Missouri News in Brief Highlights from across the state
Forty convicts chosen for experimental road work in Livingston County near Chillicothe. June 22 Chillicothe vote on commission government defeated by 107. Marshall stores close mornings for Brown Curry revival. 450 converts so far. 1911 saccharin law invalidated by supreme court. Largest private barn in Missouri burned near Clarence, loss about 12000. Old mule of Harrison County aged 35. Kansas City youths complete 180 mile Y M C A walk arrive in Noel. Red heifer lawsuit in Dade County costs exceed 1000. First ripe Mayflower peaches from Col M W Carroll. Dr Abraham Flexner to fund Welch Endowment. Germania Verein liquor case upheld in Rolla. Constitutional amendment initiative on appellate court. State Reading Circle Board selects books for teachers. Miss Fifille Willis to wed Butler Ames of Massachusetts. Ames is West Point graduate. Corporation registration activity strong. 90 percent returns by July 1. Longview Farm visits Rockefeller, Beaumont, Lawson estates. Mrs. Louise Norwood Fitch dies. longtime Missouri University chaperon. Insurance chief urges safe Fourth, fireworks cautions and sane celebration.
Family picnic honors Washington visitor in Indiana reunion
Forty one relatives gathered at John Wright’s home north of Butler on Wednesday June 17 for an old fashioned picnic. The occasion honored Mrs. R. W. Alexander of Washington Indiana, sister of R. W. and J. H. McCann and Mrs. John Wright. This is the first reunion in thirty years with plans for another visit. Mrs. Alexander will stay about three weeks before returning home.
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John Wright
Butler
R. W. Alexander
Washington
Indiana
Alexander
R. W
J. H. McCann
Edrington Family Visit Noted in Local County
A. C. Edrington, a Kansas City real estate dealer, plans a county visit with his mother and brothers, signaling family ties and local ties during the trip.
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A. C. Edrington
Kansas City
This
County
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Mr and Mrs J W Smiths daughter of Wichita Kansas visiting them. Several from this vicinity shopping in Amoret Saturday. Miss Lizzie Engelhardt Miss Clara Burkhart and Mr and Mrs H O Peters visiting at the home of Mr and Mrs H Engelhardt returned to Kansas City. Miss Maude Martin is the sickest. Farmers ready to thresh. Many local visitors from Butler and Warrensburg noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. J. W. Smith
Wichita, Kansas
Amoret
Lizzie Engelhardt
Clara Burkhart
H. O. Peters
H. Engelhardt
Kansas City
Maude Martin
Grace Martin
Barton
Olive
Una Judy
Warrensburg
Butler
Geo. Lewellen
L. L. Judy
Bert McFerrin
Warren Ayers
Florence
John Turner
Willie Englehardt
Imo McFerrin
Local Trade Listings Include Clothing And Textiles Prices
A historical ledger lists items with prices including suits at 2.75 and 4.00, hats at 35 cents, shirts and socks in the 20 cent to 2.50 dollar range, women’s oxford shoes at 2.00, and fabrics such as muslin and ribbon with various cents values, reflecting a mid century shopping catalog.
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Norfolk
Powell Brand
Lakeside
Dresden
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Livingston County
Chillicothe
Marshall
Missouri
Brown Curry
Supreme Court
David Gray
Clarence
Harrison County
W. L. Wilson
Bethany
Wilson
Noel
Kansas City Y. M. C. A
Dade County
Col. M. W. Carroll
Sedalia
Abraham Flexner
New York
General Education Board
John D. Rockefeller
Baltimore
Johns Hosphins Medical School
William H. Welch
Washington University of St. Louis
Yale University
Springfield Court of Appeals
Germania Verein
Rolla
Phelps County
Appeals
Albert Zender
Adalbert Kobb
Code Revision Commission
State Teachers’ Association
Jefferson City
W. P. Evans
George H. Reaves
P. J. McKinley
St. Charles
John P. Gass
C. A. Phillips
Warrensburg State Normal
Fifille Willis
William Henry. Willis
Columbia
Butler Ames
Tewsbury
Mass
Missouri University
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Miss Willis
Col
R. B. Price
Sterling Price
Mr. Ames
West Point
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gen
Benjamin F. Butler
Massachusetts
Cornelius Roach
Indi
Corporation Registration Department
R. A. Long
J. P. Tucker
Longview
Lees Summit
Tarrytown
N. Y
Beaumont
Salem
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Tucker
Louise Norwood Fitch
University of Missouri
Fitch
Academy Hall
John B. Vincel
St. Louis
The
University
Charles G. Revelle
Virginia-Grand View
Mr. McFerrin
Bert
Monroe Burke
Wm. Ayers
Sam Levy Mercantile Company
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