Local Happenings and Notices From Middleton Township
Waverly happenings include visits by Harwood Lewis of Wyandotte and plans for a health tour by J E Gordon. Obituaries note Vivian Stewart infant of Frack and Mattie Weob died in Mexico City on April 16 1908. A special criminal term in Lexington will try Lillian Walton for alleged cruelty to her husband. George Bryan from Odes and Rev J J Iven preached in Wellington. Surnames W and H recur with community events, school staffing, and local improvements.
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Harwood Lewis
Wyandotte
I. T
EH. Lewis
Middleon Bank
Frank Edwards
Sy Ain March
Mexico
Vivian Stewart
Frack
Mattie
Weob
Klondyke
E. M. Salmon
L. H. Lewis
Three Groves
Lewis
Higginsville
Lexington
Lillian Walton
Middleton Township
Clayton Landram
Wo, Zeysng
H. Bock
Dudley Davis
N. J. Milner
Dover Doings And Local Real Estate Listings 1903 05
Dover notes recount visits and social jaunts among local residents from Grand Pass to Lexington amid a string of property deals in Higginsville Odessa and Lexington. The article blends social updates with land transactions and includes a lengthy column on sheriff authority and Negro perceptions of law enforcement in the era.
Stock Market Report of Cattle and Hog Prices April 29 1903
The report shows heavy cattle receipts on western markets with fluctuating prices and a general outlook for a steady market if shipments are balanced. 6 000 head on sale. Hereford steers top at 5.40 per cwt. Hog prices declined about 25 cents over three days with top around 6.05 to 6.10 per cwt. Meal indicates uncertain near term demand and continued packing pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Soc
Dinner at Commercial Hotel Offered to Farmers
Notice to farmers of Lafayette county and nearby villages offers a dinner that can be served for 260 steps at the Commercial Hotel with good parlors and a waiting room. Courteous treatment credited to proprietor D. M. Goon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette County
M. Goon
The Golden Square prospectus and mining pitches
The item promotes a book titled The Golden Square claiming to reveal gas and oil fipids of Kansas coal fields of Indian Territory and lead and gine fields of Missouri. It offers steady year round work with good wages and promises no strikes. It mentions addresses in St. Louis and a return from Kansas City by Misa Lee Meng.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Indian Territory
Missouri
Katy
Wainwright
St. Louis
Adress
Mewing & Thomas
Benoist
The Umbrella Tale From Sheridan and Parliament
A London Times extract from 1803 shows Sheridan provoking humor in the house of commons by mocking lavish spending. The speech jokes that ministers could abandon the gilded coach and state pageantry and simply carry an umbrella wrapped in virtue when presenting petitions to the king.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Times
House of Commons
Sheridan
St. James
Greene County Leads in Living Ex-Sheriffs in Tennessee
Greene County in the Tennessee mountains appears to have the most living ex sheriffs with ten figures, all elected and serving two to an unspecified number of years over the last 88 years since the war era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans ‘Times- Democrat
Sam
David Harum
Greene County
Tennessee
English Women Landowners Rise in British Estate Ownership
One in seven landowners in Britain is a woman with about 33,000 women owning land in England and Wales. The figure highlights growing female property rights across the region and reflects broader social changes in landholding patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Wales
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N. P. Hoch
M.C Shewalter
Geo. W. Marquis
F.C. Zoll
8. McCallaway
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Rlackburn
C. J. Blackburn
Blackburn
N. J. Gordon
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Wellington and Vicinity
George Bryan
Odes
W. W. Corge
Lex- Maton
HS. Kinkead
James Kinkead
J. J. Iven
M.E. Ehurch
South
Surshine
Joan Gansman
Kinane
Dessie Warder
T.J. Morrin
St. Lows
James M. Lineback
Black
Ricbaoni
Kk. M. Wright
Reid
Finis King
Magoolia
Arnold Miller
Sveral
Martin
Laning-Harris Com] and Grain Co
Carter Mine
Wellington
Union Mine
Roundbeadh
Toxington
W.F. Kerdolff
W. R. Carter
Dover Doings
A. B. Reynolds
Grand Pass
Dover
Kansas City
Dr. Hitt
Will Meng
Higgineville
Art Reynolds
James Stark of
Corder
B.F. Stark
James Winn
Mary
Joe Bertrand
Fred Bray
Robin Pointer
Mise Sadie Bowgarner
Odessa
Stella Reynolds
Mayview
Mise Lacey Matthaw
Dover Christnan Church
Henry Rinehart
Misa Lee Meng
Mrs. Rinehart
Javu W Carson
Ins H Norman
J E Fishback
L Mattee Fishback
Oduasa
Home B& L Association
OM Kennedy
Jas Kirkperick
Kath G Reid
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Robt Campbell
Ion
K G Reid
Miles Washington
Lesington
Jos Burkpatrick
Little Wood Stow
Wm T Wood
Wood
Joo D Wernex
Wm H
Lillie Wood
Geo V Berry
Jac L Berry
Francia M
Furgoton
Alma N
Jas
Welborn
Chapel Hil
FM Ferguson
Jax M Welborn
Consideration
Chapel Hill
Joe F Roberts
F EH Roberta
Joe P Powell
Napoleon
Geo A Chambin
Fred Bruening
Jon Binna
Lizzie Perry
I Lexington
Ang Schmidt
Emma Theresor
Consordia
Fritz Thieman
D Roepe
Consd
AHL Bock
Peter Lanners
Qander
Wm H Powell
Wm R Corser
Chas Schaefer
Peter Muller
T J Edwards
Tome B&l Asa's
Higeinsville
F' Edwards
Bel Ass
Letyn Elwetonville
Adolph Buck
Mattie L Law
Bighand
O'Malley
Chas Mevins
Auy Stull
AE Agbury
EF Kitensehmid
Lionel M Adam
Sheng
Darvids Powell
Granville
Henry Westerbold Tod S Williams
Abres
Stock Market
The
W. S. Carter
Ninth Street
W. G. Wcausland
Ben Davis
Huntsman
Gano
Jonathan
Ark
Champion
Elberta
Henrietta
Mamie Ross
Pearl
Kieffer, Garber
Burbank
Wickson
E. Richmond
Montmorency
Eng
Morrello
Concord
Moore
Ohio
Niagara
Moore's
Diamond
Worden
Excelsior
Bedterwood
Michel's Early
Crescent
Bubach
Haverland
Marshall
Gismwark
Brandywine
Turner
Miller
Progress
Blackberries Snyder
Houghton
Chas. Teubner, Propr
Lexington, Mo
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