not kill. The husband survived and asked that she not be arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gathright
More German Boats Lost in Skagerack Battle Report
London reports via a Reuters dispatch from Ymuiden that a trawler seized by Germans then released found in Cuxhaven that six great war ships and seventeen destroyers did not return from the Skaggerak battle. Sailors named the Outfriesian as one of the lost vessels, a 22,440 ton battleship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Reuter
Ymuiden
Holland
Cuxhaven
Conventions Spent $1,365,000 in Chicago Visitors
It is estimated that visitors to the Republican Progressive and Wo man's National party conventions expended $1,365,000 in Chicago last week. Hotels accounted for $1,100,000 while theaters and amusements totaled $155,000 and stores $110,000. This exceeded prior convention weeks by several hundred thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bates County Fair Prepares For September Meeting
Bates County Fair Association leaders C H Argenbright and Grover Gilbert organize the twelfth annual event to be held September 5 to 8. Livestock displays promise prime premiums enhanced by Kansas City firms, with improved cattle and hog categories and stronger races than in prior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Argenbright
Grover Gilbert
Bates County Fair Association
Kansas City
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Logan-Moore Lumber Company
Oak Grove
Dudley Cumpton
Clara Batchelor
Nena
W. G. Cimpton
Mr. and
John McCook
FORD
Mt. Carmel
C. G. Porter
Martin
Emily
Albert Leonard
Albert
North New Homa
Pleasant Gap
Bates County Fair
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