Dewey News Notes and Local Family Updates
Mrs May Matthews hosts fifth Sunday service at Salem with basket dinner. Little Glendine Simmons remains seriously ill under two physicians. Mrs Follmer hosted three Jasper nieces. Estey family at Arthur Frost's. Bennett, sister of Tom Flowers, and May Estey to Ohio. Al Wood family to Florida. Howard Matthews recalls leading the Dewey Spalkings column since 1900, nearing 60 years. Thresher sounds continue. Valley Blauth, Arch Rice, Crow, Brock moves. Miss Bessie Flowers vacationed at home then to Carthage. Switch phone after a storm. Mrs Rolla uneasy. Earl Gaddis visits Johnny Gresham. Grace Greenwood delivers a fine...
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Florida
Bro. Drake
Jasper News
Howard Matthews
Dewey Spark
Sunday morning at the Brett ren Church incident report
A fragmented local item notes a lightning scare at a church, a mule belonging to Clarence Simmons recovered, and several small community anecdotes. It mentions a friendly, helpful mail carrier, children helping with road debris, and a series of runaways involving Vance Bull and Howard Gaddis with a six mile chase and no damage.
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Brettren
Clarence Simmons
Vance Bull
Ruby Bull
Howard Gaddis
Jasper
Mr. McReynolds
Howard
Mr. Griffin
Dewey Avenue
Local Social News From Lebanon and Nearby Areas
Miss OcTE Andrews and family gatherings mark a weekend in Lebanon with mentions of Emma Huber, George Carns of Kansas City visiting relatives, and multiple visits to Sam McGaughey’s. Attendees include Chas Andrews, Opal Andrews, and many others. poultry exhibition postponed due to express issues. Parker Andrews sold a Jersey cow to Gene Barnes of Jasper.
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Harry Bunnell
Sam McGaughey
Geo. Carns
Kansas City
Grandma Winter
Joe Huber
Ocle Andrews
Opal
Jess Miller
Geo. Redmond
Jack Stansberry
Grandma Stanaberry
Chas. Andrews
Ocie
Chas. Woodrow
Orville Andrewa
Roy Boucher
Melvin
Katura
J. W. Boucher
Althea Armstrong
Sedalia
Paul Fudge
Webb City
Geo
Redmond
Wim
Jack Ryan
Chas. Ryan's
Ccle Andrews
Ernest Billington
Jasper
Pete Lang
Wentworth
R. Carns
Ilona Redmond
Kansans City
Hugenia Rex
Loren Johnson
Daytown
Freddie Lee
McGaughey
Miss Maud
Missouri
Geo, Haile
Puenweg
Parker Andrews
Gene Barnes
Joy Keraney and neighbors visitures in Sheridan
Mrs Joy Keraney hosts and visits with neighbors and relatives including Alice Templin, Mr and Mrs Gresham, and the McClintocks. Reports mention Basil and Will McClintock families, Clara and Basie Wrights, Lydia Van Buskirk and Wilma Falken, Adele Kerney and John Gresham households, and Aden Kerney’s nephew’s family.
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Alice Templin
Bob Gresham
Wm. Sheldon
Carthage
Joy Kerney
Basil McClintock
Will McClintock
Clara
Basie Wright
Charley McCintock
Kerney
John Gresham
Carl Deninger
Mra. Deninger
Golden City
Marie Kerney
Wilma Falken
Lewis
Walter Gresham
Aden Kerney
Lydia van Buskirk
John Sheldon
Oriville Kelly
Joy Kermey
Catsup Origins From Chinese Word Kitsup
The term catsup traces to the Chinese word kitsup, referring to an inferior soy product from China. The spellings catsup catchup ketchup and kitchup reflect variations over time and place.
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China
Baston Birthday Dinner Honoring F A Baston Jr and Wife
A pleasant Sunday gathering at the Lamar home of Mr and Mrs F A Baston Jr celebrated their birthday anniversaries with a basket dinner. Forty one relatives and friends attended including Charley Proving and family Diamond Missouri Mrs Will Corben Pittsburgh Kansas Frank Baston Jr and wife Jasper George Baston Lamar A E K Mason family Lamar N I Poundstone wife Carterville Alfred Beeson and wife Mrs Rude Williams Jasper Frank Mason and Otto and Ernest Heyer Lamar and Percy Rino Diamond Missouri gifts were exchanged and watermelons served.
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F. A. Baston
Lamar
Charley Proving
Diamond
Will Corben
Pitteburg
Kans
Frank Baston, Jr
Jasper
George Baston
A. EK. Mason
Instructing Grandpa
An old man at a hotel recounts a telephone exchange with his granddaughter Dorothy. She responds with a humorous mishearing about a kiss over the phone being like a straw bat, prompting a gentle parental correction and a final puzzled remark from the child.
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Grandpa
Dorothy
Pehaw
Grandfa
Blighty
Longon
The Biggest Mummy The Beresovka Mammoth
The Beresovka mammoth, the largest mummy in the world, was found embedded in frozen earth near the Bere sovka river in northeast Siberia. It is an extinct species dating back about fifty thousand years.
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Petrograd Museum
Beresovka River
Siberia
First Visit to Yellowstone Tracked to 1810
John Colter, a trapper, is recorded as the first to visit what is now Yellowstone Park in 1810. His tale of wonders was shown to be discredited by later accounts and hostility from Indigenous people.
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Yellowstone
Yellowstone Park
John Colter
Voice of Uncle Eben on misreading male attention
Uncle Eben says a lack of understanding can be comforting. He notes the more a man talks to a woman the more he feels complimented by the attention he receives. The remark reflects social dynamics and humor in dialogue about relationships.
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Eben
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the Farmers & Merchants Bank
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Dodd
Cordz & Son
Jasi
Misso
Uri
Lebanon
Octe Andrews
Emma Huber
Fred Winter's
Gons
Guy
Parker
Orville
Grandpa Bricker
Levi Miller's
Sheridan News
Joy Keraney
McCune & Tallman
Southwest
Youri
W. B. Pingree
N. Side Square
Edwards _ Coffee Building
John Deere
and Emerson
Jasper Hardware Co
John Deere Implements
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