Charleston hotel fall injures man in Cairo
Charleston resident Southest Missouri news item reports Fox, 30, fell or leaped from a fourth floor hotel in Cairo, suffering a fractured spine and broken ankle and foot with possible internal injuries. Also notes 86th birthday for W T Nicholas of New Madrid with a family dinner near Portageville and Henry Rasche and wife’s 50th wedding anniversary near Jackson with eight children and 16 grandchildren attending.
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Charleston
William Fox
Cairo
St. Fox
Jackson
Henry Rasche
Near Jackson
Zion Methodist Episcopal Church
Benton-Miss Schwartz Named Benton Representative in Beauty Parade
Clara Schwartz has been chosen as Benton representative for the Ozarks Jubilee beauty parade to be held May 23 in Poplar Bluff. Beauty queens from several Southeast Missouri communities have already entered the contest.
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Benton
Clara Schwartz
Ozarks
Poplar Bluff
Southeast Missouri
Local News Briefs from Dexter to Cardwell
Dexter-Don Ross nine years old loses right eye after striking a cap on an empty shotgun shell. Taken to Missouri Pacific Hospital St Louis for necessary eye removal. Dexter-O B Davis sells Commercial Hotel to Mrs Phillip Kuhn who takes possession June 1 staying with style shop moved into hotel lobby. Poplar Bluff-Billy Twohey Jr 11 seriously injured by car driven by Earl Carpenter shoe factory worker with potential skull fracture. Perryville-Pete Nuyt 47 tavern owner faces second degree murder charges in death of Fred DeClerk 49 after street fight. bond set at 5000 dollars. Kennett new Kennett Country Club clubhouse being built with WPA funds north of town. will serve as community building. Caruthersville John Brown 37 paroled by Gov Guy B Park. sentenced July 18 1935 on two year Pemiscot county chicken theft. Cardwell Clarence Woods 18 indicted for first degree murder for fatal December shooting of Deputy Sheriff F F Williams. Williams wounded. Woods wounded. trial date not set.
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Dexter
Don Ross
Thomas Ross
Missouri Pacific Hospital
St. Louis
O. B. Davis
Phillip Kuhn
Poplar Bluff
Billy Twohey ,Jr
William Twohey
Earl Carpenter
Perryville
Pete Nuyt
Fred DeClerk
Ben Lane
Nuyt
DeClerk
Cardwell
Clarence Woods
Green County
Arkansas
Paragould
F. F. Williams
Williams
Robert Thurman
Woods
Mrs Ida Roberts of Kelso Dies After Operation
Ida Roberts aged 58 wife of Charles Roberts a farmer living one mile east of Kelso died Saturday night at St Frances Hospital Cape Girardeau after gallstone surgery Tuesday Funeral services were held Wednesday at St Augustine Catholic Church and burial followed in the church cemetery A native of Germany she came to the United States as a child Survived by eight sons all in the Kelso area.
Veteran West Jackson resident Hattie M How ard dies at 77
Mrs Hattie M How ard aged 77 died at her daughter Mrs Guy M Cobble’s home in West Jackson on Sunday morning from a complication of diseases of old age. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Mrs Cobble’s home and at the Spiritualist church with burial in a Miller ville area cemetery.
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Jackson
Hattie M. Howard
Guy M. Cobble
West Jackson
Death of Mrs M Ella Criddle in Holland Missouri
Mrs. M Ella Criddle aged 60 died Friday morning at her Holland home from arthritis and complications. The funeral was held Saturday afternoon at Caruthersville. A Southeast Missouri resident since 1897 marriage she is survived by her husband a son and a daughter.
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Holland
M. Ella Criddle
Caruthersville
Kennett Brothers Plead Guilty to Robbery
W F Sparks 28 and Crosby Sparks 21 of Kennett pleaded guilty to robbery before Criminal Judge Pm Wallace in Memphis. They received five year State prison terms in Nashville, with W F Sparks getting six months in jail and a $50 fine for carrying a pistol. Accused of robbing dice games at a small hotel, they said they acted after being cheated in the games.
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Kennett
W. F. Sparks
Crosby Sparks
Pm Wallace
Memphis
Nashville
Bloomfield Jury Deadlocks in Strawthers Murder Trial
A hung jury in the Joseph and Woodrow Strawthers murder trial over Arch Shrum’s death led to a retrial set for August. Judge Taylor Smith allowed manslaughter as a possible verdict for first degree murder charges. The brothers’ father N A Strawthers awaits release after a ten year penitentiary sentence for a prior murder. Doniphan Pastor Jasper Bogue resigns to pursue missionary work in Alberta Canada, to be joined by his evangelist wife.
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Bloomfield
Joseph
Woodrow Strawthers
Arch Shrum
Taylor Smith
Farmington
N. A. Strawthers
Jail Escape After Prison Wall Breach Reported
Poplar Bluff and other towns report a jail escape when Poplar Bluff Cecil Waugh 20 and an unnamed man fled a city jail after 5 am by digging a hole in the wall and forcing a coal room door lock. In Charleston a flood victim identified as Clifford Chapman 30 of Mankato Minn. died after falling from a coal barge near Cairo March 18. Advance Paul Young 17 remains hospitalized with pneumonia from a bullet wound. Bloomfield Franz Weber family narrowly escaped a midnight fire. Sedgewickville marks the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis with seven of eight children present.
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Poplar Bluff
Cecil Waugh
John Doe
Sliger
Charleston
Mississippi River
Clifford Chapman
Mankato
Minn
Phil Fredell
Paul Hackney
Chapman
Cairo
Bloomfield
Franz Weber
Franz Weber Sr
Sedgewickville
J. F. Ellis
Here
J. L. Ball
Hollendale
W. F. Ellis
Lilbourn
K. L. Elis
J. H. Bollinger
Millerville
E .S. Bollinger
J. W. Ellis
Green City
L. H. Statler
Jackson
E C. Eilis
Alton
American Legion Auxiliary Meets at Carroll Home
The American Legion Auxiliary held its regular meeting Monday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll near Matthews.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Ww. ©. Carroll
Matthews
Public School Notes From New Madrid County
Miles R. Davis urgesEnumeration and state aid applications due now while detailing recent events. Notes alumni banquets with officers listed, bond plans for Portageville school, and next year’s rural teachers. Counts honor roll students at Risco and lists teachers for multiple districts with colored designation where noted.
Essex Man Killed by Car Sunday Night
John Langford of Essex aged 55 was killed instantly when struck by an automobile on Highway 60 while walking with two sons and another man. Driver Cletus Dodge said headlights blinded him. coroner’s jury ruled death accidental.
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John Langford
Essex
Highway 60
Cletus Dodge
Langford
Herschel
Fallie
W. J. Prater
Dexter
Charge Elimination Planned for Cradle Type Phones
Southwestern Bell filed a schedule with the Missouri Public Service Commission to remove the 15 cent monthly cradle or French type instrument surcharge for customers using such phones 24 months or longer. The change, effective June billing, preserves the 15 cent charge for instruments under two years until the 24 month period ends. Company estimates savings of about 95 500 dollars this year and 185 000 dollars in 1937, with the new devices adopted in Missouri since 1927.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Missouri Public Service Commission
Missouri
Changes in Monthly Fees Over Time
A historical note shows fee reductions from 50 cents to 25 cents and finally to 15 cents, with the last reduction occurring in June 1939, outlining how the monthly charge was lowered in steps over time.
Telephone your news items to The Herald Phone
A short public service urging readers to call The Herald Phone number to relay community news tips and items for publication. The notice emphasizes timely reporting and directs callers to use the newspaper's contact channel for speedy handling.
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