John Corby the Belfast-born promoter of St. Joseph Missouri
In 1843 John Corby visited St Joseph Missouri and began a rise as a leading northwest Missouri figure. He built the towns first brick house and a major retailer then expanded into railroads and real estate. He helped found rail lines and secured land grants, served as mayor, and gave large church and hospital gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
John Corby
Northwest
Missouri
Corby
Lemerick
Ireland
United States
Beaver County
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Maryland
Licking River Canal
Kentucky
West
Joseph Robidoux
West Missouri
Hannibal and St. Joseph
Maryville, Palmetto and Roseport
Denver City
Kansas
Topeka
St. Joseph’s
Notable Early Businessman Dies in St. Joseph
Standing man renowned for sound judgment and unusual business acumen dies in St. Joseph on May 8, 1870.
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St. Joseph
Social notices from Cape Girardeau area guests and visits
A long list of local residents share visits and guests across the region including Miss Mary McDonough in Chaffee Cairo visits by H F Emerson Jr family Rikki Leslie in Sikeston and dinners with the Porters in Benton Others host or visit relatives in Miller Rector Ark Portageville Sikeston Cape Girardeau Long Beach and At various gatherings Mrs Helen Doggett wedding party Mrs Wm Foster daughters Geneva and Veda Mrs Miles Bride Glennon Laplante Cape Girardeau Morley Study Club held a picnic with members including J R Lee Cletus Cox Alfred Bryant H F Emerson and Anne Beardslee
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Mary McDonough
Chaffee
H. F. Emerson Jr
Cairo
Lutie P. Leslie
Joe Leslie
Rikki
Sikeston
Helen Miles
Hess Porter
Benton
Billa Smith
Charleston
Kiah Smith
Watson Mize
Ronnie
Charles Kendall
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
A. D. Rankin
Sedgewickville
O. D. Clayton
Dorothy Dean
Portageville
Phoebe Black
Floyd Pyles
Bell City
Pyles
Alma
Zalma Andrews
Howard Gerhardt
Long Beach
Calif
Dave Mize
Jewell
Wm. Foster
Geneva
Veda
George Miles
Mary Ellen
Roy Kilmer
van Harris
Dexter
Sue Finney
Morley Study Club
Mesdames J. R. Lee
Cletus Cox
Alfred Bryant
H. F. Emerson
Anne Beardslee
Lita
Youths to enter CCC camp in Scott county
Miss Virginia Hall secretary director of social security in Scott county announces open applications for Civilian Conservation Corps in the county. Enlistment is for three months with a quota of 41 white youths and six Negroes. Applicants must pass a physical, be unmarried, aged 17 to 23, and meet other specs. Registration closes July 15 at the Benton office. Allen Swaim of Benton social security will conduct a pre camp orientation for July entries.
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Virginia Hall
Scott County
Benton
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Allen Swaim
Social Security
Swaim
Local Notes and Visits Across Communities
Mrs W P Weeks of Murray Kentucky spends the week with Mrs J W Ogle. Chester Stafford and family visit Forrest City Arkansas relatives. Paul Witt and children guests of W L Giddens at Canalea. Mrs J Cox’s Blytheville hospital operation improves. Hershel Hellems family and Melba and Kennett Farris attend church in Landers Ridge. L B Cook and Ben Sells Jr visit Crosno family. Rev E A Ray preaches at local church. Dr M G Anderson Sikeston speaks on temperance and shows slides on alcohol effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Weeks
Murray, Ky
J. W. Ogle
Chester Stafford
Forrest City
Ark
Paul Witt
W. L. Giddens
Canalea
J. Cox
Blytheville Hospital
Hershel Hellems
Charles
Melba
Kennett Farris
Morehouse
L. B. Cook
Bragg City
Ben Sells Jr
Sikeston
John Crosno
E. A. Ray
M. G. Anderson
Visitors From Albuquerque Call on Local Relatives
A group from Albuquerque New Mexico including Mrs Anna Blackney her brother Hal Boyce and his children Laurita and Sally visited their aunt Mrs Henrietta Daugherty and Mrs C D M Gupton. They arrived last Thursday and departed Monday with their mother and grandmother after several weeks with relatives.
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Foster
Lutie P. Leslie
Walker May
Monroe Rhodes
Otto Bugg
Co. A. Stallings
Gladys Cummins
Marion Murphy
Anna Blackney
Hal Boyce
Laurita
Sally Boyce
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Henrietta Daugherty
C. D. M. Gupton
Charter Oak postmistress indicted for using postal funds
Charter Oak postmistress Essie E Brantley was indicted by a federal grand jury in St Louis charged with converting 43 to her own use from postal funds. Charleston festival chair named general, Dunklin county CCC youth quota set, Cape Girardeau tinning veteran Vogel turns 65 years in business as town grows.
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Charter Oak
Essie E. Brantley
Federal Grand Jury
St. Louis
Associated Press
Cape Girardeau
W. H. Vogel
Vogel
Dr J B McKinney dies after long medical career
Caruthersville Missouri physician Dr J B McKinney age 53 died in a Memphis hospital after a liver and heart illness. He practiced in New Madrid for years before moving to Caruthersville in 1927 and continued in practice until last year. He is survived by his divorced wife two daughters and a sister.
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Caruthersville
J. B. McKinney
Missouri
Memphis
New Madrid
Bloomfield Man Becomes Bank of Bloomfield Cashier
Bloomfield resident Sam M. Carter has taken the cashier post at the Bank of Bloomfield. He previously served as secretary at the old Southeast Missouri Trust Co. in Cape Girardeau and succeeds W. K. Hobbs as cashier.
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Bloomfield
Sam M. Carter
Fulton, Mo
Bank of Bloomfield
Carter
Old Southeast Missouri Trust Co
Cape Girardeau
W. K. Hobbs
Ward widow Elizabeth Ward 58 laid to rest in Chaffee
Funeral services were held in Chaffee on Wednesday for Mrs Elizabeth Barrett Ward 58 who died Tuesday morning in a Cape Girardeau hospital after a long illness She is survived by her husband two sons Clyde and Claiborne Ward of Chaffee and three sisters including Lena Sims of East Prairie Charleston quartet to perform in New York July 18 for a Barbershop contest Major Bowes tryout on July 25 Kiah Smith Jr in charge of the quartet
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Chaffee
Elizabeth Barrett Ward
Cape Girardeau
Frisco Railroad
Ward
Clyde and
Claiborne Ward
Lena Sims
East Prairie
Charleston
New York City
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of
Major Bowes
New York
Bowes
Kiah Smith Jr
Roosevelt Names Republication Leaders Forming Cabinet
President Roosevelt moved to form a coalition cabinet by submitting to the Senate the nominations of Col. Frank Knox for Navy secretary and Henry L. Stimson for War secretary. Knox is publisher of the Chicago Daily News and was a 1936 Republican VP candidate. Stimson previously served as Secretary of State under Hoover and War under Taft. Woodring resigns as cabinet member. Knox succeeds Edison after Edison quits to run for New Jersey governor.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Col
Frank Knox
Navy
Henry L. Stimson
Knox
Chicago Daily News
Stimson
Taft
White House
Woodring
Charles Edison
W Edison
New Jersey
Washington
Docket Set for July Term at Poplar Bluff Circuit Court
Poplar Bluff reports 190 cases on the July term docket with 60 divorce cases. The circuit court will convene next Monday to begin proceedings and hear civil and domestic matters as listed.
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Poplar Bluff
Local horse show draws large crowd. Legion plans annual event
Three thousand people attended a horse show here last Thursday night. The American Legion sponsored the event and announced plans to make it an annual affair.
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Jackson
The
American Legion
Butler County population jumps by ten thousand
Poplar Bluff reports Butler county population rising to 34,333, up from 26,684 in 1930, an increase of 10,649 or nearly fifty percent.
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Poplar Bluff
Butler County
Office forms available at The Herald
Readers can obtain any office forms in print at The Herald office. The notice informs the public that forms for various government and civic processes are stocked for pickup and use.
Brother of Caleb Smith Dies in Lilbourn
James Emory Smith, brother of Caleb Smith of Sikeston, died at Lilbourn Monday afternoon after a disease complication. Funeral held at Lilbourn Baptist Church with Rev. Schrivner and Rev. Saxon. interment in Sikeston City Cemetery. Born May 6, 1888 in Sikeston, he lived in Gideon before nineteen years running a mercantile in Lilbourn. married Lola Malcolm in 1908, father of Wade and Mrs. Max Househ. survived by widow, children, father C M Smith Sr., brothers Charles Alfred Malden Caleb Sikeston, sister Mrs Pat Henry Shepard, and grandson Billy Wade Smith.
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Baptist Church
Lilbourn
James Emory Smith
Caleb Smith
Sikeston
D. D. Schrivner
J. T. Saxon
Portageville
Mr. Smith
C. M
Marjory Smith
Gideon
Wade Smith
Lola Malcolm
P. M. Malcolm
Max Househ
Memphis
C. M. Smith Sr
Charles
Alfred
Malden
Caleb
Pat Henry Shepard
Billy Wade Smith
Garden care and changing blooms through the seasons
The article argues that gardens must be flexible and evolving. It highlights the gardener's desire for new blooms and varieties such as roses chrysanthemums dahlias and irises. It suggests designing four or five gardens in one to maintain seasonal harmony and constant renewal.
Neighborly Recommendation About The Herald
A concise nudge urges readers to consider The Herald as a source for news. The advice emphasizes including neighbors in the habit of reading the paper for informed civic awareness.
Two New Rental Houses for Waggeners on Vernon
A new residence for rental use is being built for Sonny Waggener, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Waggener, in the 608 block on Vernon Avenue. Lynn Waggener is also constructing another house that will complete the Waggeners fifth home in that block, with Mr. Waggener acting as his own contractor and handling most of the building work.
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Sonny Waggener
Lynn Waggener
Vernon Avenue
Waggeners
Waggener
Silk worm production fact cited for yield
A historical note states that twenty three hundred silk worms are required to produce one pound of silk, illustrating the intensive labor and breeding efforts behind silk manufacture.
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Floyd C. Shoemaker
Missouri Historical Society
Hollywood
Gladys St
Morley
AETNA
IZE
Ecna Casualty and Surety Company of
Hartford
Connecticuc
T. Co. Dye Insurance
Telephone
Sikeston, Mo
Landers Ridge
W. H. Winchester
Bennett
George Crane
County Social Security Office
Dunklin County
Herald
the Herald
Conoco
Continental Oil Company
Vernon
UCC Smith
Brown
Nuway Cleaners
Sikeston, Missoure
W. Malone Ave
LOVE
Leroy Love
East Gladys Street
Schroff and
Aufdenberg
del Rey Hotel
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