New Missouri Pacific Saga in Sheldon Herald
BF Bish, recently named president, vows extensive work on the line toward Pleasant Hill. In Kansas City he spoke of laying rails to boost the Joplin division, including plans for fifty thousand tons of rails and two all steel trains similar to those on the St Louis Kansas City route.
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Sheldon Herald
Bish
Sheldon
Uth
Pleasant Hill
Karas City
Kaneas City
Teasant Hill
Kansas
Joplin
Hivison
Hommeviry
St. Louis
Frisco offers forty five Missouri scholarships in agriculture
The Frisco Agricultural Scholarship program offers forty five scholarships of 100 dollars each for a winter course in horticulture at the University of Missouri. Eligible counties can nominate a resident aged eighteen to forty who shows corn expertise and intent to pursue farming. Scholarships cover all expenses for a fourteen week session starting in November. County voters are urged to join the contest by sending name age and address to the Agricultural College and Plant a good variety of seed corn.
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Frisco
Couch Troming
Agricultural College
Beys
Missouri
Glen O. Vorler
Holden Ehich
Krant Morthland
Moline
B. Werrie
Forest Green
Remarkable Laxative Claim for Calwell's Syrup Pepsin
An old advertisement touts Calwell's Syrup Pepsin as a universal laxative effective from infancy to elderly ages. It cites mothers’ letters praising cures in children and mentions notable supporters in Decatur Alabama and Spailing Kansas. Free sample offers urge readers to write for the remedy and medical advice.
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Caltwell
Contested Growing at Bedletin Case C B Hurention
Brief note from Missouri Coloumina address concerning rules governing the contest and related information. Mentions C B Hurention and the Corn Growers Association of Missouri. Addresses and contact details appear in the readable fragments.
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Corn Growers’ Assn
Coloumina
Dry farming urged to save corn amid drought
Missouri corn growers face a severe drought that may force central states to adopt dry farming methods once common in the semi arid south. Sam Jordan of the Missouri state board of agriculture urges persistent shallow cultivation and dust mulch to protect the crop, warning neglect leads to likely failure.
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Missouah
Central States
Missouri
Sam Jordan
Missouri State Board of Agriculture
Terrapin Half Century Old In Everton Journal Sketch
The Everton Journal recalls a terrapin found 45 years apart by J. R. Poindexter and later by J. N. Jones near the old Powell farm southwest of Everton. The shell bears the initials J. R. P and a birth date, with the reptile described as hearty and long-lived. The note ends with a quip on terrapin shells and shedding.
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J. R. Poindexter
Doy Farm
Everton
J. N. Jones
Everton Journal
Golden City Reunion Dates Set in Missouri
The Golden City Reunion will run August 2 to 4 with three days of camping, pleasure, and attractions. A splendid park and orderly grounds draw attendees year after year, with daily orations and varied amusements promised by the Privilege Committee.
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Golden City
Southwest
Missouri
Jon
A. E. Warson
Telegraphing School Operator in Joplin Firm
Learn Telegraphing. J. J. Lene a skilled operator maintains a school of telegraphy at the Bartlett building in Joplin.
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J. J. Lene Ao
Sig-1
Bartlett
Joplin
Geal
Cambridge visitors attend Brethren conference in St Joseph
D. W Teeter and Miss Ifa returned home last Friday morning after attending the Brethren conference in St Joseph last week. They were accompanied by Mrs Teeter's sister Mrs J Howard and by Mr Teeter's aunt and cousin Mrs Sallie Zook and her daughter Miss Lizzie, all of Cambridge, Indiana, who will visit here for the rest of the month.
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D. W Teeter
Ifa
St. Joseph
Mrs Teeter
J. ©. Howard
Mr. Teeter
Dr Miles Nervine Cure Claim for Child Fits
A letter from Windfall Indiana reports Dr Miles Nervine and Dr Miles Nerve and Wee Pills cured a six year old child of fits after other doctors failed. The writer praises the medicines and notes a money back guarantee. Sold by all druggists and the Miles Medical Co.
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Miles’ Nervine
Miles
Miles Medical CO
Elkhart
Ind
Webb Bros Open Hog Ranch At Dey Park
Webb Bros, realty men, establish a hog ranch near Dey Park southeast of town. They begin with a fine boar and two brood sows from Frank Wing’s Poland China herd, paying 85 for the trio. The herd is set to become the nucleus of the Webb Dry Fork hog ranch’s future fame.
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Webb Bros
I Dey Park
Tow
Frank Wing
Messrs
Webb
Webb Dry Fork
For Sale Six niece bright new chairs
For sale notice offers six bright new chairs and promises of added value from Chi-namel products. Mentions Pitts as the seller and a garbled line about chairs and color options with various misspellings and stray names.
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Ash Grove
Loughead Lumber Company
Jasper News
Griffith
Jasper
Nem
Mo. Pacific
Cent
Byrap Vepain
Decatur
Gecarme
Kanans
Phares
Pitts the
Jasper, Missouri
Len Oricks
Chm
Thos. Patterson Cor Patterson KL. Roberts WE. Deardorff A
Coratt
Tiller
Sam'l
Chandler N. HW
Patterson
Thos
Hi. Tillet
Sam'l D. Chandler
S. HW. Patterson
Nervine
Davis
Pitts
Pitts the Paint Man
T. H. Hammond
Phi Cele
McCormick and Deering
Schuttler Wagons
New Hendricks Bldg
South Side
J. A. Cozatt
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