Thirty Years Ago In Commerce Cargo Whisky Stranded
A 7000 dollar whisky cargo on a Mississippi River launch from St Louis to Caruthersville was stranded in ice near Commerce. Liquor was stored in an ice house under watch by internal revenue agents. Also noted are oil drilling attempts near Himmel Sikeston and visits by John Knott and Jules Wise for a goose hunt. Former Governor Folk hosted William Jennings Bryan dinner in Washington. Ten years ago references note Foley Motor Company sale and national holiday deaths plus Missouri National Guard officers meeting.
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Mississippi River
Commerce
St. Louis
Caruthersville
Pemiscot
Internal Revenue
Missouri
Himmel
Sikeston
John Knott
Hearst Publications
Jules Wise
Joseph W. Folk
William Jennings Bryan
Washampton
Mr. Bryan
Foley Motor Company
Sikeston Ford Agency
J. Wm. Foley
Herb Walton
Ralph Williams
California
140Th Infantry
Missouri National Guard
Credit corp liquidated after aiding farmers in harvest
Twenty years ago on September 26 1929 the Southeast Missouri Credit Corporation formed to aid farmers with credit during the season was liquidated after achieving its goal. Snow and heavy traffic delayed Sikeston buses by one to two hours. Martha Wilhelmina Schuchart from Morehouse High School won first prize for The Herald Christmas story. she is now a U S Army captain on duty in the national capital.
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Southeast Missouri Credit Corporation
Sikeston
Martha Wilhelmina Schuchart
Morehouse High School
Herald
Uss Schuchart
United States Army
National Capital
Miss Charlotte Dover Wins H and L Drug Store Contest
Fifteen years ago December 27 1984 recounts a popularity contest won by Miss Charlotte Dover at H and L Drug Store. The item lists local events including a fatal farm accident near Cape Girardeau and a wedding of Tharon Stallings and Tyrone Kendall.
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Charlotte Dover
Sikeston Production Association
S. B. Hardwick
Leo Heuring
New Hamburg
Cape Girardeau
Tharon Stallings
Ty-rone Kendall
Bertha Berry
Gray Midge
Scott County Extension Board
Benton
Scott County Farm Bureau
Scott County Com-Hog Control Association
Scott County Cotton Association
Carl
Luper
Harris Named Colonel on Governor-elect Donnelly Staff
Five years ago on December 28 1944 Fred D Harris directing engineer of Division 10 Missouri Highway Department was named a colonel on the military staff of Governor-elect Phil M Donnelly Dr John Fox former Sikeston man and now president of Punahou School in Honolulu hosted former Sikeston servicemen at his Hawaiian home for Christmas list includes J J Lair Edward Leech Carl Werneck Lynn Swaim Meredith Sellards Judson Boardman Herbert Kindred and Kenneth Cauthorne
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Fred D. Harris
Missouri Highway Department
Phil M. Donnelly
John Fox
Sikeston
Punahou School
Honolulu
Methodist dinner sets church goals in Cape Girardeau district
Forty lay members of the Methodist churches in the Cape Girardeau district met at Benton to discuss church objectives for the coming year at a dinner at the Methodist church. Funeral services were held for Charles P. Smith 64 at Welsh Funeral Home with burial in City Cemetery. Plans for opening the Reiss Dairy Cow Bell were completed, about two weeks before the full dairy plant launch. Marshall Craig of Charleston will join Roger A. Bailey of Sikeston to form Bailey and Craig. Sikeston subscribers to Southeast Missouri Telephone Co logged a record Christmas Eve with 41 569 Yuletide conversations locally.
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Cape Girardeau
Benton
Charles P. Smith
Missouri Delta
City Cemetery
Reiss
Marshall Craig
Charleston
Roger A. Bailey
Sikeston
Bailey & Craig
Southeast Missouri Telephone Company
Reduced Acreage for Winter Wheat in Missouri
Missouri farmers planted an estimated 1,700,000 acres of winter wheat this fall, down 20 percent from last year and above the 10-year average. Conditions on December 1 point to a crop of about 25,500,000 bushels, with a prospective yield near 15 bushels per acre, amid a favorable stand despite dry autumns.
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Columbia
Missouri
Missouri CROP seeks farm donations for relief drive
The Missouri Friendship Food Train will ship soybeans wheat corn milk and cotton overseas in January 1950 to aid girls like Helda Petto a Yugoslav refugee in a German camp. 71 county CROP organizations solicit farm to farm visits to collect food for overseas aid distributed by church agencies based on need. In 1948 CROP sent 75 million pounds to the needy.
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Missouri Friendship
Helda Petto
Yugoslavia
Missouri
Christian Rural Overseas Program
Disabled Vets urged to apply for life insurance before deadline
World War II veterans with service disabilities incurred between October 8 1940 and September 2 1945 and under 10 000 total coverage may apply for new or added insurance or reinstate lapsed policies up to 10 000 before January 1 1950. VA notes health impairments will be considered after that date. Applications are through VA offices and include a free medical exam.
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Veterans Administration
Missouri University ranks sixteenth in enrollment nationwide
Columbia Missouri December 28 The University of Missouri ranks sixteenth among 753 four year colleges and universities in enrollment per a study by Dr Raymond Walters University president of Cincinnati The Missouri system includes the School of Mines and Metallurgy Rolla with 12261 full time resident students 5937 GI funded students 4577 Columbia 14706 total enrollment including Rolla GI enrollment shows a 24.6 percent drop from last fall and a 44 percent drop from 1947 peak The chart lists 1919 1929 1939 and current 1949 headcounts with a 300 percent rise since 1919.
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Columbia
University of Missouri
Raymond Walters
University of Cincinnati
Missouri
Rolla
United States of Indonesia Declared Republic
The East Indies islands that were ruled by the Netherlands become a republic on Tuesday with independence granted by the Dutch. The new nation includes Sumatra Java Celebes most of Borneo and about half of New Guinea. Officials reportedly favor the United States and Britain and are anti communist.
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East Indies
Netherlands
Sumatra
Java
Celebes
Borneo
New Guinea
United States
Great Britain
United States of
Indonesia
College honors for two Sikeston girls
Two Sikeston girls at Southwest Baptist College Bolivar Mo have been honored by classmates Peggy Thomas daughter of Mr and Mrs M B Thomas Route 2 Sikeston was elected secretary of the freshman class Norma Boyer daughter of Mr and Mrs Cecil Boyer 521 Southwest Street was elected as program chairman of the Young Women's Auxiliary enrolled as a sophomore
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Sikeston
Southwest Baptist College
Bolivar, Mo
Peggy Thomas
M. B. Thomas
Route 2
Norma Boyer
Cecil Boyer
521
Southwest Street
Young Women’s Auxiliary
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The
Merchants Committee
Chamber of Comm
D. B. Waggener
Front Street
Missouri University
Netherlands Indies
Buick
Sikeston Auto Sales
C. L
Val) Sharp
Center St
Lewis Sales Company
Sikeston, Missouri
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