Local Social Notes and New Year News from Marshall
Mrs. R. P. White returns from Howard county visit. J. T. Herndon and S. E. Chamberlain call from Herndon. A ten pound boy born to Mr. and Mrs. John Bistans in Herndon on Jan 2. Miss Annie Hayes from Sedalia visits Marshall relatives. Miss Bertha John of Sweet Springs visiting Lena John of West Marshall. New Year dinner hosted by Mrs. J. H. Keehart. Mrs. Dave Nooe and home improved after return from New Mexico. Annie Niemier Nora Smith from Nelson visit Keehart home. Carl Keehart Floyd Jones travel to Columbia for agriculture term. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Farmer visit Mt. Olive area with daughter. Mary Harland accompanying. Frank Schieszer of St. Louis visits kin. notes like mother used to bake. Leora Chappell returns with Myrtle Lynch from Ottawa. visiting Marshall friends. Katherine Thompson Pearl and Lillie Caswell visit from Napton. return home after stay with Earl Hendricks. Florence Shinkle of Marshall wins $21.40 cake at New Year dance at C. H. Narron’s, six miles SW of Marshall. Married in Baltimore Md Dec 30 Mattie E. Krider of Madison Va and R. L. Uts of Blosser Mo. They will reside with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. White
Howard County
J.T. Herndon
E. Chamberlain
Herndon
John Bistans
Annie Niemier
Nora Smith
Nelson
J. H. Keehart
Carl Keehart
Floyd Jones
Dee
Columbia
J. P. Farmer
Mt. Olive
Mary Harland
Frank Schieszer
St. Louis
Jos
Bebhester
Leora Chappell
Myrtle Lynch
Ottawa
Kansas
Marshall
Florence Shinkle
C. H. Narron
Baltimore
D. M. Douglas
Maryland Ave
Mies Mattie E. Krider
Madison
R. L Uts
Blosser
Visitors Return From Drexel and Audrain County Trip
Ty and Leslie Freyer and Irwin Gruer of Audrain county returned home Thursday after visiting F. A. Jungerman at Shackleford and Mrs. W. P. Barron’s family. Mrs. Barron brought back jack rabbit ears as trophies of holiday hunts at Drexel. T. Clark from Lawrence, Kansas aids W. C. Wise at the Scenic. The two plan to invest in new attractions and may repeat the Passion Play. Bees Laxative Cough Syrup advertised for coughs and croup with guaranteed formula sold by FP. H. Prankio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Freyer
Irwin Gruer
Audrain County
F. A. Jungerman
Shackleford
W. P. Barron
Drexel, No
Levi Barron
T. Clark
Lawrence
Kansas
W. C. Wise
H. Prankio
Factory Assured by Buffalo Man to Build in Slater
K McKenzie of Buffalo New York spoke at Slater Saturday with farmers about a canning factory. He will stay several weeks to arrange details and plans to begin building February 1. The company already operates eleven branch factories and views Slater as an ideal site. They aim to can fruit tomatoes and berries and seek farmers’ stock to back the venture without inducements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. McKenzie
Buffalo
N. Y
Slater
Mr.McKenzie
Wasted Postal Cards Prompt Postal Reform
Ernest Hamilton, a rural mail carrier from Fulton route 1, urges stopping the sale of picture postal cards with tinsel. He says the Post Office Department bans handling such cards as they are confiscated when mailed in open or improper envelopes. Cards with peeling shiny coatings are discarded and end up in dead letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Hamilton
Fulton
Post Office Department
Isis
Big Swift & Co. Reports Over 250 Million Year Revenue
Swift & Co packers report total business exceeding 250 million dollars for year ending September 30 1907. Net profits 6 203 000 about 2 5 percent on sales equal to 12 4 percent of 50 million capital. Dividend 197 percent. 2 704 000 added to surplus. Depreciation charges over 1 6 million. Branch in Marshall near the C A depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift & Co
Marshall
Diehl-Boatright O T Diehl and Annie Boatright Wed
Diehl of Trenton North Carolina marries Annie Boatright of Herndon at bride’s brother Louis Boatright’s home in east Marshall. Officiating is Rev J E McDonald. The couple plan a new home in Trenton North Dakota after a visit to Clinton. Also an advertisement touts Hees Laxative Cough Syrup for coughs colds croup and whooping cough with promises of relief and a laxative effect, sold by P A Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. T. Diehl
Trenton
N. C
Annie Boatright
Herndon
Louis Boatright
East Marshall
J. E. McDonald
Diehl
Miss Boatright
Sylvie
Clinton
N. D
P. A. Franklin
Thief Digs Up Buried Gold in Niangua
George Ellmore, a stockholder in a Springfield bank, withdrew 720 in gold and buried it behind his Niangua barn two months earlier. On a Saturday discovery revealed all but 40 left, with 600 of the gold later exchanged for currency at a Springfield bank. Police pursue the man who took the hidden money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Bank of
Niangud
George Ellmore
Elmore
Niangua
Gentry Nominated for Attorney General in Missouri
Secretary of State received Republican petitions nominating N. T. Gentry for attorney general from Franklin Barton Hickory Saline Putnam Pettis Lewis Audrain Moniteau and Callaway counties. Total petitions reach 21 counties with some counties filing multiple petitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of State
N. T. Gentry
Franklin
Barton
Hickory
Saline
Putnam
Pettis
Lewis
Audrain
Monireau
Callaway
Gentry
Jefferson City Tribuune
Real Estate Transfers Listing Multiple Property Trades
A long list of real estate transfers shows Jas A Orr to Frank H Clyde a 70 acre tract, Eliza N Chrieman to Lewis P Chrisman 160 acres in 36-61-22, Elizabeth E Thomson to Chas W Thomson in Wa 25 51 20, Allen L Smith to G E McGuire 80 acres in 3 48-22, and several other transfers. Names include Jno Brisbola Edw Brisbole Luther F Bentley Jas F Bentley LJ Resse Mary A Wisdom Frank Downs Ollie Borden and Rose A Pace with locations Marshall English add and Marshall, plus multiple 40 acre and 80 acre parcels, different sections and ranges. The text concludes with a note requesting help to type or send the completed list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas A Orr
Frank H Clyde
Ceca Anes Jno
Brisbola
Davia
Marshall
Sssesaesses
Eliza N Chrieman
Lewis P Chrisman
Elizabeth E Thomson
Chas W Thomson Wa
Allen L Smith
G E McGuire
W W Woodson
Maud Woodson
Berryman & Bush
Duniahs
Rufus Clark
Rb& C Clark
Luther F Bentley
Jas & Mary
Jas F
Bentley
Luther Bentley
LJ Reasse
Mary A & C CO
Wisdom
Frank Downs
Ollie Borden
Cats
IL F
Vawter
LJ Resse
Los
Engileb
Marahall
Allie
Nicholds
Lealle Johnson
WM Walker Jr
Neleoo
Rose
Pace
Luconda _ Leaton
Lucinda Leaton
Hannah M Springer
Virginia A Smith
Adelaide McCutchion
Prater
Wm Seaton
Saloons End in Marshall in Local Option Law Tale
A parable likens the Kingdom of Satan to early saloon keepers in Marshall who hire drinkers, spark drunkenness, and provoke the city to enact a local option law to ban saloons. Citizens foresee violence, the fall of bars, and saloons turned into grocers as Marshallites vow to end taverns. Benjamin W. Colder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Leome
Land of
Benjamin W. Colder
Twenty fifth Anniversary of the M W A Lodge
Members of Woodman Lodge No. 7887 at Cretcher celebrated twenty fifth anniversary on January 5 1908. They gathered at Woodman Hall and marched to Providence Church for a sermon on Fraternalism by Rev Carter. Leroy J Treece served as Clerk noting the positive reception by all attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. A. Lodge
Woodman Lodge
Cretcher
Woodman Hall
Providence Church
Carter
Cretcher Camp
Leroy J. Treece
Woodland Tex Woman Praises Pineuvles Cure
"I trust this may be read by many sufferers from kidney and bladder trouble" writes Mrs. Joe King of Woodland Texas. She suffered four years before trying your 30 days Pineuvles treatment. One bottle cured her and she praises the medication as invaluable and guaranteed, sold by P. H. Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe King
Woodland
Tex
Inet
P. H. Franklin
Notice of probate of J M Ashley estate in Baline County Mo
Notice is given that letters testamentary on the estate of J M Ashley deceased were granted to undersigned on the D0th day of December 1907 by the Probate Court of Baline County Mo All persons having claims against said estate must exhibit them for allowance within one year after the date of said letters or be precluded from any benefit of such estate and if said JAMES L ASHLEY 4 HIGHTSHOR Bane
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.M Ashley
Baline
Deathbed Jokes Attributed To Lord Chesterfield
A St Louis Republic item recalls a sharp quip tied to Lord Chesterfield on his deathbed. While a Tom Hood jest is likely apocryphal, Chesterfield’s physician allowed a carriage drive as the nobleman gently teased the observer who welcomed his funeral rehearsal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Hood
Hood
Lord Chesterfield
Chesterfeld
Chesterfield
St. Louie Republic
The Simple Life of Abe and His Upcoming Marriage
Abe a light mulatto seeks a minister he once worked for to wed Mine May Felicity Johnson next week. He speaks of marrying “like white folks” but suggests paying $5, then notes he has only $9 for the ceremony, planning to housekeep afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe
Felicity Johnson
Lippincott’s
Conductor Fares Dispute Ends With Departure
A stout man on the back platform argued with a conductor over a fare aboard a Cleveland train. The man claimed a nickel was given earlier. the conductor denied taking any. The exchange escalated until the passenger alighted. He revealed a previous hospital stay of six weeks after trouble with another conductor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoapital
Cleveland
Face the Music Origins Theories
The Minneapolis Journal notes rival explanations for the phrase Face the Music. One theory links it to army training and horses facing a regimental band. A second claims military origins tied to drums and march tunes. A third suggests actors behind the scenes facing the stage music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldjern
Musc
Minneapolis Journal
Trade Union Inconsistency and Public Ownership Issue
A discussion on closed shops versus municipal ownership argues that public ownership will trend toward open shops. It asserts that public employment requires wage and condition setting by law and that excluding nonunion workers from public roles would be unconstitutional and bad public policy.
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Sedalia
Bertha John
Sweet Springs
Lena John
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Little Son
New Mexico
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Katherine Thompson
Pearl
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T. R. Hutson
Mr. Hutson
J. T. Herndon
Frank Kaylor
Hilary Thomas
Chester Thomas
Hardin Sandidge
James McElfresh
Joe Herndon
Reetor Herndon
Roy Kincheloe
Green Fenwick
Tom Johnson
Chas McFee
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