Local Correspondents Share Sparse News From Leomsville
Our correspondents report few lems from Leomsville as missing items persist. Edna and Pent Wagner spent Sunday with Maud Barret. Bessie Barrett at Lutesville for a Stan Carlos Barrett mare loss. Roy Warner in New Jersey for New Years, Alvin Bostic out visiting, Dovey Hetrick and Ira Gray family updates, and Wee news from Greenbrier and Grassy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna
Pent
Wagner
Maud Barrett
Bessie Barrett
Lutesville
Stan Carlos Barrett
Stckers
A.M. Docks
Bert
Leoms
EB. Waaner
Roy
France
New Jersey
Ada Kinder
J. C. Mes Clain
Alvin Bostic
Dovey Hetrick
Ira Gray
EE Dunn
Greenbrier
William Lee
Henry Crives
Billie
Grassy
Perant
Blue Eyed
Chunes
Local notices and social updates from St Louis area
Leopold Mir and Mrs Price were with their daughter in St Louis last Monday. Mrs Anna Jacobs died Thursday after serious illness. Howard Horrell is very sick. Miss Mary Elfrink and her brother Rev Fo Hulsof visit relatives in Vira. Robert Jansen and Juin VariDhyren, discharged from training camps, are home. Many young folks attended the dance at Jota Seiler. Thursday Mary Jansen left for Arcadia. A Reader at
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Mir
Jota Seiler
Mary Jansen
Arcadia
Local movers and illnesses cited in Whitewater notes
Community updates record several relocations with Proffer moving to Cape Girardeau and Langston purchasing the Proffer property. Avg Shafer and family relocate to Elsinore while Wiley Young moves into the Shafer dwelling. Clydé Proffer and wife occupy rooms once held by Herman Blumenburg. Elam Nance shifts to the Griffin farm near Allenville and Slaughter and Nance plan to move below Delta. Concurrently one boy ill with pneumonia and another with flu show health updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Ford
Wm. Devore
Russell
Wai. Proffer
Cape Girardeau
Tate Langston
Proffer
Shafer
Elsin
Local hospital notes and Red Cross efforts report
Mrs Wen Welty remains at St Fravers hospital in poor condition with pneumonia. Willa Grafton has been very ill but now sits up. The Red Cross, Cape Chapter, reports many socks and sewing completed despite flu season. Proctor’s mother, Mrs Eb Proffer, recovered from appendicitis and plans to be operated December 24? No, December 24th. Grandin Gartonger from Bertin knitted twelve pairs. Best wishes extended to the Press and its readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Cape
Grandin Gartonger
Bertin
Tome
Mere Eb Proffer
St. Francis
Dear Sister letter from WWI era reveals hopes of homecoming
A wartime letter from Norman W. Runnels Co. M 350th Infantry in France dated December 18 1918 expresses relief over the Kaiser's defeat and longing for home including hunting meals and a warm bed. It notes delayed pay and travel toward the States as he contemplates reuniting with family. The same page includes a obituary for Zella Jane Denton 21 of Post Oak Chapel with church testimony and promise of reunion in Heaven. Local items from Lutesville feature community notes on residents, visits, moves, and business activity.
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France
Herne
Trearties
Lav Devore
Tani
Livepool
Liverpool
Ena J
States
Rome
Norman W. Runnels Co. M
350Th Infantry
A. PO
E. F
Fitry
Zella Jane Denton
Niswonger
David Niswanger
Lafe Denton
Zella
Last Rites and Funeral Observance Amid War News
The text recalls a mother’s plea for her child’s upbringing in faith as death came after five months of illness. Funeral rites were led by Reverend Trenthan with a hopeful scripture passage. A friend notes a written tribute by A.M Dogtzett. The narrative shifts to wartime trench observations and prisoner handling, describing a patrol and capture with rifles and artillery in action the next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee
Cather
Thomas Trenthan
Pat
Baer Cerne
For Sale Cheap If Sold In A Short Time
An item list offers items for sale including a Hambleton dan Stollen and a teeta black rock, plus prices and measurements. Also notes a burial obituary for Roy Lutes of Lutesville age 19 years 6 months 3 days, died after illness, with family details and service plans.
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Hambleton
Dan Stollen
Terry Knowles
Patton
Roy Blier Lutes
Henry Lutes
Lutesville
Roy
Stomach troubles relieved by Black-Draught, Scottsburg note
Mrs Annie Johnson of Scottsburg Indiana writes of long constipations and stomach upset. After unsuccessful medicines she used Thedford's Black-Draught and felt improvement. The letter warns stomach disorders bring headaches biliousness indigestion and potential trouble if untreated. The product is praised as a gentle natural liver regulator and bowel cleanser.
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Scottsburg
Ind
Annie Johnson
Thedford
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Prue Mwai
Chastier Pabliener
Ee Marnne Hipowrotics
Serond
Mentor
M.S. Gladish
Bollinger
Annether Ros
Mary L. Metalloch
Schoals
Hollinger County
Annather Sean Mc Dulaney
Pubte Sehide
Bollinger County
Matherine
G. E. Colline
Bolinger County
Buchanan
Leopold
Whitewater
Dora Hunter
Homer Allman
Wen Welty
St Fravers Hospital
AC Willa
Wilew Neff
Neal
Congregational Methodist Church
Post Oak Chapel
Lutesville News
Coa Walker & Son Hardware Company
Leslie Mouser
Marquand
Mildred Sample
Hihnors
Selma VanAamburg
Fredericktown
Roh Phelps
Freericktown
GT Pittman
Cuoningham Farm
R W. VanAmburg
Ricketts Bros
Omer Lutes
St Louis
Otis Johnson
Dongola
Rela
Chas. Coleman
W. A. Butler
Hy. Elfrank
N. A. Johnson
Homer Chandler
St. Louis
Golden Shore
A.M Dogtzett
Fu Memoriam
Fie
WM. Lages, M. D
Car
Tyes
Lutesville, Mo
Bollinger County Abstract Co Incorporated
Advance
Marble Hill
Missouri
iWike
Chasxnnes
J. W. Crasours
R. W. VanAmbura
Miasseun
A. Sander
Marthe Hill, Missmery
Luiesville
Harness Shop
Henry Elfrank
Leewter
Trowel Lodge
A. F
A.M
Eweh Ononth
W. K. Chandler
A. J. “Vanion
Indiana
H. Bollinger
C. L
Hollinger
Bank of
Zalma
Zalma, Missouri
HOH
Myers
Vicw
AE James
D. F. Myer
Burglar Insurance
National Safe & Loos Company
Bargent & Greenival
Condor
W. W. Sample, Jr
Robert Drum
J J Chandier
Bollinger County Bank
Welle Wow Samper
JJ Chandler Henry Kifrant Kober
Drum
Thrift IS
Portant
Germany
Bank of Marble Hill
Erbic
Erly
J. H. Widecarver
Marble Hill, Missouri
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