Disease Strikes Local Neighborhood Amid Liberty Bond Drive
Spanish influenza spreads through the area with Sam Lehman and others ill or dead. Families including Serafine Obergfelt Bannart and Lehman affected. Nett returns from Joplin with Crabtree recovering from an operation. Liberty Day bond purchase occurred at the schoolhouse. Stock losses rise with cows horses and hogs dying in nearby farms. Community members visit and travel between local households as illness and suspicion of disloyal acts weigh on residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Lehman
Serafine
Obergfelt
Bannart
Lehman
Mr. Nett
Joplin
Mr. Crabtree
Barton County
Joss Farr
Dewey Community News Highlights and Local Visits
Local notes from Dewey include influenza illnesses at Dewey School, visits from Chloe Turner to Carthage, and family gatherings with the Haughawauta, Kincaid, and Estey households. The Red Cross aided by rail, and the agriculture class continues grafting work while beginners tell stories. Subscriptions reminders appear amid ongoing community chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser
U. S
Alba
Chloe Turner
Carthage
Helen Elliott
Dewey
Dean Rusk
Vance Bull
Joshua Haugawaut
Roscoe Haughawaut
Joplin
John Kincaid
Haughawauta
Salem
Red Cross
Walter Carter
Underwood
Sammy Med Reynolds
Clarence Simmons
Wescot
Jasper Rice
Arch Nicé
Arlo Estey
Helen
Local Sheridan Social Notes Highlight Mutual Visits
Mrs Joy Kearney and Troy Masters family from Oklahoma spent a few days last week with Lloyd Winder. Mrs Charley McClintock and Leota McClintock attended a quilting at Mrs Dean's Thursday. Mrs Lloyd Winder and daughter Pauline visited her mother Mrs Syder on Wednesday. Basil McClintock and family spent Saturday at Will McClintock's. Several residents visited kin and friends across town and counties, including trips to Miller Missouri for apples and visits to Neosho fish hatcheries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Masters
Oklahoma
Lloyd Winder
Charley MecClintock
Leota McClintock
Pauline
Syder
Basil McClintock
Will McClintock
Robert Smith
Ernest McConnell
Oren
Ollie Harvey
Amos Harvey
Kerney
Follmer
Jim
Frank Kauffman
Elsie
Dell Patterson
Willia
Hoy Sullens
Carl McClintock
Charley Stith
Oscar Faskin
Walter Moulton
Miller
John Sunderland
Roy Harris
Neosho
Frank Isenmann
Amily
Charley McClintock
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rexall
H. F. Pitts
Diamond
Charles Elting
Ross Parr
John Pfander
J. F. Gulick
Jake Dyers
Mr. Wood
Chas, Wescott
May Martews
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Jasper
N. H. Patterson
Sheridan News
Joy Kearney
Jasper, Mo
Sam
First National Bank of
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