Roosevelt Wins Third Term In Landslide Victory
Electors met in state capitals to cast ballots for Franklin D. Roosevelt, delivering 449 electoral votes to 82 for Wendell Willkie. Roosevelt carried 38 states with a 54.7 percent national popular vote, while Willkie won key states and set a record Republican popular total.
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President Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Associated Press
Nebraska
Rhode Island
New York State
Willkie
Georgia
South Carolina
Herbert Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
la Follette
Woodrow Wilson
Hoover
Colorado
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Maine
Michigan
North Dakota
Vermont
Texas
Wyoming
New York
A. L P
Whitlkie
Sidwells to Celebrate Christmas Day in Farmington
Dr and Mrs W I Sidwell and daughters Mary and Almaretta with Dr Bill Sidwell will visit daughter and sister Mrs E E Weinand in Farmington on Christmas Day. Miss Mary Sidwell teaches in Alton DL public schools and Miss Almaretta teaches in Jefferson City public schools.
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W. I. Sidwell
Mary and
Almaretta
Bill Sidwell
E. E. Weinand
Farmington
Mary Sidwell
Alton
Miss Almaretta
Jefferson City
Three Dover Boys to Be Home for Christmas
It will be a great day at the Dover home when on Saturday the three sons Joe Bobby and John Dover return home together for the first time in nearly two years. Joe, a cadet at West Point, captained Sikeston high school and later attended Central College before joining the academy. Bobby completes Navy training at Pensacola this week with next station undecided. John, a freshman at Central College Fayette, earned top honors in the Missouri State cornets contest while at Sikeston high school.
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Harry Dover
Joe
Bobby
John
Sikeston High School
Joe Dover
United States Military Academy
West Point
New York
Sikeston
Central College
Bobby Dover
United States Navy Training School
Pensacola
Fla
John Dover
Fayette
Missouri
Sikeston Students Star in Gaul's The Holy City Oratorio
In Fayette Missouri, Sikeston residents Mary Lou Schroff Gwendolyn Kirk Vonda Lea Lufey and John Dover performed in Gaul s oratorio The Holy City as part of Central College s first one hundred voice chorus with Schroff Kirk in the chorus and Lufey Dover in the Little Symphony on December 15 at the college church.
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College Church
Fayette
Farm News Snapshot From The Herald
The Herald provides a brief farm news update referencing local agriculture trends, crop conditions, and market notes. It highlights weather impacts on fields, signaling planting progress and potential yields for area farmers.
Sikeston Girl Wins College Distinction
Miss Lois Hahs of Sikeston was elected to Gamma Phi Mu at Central College Fayette. Membership requires interest in philosophical problems and the ability to discuss them intelligently with a distinct view. Hahs, a Central College senior, will receive a BA next spring under sponsor Dr. Edwin C. Walker.
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Lois Hahs
J. O. Hahs
Sikeston
Gamma Phi Mu
Central College
Fayette
Miss Hahs
Edwin C. Walker
Hahs
Central
Repairing a Rug Hole With Canvas Patch and Darning
Miss Julia M. Rocheford of the University of Missouri College of Agriculture explains mending a rug hole by sewing a heavy canvas patch on the wrong side, turning the rug, and weaving yarn loops over a wire nail or knitting needle to match the pile pattern, then fastening on the wrong side with coarse thread.
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Julia M. Rocheford
University of Missouri College of Agriculture
No examination for tuberculosis complete without chest X-ray
The statement links tuberculosis examination to chest X rays and asserts a full physical involves tuberculosis screening, highlighting essential diagnostic steps and the integral role of radiography in detection and health assessment.
Kriss Kringle’s jingle tale from a holiday poem
Old Kriss Kringle narrates a merry Christmas tale of toymakers and kids at a tree. A Christmas jingle describes his ascent to the tree top and gift distribution, ending with a playful exit and a self amused remark on the fun.
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Kriss Kringle
New Representative for Standard Oil Company in Sikeston
J W Collins of Jefferson City arrives in Sikeston to assume duties as re sellers' salesman for Standard Oil, succeeding Randolph Scott who moves to Jefferson City. Scott family to relocate after year end. Collins to bring wife and baby to Sikeston after January first and live at Dorothy street residence. Notice of administration for Lilian A Smith issued December 4 1940 by Scott County Probate Court. H L Smith named administrator. six month claims period. one year bar for unexhibited claims. O L Spencer probate judge.
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J. W. Collins
Jefferson City
Sikeston
Standard Oil Company
Randolph Scott
Mr. Scott
J. F. Cox Jr
Dorothy Street
Lilian A. Smith
Probate Court
Scott County
Missouri
H. L. Smith
O. L. Spencer
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Wendell L. Willkie
Norman Thomas
Roger W. Babson
Earl R. Browder
John W. Aiken
Wales
Ardeau, Mu
General Electric Appliances
Sikeston Maytag
Malone Avenue
General € Electric
Socie de
Dover Boys
Nome
Herald
Bae Lateran
Woehlecke
J. T. Self
Scott County Abstract Company
Benton, Mo
Harris D Rogers
BUSA
Mantola
P. J. Auto Supply
Sikeston Hatchery
Headquarters
Goodrich Tires & Batteries
Poinsettias
Chrysanthemums Gladiolas
Cleveland Cherries
Violets
Woehlecker
Orist
Trom Lamp
Duncan Phyfe
Myriad
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