Cotton Festival At Portageville Promises Big Attendee Turnout
Portageville hosts the Cotton Festival and Farm Bureau picnic on Wednesday August 6 with plans for entertainment and cotton education. Morning sessions include a cotton grading contest and a cotton clothing show with awards, plus talks on stamps market quality and price prospects. The event, organized by New Madrid County Extension agents and Farm Bureau, aims to accommodate 1000 to 1500 attendees with bands, contests, exhibits, and a noon picnic on school grounds.
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Farm Bureau
Portageville
Madrd County
Paul H
Hngh
Kim Dick Kilhon
A Harris
Arline Avery
George R Ellis Jr
Thomas Alexander
K Fisher
J. W Osteen
Ingh
Anne Sillers
Roy Stanley
Virginia Twitty
Harrion Boon
H R Milem
Gus Eiceman
Vesta Bullington
R Wrather
Reba Wrather
Miss Peery
Mary Robinson
Dixie Paulling
Gordon B. Nance
Missouri College of Agriculture
National Cotton Council
Sillers
Lee Long
Grover Atwell
J Vm Marr
New
Madnd County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Committee
T. A. Penman
Wm Dawson Jr
Dick Wilson
J D Twitty
Pazes
Wheat quota rule softened by USDA plan
The Agriculture Department announced that farmers with excess wheat can seed below their 1942 AAA allotments and sell the over quota grain without the 49 cent per bushel penalty. Local AAA committees will grant this permission after the 1942 crop is planted, with examples showing 20 acres less planting could yield 200 bushels of excess wheat for sale.
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Washington, DC
Agriculture Department
AAA
Remodeling Poultry House Near New Hamburg
Edward Glastetter plans a 20 by 22 foot concrete floored laying house, replacing a drafty 10 by 22 foot structure west of New Hamburg. The retrofit aims for proper ventilation and easy cleaning to house 125 to 150 hens, using native lumber and local gravel, with plans available through the County Extension Office.
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Edward Glastetter
New Hamburg
Missouri
Unusual Highway Exhibit at the Fair
Sedalia hosts a state highway exhibit August 17 24 combining a pioneers salute with re shown displays from New York and San Francisco worlds fairs The centerpiece is a 260 foot revolving scenic screen with maps murals and three dimensional highway history and geological displays Missouri artists rock timber and pioneer homes are featured plus native products parks and a cavern replica The exhibit highlights Missouri road improvements with large maps and historic road events while marking cultural figures Mark Twain Susan Blow and Eugene Field The display is set in landscaped grounds east of the Missouri building with a canopied platform for programs and is overseen by Floyd W Sayers Missouri World Fair Commission chief
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Sedalia
Carl W Brown
New York
San Francisco
Missouri
Mark Twain
Susan E Blow
Eugene Field
Siz
Hawes
Mussouri
Missouri World's Fair Commission
Floyd W Sayers
Record of CCC meal plan totals for 300000 boys
The year’s CCC menu lists quantities for 300000 boys including 112,500 steers 3 375,000 chickens 67,500000 pounds potatoes 13,500,000 pounds bacon 13,500,000 pounds butter and 27,000,000 pounds pork across the program.
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CCC
Scenic Beauty in Wayne County Missouri
Wayne County offers rugged natural beauty with clear streams and mountain scenery. Notable sites include Wappapella Dam near Greenville and Clear Water Dam near Piedmont, plus Sanders Canyon and Gads Hall linked to James Boys history. Nearby Sam A. Baker State Park and multiple state parks await visitors via U S 67 and surrounding routes.
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Wayne County
Missouri
St. Francis River
Greenville
Black River
Piedmont
Gads Hall
James Boys
Sanders Canyon
MacKenzie Creek
Ozark
Sam A. Baker State Park
Patterson
Big Creek
St. Francis
U. S. 67
U.S. 60
Big Spring
van Buren
Alley
Round Spring
Montauk
Cuba
U. S. 66
Leasburg
Meramec State Park
Beavers and Wildlife Used in Perfume Fixative Bases
Beavers civet cats musk oxen and whales are cited as important in perfume production. Each species provides an aromatic substance used as a fixative base, contributing to the scent’s longevity and character.
Deepest mime digs for gold mile deep in Brazil
A mime in Brazil conducts a remarkable subterranean search, descending more than a mile underground in pursuit of gold, highlighting extraordinary dedication in the field.
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Brazil
Land Transfers in Scott County List Transfers and Prices
Scott County records list transfers including Ira Taylor to W J Keith for part lot 1 Lillian A Smith addition Sikeston price 1 Elmer Couch to Carlos Crump lot 17 block 16 Chaffee 500 J A Duncan to Royce Ayers lot 7 block 17 Chamber of Commerce addition Sikeston 1 M G Gresham to Mae Glass lot 25 north half 26 block 18 McCoy Tanner 3rd addition Sikeston 1 M E Bontrager to Herman Newman 80 acres section 8 township 26 range 13 4000 Southeast Missouri Packing Co to John R Lee 1 acre survey 614 township 26 range 14 800 J H Walton to H O Byrd 160 acres section 1 township 26 range 14 100 Chaffee Building and Loan Association to Leona Farris lot 2 block 23 Chaffee 1 Frank J Trapp to Adella and Ethel Kieffer lot 12 block 41 Chaffee 1200 John W Heeb to Fred Slayden 1015 acres section 13 township 28 range 12 10 Luther Glass to M G Gresham lot 2 block 15 Chamber of Commerce addition Sikeston 1
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Ira Taylor
W. J. Keith
Lillian A. Smith
Sikeston
Elmer Couch
Carlos Crump
Chaffee
J. A. Duncan
Royce Ayers
Chamber of Commerce
M. G. Gresham
Mae Glass
McCoy-Tanner
M. E. Bontrager
Herman Newman
Southeast Missouri Packing Co
John R. Lee
J. H. Walton
H. O. Byrd
Chaffee Building & Loan Association
Leona Farris
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New Madrid County
H. R. Milem
Georgia Cox
Edith Largent
M. D. Amburgey
Paul H. Teal
Ralph Hawkins
Raymond Lloyd
Henry Whittenberg
Virginia Barber
Jeff McReynolds
Son Rone
Jim Dick Killion
Harrison Boon
John L. Guirvin
Geo
McCormick -Deering
Mr. Farmer
McCormick- Deering
Boyce Farm Equipment Co
Highway
Sikeston, Mo
Forrest C. Donnell
Budgeters
New Westinghouse
4 van Stele
Airestone
Shkeston
Westin
Scott County
Solaneye
F. H. A. Loans
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F. M. Oil Company
Malone Ave
South Ramney
Sikeston, Missouri
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