Local notes highlight town visits and weddings
Virgil Comstock visited friends in Kale. Virgil Matthews and Anne Killough wed in Bloomfield after a license delay. Numerous residents travel for visits, shopping, or events in Unionville, Lemonville, Centerville, and Kirksville. Community notes list births, medical visits, and local business updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Comstock
Kale
Guy Smith
Weat Grove
Iowa
J. L. Hume
Saturn
Centerville
Marie Fightmaster
Lemnville
Maude Wertz
Putnam County Bank Sold to Mendota Farmers Group
A Mendota bank formerly owned by the Ketcham family was sold to local farmers. L. C. Davis was elected president with FE. Keetham as vice president until a cashier is found. Eighty four of one hundred shares were purchased, keeping the ten thousand dollar capital unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendota
Ketcham
L. C. Davis
L. P. Davis
J. M. Davis
Ita Dilliner
David Perkins
Geo. Perkins Jr
Troy Spence
A. L. Wessel
Oscar Wessel
R. W. Mannon
E. W. Jewell
Hays Barnett
L. M. McCance
Chas. Behn
Unionville Boys Strike Oil Near Poteau
Jim Little and Emerson Burns, long in Poteau real estate, struck oil on a 99 year lease land about 200 miles from town. The first bore yields 150 barrels daily. five wells contracted on the site, the 150 barrel well being the first of the five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Little
Emerson Burns
Poteau
Okla
Rain Fills New City Reservoir as Water Crisis Eases
Heavy rainfall last week sent four feet of water into the new city reservoir and helped settle the dam. Water is being directed from the new pond to the old reservoir, with plans to pump out as soon as inlets allow. The Shelton pond remains dry, with slower drainage and no immediate fill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New City
Arly
Shelton
What does the poet say sorrow’s crown is
A thoughtful man quotes the line about sorrow’s crown and another man riffs that the crown is the acting crow a fellow wears after attempting to drown sorrow. The exchange hints at guilt and remorse after a failed suicide attempt.
Ready Wit and Honor and Honesty Toast Tale
A dated anecdote recalls Mr Curran dining with a reform advocate at a small inn run by a hostess named Honor. They toast Honor and Honesty and Our Absent Friends after offering the hostess wine. Naval wives once sailed with officers but the rule ended. Captain F. faced being ashore and replied to the navy department that his wife refused to go.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nice
Navy Department
Mra. F
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Kcall
McCutchen & Son
Unionville, Mo
O. C. Potts
C. W. Peters
G. A. Earhart
A. H. Oldaker
Armstrong
Sophia Lewis
Nancy Ad
Brooked
Ida V. Comstock
Satary
Kirksville
Hhe Hospital
W. Obbins
Paul Johnson
Dan
Maud Comstock
Bess Stille
Charleston
Mamie
Republican
American Collegian Orchestra
Krueger
Worthington
Roxie Jones
Joe Terril
Unionville
Squire Boyd Green
Nyal
P. J. Tatman
Mrsa
Alma Span
Ida Davis
Gerald
Corydon
J. H. Rakes
Mr. Rakes
Ytes
E ‘Noch
W. J. van Dyke
Chant Marshall
Lemonville
Ann Estep
Elbert Ashley
Harry Livezey
Cincinnati
J. Grant
Delia van Dyke
Alice Olinger
T. H. Moore
J. H. Parker
Maine
John R. Noggle
Philadelphia
Penn
J F Underwood
Milton
E. H Magee
Solomon, Kansas
G. W James
Purdin
Roy Hale
Eva Clark
Omaha
Will Berry
Chicago
Dr A. C. Berry
Noah Wynn
Kansas City
Trus Noel
Ruth Greer
Burlington
Keokuk
Studio Grand
Studio Grand St . B
W. T. Rinker
Hamilton
Kansas
S. U Shearer
T. Shearer
John G Campbell
St. Joseph
Jess Robbins
Christy’s
Edgar Atherton
Fred Elliott
Beryl
Francis Triplett
J. R. Weltingham
Milan
John Menefee
Moberly
Jasper van Sickle
Agnes
Galt
J. H. Stidham
the Christian Church
ATG Thornburgh
Wanda Sims
Sumner
Bessie Wyant
Pollock
Frank Wyant
Prudential
Frank Stout
T. H. Stout
H. N. Summers
Hammond
Ind
C. J. E. Bailey
Livonia
A. L. Hinton
Burl Burns
Ft. Madison
Caroline Ratliff
Fannie
Goldsburg
J. M. Threlkeld
Harold
A. L. Threlkeld
D. Guz Thaton
Jack Rae
Manhattan
C. A. Agee
J W Choate
Nellie
Clark
Edna Carruthers
J R. Harper
M. F. Fakes
Carbondale
J. R. Bush
Fakes
Illinois
C. D. Olard
Centralia
Browning
C. W Moore
A. M. Johnston
Geo. Crockett
Keokuk Canning Company
Florence Brasfield
Indianapolis Ind
Elizabeth
Davidson
Grand Army
Wapello
Fay Jarman
Ava Shelton
Lucerne
Clarence Peatman
Besa Stille
Miss Stille
C. A. Middleton
Mae
Lou Berry
Berry
Mitchell
Miss Mae Middleton
J. W. Menefee
Jackson Mercantile Cos
G. C. Coop
Kodak
John
Angell
Irgil Matthews
Anne Killough
Bloomfield
Putnam County
Dana Flanagan
Dana Junior
Junior
Civil Service
C. A. Noland
Harold Owings
John Morrison
Isaac McKinley
Rodney Stalcup
Joe Stille
Tony Lynch
C. O. Davolt
Chas Alexander
W A. Garner
Lora Wyckoff
Mat Fowler
Orris Lane
the Farmers Bank of
The
Missouri
L. S
Middleton Bros
Middleton
N. E
Unionville, Missouri
Putnam County Bank
Unionville Boys
Citizens Bank of Unionville
Dain Vertica
Wentworth Merc. Co
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