Weddings in Early Missouri Reminiscences and Customs
A frontier wedding narrative describes rustic attire, a buckskin preacher, and a sneezing bride. Weddings were public, festive events with races, shooting matches, feasts, and dances on split puncheon floors. Pioneer editors later celebrated unions with lighthearted commentary and cake notes in 1844 Missouri Statesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Historical Society of Missouri At
Columbia
Floyd C. Shoemaker
George
Jake Ham
Callaway County
Kentucky
Missouri
Pioneer
Columbia Missouri Statesman
Missouri Rural Schools Close In 1943 44
A state education report shows 1408 Missouri rural schools closed during 1943 44 with pupils moved to other schools and 26 closed for lack of pupils. Missouri had 7052 rural teachers. 2431 taught 8 to 14 students and 708 fewer than 8. One room schools numbered 6051, two room 624. Thirty three schools had no buildings and 66 had no tax levy. Average rural teacher salary rose to 770 dollars, up 73 from prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
State Department of Education
Spotted fever noted in Missouri with new 1944 case
Jefferson City reports the first Rocky Mountain spotted fever case of 1944 per Dr James Stewart Missouri Health Commissioner. Eight cases and two deaths were recorded in 1943. Warns hunters and others in tick infested areas to wear protective clothing inspect for ticks and remove them after four to five hours. Do not handle ticks with bare hands. Immunization is in use and the State Board of Health offers an epidemiologist for diagnosis assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
James Stewart
Rocky Mountain
Missouri
Stewart
State Board of Health
Duty to buy war bonds drives 5th War Loan drive
An appeal urges every American to support the 5th War Loan by buying war bonds now. It asks readers to double their purchases if on payroll savings and to consider the sacrifice of servicemen as they invest immediately, stressing the urgency of funding every bullet and dollar for victory.
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R. L. McAfee
John Jordan
Glasgow
Kentucky
Jane
Samuel Murrell
Booie County
Polk
Lars
Local Businesses Advertised in Sikeeston Area Card
A fragmented OCR list shows multiple Sikeeston area businesses including Vogue Dress Shop Star Cafe Sikeston Farm Equipment Co Elite Hat Shop Pauls Tobacco Store L A Tucker Truck Lines Dames Feed Store Malone & Rex Theatres Board of Public Works Woods Dairy Crenshaw Candy Co Caleb Smith Farm Land Merchant John G Powell Insurance Jos A Leslie Insurance Agency Graber's Store Nicholson's Tire Shop.
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Ima
SCOTT
New Madrid
Mississippi
Coop. Association
Walton & Williams Motor Company
Vogue Dress Shop Star Cafe
Hahs Machine Works
E. C. Robinson Lumber CO
Garrett's Drug Stor
Sikeston
Claude Turner
In-Way Cleaning CO
Lambert's
Marshall's Cafe
Sikeston Laundry Dempster Furniture
Sikeston Paint & W. Paper Company
Lair Furniture Company
Norton’'S Shoe Store
Garner-Dement Motor CO
Sikeston Farm Equip. CO
Sikeston Tractors& Implement Company
Shell Cafe Scott Insurance Agency
Hartzell Blacksmith & Welding Shop
R. D. Clayton
Myles Ralph
Vogue Beauty Shop
Heisserer’s Drug Store
Dunn Hotel
Dan McCoy
White's Drug Store
V. Ward
Ethridge AC App Tire CO
the People's Store
Armstrong
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