Local Briefs Highlight Society and Travel Notes
Claude Marquis left Sunday for Kansas City. Dr B Hutchason of St Joe was here Monday night. A girl born to Judge Pearl K Smith on December 21. Numerous visitors and travelers from Higainsville Wichita and St Louis visited here or spent holidays. Many locals, including Mrs Eichler and Miss Hirml, visited relatives in Kansas City and rich Hill. Prizes awarded in a Kansas election guessing contest. Abbie Thomas to appear at New Grand Jan 1. Christian church children hosted holiday party. Reverend Mille reports large fundraising success for the Thank Offering Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Marquis
Kansas City
B. Hutchason
St. Joe
Pearl K. ‘Smith
G. &. Gordon
Higainsville
Boyd Gilkeson
Wichita
Wridays
N. H. McCale
Carter
Keokuk
James L. Roberta
Marshall
Walter van Angien
Bessie Vans
Waverly
Geo
Pattent
W. Hutcheson
Higginsville
I. G. Plourney
Charles Renick
Richard Vaughan
Columbia
William Braynock
Kawenas City
J. P. Hall
Charles Aglehof
Margaret Wels
Clarence Kinney
Otto Pirner
Memphis
Tenn
Robert A. Wilson
Robert
Grace Tompron
8. F.C
Mary Hirml
Rich Hill
Z. M. Willams
Gallatio
St. Louis
State Beachers’ Association
Lyle Corder
Navnle Steele
Corder
Harrisonville
Col
Sandford Sellers
Sellers
Misa Muarela
Pauline
Ovid, Sandford, Jr
McBrayer
Waco
Texas
T. J. Joes
Sweet Springs
Lexington
Keytesville
Fred W. Vaarsdal
Chapel Arch
Pearl Davidson
Hates City
J. Henry Dedke
Mary Tebbenkamp
Vincordia
Kansas
Joe. R. Wilmot
G- K. Smith
Shacklett and Bates
Hog Disease Slaughters Cattle in Missouri Counties
A contagious disease devastates hog herds in Buono and Callaway counties, central Missouri, with over two thousand hogs dead. A wheezing cough proves fatal, and necropsies reveal white worms, about the size of a sewing needle, within the carcasses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Buono
Callaway
Tanga
Death of Mrs Keene Died at her home in Lexington
Mrs Catherine Williams Keene aged 74 died Tuesday morning December 23 at 12 20 o clock at her Franklin Avenue home after long illness. Born August 1828 in Woodford County Kentucky she moved to Lafayette county in 1852 later living four miles south of Lexington. Survived by children Misses Mattie and Fannie Keene Mrs Joseph S Laurie of St Louis and Virgil Keene of Maryville. Funeral held December 24 at 11 o clock at the family residence with ministers from Christian and Baptist churches. Burial in Machpelah cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankiln
Catherine Williams Keene
Mattie
Fannie Keene
Joseph S. Laurie
St. Lauis
Virgil Keene
Maryville
Franklin Avenue
Russell B. Binney
The
Christian Church
Keene
Charles Manly
Baptist Church
Offerating
Machpelal
Lexington
President Roosevelt backs tariff principle in tariff debate
A Louisville Courier Journal summary notes President Roosevelt urges preserving a tariff principle that ties duty to cover labor costs and differences with foreign producers. The piece emphasizes a corrected phrasing adding the word more and critiques partisan stances. It mentions a Lafayette county worker line and references S. Dy Knupp & Co in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Jourmal
Roosevelt
Lafayette County
S. Dy Knupp & Co
K. C
Growth of The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
The text notes that The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York is growing far more than the population of the United States, indicating a substantial expansion in the insurance firm’s reach and influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Life. Insurance Ee of
New York
Wey
United
Copan
Bord Life Liputramce
Mortal Life Insurance Pany
Rienane A. McCuewe
Tomet
St. Laie
Gro
HH. Brien
Lexington
Miasqurl
The Indio Coachella Submarine Paper Below Sea Level
A quirky account describes the India Submarine and its move to Coachella, a four page weekly printed 76 feet below sea level in the California desert. The editor explains delays caused by travel to Riverside Los Angeles and Ventura counties and notes two issues dated September 15 and September 27 with a missing September 20 issue due to printer issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
India
Coachella
California
Colorado Desert
Thin County
Indio
Riverside
Los Angeles
Ventura County
Uth
Riverside Dispatch
of the 13Th
West Philadelphia man gets coal for nothing after dealer’s loan proposal
A West Philadelphia man recounts how a coal dealer offered four tons on credit last spring. When the buyer could not pay, the dealer proposed taking two tons now and letting him keep the other two, effectively giving the buyer two tons for nothing while the dealer earned profit from the remainder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Philadelphia
West Philadelphian
Cnv
Philadelphia
Wonderful Boho Echo in Milan Castle Room
A fragmentary report mentions a loud noise and a pistol shot heard in a room within the castle of Simone ta in Milan. The text is garbled but points to an incident described with repeated sounds and a firearm event. No clear dates or individuals beyond the name Simone are recoverable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simone Ta
Meus
Milan
Whittinghame Home of Mr. Arthur Balfour Described
A detailed portrait of Balfour's Ettrick Whittinghame residence shows a plain gray stone house with a green lawn and chestnut trees. Inside, a study filled with heavy books, a revolving desk, Kipling, Handel, and Raphael decorate the room while a piano rests nearby. The study opens to a bedroom where a portrait of his mother, Lady Blanche, hangs over the hearth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lothian
Arther Dalfous
Edinburgh
Whittinghame
Mr. Balfour
Handel
Horace Hutchingon
Balfour
Connemara
Raphael
Blanche
Buzzard and Rooster Duel Ends With Flying Antagonist
An amusing tale from Kentucky recounts a gamecock claimed champion facing a challenger. The owner bets there is no bird in the state better, but the buzzard takes to the sky attached to the rooster by a two yard string, rising aloft with the opponent dangling. The New York Post notes the bird continues to fly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
N. YX
Post
An Afghan Letters Alarm Parent Of Leaders
An anonymous letter received by the mother of two leaders warns that neighbors doubt her knowledge of their identity. The Globe in its oblique remark notes the troubling communication and its impact on the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obhier i
Aishison Globe
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W. G. Murcrove
Horace Ardinger
Samuel Davis
Marie Coss
Pleasant Green
J. Q. Plattenburg
Dover
Mattle M. Eichler
Wellington
Glenn Shelton
B. W. Bear
Prairie Church
N. Hopkins
Austin
Galveston
Mira
F. O. Coffeen
Laxington
Todiana
Henry Reinhart
Bt. Tours
Tie
J. F. Wind
Reenwy
Uareniee
Rooney
Louieville
Mier Dul’y Powell
Richmond
John Powall
Mistes Blanche
Janie Parkerson
Schdol
Fulton
William Grate
Harry McIntyre
William Jowell College
Liberty
C.C. Sipe
McIntyre
Electric Light Co
Era
Princeton
Ind
Abbie BE. Thomas
New Grand Opera House
Ladies of the Christian Church
Methodist Fund
K. F. Mille
Methodist Episcopal Thank Offering Fund
Doctor Mille
NER
Ieee
Creushaw & Young
R Wi - Gorham Manufacturing Company
Rogers Brothers
Rogers
Disc
Wheeler & Wilson
C. G. Ludwigs’ Jewelery and Music Store
Miss Todhunter
Higginaville Linder
Alice Cladwall Iegun
Mrs. Wiggs
Mas Elton Todbenter
Thorrdis
Schemg
Miss Eliott
Confederate Home Monument
Eastern College
New Mexico
United States
Pangstats
Boho
Balfoux
Homs
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