Sikeston Civil Suit Over Goods Seeks Damages
A civil action filed in Sikeston seeks damages over clocks compacts toilet sets broaches billfolds and kodaks sold to a plaintiff aged 38. The case notes open evenings for access and inquiry.
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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1939
Page
6
A civil action filed in Sikeston seeks damages over clocks compacts toilet sets broaches billfolds and kodaks sold to a plaintiff aged 38. The case notes open evenings for access and inquiry.
Cecil Blocker left Sunday for Tuscaloosa Alabama for work. Mrs E E Arthur of Skeston was a guest of Mrs L F E Jergices Sunday. Supt A H Kiehre attended a schoolmasters meeting at Morehouse Monday night. Mrs G K Patterson visited her sister in Memphis Friday to Sunday. Dixie Headger spent the weekend with her parents in Parma. Cape Girardeau visitors included Mrs Gaither Marshall and son David and Mrs Gerald Wommack Monday.
ERCE H H Blackledge and wife trans acted business at Benton Tuesday. Dick English of Benton visited Commerce last Saturday. The U S Grafton has returned to Commerce for work south of downtown. Dr Mattingly of Oran was in Commerce Tuesday. Mrs L S Black Jr of Benton visited family here. Walter Post of Cape Girardeau made a business trip last Saturday. W B Sander and daughter shopped in Cape Girardeau last Saturday. Mrs P E Eldridge of Benton and Mrs Arthur Keirne of Oran were guests of Mrs Grace Gaither Sunday. Mrs L A Bom of Benton and Mrs Harry Brewer of St Louis visited at a sunshine party Thursday of last week. The school play at city hall Wednesday night netted about $16. Plans are made for Christmas tree and Methodist church program committees. Mr and Mrs Harry Brewer of St Louis visited Thursday through Sunday with Mrs Brewer’s grandparents. The Sunshine Circle Missionary Society held a monthly birthday party at Mrs Eugene Granneman’s Thursday night. 28 members attended. Drilling machinery is being brought to Commerce daily as a test oil well is planned. Three 8-hour shifts will run. the first test on the Dodge land west of Commerce.}
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Porter switch H B Ferguson butchered hogs on Thursday of last week seven mentions of visits and illnesses in Benton and Blodgett. Sam Branson visited Benton. Mrs Sam Branson stayed with Mrs Charles Murphy at Blodgett. Mr and Mrs Claude Taylor and children of Oran visited Mrs Larona Chappell. Carl Hodges hauled cattle to East St Louis. John Carter W W Spears and Jasper Miller transacted business in Cape Girardeau. Mary Sue Pattengill ill. 4 H Busy Bee Sewing Club led by Mrs Sam Bronson. Mrs Dewey McAllister and children visited Benton. Mrs Nancy Bronson ill at home. Mr and Mrs McPherson of Benton and Mr and Mrs Oscar McPherson of Alton visited Mrs Schneider’s family. fruit cakes for sale by Mrs W H Sikes telephone 462.
Guests visit and travel noted in Matthews with Sikeston visitors Mrs Harold Depro and Mrs Geo Steele. Joe Spalding returns to Murray Kentucky for college. Local events include a Choral Club supper and a Community Club play The New Minister. Birthdays and family gatherings fill a Sunday with visits from Portageville Essex and Cape Girardeau friends.
Mrs R H Mackley makes a business trip to St Louis Saturday. Mrs James Peal confined to home by illness. Ross Lemons transacts business in Blytheville Monday. Mrs John Austin ill at home with malaria. Mrs Wm Kyle of Cairo visited Blodgett Tuesday. Miss Ruth Reynolds attended to business in Charleston Tuesday. Mrs C A Miller plans trip to St Louis next week to visit son Leon Miller and family. Dr and Mrs H B Bradburn of Lincoln MO were overnight guests of her parents Monday. en route home from Miami FL. Blodgett high school basketball teams lost two games to Anniston HS Tuesday night. Girls 15 16, boys 20 31. Mrs J T Nunnelee hosted Woman's Missionary Society Wednesday. eighteen members attended. Retiring officers reviewed the year’s work. refreshments served. Mrs Glen Clippard and daughter Mrs Frankie Altom hosted relatives and friends at dinner Sunday for December 1 and 2 birthdays, with many local families present. Miss Elizabeth Hyslop and Fred Withrow hosted turkey dinner November 29 at the Murphy home with numerous guests. You can believe what you read in The Herald.
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