Unscrupulous Pioneer Merchants Cheated Their Indian Customers
A Missouri history piece describes the 1830s fur trade era under the American Fur Company in the western frontier. It outlines how traders exploited Indian tribes through monopolistic pricing, inflated barter goods, and manipulated payments via agents led by General William Clark, noting the detrimental impact on tribes and the shift of power to small local merchants as later exploitation waned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Fur Company
St. Louis
Hach
William Clark
St Louis
Middle West
Clark
St Loms
Trade shifts as Redman creeks vanish westward
The Missouri merchant saw profits dry up as Redman trade routes faded westward, curbing expansion in the booming settler market and forcing merchants to seek new opportunities beyond distant waterways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Bradley calls invasion casualty reports unfounded claims
London dispatch quotes Lt Gen Omar N Bradley dismissing talk of 90 percent troop losses as tommyrot. He says US forces have the best soldiers and equipment, noting Tunisian campaign losses averaged three to four men per thousand and predicting headlines will fade after a few days.
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London
Omar N. Bradley
Europe
Tommyrot
The
Daily Telegraph
Bradley
Britain
Attorney Quotes Client Over OPA Rules In St Louis
Wilton Chapman, representing Mrs Dorine VanBerg a poultry dealer, pleads not guilty to OPA regulation violations. He revealed in court a client quote about the regulations saying I can't even lift them. Judge Rubey M. Hulen sets trial for June 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton Chapman
Office of Price ,Administration
United States District
Rubey M. Hulen
St.Louis
Chapman
Hulen
Dorine VanBerg
Page Boulevard
VanBerg
OPA
Jap ships sunk in war reach 1358 in disclosures
Washington reports new American blows have raised total Japanese ships sunk since the war began to 1358, with about 86 probably sunk and 1163 damaged.
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Washington
Suspended Draft Call for Men Over 25
The Selective Service suspended inductions of men over 26 employed in essential agriculture and war production. Director Hershey said immediate needs for younger fighters take precedence. The suspension applies to those past 26 who passed pre-induction exams, delaying their inductions until 18 to 25 age group is substantially in. The push to place 4-Fs into war work continues amid congressional remarks against labor conscription. Col Warp notes men with arrangements to join may proceed, and Missouri may see delays under 30 days due to few under-26 men remaining.
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Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
War and Navy Departments
Congressional
Germany
Japan
Claude C Warp
Armed Services
Warp
State third Missouri school payment disbursed statewide total
Hess Porter state isettlement treasurer reports $45,826.66 disbursed to county schools as the third Missouri payment of the year. Allocations include Sikeston $11,340.96 Graysboro $188.90 Illmo $2,615.63 Fernfeld $2,424.61 Rockview $546.47 Chaffee $4,907.74 Kelso $1,214.86 Head $136.77 Commerce $1,131.19 Wylie $148.47 Breda $313.96 New Hamburg $656.10 Benton $1,648.34 Oran $2,826.35 Bryeans $112.83 Perkins $1,153.63 Campbell $152.73 Owensby $164.43 Morley $3,175.33 Hope $602.38 Lusk $381.57 Lemons $199.54 Blodgett $2,351.40 Vandurer $2,312.84 Crowder $493.81 Sand Prairie $135.70 McMullin $112.30 Diehlstadt $1,996.87 Lennox $128.26 Tanner $145.28 Hunter near Sikeston $285.76 Chaney $99.53 Dunaver $210.18 Miner Switch $665.62 Stringer $1,298.5 Baker $276.72 Greer $118.68 Ancell $418.07.
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Hess Porter
Scott County
Missouri
Sikeston
Graysboro
Illmo
Fernfelt
Rockview
Chaffee
Kelso
Head
Commerce
Wylie
Breda
New Hamburg
Benton
Oran
Bryeans
Perkins
Campbell
Owensby
Morley
Hope
Lusk
Lemons
Blodgett
Vandurer
Crowder
Sand Prairie
McMullin
Diehlstadt
Lennox
Tanner
Hunter
Chaney
Dunaver
Miner
Stringer
Baker
Greer
Ancell
Second Anniversary Of Bataan Marked On Easter
Easter Sunday observes the second anniversary of the fall of Bataan when American Filipino forces surrendered on April 9 1942. The Death March began and thousands of heroes, including General Walden Wright and Sikeston’s Captain Jimmy Derris, remain prisoners in Japanese camps.
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Bataan
Philippines
Wallinwright
Sikeston
Jimmy Derris
1000-LB Hog at Kentucky Livestock Market
A hog over 1000 pounds collapsed under its weight in Louisville at the Kentucky Livestock Market. Live stock handlers spent hours trying to lift it before a crane was required to finish the job. E H Metcalf, president of the Louisville Livestock Exchange, called it the largest hog in 36 years. George GL Deweese of Logansport raised and sent the hog to market. You can believe what you read.
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Louisville
E H Metcalf
Louisville Livestock Exchange
George GL Deweese
Logansport
Services Held Tuesday for Aged Morehouse Man
Funeral services were conducted at the Church of the Nazarene in Morehouse for August C Kesting who died at his home last Friday from a heart ailment. Rev McElrath officiated. Burial followed in Memorial Park cemetery in Sikeston. He was born August 13 1868 in Washington County Illinois and is survived by five sons George Morehouse August Chicago Robert Franklin Pvt Raymond in North Carolina Elmer Wisconsin a daughter Mrs Wilson Ford Jackson Missouri a brother Edward a sister Mrs Amelia Markham Madison Illinois. Mrs Kesting preceded him in death.
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Church of the Nazarene
Morehouse
Kesting
McElrath
Memorial Park
Sikeston
Taylor
Washington County
Ilinois
George Kesting
August Kesting
Chicago
Ill
Robert Kesting
Franklin
Ind
Raymond Kesting
North Carolina
Elmer Kesting
Wisconsin
Wilson Ford
Jackson
Edward Kesting
Amelia Markham
Madison
Improvements in retreading for automobile tires
Washington reports Rubber Director Bradley Dewey promised improvements in retreading material after May 1. He authorized use of synthetic rubber instead of reclaimed rubber used for the last three months. Grades A and C synthetic rubber may be used with no restrictions, Grade F reclaimed material limited to 25 percent. Dewey cited rising Buna S synthetic rubber production enabling the change.
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Washington
Bradley Dewey
Dewey
Comeback of Yanks Amazes Service Doctors
In Denver Major Clinton L. Compere and Capt. John Robbins, veterans of the Pacific, hailed the rapid recoveries of American soldiers and sailors after battlefield exhaustion. They spoke at the three state Ameri can College of Surgeons meeting noting men revived within days and joked about furloughs and girls. The report also notes that ninety percent of wool shorn in Australia is sold at auction.
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Denver
Clinton L. Compere
Army
John Robbing
Navy
American College of Surgeons
Robbins
Australia
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State Historical Society of Missouri At
Columbia
Floyd C. Shoemaker
Istate
Kentucky Livestock Market
the Herald
Bailey & Bailey Attorneys-at-Law
McCoy-Tanner Bldg
Sikeston, MO
George W. Kirk
Applegate Bldg Steels
Public Accountant
Public Accountants
E. J. Neenstedt
Front Street
Howard A. Dunaway
Mc Coy-Tanner Building
Optometry
W. I. Sidwell
D. D
Mce-Coy-Tanner
B. L. McMullin
Stallcup
B. L. Sisson
North Kingshighway
Welsh Funeral Home
Distinctive Service
Newspapr
S. C
Rhode Island
Bloomfield
Dexter
Taylor Poultry House
Sikeston Dealer
Ifeeus
Western Electric Hearing Aid
Gell Telephone Laboratories
Melvin Deneke
Broadway
Cape Girardeau
Mom and Pop
Lovermone
Ara Asaa
Mer
Mom
Standard Oil
Seal Service
Sid
Tire Shop
Whiteway
Standard Oil Products
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