Torch Preheating Incident Burns Jack Williams in Missouri Shop
Jack Williams received burns to the legs and left arm when a preheating torch ignited his clothing at 223 South Osage. He was taken to Bothwell Hospital, with doctors reporting burns painful but not serious. Fellow worker F Biery and manager Paul Hedderich helped smother the fire before fire crews arrived. Estimated damage from the blaze was about 25 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Williams
South Osage
Williams
Bothwell Hospital
McLaughlin
John B. Carlisle
F. Biery
Biery
Paul Hedderich
J. C. Penney
Finnell
Penney
Christmas Week News From Windsor Area
Miss Mary Churchill visited Mangum Oklahoma for a month with Mr and Mrs Parks Ball. Numerous Christmas gatherings include the Oechslis Pickerills Sutherlands Ball FeasterTwyman and others. Family visits span Kansas City St Louis Denver New York City and Tulsa with several illnesses and a hospital emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Jordan
Mary Churchill
Mangum
Okla
Parks Ball
C. E. Oechsli
Clifford
S. S. Oechsli
Virgil Twyman
Richard
D. S. Pickerill
Zelma Lee
Darius Pickerill, Jr
de Sutherland
Orden
Virginia
St. Louis
Weekend Visits and Holiday Stretch in Fayette Community
Local residents from Fayette and nearby towns shared weekend visits and holiday travels. Notable movements include Miss Martha Jean Miller from Tipton visiting Miss Jamie Jean Hedgpath, and Nannie Laura Ford traveling to Houston Texas for a week with relatives. Others shopped in Boonville Sedalia and Sedalia venues while relatives hosted Christmas gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Nelson
Will Friday
Fayette
Charlie
Sam T. Smith
J. B. Rand
Boonville
O. C. Berry
Hallsville
Norris Moore
Martha Jean Miller
Tipton
Jamie Jean Hedgpath
Nannie Laura Ford
Mary S. Scholl
C. E. Buchner
Buchner
Houston
Texas
C. W. Culley
Speed
Dave Stephenson
Kansas City
Clifford Shumate
Henry Kirby
Henry, Jr
Clifton City
Ella Kirby
Magmie Deese
John Spangler
Los Angeles
Calif
Roy Blank
Bessie Margaret
Sedalia
Felonious Assault Charged After Fifth Street Fracas
Olin Morris faces felonious assault charges in Judge J C Connor's court over a Monday night cutting at Fifth street and Engineer avenue. Edward Klein was hospitalized after the attack. Green Ridge resident Edgar Ulmer received emergency care and was sent home. Morris surrendered Tuesday, was arraigned and released on a 1500 dollar bond posted by his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Connor
Olin Morris
Edward Klein
Edgar Ulmer
Green Ridge
Leroy Duffield
Fifth Street
Engineer Avenue
Klein
Bothwell Hospital
McLaughlin
A. J. Campbell
J. E. Mitchell
Ulmer
Morris
Marriage License Issued for Roy Hudson and Dorothy Pugh
Roy Hudson and Dorothy Pugh of Sedalia were issued a marriage license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Hudson
Dorothy Pugh
Sedalia
Samuel Worley dies after fall in West Tipton at 94
Samuel Worley aged 94 died at home in West Tipton Monday evening after a fall on Saturday that caused a broken hip. A longtime farmer born in Missouri, he lived most of his life near Fortuna and Tipton. He was twice married. seven of twelve children from his first marriage survive, along with four of six from his second. Funeral service held at the Baptist church with Rev. Wayne Garrison. interment planned at Newkirk cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Snorgrass
Samuel Worley
West Tipton
Tipton
Worley
Texas County
Edna Rush
Sedalia
Emmett
Fortuna
Nathan
Ol Worley
Hattie Drake
Rose Fulkerson
Jefferson City
Herman Dahl
Claude Coley
Pilot Grove
Shelby
Baptist Church
Wayne Garrison
Ray White
Isle of Somewhere
Jesus Savior
Newkirk Cemetery
Christmas Visits Fill Smithton Households Across Town
Smithton residents greet relatives from Dermont Illinois Jefferson City Vienna and Sedalia over Christmas including Miss Mattie Pace Miss Pearl Bremer Miss Adda Bidstrup and Miss Lillian Sawford. Families share dinners attend church programs and travel to see kin in Omaha Wheatland Eugene and Nebraska City. Dismissed senior play postponed to January 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Pace
Dermont
Ill
J. H. Pace
Pearl Ruth Bremer
Bunceton
Adda Bidstrup
St. Louis
Virgil Quint
Lillian Sawford
Lynn
Tom Sawford
W. H. Griffin
George Griffin
George III
Belle Stephens
T. D. Ott
Sedalia
W. D. Williams
Ott
Williams
M. E. Church
J. L. Monsees
Omaha
Nebr
Ferdinand Cruse
Scott
Edith Dedrick
Edwards
Stella Scott
Harold
Joe Edwards
Margie Jane Peoples
Charles Ellison
John R. Ellison
Tabitha
Wheaton
John Edwards
Forrest Hampy
C. L
Cleo
Carolyn
Florence
Martha Jane
Hattie
Carolyn Hampy
Houstonia district officers named for Pettis RE Council
Pettis county Council of Religious Education lists officers including president Mrs C E Ramseyer and secretary Mrs O A Milliken. Houstonia High's Senior and Junior classes publish a small paper The Houstonian with first issue on December 23 and bi monthly issues planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houstonia
Pettis County Council of Religious Education
C. E. Ramseyer
C. L. Parkhurst
O. A. Milliken
J. B. Dorsey
Frank McCarty, Jr
Young Peoples
E B. Brown
Edna Tagtmeyer
Houstonia High School
The
Houstonian
R A. Schondelmier
John Jr
Columbia
Charles
Clarence Parkhurst
Russell Cromley
James Ryan
Missouri University
Anna Mae Butts
Festus Wicker
Warrensburg
James Blackburn
Sedalia
McIntyre
Boston
Mass
Sweet Springs
J. E. Hand
Arthur Douglas
Charles Gaston
Kansas City
William Nine
Ruth Hand
Windsor
Marl Greene
Marian
Harris
Crawford Hand
Frances Ramseyer
Nettie Ramseyer
Leonard Slater
Lemons
California
Patton
Bobby Rector
Kansas
John Slater
Martha Hayworth
Local Social Roundup From Sedalia Area
Mrs Ferguson and family travel to Afton Oklahoma for holidays with relatives. Nan Mahnken attends Gladys Deal funeral in Sedalia. Mrs Marsh visits Sedalia with her mother. Mrs Finken hosts relatives for birthdays. Numerous local visits and weekend gatherings noted among area families. A birth is reported for Fred Hampton and other visits spread across Windsor and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Ferguson
Afton
Okla
William Keuper
N. A. Anton
William Schenewark
John Ahlers
Herman Lumpee
Augie Ficken
J. L. Argenbright
Clarence Neil
Dennis Ray
Murray Wood
Vernon Moss
E. S. Stockton
Jimmy
Sedalia
Stockton
N. B. Stockton
Jean Samson
Dorothy Lee
Windsor
L. W. Taylor
Fred Hampton
C. C. Myers
Dorothy
Infant Born During Holidays In Kaiser Home
Mr and Mrs Ehart Kaiser welcomed a son born Friday December 16. The infant and his two year old sister were cared for at the grandparents home, Mr and Mrs Ernest Kaiser, as the family dealt with scarlet fever. Dorothy Myers, student at CMS TC, visited over the holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs C C Myers. Mrs Walter Tubesing of St Louis is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs F B Brockman for the holiday season. The Ionia Community club holds its last meeting of the year December 30 with a dramatic and musical program led by Miss Wilma Pesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh McCurley
Norman
Okla
Bowen
Joe McCurley
Henry Bucholtz
St. Louis
Earl
Jessie Patton
Montrose
Sam Mohler
Wilton Jennings
Herculaneum, Mo
R. J. Jennings
C. E. Powell
Albert Blackmore
Denver
Charles Powell Blackmore
New York City
T. A. Blackmore
Buell Orchard
Bob
Springfield
Blanche Mayfield
Alfred Head
Butler
Waller
Mary Head
Mary Gorrell
Sam Gorrell
Sheridan
Wayo
Cc. E. Powell
Kansas City
Powell
Sedalia
Georgia Priestley
Oklahoma City
Glenn Kilburn
Tulsa
Milner
Raymond Smart
Ohls
August Rahman
Nic
Clinne
Windsor
Thomas
Ehart Kaiser
Kaiser
Ernest Kaiser
Dorothy Myers
C. C. Myers
Walter Tubesing
F. B. Brockman
Ionia Community Club
Wilma Pesson
Brick Homemakers Met At Reed Home
The Brick Homemakers Club met at Mrs. John Reed's home with thirteen members and five visitors. Mrs. Roy Armstrong presided as they planned a year of study in handwork and judging for special lessons. One new member, Mrs. Walter Merk, joined. a Christmas program included cards, a reading, games, and gifts. The next meeting is January 17 at Mrs. J. H. Potter's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brick Homemakers’ Club
John Reed
Roy Armstrong
Harry Broderson
Walter Merk
J. H. Parsons
Gertz
Goldie Weaver
Mt. Vernon
A. J. Fry
Lloyd Burford
Ira Page
J. H. Potter
Auto Crash Injures Carrolton Man in 1938 Buick
A 1938 Buick sedan owned by Charles Beck of Carrolton crashed into a tree and telephone pole on South Park Avenue at about 3 30 in the morning. Beck sustained minor cuts and bruises and was taken to Bothwell hospital for treatment before being released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Beck
Carrollton
Miss Melva Hopkins Suffers Fractured Arm
Miss Melva Hopkins of R. F. D. No. 2 is at Bothwell hospital with a severe fracture of the right arm just above the elbow. She was injured in an automobile accident Sunday evening about twenty five miles west of Sedalia when the car she rode in struck another vehicle and overturned. Dr. A J Campbell treated her at the local hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melva Hopkins
Bothwell Hospital
Sedalia
A. J. Campbell
Farm hand dies after being struck near Burlington Junction
The body of Elvin W. Adams aged 25 a farm hand was found along the Wabash railroad tracks northwest of Burlington Junction Missouri. He had boarded a passenger train on Christmas morning to visit his wife in Hamilton but was killed when struck by the wheels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Junction
Elvin W. Adams
Here
Adams
Hamilton
Tunnel Collapse Kills Thirty Nine Workers in Korea
A railway tunnel collapse in Keisho Rohudo Province Southeastern Korea killed thirty nine workers today. Rescue operations continued as authorities investigated the accident and its causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Keisho Rohudo
Korea
Partition Suit Filed in Circuit Court Over Shared Land
Kenneth Holland Lawrence Holland Verna Holland Marshall sue Charles Seline Holland Clara Myrtle Watts Lyda Beard Beatty Helen Morrison Taylor and William Edge Holland alleging joint ownership of land. They seek a court order to authorize sale of the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Kenneth Holland
Lawrence Holland
Verna Holland Marshall
Charles Seline Holland
Clara Myrtle Watts
Lyda Beard Beatty
Helen Morrison Taylor
William Edge Holland
Injured Sedalia Couple in Texas Auto Crash
Mrs. D. Nations wife of D Nations manager of the Singer Sewing Machine Co Sedalia sustained painful but not serious injuries in a Sunday night car accident at Clarksville Texas. Their Chevrolet was badly damaged. The Nations were en route to Paris Texas to visit relatives over the Christmas holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Nations
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Sedalia
Clarksville
Texas
Cattle and Grain Market Report from Chicago
Cattle and grain market update from Chicago on December 2 shows hogs around 30,000 head with prices mostly 10 to 25 cents lower. best hogs weak to 7.85 per cwt with bulk 18 to 200 pounds around 87.65 to 7.80. Cattle about 6,000 with steers weak to lower and light steers limited at 13.50. yearlings largely 9.00 to 12.09. heifers 8.00 to 9.25 with some 10.25 to 10.40. Sheep 20,000 with lambs slow and 25 to 50 cents lower. bids 8.75 to 9.00, asks 9.15 to 9.25 for best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U. S Department — of Agriculture
Hog and cattle prices ease in early sales report
East St. Louis market shows hogs steady to five cents lower with lighter weights at 7.60 to 7.75 dollars and 7.80 for selected lights. Cattle receipts total 4,000 with steer and heifer values mixed. top butcher bulls around 7.00, slaughter heifers 6.00 to 10.75, replacement steers 5.50 to 9.00, and sheep buyers bidding unevenly on native lambs and western yearlings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East ST. Lows
Hh. Pee
U. S. Department of
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Slows Hog Prices Dip
Kansas City cattle and hog markets showed uneven moves with hogs 10 to 20 cents lower, top at 7.40 for 200 pounders. Cattle and calves varied, with good steers steady to weak and cows steady to strong. Sheep and lamb prices eased slightly, with top lambs around 8.75 and natives about 8.50.
Wheat soars to highest in over three months in Chicago
Chicago price rise pushes wheat futures up about one cent as tense European politics and cold wave fears boost demand. May contracts move to 69 3/4 cents, July to 69 1/4 cents, with corn and oats also edging higher on expectations of tighter U.S. winter crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Grain Prices Steady with Small Increases in Wheat and Oats
Kansas City market report shows wheat up to 14 cents on No 2 dark hard and No 3 futures at 73 to 69 cents. May July and Sept contracts listed. Corn advances 1 to 1½ cents with No 2 white near 49 to 50 cents and No 3 around 47 to 48 cents. Oats steady to 14 cents higher with No 2 white around 30 cents and No 3 near 29 to 30 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kansas City
Ekangas City
Wheat and corn futures rise in St Louis market
Cash: Wheat shows 3 cars up 14 cents, No 2 yellow corn up 1? to 54 cents, No 3 no quotation, oats with no receipts and a 1 cent gain. Market report from St Louis dated Dec 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Chicago Produce Butter Market Report
Chicago on December 29 AP reports butter markets showing weak tone and currency special prices. Trading counts 683,878 units with prices fluctuating and supply indications uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Price List Fragments From Historical Ledger
Partial OCR shows various item prices and weights such as score and cent values for extras firsts standards and miscellaneous charges. It references Megs 4 911 and current receipts 28316c with refrigerator and other prices unchanged.
Poultry Prices Move Up On Chicago Trade Report
Chicago poultry market report shows live prices rising across categories with hens and chickens up. Leghorn hens and chicks fetch higher rates, White Rock and Plymouth breeds, young tom turkeys and ducks also firm, dressed turkeys unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
White Rock
Plymouth
Missouri poultry and butter prices in St Louis market
The Missouri standards prices list covers poultry including hens heavy leghorns and fryers with varied per pound rates, turkeys ducks and geese, plus butter and butterfat figures in whole milk extras, standards, firsts and seconds, with Cheeses like Northern Twins at 17c per unit. Several grain and dairy segments show price ranges across categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Northern Twins
Kansas City Produce Prices Decline in Early Market
Kansas City report lists eggs at 2 cents, creamery butter 27 to 28 cents, butterfat yield up to 22 cents. Poultry prices show hens 9 to 15 cents, roosters 7 to 9 cents, springs 10 to 14 cents, broilers around 12 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Daily Poultry and Egg Market Prices
Prices delivered for poultry and eggs from Swift and Co. cover heavy hens leghorn hens heavy springs leghorn cocks white ducks young tom turkeys over 14 pounds old turkey hens old tom turkeys no. 2 turkeys pullet eggs and no. 2 butterfat with various market values noted in the standard market listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift and Co
Sedalia
Heavy Springs
LUC Cores
Cox Leghorn Cox White Duche
Leghorn Springs
One Killed in Crowd Firing in Nagysurany Protest
Budapest dispatch reports Hungarian gendarmes firing into a Slovak crowd during a demonstration demanding Nagysurany be returned to Czecho Slovakia. One man was killed and several injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Nagysurany
Czecho-Slovakia
Stockholders Meeting of Sedalia Democrat Company
The annual meeting of the stockholders will be held at the company office 110 West Fourth Street Sedalia Missouri on Monday January 9 1939 at 10 00 A M for election of directors for the ensuing year and other business as may properly come before the meeting. George H Trader President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia Democrat Company
West Fourth — Street
Sedalia
George H. Trader
Trustee's Sale Under Deed of Trust in Pettis County Missouri
Notice of sale on January 23 1930 at Sedalia Courthouse West front door to satisfy debt secured by a deed of trust dated February 1 1923 on properties in sections 1 6 28 29 and township 47 48 range 21 22 1 2 to be conducted by Walter N Watkins substitute trustee. Public auction for cash between 9am and 5pm. First published December 20 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Montgomery
Emma Montgomery
Guaranty Trust Company
Missouri
Recorder of Deeds
Pettis County
Walter N. Watkins
Towit
Sedalia
Administratrix Named in Two Local Estate Letters
Letters of administration issued by Probate Judge J E Smith to Frank N Read for the John B Osbourn estate and to Marie Oelrichs for the Fred Oelrichs estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Osbourn
J. E. Smith
Frank N. Read
Marie Oelrichs
Fred Oelrichs
Stockholders Meeting at Third National Bank Sedalia
The regular annual meeting of the stockholders of the Third National Bank of Sedalia Missouri will be held in its banking room Tuesday January 10 1935 between 10 a m and 12 Noon to elect directors for the ensuing year and transact other business. Co L Hanley Cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third National Bank
Sedalia
Missouri
Co. L Hanley
Order of Publication for Pettis County Divorce
State of Missouri Pettis County Circuit Court November Term 1938 Norma Jeanne Pelletier plaintiff vs Joseph O Pelletier defendant dissolution of marriage petition returnable February 6 1939 at Sedalia Missouri if defendant fails to appear judgment by default will be granted J L Jolly attorney for plaintiff and Lelia F Perdue circuit clerk seal true copy of record
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court of
Pettis County
Missouri
Norma Jeanne Pelletier
Joseph O. Pelletier
State of Missouri
Sedalia
Pettis
Lelia FE. Perdue
J. L. Jolly
Notice of Administratrix With Will Annexed for Michael J Donahue
Letters of Administration with the Will annexed on the estate of Michael J Donahue were granted December 2 1938 by the Pettis County Probate Court. All claims against the estate must be presented within six months for allowance or be barred, and within one year to avoid forever losing any claim. Margaret J Donahue administratrix with will annexed. (Seal)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael’ J. Donahue
Pettis County
Missouri
Margaret J. Donahue
Sheriff Sale Foreclosure Of Pettis County Property
Pettis County Missouri sheriff announces foreclosure sale on December 31 1938 for Mabel L Wharton and William A Wharton deed of trust securing 210 acres in Sections 1 18 Township 44 43 and ranges 22 23 including Lot 1 NW 18 NE 1 and SE quarters. Jesse R Clark Jr and The St Louis Union Trust Co trustees. Sale at Sedalia courthouse West Front door between 9 am and 5 pm for cash to satisfy indebtedness and costs. First published December 9 1938.
Deed of trust sale in Pettis County Missouri
William A Wharton and Mabel L Wharton deed of trust dated April 1 1930 recorded in Pettis County Missouri Book 343 Page 2053 conveying West Half of Lots 1 2 Northwest Quarter Section 2 and East Half of Lot 1 Northeast Quarter Section 3 Township 44 Range 23 120 acres to Jesse R Clark Jr and The St Louis Union Trust Company as Trustees sell at public sale to satisfy the deed on Saturday at 2 00 and 5 00 oclock at the Courthouse Sedalia Missouri first published December 9 19338
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel L. Wharton
William A. Wharton
Recorder of Deeds
Pettis County
Missouri
Jesse R. Clark, Jr
St. Louis Union Trust Company
Court House
Sedalia
Township 44
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Jesse Scrogham
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Iowa
Gene Chipman
Perry
John Brown
Clinton
Robert Burcham
Phelps Street
Gene Webb
F. J. Webb
Fern Holloway
Walter Holloway
James Carter
John Carter
Bolivar
Neil Carter
Walton Elbert
Russell Gardner
Babe
Belle
Fred Winzenreidh
H. W. Winzenreid
Frank
Mabel
Emma Carpenter
Robert Carpenter
W. H
W. R. Wiseman
Frank Carpenter
Sam Winzenreid
J. S. Denton
Madeline Grover
C. H. Rinehart
T. E. Harris
Billie
Moberly
W. E. Harris
Charlie Friday
Billie Brady
Willie Harris
Warrenton
P. L. Dix
Dorothy Ellen
Delores
W. T. Hedgpotts
H. L. Shirley
Inez
Celeste Cole
J. R. Knootz
Ethelyn Nelson
C. F. Edmons
Robert Lamm
Topeka
Kas
J. J. Lamm
Ernest Schlobohm
Elden Baum
Betty Rose
Mark
Beasmore Lamm
Reebert Lamm
Earl Momberg
Bernie Sharper
Hubert Peace
Lottie Starke
Bobbie
J. D. Ray
Bane
Ben Morris
Smithton
R R. Lujin
Mrs. Bennie Martin
Sonia
Mrs. Homer Howe
Reed
UC. S. Department of Agriculture
Colorado
Stockholders Meeting
State OF
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