HJCR1917A_09.jpg HJCR1917A_10.jpg HJCR1917A_11.jpg HJCR1917A_12.jpg Volunteer Transcription - part 4 Linda in MO Jefferson County Record, Hillsboro, MO January 18, 1917 Vol. XIII. No. 4 [page 2, column 5] ~ Hematite Items ~ A claim agent for the Frisco R. R. was here Sunday relative to the Coplin case which comes to trial this week. Rev. WALTON preached two good sermons Sunday. I wonder if we put church going on our list of New Year’s resolutions. The switch to the gravel machine has been officially names “Lovett” Yes it was named for Pat. Roy MARSDEN of Victoria and Miss SIMCOX of St. Louis spent Sunday with Bert OGLE and wife. Chas. COPLIN was called to Festus last Saturday by the illness of his sister, Miss Clara. The Misses IRWIN of St. Louis spent Saturday night and Sunday here with home folks. Mr. TIERNEY is conducting a class in penamanship [sic] at the school house three evenings a week. Our boys and girls are doing good work in School. Mr. TIERNEY as principal and Miss GROVE as assistant are giving satisfaction and patrons and pupils are pleased. Jack ENGLAND and Marvin WILLIAMS won prizes for getting the most headmarks in their classes the first half of the term. Wm. and Bert NULL were down from St. Louis Sunday. Bert and wife are planning to move to Hematite in the near future. Bert will run the Wm. NULL farm. Their many friends here will welcome them most cordially. Earl and Ashland GERBER gave a dance at their home on Little Creek last Saturday night. A fare well affair for Ashland who left Sunday for Colorado. Mr. Jack SPARKS is on the sick list. Miss Katie GROVE was a Festus visitor last Saturday. Miss Frankie LEONARD of St. Louis spent Sunday here with home folks. Virgil BOYER and Bernie HENSLEY led their grades in school the first three months and received nice prizes from their teacher, Miss GROVE. Mrs. TIERNEY’s mother and brother from near Morse Mill are visiting here. Mrs. Chas. COPLIN is to entertain th [sic] memrs [sic] of the Ladies’ Aid this week. Mrs. Mary COBBLE of St. Louis visited her mother, Mrs. PHILLIPS last Sunday. Mrs. HERRINGTON of De Soto was the guest of the LEONARDs’ last Tuesday. Mr. KERRNISH of Festus bought a largo drove of cattle to be fed on the Berry WAGGENER farm. Roe OGLE is lokking [sic] after them. He is assisted by Chas. COCHRAN and Floyd PRATT. Walter BLAKE is back after a few week’s stay in Herculaneum. A. A. SMITH and wife are spending this week in Farmington visiting a son. ~ Notice ~ Dr. WEEKS, dentist, will be in House Springs from January 15 throughout the reminder of the month equipped for all kinds of dental work, for those who need his service. [page 2, column 6] ~ 2,027 Missouri Farmers Attend Annual Meeting ~ Ninety-six Counties of State Represented at Columbia Convention Two thousand twenty seven farmers, their wives and children attended the annual Farmer’s Week given under the direction of the College of Agriculture at the University of Missouri and the State Board of Agriculture. The banquet which was given at the close of the week on Friday night was attended by 850 visitors. This week is the largest gathering of Missouri farmers held in the state during each year. Lectures and demonstrations on all subjects of interest to the ruralist and his family are given and each year the week is assuming greater importance in the rural life of the rural peoples of the state. Speakers for the 1918 Farmers’ Week are already being invited. Sir Hence PLUKETT of Dublin, Ireland, Margaret WILSON, daughter of the President, and others who were unable to appear on this years’ program have been asked to fill a place upon the on? for next year. ~ Hunting Licenses ~ Byrnesville: F. J. SCHOENBERGER, Crystal City: Vincent GUECADO?, Nicalo GUACO, John E. KYLE De Soto and Routes: George STRO??, L. DeCLUE, F. L. SMITH Festus and Routes: Hillard SMITH Hillsboro and Routes: John A. KLE?, Floyd J. ADAMS High Ridge: John SPROCK Kimmswick and Routes: Wm. J. MEYER, L. H. A. BERGMEYER Pevely: John HEINER, F. W. YE?BERG Valley Park and Routes: Anton CHOTT, Walter DAUTENHAHN. ~ Regular Church Services ~ Presbyterian Rev. a. HILKEMAN preaches regularly at Hillsboro on the first Sunday of each month; at Horine on the second Sunday; at Cedar Hill on the third Sunday; at Belews Creek Chapel on the fourth. M. E. South Rev. R. WALTON preaches regularly at Hillsboro on the third Sunday of each month, morning and evening. Preaches at Hematite the remaining three. Baptist Rev. George STEEL preaches regularly at Victoria on the second Sunday of each month; at Blackwell on the third Sunday, and at Hillsboro on the fourth. Rev. E. J. EAVES preaches regularly at the following churches: Liberty Baptist Church, the fourth Sunday. There will be services regularly at Glade Chapel on the second Sunday [of] each month. Upper Dry Creek has regular services on third Sunday of each month. Where and When to Worship [page 3, column 1] [AD] Castoria for Infants and Children Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Always Bears the Signature of Chas. H. Fletcher In Use for Over Thirty Years A helpful Remedy for Constipation and Diarrhea and Feverishness and Loss of Sleep resulting therefrom-in Infancy. The Centaur? Company, New York [AD] Henry HURTGEN & Sons. First Class Horse Shoers All kinds of Machinery repaired on short notice. Try us and see, automobiles repaired. Hillsboro, Missouri [AD] Buy your Keen KUTTER Tools etc. from R. A. MARSDEN, dealer in general merchandise, harness, shoes, etc. Hillsboro [AD] HOLEKAMP Lumber, Distributors of the renowned Baever Board, Certain-teed Wall Board, Bishopric Board For inside and outside work. Give us the size of your building and we can tell you the amount required, also the cost. Yards: Afton, Kirkwood, Old Orchard, Webster Groves, Gratiot Station St. Louis, Planing Mill, Old Orchard [page 3, column 2] ~ All Over Jefferson ~ J. E. HUSKEY of Ware was a County seat? visitor Monday. D. J. HERRELL and L. C. HAEFNER motored to the count seat yesterday. Mrs. August GRIEWE and son George are visiting relatives near Alton, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Richard HOEKEN have returned from a visit to Ohio relatives. Atty. P. S. TERRY attended to business in the county seat the first of the week. Nic ROESCH and wife of Pacific and Mrs. Katie KROBAR are here attending court. W. L. TOWNSEND and Attoreny [sic] Chas. J. WHITE of Festus were in the county seat yesterday. Mrs. Josiah HARRISON living near Morse Mill is said to be suffering a severe heart attack. Mighty few marriage licenses issued these days but quite a liberal number of divorcees[sic] granted. Judge DEARING and court stenographer C. T. JARVIS arrived Monday for the third week of Circuit Court. C. J. SIEDLER, County Collector is back in his office after a week’s illness at his home in Maxville. Peter PAUL of Antionia was one of our many visitors to see the big Linotype operate for the Record. Horace BUXTON and Henry BRUNA are two Morse Mill citizens transacting business in the Hub this week. Notice to mail-order subscribers. one dollar pays to September 1st only. One dollar and one-half is the price. Charlie BECHLER of Eureka Route 18 came in to visit county seat friends yesterday. A. O. J. Mrs. Lewis ADAMS of Sandy neighborhood has returned from a two month’s visit to her sister in West Virginia. Attorneys E. C. EDGAR, J. G. BERKELY, H. B. IRWIN, Adrian STEEL are among the De Soto lawyers attending court here. Mrs. Joseph LAROSE and children of Crystal City are making a visit to her parents here Mr. and Mrs. Wesley PIERCE. Edward ARNOLD and John ARNOLD of Kimmswick Route Three, attended an important business in the County’s capitol on Monday. Isaac SILVERSTEIN, one of the most enterprising citizens of De Soto circalated [sic] among his may [sic] friends in Hillsboro a few day ago. Pinochle seems to be the diversion of men socially inclined all over the county out side the larger towns, for the long winter evenings. Attorney Ernest GREEN and his new law partner, Mr. George MOORE of St. Louis were here prosecuting the claims of the Blackwell Store against the Iron Mr. Ry. Co. for damaged goods. Friends of Miss Kate RUSSELL, who is now married and living in Africa have received word of the birth of a son sometime in the fall. She and her husband are both missionaries in that field of endeavor. F. W. LANGHENNIG, Fritz DORNSEIF, John H. FLAMM, and William H. ZIPP were among the delegation of twenty from Rock Township who visited the County Court Monday in the interest of the roads in their vicinity. They ascertained that the apportionment of bond money for that community is to be spent on the Old State Road, once the Kingshighway or Old King’s Trace as it is locally known. They are much gratified over this decision.