Fall Festival Praised by Humeston and Allerton Press
Reports from Times Republican and Allerton News applaud Humeston three day Fall Festival with flags bunting and large crowds. Highlights include corn expert Prof Holden and Judge W H Tedford speeches, top notch music by Weldon hand, and close ball games amid spirited community hospitality.
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Times Republican
Times
Humeston
Hameston
Holden
Wayne County
W. H. Tedford
Corydon
Weldon
Chariton
Mystic
Allerton News
Allerton
Obituary of Mrs M K Barnes and Fall Festival notes
Mrs M K Barnes born Delaware County New York October 25 184? died Clarinda September 13 1908. Lived Humeston thirty four years married M K Barnes 1893. Survived by her husband and three sisters Mrs TH Every Leroy Minn Mrs WH Henderson St Paul Minn and Mrs Elizabeth Childs Newark NJ. Funeral Tuesday September 15 in Humeston Congregational church conducted by Rev G H Putnam. Festival notes report large Corydon and Garden Grove attendance at Humeston Fall Festival with praise for music free attractions and entertainment.
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Nancy J. Ferguson
Delaware County
New York
Humestone
W.H. Henderson
M. EK. Barnes
Humeston
Clarinda
Barnes
TH. Every
Leroy
Minn
WH. Henderson
St. Paul
Elizabeth Childs
Newark
New Jersey
Bameston
Corydon
Foot Severed By Mower At Russell Farm
A two and a half year old boy, Earl Gurwell, lost his foot when a mowing machine struck him at his family’s farm five miles north of Russell. The accident occurred while his father, George Gurwell, worked nearby. Doctors Robb and Buzard of Russell amputated the limb between the ankle and knee, and the child has been recovering as well as could be expected.
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Chariton Herald
George Gurwell
Russell
Earl
Robb and
Buzard
No More Ball Games At Lamont Season Ends
Thumeston closed the season with wins and losses at Lamont last Thursday and Friday. Thursday's game ended 3 to 0 in favor of Thumeston, while Friday's contest finished 6 to 0 against them. Preston pitched Thursday and Phenix Friday, with J Kyner Fisher Wells Hugh Uhm JTatimer Northrup MacDowell Pollock among the lineup. The club finished 14 wins in 19 games and hopes Hameston will start strong next year.
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Thumeston
Lamont
Preston
Phenix
J. Kyner
Fisher
Wells
Hugh Uhm
Jtatimer
Northrup
MacDowell
Pollock
Hameston
Pastors Chosen Twenty Years Ago in Clarinda Conference
The Des Moines conference of Methodist Episcopal churches at Clarinda closed last week with few changes in appointments for the Chariton district. Listed are district appointments including Afton F S Menor, Chariton A H Lathrop, Davis City Orville E Howard, Mount Ayr W W E Hardway, Osceola J F Davis, Leon J L Boyd, Cent bit others to be supplied in several locations.
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Des Moines
Methodist Episcopal Churches
Clarinda
Chariton
B. F. Miller
Tudianola
Afton
F. S. Menoher
Allerton
E. E. Ripley
Arispe
Benton
M. F. Campbell
Bethlehem
Charles Sloan
Blackton
G. W. Wood
Cambria
W. B. Cox
Humeston
J. A. Ross
Kellerton
S. E. Brown
Knowlton
G. W. Garlin
Lacona
J. M. McCurdy
Lamani—H
Pettinger
Leon—J. L. Boyd
Lineville
F. T. Stevenson
Milo—R. J. Tennant
Mount Ayr
WW. E. Hardway
Murray
A Sad Accident Claims Edgar Callian in Ohio
From The Echo Cumberland Ohio reports the sudden death of Edgar Callian son of Mr and Mrs Michael Callian former residents of the area. He had just returned from Kansas and found work at a sawmill as an off bearer on his first day a log moved and tripped him causing his arm to strike the saw and kill him almost instantly. Local friends mourn with the bereaved parents and extend sympathy from the old community.
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The
Echo
Cumberland
Ohio
Edgar Callian
Michael Callian
Edgar
Kansas
Callian
Big Peaches In Allerton Show Early Harvest
In Allerton news a tree at P M Phillips home bears peaches over nine to ten and a half inches wide. Free stone fruit described as delicious. The item notes the first year fruiting and recounts tasting by locals.
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Allerton News
P.M. Phillips
Lapp Captures State Peanut Growing Championship
J. L. Lapp of Melbourne claims Iowa championship for peanut farming. Lapp devoted much of his garden to peanut culture this season and harvests a crop yielding well with superior quality nuts. Many observers see peanuts maturing as an interesting sight.
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J. Lapp
Melbbourne
Iowa
Lapp
Oriental Plays All the Rage at Stanton Opera House
W W Hobden secured Clarence Bennett's play A Royal Slave for Thursday October 1 featuring sprightly Annetta and the lively troupe. The drama centers on Aquila's loyal devotion and the Countess de Oro's passion, with Isadore and a breezy journalist adding color as the season’s lively attraction.
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W. W. Hobden
Stanton Opera House
Clarence Bennett
Aquila
Countess de Oro
An Old Greenback in Allerton Bank Display
The Farners National Bank shows one of the original 1862 greenbacks framed in the institution. It belonged to GL Marsh, an early farmer northwest of town, who has kept the bill since 1862 and recently presented it to thehawk. The note draws much attention as a Civil War era curiosity.
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Allerton News
Farners National Bank
Marsh
Some Excellent Field Corn on Display in Office
R L Bott shows extra fine leaking field corn raised on farms of T G Hyde and C Mr Kyner in Collin. picked from fields at random. Ears big and corn large and deeply dented in Gwsworth county Pevas.
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R.L. Bott
T.G. Hyde
Free Mail Delivery Begins In Chariton
Chariton launches free city rail delivery Tuesday last week with three carriers and one substitute to handle mailing routes and city parcels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chariton
Free City
Festival notes on Jean Hunneston and local editors
In a fragmentary review from Coryden Times, Jean Hunneston attends a festival edited at the New Era by Sanford and a Metidire. The piece praises the editors for a well arranged and timely effort. It commends the New Era as a credit to the town and calls merchants supportive of the publication.
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Jean Hunneston
Efce
Sanford
Metidire
Lowa Phe
Coryden
Remarkable Cow Produces Repeated Twin Calves
Walter Whitheb of Marion County near Columbia reports a Polls Angus cow born in 1906 to Se Bo, yielding twin heifers eleven months later and again this spring producing healthy calves. The herd sire is Angus frull. all offspring are large and vigorous, marking notable consistency in quality across years.
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Walter Whitheb
Columbia
Marion
Osceola Sentinel
Angus Frull
Lamont Harvest Festival visitors tour Herald Publishing Co.
A group of boys visiting the Lamont Harvest Tome Festival toured the Herald Publishing Co. printing plant. Described as the largest establishment of its kind west of the Mississippi except St. Louis, the three story pressed brick building houses its own water heating and lighting plant.
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Lamont
Herald Publishing Co
Missippi
St. Louis
Supervisors Buy Oak Material for Bridge Repairs
The board members including Krouse and three others visited Worthington Mao last week and purchased 36,000 feet of genuine oak veneer for bridge floors. The material chosen is reported to withstand weather and wear, aligning with county interests.
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Krouse
Worthington
Mao
Board of Supervisors
Corvden Democrat
Proclamation Declares October Sunday Parents Day
Governor Crimmins issues a proclamation designating Sunday in October as Parents Day. The aim is to encourage observance of parental standards and virtue, with religious services promoting a turn toward civic virtue, opportunity, and moral improvement.
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Crimmins
Odd Fellows Meet in October with Grand Encampment
The Odd Fellows announce an October gathering led by Marsheslewr to host a major event including the grand encampment and state assembly at Relokahs. The week long schedule covers the entire program with practical sessions and meetings across the period.
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Marsheslewr
Relokahs
Good Crop of Alfalfa in Eas County
Parsons of Eas county harvested his third alfalfa crop, averaging a ton and a half per acre from four and a half acres. Dry weather limited potential further yields this fall.
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Tames Parsons
Eaeas County
Insuring Deposits and Banking Reform in a Civil War Echo
A historical reflection argues for guaranteed bank deposits as a final step in safe banking. It traces early efforts to back bank notes with state bonds, cites Chase and Dana guiding national policy, and links recent bank failures to calls for stronger oversight, including clearinghouse reforms and stricter examinations.
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Raiex New Ena
Dierent
Hove
Alawest
Uke Chase
Fosserlen
Dana
US States
Treasury
Washington
Coubte
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Mollie Henry
Chicago
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Promise City
James Newcomb
A. E. Moon
Deng
Ross Annis
Frank Gardner
Leon
Cornell
Crage Comedy Co
E. 5. Gantz
Narnia College
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I. Hl. Brown
Normal College
J. H. Hard
Creston
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Home State Bank
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