Locals report grand jury activity and community notes
Miami grand jury witness W E Winning is listed among attendees. Death of Wm Booth in Ewing, Missouri from heart failure. Local residents from Cotulla Herndon and Marceline travel, visit, or are referenced in social and civic notes. A Liberty man’s ice slide tale appears in the rand migers contest column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Booth
Miami
Ewing
W. T. Clark
Cotulla
Texas
Herndon
Ernest Lemm
Anton Bohlken
Joseph Walk
New Frankfort
Robi. Woodruff
John West
W.S. Shemwell
W. H. Townsend
Tom Brown
Marceline, Mo
H. S. Davis
Garner
Marceline
Union Labor
Turned the Tables in Tyre Bank Robbery
Coffeyville Kansas March 15 five bandits who robbed a Tyre bank forced Deputy U S Marshal Monroe Skaggs and five possemen to surrender their arms without firing a shot. The posse tracked them to Sandy Creek bottoms and a farmhouse where the outlaws slept. At a clump of trees eight miles from town the lawmen faced the bandits who ordered them to surrender their weapons, were disarmed and their rifles broken, one horse taken to replace a tired outlaw mount. The posse was chided for their lack of surprise and forced withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffeyville
Kan
Tyre
Kus
United States
Marshall Monroe Skaggs
Ronger
Sandy Creek
Ochelata
Bandits Force Dinner Then Ride Toward Osage Bills
Bandits rode to an off camp area, compelled the cook to prepare a meal, ate leisurely, then mounted and cantered off toward the Osage bills. The event is described with neutral, non-graphic phrasing preserving key actions and direction.
Diamond Slump Deepens Across London Market
London reports a total collapse of the diamond market as De Beers and Premier shares fall 60 to 75 percent in a year. Difficulties in maintaining jewel prices arise as new stones stop selling and buyers vanish. Mines cease sales and old stones flood the market to stem the slide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
de Beers
Great Combine
Hay For Sale and Electric Railway Franchise Granted
For sale all kinds of hay from the Mike Elmore farm northwest of Marshall Missouri contact W H Newell at R F D 3 Marshall. The city council granted a franchise to the Missouri Central Electric Railway on Monday night last week. The revived project aims to connect St Louis with Kansas City by electric rail and is progressing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Boyer
Jacksonville
Fla
J. H. Boyer
Aurora
Fred Poister
Levi Bergman
Dan Ripperger
Louis Winters
Marshall
Levasy
A. C
Little Rock
Jos
King
Houstonia
T. O. Wade
Saline
Mike Elmore
W. H. Newell
R.F.D
Marshall, Mo
Missouri Central Electric Railway
St. Louis
Kansas City
Good Roads Letter Advocates Road Drag Law Use
The March 14 1908 Good Roads letter urges Columbia readers to adopt the new road drag provision under the 1907 law. It argues overseers may contract with neighboring farmers to drag roads for pay per hour or mile, improving rural roads without extra spending, and notes farmers benefit from better roads and will stay motivated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
State Board of Agriculture
County road drag plan urged for dirt roads
George B Ellis secretary urges county press to back a plan to maintain every dirt road with a drag using current funds, with aim for permanent improvements when funds become available. The message expresses a commitment to timely work and county-wide road maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B, Ellis
Real Estate Transfers Read Like Scrambled Ledger Entries
A murky list of real estate transfers names multiple buyers and properties in a broken ledger style. Entries mention Luclods to Chas Harris Hawpes to Ben Turk and others, with scattered dates like 12-40-22 and 6 61 23, plus unrelated items about eggs and a local business ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luclods
Chas Harris
Mareball
Ben Turk
Jas Jackson
Mra
Jack
Con Lov
Blackburn
Logram Lot
Weet Slater
Elis Norman
L Norman
Ceeeu Eee
Henry Wahmyer
Louis Hoe
AE Larudo
Shannon & Steele
Jack Martin
Vanaredale
L Kammeyer
EL. Green
Cue T L Williamson
P D Smith
Henry Akerman
Goo Mayne
Ware
Navan
Hudson
Naegelin
Flave
Neale
Louie M Neal
Joe Bellamy
Lula
AJ Keyes
Wick Davis
Lalmbrook
Joe & HE
Simple home Rheumatism remedy proposed by New York paper
A well known rheumatism expert recommends a home mix of Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla. Mix well, take a teaspoon after meals and at bedtime. Ingredients are vegetable and inexpensive, claimed to reduce pain and swelling over a few days without stomach injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Are You Sick Dr Miles Nervine Advertisement
An old advertisement attributes illness to weak nerves and promotes Dr Miles Nervine as a tonic to soothe the nervous system and restore vitality. It includes a farmer testimonial from Riverton Nebraska praising renewed strength and recovery after using the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Booker
Bern
Millen
Riverton
Nebr
Iy Falle Ee Sienital Co
Elkhart
Ind
Ministers should not mix faith with partisan politics
A 1908 readers column argues ministers should engage in politics to keep parties clean while criticizing overzealous clergy. It urges attention to youth, noting youths form opinions early and crave guided literature rather than church leaders attacking opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Republian
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W. E. Winning
Nora Payne
Clara German
Malta Bend
Fletcher German
The
Tribune
East Side Square
Diamond Slump
Ga Limit & Co
Plymouth Rock
Ehrnman & Hinton
People’s Column
Coeteat
Ign
Slater
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