Father Dies at Forest Park as Son Plays Catcher
Ir Ving McGowan, a St Louis capitalist and founder of Second Church, collapsed from heart disease during a Sunday school baseball game at Forest Park. His son Thomas McGowan, catcher for Compton Heights, threw out a runner at second before the tragedy occurred. The game paused as mourners and friends offered aid, but revival efforts failed. The infant child of Mr and Mrs June Hill was buried at Mt Zion that Saturday.
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IrVing McGowan
St. Louis
Forest Park
Compton Heights
McGowaun
Thomas
Thomas McGowan
McGowan
Mr. Allen
John Hicklin
Forrest Winston
Adcock
June Hill
Mt. Zion
Dunksburg Musicians Defeat Ritchie Tent Of Maccabees
The Musicians beat the Maccabees 10 to 1 at League Park on Wednesday. Outfielders feuded over a ball catching fine while Theo Creutzel and Gene Porter dodged flies. seven innings were played with Norton and Slagle as the battery and Ernie Wigton and Frank Leach pitching.
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Ritchie
Maccabees
League Park
Theo
Creutzel
Gene Porter
Xeon Gorrell
William Tigenfritz
Jim Quinn
Quinn
Bob Gray
Ernest Wigton
Frank Leach
Chester Lewis
Norton
Slagle
Half a Man and a Cure by Dr. Pierce
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets as remedies for stomach and digestion disorders. It features a testimonial from Willis Seaman of Washingtonville New York who credits the regimen with curing lifelong dyspepsia and restoring strength enabling full work capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Willis Seaman
Washingtonville, Orange Co
N. Y
Doctor Pierce
Missouri man starving himself toward skeleton
Josh Jarman of this county, said to be the largest man in Missouri, is reducing his flesh by starvation. He has dropped from 426 to 300 pounds and hopes to lose a pound a day, aiming to be a skeleton in a year, according to the New London Record.
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Josh Jarman
Missouri
London
Sedalia Figures and Local Farm Transfers Reported
M Pemberton of Sedalia visited Tuesday. W E Reavis held over 1100 bushels of wheat and Daniel M Bots sold a 152 acre farm to Mason. J C Huckaby is expected back in September and Nettie Magler returned home today after a week with Reavis.
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M. Pemberton
Sedalia
W. E. Reavis
J. C. Huckaby
Nettie Magler
Daniel M. Bots
Mason
Golden Medical Discovery Aids Digestion And Vitality
An article extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for old age weakness caused by poor digestion. It argues digestion drives strength, cites testimonials, and claims improved blood quality and vitality without alcohol or narcotics. It urges private correspondence with Dr. Pierce in Buffalo, N Y.
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Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical
Pierce
How to Obtain Health with Dr Pierce Advisers
Read Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser for health tips. The over one thousand page work is sent free on receipt of postage stamps to cover mailing costs. Send 37 one cent stamps for cloth bound or 21 stamps for paper cover to Dr. R V Pierce Buffalo NY.
Local Real Estate Agent Notes and Travel Updates
Pemberton of Pemberton and Shultz reports Pauline Missouri on July 16. William Purchase threshing for Joe DeJarnette today. George Botts and Will Clark left Ibex Colorado for Perndeil Washington to visit sister Mrs Millie McMillen.
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Pauline, Mo
William Purchase
Joe DeJarnette
George Botts
Will Clark
Ibex
Colo
Perndeil Washington
Millie McMillen
CACTI COLLECTION AND MEMORIAL PLANS
CACTI COLLECTION noted as the largest private cactus collection in the United States owned by Mrs. Ida Balmer Camp of Caro Michigan. Also mentions Morton’s Monument planned for Nebraska City to be dedicated on Arbor Day, honoring J Sterling Morton.
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United States
Ida Balmer
Caro, Mich
J. Sterling Morton
Nebraska City
Morton
Get Red Cross Ball Blue 2 oz for five cents
A small advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue laundry blueing in a large 2 ounce package priced at five cents, presenting it as the best Ball Blue option.
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Red Cross
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Catcher
Dunksburg
Dunksburg, Mo
Blanche van Bibber
Ona Park
Claude Porter
Falkner
Town
John Allen
Springfield
Mary M. Aaron
Rolla, Phelps Co
Pemberton
Pemberton and Shultz
Castoria
W. E. Bard Drug Co
C. C. Lawson
Katie Building
Bell Telephone
Beara
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