Nice Mr. Howard haunts St. Joseph with Jesse James lore
St. Joseph, Missouri recalls Jesse James and the Mr Howard alias as decades of impostors and sightings swirl around the outlaw who lived here briefly. The 1882 shooting, county probes, and later contenders are recounted, with local memory clinging to the pony express era.
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ST. Joseph
Lawton
Okla
Jesse James
Pony Express
Eugene Field
Jesse
Mr. Howard
Well Digging Hard Mother Expecting 24th Child
Atlanta reports Maud Ethel Pope a 38 year old mother of 23 children seeks relief from backache blamed on digging a 25 foot well and building a house. She and husband Bill have 17 sons and four daughters, and she began work on the home last August despite hardship.
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Atlanta
Maud Ethel Pope
Bill
Magazine Story Traces MKT History and Growth
The July Railroad Magazine article by Jack Russell surveys the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway line from its early track-building in Indian Territory to its current streamlined 3252 mile system. It covers receiverships, depressions, and leadership from Levi Parsons to Donald V. Fraser, noting Morfa as chairman and Fraser as president. It also recalls the Texas sidelight of the Katy losing track in Texas and the formation of a Texas subsidiary, the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway Co of Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
Southwest
Railroad Magazine
Jack Russell
Indian Territory
Levi Parsons
Jay Gould
Matthew S. Sloan
Raymond J. Morfa
Donald V. Fraser
Long Life Hobbyists Display Elderly Dallas Club
Dallas scene shows Golden Age Hob by Club members aged 60 to 84 showcasing handiwork Sunday. W. H. Clark's 83 year old wife presented 1,800 sewn baskets since starting the hobby.
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Dallas
Golden Age Hobby Club of
W. H. Clark
Clark
Suit over land in Sherman by Williams-Eubank Grocer
The Williams-Eubank Grocer Company sues to recover title and possession of two described tracts in Sherman Grayson County Texas from numerous heirs and representatives of deceased owners. The case, 56598, requests court action by August 9 1948. The property includes 1.32 acres in First Tract and 2.40 acres in Second Tract, located along Branch Street Montgomery Street and Spring Branch. S V Earnest clerk.
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Daniel Baker
J. V. Cockrell
M. L. Taylor
District Court
Grayson County
Texas
15Th Judicial District
Said
Sherman
Williams-Eubank Grocer Company
Sam Bragg
Towit
Branch Street
Moore's Everglade
M-K-T R. R. Co
Said Railroad Company
Montgomery Street
City of
Pool Manufacturing Company
Said Pool Manufacturing Company
Moore
Everglade
Said City
Geren and
Smith
Geren and Smith
Geren
Spring Branch
S. V. Earnest
Iva Davidson
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Jesses
Florence
Colo
Jess James
T. F. Ryan
Enos Craig
Ford Brothers
Ryan
Crittenden
News- Press
Gazette
James House
Lafayette Street
Frank
Jesse James Jr
Henry Bauman
News
Big Hill
Commerce
Southland Life Insurance Co
Delles
Polio Insurance
Stephens & Bryant Insurance — Real Estate
Kingston Drug Store
Denison
Rexall
Magazine Story
M-K-T
State of Texas
John White
B. W. Bradley
L. B. Barton
W. A. Barton
Edward Wood
Nancy Mayfield
W. B. Johnson
Drucilla Johnson
Dru Johnson
Jackson Southerland
John L. V. Thomas
John L. W. Thomas
Caroline E. Thomas
William Harris
Louisa Skinner
N. M. Lee
Luezy Skinner
Louis Southern
Ida Southern
Beatrice Legg
Jim Legg
James Legg
Agnes L. McGraw
May Konioth
Weel Preparation
John George McGraw
Louise McGraw
Garnett McGraw
Roy Paul McGraw
Agnes McGraw
Minnie Rose McGraw
Billie Fay McGraw
Martha Elizabeth McGraw
Maye, Korioth
Maye Korioth
George A. Ritzinger
J. W. Thomas
W. W. Taylor
M. F. Geren
Marie Fearn
Putnam
John A. Smith
Ed Moore
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
Mobilglass
Mobilwax
Mobilgas
Mobiloil
G. C. Stateville
Magnolia
Katy Railroad
D. L. McElroy
St. Louis
San Antonio
Metropolitan East
Bluebonnet
Kansas City
South Texas
KATY
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines
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