Tragedies and trials across Southeast Missouri
A four year old, Thomas Back, was accidentally shot by a companion while hunting near Bloomfield and died before reaching home. A Caruthersville fire caused losses of 312,000 to 115,000 with no insurance. Stallions owned by Oz and Brown Clippard died, and longtime engineer Mike Daly takes a layoff after steering the first train across the Kads bridge. Missouri press meeting set at Charleston, while Puxico reports four infant daughters dying within a day. County and local option elections ordered for January in Mississippi County and Charleston. News notes include De Soto fare law pressure, a preacher’s farewell in the Southeast Missouri area, and a酒disturbance at a Farmington recital. A mob of locals threatens a Black resident in Desloge. Lawsuit over land in Stoddard County ends with no award, and a Bernie boy, Emory Norman, is killed by a Cotton Belt freight train. The Cash-Book reports a carved egg with a leaf motif sent by Ben McMullen.
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Mahlen Merit
Emory Norman
Bernie East Sinadsas
Atal
Omon
Norman Lad
Bors
Prince of Peace hymn and Arkansas travel note
A Christmas period meditation blends a reverent carol excerpt by C F Vandervort with a travel log from T. Pounp describing a December journey from Trn Mountain to Okolona near Gordon. The writer notes cotton center activity, rail shipments, and a meeting with Levi N. Harris, railroad agent, praising Okolona and Pike City while wishing readers a merry Christmas.
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Peor
Faust Thrarngeh Tran
Fynyden
Ark
Tron Mountain
Okolona
William
Arkansas River
Little Rock
Argenta
Gordon
Arkansas and Southwestern
Antime
Delight
Pike City
Levi N. Harris
J. A. Harris
Glen Allen
T. J. Pound in Arkansas
The Press notes that T J Pound and his wife report they are well and traveling, having left their home in Old Bollinger in December and boarded a train. The brief item confirms their health and travel status.
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T. J. Pound
Arkansas
the Press
Marble Hill
Old Bollinger
Watch Free with boys suits at Marble Hill store
A Marble Hill advertiser offers boys suits sized fourteen to sixteen in stock with a free watch. The ad promises quality, latest styles, and urges customers to visit the Brick Store to see them. W A Duxyx linked to the Marble Hill shop.
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W. A. Duxyx
Marble Hill
Dora Yount Obituary Near Marble Hill 1908
Mrs Dora Yount nee Barks beloved wife of Napoleon Yount died December 4 1908. Daughter of George and Mrs Barks near Marble Hill she moved with her husband to his Loyd area farm where she won many friends. A member of the M I Church South she died in the Christian faith and urged loved ones to live right so they may meet again in a better world.
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Dora Yount
Barks
Napoleon Yount
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Thomas Back
Bloomfield
Caruthersville
Jackson
Brown Clippard
Oak Ridge
Mike Daly
Jackson Branch
Daly
Tle
St. Louis
Fred Naeter
Southeast Missouri Press Association
Charleston
Puxico
Reuben FP. Jones
Professor Jones
Stoddard County
Mississippi County
Perryville News
Ehere
Jesus
Ironton Register
de Soto
Missouri
Tam
Chaplin
Farmington
Parmington
Mr. Short
Martin N. Clardy
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
John EB. Marshall
Sikeston
Williams
Stodenood County
Clardy and Marshall
Ben McMullen
Santa Claus
H. B. Gore
Lutesville
Bor
Thouich
Rewal
Judea
Bethlehem
New Jerusalem
C. F. Vandervort
Norleigh
Bollinger County
Clark’s Hardware
Lutesville, Missouri
Taylor Mercantile Company
Buckbee
Uckeee Street
Backhoe
Hockford, Ill
VY Hiite
Tor
Ballard-Snow
C.o
Louis, MO
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