Sikeston farmers top cattle prices on St Louis market
Sikeston district farmers including J. M. Khen Max L Ostner and Julius Misfelt sold cattle at top prices on the St Louis market during the week. The Sikeston Woman's Club held Baby Day with a parade of babies and mothers in the business district. Helen May Roper six died by accidental gun discharge at the Ralph home five miles west of Sikeston. Verble Ozment eight burned fatally when her clothing ignited from a stove near Salcedo. Reginald Buell Sikeston traffic officer made over 20 arrests for speeding signs and plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ostner
Julius Misfelt
Sikeston
Reginald Buell
Three decades ago drownings and deaths in 1922 report
May 4 1922 Lewis Baker Sikeston’s leading citizen drowned in the main canal of the Little River Drainage system five miles south of Canalea. Twenty four teachers were hired for the next term led by Roy V Elise as superintendent and Le land Lingle as high school principal. Several staff names listed and Fe W. Davis and W. W. Hinchey noted. Herbert Smith Frisco railroad employee killed by a train near Salcedo.
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Lewis Baker
Sikeston
Little River
Canalea
Roy V. Elise
Leland Lingle
Josephine Veith
Isabel Hess
Irma Wilson
Maude Herring
Annette Logan
Adilda McCord
Helen Brucher
Effie Giles
Effie Sellards
Lela Lett
Millie Wes Sutton
Nellie Goodman
Aline Fenwick
Eula Clifford
Helen Hess
Irene Looennecke
Lillian Putnam
Helen Grojean
Susan Hay
Melvin Bowman
Mesdames FE
W. Davis
W. W. Hinchey
Herbert Smith
Frisco Railroad
Salcedo
Track meet draws eight district high schools to Sikeston
Twenty five years ago on April 28 1922 Sikeston hosted a track meet with eight district high schools in competition. Gene Hirschberg and wife moved from Sikeston to Cape Girardeau. Haliday Grain Elevator at Cairo Michigan burned causing 250000 dollars in losses. A jail inmate on bread and water diet refused to work off an 80 dollar fine. Howard Dunaway gained coverage in a St Louis paper for aiding medical school expenses by spraying and pruning fruit trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Gene Hirschberg
Cape Girardeau
Haliday
Cairo
Howard Dunaway
St Louis
Supervisory engineer named for Missouri Highway Dept
Twenty years ago on April 28 1932 A R Towse of Macon Mo was named supervisory engineer of Division 10 Missouri Highway Department to replace P H Daniuells who moved to Division 6 at Kirkwood Deaths that week included Miss Nell Littleton Sikeston girl Almost 200 correct answers were filed in a musSing words contest by The Herald First prize went to Mrs W B Beniley A Sikeston meat market advertised Baby Beef Chuck Roast 12 1/2 cents a pound At Malone Theatre Spencer Tracy in Young America
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A. R Towse
Macon
Division 10
Missouri Highway Department
P. H. Daniuells
Division 6
Kirkwood
Nell Littleton
Sikeston
The
Herald
W. B. Beniley
Sikeston Medit
Malone Theatre
Spencer Tracy
Fifteen Years Ago in Sikeston District News April 29 1937
Edwin R Kingsley Lions International president spoke at a Sikeston Lions gathering. A house fire at Glenn Matthews residence destroyed 150 chicks. Mrs L M Hollenbeck became Sikeston Woman's Club president. Arthur Hayes Reese died. A padlocked gambling place on Highway 60 west of Sikeston, tied to Roscoe Weltecke Estate and run by Luther Glass and Hog Oliver, was reported by Scott County officers. Sixty eight men joined the Sikeston district Highway Auxiliary Patrol as charter members. Fourteen merchants registered to buy sugar. The Southeast Missouri Press Association held its Golden Jubilee in Gideon hosted by publisher G R Derby. Bijou Confectionery received 25 cents from a woman who had not paid for ice cream 20 years earlier. Esther Shuppert was married this week.
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Edwin R Kingsley
Lions International
Lions Club
Sikeston
Glenn Matthews
L. M Hollenbeck
Scott County
Roscoe Weltecke
Luther Glass
Oliver
Highway Auxilary Patrol
Southeast Missouri Press Association
Gideon
G. R. Derby
Esther Shuppert
Sikeston Adopts Daylight Saving Time Policy
Olon Hitchcock of Sikes and city officials voted to observe daylight saving time through September. Nearly $1000 was pledged to the City Beautification committee. A state project planned spraying 40,000 Southeast Missouri residences with DDT this summer. Storms caused heavy property damage in Pemiscot county communities. The deceased, identified as man Schultz of Gideon and Mrs. Obie Asbridge of Sikeston, along with two half-brothers Monroe and Sam Dement of Morehouse, was prepared in Pigott, Arkansas, and returned to Mrs. Schaefer’s residence prior to burial.
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Sikeston
Southeast
Missouri
Pemiscot County
Man Schultz
Gideon
Obie Asbridge
Monroe
Sam Dement
Morehouse
Piggott
Ark
Schaefer
Zarkor retires after long coop leadership in Sikeston area
H M Zarkor, longtime manager of the Scott-New Madrid Mississippi Electric Cooperative, retires with a notable record. Oscar Carrolls return home from a Florida vacation included Miami Key West and Jamaica. Sikeston city council takes title to the city ball park. Miss Mary Bibb Bishop and Dayton Lasater wed in Sikeston. Dr L E Bechtold opens chiropractors office over Meyer’s Store on Front Street. A B Oil Co marks its fourth anniversary. James W McFadden drowns when his truck plunges into a Mississippi County drainage ditch.
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H. M. Zarkor
Scott-New Madrid-Mississippi Electric Cooperative
Oscar Carroll
Miami
Key West
Jamaica
Sikeston
Mary Bibb Bishop
Dayton Lasater
L. E. Bechtold
Meyer Men’s
Front Street
A & B O1l
James W McFadden
Lusk Chapel
Mississippi County
Presbyterians purchase lot for south Tanner Street church
Officials of the Presbyterian church announce a lot has been bought on the south side of Tanner street for a new church. Mr and Mrs P A McDougal travel to Europe on the Queen Mary for a continent tour. John C Denman, former Sikeston resident, aids an exhibit of contemporary American art in Japan. Collier's features Missouri mud in a photo essay. Walton & Williams Motor Co promotes a drive safely campaign through Herald ads. William Heyde, noted Stoddard county farmer, dies in St Louis’s Barnes Hospital.
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Presbyterian Church
Tanner Street
P. A. McDougal
Europe
John C. Denman
Sikeston
Japan
Tokyo
Osaka
Collier’s Magazine
Missouri
United States
Walton & Wiliams Motor Company
Herald
William Heyde
Stoddard County
Bames Hospital
St Louis
Mrs. Berdetta Bacon Dies at Sikeston Family Home
Mrs Berdetta Bacon 49 died at 930 PM Thursday from a heart attack at the family home in Sikeston. Funeral services were held 2 PM Sunday at the Lutheran church with burial Monday at City cemetery. Taylor Funeral Home in charge. She is survived by husband James C Bacon four sons Marshall Dan Allen of Sikeston Robert in Boise Idaho and four daughters including Alice Coffey Nashville Dixie Ann Swanson Mary Bacon Denver and three others at home. Also three brothers and three sisters including Clayburn Roy Paul Chaney Irma Harpe Almetta Vera Smyth Leona Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berdetta Bacon
Lutheran Church
City
Taylor Funeral Home
Nashville
Services Held for Tommy Lee Voelker
Funeral services were held Sunday at 2:30 at First Baptist Church for 2 year old Tommy Lee Voelker son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe L. Voelker. Burial followed at Sikeston City Cemetery with Welsh Funeral Home in charge. Born July 29 1949 he died April 24 at Delta Community Hospital. Survived by parents a sister Bonnie a brother Donald Joe maternal grandparents W S Bailey Sikeston Route 2 paternal grandmother Maggie Voelker Sikeston.父
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Lee Voelker
Joe L. Voelker
First Baptist Church
E. D. Owen
Sikeston City Cemetery
Welsh Funeral Home
Delta Community Hospital
Bonnie
Donald Joe
W. S. Bailey
Sikeston
Maggie Voelker
Deaths of James R Hill after stroke at Delta County
James R Hill 64 died last Sunday at 2 o clock in the Church of the Nazarene after a stroke. Burial followed in Matthews cemetery. Born December 12, 1877 in Matthews, he was a retired farmer and furniture dealer who moved to Sikeston ten years ago. Survived by wife Pearl Hill, three sons George of Morehouse Richard of Sikeston Robert of New Madrid, and three daughters including Mrs Phillip Schaefer of Sikeston.
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James R Hill
Church of the Nazarene
J. W. Hoffert
Matthews Cemetery
Hull
Delta Community Hospital
Hill
Matthews
Sikeston
Pearl Hill
George Hill
Morehouse
Richard Hill
Robert Hill
New Madrid
Phillip Schaefer
Her
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