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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1904
Page
1
Local items show wheat at 88 cents and many residents visiting the World's Fair in St Louis. Several notices mention births and people traveling to and from Jackson, Cape Girardeau, and surrounding towns, with ads for hardware, clover seeds, dress goods, and farm equipment.
The readable fragments describe an event with names and places garbled in OCR. The item appears as a brief local note or notice with uncertain details and no clear outcome or dates. The readable bits hint at a minor community update or social item.
Amelia Thiessen transfers lot S5 in Cape Girardeau to Curl and Fred Braun for 88750 dollars. Renfroe sells lot 10 block 5 Allenville for 50 dollars to H W Burks. Nora Christian and husband convey lot 10 in block 11 Allenville for 360 dollars to H W Burks. John F Bartels and wife transfer 226.68 acres in survey 2201 township 30 range 11 for 81000 dollars to Caroline Bartels. W W Ford and wife sell a lot in Whitewater to John B Neumeyer. Rosa Gunn Rodenbaugh and August J Gunn to David A Glenn lot 27 in range T Cape Girardeau for 0 dollars. John F Barthes and wife to Wilhelmine Bartels 2226.08 acres in survey 817 township 30 range 11 for 200 dollars. Wm H Bartels and wife to Caroline Bartels 226.08 acres in survey 817 township 30 range 11 for 125 dollars. Mary F Blumenberg and husband to Caroline C Bartels lots 4 and 5 in range 2 Whitewater for 40 dollars. Russell Webb and wife to Wiley Webb et al 45.45 acres in sections 4 and 4 township 31 range 12 for 1000 dollars. Rebecca A Webb et al to Lassell M Webb 45.45 acres in sections 4 and 5 township 31. J A Hartsell, lots 13 and 14 block 2 Allenville for 240 dollars.
Stray notice taken up by the undersigned describes an old black mare mule with marks on hips and hind legs from bee stings. Mule is about 20 years old. Owner may identify and claim by calling at the sender's place on the Green's Perry road near Moccasin Springs and paying charges.
The state as a whole is buzzing about good roads after Ward King spoke at the court house on dragging. N M Davis of Fruitland is the only farmer implementing the method, using a dragon to shape about two miles of road along his land for a year. Locals praise the result as the best road in the county and Davis argues the effort pays for itself.
The Missouri State Fair at Sedalia will run August 14 to 19 with liberal premiums across livestock farm products orchard dairy poultry minerals forestry apairy art pantry stores and textiles. New stock barns and a larger steel grand stand accompany a showcase featuring state history and farm predictions while prohibiting intoxicants gambling and swindling. Secretary J. R. Rippey invites entries and broadly urges Missourians to attend.
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