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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1929
Page
8
The Past-Tribune plans a weekly insert for Russellville area advertising and local news. It promotes community coverage, personal notices, births marriages deaths and crops while inviting business leaders to place ads and consider delivery enhancements.
Community efforts to sustain a local high school face weak support for the next term. Previous funding relied on donations and tuition. Emmett Dawson, a recent University Extension bookkeeping student, earns one high school credit with a top grade. In Denver, Bishop McConnell is removed as keynoter after 19 ministers accuse him of modernism.
Advertising copy touts Tanlac as a solution for gas bloating stomach pain and indigestion promising relief within one bottle and offering a money back guarantee. It cites a testimonial from Mrs. Bayes of Springfield Missouri and notes Tarlac has aided thousands for over a decade.
Mr and Mrs John Schock celebrated their golden wedding on Sunday aged 74 and 73 with over a hundred relatives and friends attending. A 32 foot long table held a large basket dinner and the children gave a $5 gold present. The couple have six children and twenty five grandchildren, and the day was deeply enjoyed by all present.
The Bagnell dam project draws interest as Missouri Pacific runs a daily two locomotive heavy hauling train on the Bagnell branch. Extra trains added daily due to increased demand, amid a surge in transportation activity in the area. Rev. N. E. Williams of High Point visited the community midweek. Mrs. Harry Franklin resumes activity after a serious illness and operation two weeks ago.
Mrs Otto Hittenmeyer and sister Hilda Rossbach are extended their vacation in Colorado. They plan to visit relatives in Nebraska and Iowa before returning home. Wishing them a pleasant vacation.
An infant born to Mr. and Mrs. Lon Hogg was laid to rest Wednesday afternoon. Dave Eberhart and wife have returned from Arizona and plan to spend the summer here before returning next autumn. The Rustler Printing Company nears completion of a new telephone directory for Rosesilville Lohman and Brazita systems, due within a week. Rosalie and Joe Bernard Enloe visit with E. Miller and family at Centertown while Catherine Buchta and Mable Huff of Jefferson City spend the weekend with local relatives. Dr G C S Glover and J H Sumter were business visitors in Jefferson City Wednesday.
Russellville area residents hosted relatives from Lohman and Jefferson City while locals repaired a bank cornice and street intersections. The week featured visitors from St Louis and Kansas City, farm work at Hillcrest, a Fourth of July plan, and a late infant burial at Enloe Cemetery.
Mrs. Otto Strobel of Mt. Hope has been in serious condition for two weeks and was moved to St. Marys Hospital Jefferson City Monday morning under Dr. Aldridge care. Doctors expect a prompt recovery. Miss Edna Schubert of Lohman visits her brother O H Schubert. Mrs. C E Pace of Jefferson City returns home after a week with Wm Siebert family.
The Missouri Power and Light Company opened electric service in Gity on Friday and residents welcome the lights. The system modernizes homes and adds convenience, with Lohman already having service for about a week and more homes expected to be equipped.
The strawberry crop was abundant this year but the berry quality lagged behind previous seasons. Large fields are largely abandoned due to low grades while local and distant markets performed well. Pettvich Bros and Frank Hittenmeyer lead producers as many homes sell berries. wet weather is blamed for the poorer fruit.
Mgr and Mrs Jim Scrivner were surprised Sunday dinner by the Scrivner family. Ten children, 12 grandchildren and six great grandchildren attended. Notables included Omer Sezigner of Sedthton and Elmer and Oscar Sevivex of Stover. Jack Ballard and sons Roy Andrew and Harold, back from Ozarks strawberry fields near Springfield, joined the crowd. Subscription rates are $2.50 per year by mail.
Clarive Schubert and M Schubert with Fred Daimpi visited St Louis last week where they met Clarence Schubert of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He will spend a few weeks there before entering the University of Chicago for the summer term.
Jdna Louise Smpeger is seriously ill, with several months of poor health culminating in a recent decline. The Smoger family, Mr. and Mrs. Will Smoger, appeal for prayers and well wishes as friends hope for her speedy recovery.
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