Pascola Sees New School Building Open in Pemiscot County
The Pascola School District No. Fifteen unveils a two story brick building with four classrooms and an auditorium seating about two hundred. It features 63 windows, tile partitions, Draper shades, Waterbury heating, a spacious campus, and plans for shrubbery. Enrollment last year was 167 with Principal Felix N LeSieur and teachers Dema Bryant Abigail Reynolds Mayme Hudgens. Classes begin September 6.
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Pascola
Pemiscot County
Felix N. LeSieur
Dema Bryant
Abigail Reyimolds
Not Impressed by Modern Life After Arctic Years
W D Clark, veteran trapper of 33 years in the Arctic, arrives in Vancouver and witnesses his first automobile streetcar flying machine and moving picture. He earned 9000 from last season’s catch and values nature over urban energy while visiting his daughter educated abroad. Local notes report Mrs. Louise Porterfield visiting a farm near Braggadocia and several residents returning from trips and visits in St. Louis and Montecello.
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Arctic
W. DD. Clark
Vancouver
Clark
Mr. Clark
Eagle River
Yukon
American Farm Bureau Federation Meets at Denver August 16
The Executive Committee of the American Farm Bureau Federation will meet at Shirley Hotel in Denver on August 16 and 17 to discuss cooperative and economic policies with emphasis on Federal Taxation. A wool pooling and cooperative marketing focus will guide the sessions, followed by a Salt Lake group meeting for the furthest western states on the 11th and 20th.
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Shirley Hotel
Denver
Salt Lake
National Seed Law Contained on Postal Card Idea
Secretary Jewell Mayes of the Missouri State Board argues for a simple national seed rule. He favors labeling and billing seeds shipped, with compliance to destination state law. The proposal envisions a postal-card size statute applicable to all shipments across states.
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United States
Jewell Mayes
Missouri State Board of Agriculture
Eastern plan promises 25 cents a day living
Eastern readers discuss a strict plan to survive on a quarter per day with meals met by reading menu words. Gooh Thompson visits Portageville relatives this week and A O Riles fills the Seattle store vacancy. Tom Puckett travels from New Madrid to visit kin as Miss Annie Mackey from Kennett visits the Buckley home.
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Gooh Thompson
Portageville
Seattle
A. O. Riles
Tom Puckett
New Madrid
Best Hour To Pick Fruit
Authorities after many experiments advise picking small fruits like berries and cherries in the cool of the morning to preserve quality and improve shipping outcomes. The advice reflects differing opinions but emphasizes cooler conditions for harvest.
For Sale Log Team and Equipment in Perry Missouri
A pair of 10 year old mules about 1000 pounds each for sale with log wagon chains and harness ready for logging. See H. Pullam in Perry Missouri. Also notes a Lawrence County membership campaign from August 1 to 14 with August 2 to 7 as speaking campaign week.
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H. Pullam
Perry
Lawrence County
Local and Personal News Highlights
Miss Thelma Robertson visits relatives in Festus this week. Mr. and Mrs. Everton C. Speer of Hrageadocia in Hayti Tuesday. That new party must be very raw indeed if LaFolette cannot swallow it. Alfred and Marvin Blankenship in Caruthersville Tuesday. Hudgens has been on the sick list this week. Women who have the meat to wear seem to wear the feast.
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Thelma Robertson
Festus
Everton C. Speer
Hrageadocia
Hayti
LaFolette
Hudgens
State Co operative Marketing Organization Formation
The Missouri Farm Bureau Federation advances its co operative marketing plans as 3B P Smoot from the state's marketing department meets county bureau executives to explain the program. Several counties will start this month and Smoot will also meet Cole, St Francois and St Charles counties this week.
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Missouri Farm Bureau Federation
P. Smoot
State Organization
Smoot
Cole
St. Francois
St. Charles
Caruthersville Youth Dies After Car Fire Accident
A Wednesday night auto trip from Caruthersville to Braggadock ended in tragedy when Chester Curtner, 26, was severely burned while repairing a car after gasoline spilled near a lantern. A fellow party member, who tried to help, was badly burned. Curtner died a few hours later. He leaves a widowed mother, three sisters, and six brothers.
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Caruthersville
Braggadock
Chester Curtner
Curtner
No State Aid for County Fairs in 1920
Jefferson City August 12 The Missouri State Board of Agriculture announces there is no State Aid for county fairs from the State Treasury for 1920 The State Law authorizing State Aid has been ruled unconstitutional and no state appropriation is legally available this year for county fairs The note mentions Mrs Will Maxey is quite ill this
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Jefferson City
Missouri State Board of Agriculture Today
County Election Returns Highlight Names and Ballots
Official return lists state and county results with re nominations for Judge Hudgens and others, including Chesley Morrison for Assessor and A Sloan Oliver for Prosecuting Attorney. The document details vote tallies for statewide officials, representatives, and local Democratic precincts and central committees across multiple townships.
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Hudgens
Morrison
Oliver
W. D. Hudgens
Chesley Morrison
A. Sloan Oliver
Mark McGruder
Willis A. Meredith
Tée
Supreme Court
Wilham T. Ragland
John M. Dawson
John I. Williamson
Supreme C
Fred N. Williams
Supreme Court of Appeals
John N. Sturgis
Congress
Robert L. Ward
Intive General Assembly
Sheley Reynolds
Sem .Corbatt
ALO+ Morris
Geo. A. Lamb
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Pascola Schols
Eins
Louise Porterfield
Molcomb
Braggadocia
John T. Buckley
Iva Alexander
Cape Girardeau
W. B. English
Little Son
Montecello, Ark
Supt
J. R. English
Buckleys
Martha Welker
St. Louis
American Farm Bureau Federation
Annie Mackey of
Kennett
Buckley
Wallace Reid
Paramount
Alfred and
Marvin Blankenship
Will Maxey
the Parcel Post Pharmacy
Rexall
Sefler
Democratic
Norman
Tillman W. Anderson
Geo. H. Middlekamp
Jos. P. Dougherty
Lee Marrs
John T. Fitzpatrick
John H. Stone
Wm. C. Stacy
Vincent Heisserer
Liam Smith
Fred Franklin Sheriff
Cy W. W. M
D. Hodge
G. Manuel D. Baird A
Tly Cassidy
Chis
Little Prairie
W. W. Corbett
J. BF. Klingensmith
Rollie R. Ring
Constable
D. F. McClanahan
Virginia
Justice of the Peace
W. C. Ferguson
A. Y. Goodman
John W. Thomason
John Boone
J. J. Tyler
John Culp
P. Oates
Cooter
J .A. Woodward
Hraggadocio
Floyd Hogan
R. L. Dye
Alvy Faris
Godair
Joel Adams
Little River
W. H. Clifton
J. W. Winters
Concord
J. M. Byrd
Democratic Central Committee
Little Prairie Township
H. Highfill
Bragendock
F. L. Long
Payne
Pemiscot
L. A. Hopper
Geo. B. Webb
C. A. Smith
Butler
L. G. Fisher
John Zook
J. T. Turpin
Littl River
R. L. Warren
L. H. Brannon
Holland
John M Atkinson Wane
Frank H. Farris
Chas
Holt Mayer
Robert Merryman
M. Buford
Robert McClintie
Breckenridge
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