Chronicle of Missouri Rural Life and Local Incidents
Reading notes from Prince ton to Kirksville recount accidents and oddities. Don Overton dies in a shooting accident near Prince ton while hunting squirrels. A sign dispute near Grand River spawns comic floods led by a rooster and a gander. Community fundraisers raise money for the Salvation Army in Kirksville. A new bank opens in Greentop, and Perryville merchants seek fertile eggs with a five dollar prize for roosters. Scotland County plans a county hospital election. auto transfer law tightens vehicle titles. Edina editor finds a wife in France. Novinger considers a hospital building gift. Bloomfield votes for electric plant upgrades. a Moravian stalk sets a new length record. Governor signs and vetoes bills. a special session may be needed to ratify women’s suffrage. Milan reports a giant turnip and Kirkville hosts a July 4th Home Coming honoring local soldiers.
Pollock to Build New Masonic Halls This Week
30 years ago this week Pollock planned a new Masonic hall with Geo W Palmer to oversee the work. Levi Stewart's Howland store burglarized for 200 to 300 dollars on the 8th. B Fowler moved his grocery to the Revermary block. Garfield Springs voted 30 to 5 to tax for a two story 24 by 40 foot school. A boy from John P Davis of Garfield Springs bitten by a rabid dog at Marceline, with severe facial injury. Newton Livezey's family affected by measles. Graysville items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marceline
Newton Livezey
Graysville
Kirksville Normal elects John B R Kirk president
The board of regents at Kirksville Normal chose Hon John BR Kirk as president last week drawing praise over Dr Kirk. Mendota plans a large Fourth of July celebration while local businessmen discuss locating an ax handle factory here. Weather and utility work update readers on hot conditions and water mains progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Dickerson
Nancy A. Thompson
Parsons
Rosa Jones
Board of Regents
Kirksville Normal
John BR. Kirk
Kirk
Mendota
Williama
Harris
Casady
Delpha
M. V. l Loomin
C Carryer
Mystic
Fle
Sidney
Ten Years Ago in Martinstown and Nearby
A Martinstown obituary notes Mrs Georgie Crooks died at home on a Wednesday afternoon. Geo Crooks had died weeks earlier. Sam A Daugherty editor of the Lucerne Standard died by suicide after a severe drunken episode. Sam Roux of Sullivan buys Dr McCutchen’s city property and plans to move next fall. Joe Frederick nurses a broken thumb from a meat market accident. S Grosx suggested Burlington improve ground south of the depot into a park. Kelley has three foxes near Javonia. James Sivett returns home with army discharge and casualty records show wound in France. armistice signed in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgie Crooks
Martinstown
Geo Crooks
Sam A Daugherty
Lucerme Standard
Sam Rouxe
Sullivan
Dr McCutchen
Joe Frederick
Star Meat Mass
Jay
James Sivett
Army
France
Warn
Unclear War Casualty Report Raises Report Delays
The document notes a long delay in reporting a service member presumed wounded by November 11, seven months and two days since the event, with criticism of government reporting efficiency after most units were discharged.
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Ivis
Sunday social visits and local gatherings noted
Sunday visitors included Harve Stamilton and wife with Peat Bishop and family near Sidney Lom Murphy at the William Valentine home. Miss Carrie Howard and Miss Verda Vandyne joined family visits. several attended a Children’s Day event at Mt Hope last Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
Mary Gilworth
Verda Vandyne
W. A Valentine
Q Car Ingersoll
Jim ‘Scull
Milton Ingersoll
Carrie Howard
Dick Blanchard
Obert Skipper
Misten
W. A. Valentine
Oscar Ingersoll
Jim Graff
Milton Ingereall
Mt. Hope
Mias
Mrs. Callison
B. F GilWorth
The Bestest Place On Earth
In verse prose a family speaks of home as the dearest place not always birthplace. They marry and build a new home whose heart grips with love. Under the rook-tree by the hearth children’s voices echo as light from the fireplace casts silhouettes across the floor and furniture.
Fragmentary verse fragment hints at Chi-Namel wool work
A damaged text fragment discusses Chi-Namel and wool work bathed in rosy firelight. The incomplete lines mention color and craft, leaving missing context and specifics unclear.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Trenton
Yale
Don Overton
Princeton
Grand River
Chillicothe
Howardmith
Alecuckatew
Bret Stevenson
Kirksville
Salvation Army
Memphis
Baptist
Lancaster
Greentop
Air Capetinteck Derroys
Perryville
Cohdeeling
Scotland
Edina Sentinel
Emmett Corrigan
Novinger
Bloomfield
Konda
Misland Waldeck
Milan
Kirkaville
Adhir
New York
Mckinley Unionville, Mo
Seoeye
Weat
L. H. Howard
Tey
Unionville, Mo
Oney As
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