Neighborhood Fourth Celebrations and Local Highlights
Community notes recap Fourth of July gatherings across Salem area including family visits, church events, and picnics. Families like Carter, Bennett, and Marcum enjoyed meals and boating while Miss Hisse Queen returned from Springfield. Revival meetings start next week at Salem and Dunkard Church with Bro Edwards preaching. Local residents share travel, visitors, and small-town news, with several homes hosting relatives and youths celebrating with dinners and auto rides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferguson
Joe Carter
Lester Carter
Roy Bennett
Will Bean
Carter
Roth Kincaid
Clarence King
Tom Flowers
Hlsse Queen
Springfield
Bushys
Cartera
Alexander
Courtneys
Busters
Bender
Salem
Sunbeam
Lakende
Esteys
Carthage
Mount Mottahimet
Carytown
Bro. Edwards
Dunkard Church
Lora
Merl Smith
Dade County
Marcum
Allen
Joplin
Sells
Pittsburg
Kans
Mr. Bain
Grandma
Grandpa Bain
Gorilord
John Goll
So Records
John Wesley Goff
John Goff
Wilh
Effie Mosley
Clarence Simmons
Local Social News and Farm Notes from Lynnland Area
Ad Stokes and wife hosted Wis Huffman and wife Chas Ball and wife Clyde Wagner and family last Thursday with ice cream and cake. Miss Josephine Collier spending a few days of summer vacation with her father. Thrashing machine in use. farmers won t stake wheat and oats. Wm Huffman and wife visited FW Wescotts. Luther Wescott rents Wm Lukens farm. Mr Cooper of Carthage visited last Tuesday and Wednesday. Hazel Wood left for Nebraska to visit relatives. Bill Irwin of Webb City announces birth of a daughter. Mrs Irwin formerly Elsie Stokes. Lucile Teter of Alba visiting Mrs Clyde Wagner. Mrs Clara Keltner ill with typhoid fever at Keltner home in Carthage. A young lady from the Simpson home ran away last week. after days of search at Webb City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ad Stokes
Wis. Huffman
Chas Ball
Clyde Wagner
Jovephine Collier
Wm. Huffman
FW. Wescotts
Luther Wescott
Clint Simpson
Arta
Webb City
Pleasant Hill Fourth Of July Social News
Voting people spent the Fourth at various gatherings. Rafe Winder suffers a severe finger injury requiring doctor care. Several local families and visitors from Carthage Joplin Chicago and Fayetteville Arkansas are mentioned with social visits and lichte activities.
Farmers Union Fourth Day Pine Wisdom and Visits
The Fourth passed with sunlit weather as farmers resume work and oats harvest begins on bonds, promising fair yields. Family visits include Fred Winter and Erma Winter with Joe Huber, Sadie and Jonnie Miller with Allan, Russel Newsome at Frank Thacker, Annis Bowers of Jasper with Mrs. Ray, and Sam Dunavan returning to Webb City after a week with his sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Winter
Erma Winter
Joe Huber
Sadie
Jonnie Miller
Allan
Russel Newsome
Frank Thacker
Annis Bowers
Jasper
Webb City
Malta Neighborhood Notes of Social Events and Improvements
W.C. Mackey improves his place with new walks and a bathroom renovation this week. Tuesday saw a celebration at John Wheeler’s home for the Fourth. Roy and Velon Mackey entertained Corwin Powell Dan Will Mayers Lester McConnell Blanche Roby Jarvis and Marence Strattan. The wolves are bold in the neighborhood. Chicken roasts were held as Cools Mackey visited Carthage Monday. John Sheets arrived from Galena to spend a few days with family. Mr. McConnell spent the Fourth with his brother. Miss Geneva Hubbard is staying the week with her aunt in Alba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C. Mackey
John Wheeler
Geod Thumber
Roy
Velon Mackey
Corwin Powell
Dan and
Will Mayers
Lester McConnell
Blanche
Roby Jarvis
Marence Strattan
Mackey
Carthage
John Sheets
Galena
Mr. McConnell
Geneva Hubbard
Alba
Fourth of July reports from Lakeside to Joplin and Lamar
Dr. Houser of Carthage attended Chas Lilly and John Yates on Thursday and Friday. Sam King cut wheat for Job Miller late last week. James and Fred Johnston of ion visited Robert Kincaid. George Budd and wife spent Sunday at the McPeak home. Mrs Chas Faris spent Monday with her mother Mrs W M Mevins. Thrashers to be busy and haying to begin in the coming days. John King and family spent a quiet weekend at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeside
Joplin
Lamar
Dr. Houser
Carthage
Suh
Chas
Lilly
John Yates
Sam King
Job Miller
James
Fred Johnston
Ion
Robert Kincaid
George Budd
Mevins
Thrashers
John King and
Pleasant evening at Will Hyder home with Blue Star
A very pleasant evening at the Will Hyder home of Blue Star Saturday featured ice cream and cake. Relatives and near friends attended, with lively talk and a curious meditation on ham, fragrance, and a poetic flourish about a desert landscape.
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Will Hyder
Blue Star
England's Oldest Newspaper History and Costs
A summary of the London Gazette's origins from 1696 when plague closed courts at Oxford leading to the Oxford Gazette name. It notes rivalry costs, citing a rival charging $2,500 for “entertaining people for information” in a referenced year, illustrating publication expenses.
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England
London
Oleo
Oxford
Oxford Gazette
Eplee
Insect Bite Costs Leg Legislation Case
A Boston man lost his leg from an insect bite two years ago. The article discusses remedies and cautions against palamitiis and emphasizes Buckles Arnica Balm as an antiseptic and pain reducer. It promotes use to kill poison and prevent infection, swelling, and pain, and mentions other products for burns and bruises.
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Boston
Mso
Buckles
Hardware store purchasers listed in weekly notes
A long itemized summary notes numerous customers from various towns buying hardware, furnaces, oil stoves, ice cream freezers, washing machines, lawn mowers, and other tools this week. Names include Thompson Miss Pax Mrs Mevius W. A. Sweeny Fred Scott Dick Burle Av M. Smith Dan Wawpler W. H Selaor Mrs Lace Embree Fred Gresham Mc Harvey WM. McConnell JWMhillips D. Seats J. Mo Farris Harrison Wilig Osborn Chas Earl Foy Hardy and D C Hawking Carthage plus several others.
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Daxey Olturss
Emerson Pareps
Ido Laval
Royal Anerican
St Lecitanit
Darter Frown Gangs
Silkeye L
He Miller
Thompson
Miss Pax
Mark Menlay
Mevius
Mrs. Lace Embree
Fred Gresham
Mc Harvey
WM. McConnell
TL. Bushy
Will St. John
Albert Rice
Moniay
J. Mo Farris
Harrison Wilig
Royal American Wire
Mr. Osborn
D. W. Selfriver
Chas
Earl
Foy Hardy
D. C. Hawking
Carthage
Emerson
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Carthage Hospital
Matthews
Zion
Will McClintock's
Ada Earl
Glen Cartwright
Maude Hale
Albert Schell
Currie
Fannie Starbuck
Isa
Ruth Waugh
Oklahoma
Alberta
Ballard's
Geneva Hulbard
Mrs. Weiss
Mary Curtis
Harold Schooler
John Cartwright
Glen
Mattendet
C. W. Sample
A. L Thomas
Jim Baird
Witte
Marjorie
Walker Hubbant
Dan Johnssy
Minter Sumlay
Cap Tiller
Vadis Walker
Alberta Earl
Croola Patrick
Mr. Dean
Glen Cartwright Everet
Bratlett
Wife
Charley Keener
Hoyd Thenins
Bryan Tiller
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Traver Newel
Kansas
H. Beale Jueper
F. A. Baston
Edna Harrington
Lara
Myrtle Coiver
J. H. Coiver
W. E Hyder
Mr. Myder
Mra. Hyder
Eeie
Ethel
Tod Woin
Monnie Davis
Kansas City
Frank Kunkler
Avilla
Wat
Lynnland
Pleasant Hill
Rafe Winder
John Biting
Chas. Edwards
Pete Sebrict
Chicago
J. W. Tolwaris
Mr. Wolls
Wm Woods
Faerrnidy
Bert Scott
Marie
Lela
Wm. Patterson
Wm. Hille
Isaiah Elting
Pleasant View
J. W. Edwards
Ike Patterson
Wilfred
Thos. Edwards
Wim
Patterson
Regina Geeshaos
Marve Griffin
Emma Steiner
Layetteville
Arkansas
D. H. Triplett
Clarey
Mr. Winders
Gurney
Wir
Pattenton
Farmers Union
Malta
Ferguson-McKinney
Hamilton-Brown
Crew Mercantile Comp
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Sharp
E.burns
Hara
Arizona
Lome
Lessen
Pleiades
Li. Hl. Sharp Merc. Co
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J. E. Porter
Star
W. T. Berry
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