Missouri's Scissor Artists Before Clean Shave Era
A Missouri State Historical Society piece profiles early barbers who offered shaving with scissors, baths, and even medical services in 19th century saloons and shops. It notes Sunday hours, monthly rates, and the rise of the beard culture, along with later references to polio aid and local incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Tomsorre Arti T
St Lams
Piet
la Sace
Clayton
Bierderinden
Waverlham St Thomas
State Health Department
Missour
Harmony Needed In Nation's Capital Stirs Debate In Congress
The Charleston item notes friction in Washington between Senatorial leaders and the White House. It recalls President Truman’s 1939 warning about “crazy and crackpot measures” and cites Senator Lucas blaming Southern Democrats and Republicans for the 81st Congress stalemate. Bryant Implement Co. in Charleston sells to Missouri Implement and Tractor Co. of St. Louis, with Bryant staying on local operations.
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Washington
Scott Lucas
Senate
Jenners
Lucas
Truman
Missouri
United States Senate
White House
Capitol Hall
St Lews
House of Representatives
Charleston
HTF
Bryant Implement Company
Missouri Implement and Tractor Company of
St Louis
International Harvester
Bryant
Sikeston High FFA youths take livestock to national market
Six Sikeston High School FFA members and Vocational Agriculture students consign cattle hogs and a calf to the National Stock Yards near East St Louis for a supervised farming program sale. They were guided by instructor Wm Z Baker and later toured a packing plant. The group also reported on a Missouri FFA state camp at Kaiser and entries for the Cape Girardeau district show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston High School
Future Farmers of America
Vocational Agriculture Department
National Stockh Yards
East St Louis
Future Farmers 1
National Stock Yards
Allied Market
Sikeston
Gene Aufdenberg
Harold Lee Hodges
James Guuling
J W Nelson
Don Grant
Jerry Townsend
Wm Z. Baker
J W. Nelson
Richard Springs
Wm. Z Baker
Kaiser, Mo
Lake of the Ozarks
Missour
Cape Fair
Cape Girardeau
James Guiling
Don Matthews
Harold Hodges
J W _ Nelson
Radio canned foods promotion misreads quality claims
A garbled ad fragment touts radio branded canned foods as good quality and compares prices to a premium level. The misspelled copy hints at a promotional pitch aimed at mothers, suggesting some products are fancier and priced higher.
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State Hi Orical Society of Missouri At
Columbia
Floyd C. Shoemaker
National Foundation
National Foundation For
Foundation
Tulane University
Gordonville Road
N J Pollard
Jackson
Chesley Hanger
Oak Ridge
Eva Green
Wittenberg
Winston Churchill
Mediterranean
Washington D ‘ Senat
William Io Jenner
Ind
Althea Wid
Tauemert Furniure
St. Louis
Gerald Hodges
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Philadelphia
Denver
Colo
Jis
G. I. Loans
Scott Insurance Agency
Sikeston, Mo
Sikeston Auto Sale
W. Center
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