Odd Fellows 74th Anniversary in DeSoto
Thomas Wylie and four friends sparked Odd Fellowism in America. In DeSoto, Missouri Southeast region Odd Fellows celebrated with a ball, mock initiation, speeches by Grand Master Maring, and fine degree work by St. Louis No.1. About 6,000 attendees filled the town though lodging and street events drew criticism. A special train carried Marble Lilt, Latesville, and Glen Allen residents for a festive, orderly outing.
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Thomas Wylie
America
Table City
Chesapeake
Old England
Odd Fellows
Missouri
DeSoto
Opera House
First Regiment Band
St. Louis
Maring
Shell City
Latesville
Glen Allen
Anniversary of Odd Fellowship Celebrated in Lutesville
The passage notes a return trip arriving at Lutesville at 6:30 on Thursday morning as part of an Odd Fellows anniversary event. Attendees express a grand time and reminisce on the positive deeds of Odd Fellowship in America.
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Lutesville
America
Mayfield-Smith Academy Wins University Admission Grant
A letter from J C Jones confirms Mayfield Smith academy graduates will enter the university’s Freshman class without examination and the top rank graduate will gain tuition free. The school, led by Prof Graham, is praised for articulation with the university and expansion plans including a large boarding hall and a diverse faculty to educate 800 or more pupils.
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Mayfield Smith Academy
Graham
J. C. Jones
Mayfield-Smith Academy
J.C. Jones
Hicks
Twin Cities
Missouri
St Vincent's College to Move from Cape to St Louis
Cape Girardeau May 2 The present school year closes St Vincent's college at this place and the school will be moved to St Louis The move follows years of insufficient support though the institution has benefited the city It is reported Father N McDermott will start a private Catholic school in the college quarters Also John Schweitzer died at his home one mile from here aged 68 after a long illness and heart disease He was buried at Laflin and described as an old and respected citizen of the county.
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St. Vincents
Cape
St. Louis
Cape Girardeau
St. Vincent's College
Trax
Father N McDermott
John Schweitzer
John Sweiner
Laflin
Vandiver Lecture Promises Insight at Presbyterian Church
Prof Vandiver will speak on Columbus and the New Atlantis at the Presbyterian church next Saturday at 8 pm Introduced by Prof W A Leoffler A quartet will entertain Flora Frymire Rosa Fischer W J Dram and John Sander participate No admission fee collection noted W L Sean and daughter Minnie visiting in Onpe county ins week
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Prof
Vandiver
W. L. Sean
Mies
Minnie
Onpe
County
Mill at Millerville Nears Startup With Modern Upgrades
The Mill at Millerville, under new owner William Welty, gears up to begin operations in a few days after months of renovation. A skilled millwright supervised the modernization, ensuring the mill is in first class condition and capable of producing a fine grade of flour for both city and region.
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Millerville
William Welty
Bollinger County Names From Confederate Seventh Roll
W P McCans sends editor a clipping from Captain Valle's papers about the Confederate Seventh Cavalry of Missouri. Recruited in 1863, last regiment to surrender June 9 1865 at Shreveport with about 100 remaining of 1000. Names of Bollinger recruits listed with brief notes, honoring those who served and fell.
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Bollinger
W. P. McCans
Marmaduke
Shrevesport
Bollinger County
D. R. Bess
E. B Beas
John Sanders
Samuel Hawn
W. F. Kinder
W. L. Burns
W. M. Biffle
W. M. Hill
W. 8. Kirkpatrick
W. J. Pringle
J. W. Thornsburg
Mis Wife's Brother Shoots Man at Zalma River
In Zalma district a man named Judd shot George Johnson three times near the river, but Johnson was not seriously wounded. Judd, married and living near J. H. Grant, encountered Johnson at the river while Johnson advanced with a revolver. Mrs Judd knocked Johnson from the boat and Judd fired five times, one shot grazing the skull, another the left arm, and a third the side. Johnson escaped serious injury. The motive remains unclear. Revival closes in Lutesville as Rev. W H Evans reports twenty-two new members and eight baptisms at the Methodist church before traveling to Charleston and Paducah.
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Judd
George Johnson
Zalma
George J. Johnson
J. H. Grant
Johnson
Levi Phillips
W.H. Evans
Lutesville
Evans
Charleston
Paducah Ky
Sheep and Wool Yield Report From Marble Hill Area
Solomon Shanks, near Marble Hill, reports two young lambs and a ewe with notable wool production. A two month old lamb weighs fifty pounds, and wool yields include twelve and a half pounds from a ewe and nine and a half pounds from another lamb. Breeding remarks advocate encouraging ape breeding in the Leounty.
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Solomon Shanks
Marble Hill
Ape
Memorial Day Observance Plan for Blue and Gray
Memorial Day activities are outlined by the Grand Army of the Republic with services led by A G Wuissert. Local churches, schools, and Confederate veterans are invited to participate in ceremonies and flag etiquette ahead of May 30 1893. A Memorial sermon is slated for the Methodist church in Lutesville on May 28. Included is a somber note about a deadly accident at Teidemann’s stove factory in Jackson last Saturday.
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Franklin Shanks
Academy
National Phonsigens Tees
G. A. R. Milwaukes
Grand Army of the Repave
Grand Army of the Republic
Women’s Relief Corps
Sons of Veterans and Children of
Indiana
Illinois
A. G. Wuissert
B. B. Gray
Union
Methodist
Lutesville
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Paree
Execursionists
Thenee
Mis
G. A. BE
Rory
Jackson- JackKson
Teidemann
Colored Peoples Cemetery
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