State encampment prep for Co F at St. Joe
Captain Mabrey drills Co F N G M for the state encampment starting August 11 at St. Joe. The unit tops the Sixth battalion for drills and will host a field day and state championship events with athlete Louie Hoffmann, a four medal mile runner, seeking medals along with a baseball trip led by manager Jno L Sibley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabrey
St. Joe
Jackson
Louie Hoffmann
Hoffmann
Jno. L. Sibley
R. E. Seetz
Co. F
W. L. Mabrey
Special melon shipping rates from Missouri points
Charleston Courier reports new Iron Mountain melon tariffs effective August 3 1907. Inter state shipments to St Louis East St Louis Cairo and Thebes priced at 12 cents per 100 pounds, Missouri state rates vary by distance with 74 cents to St Louis. Other South points priced 34 to 108 cents per 100 pounds. no reconsignment under state rate. switching charges absorbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston Courier
Iron Mountain
Missouri
St. Louis
Notice of Final Settlement in Millar and Metz estate
Creditors and all others interested in the partnership estate of Millar and Metz are notified that the surviving partner, John Metz, intends to make a final settlement at the next term of the Probate Court of Cape Girardeau County in Jackson on the second Monday of August 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millar & Metz
John A. Millar
Cape Girardeau County
Jackson
Said County
John Metz
Brann Overheat Sanity Test At Gravel Hill
The county court met Monday to pass on the sanity of a stranger named John Brann who acted strangely near Gravel Hill. Brann could not speak English and his language remained unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brann
Gravel Hill
Brann
Guardian’s Notice of John Wilkinson Adjudged Insane
Guardian Appointed for John Wilkinson by Cape Girardeau County Probate Court on June 18 1907. ADDIE WILKINSON guardian. Also sale notice for a Port Huron Separator in food repair, cheap. Apply to Mrs Ella Anderson Tackeuin R F D 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wilkinson
Cape Girardeau County
Missouri
Addie Wilkinson
Port Huron
Ella Anderson
Tackeuin, R. F. D
Burfordville News Highlights Local Events and People
Local items note toll gate trouble and poll delays. Jackson Herald correspondent Folsom S. Portis promotes the paper. Jeff Hutson visits from the Cape. Martina Brothers played July 18 before a 25 cent admission. Clarence Cowan plans move to the Cape due to wife’s illness. New birth reported Aby Limbaugh and wife welcomed a girl. Constable Bart Points arrested a man considered insane. A Friday ball ran smoothly with a door damage incident. Tony Noce wins bean-count contest. Ella Summers named most popular woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folsom S. Portis
Jackson Herald
Herald
Jeff Hutson
The
Cape
Martina Brothers
Clarence Cowan
Cowan
Granite City
Fred Kurre
Midge
Aby Limbaugh
Bart Points
Jackson
Clifton Remedy Company
Someboy
Noce
Tony Noce
Burfordville
Ella Summers
ECON
City Moves to Fund Water and Light Plant
The city plans a $24,000 expenditure to start a water and lighting plant with the Electric Steam Engineering Company of St. Louis to be approved soon. Additional bonds of about $15,000 may be required later to extend water mains and complete citywide coverage as law allows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Steam Engineering Company
St. Louis
Jackson
Local option in Madison County ends saloon era
The Madison County local option law, in force for just over three years, has satisfied many citizens. Promised dire calamities failed to occur, and a prominent merchant notes gains from keeping checks cashed at his store rather than at open saloons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericktown
Dynamite Factory to Start in August
The dynamite plant south of Thebes is completed but water delay held operations. A deep well will supply water and the factory will begin in August. About sixty workers to start, rising with capacity. A daily train from Thebes shuttles workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thebes
Cairo Star
Sheriff Sale Under General Execution Notice
By virtue of a general execution issued from the circuit court of Cape Girardeau County Missouri the sheriff of Cape Girardeau County has levied on the defendant's entire right title and interest in described real estate located in Cape Girardeau together with notes and judgments in favor of Louisa M Daues versus August Daues to be offered at auction at the August term 1907 of the circuit court of Cape Girardeau County Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Cape Girardeau County
Missouri
Louisa M. Daues
Daues I
Cape Girardeau
Cape
Auction Notice of Cape Girardeau Lots 64 and 65
Bernhard Gockel sheriff announces public auction of lots 64 and 65 in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday August 21, 1907, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the south front door of the Jackson courthouse to satisfy execution and costs. The parcels measure 914 feet frontage on Ellis street and 180 feet to an alley, with cash paid to highest bidder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girardeau County
Missouri
Cape Girardeau
Ellis Street
City of
Jackson
State of
Bernhard Gockel
Card of Thanks for Homer Lessley
A CARD OF THANKS We desire to thank all those who so kindly aided and manifested their sympathies toward us in the death of our only son Homer. ALBERT LESSLEY SALLIE LESSLEY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer
Albert Lessley
Sallie Lessley
Sheriff’s Sale Under General Execution in Cape Girardeau
The sheriff of Cape Girardeau County Missouri will sell on August 21 1907 at the south front door of the courthouse in Jackson the real estate described as Lots 8 9 and 10 in Block 29 West End Place Cape Girardeau City to satisfy a general writ of execution issued in favor of Pittsburg Plate Glass Company against Zion R Fuller Alma Fuller and Henry C Ossenkopf. Sale is for cash to the highest bidder between 9 am and 5 pm. Bernhard Gockel Sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Cape Girardeau County
Missouri
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Zion R. Fuller
Alma Fuller
Henry C. Ossenkopf
Cape Girardeau
West End Place
City of
Jackson
County of Cape Girardeau
State of Missouri
Bernhard Gockel
Notice to Banks for Sealed Proposals as County School Depository
Banks and bankers in Cape Girardeau County are invited to submit sealed proposals to become the depository for the county school district funds of Jackson. Proposals due August 8, 1907, at 7:30 p.m. Include daily interest rate and submit a bid accompanied by a check of at least one half of one percent of the district revenue. Braining officials: Bruening, President. O L Hoffman, Secretary. July 11, 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sosa
Cape Girardeau
City of
Jackson
Missouri
M. Bruening
O. L. Hoffman
Coca Cola deemed harmful by War Department order
War Department issues ban on sale of Coca Cola in post exchanges at the Department of the East after complaints and an Agriculture Department analysis by Prof. Wiley found cocaine and caffeine in many samples. Officials report misuse by enlisted men and harmful health effects, with claims of moral decline and regional calls of dope. A 1907 town note mentions bilious fever cases, bridge work by local workers, and an upcoming church ice cream supper on July 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Post Exchange
Department of the East
Department of Agriculture
Wiley
National Tribune
South
Tennessee
Union
Millerville
Kurreville
O. K
Oriole Farm News and Local Happenings
Corn planting has ended and wheat threshing is in full swing. Crops look ordinary but may yield well. James Brooks has been ill but improved after consulting Dr. Steger of Egypt Mills. Marion McLain moved from the Cape to the J. W. McLain farm. Oriole Baptist church will hold a protracted meeting starting the fourth Saturday night in July. Sunday school averages 58. Arthur Perry is superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Brooks
Steger
Egypt Mills
Marion McLain
Cape
J. W. McLain
Baptist
Oriole
Arthur Perry
Millerville Weather and Wheat Threshing Report
The heat continues with a set of week rain improving corn slightly. Bollinger Bros threshing wheat nearby, and H. W. Kinnison also operating. Wheat yields are fair but crops remain thin overall across the neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bollinger Bros
H. W. Kinnison
Marriage Licenses Granted to Six Couples
James B Bray with Laura Davis Edward Primm withe Emiline Daugherty Henry Kaermer withe Annie Foeste Jake Thompkins withe Minta Oilver
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James B. Bray
Laura Davis
Edward Primm
Emiline Daugherty
Henry Kaermer
Annie Foeste
Jake Thompkins
Minta Oilver
Local notes of Jackson area life and business
For sale a lot in Morton's addition to Jackson. New houses of J. E. Wallace and Pink Davis near ready for occupancy. Rev C P Browning preaches Presbyterian series. Mrs Ed Frazier and daughter Katherine of St Louis on business trip. Ladies of Methodist Foreign Missionary Society net about $12 at ice cream supper. P S Winston of Cosgrove Winston in city, then home at Holcomb. Louis F Wagner now assistant cashier at Jackson Exchange Bank. Charlie Priest dies in St Louis, funeral in Jackson attended by many. New baseball team led by J L Sibley building grand stand at Glad ish field. After two issues Herald returns to regular form 4 to 6 pages. serial story to be completed. O E Mabrey blacksmith puts 40–50 horseshoes daily. Rev A T Osbron to lead Fruitland Methodist church next month. current pastor Dixon to go to school. Mrs Tom Lail and Mrs Ezekial Mabrey visit Lutesville. Lail and Mabrey men bathe in absence of wives. Miss Myrtle Short of Hillsboro wins $30 diamond ring at Jackson Jewelry store. Miss Freda Helmkampf leaves for Kennett. sister Miss Anita acts as Clerk of Probate Court. Miss Cotton and Miss Maubrey from the Cape visit J P Mabrey. summer teachers course at Cape Normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton
Jackson
W. Helmnett
Jackoon
J. E. Wallace
Pink Davis
C. P. Browning
Presbyterian Church
Ed. Frazier
Katherine
St. Louis
Methodist Foreign Missionary Society
P. S. Winston
Cosgrove & Winston
Our City
Holcomb
Louis F. Wagner
Jackson Exchange Bank
Mr. Wagner
Charlie Priest
Herald
O. E. Mabrey
West Side
Mabrey
A. T. Osbron
Fruitland
Dixon
Tom Lail
Ezekial Mabrey
Lutesville
Lail
Myrtle Short
Hillsboro
Ills
Jackson Jewelry
Miss Short
Freda Helmkampf
Kennett
Anita
Frieda
Miss Cotton
Miss Maubrey
The
Cape
J. P. Mabrey
Cape Normal
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Herman Hesse
Hesse
Germany
Rotenbach
Amt
Neustadt
Baden Germany
Guardian's Notice
Burfordville News
Madison County
Millerville News
J. L. Sibley
Gladish Field
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