Florida rainfall boosts farmers. local notes and updates
The week's news highlights rainfall uplifting farmers in Florida. Updates include Fred Utterback recovering from appendicitis, Miss Pearl Truman finishing a successful school term and returning home, and various local visits and exchanges. The Eastern Star buys a new organ, Masonic hall dedication at Santa Fe draws attendees, and small-town events touch families, mail carrier changes, illnesses, and new buggies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the Eastern Star
Pearl Truman
Paris
Santa Fe
Lizzie McCreery
Perry
J. Buckman
Maggie Vandeventer
Susie Stewart
Madison
Robbie Howerton
Johnson
Stoutsville
Mr. Johnson
Local Gatherings and Social Notes from Cooperville
Marion Payne and wife and Henry Brower and family of Warren visited Mrs. Lou Calvert on Sunday. Miss May Lear has been ill but is much improved. Joe Kincaid and wife and Mrs. Robinson attended services at Andrew Chapel Sunday. Miss Susie Ryan and niece Addine visited Joe Ryan on Friday. The dance at Henry Lear’s Thursday night was well attended and enjoyed by all. Misses Alice and Charlotta...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Payne
Henry Brower
Warren
Lou Calvert
May Lear
Joe Kincaid
Robinson
Andrew Chapel
Susie Ryan
Addine
Joe Ryan
Henry Lear
Alice
Charlotta
Neighbor Chickens Spark Sunday Farm Dispute
A suburban resident near C- confronts Mrs Murphy over her chickens digging up his young onion crop. He warns he will cook them if they continue raiding, expressing frustration at the ongoing problem. Mrs Murphy weighs her reply as the scene ends.
Baseball Sabbath Squabble and Local Cards Loss Report
On the Sabbath the Cardinals, New London, and Frankford clubs battled with the Cardinals losing again. Madison and Bik Lick played a nine to win, while June Lippincott recalls the love of Jesus amid baseball’s temptations. St Louis visitors Lee Bulow A Leiberman and H C Wurgeson saw Dr S M Brown.
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Jesus
June Lippincott’s
Cardinals
New London
Frankford
Madison
Bik Lick
Lee Bulow
A. Leiberman
H.C. Wurgeson
St. Louis
M. Brown and Family
First hunter’s license issued in Monroe County noted
Rafe Leake of this city registers first Robt Meriwther secured for Jim the first hunters license issued in Monroe County. M. S. Nance is now a leading contractor in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and enjoys success. Mrs A Kitchen and Miss Alice Harper of St Louis and Miss Viola Harwood of Renase Laer visited Dr W T Rutledge and wife. Dr C F Henderson is a business visitor in Chicago.
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Rafe Leake
Meriwther
Jim
Monroe County
A. Kitchen
Alice Harper
St. Louis
Viola Harwood
Renaselaer
W.T. Rutledge
C. F. Henderson
Chicago
Brother Dickey's Philosophy of Peace and Providence
A satirical quip from the Atlanta Constitution contrasts, in dialect, the idea that true peace comes when worry ends and wickedness falters. It muses on resting in glory for a thousand years and questions self introduction, framed as a witty regional reflection.
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Dickey
Questioning Russia's motives in the war origin
The speaker contends Russia started the war despite poverty, arguing Russia cannot end the conflict or abandon its aims. The author blames England and Germany as direct causes, asserting their roles in triggering the war and the broader aggression, while condemning the expected impunity for the alleged loot.
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Russia
England
Germany
Harold Stillwell’s Visits Spark Prairies Queen Interest
Readers note Harold Stillwell of Hannibal making frequent visits to the Queen of the Prairies, with a little brown eyed beauty seen as the magnetic lure.
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Harold Stillwell
Hannibal
Queen of the Prairies
Lode
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Monroe City
A. Jaeger
Florida
Fred Utterback
Wm Wilkerson
Miss Daniels
Mokane
W. M. Wilkerson
Wim McCreery
Emma Steward
Near Strother
B. D. Pollard
Graham Mish
Bernie Sandifer
C. B. Colvert
Ben
Marion
W. Brower
Harve Gander
Owen Cobb
Ed Bower
Gander
Cooperville
Mrs. Murphy
M. S. Nance
Muskogee, IT
de Wicked
Satan
Atlanta
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