Woman Wins Farm After Eviction Fight and Becomes Owner
A widow who lived on a farm for 24 years was told to leave by fellow widows seeking the land for government crop restrictions. She refused to suffer, took her earnings, and bought an eighty acre farm of her own, moving in today. Winter is praised for supporting Finns amid conflicts, recalling historic defeats of Napoleon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finland
Alf Winter
Napoleon
Corporal
Dexter
Lester F. Young
Ivan DeJournett
Fisk
Poplar Bluff
Charles Woodruff
Essex
DeJourmett
Mr. Young
Old Fashioned Holiday Warns of Safer Driving Season
An editorial urges preservation of holiday warmth while warning drivers about rising traffic fatalities during Christmas and New Year. It contrasts old time sleigh travel with modern autos and stresses slower speeds after sunset, safer roads, and mindful pedestrians for a joyful, safe season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess
Grandma's
Sikeston Herald maps 1940 goals and 1939 progress
The Sikeston Herald reviews 1939 gains and 1940 aims. It notes Front Street widening, added parking on Malone Avenue, growth in home building, extensive painting, and Jubilee farming exhibits. Key items include extending the whiteway to Highways 60 and 61, improving western approaches, safe school buildings for Negro children, and 10 000 gallons of paint to beautify the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
The
Front Street
Malone Avenue
Skeston
Frisco
Southeast Missouri
Sikeston
Lillian A. Smith
Sikeston Ridge
the Herald
Bailey School
Sixty Fourth Wedding Anniversary of Sikeston Couple
Mr and Mrs J H Vowels quietly observed their 64th wedding anniversary at home in Sikeston on December 23. Married December 24 1875 they raised nine children who all survive along with twenty grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Vowels
Sikeston
Stoddara Street
Vowels
Mose Caney
Bertrand
M. E. Brewer
Brewer
Cairo
Nora Minner
O- F. Vowels
Dallas
Texas
W. L Vowels
Rosa Humphreys
Wessie Warner
Tulsa
Okla
J. A
Wichita Falls
Harry
Shreveport
Don
Sayers Tanner
Mr. Vowels
Sikeston Bond Issue Fails in Special Election
Twenty years ago the Sikeston special road district sought 120000 for a Cairo to Poplar Bluff highway concrete road but fell short of a two thirds majority, narrowly winning a little over half of 891 votes cast. Chester Limbaugh travels to St Louis for Washington University after holiday visits. A party hosted by Miss Katheryn Jewell drew Paul Denman Carl Denman Hugh Price Crowe and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Cairo-to-Poplar Bluff
Chester Limbaugh
St. Louis
Washington University
Chester
R. E Limbaugh
Katheryn Jewell
Paul Denman
Carl Denman
Hugh Price Crowe
Henry Hunter Skillman
Madge Davis
Honora Bailey
Cozette Stone
Marguerite Atkinson
Helen Kready
W. E. Hollingsworth
Harry Dover
Jno
E. Marshall
J. H. Galeener
J. H. Yount
Loomis Mayfield
Bettie Matthews
Jane Mills
Jim Klein
A. J. Moore
Mayme Marshall
Suzanne
Margaret Corrigan
Jack Yount
James Corrigan
J. J. Hunter
Cape Girardeau
Hunter
Ann Beck
Marjory Mow
Robert Mow
Merritt Beck III
Columbia
Missouri University
St Louis University Births a Century of Growth
Missouri history notes mark St Louis University fuming from 1832 incorporation. Jesuits established Florissant schooling in 1824 and St Louis College later, expanding with medical law philosophy and dental schools. Growth includes 60 buildings, 15000000 endowment, 7000 annual enrollment, and notable Missourians like Col John O Fallon and Father Verhaegen.
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St. Louis University
trans-Mississippi West
West
Florissant
St. Louis College
Verhaegen
Medical Society of
St. Louis
John O'Fallon
Seventh and
Myrtle Streets
Charles Alexander Pope
United States
School of Divinity
Philosophy and Science
Dental
School of Education
Nursing
School of Social Service
Graduate
Mexico
Middle-West
Col
John O’ Fallon
William G. Eliot
Washington University
Charles P. Billon
James E. Yeatman
Luther M. Kennett
Father de Smet
Father van Quickenborne
Father van de Velde
Father Verhaegen
New Arrivals Baby Names and Birth Announcements
Mr and Mrs Willard Sanders welcome Jimmy Wayne born December 23. Mr and Mrs C K Tolbert announce daughter Mary Elizabeth born December 23. Mr and Mrs F H Kellett Crowder parents of James Ferrell Kellett born December 22. Owen Baxter named son born December 19 to Mr and Mrs J E Seaton. Carol Marie daughter born December 25 to Mr and Mrs Lee Page 731 Greer Ave. Jerry Ray named son at John Shelton home Matthews born December 25. Mr and Mrs Cecil Daugherty name Linda Faye daughter born December 25. President Roosevelt delays budget work to prepare annual state of the union message per AP dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Wayne
Willard Sanders
C K. Tolbert
Mary Elizabeth
F. H. Kellett
Crowder
James Ferrell Kellett
Owen Baxter
J. E. Seaton
Carol Marie
Lee Page
Greer Avenue
Jerry Ray
John Shelton
Matthews
Cecil Daugherty
Linda Faye
Roosevelt
Congress
Associated Press
Local Obituaries and Minor News Briefs
Distant entries report deaths in Cape Girardeau and nearby towns including Linda Bongston of Lilbourn age 65 and Andrew Goedert 70 of Essex. Also noted are fatal truck crash injuries near Fisk and a death in St Louis, with several survivors named and funeral details given. A Marston fire caused 20000 plus loss, plus local injuries from car crashes and a Dexter marriage for Wayne Goddard and Martha Nale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilbourn
Linda Bongston
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Mounds Park Cemetery
A. Ready
Federal Workers to Pay Tax on Salaries in Missouri
State Auditor Forrest Smith says he will request a list of all federal employees in Missouri to levy state income taxes on their salaries. The tax will apply to all income received in 1939, following a new law extending federal income tax to state city and county employees for 1939 and later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Smith
Missouri
English Women May Resort to Cotton Hose
J R Wilkinson at Birmingham reports English women's stocking colors have narrowed from over 100 to about 10 with silk and raven hosiery discouraged in favor of cotton. E G Tipp assisting Hans Baasch in the LaForge Resettlement project has moved his family from Nevada Missouri to Sikeston and taken John Durbin’s residence on Trotter street with wife and two daughters Helen and Esther.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Wilkinson
Birmingham
E. G. Tipp
Hans Baasch
LaForge
Sikeston
Nevada
John Durbin
Trotter Street
the Baptist Church
Tipp
Helen
Esther
Caruthersville Guests Visit Dunagan Household
Mr and Mrs Curtis Bryant and Miss Mary Elizabeth and Johnny Edwards of Caruthersville spent Tuesday here with Mr and Mrs E A Dunagan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Bryant
Mary Elizabeth
Johnny Edwards
Caruthersville
E. A. Dunagan
Driving on unpaved roads risks tire valve stems without caps
A note warns that unpaved roads can ruin a car tire valve stem unless a dust cap is fitted. The text also oddly asserts February 1934 had no full moon, and this phenomenon recurs only in 1961, implying a cycle or superstition rather than a scientific claim.
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Sikeston Herald
Beott
J. H
Sikeston High School
Hotel Marshall
Westminster College
Floyd C. Shoemaker
Missouri Historical Society
Gee
Ss. B. Hardwick
Sikeston, Mo
Chaffee
Andrew Goedert
Goedert
William of
Sophia Abner
Bell City
Belgium
Lloyd Hill
New Milner Hotel
August Cervantes
Charleston
L. V. Hill Jr
J. E. Hill
Marston
Richardson Mercantile Co
Farmers Supply and Cutler
Lalbourne
Elmer Anderson
Near Here
Louis Lowery
Fritz Stalmeyer
Portageville
Dexter Wayne Goddard
Martha Nale
A. B. Nale
Clarksville
Tenn
B. L. Jeffress
Goddard
Dexter High School
Henry W. Goddard
Anna. III
Pereewspaper
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