County Court Expenditures Totals Listed For Amts and Supplies
A ledger style record lists numerous expenditures and disbursements from county funds. Items include convoys, board, labor, lumber, hauling, office supplies, postage, travel, and hospital care for indigent inmates and dependents. Named individuals and suppliers appear with amounts, reflecting counts, dates, and departments in a detailed financial accounting.
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Lora Shipley
Ida Robbins
Emesis
B. Gray
Jesse Dean
Eusted
Edna Meinhsa
Chpeneysbanso
Mae Jones
de O. Pollock
Willard Williams
Monroe Dye
Ted Morgan
Labor
Brerane
O'Reilly Bros
Paul Bradshaw
Radshaw
Youling
Comstock Merc. Co
P. VanDyne
J. F. Buster
Virgil Baugher
Frank Fitzwater
Wentworth Merc. Co
Homer Hill
Standard Ptg Co
Standard Ptg
Moore’s Stationery
Treas
Geo
Davis
Sal
W. Davis
Mo. Store Co
D. Bernard
Co. Treas
Hammond Stevena
Alley A Williams
Sal Co
Lane
Mae James
Neal Mitchell
Standard Pty Co
Burroughs Add
A. & Montgomery
J CC
John Torrey
J. Dickerson
Mac .C
Gay
Rowland and Neighbors
Wilbur Mullenix
Ruthford Brush Co
Sup
Grim-Smith
Bunyard
N. W. Gillan
Richard Eckios
Ruth
U. Co
J. F. Shaffer
B.A. Montgomery
Noble Hatfield
Boekenkamp
HL Hammack
Lee Pierson
Williamson- Moore's Stationary
Walter de
P. W. Hart
Med
Wentworth
Derrenghs
Eye charity scam targets Centerville resident
A Georgia trio posing as a glass fitter eye specialist offered risky treatment to Mrs. Conner in Centerville. One man stayed in the car while another examined her and demanded sixty five dollars for a dubious procedure using an association owned instrument. The conmen fled with five dollars. police pursue the Georgia car while urging citizens to report solicitations promptly.
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M Glass
Hoth
Conner Eee
Cones
Centerville
Reas
Conner
Sai
Georgia
John Maring
Ayer Blakeslee
Lincoln's Civil War Aims Beyond Slavery
The text argues Lincoln aimed to preserve the Union as the priority of the Civil War, with emancipation as a secondary goal. It notes early abolition schemes in 1849 and 1862 and cites his 1862 Greely letter stating the Union's salvation outweighed freeing slaves.
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Lincoln
Congress
Horace Greely
Union
Highview Agenda Club Meeting Notes May 25
The Highview Agenda Club met with Mrs. Nelley on May 25. Eleven members and nine visitors attended with several children. Quilting occupied the day. one quilt completed and one bound. A bountiful noon dinner was served. At 2 p.m. roll call answered. bean bag throw through a chart. Mrs. Maud Wortz won a prize. Next in place is with Mrs. Lillie Moore and daughter Miss Genevieve on June 8.
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Highview Agenda Club
Nelley
Maud Wortz
Lillie Moore
Genevieve
Unemployment Figures Across Missouri and St Louis Counties
The census shows 256,892 unemployed in Missouri with 189,223 men and 67,560 women. St Louis city records 74,372 unemployed, Kansas City 30,142, and Putnam County totals 286 unemployed with 214 men and 72 women. Overall county data compare farm and nonfarm statuses, with detailed breakdowns by job type and age.
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Merallane
Srops
Teping
Seals
Man
Fiiseour
St. Louis
Kansas City
Putnam County
Iowa Man Confesses in Missouri Assault Case
Lon Morrison formerly of near Sedan Iowa pleaded guilty to a seven year chain of assault and battery connected to a 1981 holdup in Tacota county Missouri. Morrison received five years in the Missouri state penitentiary after surrendering to authorities who had tracked the three assailants. The first two men were captured and sentenced. Morrison escaped custody briefly before capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon Morrison
Sedan
Jefferson City
Tacota County
Missouri
Saat
Orrison
Centerville
Morrison
Moulton
Iowa
Editor’s Dilemma on Hibel Laws and Grist Candidacy
A garbled editorial note questions North Carolina Hibel law status as it hints at a retraction to avoid worsening the matter. The piece comments on F. D. Grist’s United States candidacy and references the Gresnaders News about an “og-catcher” remark.
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North Carolina
F. D. Grist
United States
Gresnaders News
Gristaaa
Jefferson Memorial to honor author of the Declaration
A Jefferson Memorial honoring Thomas Jefferson will be erected in Washington on the tidal basin. The marble structure, designed by Russell Pope, draws on Jeffersons loves from Monticello to the Roman Pantheon and aims to complete central city plans with a rotunda influenced design.
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Jefferson
America
Piske Kimball
Swanig Academy of Fine Arts
Jagr
Louisiana
John J Boylan
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Commission
Washington Monument
Washington
Rome
University of Virginia
Monticello
Jefferson Memorial
Mr Russell Pope
Memorial
France
Mellon Museum
Tate Galler
London
Shrine
National Industries
May farm prices show steep declines and mixed gains
A state agriculture report lists May price comparisons with last year and mid April figures. Prices for grains and livestock fell broadly from year earlier while some dairy and fiber items show modest shifts. The data cover wheat oats soybeans hogs beef cattle veal calves sheep lambs milk cows horses butter wool and hay with several price points shown for May 15 1937 and May 15 1988 and April 15 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Cee
Vote on courthouse bond proposal in Harrison County
Harrison County plans to ballot in August on issuing 110000 in low interest bonds to back a PWA grant for a new courthouse and jail. The meeting at the courthouse drew leaders from every township but rain limited turnout and Dainsville and Bethany were the only towns represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison County
PWA
Dainsville
Bethany
Family visits and acquaintances noted in local notices
June 6 report records Ray Noel and family of Veneto and others visiting relatives. Reva Jane and family visited aunt Marie Bhesley and family recently. A son and partner were guests at C. F. Tucker’s home on May 29.
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Ray Noel
Veneto
Elma Te
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Bey i
New Hampshire
Hubbard Farms
Ior Real Bargain
Od Néensenry
FWA
Tocal Ike Cme
Ean
H.m.lyons
Menaper
Tse
He. D
Sinclair
Sinclair Refining Company
Tic
Paul Melton
Ray Bartlett
Unisavilie
Earl L. Fox
Unicavilie
J. H. Abel
Unicaville
A. P. Houston
Omehe
Lau Limy Ogle
Powersville
Williams & McNabe
Lema Lee Pierson
Lemens G. EB Miller
Muon
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