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Newspaper
Missouri Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1909
Page
8
A fragmented OCR item notes a special day tied to Mount Louin and a “Bite Accommodation” phrase. The readable bits reference an event named Hevonter and Eight Hawk aes, but details, dates, and clear participants are not established.
J R Thomas returns from Excelsior Springs trip and many locals are noted visiting or recovering. Mrs A F Rector recuperates from illness. Charles Willig and family visit from south of town. Maud Holloway and Harold tour Mayview. Jock Duvall returns from Blackburn. Al Pollard and daughter Maud with Mrs Earl Simmons in Marshall. Florine Yerby visits from Kansas City. Billa Taylor from Kansas City looks after property. Dean Robertson, Slater milliner, visits Marshall. Ernest Sailor and Lewis Blosser of Blosser near town drop in. A J Webb of near Hardeman visits on business. Jennie Holt and Norvell from Kansas City visit Williams. Ruth Vardeman at Saline City. Bessie Evans visits Loge Durnil in Fairfield and Mrs John Austin in Keene. Deacon John T Rhodes attends Baptist Young People's meeting in the Ozarks. Wells, milliner Miss Mabel Smith, leaves for Garrette Arkansas. Ben Willis family moves from Kansas City to New York City. Henry Bryant and family depart for Warrensburg. Judge L H Herring of Brunswick in town for final settlement of John Herring estate. Local ladies host Mrs Sherman Houston near Malta Bend for a house party. E B Hitt and wife back from Corder after visiting J L Hitt family. Mrs Thomas Conway leaves for Lexington for a week. Mary Adelle Wantuck, formerly ill in Waverly, improving. J Holtman of Slater transports Marion McGinnis' furniture to Nevada. Barnes, LaLerosne lumber yard manager, out sick recently.
Larkin Hancock of Blackburn visited Marshall and stayed with Col Jas Sparks and family. Etta Ewell and Mamie Potter vacationed with Mesdames R. S. Cole and A. Allen at Malta Bend. Estelle Laird of Slater arrived to visit Ruth Whitman and attend a party. Loriie Robinson visited cousins in Blackwater. R. H. Carr of Slater renewed with W. R. Van Booren at Slater. Cleveland Corder and wife from Texas visited the Corder family. Mrs. Alice Fulkerson spent a week with her brother W. Gorrell near Marshall. James Lewis and wife welcomed a son June 17. Mind Mary Gentry of Independence visited grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Boatright. Cleveland Corder and wife came from San Angelo, Texas, for a visit. Mrs. Lelia Miller plans an extended western trip including Seattle and the exposition. Viola Lynch returned home to Higginsville after a week with Ming Lillie Clemens. Dr. R. Wardeman’s residence progress noted. move expected by late July.
Mrs J D Sanger is in St Louis visiting her daughters Mrs Ed Sims and Mrs J E Loomis. She is expected to return home soon. Mrs Eliza Althouse of Colorado has been visiting G H Alt house. His wife visits sister Mrs Lewis Huncaher at Roanoke this week.
Ben Bertholf and his wife departed Tuesday morning for Hamburg Missouri to visit Mrs Bertholfes girlhood home and remain several days to see relatives.
W. T. Barnes and family from Sweet Springs visited Ben Bertholl at the Colony and relatives in Marshall last week, returning Sunday.
A mill worker stepped on a nail in the morning and injured his foot but is recovering well. Miss Frances Napton, confined by a knee injury, has regained the ability to ride out and looks well. She plans to return to St. Louis in September to resume work.
Rev. George E. Shanklin of Sweet Springs visited Marshall on Monday and stayed with R. B. Eubank and family. L. E. Benedick sold Shanklin's East Arrow home to Nathan Bowles for 2300 dollars.
Shelton Houx returned the latter part of last week from Kansas City where he had been the guest of Harry Wilron and family for some time.
Fire completely destroyed the dining hall of the Missouri State Training School for Boys on Saturday June 19. Loss estimated at $12,000 with $2,500 insured. Mr and Mrs W H Colvert left Tuesday for Rosedale Kansas where Mr Colvert will undergo rheumatism treatment at Bell Memorial Hospital for several weeks.
Mr and Mrs J W Taylor marked their 41st wedding anniversary with a family gathering and an abundant dinner. The occasion also coincided with Mrs Taylor’s 39th birthday celebration.
Misses Haxel McChesney Ethel Sharp and Messrs Fielding McCurdy George Duggine and Jack McChesney spent Sunday at Riverside at the pleasant country home of Miss Ruby Pearson.
The Waverly News reports Dr and Mrs Thomas Fletcher of Sedalia celebrated their golden wedding in Sedalia on a Wednesday in June. Mr Fletcher is a brother of town resident W A Fletcher.
Miss Mary Withers sustained injuries after a horseback ride incident with Harvey Withers and her cousin. She was confined to home for several days while recovering from the injuries.
John Meyers of Sedalia Missouri dies at the company hospital after a two month illness. He was 68 years old and had served as a railroad man for six decades.
Mrs 8 E Baker Mia Frank Kit and sons Charles Len McA J Henk and daughter Aileen all near Miami came to the city Monday with Thomas Godman in sae atten Obie and the party enjoyed the ride very much Mr and Mrs W R Dulaney and Mrs Lula Dulaney of Wichita have been guests the past week of Mrs L A Blackburn Ja Blackburn brought those visitors to Marshall Wednesday of jaat weeks.
L. Roberts arrives back from Jefferson City where he has served as stenographer in the hearing to determine whether International Harvesting Co. operates as a trust and warrants proceedings against it. The inquiry aims to assess the company’s business practices and potential restraint of trade.
Rebt Copeland of near Norton traveled to Arkansas on Monday in a brief travel note.
Mrs. Armentrout entertained a number of friends Thursday afternoon at her Molony campus cottage in honor of Dr. Garden and sister Mrs. Johnson of Jefferson City.
Mr McMahan and friends enjoy a health resort outing while J Wells sustains a fall from a scaffold at an Eastwood residence. Miss Berenice Vance returns from Kansas City. plans to join relatives at Colorado resorts. Mrs Lillian Kreiser Hoffman gains a divorce and resumes her maiden name. Local social events include a Huston home gathering for Carey and Kenneth Huston. Travelers report visits to Topeka Mayfield Stillwater and Colorado. J H Boyer exits for Aurora then Portland.
Romulus Hagan of Kansas City has spent a month with relatives in Sweet Springs and traveled to Slater to visit his sister Mrs Ed Elmore. He suffered a serious blood poisoning culminating in leg gangrene, one leg amputed, the other nearly healed, yet he is now improving and feeling well.
Arthur Wingfield of Marshall and Miss Ruby King of Herndon married at Rev H J Steinheimer's residence on June 20. King, daughter of a prominent county farmer, is credited as an accomplished young lady. Wingfield is described as industrious. couple plans to reside in Marshall. Friends extend wishes for happiness.
Missea Margaret and Viola Klinger hosted a pleasant 8 to 10:30 p.m. gathering in honor of Allie Lanz. Lila Reid impressed in Five Hundred to win a table mate prize, while Judson Peecher earned a picture. The hosts presented prizes to the bride and groom, with garden flowers and sweet peas decorating the scene, described as a thing of beauty in joy forever.
Mr Eli Dotson and Miss Myrtle Cordry were quietly married at the bride’s Nelson home Sunday afternoon June 20. Rev Potson officiated with the groom’s father present. The couple plan to reside in this city aboard the Pacific train and will make their home at Richard Thorp’s residence on North Odell. The bride’s sister, Mrs Thorp, and Fer aon are mentioned as local connections. Congratulations pour in from many friends. May Marshall returns from a promising trip to old Mexico.
Major John M. Hadley father of Gov. H. S. Hadley, dies at his DeSoto home Sunday afternoon from a paralytic stroke. Social event at Mrs Burhs Potter’s home Friday evening drew a large young set, with luncheon and music. Al Wheeler, famed for guiding fishermen, reportedly caught a 14 1/2 pound sparkler last week, touted as proof of his prowess and a local hero status emerging from a lucky fishing day.
Missouri requested to erect a state building at the fair but was denied. The state will still have a sizable exhibit occupying half the balcony of the Agricultural Building. Governor Hadley appointed commissioners who will arrange the installation promptly.
An odd exchange unfolds as a fat hog meets an Arkansas hazel aplitt er. The pair trade quips about looks with the ap splitter claiming better general appearances while the hog boasts its own appetite for grub worm and ham sandwiches in the neighborhood.
A Kansas preacher, after an hour on the immortality of the soul, looked to the mountains and delivered a humorous line. He declared that while mighty beings may dwindle, his soul will endure beyond the sea, delivering a rare blend of eloquence and wit.
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