Ten Year W C T U Convention Held at Cape Girardeau
The tenth annual convention of the twenty ninth district W C T U met in Cape Girardeau with nine of thirteen unions represented led by Jackson delegates. Mrs Edith Hill Booker gave a keynote Bible reading and addressed the public work of women. Eva Hess won the gold medal in a Thursday contest, and Miss Minnie Steele was elected district president with a slate of officers. Local churchwomen provided dining and support, and performances by students and choirs highlighted the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Girardeau
Jackson
Kisler
Presbyterian Church
Edith Hill Booker
Booker
Ludwig
German Methodist Church
Georgia Pell
Commerce
Grace Bohnhardt
Vancluser
Maggie Adams
Benton
Eva Hess
Sikeston
Julia Morris
Crowder
Russia Hayden
Oran
Rena Samuel
Oak Ridge
Prof. Lawson
Douglass
Kelley
Armantrout
Lawson
Hussey
Pckhardt
Shackleford
Col. Birmingham
J. A. Butler
Paul
Carl Nussbaum
Carl
Eisler
Willett
W. C. T. U. Home Mission
Earl Obermiller
Earl
Twenty-Ninth
Minnie Steele
Lizzie Bienert
Rockview
Alicea Harris
Sallie Mabrey
Miss Steele
Hattie Edwards
Flower Mission
Daisy Devore
Whitewater
H. Siberell
Mary Milem
Ava Finley
Ella Hess
Loyal Temperance Legion
Mabel Baker
Press
Maggie Hays
Chautauqua Cape Girardeau Opens With Jubilee Singers
Cape Girardeau hosts a Chautauqua featuring the Dixie Jubilee Singers, seven colored performers presenting plantation songs, negro melodies and more with daily concerts Wed Sat. Senor Ramon Reyes Lala will lecture on the Philippines and be endorsed by Roosevelt and Dewey. Fraternal Day Sept 12 includes a monster parade and talks by Fitzgerald Maxwell Steves. Adrian Newens to perform A Message from Mars Sept 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Jubilee Singers
Senor Ramon Reyes Lala
Phillipines
Senor Lala
Roosevelt
Admiral Dewey
General Meritt
Jubilee Singers
George R. Stuart
J. E. Fitzgerald
8. R. Maxwell
J. H. D. Steves
Adrian Newens
Mars
Route 3 area social items and local moves noted
Since the last report a Burfordville picnic drew a large crowd and a Friday dance was held under 5 A. Noce’s management. Purve Jones visited Huskey to see his girlfriend. An ice cream supper is planned at F Oberbeck’s on Saturday night September 7. Flora Cavener of Huxie visited Ada Herzinger. John Howard sold his farm and moved to Bollinger County in search of a new location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burfordville
A. Noce
Purve Jones
Huskey
F. A.oberbeck
Flora Cavener
Huxie
Ada Herzinger
John Howard
Bollinger County
A Long Fight but Not by Rounds In Tilsit Heider Fends Off Four Attackers
Robert Heider of this place went to Tilsit on business last Saturday. Upon returning to his buggy two men appeared and began cutting the buggy tags. He knocked one man down and then felled two more as they advanced. Two followed him to Jackson and another clash occurred there where Heider again prevailed. Heider, typically peaceable, says he will defend himself when attacked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Heider
Tilsit
Bob
Mr. Heider
Jackson
Mr. Hieder
Obituary of Cora Middleton 27 at home of mother near Biehle
Cora Middleton aged 27 years 11 months 17 days died at her mother’s home near Biehle after a five week battle with typhoid fever. She was the youngest of six children, survived by her mother two sisters and three brothers. Buried in Sargent Chapel cemetery after services by Rev. Hurst with many mourners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biehle
Cora Middleton
Sargent Chapel
Rev. Hurst
Greeting the President on Father of Waters Plan
Evansville Courier reprint urges cities to join a grand steamboat greeting for the President and twenty Governors en route to Memphis. Emphasizes deep water advocacy, public spirit, and a mass demonstration to energize Congress and public support, offering city delegations space on boats at 38 dollars per member for a riverfront review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansvillle Courier
Memphis
United States
America
Congress
St. Louis
Naval Reserve
St Louis Mississippi River Greeting Delegation Plan
L C Irvine chairs a committee detailing the river fleet greeting for the President. Cities may reserve deck space and banners, with no band fee for city ensembles. Delegations can join the President’s boat to Cairo or Memphis. Memphis hotel scarcity favors river trips at $16 for round trip, two days, meals and state room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Men's League
Deep Waterway
Ass'n
Cairo
Memphis
St. Louis
Mississippi Valley
Pittsburg
Sioux City
Denver
L. C. Irvine
Tributary Fleet Cum
Stray notice filed for a red bull in Hubble township
Taken up by William Hager and posted before Justice Henry F Uel eke in Cape Girardeau county on August 28 1907. The property describes a dark red ball like animal with very short horns growing downward marked with a crop off the right ear and weighing about 1000 pounds. Appraised at fifteen dollars by Henry C Drakle J F Cook and J H Limbaugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hager
Henry F. Ueleke
Hubble
Cape Girardeau County
Henry C. Drakle
J. F. Cook
J. H. Limbaugh
Labor Day Rain Cancels Fruitland Game
The Fruitland team traveled to face Jackson on Labor Day, but rain halted the contest after Fruitland led 2 0. A late third inning triple by Sides Portis and Adams stood out as the notable play. The game will be replayed soon and rain checks will be honored for the rescheduled date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fruitland
Jackson Boys
Fruitland Boys
Portis
Adams
Bar to Heaven or Hell Prompted in Tilsit Saloon Debate
A Tilsit township notice asks tax paying citizens to oppose a forthcoming saloon subscription drive. It warns against signing and frames the saloon as a path to vice, ruin, and despair, urging residents to refuse the proposal and protect community virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubble Township
Tilsit
Hell
Arrivals and guests at Schumer Springs last week
The Schumer Springs list shows visitors from Jackson to Perryville and Sikeston including Ralph Brown Joe Williams Mae Brown Summerlen W H Towsen H Burns C J Allen Jon Miller Mollie Miller Edith Difani Julia Cadenbach Hattie Popp Teresa Budenholzer Alma Litseh Balache Price Stella Difani Anna Lufkefahr Cal Andersen Helen Mueller G W Cox J W Cole O H Roessel O A Weber Oswald Roessel Martha Martin Edward Hays Dallas Hays Catherine Hays Burford J Denizer Jessie Pecant Leonard Sutterer C F Sommer and others from Perryville Paragould Sikeston Cape Girardeau St Louis and Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schumer Springs
Ralph Brown
Jackson
Joe Williams
Mae Brown
Summerlen
Allenville
W. H. Towsen
Sikeston
H. (. Burns
C.J. Allen
Leneth
Jon Miller
Mollie Miller
Edith Difani
Perryville
Julia Cadenbach
Hattie Popp
Teresa Budenholzer
Fredericktown
Alma Litseh
Balache Price
Stella Difani
Anna Lufkefahr
Cal Andersen
Helen Mueller
Cape Girardeau
G. W. Cox
Paragould
Ark
J. W. Cole
C. F. Sommer
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The
Cape
Herald
Father OF Waters
Schumer
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