Palmyra Marshal’s Barn Burned. Fire Likely Deliberate
Palmyra Mo January 4 Fire destroyed the barn of Robert Haycraft city marshal of Palmyra at eight pm. The building and contents were uninsured. Two automobiles owned by Clyde Phillips were lost and insured for 700 dollars. Authorities suspect tramp arson after Haycraft ordered two vagrants to leave town this afternoon. The barn stood outside city limits and the fire company could not save the alfalfa hay and corn.
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Palmyra
Robert Haycraft
Clyde Phillips
Haycraft
Palmyra Junction
Sickness and social notices from Pittsfield briefed
Pittsfield report notes widespread illness with whooping cough among children and la grippe among adults naming Judge Higbee and others. Funeral of Johannes Gicker at Liberty aged 85 and eight married sons. Agenda Club New Year reception held at Ger Weaver home with small attendance. Marian Hirsheimer and Earl Grigsby sang solos. Elmer Dovey returns to law school. Mary Shaw Hurst funeral services held in Harvard Kansas at Mrs Barber home. Harriet Rul returns to Pittsburg college.
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Agenda Club
Ger. Weaver
Marian Hirsheimer
Earl Grigsby
Weaver
Eva Graves
Harriet Rul
Pittsburg College For Women
Local Names and Moves across the Illinois-Quincy Area
Social notes recount visits and travels of residents from Bluffs Pittsfield and nearby towns. Mentions include Miss Dorothy Griswold and Miss Ethel Hagan visiting relatives, Chas La Grave from St Louis visiting Miss Fern Robison, and a party of Pittsfield residents taking a $3.50 Chicago excursion. Also lists court reporter Miss Josie McMahon as elected VP of the State Reporters association and students returning to Bloomington normal school. A wind lore note forecasts mild winter after a New Year’s wind. Frank Porter moves to the George McRae farm on Christian Prairie. several local families host guests and attend parties, with many brief local movements and visits.
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Dorothy Griswold
Bluffs
Martin Yakley
Calvin Yakley
Quincy
Frand Knox
Chicago
Ethel Hagan
Hannibal
Ella Hagan
Chas. la Grave
St. Louis
Fern Robison
Edward Yates
Pittsfield
Will Argust
Mildred
Edna Robison
Glen Poffenberger
Clarence Johnston
Scott Wilsey
Josie McMahon
State Reporters’ Association
Catherine Crane
Normal School
Bloomington
Frank Porter
George McRae
Christian Prairie
Frank Boltz
Wyaconda
Elza Patrick
Marion Robinson
Roy Longfield
Baring
Frank Parish
Saint Cooper
Charla
Milton
Emil McClain
Lewis McClain
Ica Alen
Clara
Ruth Mart
Mabel Workman
Nellie Allen
Clyde Walker
Harvey Myers
Fire destroys farmer's barn in La Belle
La Belle Missouri January 4 Arthur Cooper farmer north of town faced a destructive blaze as one of his stock barns burned after a lantern, left lighted in a barn overnight, ignited the nearby structure. Cooper discovered the fire at about 4 30 a m. one barn was a short distance from the other.
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LA Belle
Arthur Cooper
Funeral for Mrs. F Sprenger Held in Coatsburg
Coatsburg, Jan 4 Funeral services for the late Mrs. F Sprenger were held Sunday from her farm home at 1 pm and at the Lutheran church at 2 30 pm conducted by Rev A Zeilinger Large attendance and floral tributes. Choir provided selections Grandsons served as pallbearers Albert Wiegmann Quincy Fred Sprenger Mendon Dick Sprenger Mendon Fred Boner Canton Mo Carl Boner Canton Mo William Sprenger Coatsburg
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Coatsburg
F. Sprenger
A. Zeilinger
Albert Wiegmann
Quincy
Fred
Dick Sprenger
Mendon
Carl Boner
Canton, Mo
Wikliam Sprenger
Appreciation of Her Jurist in Pittsfield Banquet
A banquet in Pittsfield honored Judge Higbee with an appreciation read by Attorney A. Clay Williams. The speech lauds Higbee’s integrity, long service, and impact as a jurist and neighbor, praising his upright judgment, public spirit, and steadfast character across decades in the state’s appellate courts.
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Pittsfield
Henry Bush
A. Clay Williams
Higbee
Scott Wike
It Pays to Advertise Farce at Local Theatre
A review praises Roi Cooper Megrue and Walter Hackett comedy It Pays to Advertise. Ambrose Peal radio promotion persuades skeptical audiences that printer's art sells, as a Soap King’s son rebels with a clever ad campaign. The production, likened to Wallingford plays, promises constant laughter and witty situations.
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Roi Cooper Megrue
Walter Hackett
New York
Chicago
Ambrose Peal
Stars and Stripes Forever Highlight Hello Paris Burlesque
ERSPIRE-HIPPODROME sets week of shows starting Friday with de Koven Opera Co performing Robin Hood and Saturday with Hello Paris burlesque featuring Stars and Stripes Forever staged by Will Roehm. Friday also offers Robin Hood with Ivy Scott as Maid Marian and Ralph Branard in the title role. Cast includes Cora Tracey James Stevens and others as the company tours town.
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de Koven Opera Co
Paris
Polly and Her Pals
Stars and Stripes Forever
Hippodrome
de Koven Opera Company
New York
Ivy Scott
Galden Weet
Will
Maid Marian
Ralph Bra Nard
Cora Tracey
James Stevens
Wm Schuster
Herbert Waterous
Tile Satinger
Phil Branson
Sol Solomon
Castellane Father of Boni De Castellane Injured in Accident
Castellane, father of Count Boni de Castellane, was struck by an automobile while exiting a military hospital where he worked. He sustained serious injuries, but doctors expect recovery.
Church Trustees Sue School Directors in Fall Creek Case
Judge Albert Akers granted a new trial to C. H. Wood for the First Baptist church in a dispute with Fall Creek township school directors over church use and rent. In same session, five divorce decrees were signed, including Edna Shaffer vs. Frederick Shaffer and Lydia Brown vs. Ralph Brown with custody and support details.
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Albert Akers
Circuit Court
C. H. Wood
First Baptist Church
Fall Creek Township
Akers
Edna Shaffer
Frederick Shaffer
Gladys Hilger van Harmon Hilgen
Gladys Milton
Sadie May Allen
George Allen
Lydia Brown
Ralph Brown
Virginia
Mable Jackson
Merrill H. Jackson
French Marquis Injured in Paris Incident
Paris reports on January 4 as the Marquis de is injured in an incident. Details are limited in the fragment, with authorities and exact cause not yet clear. Further updates expected from Paris dispatches.
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Paris
Prominent Chicago Banker to Retire
Orsen Smith, president of the Merchants' Loan and Trust Company, Chicago's large bank, announced today he will retire February 1 from active charge. Edmund D. Hulbert, first vice president, will succeed him.
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Chicago
Orsen Smith
Merchants’ Loan and Trust Company
Edmund D. Hulbert
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