Brick Work Grows as New Buildings Rise in Town
Ro s e m o n t hall rises rapidly with walls above the third floor. Smith Witmer and Witmer blocks begin first timber frames. Brader woodwork under way. Klene & Henze brickwork contract begun. Sheriff Wells house carpenters near done. Mayer & Son painting. Barford & Co. new business house nearly finished. F A Stanton builds frame residence. Edwin M Stanton buys and repairs former Parsons house for occupancy. A Negro Minstrel organized by local youths for holiday entertainment. Christian Convention of Southeast Missouri to meet in Bonne Terre Oct 18 20. Fire destroys Malone's general store near Sikeston. other buildings escape. L A Goodwin plans commission house in Dexter. temporary Wheat House tenancy. Horse death at Cape Girardeau fair. broken neck ruled as heart failure after a fall. Rail and civic notices from Fort Smith and Chicago travelers.
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Rosemont Hall
Smith Witmer
Philip Brader
Smiths
Warren
Barford and
Cape Girarpkav
Carbondale
Henry M. Smith
Fort Smith Ark
J. T. Wells
Chicago
Jennie Sample
Colorado Springs
Swamp Land Commission Considers New Survey Line
The Swamp Land Commission at Cape Girardeau held its monthly meeting on October 13. They approved September salaries and expenses, noted $11,437.20 of a $10,000 survey appropriation spent, expected to cover twelve months, and discussed Frissell’s first monthly report with maps and multiple survey lines along the Arkansas state line. Ivy succeeds Barnard as science chair at the State Normal school, while a humorous exchange about the Press rounding out the page ends the notes.
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Swamp Land Commission
Cape Grrardeav
New Madrid
Frissell
Mississippi River
Arkansas State Line
DunBlin County
Dunklin
Pemiscot
Butler County
Pemiscot Bayou
Frissells
Ivy
Barnard
Cape Girardrau
Board of Regents
Henry M. Ivy
J. A. Barnard
State Normal School
Ivgy
Wayne County
Arkansas
Jane
May Come Yet Electric Lights For The Twin Cities
Electric lights may come to the Twin Cities as F A Stanton installs a large new boiler and engine in the old factory yard to power a stave factory. Rumors and cautious optimism focus on lighting the city by electricity, supported by local business sentiment and observed enterprise.
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Twin Cities
F. A. Stanton
Stanton
Race horse broken neck shocks Cape Fair news
In today’s press the Cape Fair bicycle race is noted amid general reports. An engineers’ report hints at possible electric lighting. Numerous items include a fatality of a horse and buggy theft and other condensed notes from correspondents.
We’re Freezing and Accepting Wood Payments
Subscribers request paying subscriptions in wood, with a demand for up to fifteen cords. Citizens urged to deliver promptly as cold weather worsens. Also notice of a clearing sale at B Rosenblum's offering boys and childrens suits for $1 to $3. Cicero Zimmerman from Glen Allen on business. Treasurer Albert Perkins’s baby ill this week. Walter Burford of Gravel Hill visiting town.
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Court Houses
Marble Hill
Glen Allen
Lutesville
Bollinger Mil Road
Lynsay
B. Rosenblum
Cicero Zimmerman
Albert , Perkins
Sachs’ Mercantile Company
Walter Burford
Gravel Hill
A Dark Town Cape Girar Deal and Local Happenings
Cape Girardeau notes report a two week halt in electric lighting after a five year Hartzell contract ends. City officials compare rates with Arkansas and Illinois towns finding 86 per light most common. Missouri press meeting planned for January 1894 in St Louis with bylaws revision. Local injuries include David Lutes struck by a saw while repairing machinery. Fragrant Flowers notes tell of Myrtle and Ethel Dunn presenting bouquets to the editor. A stolen horse case from Larin is mentioned. John Barks dies near Glen Allen at 35 after bilious complications. burial at Wallace cemetery. Dr C A Sander installs a tin roof on the warehouse.
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Cape Girar
Cape
Hartzell
Shnchert
Chappel
Arkansas
Tinois
Lariin
Arthur Kinder
Gordonville
John Barks
Glen Allen
Wallace
Press Notice Urges Subscribers to Pay Arrears
The issue dated November 2, 1893 warns subscribers not to fall more than one year behind on payments and threatens removal from the list if arrears remain unpaid within four weeks. Also reports a near miss when a kiln wall collapsed on two workers, a delegate elected on first ballot Rev T J Kendall, a death of Mrs Abigail Vandervort, and a local grocer’s notice of business continuation.
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Sve
The
Republic
Journal of Agriculture
Farm for Sale Near Marble Hill Me 40 Acre Lot
40 acre farm four miles north of Mayfield Smith Academy Marble Hill Maine for sale at a low price. Twenty five acres cultivated with an orchard of 860 fruit trees one acre in strawberries and a cottage smoke house and other buildings. Cash sale terms. For details contact M A Wal or similar.
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Mayfield-Smith Academy
Marble Hill
Taxmaee Ee Ress
M. A
Wa Latedyjt
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Robert Fischer
Dolph Mayer
John Lane
Folsom Portis
General Chandler
Tom Allen
Christian Convention
Bonne Terre
Christian Churches of
Southeast Missouri
Sikkeston
Malone
Little River
Oat” Road
Himmelburgers Large
Marshall Brothers
L. A. Goodwin
Dexter
King & Revelle
Tom
W. A. Leoffier
Everbody
Cape Girardeau
Emil Thillenung
William Frenzel
Everett Hicks
Horrell
Mark E. Horrell
Sheriff Wells
Fulton
Leopold
B. Rosembloom
Sachs Mercantile
Rosemblum
M. Kaufman
Sachs Mercantile Company
St. Louis
St.Louis
Firth O Burford & Co
Lutpnville
Roxana
Omza Allen
Burfordaville
Nan
Prof
Basnard
Cape Fair
New Pension Board
Mark Horrell
State Press Association
Oliver
Dr. Talmage
Sereal
Geralda
Laflin
Paris
St Louis
Missouri State Press Assoiation
Laclede Hotel
Charles E. Stokes
Dexter Enterprise Mesenger
David Lutes
Myrtle
Ethel Dunn
C. A.sander
B. Rosenbloom
T High and
Wainui Streets
John
Lane
Thomas Tankersley
F. P. Trautwein
T J. Kendall
West Plains
Memphis
Vandervort
Abigail Vandervort
A. B. Cliprard
Yda Statman
Mathie A. Mayer
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