Sol Smith Russell the Midwest to Broadway Entertainer
Sol Smith Russell, noted iorn comedian who won fame on the American stage in the late 19th century, built a career from traveling troupes in the Midwest to New York and Boston. Born in Missouri around 1838 but dying in 1902 after a long career that mixed comedy drama and song, he toured with the Berger family and rose to star in theatres such as the Olympic and Fifth Avenue later in life. His rise included work with Daly at the Fifth Avenue Theatre and leading roles in Edgewood Folks and other popular plays.
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Set Smith Russell
Middle West
New York
Boston
Sol Smith Russell
Sol Smith
Brunswick
Charlton County
Miassouri
de Bar
Theatre i St. Lous
Feak Famuly
Bell Ringers
Berger
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Mr. Peabody
Emile Augier
Gabrielle
Hmard
Russel m
Edgewood
Boston Museum
Russell
James Whitcomb Riley
Theatre Magazine
Sawi Mussell
Chicago
Gohn Grigsby
Washington
Summer Band Program Announced at Sorrells School
Mr. Sorrells announces a summer band program for high school students running weekly sessions from 2 to 10.50 Monday through Friday with various sections—violin, drums, bugles, and junior band—scheduling specific times. Girls with voice will be invited to join a yearlong free scholarship after summer, with plans for a boys program if interest grows.
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Sorreux
Voice
Sorrells
Tue Voice Tesson
Library Circulation Rises Over Five Months
Librarian Miss Blair Law reports a steady increase in public library circulation from January to May, peaking at 3565 items in May. She highlights new releases including Inside Asia by John Gunther and a slate of American Library Association endorsed works addressing current world issues.
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Blair Law
Asia
John Gunther
Europe
Orient
Gunther
East
Saudi Arabia
Mongolias
People’s Library
American Library Association
America
Lyman Bryson
Russia
Italy
United States
Man Seager
Roger Williams
Thomas Paine
Ralph Walie Emierson
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Edward Bellamy
Finch
H. A Overstreet
Lydia Powell
Officers Re-Elected for Scott County W C F
At the Scott County Woman's Christian Temperance Union annual meeting in Chaffee officers were re-elected. President Mrs Gladys Vera Patterson Oran vice president Mrs Ray Ballard recording secretary Mrs Cheatham Chaffee corresponding secretary Miss Sadie Emory Sikeston and treasurer Mrs Addie Smiley of Chaffee. Morning devotionals reports from unions and music were followed by an address from Miss Reena Shaner of Jackson. Attendees included Mrs J A O'Hara Sikeston union president and Mrs Ruby Hamby.
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Scott County Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Chaffee
Gladys Vera Patterson Oran
Ray Ballard
Cheatham
Sadie Emory
Sikeston
Addie Smiley
Scott County
L. A. Tucker
Reena Shaner
Jackson
J. A. O'Hara
Sikeston Union
Ruby Hamby
Scaffolding Collapse Mangles Painters At Heissere Drug Store
Raymond Kasater fractured left wrist and two other painters injured when scaffolding between ladders collapsed while cleaning walls at Heissere Drug Store. Murray Maynard and Harold Holtzhouser received treatment for injuries. all three worked for the Matthews Estate. Jackson Judge Fred Clippard paid 1939 taxes, receiving the first receipt from Collector W. F. Bergmann.
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Raymond Kasater
Heisserer
Kasater
H. B. Throgmorton
Murray Maynard
Throgmorton
Howard Dunawz2y
Harold Holtzhouser
Holtzhouser
Matthews
Heissere Drug Store
Jackson
Fred Clippard
W. F. Bergmann
Frisco men robbed after sixteen hours on duty
Frisco Railroad employees at Sikeston found their desks unopenable and a pried ticket office window. The vibroplex sending machine used by Aubrey Shain was missing, then learned by special agents that both the machine and man are in custody. Each vibroplex item cost 17.50. Guatemala shipped 672473 bunches of bananas to the United States in one month.
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Frisco
Sikeston
Aubrey Shain
B. J. Grieshaber
Frisco Railroad
Jackson
Guatemala
United States
Lambert Brothers Injured In Bus Collision Near Sikeston
Robert Lambert suffered knee injuries after a Greyhound bus struck the car he rode in with his brother Het near Sikeston while en route to notify their uncle of a death. The car was demolished and forced into a ditch. Het Lambert was unharmed.
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Robert Lambert
Greyhound
Het Lambert
Lambert
Lambert Brothers
Klein Farm
Sikeston
Charley Lambert
H. D. Lambert
Diamond Tavern
Gordon
Methodist Merger Set for October 10
Missouri Methodists will begin forming their three conferences under the United Methodist Church on October 10. Bishop John Calvin announced the five conferences of the old branches will meet in St Louis to disband and establish new conference boundaries. Norman Moore of Brown Spur had a successful appendectomy at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau on Monday.
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Missouri Methodists
New
United Methodist Church
John Calvin
St .Louis
Broomfield
St. Louis
United Church
Norman Moore
Brown Spur
Southeast Missouri Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Woman's Junior Group Plans Picnic and Swim
Winners of the recent membership drive sponsored by the Woman's Junior Chamber of Commerce will attend a swimming party and picnic supper on June 27 at Dexter. The winning group will be entertained by Miss Helen Virginia Keith and Miss Juanita Crawford, while Miss Neva Mae Taylor's group provides the entertainment and supper.
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Woman’s Junior Chamber of Commerce
Dexter
Helen Virginia Keith
Juanita Crawford
Neva Mae Taylor
Woman’s Chamber of Commerce
Public
Carl Wedeking
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