Notable centenarian Dorcas Yarber remembered in Poplar Bluff
Dorcas Ann Yarber died at 100 at her Poplar Bluff home after 90 years in the city. She saw the first railroad arrive locally and recalled the Civil War, with survivors including a daughter six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The report also notes multiple local deaths and incidents across Cape Girardeau and surrounding towns.
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Poplar Bluff
Dorcas Ann Yarber
Chaffee
Elizabeth Menz
Oversize Turnirc Turnip Shown in Sikeston Exhibit
A six pound two ounce Purple Top White Globe turnip grown by C. O. Brice near Sikeston was brought to South Kroger last Friday and left in the meat market rear. By Monday morning it weighed slightly less due to exposure while 16 large leaves were removed from the top.
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Kroger Groecery
C. O. Brice
South of Sikeston
Sikeston Man Serving With Army in Japan
Recruit Willie Heath of Sikeston serves with Headquarters Company I Corps in Kyoto Honshu Japan. I Corps, commanded by Major General J M Saing, is part of the American Army of Occupation on Southern Honshu and Kyushu. Heath entered service November 1946 at Jefferson Barracks and arrived in Japan in May 1948. His father is William D Heath of Sikeston.
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Willie Heath
Sikeston
I Corps
Kyoto
Honshu
Japan
J M Saing
Army of Occupation
Kyushu
Home Islands
Heath
Army
Jefferson Barracks
Signal Corps
Wiliam D Heath
New Madrid county farm programs highlight livestock growth
Adults and youth in New Madrid County participate in home improvement and agriculture programs. Fourteen farms produce purebred livestock while Arnold Heuser feeds hogs efficiently, earning economic gain. A large public audience toured Heuser’s farm, and Mrs. Haubold’s poultry records show production costs. Extension work includes 2099 telephone calls, 916 office visits, and 21,996 letters. Public cooperation boosts access to farming and home economics practices amid rat control and tuberculosis eradication efforts. Christmas Seal funds support case finding.
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Sikeston
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Dickie Wilecut
Suchard Willcut
Noc Popar Platt Hospital
Piedmont
Mirs
Emory Twidwell
Wayne County
East Prairie
George F Smyth
George Smith
Herbert 5S Duckworth
A. S Duckworth
City
United States Navy
Portageville
Donald
James Ferguson
St Francis Hospital
Fredericktown
Chifford Lewis
Libertyville
Highway
Here
Tackson
Scott County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Ernest Hanselman
Farm Bureau
Scott County
Leon M Lane
J. L Buck
Mike Urdahn
Raymond B Milligan
Amos McMullin
Roy E Goodwin
Jefferson City
Aas
Coca-Cola Company
Shcelton
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
The
Kroger
cRisco
Kroger Milk
Windsor Club
Manhattan
Santa
Towne Tavern
Kroger Fresher
Kroger Coffee
Ves Y
W. Ad
Florida
Mgo
Taluminua
Mesha
Nabisco
Rs. Soc
OG Food
Clorox
Kroger Macaroni
New Soap Discovery Surf
Ivory
Dess HE
Poe
Indiana
Church
E Cnange Club
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Retail Merchants’ Association
Red Cross
New Madrid County
Arnold Heuser
Heuser
Heusser Farm
John Haubold
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