Purebred Hogs Fetch High Prices In Sikes Sale Thirty Years Ago
A Sikeston sale of purebred Duroc Jersey hogs prior to World War I drew strong bids. Porter and Wilcoxen paid $295 for a sow from W H Sikes herd, Xenophon Caverno paid $255 for a boar, and Murray Klein paid $200 for a sow, reflecting a once-lucrative local breeding industry disrupted by war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
W. H. Sikes
Porter and Wilcoxen
Bowling Green
Xenophon Caverno
Canaloa
Murray Klein
Sikeston 1923 Fire Destroys Local Mills and Hotel
In Sikeston district twenty five years ago August 30 1923 fire destroyed the Cagle Vowels planing and sawmill and J H Barnett Son heading factory. The Coons Hotel of New Madrid burned with furniture and equipment. Meanwhile hat ads tout "Charmingly Attractive" and "The Witchery of the New Autumn Millinery" as farmers plan to reduce wheat plantings after unprofitable yields.
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Sikeston
J. H Barnett & Son
Coons
New Madrid
Sikeston District
Fifteen Nations Sign Anti War Pact August 30 1928
Fifteen nations sign a mutual anti war pact amid postwar tensions. Allied governments announce commitments to resolve disputes through arbitration and collective security measures. High officials emphasize the treaty as a cornerstone for global peace and stability.
Briand Kellogg War Pact and Local Improvements
Paris pact to outlaw war known as Briand Kellogg. Malone Avenue paving completed by Tuidd Cole. Merrill McCarty who built Sikeston high school in 1916 was killed by lightning in St Louis. Herman Boyer signed with John Robinson Circus in Memphis. Sikeston public schools ready for term with 35 teachers.
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Paris
France
Malone Avenue
Tuidd & Cole
Merrill McCarty
Sikeston
St. Louis
Herman Boyer
Memphis
John Robinson Circus
Sikeston Publicc
Fifteen Years Ago August 31 1933 Local Accidents and Notices
Fifteen years ago on August 31 1933 accidents included the fire that destroyed the home of Mr and Mrs George Foster at Morley and the deaths of their sons Howard seven and Lovell six from kerosene fire attempts. T G O Kelley of Portageville died in a truck overturn near New Madrid along with a truck overturn near Bertrand injuring Charles Isabell who was hitchhiking from Pinhook to Poplar Bluff. Government slaughter of five million pigs sees 700000 killed at six Midwest markets in one week. Sikeston youths set to leave for college include Hazel Lumsden Woosen Hollingsworth Ruth Ward Powell Elizabeth Bowman Henrietta Moore Olga Matthews Lynette Stallcup Mary Hinchey Edna Allard Marjory Mow Virginia Baker Carroll Sutton Z W Kilgore Robert Dempster Alexander and Arch Russell Conley Purcell Al
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George Foster
Morley
Howard
Lovell
T. G. O’kelley
Portageville
New Madrid
Bertrand
Charles Isabell
Pinhook
Mississippi County
Poplar Bluff
Mid-Western
Sikeston
Hazel Lumsden
Woosen Hollingsworth
Ruth Ward Powell
Elizabeth Bowman
Henrietta Moore
Olga Matthews
Lynette Stallcup
Mary Hinchey
Edna Allard
Marjory Mow
Virginia
Malone Theatre Screens I Cover the Waterfront
Bert Moll Merritt Beck Sam Bowman Edward Allard lead a Malone Theatre lineup featuring Claudette Colbert in I Cover the Waterfront. Harry Young Jr David Blanton Robert Mow Anderson Hayden also listed for the program.
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Bert Moll
Merritt Beck
Sam Bowman
Edward Allard
Harry Young Jr
David Blanton
Robert Mow
Anderson Hayden
Malone Theatre
Claudette Colbert
I Cover
Water Front
Formal openings and tragic accident scatter town events
The Vogue Shop on Front Street opened by Mrs. O. M. Arthur. Equipment is being installed at the new public library ahead of its formal opening. A new switchboard is being installed in the Southeast Missouri Telephone Company's building on Center Street. Clint Wybark, a 30 year old East Prairie man, was killed when crushed by a log rolling from a truck.
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Front Street
O. M. Arthur
Public Library
Southeast Missouri Telephone Company
Center Street
Clint Wybark
East Prairie
Township notes on local promotions and harvests
Five years ago Sergeant Melvin Dace and Sergeant John Tandy of the State Highway Patrol were promoted to lieutenant. Rain fell in Sikeston on September 1 to 2.37 inches. R. R. Hogan's new baseline gin at Morley harvested its first bale of cotton on September 1, three days after the Black Bros. gin at Morley started the season. In Sikeston an attempted blackout by employees and managers of two large stores failed as lights stayed on.
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Melvin Dace
John Tandy
State Higway Patrol
Sikeston
R. R. Hogan
Morley
Black Bros
Sikeston Opened New Chevrolet Building and School Starts
Last year on September 4 1947 Mitchell Shapiro Chevrolet Company's new sales and service building opened at Center and Scott streets. Sikeston public schools opened for the 1947 1948 term with 1945 enrollment and 59 teachers. The city council in special session heard a charge of wide open gambling from Assistant State Attorney Tyrer Burton. Labor Day weekend saw 454 violent deaths nationwide, with 293 from traffic accidents. Building permits for August exceeded $80 000. Elephants can walk on river bottoms by using trunks as snorkels. Early spring birds announce nesting area claims through song.
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Mitchell - Sharp Chevrolet Company
Center
Scott Streets
Sikeston Public Schools
Sikeston
Tyrer Burton
The Frontiersman Tailor of Early Missouri
The article describes frontier tailors in early 1800s St. Louis and beyond, noting how ready made clothes were rare and tailors were central to traveler wardrobes. It cites Bernard Lalonde and stores near the Post Office, with prices like $4.50 for a coat and $1.75 for pantaloons, plus notes on leather work and salt selling ventures.
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St. Louis
Philadelphia
Nashville
Bernard Lalonde
Bordeaux
London
Paris
Lewis and Clark
William Clark
Taylor
St Louis
F. Pain
Armstrong
Louisiana Gazette
Unseen Helper in Your Auto Bumper
Automobile bumpers are commonly plated first with nickel and then chromium to improve appearance and resist corrosion and abrasion in most cases.
Highway Condition Bulletin Update For Local Routes
U S Rt 60 in Scott and New Madrid counties has pavement repairs with one way traffic at intervals and minor delays between Gray Ridge and east of Sikeston. Rt 61 between Sikeston and New Madrid shows similar one way traffic and light disruption along a 22 mile stretch. Rt 62 in New Madrid County is closed between Rt 61 and Maiden. use Rt 60 or Rt 25. State Rt 25 in Cape Girardeau County closed from Advance to junction. northbound detours via 91 51 34 61 to Jackson, southbound via 55 61 60 to Dexter. Rt 34 in Bollinger Wayne counties oiling 32 miles between Lutesville and junction with 67 34. avoid if possible. Rt DD in Mississippi County closed for bridge work. Rt P in New Madrid County closed east from La Forge for bridge work. Rt D in Pemiscot County oiling from junction with A and D south 5 miles. avoid if possible.
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U. S
Scott
New Madrid
Gray Ridge
Sikeston
U.S
Dexter
Bollinger
Wayne Counties
Lutesville
Mississippi County
Rt. DD
Rt. P
la Forge
Pemiscot County
Rt. D
Princess Elizabeth wedding gift bound in blue morocco
Among the gifts to Princess Elizabeth was a gold tooled copy of History of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane bound for the occasion in blue Persian morocco. Read the ads for more details, they’re news.
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Elizabeth
Theatre Royal
Drury Lene
W. EH. Allen
London
Morocco
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Almanac
Henry Hudson Arives
New York Bay
Sullivan and Corbett
Harvard University
Workman Studio
Tracy
Kansas City, Mau
Irgo
Hoovers
Hoover Cleaners
Hoover
Ewera Peron Ghlye
Franklin
The
State Historical Society of Missouri At
Columbia
Floyd C Shoemaker
Allard-Matthews Insurance Agency
Center St
Delmar
FOX Furniture Company
Morehouse, Missouri
National Safety Council
Trim Shop
Highway 61
North
Sikeston, Mo
MIR
PRP
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