Some News Briefly Told in Kennett and Poplar Bluff
KENNETT Daniel Lee Moore seven year old son of Mr and Mrs Robert Moore farmers drowned Sunday afternoon while swimming with his father in the St Francis River. POPLAR BLUFF Millard A Cook thirty four workman on the Wappapella dam project died Monday minutes after being struck between a power shovel and a heavy dirt truck. Cook a native of Holt Summit Mo and for three months with Porter Dewitt Construction Company.
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Kennett
Daniel Lee Moore
Robert Moore
St. Francis River
Poplar Bluff
Millard A. Cook
Wappapella Dam
Cook
Holt Summit
Porter- Dewitt Construction Company
Dexter Civil War veteran dies leaves last resident
George Fox of Dexter died last month. Francis M. Snider of Campbell is now the last Civil War veteran residing in Stoddard County, marking the passing of an era for the area.
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Dexter
George Fox
Francis M. Snider
Campbell
Stoddard County
Poplar Bluff Library Returns 21 Year Old Book
A borrower returned a book to Poplar Bluff Public Library after 21 years. At 3 cents a day it would cost 229.95 in circulating fees, but a late fine under $1 was paid based on the book’s value. In Malden, C H Jackson caught a five pound bass while fishing Black River. In Jackson, John G Putz notes it has rained there 13 times on August 8 over 47 years.
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Poplar Bluff
Malden
Black River
C. H. Jackson
Jackson
John G. Putz
Harviell youth dies after crash near Harviell
HARVIELL Warren 17 year old son of Mr and Mrs W T Warren of Harviell died at Poplar Bluff hospital Sunday night from injuries from an auto truck crash earlier that evening. The youth was riding on the left front fender of a car driven by Orville Frazier of Harviell when a large truck owned and driven by Harrison Kirkley of near Harviell reportedly hit the car from a side road.
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Harviell—Warren
W. T. Warren
Harviell
Poplar Bluff
Orville Frazier
Harrison Kirkley
Charleston Dentist Opens 48 Years in One Block
Dr J B Penny a Charleston dentist has run an office in the same city block for more than 48 years since arriving from Nashville in April 1892 after finishing at Vanderbilt University. He has moved his office twice but stayed in the same block throughout his tenure.
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Charleston
J. B. Penny
Penny
Nashville
Funeral services for Martin Speaks at Iiimo
Funeral services were held last Friday at Iiimo for Martin Speaks 79 who died of a heart ailment on August 1 Interment followed in the Dannenmueller cemetery near Kel so His widow Mrs Vina Speaks and a half brother survive Mr Speaks who was blind had resided in the Ancell community for 42 years
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Ancell
Iiimo
Martin Speaks
Dannenmueller
Kelso
Vina Speaks
Speaks
Home Building Goes Forward in Summer
Washington July reports FHA data show mid summer home construction breaking records. During the week ending July 20, 4,253 new homes began FHA insured construction under Title II, matching the prior week’s record, with 229 more under Title I. Applications for mortgage insurance reached 4,498, up 44 percent from 1939. Mr McDonald said the pace pointed toward a 1940 national record near the 1928 level.
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Washington, D. C
Stewart McDonald
Federal Housing Administration
McDonald
FHA
Publisher's Brother Is Critically Ill
Art Walhausen editor of the Enterprise Courier in Charleston flew to Sweet Springs Missouri to be with his brother Ernest who is critically ill. Ernest underwent two emergency operations recently and is failing to rally.
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Art Walhausen
Enterprise Courier
Charleston
Sweet Springs
Ernest
Women less susceptible to color blindness than men
A concise note states that women have much lower susceptibility to color blindness compared with men, reflecting a known genetic pattern linked to the X chromosome. The observation highlights sex differences in color vision as reported in historical medical discussions.
Ordinary talcum powder keeps belt from slipping
An old-time tip suggests applying ordinary talcum powder to an automobile fan belt to reduce slipping temporarily. The method is simple and inexpensive, relying on talc’s drying and lubricating properties to improve belt grip until a proper repair can be made.
Release in death of Miss Alberta Saville at Morehouse
Investigation into the death of Miss Alberta Saville of Morehouse ends. Roy Chaney Jr. of Sikeston, driver, is released after a blackjack was found in the car. Coroner Rich ards rules death by a fall from a moving auto after Miss Saville leapt or fell from the vehicle during an argument. Funeral services were held at Morehouse with Rev Ed Brock. Surviving are her parents, three brothers, two sisters, and a son.
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Alberta Saville
Morehouse
John Tandy
Roy Chaney Jr
Sikeston
Miss Saville
L. A. Richards
New Madrid
M. G. Anderson
Cape Girardeau Hospital
Chaney
Ed Brock
Harley Savile
Paul
Marvin
Eddie
Beulah Ferguson
Lenora Jennings
Marion, Jr
Eugene Rogers Delameter
Last Rites Held Monday for Mrs Dumey at Tiimo
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Josephine Dumey wife of Louis Dumey of Ilimo were held Monday at St Josephs Catholic church Tiimo at 9am with Rev B Groner in charge. Interment followed at Kelso cemetery with Rev Joseph Keusenko conducting. Born November 11 1881 in Cape Girardeau county she lived on a Sikeston area farm fourteen years before moving to Time. Survived by husband four children Harold Ollie and Alphine Dumey plus Mrs Bill Keller and a nun in Long Island and three grandchildren Billy Ronald and Barbara Ann.
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St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Tiimo
Mary Josephine Dumey
Louis Dumey
Ilimo
St. Francis Hospital
B. Groner
Kelso
Welsh
Joseph Keusenko
Benton
Jewel Box creator Robert Thompson dies at 75
Robert Thompson of St. Louis, builder of the famed Jewel Box greenhouse in Forest Park, died at age 75 from heat stroke. His glass palace, begun in 1904, earned renown as a beauty and source of light for millions of flowers that illuminated the city.
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Robert Thompson
St. Louis
Forest Park
Ingersoll
William B Smith of Missouri a noted scholar leader
William Benjamin Smith a former Missouri college professor who taught at Central College Fayette and the University of Missouri is remembered as a brilliant mind in mathematics physics philosophy and biblical studies. Born 1850 in Kentucky he studied in Goettingen won prizes and earned a PhD. He taught at Central College Tulane and Tulane and helped reform Missouri education before dying in 1934.
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Missouri College
Goethe
Leibnitz
Immanuel Kant
William Benjamin Smith
Central College
Fayette
Missouri
University of Missouri
Smith
Stanford
Kentucky
St. Joseph
Sleepy Hollow Academy
J. W. Strong
University of Kentucky
St. John’s College
Prairie du Chien
Wisconsin
University of Goettingen
Germany
United States
Bethel Military Academy
Virginia
Laws
Missouri State Teachers Association
Board of Curators
Teachers Association
Richard M. Jesse
Tulane University
Columbia
Louisiana
Santiago
Chile
America
Europe
Last Rites Held for Sikeston Man's Father
John L. Wilkinson of Sikeston died at his Piedmont home last Friday after a weeklong illness. He was 64 and survived by his widow Nettie, daughter Amy Holmes of Piedmont, son C. C. Wilkinson of Sikeston, stepson Frank Montgomery of Piedmont, and other family including Carolyn and Carl Jr. Funeral service was held at the Christian Church in Piedmont.
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Christian Church At
Piedmont
John L. Wilkinson
C. C. Wilkinson
Sikeston
Wilkinson
Nettie Wilkinson
Amy Holmes
Frank Montgomery
Thanks to those who aided during illness and death
To all friends who assisted us during the illness and death of our husband, father and son we extend sincere thanks and appreciation. Mrs Maryvin Wyatt and children Mrs Mary Wyatt.
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Maryvin Wyatt
Mary Wyatt
Card of Thanks For Kindness and Sympathy
We thank our friends for their kindness and sympathy during a deeply sad time. Louis Dumey Sister Mary LaLemant Dumey Harold Dumey Oliver Dumey Mrs. Lorraine Keller Lawrence Mirgaux.
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Louis Dumey
Mary LaLemant Dumey
Harold Dumey
Oliver Dumey
Lorraine Keller
Lawrence Mirgaux
Missouri road work notice for Route SN 10-A bidding
Sealed proposals to construct Route SN Section 10 A in Scott County will be received until 10:00 A M August 23 1940 in Jefferson City. Work includes concrete box culverts and gravel surface 2.294 miles with state preference for Missouri materials and right to reject all bids. Carl W. Brown Chief Engineer.
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State OF
Milmo
Mississippi River
Missouri
Commission
Jefferson City
Sikeston
Carl W. Brown
Sikeston Seeks Bids for Moore Avenue Concrete Paving
Notice given that bids will be received in Sikeston Missouri City Clerk office until 5 pm Monday August 12 1940 for furnishing material equipment and labor to pave a 799.2 foot by 27 foot section of Moore avenue from Wakefield to Wallace avenues with concrete plans and specs on file. Bids to be for whole project only. Contractor to accept special tax bills against abutting property. City reserves right to reject all bids. A C Barrett City Clerk
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Sikeston
Missouri
Moore Avenue
Wakefield Avenue
Wallace Avenue
A. C. Barrett
City of
One-Cent British Guiana Cover Sells for 50000
A tiny black and magenta stamp cover, the world’s sole known one-cent British Guiana 1856 issue, sold for $50,000. Macy’s of New York bought it for an unnamed client from Mrs Ann Hind Scala of Utica NY.
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British Guiana
Macy's Department Store
New York
Ann Hind Scala
Utica
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Bailey & Bailey
Attorneys-at-Law
McCoy-Tanner Bldg
Sikeston, MO
George W. Kirk
Applegate Bldg
Phone
Robert A. Dempster
McCoy-Tanner Building
E. J. Menstedt
Front Street
Merlin G. Anderson
Derris Malcolm
Howard A. Dunaway
Denistry
DR. Wandy Smith
Applegate
Telephone
Tom L. Chidester
Peoples Bank
B. L. McMullin
Stallcup
F. L. Sisson
Optometry
DR. W. M. Sidwell Optometrist Office
Welsh Mortuary
H. J. Welsh
H. S. Johnson Funeral Directors
Cewspaperahalhive
Mrs
Mary Dumey
Floyd C. Shoemaker
Missouri Historical Society
Stephano Brothers
Phils
Penna
Rine Ip
Alway
Paris
Chicago
Rome
Fresno
Junior
Reiss
RVD LP
PTL
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