Specimen locals and small town vignettes from 1985
A jokey local column notes specimen locals to appear when the Times prints freely. Ike Idler’s daughter marriage is settled. Iran Sims and Bertha Doll elopement is debunked as Tot Skandel’s lie. Obituaries, purchases, social events, garden notes, and a German soda fountain gag fill this humorous record of small-town life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike Idler
Iran Sims
Bertha Doll
Tot Skandel
Bill Kredit
Bill
Farewell to Dr H J Waters at Manhattan Depot
Four thousand people gathered at the Union Pacific depot in Manhattan Kansas on May 9 to bid farewell to President H J Waters of Kansas State Agricultural College Mrs Waters and their son Jack who left Manhattan for San Francisco en route to the Philippine Islands The crowd embraced faculty students cadets and citizens The band played an hour before the train arrival and cadets stood at attention It is believed Waters will not return and may be appointed to a high post after his work in the Philippines for the War Department A rumor says David F Houston may resign as Secretary of Agriculture to join a new federal banking board and Waters could join the cabinet Mrs W H Cessna visited Macon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Manhattan
Kansas
H. J. Wates
Kansas State Agricultural College
Waters
Jack
San Francisco
Philippine Islands
United States War Department
David F. Houston
Federal Banking Board
Dr. Waters
Ralls County
Roach
Missouri
Dairy Lands Auction Near Cheyenne Offer 40 000 Acres
Dairy farming grows value of western lands as 40 000 acres of Wyoming school land near Cheyenne go to public auction June 17 21 in 160 to 640 acre tracts with one tenth down and eighteen annual payments. Cart with fertile soil smooth surface and grass land suited for dairy and mixed farming. Contact S G Hopkins state land commissioner Cheyenne for plots and info. Also Mondel 820 acre tracts for homesteading and bids to settlers through S B Howard assistant immigration agent C B and Q R R 1004 Farnam Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Cheyenne
S. G. Hopkins
Mondeil
Burlington
S. B. Howard
Farnam Street
Omaha
Nebraska
Propositions on Missouri ballot urged for voter study
Secretary Roach urges Missourians to study up on the dozen proposed amendments. He notes past ballot misfires and explains each measure from tax initiative limits to roads funding, St. Louis subways, pensions, and home rule laws, urging early civic education and newspaper involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Commonwealth
Hannibal Journal
Executor's Notice of Estate in Monroe County Missouri
Letters testamentary for Mrs Mary B. Vanschoaick, deceased, were granted May 7, 1914, by the Probate Court of Monroe County Missouri. All claims must be shown for allowance to the Executor within six months, or be barred. if not exhibited within one year from publication they are forever barred. Dated May 28, 1914, W.R. P. JACKSON, Executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary B. Vanschoaick
Probate
Monroe County
Missouri
W.R. P. Jackson
I Love Missouri Poem Fragment
A poetic fragment extols Missouri’s beauty and resources. It celebrates birds, fruit, flowers, livestock, springs, mountains, forests, rivers, churches, schools, meadows, mules, homes, and a populace described as great. The lines repeat affection for the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Missouri Farmer Optimistic on Harvest This Year
J. W. Richardson states encouragement for 1874 crop prospects noting six past droughts since 1874 were followed by bountiful years. He claims history favors a good year ahead. Dr. Hornbuck, oculist and aurist, Hannibal, Missouri, also referenced in the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
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Strean & Son
Louisiana
Ima
John Grouche
Dan Labornott
Dan
Jim Clever
Gadder
John Blathershire
John
Jim Nogude
Irma Ditto
Ditto
Ohio
Camly
Dr. H. J. Waters
W. H. Cessna
Macon
Advice
Kansas City
State of Missouri
General Assembly
Forty-seventh General Assembly
Daniel Webster
Harry Scheetz
Painty
Lau
Monroe City Bank
J. W. Richardson
Hornbuck
Hannibal, Mo
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