Harvesting Wheat Dominates Sikeston District June 1919
The Herald recalls June 13 1919 as Sikeston district farmers began harvesting a larger than usual wheat crop without combines. Binders pulled by mules and many tractors move across fields while labor pours in from Illinois Arkansas Kentucky Tennessee with daily wages of 3 to 4 dollars plus board.
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Sikeston
Herald
Illinois
Arkansas
Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
W A Anthony
Fredericktoun
Scott County Milling Companys
Mussouri National Guards
Airport Dedication Fest Planned by Sikeston Board
Sikeston will host a two day July 3 and 4 celebration to dedicate the citys municipal airport with plans drafted by the Board of Aeronautics. Mayor Jimmie Doolittle and Jimmie Haslip, noted pilots, were to attend the events. The program emphasizes a civic aviation milestone for the community.
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Sikeston
Citys
Board of Aeronautics
Jimmie Doolittle
Jimmie Haslip
Scott County Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Baptist Church
Grace Marie
Jake Sitzes
Wolf Hole
Mary Emma Allen
Mary Emma Waller
Mary Em _ Donnell
Mary Applegate
Dexter
Machines speed building of new gas pipe lines
The article details rapid advances in natural gas pipeline construction using specialized machinery. Bulldozers and trench diggers prepare right of way while welding crews seal joints with gamma ray inspection. Coating and wrapping with tar enamel and glass fibre protect pipe before laying and backfilling. Texas Eastern expands its system by over 350 miles this year.
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Texas Eastern
May traffic crashes claim twelve lives in district
In May the State Highway Patrol recorded 84 traffic accidents across 16 counties in Troop E with 12 deaths and 69 injuries. Scott county logged 6 accidents with 3 injuries. New Madrid 10 accidents with 4 deaths and 4 injuries. Cape Girardeau 9 accidents with 2 deaths and 6 injuries. Other counties reported varying fatalities and damages.
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The
State Highway Patrol
Scott County
New Madrid
Bollinger County
Butler County
Cape Girardeau County
Carter County
Frank E. Mount Dies. Sikeston Leader and Mason
Frank E. Mount, a prominent Sikeston church and civic figure for 35 years and active in Masonic circles, died at Barnes Hospital in St Louis. The obituary notes his death on June 14 at 8 30 p.m. in St. Marys Chapel of the Washington parish.
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Frank E. Mount
Sikeston
Barnes Hospital
St Louis
St. Mary’s Chapel
Washington
Funeral Held Monday for Essex Citizen James Crosier
Funeral services were conducted at the Welsh chapel for James Lyman Crosier who died by self inflicted shotgun wounds at his Essex home on Sunday May 12. Rev. Paul Higgins led the rites with burial in Charleston Odd Fellow cemetery. Crosier, born November 19, 1878 in Mason County Illinois, is survived by six nephews and four nieces.
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James Lyman Crosier
Essex
Paul Higgins
Charleston
Mr. Crosier
Masene County
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Trondale
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Harvard
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Cape Girardeau
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E. C. Matthews
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Lee Bowman
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Washington, D. C
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M. E. Montgomery
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Malden
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John Husher
Italy
Women's Army Corps
Forrest C. Donnell
United States
Boyce Farm Equipment Company
Nailling Truck
Paul Osburn
A. J. Matthews
Center
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State Health Department
A. M. Jackson
C. & S&s. Hardware
Scott County Farm Bureau
Kelley Bros. Sporting Goods Store
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