Lack of Ready Cash Redefined Missouri Early Trade
The State Historical Society notes Missouri’s first money was fur and barter. Beavers, deers, buffalo hides set value in livres with cashless credit at warehouses. Tobacco carottes served as currency while coins arrived with Spanish rule, sparking confusion. Cited traveler Gottfried Dudon describes a moneyless, carefree pioneer life until hard money circulates.
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Missouri
St. Louis
Atlantic
Gottfried Dudon
New Wheat Crop Movement Limited by Lack of Storage
Springfield, Mo. Frisco Railway plans 3500 stockpiled cars for the winter wheat movement but storage space at interior markets threatens delays. Howard W. Hale cites high elevator occupancy and asserts cars and crews sufficient, predicting big state yields yet storage will slow the flow. Missouri State Fair runs Aug 21 28.
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Springfield
Howard W. Hale
Frisco Railway
Hale
Frisco
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Red Herrings Return to White House Campaign Trail
Washington DC stinks from old red herring claims as Clark and Truman clash over Communist fears. The piece revisits past crackpot quotes, uranium losses, and wartime security concerns linked to the 1948 campaign while noting Southeast Missouri readers trust LAIR'S for value in home furnishings.
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Washington, D. C
Truman
Tom Clark
Clark
Pennsylvania
George Earle
Mr. Clark
Gerhard Eisler
America
Atomic Energy Commission
David Lilienthal
FBI
U. S
Oklahoma City
Republican Party
Missouri
Lair’s
Father's Day Across the World and Ancient Traditions
The article reviews Father’s Day origins from 1909 proposed by Mrs. John Bruce Dodd in Spokane and early observances in the United States, with international notes on customs in Palau, Sumatra, India, and Sudan, plus ancient references to paternal status. It also advertises furniture and home goods and mentions the St. Louis Municipal Opera opening with The New Moon in Forest Park.
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Dad
Canada
Haiti
Honduras
China
Sweden
United States
John Bruce Dodd
Spokane
Washington
William Smart
Spokane Ministers Association
Coolidge
America
Palau Island
South Seas
Sumatra
India
Sudan
Mama
Papa
Elmeus
Christ
St. Louis
St. Louis Municipal Opera
Forest Park
Sigmund Romberg
Dorothy Sarnoff
Stageland
Forest Park Theater
Edward Roecker
Robert Shafer
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Floyd Co. Shoemaker
Union
Etna
Quest
Habs ‘Ichine Works
SIK
STON
American Stove Company
Lewis Sales Company
Sikeston, Mason
Mana Oy
Europe
Solomon
Mulai Ismail
Morocco
Howell
Simmons
Mengel
Kroehler
Bigelow
Armstrong
LAIR
NEW Moon
Oscar Hammerstein II
Frank Mandel
Laurence Schwab
Robert Misson
Kirkwood
H. W. Becker
Missouri Council of Churches
Mr Becker
St Louis
Joseph Sunnen
Council
Mr. Sunnen
Lair's
Welsh Funeral Home
Ec Tough
Uregas
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