Various local notices from Southeast Missouri periodicals
A survey of scattered reports shows a proposed $25,000 hospital for the poor submitted to Jefferson County voters. criminal and civil actions include a bond for J O Stent after a killing in Kennett, and a city sidewalk suit in St Genevieve. Local industry notes include diamond drills, land sales, a Missouri wood haul record, and a boy violinist praised at Kennett concerts. Community fire damage, bank and mercantile notes, and farm news appear from Cape Girardeau, Farmington, Advance, and Bloomfield buffers.
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Jefferson County
New Madrid
Missourian
Katie Howard
St. Genevieve
Missouri University site stone laying marks new building deed
Last week a stone box sealed with Masonic rites marked the laying of the new SLO university hall at Columbia. Speakers included Grand Master Dockery, Dr. A. Ross Hill, and Dean Henry J. Waters. An ear of corn from the college of agriculture was placed in the copper box, and thirty ears competed in a state-wide contest. Also noted were sermon and religious census updates, and articles on winter dairy feeding and shelter for cows, along with an obituary for Rachel Ann Bittle.
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University
Alexander Muaithind
Richmond
Reid
Missouri
Themer
Teorun
C. H. Eckles
University of Missouri
Peaceful riverside life in simple honest woods
Byron Williams celebrates rural peace by the river away from town. He contrasts quiet beauty with harsh city cries, praising a simple wholesome life in golden woods and rippling shallows guided by the beauty of God. The tone reflects calm reflection and reverent, pastoral imagery.
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Byron Williams
George Washington Jr Attempts Horse Sale Tale
A Chicago News item recounts George Washington Jr trying to sell a horse. The buyer asks if the horse is a good traveler and the owner asserts it will trot at least to the limit, saying he will not specify distances. The dialogue centers on performance and distance without precise measurements.
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George Washinggton, Jr
Chicago News
Quotations on prudence and wealth from the Boston Transcript
The Boston Transcript offers a set of maxims on humility wealth and self knowledge. It cautions that restraint may be the only asset a man truly possesses and that belief money buys power tempts moral compromise. It argues examining a self made man’s path reveals many self created chances rather than luck.
Women and suffrage asked amid domestic duties
The Chicago Record Herald quotes a man praising his wife who aids a universal suffrage movement while tending sick mother, housework, children, and lacking help. It contrasts town gossip and male behavior, noting social pressures and clichés about women and public life. The piece, from Slickerville Mirror, humorously cites a line about domestic life and gender roles.
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Chicago Record- Herald
Dean's Kidney Pills Promised Cure for Suffering
An ad asserts no sleep or rest for kidney trouble and promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as a cure. It includes a testimonial from L S Proffer of Missouri praising relief and sleep restoration after trying the product, with Foster Milburn Co as U S sole agents. A closing odd note mentions a new comet without a tail.
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Dean
L.S. Proffer
Luarrswilie
Price
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
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Southeast News
Caruthersville
J. O. Stent
Squirrel” Wilkinson
Kennett
Chenry
Dunklin County
East Prairie Mayle
Portageville
Dows
Conan
Farmington
Vimes
Federal
S. Henry Smith
Fredericktown
Advance
Stoddard County
Dunklin News
Miannel
John Stevens
Southeast Missouri
Bloomfield
Town
Pulse
Lead Belt News
McGrahan Mercsantile Company
Taylor Place
Fiirm
Essex
Kolle
W. J
Ikelle
Sikeston Herald
J. W. Edwards
Sikeston
Brown Spur
G. W. Chapman
Caruthersville Democrat
Johnson
Dunklin Democrat
Pehlinson
Cape Gharardeau
Carthersvalle
University of Mo
Kw. Stephens
Columbia
Baptist General Association of Misforri
Moberly
Engineering Department
The
T. J. Redhouse
Tobe
Charles A. Ellwood
Kansas City
Elswood
America
Ellwood
Rachel Ann
Josima
Catherine Albright
Madison County
Bell City
Methodist Church
A. L
Bell City Bank
Cabot
Marvin College
Katie
Boston Transcript
Torperto al
Herome Taonel
Amd
Hi. B. Gols
Selz
Drums Store
Lutesville
Ae Ruet Mun & Co
Scientific American
Scvenige
Munn & E
F St
Washinton
D.C
Wwe
Hiith
Ballard-Snow Liniment Co
U. Louis
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