THIRTY YEARS AGO Roosevelt Died At Oyster Bay Home
A reminiscence recalls Theodore Roosevelt dying suddenly at his Oyster Bay New York home on January 6 from a lung blood clot. The piece outlines his rise from boyhood weakness to a famed Rough Rider leader governor and president and notes his writings hunting and later Africa expeditions. It also mentions Roosevelt’s political fall and Wilson’s rise, the sale of a 293 acre farm near Vancouver to Lewis Watkins, and a WWI memorial service for Henry Meldrum at Sikeston Methodist church.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
New York
Roosevelt
New York City
Rough Riders
New York State
United States
Africa
Teddy
San Juan Hill
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Charles Mason
Vanclyser
Lews Watkins
Henry Meldrum
France
Sikeston Methodist Church
Local cleric killed in Arkansas crash. wife injured
Twenty years ago on January 10, 1929 Rev. Frank W. Garnett former Sikeston Baptist pastor and brother-in-law of W. M. Montgomery died in a traffic accident near Siloam Springs Arkansas. His wife was critically injured. The Farmers Dry Goods Company was liquidating with closing-out sales led by manager A. Ray Smith. Leonard McMullin Ruskin McCoy Hubert Boyer and W. A. Welch traveled to St. Louis to buy an airplane.
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Frank W. Garnett
Sikeston Baptist Church
W. M. Montgomery
Siloam Springs
Ark
Farmers Dry Goods Company
A. Ray Smith
Leonard McMullin
Ruskin McCoy
Hubert Boyer
W. A. Welch
St. Louis
Sikeston Area Board Plans Civic Hospital Effort
Fifteen years ago Sikeston civic groups discussed building a local hospital while the Missouri Highway Commission sought bids to pave Tanner Street. The Board of Public Works canceled a $10,540 bill for street lighting and water pumping. Coal prices stood at $4.75 and $4.90 per ton as farmers planned acreage reductions.
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Kingshighway
Sikeston
Missouri State Highway Commission
Tanner Street
Board of Public Works
Civics Organizations
Southeast Missouri farm tenants camp out across highways
Almost 1200 farm tenants and sharecroppers were persuaded to leave their homes and camp in the open along Southeast Missouri highways. Instigators of the camp out demonstrations were believed to be representatives of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union and communistic minded Federal employees. Atty. Ray B. Lucas of Benton was appointed by Governor Lloyd B. Stark as State Superintendent of Insurance. Lucas had completed an appointive term as a Missouri Supreme Court member. Two Negroes at Catron fought to the death, one with an ax and the other with a shotgun. Several Scott county farmers began reforestation by planting shortleaf pine locust and Osage orange trees. Ray Johnson ordered 3000 trees for spring planting. J. E. Robinson was chosen to head Boy Scout activities in Sikeston district. Everett Keith of Columbia, secretary of the Missouri Teachers Association, spoke in Sikeston on teacher shortages. Lloyd Grimes of Jefferson City, assistant state superintendent of schools, also spoke. Miss Mary Emma Alen left Sikeston to study harp in New York. Merlin Taylor, former Herald sports writer, was mentioned.
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Missouri
Southern Tenant Farmers Union
Atty
Ray B. Lucas
Benton
Lloyd B. Stark
Lucas
Missouri Supreme Court
Catron
Scott County
Ray Johnson
Sikeston
J. E. Robinson
Everett Keith
Columbia
Missourii Teachers Association
Scott-Mississippi Schoolmasters Association
Lloyd Grimes
Jefferson City
Mary Emma Alen
New York
Merlin Taylor
The
Herald
Sikeston area sees leadership, growth notes
Jos C Caldwell resigns after four-year term as Scott county extension agent with Thomas B Stroup named to succeed him. Special assessors call for a 1 247 068 increase in Sikeston real estate valuation. Knights of Columbus council planned in Sikeston. Charles L Blanton, longtime Sikeston Standard publisher, dies at 84. Isaac H Marshall, 70, Blodgett farmer, dies after paralytic stroke. Walton & Williams Motor Company hosts open house in remodeled building with new Ford truck. A Balanced Farming Association forms at New Madrid with F S Hunter as first.
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Jos
Isaac Hunter Marshall
Blodgett
Walton & Williams Motor Company
New Madrid
F. S. Hunter
City Parking Meters Yield $665 in Three Weeks
City Clerk A. C. Barrett reports the city parking meters produced $665 in three weeks. The yield covers only one Saturday, January 8, with two holidays included since the last collection. Nickels are not required on holidays or Sundays, and collections normally occur every other Monday morning.
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A. C. Barrett
Urban Society text used by over 200 schools
Columbia Missouri January 13 The third edition of Urban Society an advanced sociology text by Dr Noel P Gist professor of sociology at the University of Missouri in cooperation with L A Halbert has been published by Thomas Y Crowell Company New York This is the seventeenth printing of the book It is used by more than 200 colleges and universities including major foreign universities Dr Gist a Hermitage Missouri native.
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Columbia
Noel P. Gist
University of
Frigidaire Fridges and Ranges Hit Limited Sale
America s number one electric refrigerator and electric range Frigidaire now available in limited quantity at Lair s.
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America
Lair’s
District Traffic Accidents for 1948 Summary
December saw 97 accidents in Troop E with seven killed and sixty six injured, while annual totals for sixteen Southeast Missouri counties reached 1001 accidents, 89 killed and 811 injured. Scott County reported 107 accidents in 1948 with eight dead and 91 injured. New Madrid County had 89 accidents with 15 in December and 14 deaths countywide. Mississippi County logged 34 accidents with four killed and 42 injured. Cape Girardeau County had 81 accidents with 10 killed and 90 injured. Stoddard County recorded 122 accidents, 13 in December, and 83 injured. Property damage across the region totaled about half a million dollars in 1948.
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Missouri
Troop
Scott County
Highway Patrol
New Madrid County
Misissippi County
Cape Girardeau County
Stoddard County
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New Regency
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Wilton
Bigelow
Egere Stanps
Ati
Barga
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