Christmas in Dewey and nearby communities
Mrs. May Matthews hosts Christmas in Carterville with Jim Bull and sister Mrs. Allen. Mrs. Alexander returns from Des Moines to spend the holiday with family. News from Nu season and good wishes from Morgan arrive. Dewey School held a Christmas tree and program. various students held events at Kings and Carytown Schools. Salem Sunday School favored candy and popcorn after a flu‑related cancellation. Election of officers scheduled next Sunday. Christmas dinners planned by Mrs. Ralph Berry for Judge Tom Brock and Albert Berry families. Tom Flowers hosts Anla Estey and Will Flowers families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Bull
Carterville
Kings School
Jennie Conrad
Carytown
Wiley Courtney
Oklahoma
Texas
Martin Stith
Carthage
Salem
Matthews
Ralph Berry
Tom Brock
Albert Berry
Tom Flowers
Anla
Winter brings snow to Missouri in local notes
Winter returns as a snow storm hits Missouri after days of springlike weather. Webb City visits and Sunday gatherings mark a community week with residents including Warren Pfonder and the Joplin area families. A minister’s two year old died of influenza with services noted at Nashville Cemetery. Frank Wood and wife suffered pneumonia while their son Walter returned from camp to help. Multiple social calls and Red Cross plans are recorded among local families and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Warren Pfonder
Webb City
Will Randall
Joplin
Buzzard
Nashville
Frank Wood
Walter
J. Buzzard
Nett
Red Cross
Duval
J. F. Gulick
John Pfander
Jay Bradford
Chas, Nett
Chas
Elting
Raymond Bradford
James Kinecard
Carthage
Louis Hedrick
Sheridan News Briefs Mention Joy Kearney and Hyder Visit
Mrs. Hyder spent Tuesday night and Wednesday with her daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Winder. Little Talma McClintock stays with grandparents Will McClintock and Orville Kelly family of Medoc. Friday with Joy Kearney and Emily. Mr. Sanford and wife visited Nellie Harris. Marie Owings visited Gresham sisters. Willa Hyder stays with sister Mrs. Lloyd Winder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyder
Lloyd Winder
Talma McClintock
Will McClintock
Orville Kelly
Medoc
Spruce Division scales wartime aircraft lumber surge
Brigadier General Brice P. Disque led the Spruce Production Division to transform U S aircraft material from October 1917 to October 1918. Output rose from 1.6 million feet to 25.5 million feet with 60 000 enlisted lumberjacks producing stock for allies. Total costs and revenues show a profit near 500 000, while logging efficiency and civilian industrial effort backed a massive war material push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brice P. Disque
United States
France
Northwest
Sprice
America
Vancouver Barracks
Trafic Department
Loyal Legion of
Spruce Division
Disque
General Disque
Ashing
Waterburys Doing Well in Kansas
Dr Knott received a letter from L T Waterbury and wife Richmond Kans telling the good news they are doing nicely in Kansas They built a bungalow so Waterbury can wheel his chair from his house to his store without help They run a jewelry and watch and clock repair shop The Waterburys have scores of friends here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Knott
L. T. Waterbury
Richmond
Kans
Kansas
Mr. Waterbury
Waterburys
Unusual case in Tennessee involves unborn child death
Tom Kunkler reports a Chattanooga man shot his wife with the ball passing through the leg of his unborn child. The mother survived while the baby died. Lawyers debate whether the shooter can be charged with murder for the infant's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Kunkler
Chattanooa
Tenn
Chattanooga
Winter Weather Brings Snow and Freeze on Timea
A heavy snow storm blanketed Timea starting Monday with four inches of snow. Winds were strong and a hard freeze followed Christmas Eve, giving way to a bright Christmas Day after the sun rose on Christmas morning.
Fraudulent stones flood Antwerp with fake whiten diamonds
About ten years ago Antwerp faced a flood of spurious white diamonds. Before detection, the operators who transformed the stones reaped a profit of eight million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
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the Farmers and Merchants Bank
Jasper
DEWEY
May Matthews
Thos. Edwards Insurance Agency
Diamond
Charles Exsting
Sheridan News
Joy Kearney
Rexall
H. F. Pitts
Spruce
Teally
IRS
Cordi & Son
Jasp
Carter
McCune & Tallman
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