dredge boat arrival and early city notes from 1809
Sixteen years ago on May 28 1809 reports describe the Pollard dredge boat machinery arriving and local visitors and residents in Caruthersville. The Nashville gunboat visit is noted with details of its officers size and the first shot of the Spanish American War. Social items record bicycle owners fish fry attendees and local moves. A sink excavation for the Pollard dredge begins and the dredge boat is unloaded near the railroad bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oma Armstrong
St. Francis, Ark
I. M. Gwin
H. C. Lawhorn
Cuaruthersville
Blytheville Herald- News
A. P. Wells
Gayoso
B&b. Rk. Trawick
Trawick
North Dakota
Nashville
St. Louis
Caruthersville
Washburn Maynard
We Are All Starving War Letter Smuggled Messages Revealed
A St Louis tenant recalls a German teacher at Soldan High School who received a censored wartime letter from Germany claiming dire straits. The envelope carried the line Wr Are ALL STARVING and a note to preserve such stamps. Similar letters were reported in Poplar Bluff, suggesting hardship in Germany and a wish for drastic European change. The piece notes broader wartime anxieties and hopes for republican reforms across Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ll. W. Heagy
St. Louis
Soldan High School
Germany
Poplar Bluff
Europe
Brotherhood of
Tun
Dexter Statesman
Long-burning mine fire in Summit Hill coal works
For 62 years a mine fire at Lehigh Coal & Navigation near Summit Hill burned, with dense smoke pouring from abandoned shafts and flames visible at night. Despite costly pumps and a concrete barrier, the blaze persisted, threatening vast coal reserves and prompting renewed efforts to prevent further destruction of millions of tons of anthracite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company
Summit Hill
St. Joe
Judge J A Bishop Heads To Caruthersville Drummers Meet
Judge J. A. Bishop of Holland traveled through Friday en route to Caruthersville for the drummers' meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mers
Caruthersville
Lucile Creely
Tim Dorris
Josie Minnick
Bob Easley
F. A. Mayes
John Scott
John T. Buckley
J. M. Argo
W. H. Bolen
Guy Sanders
W. P. Meatte
J. L. Dorris
Elmer. Stephens
Jessie Dorris
G. W. Dorris
J.W
J. A. Bishop
Holland
Mrs Dixie Reed Visits Bartletts in Conran
Mrs Dixie Reed and her children left Friday to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Billie Bartlett in Conran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Spencer
Para Would
Ark
Mr. Spencer
John Spencer
Dixie Reed
Gin Brands and Quantities Listed
A brief note lists Gordon Dry Gin and Old Tom Gin with 3150 and 100 units respectively, alongside Imperial Dry Gin at 100 units. The fragment suggests a catalog or inventory entry for multiple gin varieties and their quantities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Dry Gin
Imperial Dry
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Micheal Mallin
Syjain
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Dso
Dan Heard
Jettie Oates
Letitia McFarland
J. Scott
Holcomk
Dunklin County
Hayti
Mr. Scott
J. W. Cawthon & Co
Wolf Bayou
Misses Josie Minniele
Jessie Stephens
Georgia James
Pearl Hayes
Ethel Dunklin
Earl
Bob Earley
I. A. Mayes
Frank Nunn
J. W. Bandy
Star
Foust
Aeolian Hall
Olive Street
ST. Louis, Missouri
Steinway
Jyvesant
Aeolian Company
Mathematics
East Arkansas Lumber Company
Acayti, Missouri
Telephone No
Wahl’s
J. S. Wahl Bottling Works
Caruthersville, MQ
Southeast
Missouri
Lemp
Old Forester
Buffalo Springs
Harper Yellow Stone
Hanover Eye
Cumberland
Joe Perkins
Kentucky Nelson
Gins
Barrel Goods
Brandies
Bond
PEARL
Scott & Morgan
S. Missouri
Billie Lee
Barbee
Harbey
Atherton
Mountain Meadow Peecree
Mountain Brook Lass
Boon County
Tazewell
Bluefield
Boone
Monarch
Hanover
Scott's
Malta
Cadas Grove
Mason's
Philadelphia
Eodor? Brewing Fine Hae
America
J.leme Baesr Ouls Ust
Hayti Ice and Gold Storage Company
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