Senator Reed defeats Baker in close 60 vote race
The East region votes finalize a contest for public schools overseer with Democrat L. Lee defeating Republican Samuel Baker by more than 60 votes. Secretary Becker and clerk Eugene Stephens announced full counts within hours. Final state ticket totals show United States Senator Renee Keerer leading Brandis and others, with Supreme Court divisions decided as well.
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L. Lee
Samuel ¥. Baker
Becker
Eugene Stephens
Unclaimed Missouri Soldier Bonus Checks Reported
Missouri commission says several soldier home fund checks are unclaimed including names from Southeast Mitnor Poplar Britich Piedmont New Madrid Lutesville Gideon and others. The notice lists individuals and towns amid a broader casual advertisement mix for medicines and laundry work offers.
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Missouri Soldier Home Fund
Commission
Southeast Mitnor
Poplar Britich
Pop Bluff
Harry Matton
M. Watson
William & Daniel
Piedmont
Mre
Henrietta Jones
New Madrid
Jose PL. Linbaugh
Lutesville
Foner Marre
Gideon
Aree Wise
Robert J. Viliane
Fire destroys North Main street store in early hours blaze
A serious fire tore through a North Main street store early Monday evening, damaging the Hort frarmancy building and trapping workers inside. Otto Marptry and others fought the flames with water streams but could not stop the spread. Fire crews arrived quickly and confined the blaze to one building, saving adjacent structures from destruction.
Christmas Letters and a College Romance in a Dusty Page
Fragmented diary like excerpts reveal Horace courting Hilda, with letters, family judgment, and social pressures across years. The narrative traces proposals, age gaps, and a stubborn push toward a fragile marriage amid gifts, gossip, and the weight of past letters.
Fire destroys homes as strong wind aids spread
Last Monday morning a fire originated near a schoolhouse area in Pornfelt, engulfing a house occupied by John Irvin and later a nearby Baker residence. Fire departments fought the blaze under high winds, saving little of the Irvin household, which had no insurance, and protecting surrounding properties with shovels and hoses.
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John Irvin
Henry Blumenberg
Pornfelt
Tuberculosis Christmas Seals Sold By School Children
Christmas seals for a pictured design will be sold here and in the county this December by school children. They have been sold in America for fourteen years, reducing deaths from tuberculosis by more than half. In Missouri deaths fell from 5113 in 1911 to 9080 in 1921.
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America
Misscouri
Sheriff Captures White Mule Raid in Wartime Township
Sheriff Baker and two deputies conducted a Wednesday raid in Warne township, seizing fifteen gallons of white mule and three other items. The operation targeted local dens and alleged illicit activities, with officers noting the raid followed specific complaints about disturbances and health concerns.
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Warne
Attack on Mrs Smith in coal shed shocks city
About 7 40 p m Mrs V F Smith of Meckwith avenue near Seventh street confronted a burley Black assailant in her coal shed who seized her showing brute force threaten to kill if she cried out Neighbors and her husband alerted a dragoon guard who found injuries mainly to lips and face and bruises The assailant fled amid a citywide search Lakey once employed at the Smith Drug Store is held in jail as a suspect and the case remains under investigation
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Democrat Argus
Mre
V. F. Smith
Meckwith Avenue
Seventh Street
Dy Noh
Hultinge
Smith Drug Store
Attempts to Wreck Two Trains in County Night
Reports describe two separate train wrecking attempts near Hoyt and Holland as a St. Louis to Memphis southbound train and a northbound freight faced obstructions. Perpetrators placed ties and timing devices on tracks to derail engines, with no robbery motive found. A related note cites a potential $70 bounty offer and local responses.
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