Missouri’s First Political Test Oaths Shape Civil War Era
Floyd C. Shoemaker surveys Missouri’s 1861 1870 test oaths as a political crucible. The 1861 oath tied civil officers to federal and provisional regimes, the 1862 voting oath broadened eligibility restrictions, and the 1867 Supreme Court rulingCool disfavored. By 1870 reform moved toward amnesty and constitutional repeal, easing factional tensions.
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Missouri
United States
University of Missouri
Father Cummings
Louisiana
United States Supreme Court
Republican Convention
B. Gratz Brown
Steady Eyes May Belong to Bluffers
Hamilton New York In a Colgate University study Dr Frederick K Berrien reports that about 75 percent of ordinary people show steadier eyes when deceiving under one minute of silence after questioning Tests with an ophthalmograph recorded eye movements revealing liars remain steadier during the silent interval while truth tellers show more variation This suggests potential lie detecting value and notes that deliberate eye movements to fool the device failed.
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Hamilton
N. Y
Frederick K. Berrien
Colgate University
Colgate
Pleasant Valley Christmas Gatherings and Church Event
Pleasant Valley residents share visits across Sikeston Benton and Oran with several families hosting Sunday gatherings. A Christmas church program is planned for Sunday night inviting all, as the Extension Club finishes a mattress project with six members and plans January meetings for men and women.
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Jno. Duncan
Harold
Kewanee
O. B. Allen
Gale
C. T. Wheatley
Fisk
Paul Clark
Benton
E. T. Hicks
Oran
Yewell Hicks
Henry Smith
St. Louis
Homer Humphreys
Sikeston
Lyndell Seabaugh
Wyatt
Pleasant Valley Extension Club
D. A. Merricks
B. Allen
Read My Neighbor He Too I Would Read The Herald
The note urges a neighbor to read The Herald, suggesting shared reading and neighborly literacy. It hints at a casual everyday exchange about news consumption and local paper interest.
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the Herald
Sikeston youths confess to theft spree in Sikeston Missouri
Two 19 and 15 year old Sikeston brothers Warren and Wayne Rowlett confessed to multiple petty burglaries last week including break-ins at H and H Grocery on Front Street Sikeston Lumber Co on East Malone and Skelly Oil on Highway 61 plus theft of an automobile from Kellet Motor Co and stolen license plates. A third youth Dennis Gray 18 is being sought. All are jailed in Benton with previous records and parolees cited.
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Vtwo Sikeston
Warren Rowlett
Wayne
John Tandy
Walter Hughes
Dennis Gray
H. and H. Grocery
Front Street
Sikeston Lumber Co
East
Malone Avenue
Skelly Oil Co
Highway 61
Kellet Motor Co
del Rey
Reiss
Benton
Booneville
Gray
Frank Kelly
Sikeston
Melvin Dace
Putnam’s Grocery
Rowlett Brothers
Hughes
Claude McManus
McManus
Gunter
Tandy
St. Marys
Cape Girardeau
Grover Baker
Putnam's Grocery
Greer Avenue
Save-Way
Kewanee High Crowns Violet Rhodes Queen Night
Violet Rhodes crowned queen of Kewanee high school by basketball captain Garner Cates. Freshmen and juniors attended as attendants. New enrollments include Pauline Fowler Wilbourn Issac Ruth Rhodes Francis York Vivian Campbell. A radio record changer aids music teaching, Christine Harmon teaches ballroom dancing, and Scouting plans expand with a Boy Scout Troop and Cub Scouts. Also, a faculty bingo party, La Forge play, and visits from Catron residents.
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Violet Rhodes
Kewanee High School
Garner Cates
Hazel Freels
Miss Freels
Miss Rhodes
Kansas
Christine Harmon
Kewanee
Arnold Weiss
LaForge
la Forge
Ernest King
Catron
Charles Schurenberg
New Missouri License Plates for 1941 Ready for Sale
Missouri announces arrival of 12 250 license plates for autos trucks and trailers at Sikeston license bureau Lair Mattingly Service Station Corner Center and North Kingshighway ready for sale opening day Thursday December 26. No expiration date for 1940 licenses set though extension to January 1 1941 is expected.
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Sikeston
Lair-Mattingly
Center
North Kingshighway
Missouri
Local burglars target Dempster Furniture Store in Sikeston
A Tuesday night break in at Dempster Furniture and Undertaking Co. netted six or seven radios and a table ornament valued around 120 dollars. Investigators believe the thief hid inside after closing and escaped via the rear door which can be opened from the inside. No other items were disturbed and the store closed about 8 30.
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Dempster Furniture and Undertaking Company
Sweaters with Embroidery Touch Featured in Cardigan Details
A black pullover shows a bright felt heart appliqued pocket with matching belt and calot, all featuring heart motifs. A white handknit cardigan offers a long sleeve round neck design with an intricate all over raised flower pattern in vivid colors.
Choice for $45 Pass Railro ad inspection watches
A catalog style notice offers three Gent's Elgin wrist watches valued at $24.75 each, one 12-size Gent's FE. Howard watch valued at $60.00, and two South Bend 21-jewel watches with a regular $45.00 value each, for a railro ad inspection pass.
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Elgin
Howard
South Bend
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Floyd C. Shoemaker
Historical Society Missouri
Galtil
Pleasant Valley
Leo Forbis
Paducah, Ky
Ed Webber
G. L. Bohannon
Sikeston Limbaugh
Sidwell, Jeweler
Center St
Police
Kewanee School and Community News
Dime Cab
Jack London, Mer
Sikeston, Missouri
Gerushe
Cape Girardeau, MO
Food
Sellards
Scott County
Bernie
Bloomfield
Dexter
Rawleigh
Rawleigh’s
Dept
Freeport
Trl
A. Baudenistel
Fornfelt
L. B. Golliher
N. Main Street
W. H. West
Sparta
Lake Street
Center Street
John G. Russell
Sikes Avenue
North Kings Highway
Matthews Avenue
Seabaugh
Rolland Moll
William Street
Sikeston Fuel Co
J. C. Durbin
Curlew Appliance Co
Sikeston Radio Co
East Malone Ave
Sikeston, Mo
South New Madrid St
Watson’s Store Miner Switch
White’s
P. O. Box
C. H. Yanson
BOY Scouts OF America
Boys* Life
Boys’ Life
Park Avenue, N.Y. WN
Caleb Smith
Powell Insurance Agency
Herald Office
Dead Animal Disposal Co
Bailey & Bailey
Attorneys-at-Law
McCoy-Tanner Bldg
George W. Kirk
Applegate Bldg
Phone
Robert A. Dempster
McCoy-Tanner Building
E. J. Menstedt
Merlin G. Anderson
Derris Malcolm
Howard A. Dunaway
Denistry
DR. Handy Smith
Applegate
Telephone
B. L. McMullin
Stallcup
F. L. Sisson
Optometry
W. M. Sidwell
Optometrist
Welsh Mortuary
Af. J. Welsh
H. S. Johnson Funeral Directors
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