Thirty Years Ago In Sikeston Area Farm and Town Life
A 30 year retrospective notes the Scott County Farm Bureau reorganization and A J Foard becoming county Agricultural Extension Agent. Concrete road plans from Charleston to Bird's Point progress while geese weed cotton fields. Sikeston builds new structures, a theater organ, and memorial park plans. Trachoma clinic results, a levee flood, Highway 61 right of way, a new Stinson plane, and Sikeston High School’s 42 graduates.
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Scott
Missouri
Scott County Farm Bureau
A. J. Foard
Charleston
Bird's Point
Cairo
Scott County
Sikeston
F. Kinsolving
Hornersville
Kingshighway
Missouri Pacific
J. H. Yount
J. H. Galeener
Scott-Madrid Motor Company
Jake Sitzes
North Kingshighway
Sam Potashnick
Malone Theater
C. C. White
Missouri State
Rebekah Lodge
Kennett
Dunklin County
Benton
Bailey Announces Candidacy for 14th Missouri District
Ralph E. Bailey of Sikeston announced his run for Congress in the 14th Missouri district with plans for a campaign to be elected in the upcoming November election. Early campaign steps included forming a committee and outlining priorities.
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Ralph E. Bailey
Sikeston
Missouri
Sikeston Council Orders North Kingshighway Paved
Twenty years ago on May 23 1929 Sikeston residents learned the city council ordered North Kingshighway paved with seven inch concrete pavement Sixty one graduates received diplomas from Sikeston High School and a break in the St Francis River was noted as the article ends.
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Sikeston
Sikeston High Confers 73 Diplomas at Commencement
Judge Camille Kelley of Memphis spoke at Sikeston High School as 73 graduates received diplomas. J. C. Penney in Sikeston opened for business. Tom Pendergast, ex Kansas City political boss, was fined 10000 dollars and sentenced to 15 months for income tax evasion. Dover, son of Mr and Mrs Dover, received notice of appointment to West Point.
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Camille Kelley
Memphis
Sikeston High School
Tom Pendergast
Kansas City
United States Military Academy
West Point
Oe Dover
Nature's Sanitary Corps Is Efficient And Carcass Food Chain
In Sikeston on the hundredth telegraph anniversary Leroy C. Leslie received the New York message What hath God wrought The piece discusses nature s scavengers from buzzards to opossums and bones Carcass consumption by insects and birds and the role of carrion eaters in ecosystems The Missouri State Fair runs August 21 28 on harness racing Grand Circuit with 90000 in purses and top pacers and drivers expected.
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Sikeston
Western Union Telegraph Office
Leroy C. Leslie
Bank of Sikeston
New York
Leslie
Sikeston High School
Lillian Taylor
Herald
Roosevelt
Washington
Josie Forbes
Taskee
Sikeston Area Biz, Education, and Diploma Highlights
Last year May 27 1948 Chas Boyce sold Boyce Farm Equipment Co to Paul Nailling Union City Tenn Edgar N Leech and son E E Leech opened the Delta Courts on Highway 61 Sikeston Por Chas D Matthews 3d of Sikeston and Russell Dearmont of St Louis named regents for State College at Cape Girardeau Seventy seven members of Sikeston high school class received diplomas of graduation.
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Chas. Boyce
Boyce Farm Equipment Company
International Harvester Company Agency
Paul Nailling
Union City
Tenn
Edgar N. Leech and Son
E. E. Leech
Highway 61
Sikeston
Chas. D. Matthews 3d
Russell Dearmont
St. Louis
State College
Cape Girardeau
Lair's Offers Sofas and Chairs in Plastic Covers
Lair's advertises sofas studio couches and club chairs in plastic covers available in all colors. The piece underscores inventory variety and upholstery protection, signaling a home furnishings sale or catalog entry.
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Lair’s
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U. S
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Philadelphia Athletics
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Mass
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Mussolini
Brenner Pass
Albany
New York State
Memorial Park Cemetery
Victor J. Miller
Norma Talmadge
Tom Mix
Missouri Board of Health
United States Public Health Service
Leonard McMullin
Stinson
W. W. Parker
O. N. Watts
Frisco
J. C. Penney
Nature
Sanitary Corps
Werner O. Nagel
Missouri Conservationist
Poplar Bluff
Southeast Missouri Drummers Association
Caruthersville
Prac
Fisher
Chevrolet
America
All America
Cherroler AT
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Rica
Mitchell-Sharp Chevrolet CO
Nwepaper
Hichiye
Scott Street
Sikeston, Missouri
Pias
Center St
Allard-Matthews Insurance Agency
Wight Light
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