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Newspaper

Sikeston Herald

Location

Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Mar 24, 1949

Page

6

Going to Mill as Vacation for Missouri Pioneer Farmers

A Missouri State Historical Society reminiscence describes how going to mill was a yearly social and economic event for pioneer farmers. The piece notes rough roads, planned communal trips, and the mill as a social hub where families traded goods, shared news, and faced delays when water was low. It recounts stories of mill life, the miller's authority, and the enduring memory of water-powered mills along Missouri’s streams.

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Scott County Land Transfers Totals From Numerous Secured Realignments

Scott County land transfers include Glennon Tenkhoff to Bernard Tenkhoff for lots in Oran at 1 dollar. Malone Jr to Ada Welty for lot 11 in Sikeston, 1 dollar. Hawkins to Bessie Quinn for lot 90 in Commerce, 1 dollar. Additional conveyances cover numerous lots and tracts in Sikeston and surrounding additions with prices ranging from 1 dollar to thousands, reflecting active subdivision exchanges and property transfers.

Glennon Tenkhoff Bernard Tenkhoff Lyman A. Matthews Oran H. R. Brady Netta Brady Bell Fornfelt E. J. Malone Jr Ada Welty Fletcher Sikeston Joe A. Hawkins Bessie Quinn Commerce Co. E. Cantrell Ben Royal Cantrell F. L. Hensley F. E. Maxwell Lillian A. Smith Lloyd Huffman Walter A. Reed Jones Newell Reeves T. H. Boardman Chamber of Commerce Henry Ramsey George Morton Fairground John Groseclose John Hamilton Chaffee Ira Shuffit Jr Clyde Mock Cc. H. Butler Alfred Kern A. McCord East Acres Cletus Stovall A. L. Chronister W. C. Chronister Crowe's Place Hattie Taylor R. L. Ford Taylor Miner Switch Robert Redbern Truman Slinkard Jack Burnett George Glueck Paul J. Witt E. A. Daniel McCoy-Tanner Ruie Witt Mary Wilkening Leo Brucker Raymond B. Heisserer Fred Kirby Bill Colp Rowe Robert Noble George Mott Murray Pecan Perkins R. A. McCord J. F. Stacey Keith & McCord Henry Killian Clyde Demains F. J. Frobase Clyde Mack L. I. Denton Howard McGill J. E. Harper C. M. Mitchell Cc. C. Boyer Ralph Boyer Ray Kneezle Lambert Canary Lewis Alberta Ashford L. H. Hendrickson Leo Brennecke Clara Beasley Lawrence Oliver A. J. Ahrens Louis Kilhafer Ira Simmons Simpson Oil Co Salmar Cecil Williamson T. E. Raidt Prairie Addition Edwin Burger Charles Schott Eleanor B. Matthews C. D. Matthews E. C. Seymour Wesley Lair Don Robinson Applegate E. C. Scott Eugene Burkett McCord Edward Doernhoefer Et al Andrew Glueck W. S. Corrigan W. R. Lair Parkland A. L

Sikeston Man Tied to Long Odd Fellows Service

M G Thomas of Rath street in Sikeston is believed to hold the Odd Fellow record with membership started in 1889 at Elizabeth town Indiana. He chaired all lodge offices and was a 1892 Grand Lodge delegate while also joining the Encampment in 1891.

Herald M. P. Watson Sikeston Odd Fellow Cairo Kaiser Wilhelm Robert Limbaugh South Scott Street Marquand M. Limbaugh M. G. Thomas Rath Street Thomas Elizabethtown Indiana Grand Lodge Indianapolis Odd Fellowship Ridgley

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