Sunday social notes from Sweet Springs and surrounding area
Rev Wallice of Sweet Springs filled his regular appointment at Rose Valley and dined with John D. Rothrock. Several local residents visited, hosted guests, or reported injuries, including Mrs Will H. Smith dislocating her knee and Jim Dickerson suffering a serious paralytic stroke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. McAllister
B. F. Hall
Floyd
T. Hall
Harper Smith
Will Smith
B. R. Johnson
Sweet Springs
J. D. Rothrock
Minnie
Ben Buffords
Sedalia
Sam Rothrock
Uriah Mayse
Family
Jim Dickerson
Mi Kng
Jess Dame
Will H. Smith
Rich Benson
Eldorado ‘Springs
Elwood Yokely
Auction of 60 Marshall town lots with free tickets
A Marshall auction will sell 60 town lots without reserve or by bid on June 16 at 2 p.m. One good lot and $10 in gold are to be given away. Every white attendee will receive a ticket at no cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Walt Mason
Antioch resident suffers paralytic stroke
James Dickerson had a paralytic stroke Sunday evening and is very low with no hopes of recovery. Mrs. A Nightwine was ill late last week. J M Hook and family were Sunday guests of Arthur Cox and family. Luther Treece and wife visited J M Leonard and family. B F Hall and family were Sunday guests of Fred Hall and family. George Kuykendall and wife visited relatives in Sweet Springs on Sunday. Walter Cox and wife visited Alfred Shelton and family Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Dickerson
A. Nightwine
J. M. Hook
Arthur Cox
Luther Treece
J. M. Leonard
B. F. Hall
Fred Hall
George Kuykendall
Sweet Springs
Walter Cox
Alfred Shelton
Brighten or home ageing per oeition
Fragmentary OCR reads as a brief item with unclear names and places. The readable bits hint at a home improvement or ageing issue and a suggestion to brighten interiors, but key details are missing to identify people, organizations, or dates. The text is too garbled to provide a solid summary.
Grand Pass Church Children’s Day Services Invited
Remember the child ens day services at the M E church Sunday night June 12 All are cordially invited. M Riley and daughter Marcella of Lexington spent Sunday with A E Riley and family. Marcella will spend 2 weeks here Mrs E 8 Treadway and little song also Miss Maud Coad were guests of Mrs G Humphrey at Malta Bend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
M. Riley
Marcella
Lexington
A. E. Riley
Treadway
Little Song
F. McReynolds
Scott
The
Christian Sunday School
Levi Kramer
Waverly
Grand Pass
W. C
Play Night Raises Funds for City Sidewalks
Last Thursday night drew a large crowd and this benefit event raised proceeds for sidewalk construction. Organizers plan to repeat the play on another night to support the cemetery fund.
Miami Health News and Local Social Roster
Illness sweeps Miami with scarlet fever striking Virgil and Josephine Edmonds and others. Bennett Bishop and May Webster also ill. Daily rail and stove concerns noted. Local families travel to Texas. Edona Moore hosts friends. dining visits at the Ryans. Miss Nelly Bishop to attend Eli's Convention in Mexico. Baptist Church ladies host a strawberry and ice cream supper at John Hooper's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Virgil Edmonds
Josephine Edmonds
Bennett Bishop
Webster Jo Etill
Elbert Dunlap
Texas
Milas Mary Dania
Mia
Woodson Williams
Ryan
Edona Moore
Bertha Moore
Bessie
Ola Ryan
Henry Heying
Dan Ryan
Moberly
Will Ryan
John Hooper
Blooser Family Social Notes Find Local Visitors
Miss Johnsain Minor spent last week with Miss Irene Houston and Miss Houston hosted Mr Jennie Payne on Sunday. Various Blosser and Kiser family members visited in Marshall and Waverly areas, sharing dinners, strawberries and ice cream, with trips to see relatives in Mexico and beyond.
Davis district residents visit near Miami and travel notes
Davis district reports Misses Aeole Ethel and Florine Misber visiting Amos Audsley and family. Harmony church remodeling aims for completion soon. Sunday School plans a program for early July. Willie Bands and family visited A H Audsley. Mary Herrmann leaves for Columbia to spend the summer with relatives. Ernest McAmis sustained a head injury requiring four stitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aeole
Ethel
Florine
Ernest McAmis
Youths enjoy boat riding on Edmonson Creek
A group of young people spent Monday evening boating and fishing on Edmonson Creek and appeared to have a good time. Mrs C C Kitshen and her children visited Mrs Hannah Witt on Tuesday. Uncle Beo Cooper is on the mend this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonson's Creek
C C
Kitshen
Hannah Witt
Beo Cooper
Cattle shipments and local social news in Marshall area
Joseph Hamil Shackelford shipped two car loads of cattle to St Louis Monday. Ed Hutcherson shipped two cars of cattle Sunday and Monday topped the market at $775 per hundred. Harriet and Helen Thompson plan Marshall summer study at M V C and secured rooms with Mrs. Fulkerson. Josie and Antoinette King return from Colorado to visit parents Mr. and Mrs. Matthew King. Leona Green ban visits Marshall before returning home. Mr Heinzier, formerly of here, now Carrollton, visits and charms townfolk. Mark Cooper family spend Sunday with James W Utz and wife. Raymond Flyon of Kansas City visits aunt Mamie Kellet. Little Margaret Kellet’s seventh birthday Saturday afternoon June 7 with cake ice and candy. red candles on cake. Presents given. birthday wished again soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Hamil
St. Louis
Ed. Hutcherson
Harriet
Helen Thompson
Marshall
M. V.C
Fulkerson
Josie
Antoinette King
Colorado
Matthew King
Leona Green Ban
Thompson
Mr. Heinzier
Carrolltou
Heinzier
Raymond Flyon
Kansas City
Mamie Kellet
Margaret Kellet
Tolke
Buckeye News Quiet Weekend and Small Local Happenings
Farmers misread dry weather as lasting yet. William Irvin visited homefolks Sunday. Saturday brought church excitement when Nellie Porter fainted and Hattie Sullivan helped. Fishing trips marked the month with Edmonds Creek and old discharge mouth outings. Sunday School and preaching occurred. Henry Gadberry seeks state fair prize. weddings rumored for June 15 with names undisclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Irvin
Nellie Porter
Hattie Sullivan
Edmonds Creek
Wiley Henry
Bettie Irvin
Blue Lick Players Edge Herndon 19 to 16
In Blue Lick the Browns were defeated at Herndon by the Hern don boys. The score was 16 to 19. Croquet remains a rainy day pastime for mar men while J M Thornton calls in the burg. James Culbertson completed a new barn with seven helpers on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Thornton
Marmen
Blue Lick Browns
Herndon
James Culbertson
Seven Hands
Birthday Surprise for Miss Martha Delights Family
A surprise party honored Miss Martha on her eighteenth birthday at Rev. and Mrs. T. E. Mounts home last Saturday despite bad weather. Guests enjoyed a dinner and Miss Martha received several useful presents. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Earl Campbell, Miss Margaret Downs, Miss Grace Lasley, and Miss Minnie Culbertson who had attended M. V. C. in Marshall. Mr. and Mrs. Lesa Laver of Hughesville are visiting the Lasleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Dennis
Alonzo Zeigle
T. E. Mounts
Marshall
Earl Campbell
Margaret Downs
Grace Lasley
Minnie Culbertson
Lesa Laver
Hughesville
G. B. Lasley
Local market notes corrected by Swift Packing Co
Corrected June 10 with market items including cassava and geese. Corrected by Swift Packing Co and Rea & Page. Listings show items like spring chicken and various produce in a local market format with garbled OCR text.
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Swift Packing
Nics
Essvesceves
Ausassance
Rea & Page
Snc
Subscriptions Listed For Our Friends Weekly
The paper lists new subscribers or renewals during the past week including John F. Aulgar Sweet Springs B H Downs Marshall Co W Hase Malta Bend Oscar Mayse Sweet Springs and many others across Missouri and Illinois. Names cover towns like Marshall Slater Arrow Rock Sedalia Slater Warrensburg and Edwardsville with firms Swift Co Marshall and Marshall Electric Light Co among those added or renewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Aulgar
Sweet Springs
B. H. Downs
Marshall Co
W. Hase
Malta Bend
Marshall
W. D. Crain
F. H. Porter
Henry Steinkuhler
Sweet Spring
H. A. Elsner
R. Curry
Edn Schweer
John Guthrie
W. P. Wisdom
Arrow Rock
Rosa Richter
Warrensburg
L. H. Jett
Slater Roscoe Schanz
Blue Lick
Jno
Steinmetz
Edwardsville
Ill
P. C. Bidstrup
Carrollton
E. F. Detmer
Slater
Harry Reed
Charles W. Harris
Sedalia
Cam Tyrus
J. M. Lindsey
Tipping Bros
Swift & Co
Stephen Downs
Will Oster
Waverly
Chas. Brown
Missouri Poem From Sweet Springs Boy In Fifth Grade
A short poem by Wilfred Curry from Sweet Springs praises Missouris animals farms and rivers while noting Saline county Marshall as its capital and St Louis as its largest city. It mentions schools, mining phone lines and local pride in a folksy survey of the states features.
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Sweet Springs
Missouri
Big Muddy
Mississippi
Gulf
Saline
Banner County
Marshall
Local Notes on Lima and West Thomas Street Residents
L. J. Abney, recently ill in Lima NL, is somewhat improved but not strong enough to go home. Mrs. C B Carey of West Thomas St will move to Shackelford next week to live with her daughter Mrs. McAfee. She plans to rent her six room residence at 744 West Thomas St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Abney
Lima
C. B. Carey
West Thomas St
Shackelford
McAfee
West Thomas &T
Land for sale near Herndon and farm ad listing
For sale 111 acres of land located about a half mile south of Herndon with offers to be considered. Interested parties should contact R. B. Taylor or Rich Keeth. Also Farmers ad inviting readers to visit Merchants Delivery barn. Horse prices and feed details included. Salesmen wanted by Hitchcock Hill Co. in Chicago offering wholesale groceries with guaranteed satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herndon
R. B. Taylor
Rich Keeth
Hitchcock-Hill Co
Lake & Dearborn Sts
Chicago
Edmiston Accepts Harrison School Principal Post
Professor H H Edmiston has accepted the principalship of Harrison School in St Louis at a salary of 1800 dollars per year. He did high class work in the local schools and earned many warm friends during his stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Edmiston
Harrison School
St. Louis
Edmiston
Salem News Social Roundup at Mt Olive and Marshall
A Salem crowd attended church at Mt Olive on Sunday. Porter Marshall and Marshall Pyle visited the county seat on Saturday. Mrs Frank Hess with her mother and daughter Alma shopped in Marshall on Wednesday. Shelton Thomas Walter Houch en and Miss Eva Teters visited Miss Dora Thomas Sunday evening. Mrs Ernest Solomon with daughters and Marie Larkin visited at Cc M Thomas on Wednesday. Mrs John Thomas spent several days in Marshall with her sister Mrs M I Barron last week. Cc M Thomas wife and daughter spent Sunday at Trace Haggard’s home. Marie Larkin visited Miss Dora Thomas Monday. Mrs Ed Meacham and son Herman visited Mrs C M Thomas Tuesday. Mrs C M Thomas, daughter Dora and Mrs Ed Meacham with Herman visited Mrs Sam Dix near Eoping Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Olive
Porter Marshall
Marshall Pyle
Frank Hess
Alma
Marshall
Shelton Thomas
Walter Houchen
Eva Teters
Dora Thomas
Ernest Solomon
Marie Larkin
Cc. M. Thomas
John Thomas
M. I. Barron
Trace Haggard
Ed Meacham
Herman
C. M. Thomas
Dora
Sam Dix
Eoping
Opportunities for all loom, Uncle Eben says
A playful, period style clipping notes Uncle Eben urging people to send invitations while joking about luck and prospects. It mentions Hale Center Texas, a humorous dog and husband anecdote, and a mock poem line about powder and beauty, ending with a philosophical aside on a microscope magnifying justification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Eben
Ebery Man
Kentuckian inventor and hustler tales in the press
A collage of humorous excerpts praises invention and plucky Americans. The piece highlights Uncle Henry Harp and a stump burner, a night lock for women, and a quippy verse by Walt Mason on luck and toil, contrasting failures with perseverance and practical labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Harp
Knights of Pythias Court of Calanthes Meet in Sweet Springs
A June 5 1910 session drew a large crowd despite muddy roads. Rev Bohannon of Clinton preached an excellent sermon. Russell Johnson and Stella Abbot spoke and a collection raised 16638 dollars for the Knights and Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. of P's
Court of Calanthes
Sweet Springs
Bohannon
Clinton
Russell Johnson
Lizzie Guthrie
D. L. Harris
Hubbard
Sedalia
Russel Johnson
Stella Abbot
Mr. Johnson
Mrs. Abbott
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