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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1940
Page
10
The public notices reveal extensive local shopping news with Elite Hat Shop offering winter hats and dresses at reduced prices. Social updates include visits from Miss Kathryn Clark, Mrs. E H Crear, and others. upcoming weddings and engagements. and a string of hospitality events across Sikeston and surrounding towns.
Transcribed notes list numerous social visits and business trips by residents of Cape Girardeau and surrounding towns. Names include H B Fronaberger, V P Boisaubin, Rosemary Waters, Margaret Fisher, Jack Hunter, Jane Mills, Nora Shannon, Rebecca Pierce, Moore Matthews, Beulah Wright, W W Wright, Dana Waltrip, and many others across Sikeston, Poplar Bluff, St Louis, Paragould, and Hot Springs with dates and venues such as East Prairie, Mojave? and Memphis hospitals.
Fred Cole and Jesse Chapman note time to order Christmas cards from The Herald’s splendid selection. Mr and Mrs Eli Williams hosted their son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Anderson Hayden of Cape Girardeau for a Sunday visit. Dessie Hydrick of Poplar Bluff plans a weekend visit with her brother-in-law and sister Mr and Mrs Philip Sadler. Daulton Garner, local Greyhound agent, returned from a Tennessee trip. during his absence John F Wood Jr. oversaw the bus station and now works at the Greyhound Terminal in Memphis. Read the ads. They’re news.
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