Announcers Declare Candidacies for Local Judicial Seats
HON. ROBERT A. ANTHONY announces his bid for Judge of the Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit subject to the democracy. HON. JERRY B. BURKS also seeks that judgeship subject to party action. HON. GEORGE T. LEE of Van Buren Carter county seeks reelection to the state senate. HON. MADISON R. SMITH of Farmington Ste. Francois county seeks Congress from this district subject to convention or primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Anthony
Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit
Jerry B. Burks
George T. Lee
van Buren
Carter County
State Senate
Madison R. Smith
Farmington
Ste. Francois County
Good Roads Organization Question Raised For Meeting
The writer asks what has become of the Good Roads organization and suggests a meeting now that roads are in poor condition. Thanks are given to State Superintendent Carrington for his Fifty fourth Report of Public Schools full of useful information about public schools.
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Good Roads
Carrington
Local option debate spurs calls for reform in two counties
The piece denounces one party dominance and harsh politicking in New Madrid and Scott counties. It argues for primary elections to curb wasteful wrangling and urges readers to vote on local option next Saturday while defending fair discussion in The Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Madrid
Scott
Nomination Announcement for Thirteenth District Candidate
Hon M R Ssrru announces his bid to represent the Thirteenth district in Congress. Born and raised in the county, he studied at Central College Fayette Missouri and trained in the law office of Hon Louis Houck at Cape Girardeau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. R. Ssrru
Congress
Our County
Central College
Fayette
Louis Houck
Cape
Prominent Missouri Lawyer and Politician Smith
Girardeau born lawyer, served as prosecuting attorney in Bollinger county and edited Marble Hall Herald. Elected to state senate in 1986 for one term, chaired joint Criminal Code revision, and did extensive committee work. Moved to Farmington in 1957, reported for St. Louis Court of Appeals four years. plans to visit the county and seek public support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Farmington
St. Louis
Local Option Law Securing Prohibition on Alcohol Sales
The text states that if a majority opposes intoxicating liquors, selling or giving alcohol is unlawful and punishable by a fine of 300 to 1000 dollars or 6 to 12 months in jail. Exceptions include wine for sacramental use and alcohol for medicinal purposes. The article references sections 3032, 3005, and 4094.
Use Alcohol in The Home Morality Debate
The excerpt argues that any alcohol kept at home for emergencies or stomach issues marks a dangerous example. It targets the moral dangers of moderate drinkers who defend home liquor as harmless, framing such stance as a threat to moral society.
Temperance letter on local option and child safety
A temperance writer argues against moderate drinking, warning that fathers’ drinking normalizes alcohol for sons and may seed lifelong cravings. The piece ridicules pro local option prayers and asserts modern science offers alternatives to alcohol for dangers like snake bites. Aunt Temperance signs off.
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Christian
Temperance
Posey of Peace in Violet Valleys
In verse, F.L.S. from Atlant Constitution reflects on a worker’s fatigue and journey to eternal rest. The speaker envisions weary toil giving way to a loftier day as unseen angels beckon to a realm with no night and a deathless sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.L.S
Atlant
Constitution
Local notes include illness and farming updates
Our correspondents report Mrs. KK Baker seriously ill with pneumonia and Sam Baker sowing oats. Measles cases noted nearby. Annie Lunsford buried at Mausker graveyard last week. Charley May owns an apple orchard of 500 trees. Home wet votes exist but local option may win by about three quarters. James Null owns a library of 500 books. Povocarareni.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Low
David Borders
KK. Baker
Sam Baker
Annie Lunsford
Mausker Craveyard
Charley May
James Null
Chestner Family Notes and Local Affairs in Lowell
D D Killian fixed for taring the lads. Chestner family visits Lodge area. Laura Nanney finishes school term at Pin Hook. J M Chestner at Cape County closing exercises. Chestner schoolhouse services fourth Sunday monthly. J H W Chestner returns from St Louis after wife’s tumor surgery. she remains in city recovering. Wet weather persists, forecast to clear after the 19th. Killian completes new dwelling. Mary Flower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Docks
Laura Nanney
Pin Hook
Mankins
Wis
Nanney
J. M. Chestner
P. BB. Chestner
Cape County
Chestner
Frank Baker
Ivy Cole
Ida Nanney
P. B. Chestner
J. H W. Chestner
St. Lonis
D. D. Killian
Maryflower
Local notes from a mud covered week near Sedgewickville
Miscellaneous local items include visitors from Jackson Gravel Till and Patton on business. Jonas Burks finishes a new yard fence and advocates improvements. Local option discussion led by Rev Miller of Sedgewickville with planned addresses by J M Welker. Uncle John Estes dies of heart disease and is buried in Chestner cemetery after March 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scopus
John Burford
Jackson
William Ates
J.T. Chestner
Patton
Jonas Burks
Jonas
Nichols Chapel
Miller
Sedgewickville
J. M. Welker
Lyman Bridges
S. E. Dewhitt
Marble Hill
J. B. Cole
F.T. Bridges
Chas. Steauvleaf
Glen Allen
William Dewhitt
Dunklin County
John Estes
Chestner
Geo. Wallace
Millerville
Health Boom Boosts Small Town Economy
Local area shows improving health services and economic upswing as population centers expand. Community leaders cite new clinics, rising home construction, and growing small businesses fueling sustained growth. Residents express cautious optimism about jobs and services keeping pace with development.
Local Building and Social Notes From Town
Curley Winchester visited Cape Girardeau last Saturday. FP G Lambert now runs his sucmaill regularly. George Hart married Mrs Sarah Revelle near Drum last Sunday. W E Winchester reports a new barn completed and ready for use. B Jack shares the news of these household updates and well wishes from friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curley Winchester
Cape Girardean
G. Lambert
Drum
George Hart
Sarah Revelle
W. EE. Winchester
B. Jack
Local Notes Highlight Town Names and Moves
Miss Nellie Huskey visited Monday while A J Dale moved to Cairo and back this week claiming Laflin is best. Frank Eldracher quit loading slaves here. J F Crader runs a fine restaurant. We are dry and back Folk for Governor. Will Hays visited St Louis. students attend Marble Hill W M College and Lutesville Normal. Fred Buchner plans Leopold move. John Winters clerks for L J Grimsley. Dale travels to Leopold. G E Kinder at Whitewater. Thomas Berry to Patton. Fred Clippard heads to Kansas City for the Republican state convention. Col P M Sherwood now resident of Laflin. Big revival at Barks Chapel nears close led by Rev Swope. Will come again. Revnen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Huskey
A.J. Dale
Cairo
Laflin
Frank Eldracher
J. F. Crader
Joseph W. Folk
Will Hays
St. Louis
Estie Snider
Estelle Fisher
Edna Rose
W. M. Colege
Marble Hill
Laura Strong
Lutesville Normal
Fred Buchner
Leopold
John F. Winters
L. J. Grimsley
G. E. Kinder
Whitewater
Thomas Berry
Patton
Fred Clippard
Kansas City
Col. P.M. Sherwood
Barks Chapel
Local option urged in Bollinger county debate
Sedgewickville MO advocate argues that local option will reduce crime and moral decline caused by alcohol. He warns voters that a dry ballot protects families, children, and wages, while a wet vote promotes vice and costs. he urges enforcement and Christian duty to support prohibition.
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Bollinger
Bollinger County
Women of Bollinger urged to vote for local option
A temperance appeal from Glen Allen Missouri calls on the women of Bollinger county to influence the coming local option election. It argues liquor fuels crime and ruin, urges mothers wives and daughters to organize and secure a dry vote for the 19th instant, stressing vigilance and quiet decisive action.
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Bollinger
Bollinger County
Commonwealth
Court terms and cases from March 1904 docket
March term 1904 court met March 14 with Judge Anthony. Cases include State v Sullivan dismissed on motion and at state cost. State v Oswald dismissed on felony and guilty to misdemeanor. State v Schlatitz pleads guilty to illegal sale of liquor with $100 fines. Additional entries note repeated Schlatitz guilty pleas and fines.
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Robert A. Anthony
State
Amon Sullivan
Charles Oswald
F. O. Schlatitz
State and county court criminal and civil docket items
Case list includes State v F O Schiatitz and Schlatitz illegal liquor sales with guilty plea and fines, Burns Watkins $200 fine, Jenkins murder continued to June 6 1904, Caldwell appeal by jury $25, Man Gaither appeal continued, estate assignment Williams and Morgan, Slybaugh damages, Stone vs St L & Gulf damages continued, Isenhower guardianship non suit, Richardson vs St L M Se E Ry damages $75 stay 60 days, Brewer vs Brosier change of venue, defendants’ answer.
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F. O. Schiatitz
F. O. Schlatitz
Burns Watkins
James
George Jenkins
State
J. B. Caldwell
Wm. Isenhower
A. J. Smith
James H. Richardson
James R. Brewer
Charles Brosier
Maine Change Drives Lyman Broadhead to Madness
In a comic excerpt from Februarys Gent. Usean's Home Companion, neighbors recall Lyman Broadhead's descent into insanity after his daughter Mary returned from Allegash with her name altered to Mae, then Maine. The tale unfolds with a town rumor about published notices and an asylum.
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Beenaway
Lyman Broadhead
Staidhome
Mary
Allegash
Mae
Maine
Iuis
Usean
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