Livestock Running At Large Restriction Backed 30 Years Ago
Scott County voters adopted a livestock at large limit in 1916 a Benton court later ruled the law invalid due to improper election notice in December 1918. The case stemmed from hogs seized near Van Buren over ownership and a dispute with Carroll. The piece notes dentistry, an old coin contest, a Cape Girardeau wedding, and lodge unification efforts in Blodgett, Sikeston, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County
Benton
W. N. Carroll
Frank Kelley
Alden Pinney
Scott County Democrat
Lorena Norrid
Cape Girardeau
Odd Fellows
Rebekah
Blodgett
Sikeston
Sikeston City Actions and Local War Service Efforts
Two years earlier Carroll refused to pay Branum for hog feeding arguing Branum had no right to confine the hogs and that stock law notices were not posted properly. Judge Kelly sided with Carroll, allowing hogs to run at large. Sikeston council grants WWII service certificates to residents and a local provident association group forms to aid those in need. Cr McMullin leads Red Cross work in Scott County.
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Carroll
Kelly
Sikeston
Provident Association
Cr. McMullin
Red Cross
Scott County
Christmas tree planned by Sikeston clubs in 1923
Twenty five years ago on December 6 1923 Sikeston civic groups including the Lowns Club and Woman's Club planned a municipal Christmas tree to be placed in a city park. Matthews Consolidated School District voters approved bonds of 32000 for a new school building. Materials and machinery for a new bridge on Highway 61 across the Diversion Channel south of Cape Girardeau were being assembled with most of the bridge cost estimated at 14083.26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston Lowns Club
Woman’s Club
Matthews Consolidated School District
Highway 61
Cape Garardeau
Bank closure and local business opening in Sikeston 1928
Twenty years ago on December 6 1928 The Peoples Bank of Sikeston was ordered closed by its board of directors due to uncollectable loans. The "Whiz Bang" Store opened on Front Street as a new local business venture.
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Peoples Bank of
Fifteen Years Ago December 7 1933 Recap
Five hundred men registered for Civil Works Administration work and fifty were at work on Sikeston utilities after a $6200 grant. Railways and buses cut fares to two cents per mile or less. Thomas M. Bugg Sr was sentenced to 23 years for robbing a St Louis post office after several prosecutions in Scott County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Works Administration
Sikeston Utilities
Thomas M. Bugg Sr
Scott County
St. Louis
Sikeston Highlights Ten Year Library Dedication and Local Changes
Ten years ago Sikeston dedicated its public library with Dr W. W. Parker of Cape Girardeau as principal speaker. J F Fox and Glenn Matthews renamed the Success Oil property to C and M Oil. W E Hollingsworth sold Hollingsworth Drug Store to Sam Bowman. A farmer’s wife at a beauty shop underwent a striking transformation that left her husband unrecognizable. Ball banquet at the Dunn Hotel. Benton exceeded its War Fund quota by 155.50 with over 85 percent of families contributing. Mrs Harry Dover at the USO center in Sikeston received many letters from parents of armed service members thanking the community for its kindness.
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Sikeston
W. W. Parker
Cape Guardeau
J. F. Fox
Glenn Matthews
Success Oil Company
C. & M. Oil Company
W. E. Hollingsworth
Hollingsworth
Sam Bowman
Benton
Harry Dover
USO
Armed Service
Southeast Missouri civic leader fatally injured in crash
Robert B. Meentemeyer of Gideon, a notable business and civic leader, died following an automobile accident near Clarkton. The piece also recalls local holiday plans, award outcomes, and community events including the Dye Hotel management change, cadet entertaining plans, Santa arrival, and Boy Scout activities.
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Robert B. Meentemeyer
Gideon
Missouri
Clarkton
Joe Anderson
Dye
Malone Avenue
Air Corps School
Sikeston
E. D Owen
Death By Accident Patterns In Drinking Drivers Highlight Risk
The 1948 Accident Facts yearbook shows that one in five fatal motor vehicle crashes in 1947 involved a drinking driver. Light drinkers are three to four times more likely to crash than non drinkers, while heavy drinkers are about 55 times likelier to have an accident. It also notes that a quarter of adult pedestrians killed in traffic last year had been drinking.
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National Safety Council
Also Mentioned on This Page
Johnson Branum
Vand@user
Almanac
Denver
Colorado
Germany
Italy
Union
M—Hollierd
Sikeston Mercantile Company
H. L. Smith
The
Herald
W. Hickey
Salcedo
Alfred Nobel Nobel
Scott County Tuberculosis Association
Sikeston, Missouri
Dunn Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Santa Claus
Legion Park
Hal Fagan
Front Street
Kroger
Carbondale
Sikeston Boy Scouts
Lions Club
Sikeston Armory
Bartley Fe
McCoy Tanner
Sikeston, Mo
America
Mt Rushmore Memorial
Washington
Jefferson, Lincoln and
Theodore Roosevelt
Black Hills
South Dakota
Betsy
Ross
Cape Girardeau Baking Company
Cape Girardeau, Mo
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