Town Notes and State News From Missouri
Reports recall a night incident with locals under drink, highway tree planting plans for shade and fruit profits, and hopes for a law on roadside care. The Maryville club schedules an annual river fish fry, while Cameron notes typhoid concerns in wells with germ analyses prompting purification steps. Who's Who highlights Kirksville women, and a Greencastle toddler rescue story precedes Bethany’s double bodied chicken tale.
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Buffums
Missouri
Annual southern Trenton fish fry draws 400 plus
The three decades old fundraiser north of town drew more than four hundred attendees last week with over three hundred pounds of fish cooked in large pans. A ball game and amusements kept the crowd entertained as residents enjoyed the event.
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Maryville Commercial Club
Trenton
Truman Baldridge
Milan
Barred Rock and Langshan Exhibition Flocks Featured
One of the Wests great flocks of Barred Rocks Black Langshans and Bronze Turkeys shown in Texas exhibitions. Delhart and Amarillo shows in December 1918 award cups for best pen most points and exhibitor wins. Breeding stock for sale by James W. Anders.
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Delhart
Tex
Amarillo
Centerville Fair Revival and State Referendum Debate
Centerville Iowa looks to revive its county fairs with stock subscribed and site negotiations near completion. The Secretary of State will print a two hundred word argument for and against each amendment for the upcoming election. A Green City incident saw Jr Gum’s team crash into a dry goods store plate glass, causing minor injuries and about $100 in damages.
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Centerville
Iowa
Secretary of State
Jr. Gum
Green City
C. S. Swiggy Dry Goods
Bull Moose Faction Critiqued by Democratic Press
A Queen City Transcript excerpt rebukes the Bull Moose faction in Macon County as the Times-Democrat praises the group for its principles while warning against Democratic papers praising Moose efforts to split Republicans. It urges harmony between Moose and Republican factions to bolster Democratic power.
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Times-Democrat
Bull Moose
Macon County
Macon Times-Democrat
Moose
Queen City Transcript
Seventh Anniversary Party for Wife’s Twenty-Eighth Birthday
A host remarks he hosts a seventh anniversary party in honor of his wife’s twenty eighth birthday. The guest notes the festive tone and social setting as a lighthearted exchange about the occasion.
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Oewser
Thoroughbred horse sale notes at Noel farm Missouri
A 1906 catalog excerpt describes several horses and colts including GIBUS a full blooded black stallion seven years old weighing around 2200 pounds with strong conformation and MONARCH 10 a black jack five years old with white points. It lists breeding lines for GIBUS SULLIVAN and MONARCH along with terms of sale and arrival details at Noel’s farm near Melville, Missouri.
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America
M. Wee
Nogent
Frank Brett
Paul
Bire
Piston
Inganes
Margot Neous Y Mouton Inganee
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Briard
Brilliant
She Ee m
Gus
Gene P. Bina Coed Il
Visux
Chasl Oy
Coco
Mignon
Dean le Blanc
Dam. Finette
Coso
Rosalie Be
He Boloneux
Lavrat
Bismark
Saltan
Vigoreux
Co Il
Vieux
Eco
Jen Bine
Gibus
Bae
Sullivan
Weig End
Monarch
Hood Torfesta Insurance
Moi
Allnart
Union Church
Melesville
L. Noel
Sleepy Fox Returns Home From L. H. Sale
A fragmentary note describes a tired fox and a reluctance to reach home as spring arrives. It mentions a house in awful plight and references Yi Chi-Namel making floors like chinaware with colors, stains, and varnishes in an operation sold by L. H.
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Yi Chi-Namel
L. H
Phrase Fragments From Courtroom Exchange
Fragmentary courtroom dialogue shows a judge asking for penance and a defendant responding with partial statements. The text lacks full context, names, or outcomes, indicating a damaged OCR sample of a legal proceeding.
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Kuppenheimer
Davidson Bros
Unionville
Pmuissouri
Cense
Bonsink Liberta
Cameron
Kirksville
Joe Williams
Greencastle
Anold Brother
Thatiouise
Bethany Republican
W. A. Boyd
Dainsville
Benaton
Lee Hoyt
Chillicothe
James Wright
Carrollton
Wright
M. E. & T. Railway
Princeton
Marshal Cisco
George
Charles Rohring
Higemsville
Seymour
Anic
Arr Berg
Age Eer
Mee
Morgan’s Lumber Yard
Langshan
James W. Anders
Ure
He Anima Katay Welves
Mickin
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