Court Proceedings Track Feeble-minded Minor Admission and County Costs
Court records note M EF Shelton public administrator requests admission of a feeble minded minor, Chas W Lincecum, as a free patient at the asylum. Officials authorize jail improvements, inquests payments, road and bridge work, and numerous warrants for temporary relief and county expenses totaling over ten thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. EF. Shelton
Chas. W. Lincecum
Wallace Brothers
Nettles
Otto Hitt
Frank Emnehein
Justices of the Peace
Wiiter
Uelecke
Holmes
Yount
Heise
Steger
A. J. Hitt
Howard
Rodenmayer
Points
Weiss
J. C. Whitaker
Jackson Appleton Road
Chas. Ulrich
J. H. Langston
Louis Bengenheimer
Public Square
Girl Defeats Bachelor For Circuit Clerk Win
In Jasper county Miss Della Sharp won the circuit clerk nomination by a 677 vote majority over a man deputy. The election is noted as one of the state’s most unique. Sharp campaigned at Republican meetings and carried a box of cigars and cards. She urged voters to scratch their own ticket on November 8 and claimed the bachelor as a farmer would not run the office himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper County
Della Sharp
Sharp
Sam Surel
Chrysanthemum Show Prizes Awarded by Presbyterian Indies
The Chrysanthemum show, held last Thursday and Friday, featured a stunning display and the babies labeled cutest ever. Prizes awarded span classes B and C, with winners including Mrs. Fannie Jenkins, Kate Macke, Mrs. Alvin Boss, and Vaughn Priest for various best specimens and collections. judges were Mesdames Phillip Heyde, EF Hays, and Mike Owens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Fannie Jenkins
Battenburg
Kate Macke
Alvin Boss
Alvin Bots
Vaughn Priest
Fred Goyert
Dr. Ayers
Gerry Sibley
Lillie Wilson
Fannie Hope
Hazel Henderson
Alvin Ross
Mesdames
Phillip Heyde
EF. D. Hays
Mike Owens
Baby Show Prizes Awarded at Local Event
Last Thursday afternoon the baby show awarded prizes in four age groups. Under 4 months Joseph Harold Wagner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wagner. Four to 8 months Joseph Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wessell. Eight to 12 months Jill La Pierre, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. LaPierre. Twelve to eighteen months Katherine Schmuke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schmuke. Each winner received a half dozen cabinet photographs donated by A. F. Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Harold
Martin Wagner
Joeph Davis
Wm. Wessell
Jill la Pierre
W. C. LaPierre
Katherine Schmuke
Joe Schmuke
A. F. Williams
Ma Dusenbery and Her Gearls at Mum Show Delight Fans
Ma Dusenbery and her gearls, led by Miss Bess Litzel felner, performed songs recitations and character sketches as the chief attraction at the Mum show last Friday afternoon. The entertaining family drew continual laughter and promised a return from Vermont next year with their pa. Proceeds from the two days Chrysanthemum show totaled 350. C A Macom and family traveled to Illinois the previous Saturday to visit relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ma Dusenbery
Gearls
Mother Dusenbery
Vermont
Girl Seeks Elopement In St Louis Case
Ethel Belt, 15, tells police she persuaded William T. Pate, 27, a married man and son of a wealthy Oran farmer, to elope to St Louis. Detectives arrested Pate at United Railways sheds. Belt was found at 2929 Locust not willing to go without his promise to let her carry a revolver. Pate claims he and his wife planned divorce and agreed to elopement after Belt encouraged it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Belt
St. Louis
William T. Pate
Oran
Pate
Flynn
Howard
United Railways Company
Park and Vandeventer Avenues
Locust Street
Ethel
Bert
Dutchman laments chores through a dog address
A man speaks in a humorous dialect to his dog about daily duties and routine chaos. He lists waking, locking the place, tending the clock, feeding the cat, managing his wife and baby, and his own hunger and work, ending with a grim note on death.
Bartella Concert at High School on Thanksgiving Night
The Bartella Concert Company presents the first Lyceum Course number at the High School building on Thanksgiving night November 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyceum
Elopement of Ellen and When a Man's Single at Armory
The Armory hosted two community plays, The Elopement of Ellen and When a Man's Single, drawing applause for strong student casts led by Smith LaPierre Macom Randol and Miss Kurre Williams and Mrs Ruby Walter. Both productions, directed by Mrs John Snider, were home talent efforts that raised about 150 dollars for the Presbyterian church after three weeks of practice setbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armory Hall
Ellen
Smith
LaPierre
Macom
Randol
Uncle Jim
Misa Briscoe
W. LaPierre
M. Randol
Pete
G. Morton
Winthop Briscoe
C. Jones
Paul Briscoe
Flossie Kurre
Briscoe
Norma Gockel
Evelyn Briscoe
Bess Litzelfelner
Norah O'Niel
Ruby Wolters
Eleanor Horton
John Snider
Ladies of the Presbyterian Church
Pemiscot County Brute Writes About His Deed
The letter by Martin Rollins, killer of Annie Austin, is reproduced on yellow bag and menu cards. He claims Annie urged the shooting, recounts travel, and asks to be sent home while expressing a wish to die. The missive names Wickliffe Kentucky and Blytheville, with references to J. J. Rollins and local places. Also notes Sikeston football team entertained by Miss Martha Cramer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Rollins
Annie Austin
Frisco
Blythville
Sweet Annie
Annie
Mrs. Austin
Denton
Holland
Newberry Gibson's
Maxwell
J. J. Rollins
Wickliffe
Steele
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Cape County Savings Bank
Jackson, Missouri
State Bank
J. G. Putz
Schade
Gad Reed
T. Daley
Welsh Mfg. Co
Gladdish
J. W. McCombs
Industrial Home
Sheriff Schade
Everett House
Wesley Nance
D. M. Scivally
F. T. Braun
R. Walther
Ellen Easly Robi. Reed
Anton Schumer
Edmund Smith
J. B. Williams
Sam Allegood
Willie Finch
Mary C. Hager
Sarah
Thomas c Coma Ervin
Ollie Cole
Peelebea
Chas
Grant
J. M. Slagle
Leona Williams
J. E. Schmuke
Girl
Bachelor
C. A. Macom
Lloyd
Ilinois
Man
Pemiscot County
Martha Cramer
Sikeston
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