Cape Girardeau County Pioneered Missouri Extension Service
The Missouri extension program began in Cape Girardeau county on August 1 1912 and expanded to all counties. County agent Chester M McWilliams led efforts including hog cholera vaccination and soil improvement, with 1940 showing 597 local leaders and widespread farm progress.
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Cape Girardeau County
Missouri University College of Agriculture
Missouri
College of Agriculture
Pettis County
Samuel M. Jordan
Missouri College of Agriculture
Cape Girrardeau County
United States Department of Agriculture
Chester M. McWilliams
McWilliams
Cape Girardeau
W. Y D. Henderson
Jackson
Seth Babcock
C. C. Hearne
T. M. Keyser
E. T. Mallinckrodt
T. P. Head
Jane Hinote
Bernice Wood
Florence Carvin
Extension Service
Child Breaks Leg in City Cemetery
John Ray Barber son of Mr and Mrs Clyde Barber sustained a broken left leg Thursday afternoon when a tombstone top pled over on him while he played in City Cemetery. He received treatment at Sikes ton General Hospital and two days later was moved home to recuperate. Isinglass is made from the air bladders of fishes.
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John Ray Barber
Clyde Barber
Sikeston General Hospital
State Advertises For Sales Tax Tokens
Missouri officials launched a token reclamation drive after a token shortage, mailing ads to merchants who were urged to return collected sales tax tokens. More than two million tokens were redeemed in five days, with four agents working smaller towns. Tokens weigh about 1.71 one mill to a pound and 1.80 five mill to a pound. redemption pays 17.1 cents per pound of ones and 90 cents per pound of five-mill pieces. Since 1937 nearly 313,919 dollars worth of new mills have been issued, with total purchases reaching 150 million tokens though about 10 percent are lost. Old cardboard milk bottle caps still account for an unaddressed 45,000 dollars.
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Missouri
St. Louis
New Mills
Miami Rebels Balk at Collars and Ties
Miami business leaders and city officials, angered by formal dress etiquette in the summer heat, declare open collar sport shirts acceptable for desk work. The trend shifts after McGregor Smith, a power company executive, appears in his office without a coat or tie, wearing a cotton sport shirt.
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Miami
Fla
McGregor Smith
Power Company
Donnell Gives Up Right to Name Committeemen
Jefferson City Gov Donnell signed away his right to fill vacancies on political central committees. He approved a bill by Rep James Keet Springfield empowering party committees to fill vacancies in their own membership a power formerly held by the Governor. Also signed was a measure requiring control of bindweed under rules by the State Commissioner of Agriculture.
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Jefferson City
Donnell
James Keet
Springfield
State Commissioner of Agriculture
Bitter Sweet at St Louis Muny Opera Opens Aug 4
St Louis Muny Opera stages Bitter Sweet, Noel Coward's musical sensation, at open air for seven nights starting Monday August 4. Norma Terris returns as the Marchioness with Robert K Shafer opposite. key songs include If Love Were All and I'll See You Again.
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Noel Coward
Ziegfeld
Municipal Opera
St. Louis
Coward
Nelson Eddy
Jeanette MacDonald
Norma Terris
Robert K. Shafer
Zigeuner
William O’neal
Pablo
Nina Rosa
Joseph Macaulay
Rose Inghram
Bob Lawrence
Three Musketeers
Maryon Dale
Ruth Urban
William Mercer
Patricia Bowman
America
Shayne
Dependent Children Benefits Cut 23 Percent in Missouri
Jefferson City July 26. Aid to dependent children payments were slashed 23 per month for each family as the Social Security Commission mailed July's overdue checks. The reduction followed a $9,000,000 legislative appropriation for 1941-42, with first six months' expenditures. The rolls rose 188 to 32,485 children in 14,058 families. total July cash allotment was $321,214, $93,000 less than June. County breakdown includes St Louis City $67,928 for 1,701, Butler $3,485 for 148, Cape Girardeau $2,602 for 118, Dunklin $2,582 for 110, Ripley $2,485 for 115, Stoddard $1,762 for 80, Wayne $1,344 for 62. Scott County spent $1,899 in June for 53 families averaging $33.30 per family and $12.42 per child.
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Jefferson City
Social Security Commission
Butler
Cape Girardeau
Carter
Dunklin
Ripley
Stoddard
Wayne
St. Louis City
Scott County
From 30 Cents a Mile to Less Than 3 Cents Per Mile
Forty years ago motorists paid about 30 cents per mile while today a modern car costs under 3 cents per mile to operate, reflecting advances in efficiency and fuel economy.
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The
State Historical Society of Missouri
Floyd S. Shoemaker
Slim Rhodes
Ceremonies
Funny Boy
Fiddler
Wright’s Grove
Bell City
Miami Rebels
Sikeston
W. R. (Rich
Lewis Proprietor
Rawleigh
Freeport
E. C. Brann
Oran
Greer Ave
Boyce Farm Equip. CO
Sikeston, Mo
Clarence Cantrell
Salcedo
N. Henderson
Herald Office
Likeston Firestone
E. Malone Ave
WARD
Riverside
Ferrell Oil Company
Sikeston and Morehouse
William Street
Clarence Scott
Pat Murphy
Pat
Whiteway
Tanner Street
National Funeral Home
Scott and
Center Streets
Sikeston, Missouri
Caleb Smith
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Telephone
Dead Animal Disposal Company
NAVY
Popeye
Waikiki
Uncle Sam's
Sam
U.S. Navy
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