Missouri Highway Work Starts Near Pleasant Hill
Jefferson City March 2 Work on the Southern route of the state highway from Kansas City is starting well. Curtis Hill state highway engineer received notice to go to Pleasant Hill immediately to approve the contract for four and one half miles of hard surface road from the Jackson county road to Pleasant Hill. He will go at once to approve the contract so work can begin without delay.
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Jefferson City
Kansas City
Curtis Hill
Pleasant Hill
Jackson Count Road
Hill
Victims of Adrian Boiler Explosion Die
Horace Russell Shelton and Raymond Skeeler two boys injured in the Adrian boiler explosion died of their wounds last week Horace died Thursday Raymond Sunday morning Both were related classmates and shared seats at school Funeral services were held at the Baptist church with schoolchildren present Officials expect no further deaths most injured have recovered some may be permanently crippled
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Horace Russell Shelton
Raymond Skeeler
Adrian
Horace Shelton
Shelton
Raymond
Horace
Buys Coffins and Shoots Wife in Downtown Springfield
Thom as St Ray, once well to do, bought coffins for his wife and himself after forcing an undertaker to write a farewell note. He fired four shots on a crowded street wounding his wife, then turned the gun on himself but the cartridge failed to explode. He surrendered to an officer and later attempted suicide with a pocketknife but was stopped.
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Springfield
Springfield Undertaking
Cfes
Thomas St. Ray
Ray
Aelivery Stable
New Breed of Chickens and their Qualities
Communicated note extols the Rock Island Red as a recent American Poultry Association entrant from February 1904. It praises the breed as an all purpose fowl noting oblong body, deep plump chest, yellow skin, early maturity, hardiness, high egg yield, good rustling, and mothering ability. Describes color traits and gives standard weights for cock and hen.
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Rock Island
American Poultry Association
Letter From North Dakota Describes Winter and Farming Outlook
Cando North Dakota letters dated February 26 recount enclosed money orders for renewal and praise for Tae Times and Aaron's items. The writer notes a very cold winter with brief 84 degree below zero periods, two rains, and a thriving town of about 1,000 with large elevators and strong agriculture. He plans to plant about 800 acres this summer and hopes for a good crop to visit Missouri next winter.
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Cando
N. Dak
Wile
Aaron
Dak
Missouri
C. F
Lumber For Sale At Saw Mill Southwest of Butler
Lumber for sale from a sawmill located five miles southwest of Butler on the Rich Hill road. The notice lists L. A. MrElroy and Botlee ho as contact points for inquiries about the timber.
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Butler
Rich Hill Road
L. A
Wedding Anniversary at Lewis Home Near Amsterdam
Mr and Mrs S Lewis near Amsterdam celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary on Tuesday evening February 25. More than sixty attendees, including neighbors and relatives, joined a distant group from Kansas City Missouri Butler and Clara Chandler of Butler. After a four course supper the evening featured music and social conversation. Being the wooden anniversary the couple received useful presents from guests who departed wishing many more happy anniversaries. A Guest.
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S. (. Lewis
Amsterdam
Avil Cowan and Son
Kansan City
Perry Osborne
Clara
Chandler
Butler
Lewis
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North Dakota
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