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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1941
Page
5
Mrs Ada Vaughn visits Sikeston relatives while Roy Wood remains in Cairo’s St Mary s Hospital with an infected hand. A long list of visits, family events, weddings, and hospitalizations spans Oran and nearby towns, noting travels to St Louis Memphis and Cape Girardeau.
Since 1883 Batlard's Snow Whiniment offered as an inexpensive aid for muscular congestion from sprains strains bruises and soreness. Sold in 50c and 60c bottles at all druggists.
The column notes many local trips and gatherings. Tommie Burke travels to Ohio for work while Billie Graviett returns from St. Louis. Several Oran residents visit relatives in Gordonville and Cape Girardeau area. A daughter born to Cornelius Danenmueller and wife at their home. Violet Hooker and Lester Glastetter announce an upcoming wedding on July 25 at the Oran Catholic church.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Morley for Rosa Shores wife of George M Shores who died at her home Thursday at noon She was 80 born in Henry County Ohio and moved to Michigan as a child Married in Nashville Mich in 1885 they lived in Fayetteville Mo eleven years moved to a farm near Morley in 1912 Survived by husband a sister four sons twenty grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Also Morley News lists local visits hospital stays and a baseball game score of Morley 6 Aniston 5 played in Morley rain shortened.
Pleasant Valley folk report George Forbis did business in St. Louis this week. Mr and Mrs E M Stanfill and daughters Virginia and Irene are visiting relatives in Flint Michigan this week. Mr and Mrs C A Jackson and son Malcolm of Charleston spent Sunday evening at the Forbis home. Miss Opal Miller Clara Lee Uthoff Nadine Joyce Skaggs Anna Allen Raymond Gale Allen and Dee Uthoff spent Sunday near Millerville visiting Mr and Mrs Frances Hartle and daughter Noomi. Miss Lillie Allen returned with them.
At a London sale a silver dish used for serving sweetmeats in the era of Charles I brought 225 dollars per ounce, reflecting strong interest in antique tableware and early English silver.
Early settlers believed chipmunks harmed healing herbs and roots, sparking clashes as they sought to protect medicinal plants. The anecdote reflects indigenous and settler views on nature and resource use in frontier times.
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