Finish and Care of Floors Meeting in Benton
Ella Fikuart notes a Scott County home demonstration leaders meeting at the Benton courthouse led by Madonna Fitzgerald from the University of Missouri College of Agriculture. Demonstrations covered finishes for pine and oak floors, refinishing old floors, crack fillers, linoleum types and designs, linoleum reconditioning, woodwork and wall finishes, with emphasis on affordable, self done finishing for thrifty families.
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Court House
Benton
Madonna Fitzgerald
College of Agriculture
University of Missouri
Chiggers Help and Salad Tips From Local Groups
Practical guidance on chigger control includes a sulphur lawn treatment at 50 pounds per acre, dampened after spreading, plus body care with common products to reduce bites and infection. Also covered are salad making tips from community groups emphasizing crisp, colorful greens, proper dressing, and serving ideas.
Salad Planning Rules From Homemaker Guide
A historical note on salads as separate courses and daily staples. Emphasizes a fresh salad daily, planning with the rest of the meal, and varying by main dish. Suggests light or leafy salads with most meals, heavy salads with meat or beans, and fruit salads avoided when dessert is fruit. Recommends salads as affordable, flexible options. leftovers can be used creatively. Celery or apples add crispness. any tender greens may form a base with appropriate dressings.
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South Rockview Friendship Group
Rockview Cooperatives
Chaffee Extension Club
Lusk
Fish Census Underway at Lake of the Ozarks and Lake Taneycomo
Fishermen cooperate with the Conservation Commission to record number size and species of fish caught in the two lakes. Blanks distributed to anglers track catches and guide future restocking and fish management decisions.
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The
Conservation Commission Ir
Lake of the Ozarks
Lake
Tanevcomo
Fishing place reserved for women anglers in Missouri
Feminine anglers have a place in Missouri all their own a section of the trout stream at Montauk State Park in Dent county reserved exclusively for women to fish without interference or advice from men. The conservation commission says the water is very choice.
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Missouri
Montauk State Park
Dent County
The
Conservation Commission
Five Presidents Living When Lincoln Took Office
When Lincoln assumed office, five presidents were alive, more than at any time in history. The living ex-presidents listed were Martin Van Buren, John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, and James Buchanan.
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Abraham Lincoln
van Buren
Tyler
Fillmore
Pierce
Buchanan
New Bridge for Mississippi River opens August first
Baton Rouge announces a seven mile Mississippi River bridge will open August 1 after three years of construction costing 4 000 000 dollars. It is the ninth completed bridge below St Louis and will replace the local ferry, accelerating private and commercial traffic and aiding national defense. It links federal highways 190 61 65 and 71 and serves as a key crossroad between the Deep South and Southwest. Two more river bridges are under construction at Natchez and Greenville.
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Baton Rouge
Mississippi River
Mississippi
St. Louis
Vicksburg
Miss
New Orleans
Mississippi Valley
Deep South
Southwest
Third Corps Army
Fort Benning
Camp Beauregard
Natchez
Greenville
St Louis
Cape Girardeau
Cairo
Til
Thebes, U1
Memphis
Cone
Educational gadgets shine at Missouri teachers exhibit
A showcase in the Missouri State Teachers Association building in Columbia features modern teaching aids once deemed magical. Demonstrations include a flash meter for timed word displays, daylight lanterns to prevent darkened rooms, etched glass slides, a telebinocular, and large master-text books for drill work.
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Missouri State Teachers Association
Columbia
Paul Bunyan
Cleveland hotel hires girl elevator operators for defense boom
One of Cleveland's largest hotels says it has begun employing girl elevator operators for the first time due to increased job opportunities in defense related industries.
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Cleveland
Sikeston Woman Died Suddenly
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Ellen Newton 48 a lifelong Sikeston resident were held at the Assembly of God Church with Rev Gayle Jackson officiating. Interment was at Memorial Park cemetery. She was baptized into the church less than a week before her death born near Sikeston October 9 1892 she died after midnight Sunday from a severe heart ailment Surviving: husband Gable Newton and a son Estel Couch of St Louis.
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Mary Ellen Newton
Sikeston
Assembly of God
Gayle Jackson
Memorial Park
Newton
William Street
Gable Newton
Estel Couch
St. Louis
Last Rites Held For Willie Joe McGill
Funeral services were conducted at the residence near Salcedo at 2 p m last Saturday for Willie Joe McGill six year old son of Mr and Mrs Joe McGill who died in a Memphis hospital last Friday of a complication of diseases Interment was made in Carpenter cemetery He is survived by his parents two sisters
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Salcedo
Willie Joe
Joe McGill
Memphis
Carpenter Cemetery
Airport Inn opens on Highway 60 near Sikeston
A new gasoline station named Airport Inn opened last week on Highway 60 one mile east of Sikeston and south of the airport. Roy E. Alsup is in charge and the adjacent car shop will operate under the same Airport Inn name rather than The Alsup Inn as earlier advertised.
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Highway 60
Sikeston
Roy E. Alsup
Airport Inn
Alsup
Card of Thanks for Mary Ellen Newton
Albert Newton expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors who aided during the death of his wife Mary Ellen Newton, especially for flowers offerings transportation and other assistance.
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Mary Ellen Newton
Albert Newton
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Scott County
Evansville
J. H Stelle
Stelle
Powell Insurance Agency
Phoce and
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Trucks
Chevrolet Motor Division
General Motors
Detroit
Michigan
Theobile Association
Mitchell-Sharp Chevrolet Co
Chevrolet Building
West Center Street
Sikeston, Mo
Willie Joe McGill
Iran
Core
Firestone Convoy
Apdo
Firestone
Richard Crooks
Margaret Speaks
Firestone Symphony Orchestra
Alfred Wallenstein
N.8.c
Home Oil Company
Sikestone “Wheel and Deal
Jetta
Hoo
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