Cotton House Demonstration Showcases Cotton Building
The National Cotton Council touts cotton houses as promising outlets for cotton in quantity. A demonstration cotton house at the Department of Agriculture in Washington features canvas covered plyboard walls and roof, fire resistant and waterproof. Cotton blanket insulation cools interiors and dampens noise, with about 650 pounds of cotton used for walls and insulation.
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National Cotton Council
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Cotton Wall Covering Aids National Defense Housing Drive
The world's largest oil cloth maker introduces a cotton wall covering priced like wallpaper. It offers a washable permanent finish with structural and decorative benefits. Specified in 5,000 homes under the national defense program, it appears in the Barbizon Plaza hotel in New York.
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Barbizon Plaza
New York
New Cotton Home for Southern Bride
The Ladies Home Journal furnishes a cotton themed house for Nancy Shaw of New Orleans. Rooms reflect Deep South flora and cotton textures with chintz drapes, mint green and white living area, cretonne magnolias in the study, pink azaleas in the dining room, mulberry leaves on clipper cloth veranda, red Creole kitchen, and azure blue bedroom fabrics.
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The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Deep South
Nancy Shaw
New Orleans
Morley couple observe wedding anniversary
Open house to friends marked the fortieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Ragains at their Morley home on August 25, 1901, with attendants Mrs. R. L. Harrison and Mrs. Harrison.
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A. G. Ragains
Morley
Mrs. Ragains
R. L. Harrison
Cotton Covered Walls: Modern Homes Embrace New Material
In thousands of U S defense houses from New York to Oshkosh, cotton wall coverings by the world’s largest cotton cloth maker gain traction as a durable, economical alternative to paper. The material, tested by government labs and specified by the U S Housing Authority, offers a washable finish, structural reinforcement for plaster, moisture resistance, and multiple finishes and patterns suitable for vibration-prone areas and high-traffic interiors.
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National Defense
New York
Oshkosh
King Cotton
Government
Washington
United States Housing Authority
Former Canalou Resident Dies in Pennsylvania
Caverno and daughter Mrs. T. L. Chidester of Sikeston and Miss Ellen Caverno attended the funeral of their mother Ellen F. Caverno who died August 20 at Lancaster home of daughter Mrs. L. D. Herr. Her death ends years at the Caverno farm near Canalou.
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Caverno
T. L. Chidester
Sikeston
Ellen Caverno
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Ellen F. Caverno
Canalou
Ernest Muffett
Chicago
Frank Hewitt
Little Rock
N. J. Hewitt
Minnie Hoskins
Norris City
Til
Wes Smith
Betty Taul
P. L. McLaurin
Junior McLaurin
Owen
Appalone Taul
Luilbourn
George Wright
Anna
Wayne Wright
Dundee
Vinson
Wright
Leonard Baughn
J. H. Coppage
Rachel
Johnny Smith
Jefferson City
Baughn
R. H. Weaks
Weaks
Canalu
Ben Caldwell
Neil C. Aslin
Dimple McWaters
W. McWaters
Charter Oak
Oliver
Freda Hewitt
Bryan Hillis
Dexter
Hillis
Mr. Hillis
H. G. Hillis
Canaloa High School
Pete Smith
East Chicago
Smith
Zoni
Morehouse Farmers Charged With Theft
Oscar Kindred a 24 year old farmer and Frank Hutchison 19 were arrested in Poplar Bluff for allegedly owning and attempting to sell two cows identified as belonging to Jack Crowell and Arnold Heusier near Morehouse. Cows valued at 90 dollars and one owned by Crowell were recovered. Both men jailed in Butler county awaiting charges.
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Oscar Kindred
Morehouse
Frank Hutchison
Bill Brent
Poplar Bluff
M. L. Hogg
Jack Crowell
Hogg
Gene Harris
Stoddard
Charles T. Bloodworth Jr
Kindred
Hutchison
Crowell
Arnold Heusier
Heusier
Butler County
Local notes on visits and student moves in town and region
The article lists visits by Mrs Bill Bryant and her children to Arkansas relatives, Miss Bernadine Bryant returning from Dexter, Bill Fisher visiting from Army Air Corps duty in Vancouver Illinois, Rev and Mrs Marvin Haw visiting Charles ton, Mrs Haw a guest of Lucy Byrd, and Morehouse graduates entering Draughons Business College in Paducah with a 25-vehicle trip and picnic at Bob Nobel Park.
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Les Reitzel
Monroe
J. L. Fallowell
Renshaw Hale
Earl Michel
Detroit
Mich
Helen Beardslee
Clarence Beardslee
Benton
John Bugg
Lambert
Miss
Vonda Brasher
Cape Girardeau
Ark
Searcy
Garner, Ark
H. F. Emerson Jr
Cairo
W. E. McCarty
Sikeston Coca Cola Bottling Company
Emerson
Wilma Ragaing
St. Louis
R. D. Sorrells
East St. Louis
Vernon Bowles
Richmond Heights
M. L. Taylor
Taylor
Frances and
Jane Hawkins
Commerce
Freda Abbott
Bill Smith
Will Hawkins
H. M. Andrews
Esther
East Prairie
Rex Boyce
Jane
Sarah
Arma
Ann
Hollywood
Cal
Boyce
Sikeston
HY. D. Ragains
Wilma Ragains
Loyce
Steele
Lorene Reno
Osie Collins
Barnes Hospital
Aaron Newton
Flint
Ella Cambron
Oakland
O. M. Walls
Arkansas
Mississippi
Ida Schultz
Miami
Fla
Ira Smith
Jim MecColgan
Jean
R. M. Bienert
St. Marys
Hubert Fox Sr
Bill Bryant
Near Here
Franks
Bernadine Bryant
Dexter
Bill Fisher
Army Air Corps
Vancover
Ill
Glen Fisher
Marvin T. Haw
Moore Haw
Charleston
Rural Roads Prove Deadlier Than City Streets This Year
This year motorists face higher danger on rural Missouri highways while traffic deaths fall in urban areas. The shift shows rural routes bearing more fatalities as city streets record fewer fatalities, highlighting evolving danger patterns for drivers nationwide.
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Missouri
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