Funeral services held for I W Flentge in Cape Girardeau
Cape Girardeau obituary notes the death of I W Flentge 77 a prominent manufacturer business leader and president of Roth Tobacco Company after a brief illness from a stroke. Survived by widow a son J B Flentge Jr two stepsons and two granddaughters. Funeral at Centenary Methodist church Sunday at two o clock.
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Cape Girardeau
I. W. Flentge
Roth Tobacco Company
Centenary Methodist Church
Flentge
J. B. Flentge Jr
John and
Howard
Butler County Farm Bureau Members Honored for Twenty Years
Poplar Bluff recipients W. W. Kit wedge A. W. Zoll George Lohmei er W. B. Adams and John Keener were recognized for twenty years of continuous service by the American Farm Bureau Federation earning pins for their dedication to the Butler County Farm Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poplar Bluff
W. W. Kitwedge
A. W. Zoll
George Lohmeier
W. B. Adams
John Keener
Butler County Farm Bureau
American Warm Bureau Federation
Portageville Boy Farmer James Teroy Dies at 9
James Teroy, a Portageville area farmer aged 9, died Sunday night in a Cape Girardeau hospital. The body was taken to Caruthersville for funeral services and burial.
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Portageville
James Teroy
Cape Girardeau
Caruthersville
Burned worker injured at dam site accident
Carl Williams, 24, a Wappapella dam construction employee, was severely burned Tuesday night when a diesel shovel toppled from its moorings and rolled seven feet, throwing him from the machine as it tipped onto its side.
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Poplar Buouff
Carl Williams
Wappapella Dam
Proggect
Williams
New Owners Acquire Jackson Presbyterian Church Property
Rev. Clarence E. Wieshman and Mildred Fleshman become owners of the Jackson church property by purchasing it for $1850 after a church vote approved the sale.
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Jackson
Clarence E. Wieshman
Mildred Fleshman
Old Presbyterian Church
Havior
Legion fair opens with horse show in Caruthersville
Pemiscot county American Legion fair board adds a horse show to the opening of the annual festivities in Caruthersville on Oct. 2. The Junior Chamber of Commerce will supervise the event, with Harry E. Malloure serving as secretary and in charge of entries.
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Caruthersville
Pemiscot County
American Legion Fair Board
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Harry E. Malloure
Funeral for Roscoe Carr in Illmo at family home
Funeral services were held this afternoon at the family home in Illmo for Roscoe Carr, 42, who died Tuesday in Paragould Arkansas from a heart attack. A clerk for the Cotton Belt Railroad at Paragould, he lived in Illmo. Survived by widow Ruby Dorsett of Wyatt and three children Walter, Eugene, and Wilda.
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Illmo
Roscoe
Carr
Paragould
Ark
Cotton Belt Railroad
Timo
Chiss Ruby Dorsett
Wyatt
Walter
Eugene
Wilda
Reverend Worton, Cape Girardeau Pastor, Retires
Rev C H Worton, retiring pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Cape Girardeau, was honored Tuesday night by members of the Blue Lodge of the Masonic order. Worton served the church for 1 years and will become pastor of the church at Potosi October 1.
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Cape Girardeau
C. H. Worton
Presbyterian Church
Blue Lodge
Masonic Order
Morton
Potosi
Final Week for St Louis Browns at Sportsman's Park
In St Louis Missouri on September 19 1940 the Browns begin Farewell Week at Sportsman's Park with a three game series against the Chicago White Sox. The final night game is Friday at 8 30 pm. The Browns have battled Indians Red Sox and Yankees in a strong home season.
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ST. Louis
Sportsman’s Park
Browns
Chicago White Sox
Sox
Cleveland Indians
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Bali Women Bake Sun Bred Loaves In Ring Shapes
Small bread loaves shaped as rings are sun baked by Bali women who wear finished product in their ears.
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Bali
Missouri Increases Hybrid Corn Acreage Across State
A Federal State Cooperative Crop Reporting Service release shows Missouri planted 1,101,000 acres in hybrid corn in 1940, up from 550,000 in 1939 and 87,000 in 1938. Hybrids outyield open pollinated types by 10 to 30 percent in 1939, with statewide gains of 10 to 20 percent on average.
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Corn
Federal State Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Missouri
Corn Belt
Ilinois
Iowa
REA Farm Equipment Tour to Visit Area
A large crowd is expected as the REA Farm Equipment Tour comes to town September 26 and 27. The two day event opens Thursday night at 7 30 in a tent covering over one sixth of an acre on Applegate Farm fields off Highway 62. The caravan is brought by the Scott New Madrid Mississippi Cooperative Association with neighboring cooperatives in Pemiscot Dunklin and Butler Counties, in cooperation with extension service, equipment manufacturers, and the Rural Electrification Administration to show rural electric users machinery and home appliances in farm use.
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REA
Applegate
Highway 62
Scott- New Madrid-Mississippi Cooperative Association
Pemiscot
Dunklin
Butler
The
Extension Service
Electrical Farm Equipment Manufacturers
Rural Electrification Administration
Finest hay crop in state reported in Missouri
One of the largest and finest hay crops in years is being cut in Missouri, especially in southwestern counties. Temperature conditions last week were generally favorable for farming, late planted grains are up, and much winter wheat is ripening fast. Gardens and truck crops show need for more rain. In the southeast, cotton made fair progress with some fields picked. picking is later than usual and not general until about September 20.
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Missouri
Cardinals Begin Final Homestand Against Reds in September
ST LOUIS CARDINALS RETURN to Sportsman's Park for their last homestand of the season. They open a four game series with the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday September 24 with a doubleheader. The schedule includes single games September 25 and 26 against the Reds and three games against the Chicago Cubs September 27 to 29. Saturday’s game marks the final ladies day and starts at 2 30 PM.
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ST. Louis
Sportsman’s Park
Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds
Redlegs
McKechniemen
Reds
Chicago Cubs
Christmas Island Exists in Both Oceans Per Geography
The article notes that a Christmas Island is located in both the Atlantic and the Pacific. It underscores the geographic peculiarity and contrasts with the better known Pacific Christmas Island. Authorities discussed standard maps and naming conventions.
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Christmas Island
Kewanee News social notes detail multiple visits
Mr and Mrs Frank Delp make a brief Dexter trip while J E Williams of La Forge visits Matthews. Many locals host guests from Charleston Appleton Crowe and nearby towns. Hospital pendents include Pauline Glidewell and Dolly Gaines after appendectomies. A busy weekend scene with family visits across Lilbourn Sikeston Catron and East Prairie.
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Frank Delp
Dexter
J. E. Williams
la Forge
J. A. Ray
Matthews
Francis Brotherton
CCC
Audubon
Iowa
Inez Harvell
Appleton
Ark
Almeta Blue
Farrenburg
Leona Rodgers
Charleston
Claude Rodgers
Carl Gunn
Sikeston
Shelton Rhodes
Harry Hammock
Little Rock
Frank Chamberlain
Everett
Allen Horn
Lexington
Tenn
L. Hamilton
Ellis Dunn
Lilbourn
I. C. Rickman
Catron
Earnest King
Charles Schuerenberg
William Fowler
Ray
Claude Chapman
East Prairie
Inez Harvel
Wilma Hoppe
Crowe
Margaret Ann Presson
Howard McGuire
J. H. Cornman
Festus
Golden Guiling
Morrilton
Acheron Guiling
Fred Barbre
Henry Barbre
Arthur Barbre
Pauline Glidewell
Southeast Missouri
Cape Girardeau
Dolly Gaines
Wilma Hamilton
Marginette McGuire
Ruth Guiling
Big Spring
Kate Murdock
St. Louis
Joe Tetley
T. J. Moore
Wayne
D. V. Moore
Herbert Moore
Ira Neeley
Caruthersville
Curtis Edingburg
Thomas and
Billy
Dolly Dunn
Near Lilbourn
Carl Moore
The American Boy Magazine: A Boy’s Living Companion
Hundreds of thousands of boys read The American Boy monthly, calling it a living companion. It offers sports tips from famous coaches, stories, and guidance aimed at helping boys grow and succeed. Subscriptions are $2 a year or $3.50 for three years, with foreign rates 50 cents extra, sent to Detroit address.
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American Boy Magazine
Detroit
Michigan
Kewanee School News Highlights Local Events
Kewanee Softball loses to Lilbourn opening county tournament game in Lilbourn. Freshmen and sophomores held a Friday 13th weiner roast at the Washout with chaperones Supt. Mahew and teachers. Playground equipment progresses with slides and see-saws. Coca-Cola dispenser installed for Senior trip fund. Sikeston high school band travels to Charleston for a football game and to Benton for Neighbor Day. Students Isabelle Hess Mary Emma Donnell and Maxine Hornback attend Cape Girardeau Home Project planning with Home Economics class.
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Kewanee
Lilbourn
Wm. E. Mahew
Bohle
Jones
Keller
Sikeston High School
Charleston
East Prairie
Benton
Isabelle Hess
Mary Emma Donnell
Maxine Hornback
Cape Girardeau
Mary Emma
Maxine
Notice of Publication in 1940 Scott County court case
ORDER OF PUBLICATION in Scott County Missouri for deforce ment of dower in real estate in sect 1 twp 27 nr 12 east. Plaintiff seeks damages and guardians ad litem for minors. Non residents Lizzie Phillips Hudgens Izora Phillips must answer by November 4, 1940 in Benton. Publication in Sikeston Herald weekly for four weeks.
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Circuit Court
Scott County
Missouri
John G. Russel
John F. Durbin
Charles J. Phillips
Charles Lee Phillips
Lizzie Phillips Hudgens
Ida Potter Phillips
Izora Phillips
Effie Myrtle Teegarden
Helen Teegarden
Georgia Allene Teegarden
Caney Creek
Zora Phillips
State of
W. P. Wilkerson
Benton
Sikeston Herald
L. J. Pfefferkorn
Zora. Gillen
James P. Gillen
M. G. Gresham
Scott
Ll. J. Pfefferkorn
Divorce Petitions Filed In Scott County Missouri Court
Two divorce actions are noted in Scott County Missouri with petitions filed by Mattie Lou Cooley and Zora Gillen. Both defendants are nonresidents, must answer by the November 4 1940 term, and notices run weekly in Sikeston Herald for four weeks before the term.
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Seme News
Kennett
Bill Coy
Gibson
Southeast Missouri Telephone Company
Thayer
W. J. Highfill
Springfield
Charles Farrell
A. D. Salem
Highfill
Bank of Thayer
ST. Louis Browns
Big Rea
ST. Louis Cardinals
Kewanee News
Kewanee School News
Mattie Lou Cooley
Harry Cooley
L. J. Prfefferkorn
A. D
Patronize Herald Advertisers
House
W.B. RR
the Herald
Sikeston, Mo
Watkins
Watkins Company
J. R. Watkins Company
Memphis
S. Kingshighway
Boyce Farm Equipment Co
Motorola
RCA
P. J. Auto Supply
Sikeston Hatchery
Kansas
Jones Bros
Salcedo Road
Curlew Appliance Co
Sikeston Radio Co
East Malone Ave
Herald
Park and Wakefield
Park Avenue
Burroughs
W. A. Welch
Ruth Street
T.L. Moore
C. J. Kocher
Farmington, Mo
Bonne Terre
Domino
Prince Domino
Pratte Farm
T. B
Bangs
Laura Chaney
No. Handy Street
Sidwell, Jeweler
Center St
East
Malone Avenue
Sikeston Limbaugh
ELY
E. Malone
Drake's
Telephone
Dead Animal Disposal Co
Littell
Bailey & Bailey
Attorneys-at-Law
McCoy-Tanner Bldg
George W. Kirk
Applegate Bldg
Phone
Robert A. Dempster
McCoy-Tanner Building
FE. J. Menstedt
Front Street
Merlin G. Anderson
Derris-Malcolm
Howard A. Dunaway
Sikreston, MO
Denistry
Handy Smith
Tom L. Chidester
Peoples Bank
B. L. McMullin
Stallcup
F. L. Sisson
Optometry
DR. W. M. Sidwell Optometrist Office
Welsh Mortuary
W. J. Welsh
H. S. Johnson Funeral Directors
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