Farm land prices in Sikeston district hit records thirty years ago
Thirty years ago Sikeston district lands sold at record prices but farmers faced debt as crops could not cover costs. Examples include 1215 acres east of Matthews at 135000 dollars and multiple Illinois sales. Marriages included Vowell and Roush, Lumsden and Dailey, Ruff and Bergmann, Miller and Robert. Schools were crowded with alternating morning and afternoon sessions.
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Sikeston
Matthews
Gresham & Barger
N. L
Harry Vowells
Dora Roush
Hugh Lumsden
Janette Hazel Dailey
Jean Ruff
Louise Bergmann
Cape Girardeau
Levi Miller
Chaffee
Corena Robert
Benton
Red spiders threaten cotton in Scott county
On September 11, 1934 red spiders were reported causing severe damage to cotton in Scott county. Four thousand bales of hay were destroyed by a large barn fire at the Sam Potash nick farm near Tanner, totaling about 7000 dollars in losses. The Southeast Missour Fair Association planned a major farm products show, livestock, and entertainment. A I Foard resigned as secretary of the Southeast Missouri Agricultural Bureau. Burial lots were sold at Skeston Memorial Park with John A. Young purchasing the first lot.
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Scott County
Sam Potashnick
Tanner
Southeast Missour Fair Association
A. I. Foard
Southeast Missouri Agricultural Bureau
Skeston Memorial Park
John A. Young
Twenty Years Ago Sikeston News Highlights dates
A 1929 cotton delivery by Guy Calvin and a bull terrier gift to Dalma Harness from Harry Sinclair mark early items. Dalma writes to Sinclair while injured. Ernest and Mrs Harper honeymoon by air to Cape Girardeau then Great Lakes drive. 1934 funeral of Ed Grooms. 1939 cotton gin outputs rise, bank equipment, Roosevelt call for Congress, burglaries spike, cotton pickers strike fails, fires destroy cotton, Rex Theatre opens, Pleas Malcolm named Sikeston postmaster.
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Guy Calvin
Sikeston
Dalma Harnes
Cal Harness
Harry Sinclair
Dalma
Sinclair
Ernest Harper
Cape Girardeau
Great Lakes
Roosevelt
Congress
Claude McManus
Planters
Rex
Pleas Malcolm
Combat Over 88-Cent Debt Ends in Fisherman’s Death
Louis Hale of Sikeston was killed during a dispute over an 88-cent debt. He was struck on the head with an iron bar, allegedly wielded by John Priester, also of Sikeston, in a confrontation linked to the debt.
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Sikeston
Louis Hale
John Priester
Accidental death, war drives, and public notices from 1944
Reports include Ace J Bailey crushed moving a piano near Oran and a 1944 note on war fund and loan drives in Scott County. James A Reed dies in Alpena after bronchitis. Eagle pin awarded to Bill Huters. Sikeston airport transfer to the city occurred in 1918. A health feature urges early medical checkups for handicapped children and TB association sponsorship. Memorial Stadium management transferred to a Ball Park Committee under a three year contract. Smith Addition mail delivery request noted. Herald Want Ads promote results.
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Ace J. Bailey
L. M. Standley
National War Fund
Scott County
Cc. H. Butler
United States
James A. Reed
Alpena
Mich
Bill Huters
W. L. Huters
War Assets Administration
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Sikeston
Ball Park Committee
Malcolm
Smith
Well Trained Physicians Rise in Early Missouri Days
The State Historical Society of Missouri notes that frontier Missouri relied on quacks and poorly trained healers, while a few ambitious practitioners pursued formal study in St. Louis. Nursing often fell to mothers, and epidemic fevers prompted calls for professional care as trained doctors gradually increased across the state.
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State Historical Society of Missouri At
Columbia
Floyd C. Shoemaker
Gunn
Missouri
St. Louis
Godfried Duden
Missouri Receives Federal Road Fund Allocation
Missouri will obtain 12.76 million dollars from a 1951 federal highway allocation of 450 million. Of this, 5.91 million goes to primary roads, 4.05 million to secondary roads, and 2.80 million to city highways, with federal rules dictating share splits and state matching. The notice closes with an unrelated advertisement about oil space rentals and Dempster’s.
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Missouri
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Highway Detours Viewed in September 21 1949 Bulletin
Detours listed are marked and in good condition. Major routes show concrete repairs and by passes with limited inconvenience. Roads in Scott, Stoddard, Dunklin, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Iron counties feature underseal, resurfacing, oil operations, and windrow debris. Minor traffic impacts noted on U S 60 61 62 70 and state routes.
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Scott County
Sikeston
Stoddard County
Dexter
Fisk
Scott
Cape Girardeau
Ancell
New Madrid
Risco
Dunklin County
Malden
Stoddard
Paxico
Iron County
Arcadia
Madison County
Portageville
Pemiscot County
Cottonwood Point
Armstrong's Linoleum Work Guaranteed by Lair's
Armstron gs inlaid linoleum stalled by experienced and competent workmen. All work guaranteed. LAIR'S.
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Lmence
Atlanta Exposition
Elizabeth Kenny
Atlantic Seaboard
Benjamin Franklin
Ampbassador
France
Washington
Ed Grooms
Bertrand Farmer
New Bank
America
Missouri Tuberculosis Association
Herald
Lammert Furniture Company
St. Lewis
Newspaper Frehive
Dempster’s
Hudson
E. Malone
National Automobile Dealers Association
Hudsons
Wreovspas
PT Veltr
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