Goose Hill notes and local happenings in Bollinger county
This column from Goose Pond Hill reports on illness such as whooping cough and mumps, various local arrivals and visits, farm activity including new ground clearing and a sawmill purchase, a looming major court case on the 25th, and community events. It mentions agricultural losses, vaccination uptake, school meetings, and several residents by name, with brief remarks on local politics and economic happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goose Pond Hill
Vene Horrell
Aeia
France Tippett
E. F. Sadeen
Richland Boys
Nelson
Peter Virgin
Goose Hill
Bollinger County
W. A. Clippard
Greenbriar
A. J. Lyke
Dru
Howard Black
Jeff Estes
Millerville
Richland Farm
Cross Roads Community Notes and Local Activities
Health is very good as farmers sow oats. Several citizens attended last week’s event. The Cross Roads boys organize a review society. Everett Upchurch closed a successful month of school Friday. R B Pstes plans to move to Cape Girardeau County near Jackson. C M Burton and O R Kirkpatrick attended A B E Upchurch’s school closing exercises Friday. A short note invites readers to engage with Tap Press as a personal contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cross Roads
Everett Upchurch
R. B. Pstes
Cape Girar’cau County
Jackson
C. M. Burton
O. R. Kirkpatrick
Maysfield-Smith Academy
A. BE. Upchurch
Crooked Creek News Brief on Local Ills and Births
Bill Killian clears ground as illness widens in the area. John Palmer is very sick while W A Yount builds a new residence and Napoleon Yount remains confined by the same disease. A daughter born on the 11th to Mer and Mrs L A Yount. G H Lee plans improvements on the Guanor farm. Sam Shell builds a dally and yard work deteriorates amid widespread sickness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Killian
John Palmer
W. A. Yount
Napoleon Yount
Mer
L. A. Yount
G.H. Lee
Guanor
Sam Shell
Allen Setae Consi
Clear Bucky
Wis
Wreck and wild weather tales in Southeast Missouri
A deadly wreck on the Mississippi River and Bonne Terre line at Elvins killed John Haney and injured two others. Farms report hydrophobia among a horse, a steer, and a dog near Poplar Bluff. Kennett remains free of smallpox since March 3 after a suspected case moved away. A fish story from near Kennett features five miles east of town where W. A. Branch killed 51 buffalo fish weighing at least eight pounds. A Cape Girardeau rail mill consolidation forms the Cape County Milling Company with A. R. Byrd as president and F. Tiedemann as treasurer. Other items note Dexter fire damage, stockholder meetings, and local disturbances in Jackson Comet and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River
Bonne Terre
Elvins
John Haney
Poplar Bluff
Dunklin Democrat
Kennett
W. A. Branch
New River
St. Louis, Kennett & Southern Railroad Company
Cape Girardeau
Pemiscot Railroa Company
Bloomfield
Dexter
Jefferson City
Hill
Stone
Walnut Street
Stoddard
Miller, Riddle & Co
News Riddle
Charles Smyth
Mayes & Allen
HH Sachs
John Grissom
Jesse Conley
Lingle
Suath & Co
Jackson
Cape County
Horrell & Buehler Co
S Mills
Burfordville
Recorder
The
Cape County Milling Company
A. R. Byrd
F. Tiedemann
J. L. Hinkle
Tiedemann
J.C. Clippard
A. H. Clippard
J. A. Horrell
R. M. McCombs
B. Morrell
Sami Dickenson
Jesse Mitchell
Boyd
Keach
Poplar Bluffoe Fault
Mississippi
Columbus
James Southers
Learare
H. U. Blackstone
Kentucky Farmer Candidate Wins by Surprise
In a Kentucky county near the county seat a wealthy farmer, active in politics but not ambitious for office, reluctantly agreed to run. His friends backed him, he campaigned, and on election night he won decisively. He proclaimed, Susan, I’m acquitted, while his wife reacted with surprise at his unexpected success amid a week of mixed results from laborers and unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Jones
Senate
House
Congress
Cleveland
Collins
Avill
Wall
Mr. Cleveland
Kentucky
George
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Papa McCormick
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H. B. McGlendon
Homer
South Lodge Boys
Arias
Marty
Robicai Rok
Aids Bays
Zalma
Sample
Constable Huskey
J. W. Walker
Speer
Em Baker
the Glen
Squire Gaines
Zalima
Hale’s College
C. H. Pape
F. M. Womack
Illinois
eWiscocarver
Andrew McMinn
F. Smith & Son
Perry Smith
Joe Weyant
Bigp House
Tux Press
Sheeny
Will Tinnin
Charles Murray
Mattie Roach
Marquand
Samuel Shell
John Shell
Pine Union
Southeast News
United States
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