Davis Dies In Highway 61 Crash On His 66th Birthday
Davis a farm worker from Stalicup Estate near this city was struck on the shoulder and then run over by a Illinois bound truck loaded with railroad ties. The driver was exonerated at a coroner's inquest and Davis was buried at Oak Grove cemetery near Charleston after a brief service. He left a brother Joe Davis of Gray Ridge and a sister Mrs Virginia Vohlker of Bertrand.
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Hemnington
Davis
Stalicup
Ilinois
the Herald
Albritton Undertaking Company
Smith Adetion Seeks Removal From City Scene
Near the east end of Edmondson street, residents plan a Friday meeting featuring Prof. Wm. from Cape Girardeau State Teachers College to discuss current situations. Kiwanis Club thanks the council for fireworks ban. Dr. J H Kready cites a mule barn at 403 West Street as a city nuisance and seeks certified copies of related public records.
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Edmondson Street
State Teachers College
Cape Girardeau
John A. Sutterfield
Kiwanis Club
J H. Kready
West Street
R. D. Clayton
Funeral Services Held for Mrs Mainord
Funeral services for Mrs Nancy Elvira Mainord were conducted at 2 50 p m Sunday Sept 3 by Rev Herschel Yates with interment in Matthews cemetery She was born December 29 1865 in New Madrid county and lived her life in the Matthews area Surviving are son O K Mainord a sister Mrs M G Brooks and a brother Miulus H Mainard with several relatives from Sikeston Chaffee and nearby towns attending the service
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Nancy Elvira Mainord
Herschel Yates
Matthews
Mainord
New Madria County
Leroy
Lucinda Moore
O. K. Mainord
M G. Brooks
Miulus H. Mainard
Colorado
Jim. Foley
Charles Lindley
J. Sheppard
Gene Buckles
Nayles
Sikeston
W. A. Singleton
Chaffee
Ellen Davey taking secretarial post in Richmond
Miss Ellen Davey daughter of Mr and Mrs L T Davey formerly employed in Bowling Green Kentucky has accepted a secretarial position in Richmond Kentucky.
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Ellen Davey
L. T. Davey
Bowling Green
Richmond, Ky
Taken by Police
A small man named Harry Alfred Smith, 38, was arraigned before Police Judge Brown Jewell after a night in jail. He gave several aliases and claimed Marble Hill as origin before stating Time as residence. Other patrol notes report multiple drunkenness fines and a coal licensing violation.
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Harry Alfred Smith
Brown Jewell
Walter Hughes
Earl Wilson
Smith
Judge Jewell
Marble Hill
Bruce Carmini
Eddie Tyus
Lyman Harrison
Hughes
Claude McManus
Thurman Ryan
Charles Haffner
Guy Beck
Happy Hughes
J. M. Williams
McManus
Lowell Haffner
Charles
Bill Cole
Jewell
Aged Sikeston Resident William Lane Dies at 74
Funeral services for William Lane 74 of Sikeston were held Tuesday at Welsh Funeral Home with Rev J J O Neill officiating. Interment in Carpenter cemetery near McMullin. Lane born January 9 1866 in Scott county died Monday night September 5 at home near Bell City after pneumonia. Sister Mrs Tom Myers Sikeston survives. Lane was long a blacksmith in Sikeston.
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William Lane
Sikeston
J. J. O'Neill
S J. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
Carpenter
McMullin
Mr. Lane
Scott County
Bell City
Tom Myers
Lane
Conservation meeting last night in Rex Theatre
Ted Butler of Springfield Missouri spoke at the Scott County Conservation Federation meeting at Rex Theatre. Representatives from New Madrid, Mississippi and Scott counties attended as plans for future work were laid out. Dr. T. C. McClure presides and W. H. Sikes serves as secretary.
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Ted Butler
Springfield
State Conservation Federation
Scott County Conservation Federation
Rex Theatre
New Madrid
Mississippi
Scott Counties
T. C. McClure
W. H. Sikes
Utility Cabinet Crushes Child in Cape Girardeau
Jimmy Nickells four and a half year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Elvis Nickells is hospitalized in St Francis Cape Girardeau after a kitchen cabinet toppled onto him while his mother prepared a meal. The cabinet crushed his left leg near the hip and caused bruises.
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Jimmy
Elvis Nickells
St Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Funeral for Wreck Victim to Be Held in Sikeston
Mrs Elizabeth Tuck McKinney of St Louis died Wednesday night at St Elizabeth Hospital in Hannibal Missouri from injuries in a Sunday automobile wreck while riding with her husband and young daughter Gail Elizabeth. Interment in Sikeston city cemetery. Survivors include husband Tom McKinney a brother Norval Tuck a sister Coleen Tuck and a cousin Miss Wantona Watson and Charles Watson. The family formerly resided in Sikeston.
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Elizabeth Tuck McKinney
St Louise
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Hannibal
Gail Elizabeth
McKinney
Dan McCoy
Hattie Conrad
St. Louis
Wantona
Charles Watson
Sikeston
Tom McKinney
Norval Tuck
Coleen Tuck
Meyers Couple to Move From Sikeston to Cape Girardeau
Mr and Mrs Elmer J Meyers longtime Sikeston residents since last December will leave Saturday for Cape Girardeau where they will reside Mr Meyers works with the Missouri State Employment Service They had been living in the Malone apartments
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Elmer J. Meyers
Sikeston
Cape Girardeau
Meyers
Missouri State Employment Service
Malone Apartments
Sorrells Chosen Head of Southeast Missouri Bandsmen
R D Sorrells, musical director for Sikeston public schools, was elected president of the Southeast Missouri Bandsmen Association at its annual meeting in Poplar Bluff. Visiting bands from Puxico Charleston Kennett and Sikeston attended. The 1940 convention will be at Sikeston. A secretary will be named later. The day included street concerts and a five o'clock parade. John W Scott of Rolla demonstrated the thuremon and Revolutionary War instruments at the stadium concert attracting nearly 2000 attendees. Mayor Ira Bradley and Dr A L Bomer spoke at the stadium addresses.
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R. D. Sorrells
Sikeston
Southeast Missouri Bandsmen’s Association
Poplar Bluff
Puxico
Charleston
Kennett
Sorrells
John W. Scott
Rolla
Ira Bradley
A. L Bomer
Funeral Services Held for Mrs Fears Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs Mary E Fears age 74 who died after a illness at her daughter’s home near Sikeston were conducted Tuesday afternoon by Rev H H Williams of Kennett. Burial followed at Memorial Park cemetery with Arden Ellise service. She was born February 10 1865 in Ellington Mo and lived most of her life in the area. She was a 27 year member of the Church of Latter Day Saints. Surviving are her husband John Fears eight children including Mrs Paullus and Mrs Effie Montgomery and Fred and Corbitt Fears of Sikeston plus others in Ellington Poplar Bluff and St Louis. Also thirty grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Mary E. Fears
J. W. Paullus
Near Sikeston
Paullus
H. H. Willams
Kennett
Memoril Park Cemetery
Arden Ellise
Fears
Ellington
Church of Latter Day Saints
John Fears
Effie Montgomery
Erna Meesey
Fred
Corbitt Fears
Sikeston
Minnie Brawls
Austin Fears
Poplar Bluff
Jesse Fears
St Lous
15 000 Gallon Tank For F M OI Company
A 15 000 gallon tank is being placed underground at the F M OI Company station at the corner of Malone avenue and Ranney street. The tank connects with pipes under Malone avenue and the Missouri Pacific tracks to allow gasoline to flow directly from tank cars on the tracks to the new underground storage facility.
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F. & M. OI Company
F. & M. Oul Company
Malone Avenue
Ranney Street
Missouri Pacific
Car's Behavior Added to Pleasure of Trip
Traveling 5830 miles on 209 gallons of gasoline, averaging 27.89 mpg, was the record set this summer by G B Greer and Bob Sitzes. They visited the San Francisco World's Fair and western points in a 1937 Ford Tudor sedan, changed oil every 1200 miles, and had no flats or troubles. Virginia L Blankenship, seven month-old daughter of Mr and Mrs C C Blankenship of Canalou, died of colitis. Services were held by Rev H G Oliver with burial at Mounds cemetery near Lilbourn.
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G B. Greer
Bob Sitzes
Virginia L Blankenship
C. C. Blankenship
Canalou
H. G. Oliver
Mounds Cemetery
Lilbourn
Albritton
Ballard's Snow Lintment Advertises Relief for Sprains
Since 1883 Ballard's Snow Lintment has been an inexpensive aid in relieving muscular discomfort from sprains strains bruises and soreness due to over exertion or weather exposure. In 30c and 56c bottles all druggists Sailers page ad notes availability.
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Ballard
New Madrid Woman Writes Town History for Sesquicentennial
Mrs S L Hunter wife of New Madrid mayor has started a history of the New Madrid territory at the Academy of the Visitation in St Louis. She aims to finish by October 15 for the Immaculate Conception church sesquicentennial celebration, detailing the area carved into six Missouri counties since its founding 156 years ago.
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S. L. Hunter
New Madrid
Academy of the Visitation
St. Louis
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Hunter
New Madnd
Missouri
Glorious Moonlight Excursion On The Steamer President
A moonlight excursion sails from Cape Girardeau on Tuesday September 12 at 9 00 p m aboard the steamer President prospective riders are invited to join the voyage for an evening of navigation and scenic views along the riverfront.
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Cape Girardeau
Sikeston Gins Handle Hundred Bales of Cotton
Ginning season starts as cotton wagons roll through Sikeston. To date 117 bales have been ginned at three gins this morning. Despite late planting, growers report little delay and expect full swing in coming days.
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Sikeston
Mrs Dan McCoy and Ruth visit Hannibal after death
Mrs Dan McCoy and her daughter Ruth traveled to Hannibal Missouri on Wednesday to comfort Mrs Hattie Conrad after the death of her granddaughter Mrs Tom McKinney in a local hospital Wednesday night. Mrs Faye Byer of near Corning Arkansas stayed with Miss Dobhvy McCoy Wednesday night.
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Dan McCoy
Ruth
Hannibal, Mo
Hattie Conrad
Tom McKinney
Faye Byer
Near Corning
Ark
Dom Bhy McCoy
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Dee Bt
Teamvalterco
Smith Adeetion
Tiny Beauty Shop
Mrs. Fears
Car
Missourt
Nuway
Naway Cleaners Loomis Mayfield
Prop
Telephone
Scott County Abstract Company
Harris D. Rogers
Trorve
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