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Newspaper
Missouri Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1912
Page
5
The Christian church sent Rev G B Shanklin as representative to the State Convention in Brookfield Missouri. Many residents including J B Henley and families discuss district convention, school picnics, and varied visits to Kansas City Boonville and Donnybrook. A busy week of travel visits, announcements, and community events filled Sweet Springs and nearby towns.
Mr and Mrs Jim Odell hosted a Tuesday gathering with their son Ben and wife near Napton. Several attended the funeral at Larkin Reynolds, with remains laid to rest at Brownive cemetery. Mr and Mrs Joe Thorp welcomed a baby daughter born Monday June 10. Mother and child are doing well. Embrey and wife and baby were guests of Mr and Mrs Ernest Whoreday. August Niemeler, Mises Kate and Mary winmy, George.
A string of local residents and visitors are noted. Mr. and Mrs. F. Beckman visited Higginsville Sunday while Miss Mattie Warnke and Miss Kate Warnke hosted family visits. Numerous calls and travel to and from Kansas City and Concordia are recorded, including John Pauling and wife with relatives, and a group attending a Wednesday Alma picnic.
Mrs Mark Lewis and daughter Lucy traveled to Sprague Washington after a month with relatives here. Guests include Mrs Bettie Owens and Margaret Campbell from Lees Summit with BP Grimes family. Nellie Kane of Marshall stayed with Gertrude Lynch. Elizabeth Evrard visited friends. Buckner brothers Frakes and Sands Judson with R T Brightwell hosted Sunday. Edna and Jennie Shepherd visited Clark. Harriet Spencer and Miseen Hester from Kansas City stay with J W Spencer family. Ladies Missionary Society met at Mrs Carl Grintes but bad weather limited attendance. Cher Gall injured eye with a baseball Sunday. Sunday remains regular preaching day at the Baptist Church.
Fragmentary report notes Rufus Heynie as a dinner guest of Lee Eddy and family Sunday. Marshall area resident Mr Eddy's grandfather Mr Gekvert was in the vicinity Sunday morning. Names Joal K. Loews and Miso aa Bandidge appear in uncertain context with seating of others.
Saturday night and Sunday afternoon rounds bring Mrs. Farmer Manley of Salt Branch visiting Mrs. J. W. Caldwell. Rev. Boulware and wife from Marshall travel the area, Jim Markess seen nearby, Tom Lewis and Fern Dell visit the Deans, Edgar Hall passes through, Pit Bell visits Marshall, and a burst of Sunday calls by the Caldwell family and Ida Lewis mark the weekend.
In Pleasant Wall area, Mr. J. Holden and wife Ann. E. S. Levingston. Harry Levingston. Fisher Dennis. Nora and Violet Levingston. J. P. Kurtz. Mrs. Will Zeigel. Roxie Pannell. Mt. Zion services. Henry Lemler and wife. C. Lemler. James Culbertson and family visited J. J. Holden and wife. Sunday gatherings noted with several local residents visiting kin and attending church.
Last week reports show Mr. Lewis Kurtz on a business trip to Sweet Springs Saturday. Sedalia resident Mr. Roland Levingston visits homefolks this week along with Mr. Johnnie Reid and Miss Alice Reid. The Levingston and Kurtz families, including Mollie Nora Levingston and Gittata Kurtz, visited Miss Minuie Kurtz Saturday evening. Harry Levingston and Roland visited relatives near Neilson Sunday, while Wesley Patterson called on E. 5. Levingston's Sunday.
Burrus visited relatives in Miami Monday with sister Emma returning home for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. G McClure saw Lamar and family at Nelson. Mrs. Hewitt hosted a Thursday afternoon gathering. M E School picnic drew a large crowd with abundant baskets. Sunday School groups from Pettisan Chapel and Waverly attended. Rain and electrical storms preceded the period with no major damage.
An ad claims Ayer’s Haw Vigor keeps hair clean and adds vitality, promising dandruff destruction and reduced hair loss. It asserts the product leaves hair soft and smooth without coloring, aiming to please users with healthful grooming effects.
Slater residents and others are noted visiting relatives in Alanta Illinois Parkville Kansas City Atchison and Nevada. Several travelers plan visits to Rog ers Arkansas Sioux City Iowa Brookfield and Odessa while others attend meetings and funerals.
Blue Lick hosts the Redpath Chautauqua coming to Marshall soon. Miss Leo of St. Louis visits her sister Mrs. Lewis Wagley. Lewis Hudson of Shackelford was a Blue Lick caller Sunday. Miss Clara and Miss Bertha Schieszer attended Children’s Day at Mt. Olive. Dr. Brown made a flying trip to Blue Lick last Thursday. Ice cream social at L C Dennis on Saturday night June 22. Mrs. Marguerite Wingfeld left last Sunday to visit Ben Lakin and wife north of Marshall.
The National Democratic Convention will convene in Baltimore next Tuesday while Chicago hosts a party spectacle. Champ Clark leads with the most delegates and is likely the nominee. W Harvey of this city will represent the congressional district and depart for Baltimore Saturday.
Gerhard Koch and J H Seele were in the area from near Mt Leonard Saturday on business.
A family describes buying 40 acres near San Diego in 120 Louis Witt and paying the mortgage and taxes for 16 years. A squatter clouded the title, offers failed, and a real estate agent’s $50 deed offer was accepted. A brother later valued the land at 8000, but the loss reached nearly 4000.
Big Bill Edwards of New York's street cleaning department urged unity among city officials at the City Hall Reporters association annual dinner. He recounted a Princeton Harvard football tale to illustrate teamwork and warned against ego, emphasizing collective action over individual aims.
Winthrop Ames brought Professor Reinhardt's wordless Sumarun from Berlin to New York. Prominent native German observers expect German dialogue in performances though the script declares no words. The disconnect centers on the play being wordless yet performed by German actors.
The week saw renewals and new subscribers including W F Dierker Sweet Springs G F McCallister Russellville W Hasters Grand Pass Mrs Jas W Utz Salisbury Ma Lewie Oster Marshal Mra C F Burks Muskogee Okla H L Goodloe Marshall Edw Thomas Shackelford John Inlow Little River Kan A G Griffitta Norton Gerhard Koch Mr Leonard A reception was given at Judge W B Napton's home yesterday evening in honor of Rector Bohn and his bride. Mrs M A O'Donnell of College Addition is critically ill with little hope of living, after lifelong illness and reaching over 70 years.
A playful critique of evolving fashion trends decries frock coats and waistcoats falling out of favor while recalling Mrs Manning’s black satin era in 1849. It notes a bobble skirt trend, hints at light satire on vegetarian choics, and imagines reformers choosing unexpected garments.
A Cleveland property man recalls a humorous theater anecdote at the Lyceum involving Joseph Murphy. An elderly Irish woman, puzzled by a ticketing system and usher cues of upstairs or downstairs, asks in a whisper where she can find Murphy. The tale underscores stage door interactions and old theater life.
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