THE LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, MO, Friday, Feb. 25, 1927. B. T. ROBBERY SUSPECTS IN ST. CHARLES JAIL. Word was received by constable John Mostiller of Bonne Terre, in a letter from the chief of police, St. Louis, that Walter Hamburger, Susie Allen, James Thomas and Juanita Thomas, his wife, all of whom were implicated in robberies in Bonne Terre several months ago were arrested by the sheriff at St. Charles, Mo., February 18th, on a charge of having held up a Kroger Store at Wentzville, Mo. The suspects were taken before the Kroger Store manager, who positively identified them, after which they were identified in connection with holdup of a St. Charles filling station and similar escapades at Warrenton and Troy. They are being held in St. Charles jail in default of fifteen thousand dollar bond, this amount having been set for each of them with the exception of Juanita Thomas, who was released because of the fact that she had a five year old child with her when arrested. It will be remembered that these people were implicated in the robbery of the Kroger Store at Bonne Terre and were suspected of robbery of the East End Drug Store there also. Thomas and his wife were under arrest here and are now out on bond while Constable Mostiller was conducting a search for Hamburger with the aid of St. Louis police.

LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, Missouri, Friday, Feb. 25, 1927. MEN CHARGED WITH THEFT OF TWO TIRES. Buford Jenkerson and Lee Hanson, who were committed to the county jail from Bonne Terre, Feb. 15, to answer to a charge of theft of automobile tires, were released under five hundred dollar bonds last week. The two were arrested on February 15th, by Constable John Mostiller of Bonne Terre, after he had identified two tires on their machines as being those taken from Thomas Nash, who lives on the old Desloge-Bonne Terre road, on the night of January 31st. They were unable to furnish five hundred dollar bonds at time of commitment, but later procured the proper security and are at liberty pending trial in the May term of the Circuit Court.

THE LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, MO, Friday, Feb. 25, 1927. BOY APPEALS FOR POLICE AID. Complaining of the cold, Hayden Sebastian, 13 years old, of Flat River, Mo., attired in the fatigue uniform of the Missouri Military Academy at Mexico, Mo., appealed to a policeman at 1 a.m. today at Sixth and Market Streets for a place to sleep. He was taken to the House of Detention for the night. The boy said he had been on furlough to his home Wednesday and Thursday, and yesterday evening a relative brought him to St. Louis by automobile. The relative had an engagement, the boy said, and at Skinker and Oakland Avenues, gave him carfare and told him to go downtowan and meet him at 10:30 p.m. at Twelfth and Olive Streets. He said he waited on the corner for two hours and the relative failed to meet him, so he walked around until he found a policeman. -- Post-Dispatch.

THE LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, MO, Friday, Feb. 25, 1927. J.P. HEARING BROUGHT OUT BIG CROWD WED. The hearing of two young men charged with attempted rape as the result of an alleged attack on a young woman from Esther was set for hearing in the court of Justice of the Peace T. W. Martin in Flat River, Wednesday afternoon at one o'clock, and attracted a large crowd to the court room. The attack occurred Sunday night at the end of West Main Street, Flat River. All parties concerned were about eighteen years of age. The girl's cries for help attracted residents in the neighborhood and constable Boswell was summoned and made the arrests. The preliminary hearing was waived and bond set at three thousand dollars each for appearance in Circuit Court. Roy Downs and Alfred Greer are the men and the girl is Leona Womack. Justice Martin had assistant prosecuting attorney O. Lee Munger read the two Missouri statutes covering rape and attempted rape, stressing the punishment of death for the first and a long term of imprisonment for the latter, and then spoke to those in the court room on the seriousness of such cases, suggesting that improper supervision on the part of parents may be somwhat to blame for such happenings.

Bettye,   I am receiving two of every post on MOSANFRAN,AND --- On Mon, 10/27/08, B. Warner <bkwofc@i1.net> wrote: From: B. Warner <bkwofc@i1.net> Subject: [MOSTFRAN] Flat River News (1927) To: mostfran@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, October 27, 2008, 9:30 AM THE LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, Missouri, Feb. 4, 1927. FLAT RIVER NEWS -- A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ed. [Edward] Adams of St. Francois January 27, 1927. Mr. and Mrs. Willie O'Brien of St. Louis and J. D. Silvey of Farmington, Route 3, spent Monday with the latter's daughter, Mrs. Roy Wampler and Mr. Wampler. Mrs. Ed. [Edward] Reinke and Mrs. A. W. Kinzer spent Wednesday in Fredericktown, guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. LaMont. The former is Mrs. Kinzer's brother, and his wife is Mrs. Rinke's sister. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Reuter and Mr. and Mrs. William Trauernicht attended the funeral of Mr. Trauernicht's uncle which was held in St. Louis Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. George Karsch were St. Louis visitors Sunday evening. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks for defining "Miscegenation" - I was getting ready to look it up in the dictionary. Never heard that word before. *************************************************************************************************************************** IT'S FREE!! ~ Please Visit The Washington County Insider Forums & post your news, opinions, recipes, stuff for sale, etc. - Breaking News, The Liars Bench, Swap Shop, Tech Talk & More....... http://washingtoncountyinsider.com *************************************************************************************************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: B. Warner To: mostfran@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 8:54 AM Subject: [MOSTFRAN] "Red" Thurman In Jail at Hillsboro (1917) THE LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, Missouri, Friday, Nov. 30, 1917. "RED" THURMAN IS IN JAIL AT HILLSBORO. Assistant City Marshal Livingston caused the arrest of a woman known as "Red" Thurman, at DeSoto last Thursday night and thereby won the fifty dollar reward that had been offered for her return to the authorities of Jefferson County. She is under indictment in that county for the crime of miscegenation*, having married a negro named Cantrell there a year or so ago. She was arrested after the indictment was found along with her negro husband, but being released under bond, skipped her bail and hid out at Joplin, Mo., where Marshal Livingston located her and got her to come back to this sectin. She is now in jail at Hillsboro. Cantrell has already served his time for this offense. -- Potosi Journal. "Red" has been a cancer on society in the Lead Belt for many years and recently was driven from this county by the prosecuting attorney. She has already served one term in the penitentiary. Her late escapade should result in her being confined where her evil influence and allround degeneracy will not further menace society. [Anyone know what Red's real first name was?] *Miscegenation laws, were laws that banned interracial marriage and sometimes interracial sex between whites and members of other races. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Here's another new report on the cyclone from the Potosi Journal: Destructive Cyclone At Cadet - (From: The Potosi Journal - 19 April 1911) - Much Property Destroyed & a Number of People Injured - Several Fatalities at Valle Mines - Our correspondent at Cadet sends the following account of the visitation there: On Thursday afternoon a cyclone passed over this part of Washington county, doing considerable damage to property & destroying an immense amount of valuable timber. The storm came from the west, cutting a wide swath through the forest on the Company's claim near Shibboleth. One of the large barns on the estate of the late Alfred Long was razed level with the ground. The next house in the path was a building owned by C.A. Young, close by the railroad track, which was moved about four inches from its foundation. Next was the residence of Paul Boyer, which was partially unroofed. The house of Jim May was badly damaged, as was also a small log house near the may place. Then comes the house in which Claude Coffman lived, the kitchen of which was demolished. Next was the home of Jack Boyer, every building on the place was completely ruined. Eli Politte's house & all the out buildings were destroyed, as was also practically all his household goods & food supplies. The storm then crossed the railroad track & in its path was the home of A. Jolly, which was badly broken up. Mrs. Jolly & four children were in the house when the storm struck it & how they escaped was a miracle. The next place was Mack Roderique's, which was partially destroyed. The storm then crossed to Mill Creek & the bluff caused it to veer, & it caught the house & barn of Tom Degonia & in a few moments desolation was complete. The barn of Frank Degonia was also badly injured. Friday & Saturday the neighbors assembled at damaged places & put up the fences that had enclosed the fields. Pieces of clothing, bedding & iron roofing can be seen in the tops of trees two miles from where the storm picked them up. Four or five persons were injured, but none very seriously, except Mrs. Singleton, mother-in-law of Eli Politte. I went over a part of the course taken by the storm & it makes one sad to see what ruin can be done in so short a space of time. I cannot estimate the property loss. The storm seems to have first centered in Reynolds county Thursday afternoon about 2 o'clock, where it wrecked a number of houses & blew down much timber. The northern part of Iron county was also in its path, as was also Bismarck, but the latter point did not suffer much. At Bismarck the storm seems to have divided, one section passing northward toward Cadet & Valle Mines, the towards Flat River, Elvins & other Lead Belt towns. In the mining towns much damage to property followed the blow & upwards of fifty people were injured, more or less seriously. The only fatalities resulting from the storm are reported from Valle Mines, where it seems to have spent its force after a particularly vicious effort at destruction. Susie Baker, a colored woman, & Ella Murphy, her niece, 10 years old were found dead in the boughs of trees, 100 yards from where their house stood. Wesley Smith & 8 year old daughter, also colored, were blown across Swashin creek, Smith was picked up dead & the girl rescued with both legs broken. Wm. Bunt, postmaster at Valle Mines, was carried 150 feet in two lifts & finally jammed against a fence. He was only seriously bruised, however. Potosi did not feel the storm beyond a heavy rainfall, accompanied by some hail. Squire S.S. Paul of Cadet was in town Monday last & stated that his home was right in the path of the cyclone last Thursday, but just as it had approached within 150 yards of his house the storm veered & left him unharmed. *************************************************************************************************************************** IT'S FREE!! ~ Please Visit The Washington County Insider Forums & post your news, opinions, recipes, stuff for sale, etc. - Breaking News, The Liars Bench, Swap Shop, Tech Talk & More....... http://washingtoncountyinsider.com *************************************************************************************************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: Melanie Rickmar To: mostfran@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:52 AM Subject: [MOSTFRAN] Destructive Cyclone In Lead Belt (1911) FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Thursday, April 20, 1911 DESTRUCTIVE CYCLONE IN LEAD BELT _________ Fifty or More Persons Injured, Eight or Ten Seriously -- Forty Houses Demolished or Wrecked -- Federal Lead Plant Damaged -- List of Injured _________ [The Lead Belt News furnishes the following complete account of the destructive tornado that swept over that portion of our county last Thursday afternoon. The Times' publication day being on Thursday, this paper was out before the storm occurred.] Fifty persons were injured, ten of them seriously, and great property loss was sustained Thursday afternoon about three o'clock when a cyclone swept from southwest of Elvins, cutting a swath fifty yards wide from the East Hill section, across the Federal Lead Company's property and through a portion of Norwine Town in Flat River. The storm passed on to Esther, where five houses were damaged and two persons slightly injured. The scene of the storm's path is practically one of complete ruin, there being not less than forty houses either wholly demolished or wrecked beyond use. The Federal Lead Company sustained a heavy loss, and many of its officials, who were in the company office on Federal Hill at the time, had narrow escapes from injury or death. The old mill and plant of the Federal is entirely out of commission, much of the machinery being wrecked beyond repair. New material has been ordered by wire from New York, Chicago and St. Louis. FLYING TIMBERS HURT MANY Of the fifty injured, practically all received wounds on the head, chiefly from flying timbers, glass and broken furniture. The heavy percentage of women and children injured is accounted for by the fact that most of the men were at work in the mines when the storm struck, or were just coming off shift. Many of the men returned to their homes to find them destroyed and in many instances their wives and children injured. CYCLONE FOLLOWS HAIL STORM About 2:30 p.m. a severe hail storm broke over the entire lead belt and continued for thirty minutes. Some of the stones measured two and one-half inches in diameter. Just at the conclusion of the hail storm the cyclone cloud appeared without warning from southwest of Elvins, sweeping to the northeast with a roar exceeding that of a fast train. The cloud was of the typical funnel shape, very black and fringed with white. The lower end of the spiral swept a path about fifty yards wide. It first struck southwest of Elvins, where former Justice of the Peace G. W. Porter and Sid Stricklin were injured. East Hill, Elvins, was the next place to suffer; then Bulgarian town. The new mill of the Federal Lead Company was in the path of the storm and here the chats conveyor was wrecked and many window lights broken. The canvas plant of the Federal was blown around and Phillip Jarrett and Eugene Papin were caught under it. Jarrett was severely hurt and was removed to his home near Farmington. A mule was killed at this point, being pinned to the earth with heavy timbers. The old mill of the Federal, which was next in the storm's path, was heavily damaged. The chats conveyor was absolutely wrecked and the large wooden tank was blown into the power house, demolishing the large Irondale engine. All of the buildings were more or less damaged. The smoke stacks were blown down and a box car was blown from the track in the Federal yards. Many of the men had narrow escapes from flying timber. John C. Haney, at Mill No. 3, was severely cut in the head by a flying timber. In the Federal office at the time were gathered practically all of the officials, including Manager H. A. Guess, Superintendent C. J. Adami, Assistant Superintendent Johnson, Parkhurst Sleeth, Harry Horn, P. J. O'Neal, H. C. Washburn and others. Windows in the office were blown in and shingles torn in great bunches from the roof. The men expected to see the office go at any moment and the majority of them were very badly frightened. The group of houses just across the road from the Federal office were practically all wrecked, three being totally demolished. It was here that William Wiles and Mrs. Rabideaux were injured. The Wiles house was picked up and thrown in a heap against the house occupied by John Pipkin. Wiles and Mrs. Rabideaux were crushed in the wreckage of the house. The storm passed on to Esther, but had expended the most of its force on Federal Hill, and but little damage was done. On East Hill, Elvins, the damage was most complete and it was here that twenty-four persons were injured, some of them severely. Nine houses were completely swept away, there being nothing on the ground to indicate where they stood. Several others were demolished. The Elvins injured are in a temporary hospital adjoining the Howell store. In Bulgarian Town, near No. 6 shaft of the Federal Lead Company, eight persons were injured, several seriously. THE INJURED -- AT FLAT RIVER Those injured on Federal Hill, with the extent of their injuries, are as follows: William Wiles, back broken, probably fatally injured. Mrs. Robideaux, mother-in-law of Mr. Wiles, seriously injured about head. Miss Kely Pipkin, cut on forehead by flying timber. Mrs. Cora Smith, head cut by glass. Lehmann Wilson, 4-year-old son of L. S. Wilson, head cut. Velva Wilson, 8-year-old daughter of L. S. Wilson, head cut. Mrs. William Laws, head cut. Mrs. Frank LaRose, head bruised and cut. LaRose, small child of Mrs. LaRose, head bruised and cut. Mrs. Lillie Delaney, deep cut on forehead. Mrs. Nellie Mills, head bruised. Albert Benedict, 28 years old, arm broken and head and back bruised. Robert Benedict, 12 years old, back injured. John C. Haney, gash on side of head. Philip Jarette, head and arm bruised; side injured. Eugene Papin, head and foot bruised; side injured. ELVINS (EAST HILL) INJURED Those injured in Elvins (East Hill), with the extent of their injuries, are as follows: Mrs. William Perry; internally injured, condition serious. Gilbert Perry, cut and bruised. Etta Perry, cut and bruised. Gordon Perry, cut and bruised. William Perry, Jr., cut and bruised. Dempsey Perry, arm and shoulders badly bruised. Rachel Perry, cut and bruised. William Adams, internally injured; condition serious. Mrs. William Adams, left ankle broken. Gladys Adams, cut and bruised. Edith White, cut and bruised. Sarah White, cut and bruised. Irvin White, right leg broken. Edna Mauk, 2 years old, right leg badly shattered. Mandy Mauk, cut and bruised. Delia Mauk, cut and bruised. Mrs. Gus Wady, crushed, condition serious. Mrs. Joseph Gann, cut and bruised. Mrs. Charles Gann, cut and bruised. Child of Mrs. Gann, seriously bruised. Mrs. Lee Hurry and three children; all slightly injured. Mrs. William Vandyke, head bruised and cut. Julius Wady, 3-year-old son of Gus Wady; face crushed. INJURED SOUTH OF ELVINS In the storm to the southwest of Elvins several persons are reported to have been injured, among them being the following: Former Justice of the Peace G. W. Porter; reported serious; lives on a farm two miles southwest of Elvins. Sidney Stricklin, living on same farm with Judge Porter; also badly hurt. INJURED IN ESTHER Mrs. John Hart, cut and bruised. INJURED IN BULGARIAN TOWN Peter Donald, 30 years old, head cut and bruised. Peter Christ, 35 years old, head cut and bruised. Charley Martin, 43 years old, head cut and bruised. Steve Vanno, 40 years old, head cut and bruised. August Mourlin, 43 years old, injured in neck. Marie Susack, 19 years old, seriously injured. Katie Hudak, 22 years old, side, back and hand burned. Katie Hudak, infant, badly burned. THE PROPERTY DAMAGE -- FLAT RIVER Federal Lead Company: Power House at Mill No. 1 badly wrecked, much of the machinery being broken; large wooden tank wrecked at Mill No. 1; chats conveyor from No. 4 shaft to Mill No. 1 completely wrecked; canvas plant for recovery of lead from slimes wrecked; small buildings blown down or moved from foundations; office building badly damaged, partially unroofed and windows broken, and smoke-stacks down. Minor damages at shafts No. 6 and 7. Windows broken in new mill. Messages for new supplies were filed by the Federal Thursday night for transmission to St. Louis and New York. Houses occupied by the following persons were either completely demolished or badly wrecked: William Wiles, totally demolished. Frank LaRose, totally demolished. Albert Benedict, totally demolished. Badly damaged: John Pipkin, William Laws, Stanley Pipkin, James Boyd, Sid Gordon, Geo. Vandergriff, Lem Wilson, Ed Baker, Mrs. Nellie Mills, Elmer Smith, J. D. Jones, Barbier, William Hopkins, James Orr, E. R. Wilson, Pink Rhodes, John Delaney. THE PROPERTY DAMAGE AT ELVINS EAST HILL Houses occupied by the following families were completely demolished and blown away: James Henley, wife and two children at home; no one hurt. Joseph Gann, wife at home; slightly hurt. Charles Gann, wife and one child at home; both injured. Robert Gann, wife at home; not injured. Lee Hurry, wife and three children at home; all slightly hurt. Gus Welty, wife and two children at home; no one hurt. John Kennard, wife at home; uninjured. William Tandyke, wife and little girl at home; wife slightly injured. Russell Cunningham, wife and four children at home; no one injured. William Adams; wife and three children at home; all injured. William Perry wife and six children at home; all injured, two seriously. Gus Wady, wife, Laura Wady, and son, Julius, at home; both seriously injured, Mrs. Wady probably fatally. PROPERTY DAMAGE IN BULGARIAN TOWN In Bulgarian Town near No. 6 shaft of the Federal Lead Company, the wind struck with particular fury and about twelve houses were wrecked. The damage to the company's property was not heavy here. PROPERTY DAMAGE IN ESTHER Charles Burks, house demolished. John Hart -- house occupied also by Charles Hart, turned over and wrecked. R. Duncan, store moved from foundation. Crawley Shaft of the St. Joseph Lead Company out of commission immediately following storm because of breaking of wire carrying the current from Doe Run Shaft No. 15. The underground men are out and the water is said to be partially flooding the workings. DEVASTATION BY ELEMENTS WIDESPREAD The cyclone that swept the Lead Belt last Thursday was but part of the devastating work of a disturbed condition of the elements that was felt in three States. In our almost immediate vicinity, besides the damage done at Elvins and Flat River, the tornado waged with great violence at Valle Mines, wrecking buildings, uprooting and blowing down trees, and it is reported three persons were killed there. This latter, however, has not been verified. The little town of Cadet was practically blown away, every house and barn in the town being wrecked or damaged. Here Mrs. Mary Coleman was killed and fourteen others injured. The same afternoon St. Louis was visited by a tornado, which killed three persons and injured fifty or more, and damaged property to the amount of $3,000,000. Hail and rain accompanied the tornadoes in every place, jagged chunks of ice half as large as a man's hand falling in many places. At Plummersville, Ark., three men were killed, and at Van Buren the roofs of houses were broken in by hail and immense damage done to crops. The day before (Wednesday) three towns in Kansas were cyclone swept, 13 persons killed and over 50 injured, while the farms along the track of tornado were suffered greatly. Joplin, Mo., was also visited by this tornado; much damage was done to property, and one man was picked up in the street, carried about 100 yards and dashed against a building, probably fatally injured him, while a half dozen others were more or less seriously hurt. IN REYNOLDS COUNTY The cyclone struck there at 2:30 p.m. from a southeast direction, going northwest, destroying farm residences and barns and blowing down trees. It is estimated that the timber loss is from 6,000,000 to 8,000,000 feet. The first to suffer in the storm's course was John Farris, whose barn was wrecked, then George May's residence with all its contents, the family taking refuge in a storm cellar. Another house on the Vanover place; the residence of James Weible was destroyed, the family taking refuge in the barn which was to one side of the track of the storm. Then the Warrens, new comers, who had just built a two-story frame. The family took refuge in a cellar, but a heavy cook stove struck the top of it and crashed through, but luckily none of them were hurt. Below the Warren's, Wm. and Jim Gober, two old men, lived, and two girls were in the house with them; the thigh of one of the little girls was broken and Gober was injured in the back. The school house near by was blown away. Avery Tate and family saw the storm coming and started to run out of its track, but the storm was soon on them and they lay down on the ground and tried to hold together, but the wind caught them and handled them roughly. Netta, a grown daughter, was thrown 50 feet and dangerously hurt, receiving a double fracture of the lower jaw on the left side and her left leg was punctured by a limb or snag; the wife had the left leg broken and was otherwise injured, the others escaping with only slight injuries. Their dwelling house, barn, crib and all outhouses were blown away, their best horse killed and another crippled so that he had to be killed. He lost nearly everything. Fowls were killed, the feathers in some instances being blown off of them. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

THE LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, Missouri, Friday, June 22, 1917. WOMAN ASSAULTED AND ROBBED OF $850.00 MONDAY AFTERNOON. When John Milch, a foreigner employed in the mines here, returned home from work about four o'clock Monday afternoon, he found his wife gagged, bound hand and foot, tied to a bed and robbed of the family savings amounting to $850.00, which she had been carrying in the bosom of her dress. The robbery was committed about 11 o'clock in the morning and Mrs. Milch had remained tied until her husband found her. Her wrists and hands were badly swollen from the effects of the ropes with which she had been tied. She also had two ugly bruises on her which she said were inflicted with a hatchet. Mrs. Milch has identified Gus and Tony Sincik and Zygmond Wojick, fellow countrymen, as the robbers. The Sincik brothers were arrested at a wedding celebration in what is known as Jaybird town in the neighborhood of where the robbery was committed. Wojick was arrested in company with three other foreigners as he stepped off the train at Broadway Crossing in St. Louis. Constable Black went to St. Louis Monday evening and brought the four men back. They were taken before Mrs. Milch who identified Wojick as one of the robbers. Two of the other men were St. Louis musicians who had been furnishing the music for the wedding celebration at which the Sinciks were arrested. When arrested, the quartette had collectively $1,077 in their pockets. The Sinciks were known to Mrs. Milch they having occupied a part of the same house in which she and her family resided. They were masked with handkerchiefs over their faces at the time of committing the robbery, but in the struggle the handkerchiefs dropped down and this enabled Mrs. Milch to recognize them. Mrs. Milch told the officers the following story of the affair at the time she swore out warrants for the arrests: She went to the butcher shop in the morning and locked the door after her when she went out. When she returned the door was stilled locked. The Sinciks had obtained a key which fitted her door, and were waiting on the inside for her return. When she entered the men grabbed her by the throat and threw her to the floor. After binding and gagging her, they took the money and fled. The Sinciks, she said, knew she had a large sum of money with her because on different occasions they had borrowed small sums of money from she and her husband and knew where the money was kept.

THE BONNE TERRE STAR, July 20, 1917. MRS. ANNA ELIZABETH KNOCKE. Anna Elizabeth Rosenstengel was born December 9, 1839 in Germany. She died after a lingering illness July 5, 1917. In the year 1873 on the 13th day of July she was united in holy matrimony with Christian Knocke. To this union one child was born which died in its infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Knocke came to America in the autumn of the year 1881. They settled in Iron Mountain, Mo. Later they moved to Illinois, finally they came to Bonne Terre where they lived together for over twenty-five years. Mr. Knocke preceeded his wife into eternity eighteen months ago. Mrs. Knocke was an earnest and sincere Christian. She was a member of the Lutheran church. Her faith in the Redeemer who had redeemed her from all sin remained unshaken, firm to the very last. She endured her final sufferings with all patience. The confession of Job was also her confession of faith. "I know that my Redeemer liveth and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God, whom I shall see for myself and mine eyes shall behold and not another; though my ruins be consumed within me. -- Job 19-25-27. The undersigned spoke on this text at the residence of the departed sister. The remains were laid to rest in the Bonne Terre Cemetery. She reached the age of 77 years, 7 months and 26 days. In the last year Mrs. Knocke made her home with her adopted daughter, Mrs. Bert Thurman, who nursed her to the very last. Her five little children mourn the loss of their grandmother. NOTE: According to Bonne Terre Cemetery listing, her last name is spelled KNOCHE.

Ms. Warner's posting of the article below intrigued me so I decided to check Ancestry.com to see if I could come up with any possibility's for "Red" Thurman. I made the assumption that the lady would have possibly been in Jefferson Co., Mo. in 1910 based on the information in the 1917 newspaper article. I checked the 1910 census for Jefferson Co. and found a Lucy Thurman, age 21, single, white or Caucasian, employed as a laborer in a lead smelter, and boarding with a young couple who had been married within the year and had no children. In Ancestry.com the couple is listed as: Luis A. Elroy and Marguerite A. Elroy. Viewing the image shows that the census enumerator had extremely poor handwriting (very common) and I believe the names might be "Luis or Lewis A. EMIG and Marguerite A. EMIG. Mr. "Elroy or Emig" is listed as a foreman in a lead smelter. The male is 24, his wife is 20 and the young lady boarding with them is 21. I have no proof that this is the female in question but after doing amateur genealogical research for a number of years this to me looks like a possibility. Of course my proposal is speculative at best. I welcome anyone to verify the information or refute it. I just submit it as a "strawman" proposal to start with. ----- Original Message ----- From: B. Warner To: mostfran@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 7:54 AM Subject: [MOSTFRAN] "Red" Thurman In Jail at Hillsboro (1917) THE LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, Missouri, Friday, Nov. 30, 1917. "RED" THURMAN IS IN JAIL AT HILLSBORO. Assistant City Marshal Livingston caused the arrest of a woman known as "Red" Thurman, at DeSoto last Thursday night and thereby won the fifty dollar reward that had been offered for her return to the authorities of Jefferson County. She is under indictment in that county for the crime of miscegenation*, having married a negro named Cantrell there a year or so ago. She was arrested after the indictment was found along with her negro husband, but being released under bond, skipped her bail and hid out at Joplin, Mo., where Marshal Livingston located her and got her to come back to this sectin. She is now in jail at Hillsboro. Cantrell has already served his time for this offense. -- Potosi Journal. "Red" has been a cancer on society in the Lead Belt for many years and recently was driven from this county by the prosecuting attorney. She has already served one term in the penitentiary. Her late escapade should result in her being confined where her evil influence and allround degeneracy will not further menace society. [Anyone know what Red's real first name was?] *Miscegenation laws, were laws that banned interracial marriage and sometimes interracial sex between whites and members of other races.

THE LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, Missouri, Friday, Nov. 30, 1917. "RED" THURMAN IS IN JAIL AT HILLSBORO. Assistant City Marshal Livingston caused the arrest of a woman known as "Red" Thurman, at DeSoto last Thursday night and thereby won the fifty dollar reward that had been offered for her return to the authorities of Jefferson County. She is under indictment in that county for the crime of miscegenation*, having married a negro named Cantrell there a year or so ago. She was arrested after the indictment was found along with her negro husband, but being released under bond, skipped her bail and hid out at Joplin, Mo., where Marshal Livingston located her and got her to come back to this sectin. She is now in jail at Hillsboro. Cantrell has already served his time for this offense. -- Potosi Journal. "Red" has been a cancer on society in the Lead Belt for many years and recently was driven from this county by the prosecuting attorney. She has already served one term in the penitentiary. Her late escapade should result in her being confined where her evil influence and allround degeneracy will not further menace society. [Anyone know what Red's real first name was?] *Miscegenation laws, were laws that banned interracial marriage and sometimes interracial sex between whites and members of other races.

THE FARMINGTON TIMES, Friday, February 2, 1917. TWENTY DIVORCES GRANTED MONDAY. There was an adjourned term of the Circuit Court last Monday [January 29, 1917] set by Judge Huck for the hearing of the St. Joseph - Doe Run Dissolution case; also six "bootlegging" cases that had been taken out of Judge Huck's hands by affidavits and applications for change of venue, for the trial of which Judge Huck had called Judge Dearing. The dissolution case was continued by consent. Judge Dearing did not come. It seems that one of the attorneys in the bootlegging cases was sick, on account of which Judge Dearing continued the cases to March 26, so that it was not necessary for him to come to Farmington. Before adjourning court Judge Huck entered final judgment in twenty divorce cases heretofore tried and submitted, as follows: Rosa Pritchett vs. Walter Pritchett. Harry E. Lampkin vs. Samuel Lampkin. [Note: Maybe a typo on first names here?] Charles Oden vs. Mary Oden. Marie Houser vs. Henry Houser. Lena Henrichs vs. William Henrichs Malinda Robbs vs. Linn Robbs. Robert Wade vs. Emma Wade. Alice May Stegall vs. Herman Stegall. Maggie A. Cox vs. Ernest Cox. James Martin vs. Ruth Martin. Carrie Collins vs. William Collins. Lena Arisman vs. Frank Arisman. Hattie Crossman vs. James Crossman. Maude Jobe vs. Sam O. Jobe. Richard Herron vs. Mabel Herron. Lon P. Vandiver vs. Myrtle Vandiver. S. A. Dalton vs. Della E. Dalton. [Note: According to his obit, S. A. Dalton was son of Enos & Nancy Dalton. Della's maiden name was Becket. S. A. Dalton subsequently married Eva Babb who survived him.] Henry R. Moore vs. Sarah E. Moore Ema May Scott vs. George A. Scott Bessie Parker vs. Gervis Parker.

FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Thursday, April 20, 1911 DESTRUCTIVE CYCLONE IN LEAD BELT _________ Fifty or More Persons Injured, Eight or Ten Seriously -- Forty Houses Demolished or Wrecked -- Federal Lead Plant Damaged -- List of Injured _________ [The Lead Belt News furnishes the following complete account of the destructive tornado that swept over that portion of our county last Thursday afternoon. The Times' publication day being on Thursday, this paper was out before the storm occurred.] Fifty persons were injured, ten of them seriously, and great property loss was sustained Thursday afternoon about three o'clock when a cyclone swept from southwest of Elvins, cutting a swath fifty yards wide from the East Hill section, across the Federal Lead Company's property and through a portion of Norwine Town in Flat River. The storm passed on to Esther, where five houses were damaged and two persons slightly injured. The scene of the storm's path is practically one of complete ruin, there being not less than forty houses either wholly demolished or wrecked beyond use. The Federal Lead Company sustained a heavy loss, and many of its officials, who were in the company office on Federal Hill at the time, had narrow escapes from injury or death. The old mill and plant of the Federal is entirely out of commission, much of the machinery being wrecked beyond repair. New material has been ordered by wire from New York, Chicago and St. Louis. FLYING TIMBERS HURT MANY Of the fifty injured, practically all received wounds on the head, chiefly from flying timbers, glass and broken furniture. The heavy percentage of women and children injured is accounted for by the fact that most of the men were at work in the mines when the storm struck, or were just coming off shift. Many of the men returned to their homes to find them destroyed and in many instances their wives and children injured. CYCLONE FOLLOWS HAIL STORM About 2:30 p.m. a severe hail storm broke over the entire lead belt and continued for thirty minutes. Some of the stones measured two and one-half inches in diameter. Just at the conclusion of the hail storm the cyclone cloud appeared without warning from southwest of Elvins, sweeping to the northeast with a roar exceeding that of a fast train. The cloud was of the typical funnel shape, very black and fringed with white. The lower end of the spiral swept a path about fifty yards wide. It first struck southwest of Elvins, where former Justice of the Peace G. W. Porter and Sid Stricklin were injured. East Hill, Elvins, was the next place to suffer; then Bulgarian town. The new mill of the Federal Lead Company was in the path of the storm and here the chats conveyor was wrecked and many window lights broken. The canvas plant of the Federal was blown around and Phillip Jarrett and Eugene Papin were caught under it. Jarrett was severely hurt and was removed to his home near Farmington. A mule was killed at this point, being pinned to the earth with heavy timbers. The old mill of the Federal, which was next in the storm's path, was heavily damaged. The chats conveyor was absolutely wrecked and the large wooden tank was blown into the power house, demolishing the large Irondale engine. All of the buildings were more or less damaged. The smoke stacks were blown down and a box car was blown from the track in the Federal yards. Many of the men had narrow escapes from flying timber. John C. Haney, at Mill No. 3, was severely cut in the head by a flying timber. In the Federal office at the time were gathered practically all of the officials, including Manager H. A. Guess, Superintendent C. J. Adami, Assistant Superintendent Johnson, Parkhurst Sleeth, Harry Horn, P. J. O'Neal, H. C. Washburn and others. Windows in the office were blown in and shingles torn in great bunches from the roof. The men expected to see the office go at any moment and the majority of them were very badly frightened. The group of houses just across the road from the Federal office were practically all wrecked, three being totally demolished. It was here that William Wiles and Mrs. Rabideaux were injured. The Wiles house was picked up and thrown in a heap against the house occupied by John Pipkin. Wiles and Mrs. Rabideaux were crushed in the wreckage of the house. The storm passed on to Esther, but had expended the most of its force on Federal Hill, and but little damage was done. On East Hill, Elvins, the damage was most complete and it was here that twenty-four persons were injured, some of them severely. Nine houses were completely swept away, there being nothing on the ground to indicate where they stood. Several others were demolished. The Elvins injured are in a temporary hospital adjoining the Howell store. In Bulgarian Town, near No. 6 shaft of the Federal Lead Company, eight persons were injured, several seriously. THE INJURED -- AT FLAT RIVER Those injured on Federal Hill, with the extent of their injuries, are as follows: William Wiles, back broken, probably fatally injured. Mrs. Robideaux, mother-in-law of Mr. Wiles, seriously injured about head. Miss Kely Pipkin, cut on forehead by flying timber. Mrs. Cora Smith, head cut by glass. Lehmann Wilson, 4-year-old son of L. S. Wilson, head cut. Velva Wilson, 8-year-old daughter of L. S. Wilson, head cut. Mrs. William Laws, head cut. Mrs. Frank LaRose, head bruised and cut. LaRose, small child of Mrs. LaRose, head bruised and cut. Mrs. Lillie Delaney, deep cut on forehead. Mrs. Nellie Mills, head bruised. Albert Benedict, 28 years old, arm broken and head and back bruised. Robert Benedict, 12 years old, back injured. John C. Haney, gash on side of head. Philip Jarette, head and arm bruised; side injured. Eugene Papin, head and foot bruised; side injured. ELVINS (EAST HILL) INJURED Those injured in Elvins (East Hill), with the extent of their injuries, are as follows: Mrs. William Perry; internally injured, condition serious. Gilbert Perry, cut and bruised. Etta Perry, cut and bruised. Gordon Perry, cut and bruised. William Perry, Jr., cut and bruised. Dempsey Perry, arm and shoulders badly bruised. Rachel Perry, cut and bruised. William Adams, internally injured; condition serious. Mrs. William Adams, left ankle broken. Gladys Adams, cut and bruised. Edith White, cut and bruised. Sarah White, cut and bruised. Irvin White, right leg broken. Edna Mauk, 2 years old, right leg badly shattered. Mandy Mauk, cut and bruised. Delia Mauk, cut and bruised. Mrs. Gus Wady, crushed, condition serious. Mrs. Joseph Gann, cut and bruised. Mrs. Charles Gann, cut and bruised. Child of Mrs. Gann, seriously bruised. Mrs. Lee Hurry and three children; all slightly injured. Mrs. William Vandyke, head bruised and cut. Julius Wady, 3-year-old son of Gus Wady; face crushed. INJURED SOUTH OF ELVINS In the storm to the southwest of Elvins several persons are reported to have been injured, among them being the following: Former Justice of the Peace G. W. Porter; reported serious; lives on a farm two miles southwest of Elvins. Sidney Stricklin, living on same farm with Judge Porter; also badly hurt. INJURED IN ESTHER Mrs. John Hart, cut and bruised. INJURED IN BULGARIAN TOWN Peter Donald, 30 years old, head cut and bruised. Peter Christ, 35 years old, head cut and bruised. Charley Martin, 43 years old, head cut and bruised. Steve Vanno, 40 years old, head cut and bruised. August Mourlin, 43 years old, injured in neck. Marie Susack, 19 years old, seriously injured. Katie Hudak, 22 years old, side, back and hand burned. Katie Hudak, infant, badly burned. THE PROPERTY DAMAGE -- FLAT RIVER Federal Lead Company: Power House at Mill No. 1 badly wrecked, much of the machinery being broken; large wooden tank wrecked at Mill No. 1; chats conveyor from No. 4 shaft to Mill No. 1 completely wrecked; canvas plant for recovery of lead from slimes wrecked; small buildings blown down or moved from foundations; office building badly damaged, partially unroofed and windows broken, and smoke-stacks down. Minor damages at shafts No. 6 and 7. Windows broken in new mill. Messages for new supplies were filed by the Federal Thursday night for transmission to St. Louis and New York. Houses occupied by the following persons were either completely demolished or badly wrecked: William Wiles, totally demolished. Frank LaRose, totally demolished. Albert Benedict, totally demolished. Badly damaged: John Pipkin, William Laws, Stanley Pipkin, James Boyd, Sid Gordon, Geo. Vandergriff, Lem Wilson, Ed Baker, Mrs. Nellie Mills, Elmer Smith, J. D. Jones, Barbier, William Hopkins, James Orr, E. R. Wilson, Pink Rhodes, John Delaney. THE PROPERTY DAMAGE AT ELVINS EAST HILL Houses occupied by the following families were completely demolished and blown away: James Henley, wife and two children at home; no one hurt. Joseph Gann, wife at home; slightly hurt. Charles Gann, wife and one child at home; both injured. Robert Gann, wife at home; not injured. Lee Hurry, wife and three children at home; all slightly hurt. Gus Welty, wife and two children at home; no one hurt. John Kennard, wife at home; uninjured. William Tandyke, wife and little girl at home; wife slightly injured. Russell Cunningham, wife and four children at home; no one injured. William Adams; wife and three children at home; all injured. William Perry wife and six children at home; all injured, two seriously. Gus Wady, wife, Laura Wady, and son, Julius, at home; both seriously injured, Mrs. Wady probably fatally. PROPERTY DAMAGE IN BULGARIAN TOWN In Bulgarian Town near No. 6 shaft of the Federal Lead Company, the wind struck with particular fury and about twelve houses were wrecked. The damage to the company's property was not heavy here. PROPERTY DAMAGE IN ESTHER Charles Burks, house demolished. John Hart -- house occupied also by Charles Hart, turned over and wrecked. R. Duncan, store moved from foundation. Crawley Shaft of the St. Joseph Lead Company out of commission immediately following storm because of breaking of wire carrying the current from Doe Run Shaft No. 15. The underground men are out and the water is said to be partially flooding the workings. DEVASTATION BY ELEMENTS WIDESPREAD The cyclone that swept the Lead Belt last Thursday was but part of the devastating work of a disturbed condition of the elements that was felt in three States. In our almost immediate vicinity, besides the damage done at Elvins and Flat River, the tornado waged with great violence at Valle Mines, wrecking buildings, uprooting and blowing down trees, and it is reported three persons were killed there. This latter, however, has not been verified. The little town of Cadet was practically blown away, every house and barn in the town being wrecked or damaged. Here Mrs. Mary Coleman was killed and fourteen others injured. The same afternoon St. Louis was visited by a tornado, which killed three persons and injured fifty or more, and damaged property to the amount of $3,000,000. Hail and rain accompanied the tornadoes in every place, jagged chunks of ice half as large as a man's hand falling in many places. At Plummersville, Ark., three men were killed, and at Van Buren the roofs of houses were broken in by hail and immense damage done to crops. The day before (Wednesday) three towns in Kansas were cyclone swept, 13 persons killed and over 50 injured, while the farms along the track of tornado were suffered greatly. Joplin, Mo., was also visited by this tornado; much damage was done to property, and one man was picked up in the street, carried about 100 yards and dashed against a building, probably fatally injured him, while a half dozen others were more or less seriously hurt. IN REYNOLDS COUNTY The cyclone struck there at 2:30 p.m. from a southeast direction, going northwest, destroying farm residences and barns and blowing down trees. It is estimated that the timber loss is from 6,000,000 to 8,000,000 feet. The first to suffer in the storm's course was John Farris, whose barn was wrecked, then George May's residence with all its contents, the family taking refuge in a storm cellar. Another house on the Vanover place; the residence of James Weible was destroyed, the family taking refuge in the barn which was to one side of the track of the storm. Then the Warrens, new comers, who had just built a two-story frame. The family took refuge in a cellar, but a heavy cook stove struck the top of it and crashed through, but luckily none of them were hurt. Below the Warren's, Wm. and Jim Gober, two old men, lived, and two girls were in the house with them; the thigh of one of the little girls was broken and Gober was injured in the back. The school house near by was blown away. Avery Tate and family saw the storm coming and started to run out of its track, but the storm was soon on them and they lay down on the ground and tried to hold together, but the wind caught them and handled them roughly. Netta, a grown daughter, was thrown 50 feet and dangerously hurt, receiving a double fracture of the lower jaw on the left side and her left leg was punctured by a limb or snag; the wife had the left leg broken and was otherwise injured, the others escaping with only slight injuries. Their dwelling house, barn, crib and all outhouses were blown away, their best horse killed and another crippled so that he had to be killed. He lost nearly everything. Fowls were killed, the feathers in some instances being blown off of them.

THE FARMINGTON TIMES, February 2, 1917. POSSUM SUPPER. The members of St. Francois Lodge No. 48 I.O.O.F. who attended the meeting last Monday night were regaled with a veritable feast of "possom and sweet 'taters". Four or five fat specimens of this marsupial quadruped were furnished by Ab. Hopkins and T. F. Lockridge, culinary chef of State Hospital No. 4, and J. R. Black, head baker of the same institution, with the skill for which they are justly renowned, prepared and baked them, according to the most approved style. With appetites already whetted in anticipation, when the brethren sat down at the table in the banqueting hall of the Lodge and the savory mess was set before them, steaming and garnished with sweet potatoes and 'possum gravy, high cost of living problems and other troubles with which mortals allow themselves to be annoyed were swallowed up in the delectable savoriness that assailed their nostrils. You who know what a good old Southern dish of possum and sweet taters is, can imagine the scene that followed the next half hour -- um, um, um! For next Monday night the Lodge has some degree work mapped out. There are several candidates waiting to be initiated into the mysteries of the First Degree, and it is hoped that there will be a full attendance of members. It is not probable that they will be invited to sit down to a possum supper, but that event may apprise some of the brothers who are not in the habit of attending Lodge meeting regularly what they are likely to miss sometimes. The degree work will be interesting, however, and it is not known what other surprise may be in store for those who attend.

I have just added a webpage on this miner to the St. Francois Couinty MoGenWeb site. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mostfran/miners/dallas_cook.htm In reviewing his death certificate, I found that his date of birth was given as May 8, 1878, with an age at death of 47 years, 10 months, 16 days. This is different than the date stated in the newspaper article of May 29, 1879, with an age at death of 47 years, eight months and 24 days. I'm not related so I don't know which is correct, but thought that the difference should be noted. I added a scan of his death certificate to the above webpage. Bettye On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:21:16 -0500 "B. Warner" <bkwofc@i1.net> wrote: > THE LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, Missouri, Friday, >February > 25, 1927. > > DALLAS COOK KILLED BY CAP EXPLOSION. > > Dallas Cook, of Esther, a driller employed by the St. > Joseph Lead Company in their No. 16 shaft, Rivermines > Division, was terribly mangled by an explosion of >blasting > caps about eight o'clock Wednesday morning and died in > Bonne Terre Hospital, shortly after noon. Funeral > services will be held from the family home in Esther >today > (Friday, but details had not been determined in time for > publication in this issue). Cook was born May 29, 1879 > and was 47 years, eight months and 24 days old when he >met > his tragic death. > > Details of the accident will never be known as the >victim > was alone at the time the explosion occurred. Other > workmen hearing the detonation and his frantic calls for > help, rushed to him and found both hands shot off at the > wrist, his abdomen terribly injured and apparently >injured > about the chest and face. They rushed him to the >surface > and procured medical and surgical aid for first aid > treatment, after which he was hurried to the Bonne Terre > Hospital. He was conscious to the last, but was unable >to > give any explanation of the explosion as the shock >seemed > to have impaired his memory. It is known that a full >box > of blasting caps, 100 in number, exploded in his hands >but > whether this explosion was caused by attempting to >remove > a cap from the box with a sharp instrument or from some > other cause cannot be determined. > > Cook was one of the most careful drillers in the employ >of > the company. He enjoyed an enviable reputation for the > manner in which he handled and cared for his explosives, > always exercising the greatest care in keeping his > dynamite and caps at the proper distance apart and the > surroundings carefully cleaned. Wednesday morning he > entered the heading which he was drilling and found that > the shots from the previous shift had left the rock in > such a manner that it would be difficult for the >shovelers > to get to it without extra efforts because of uneven > floor. He decided that it would be a help to them if he > would drill several "nifters," or small holes in the > floor, using them to shoot away the uneven portion in > order that the shovelers could lay additional track and > get close to their rock. He had drilled four shallow > holes and talked to his companions for a few minutes > before going back to prepare the light charges for these > small shots. It was at this time that the explosion > occurred. Evidence indicated that he had removed the >box > of caps from his storage box, closed the larger box and > was standing a few feet in front of it when the accident > happened. These caps, one of them of sufficient power >to > cause serious damage when it explodes, are packed in >metal > boxes of one hundred each and are packed snugly to >prevent > friction. They are loaded with fulminate of mercury, an > exceptionally powerful and sensitive explosion, which > responds instantly to either friction or heat, a slight > prick with any sharp instrument or the touch of a >flowing > coal being sufficient to fire them. It is presumed that > Cook either attempted to remove the first cap from the >box > with some instrument or that he was thinking of other > things at the time and forgot to remove a cigarette from > his mouth, thus allowing a portion of the hot ashes to > drop into the box as he held it against his abdomen and > pulled the lid off. Which theory is correct will >probably > never be known. > > The eldest son of the unfortunate man, who was working >on > the underground transportation lines, was in the heading > with his crew at the time and was one of the first to > reach the victim. He assisted in getting him to the > surface and accompanied him to the hospital. Mrs. Cook > and other members of the family were notified and taken >to > the hospital also, all being with him as he passed away. > He leaves his widow and five children, Elmer, Truly > [Trudy?], Bernice, Geraldine and Glenwood, a number of > more distant relatives and a large number of friends. > He > was one of the most congenial and best liked men in the > district and was always ready to go out of his way to >help > someone else. > > [Note, This miner's name is listed as "William Dallis > Cook" on his death certificate. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >message

I want to thank Ms. Rickmar and Ms. Warner again for posting articles like this. The reason for the thanks this time is that articles about "the mines" give a dramatic insight into the life of "Joe Average" in the "Lead Belt" back in the late 19th century and early 20th century. It is possible that a lot of modern day people are not aware of how dangerous a job "mining" can be. Some story's have came out and still come out once in awhile on coal mining (mainly shaft mining and not strip mining) and how dangerous it was and really still is today. John Llewellyn (John L.) Lewis rose to fame in the 1930s as a champion of the coal miners. He had started as early as 1911 but it was not until later that he rose to national power. I have been in "Bloody Harlan" (Harlan, Ky. Harlan Co. the site of the famous May 5, 1931 battle) and eastern Kentucky in Appalachia. As late as the mid 1990s, I saw men doing into "horizontal shaft mines" that were no more than 16" tall. I know from personal experience there that the men would go in for an 8 hour shift. They stayed in and never came back out until the shift was over. They lay on their sides to eat or what ever for the entire time. Not only was it a small opening but it would be cold and damp or even wet. When the men came out, you could not see anything but their eyes and their mouths. I am not joking one bit. If anybody thinks that mining of any sort is or was glamorous, read these postings by these two lady's .. the articles tell the truth. We who do not or did not have to do this kind of work should be very thankful and count our blessings. Just an opinion of mine. ----- Original Message ----- From: B. Warner To: mostfran@rootsweb.com Cc: Glen.Cook@state.co.us Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:21 PM Subject: [MOSTFRAN] Dallas Cook Killed By Cap Explosion (1927) THE LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, Missouri, Friday, February 25, 1927. DALLAS COOK KILLED BY CAP EXPLOSION. Dallas Cook, of Esther, a driller employed by the St. Joseph Lead Company in their No. 16 shaft, Rivermines Division, was terribly mangled by an explosion of blasting caps about eight o'clock Wednesday morning and died in Bonne Terre Hospital, shortly after noon. Funeral services will be held from the family home in Esther today (Friday, but details had not been determined in time for publication in this issue). Cook was born May 29, 1879 and was 47 years, eight months and 24 days old when he met his tragic death. Details of the accident will never be known as the victim was alone at the time the explosion occurred. Other workmen hearing the detonation and his frantic calls for help, rushed to him and found both hands shot off at the wrist, his abdomen terribly injured and apparently injured about the chest and face. They rushed him to the surface and procured medical and surgical aid for first aid treatment, after which he was hurried to the Bonne Terre Hospital. He was conscious to the last, but was unable to give any explanation of the explosion as the shock seemed to have impaired his memory. It is known that a full box of blasting caps, 100 in number, exploded in his hands but whether this explosion was caused by attempting to remove a cap from the box with a sharp instrument or from some other cause cannot be determined. Cook was one of the most careful drillers in the employ of the company. He enjoyed an enviable reputation for the manner in which he handled and cared for his explosives, always exercising the greatest care in keeping his dynamite and caps at the proper distance apart and the surroundings carefully cleaned. Wednesday morning he entered the heading which he was drilling and found that the shots from the previous shift had left the rock in such a manner that it would be difficult for the shovelers to get to it without extra efforts because of uneven floor. He decided that it would be a help to them if he would drill several "nifters," or small holes in the floor, using them to shoot away the uneven portion in order that the shovelers could lay additional track and get close to their rock. He had drilled four shallow holes and talked to his companions for a few minutes before going back to prepare the light charges for these small shots. It was at this time that the explosion occurred. Evidence indicated that he had removed the box of caps from his storage box, closed the larger box and was standing a few feet in front of it when the accident happened. These caps, one of them of sufficient power to cause serious damage when it explodes, are packed in metal boxes of one hundred each and are packed snugly to prevent friction. They are loaded with fulminate of mercury, an exceptionally powerful and sensitive explosion, which responds instantly to either friction or heat, a slight prick with any sharp instrument or the touch of a flowing coal being sufficient to fire them. It is presumed that Cook either attempted to remove the first cap from the box with some instrument or that he was thinking of other things at the time and forgot to remove a cigarette from his mouth, thus allowing a portion of the hot ashes to drop into the box as he held it against his abdomen and pulled the lid off. Which theory is correct will probably never be known. The eldest son of the unfortunate man, who was working on the underground transportation lines, was in the heading with his crew at the time and was one of the first to reach the victim. He assisted in getting him to the surface and accompanied him to the hospital. Mrs. Cook and other members of the family were notified and taken to the hospital also, all being with him as he passed away. He leaves his widow and five children, Elmer, Truly [Trudy?], Bernice, Geraldine and Glenwood, a number of more distant relatives and a large number of friends. He was one of the most congenial and best liked men in the district and was always ready to go out of his way to help someone else. [Note, This miner's name is listed as "William Dallis Cook" on his death certificate.]

THE LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, Missouri, Friday, February 25, 1927. DALLAS COOK KILLED BY CAP EXPLOSION. Dallas Cook, of Esther, a driller employed by the St. Joseph Lead Company in their No. 16 shaft, Rivermines Division, was terribly mangled by an explosion of blasting caps about eight o'clock Wednesday morning and died in Bonne Terre Hospital, shortly after noon. Funeral services will be held from the family home in Esther today (Friday, but details had not been determined in time for publication in this issue). Cook was born May 29, 1879 and was 47 years, eight months and 24 days old when he met his tragic death. Details of the accident will never be known as the victim was alone at the time the explosion occurred. Other workmen hearing the detonation and his frantic calls for help, rushed to him and found both hands shot off at the wrist, his abdomen terribly injured and apparently injured about the chest and face. They rushed him to the surface and procured medical and surgical aid for first aid treatment, after which he was hurried to the Bonne Terre Hospital. He was conscious to the last, but was unable to give any explanation of the explosion as the shock seemed to have impaired his memory. It is known that a full box of blasting caps, 100 in number, exploded in his hands but whether this explosion was caused by attempting to remove a cap from the box with a sharp instrument or from some other cause cannot be determined. Cook was one of the most careful drillers in the employ of the company. He enjoyed an enviable reputation for the manner in which he handled and cared for his explosives, always exercising the greatest care in keeping his dynamite and caps at the proper distance apart and the surroundings carefully cleaned. Wednesday morning he entered the heading which he was drilling and found that the shots from the previous shift had left the rock in such a manner that it would be difficult for the shovelers to get to it without extra efforts because of uneven floor. He decided that it would be a help to them if he would drill several "nifters," or small holes in the floor, using them to shoot away the uneven portion in order that the shovelers could lay additional track and get close to their rock. He had drilled four shallow holes and talked to his companions for a few minutes before going back to prepare the light charges for these small shots. It was at this time that the explosion occurred. Evidence indicated that he had removed the box of caps from his storage box, closed the larger box and was standing a few feet in front of it when the accident happened. These caps, one of them of sufficient power to cause serious damage when it explodes, are packed in metal boxes of one hundred each and are packed snugly to prevent friction. They are loaded with fulminate of mercury, an exceptionally powerful and sensitive explosion, which responds instantly to either friction or heat, a slight prick with any sharp instrument or the touch of a flowing coal being sufficient to fire them. It is presumed that Cook either attempted to remove the first cap from the box with some instrument or that he was thinking of other things at the time and forgot to remove a cigarette from his mouth, thus allowing a portion of the hot ashes to drop into the box as he held it against his abdomen and pulled the lid off. Which theory is correct will probably never be known. The eldest son of the unfortunate man, who was working on the underground transportation lines, was in the heading with his crew at the time and was one of the first to reach the victim. He assisted in getting him to the surface and accompanied him to the hospital. Mrs. Cook and other members of the family were notified and taken to the hospital also, all being with him as he passed away. He leaves his widow and five children, Elmer, Truly [Trudy?], Bernice, Geraldine and Glenwood, a number of more distant relatives and a large number of friends. He was one of the most congenial and best liked men in the district and was always ready to go out of his way to help someone else. [Note, This miner's name is listed as "William Dallis Cook" on his death certificate.

Could someone help me identify who the parents of Ida HUGHES, who is listed as a niece in the DOSING household during the 1900 St. Francois, MO census? She is not related on the Dosing side and I'm trying to determine how she fits into the DOSING family.  Thanks, Kay 1900 St Francois Co., Missouri John Dosing 55 Mary Dosing 45 Martin Dosing 17 Bertha Dosing 11 James Dosing 11 Ida HUGHES 18 [1882] niece Although I don't know of any Dosing/Boatwright/Trapp family connection to a Hughes family, there are a few possibilities:  Harry Blaine Detter of Desloge, St. Francois Co., Mo. over 21; Addie A. HUGHES of Desloge, St. Francois Co., Mo. over 18; married on 8 December 1903 by G. C. Jones, JP at Desloge, St. Francois Co., Mo.  -per marriage record on the marriage abstract webpage (Ida vs. Addie?) -or- Ida Mae Ford Hughes, b. 1880; daughter of James Ford and Laura Richardson; wife of Arthur Hughes - per Ed Mackley's obits, which lists a Mrs. Ida Mae (nee Ford) Hughes, b. 1880.  This obit lists her as the daughter of James Ford and Laura Richardson and the wife of Arthur Hughes, but doesn't state a marriage year. {I'm having trouble with the marriage abstract site and haven't been able to verify if the Hughes-Ford marriage date took place before/after this 1900 census.}  To my knowledge, FORD also has no connection the the Dosing/Boatwright/Trapp family. Is it possible that Ida could be related to this HUGHES household? Mary Boatwright Trapp Dosing had a sister named Julia Ann, though she is not the same Julia Ann Boatwright listed in the below George Hughes household: 1870 Iron Co. Census George W Hughes  29  TN Mandy 25  TN (Amanda Boatwright b TN; married 1864) Geo W   3  MO Wm J   1  MO Julia Ann Boatwright   23  TN Based on the birth year, Ida could also have been a daughter of this Joseph and Ann Hughes:   1880 Pilot Knob, Iron, MO Joseph Hughes abt 1850 Missouri Self Ann E. Hughes abt 1854 Arkansas Wife Jesse Hughes abt 1878 Missouri Son Jas. Wm Hughes abt 1880 Missouri Son Interestingly, Tom's #5 below query, lists another Joseph (w/ wife Ann) Hughes family, but the generation is earlier: #5 JOSEPH HUGHES b. ca 1770-1780 (per 1840 census of St. Genevive Co) (wife, Anna b. ca 1790) of Saline Tshp, Ste. Genevieve Co., MO died 1847. Administrator was SAMUEL HUGHES who appears to be on the 1850 census of Ste. Genevieve Co., MO Samuel was born ca 1819 in NC.  Was this the Joseph who bought items from Moses's estate? > Subj: Re: [MOWASHIN] [MOIRON] Tying up loose ends (Hughes, Hughs &Campbell) > > Date: 10/24/2008 10:19:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From: soulard2@sbcglobal.net > > Hugh K (or H) Hughes was married to Margaret Moyer 28 February 1836 in > Washington Co., Mo.  She was the daughter of Jacob Moyer and Elizabeth > Russell.  They had a daughter Martha Hughes who married James McClurg. > Martha's husband  fought with the Confederacy in the Civil War.  After the > war he could not come back and asked her to bring the kids and come to > Arkansas.  Her mother was against it and she sold their farm and moved, with > > the kids to her mother's house. > Martha and James McClurg owned the Leonard Hall Possum Trot Farm. > > Karen Carty > Saint Louis > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Caulley" <tcaulleysgenmail@yahoo.com> > To: "Washington Co MO" <MOWASHIN@rootsweb.com>; "Iron Co MO" > <MOIRON@rootsweb.com>; "Hughes" <HUGHES@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 4:14 PM > Subject: [MOIRON] Tying up loose ends (Hughes, Hughs &Campbell) > > > >While researching my Hughes ancestors in Washington and Iron Counties, MO > >(Captain John et al) I've found a few Hugheses that I cannot connect to > >Captain John's family.  If ANYONE can help me with ANY of these various > >Hugheses and Hughes relatives, I'd really appreciate it!! > > > >First, WHO was the MARGARET CAMPBELL living with  MALEN/MAHLON HUGHES on > >the 1850 (and 1860) Census of Concord Tshp, Washington Co., MO.  On the > >1860 census of Concord Tshp, Washington Co, MO she was recorded as age 80. > >She was recorded as 68 in 1850. > > > >#1 WILLIAM HUGHES b. ? M Judith ??, Resided/owned property in Belleview > >Tshp, Washington Co. MO Living in Washington Co in 1812 (land bought from > >W. Ashbrook of TN), acquired land in 18181. Sold land in 1822 &1824.  An > >affidavit stating he was living on the land was witnessed by Wm Stevenson > >and SAMUEL HUGHES.  Had dealings with HUGHLET K. HUGHES. Not on 1830 > >census. > > > >#2 SAMUEL HUGHES b. ?? M. Catherine ?? Acquired land from Gov. in 1821. > >Resided in Washington Co., MO in 1824.  Sold land to Henry Davis.  This > >deed was witnessed by John Bricky and JOHN HUGHS.  Not on 1830 census. > > > >#3 JAMES HUGHES b. ?? M ?? DIED ca July 27, 1833. Adminstrators Andrew > >Jamison &Levander Edmonds appointed 9 Nov. 1834.  Acquired land from > >Government in 1821-25 (Per Goodspeed's History).  No Heirs listed. > > > >#4 MOSES B. HUGHES b. ?? m. ?? D ca 1838 (date on his probate records). > >Only claiment was a MAHALA HUGHES and the only Hughes who purchased > >anything at his sale was JOSEPH HUGHES. > > > >#5 JOSEPH HUGHES b. ca 1770-1780 (per 1840 census of St. Genevive Co) > >(wife, Anna b. ca 1790) of Saline Tshp, Ste. Genevieve Co., MO died 1847. > >Administrator was SAMUEL HUGHES who appears to be on the 1850 census of > >Ste. Genevieve Co., MO Samuel was born ca 1819 in NC.  Was this the Joseph > >who bought items from Moses's estate? > > > >#6 PETER HUGHES of (concord Tshp) Washington  and (Iron Tshp) Iron > >Counties in MO b. ca 1788 in VA, m. ??? D. ca 1879 in Iron Co. > >  Resided in (Possibly) Augusta Co Va in 1810, Preble Co, Ohio in 1820, > >Jackson Co., Ohio, Tippicanoe Co, IN 18n 1830, In Washington Co., MO by > >1840. > >  Children: Polly b ca 1814 in VA, Ingabo b ca 1818 in VA, Stephen b. ca > >1825 in IN, Debroah b ca 1825 in OH, James A. b. ca 1827 in IN, Martha G. > >b ca 1832 in IN, > >  Corrinia b. ca 1834 in IN &George R. b. ca 1836 in MO. Was Peter > >related to Capt. John??? > > > >#7 Thomas Hughes who died in 1803 per his stone in the Big River Cemetery, > >Irondale, Washington Co., MO > > > >#8 Nathan Hughes found on the 1825 delinquient tax list of Washington Co., > >MO (from the Missouri Republican) > > > >#9 Wiley Hughes found on the 1830 Census of Belleview Tshp, Washingto Co., > >MO > > > >#10 Zed Hughes found on the 1830 Census of   Concord Tshp,  Washington > >CO., MO > > > >#11  John Hughes (born 1811 in VA),  of Union Township, Washington Co, MO > >on the 1850 Census > >   Wife Mary b. ca 1813, Daughters Ann b ca 1829, Martha b. ca 1832, > >Correna  b. ca  1835-- all born in VA > > > >#12 George Hughes (b. ca 1840 place unknown--in the household of Samuel > >Long &Family along with James Craig &family &Polly Hall )  Union Tshp, > >Washington Co., MO 1850 > > > >#13 Hulet (Hughlet) K Hughes (b. ca 1817 in Missouri d Oct. 27, 1840 age > >36y 7m 21d per cem records) in Johnson Tshp, Washington Co., MO 1850 > >   wife Mary b ca 1828 in Mo, sons John b. ca 1843 in MO &Sullivan born > >ca 1846 in MO, daughters Margaret b. ca 1845 in MO &Sarah C. b. ca 1848 > >in MO > > > >#14 Zachariah Hughs (b. ca. 1793 in TN) in Concorde Tshp, Washington Co., > >MO 1850 > >   wife Permelia b ca 1804 in KY &son James b. ca 1826 in KY > > > >#15 ROBERT HUGHES (b ca 1760 and 1780 per 1840 census) who acquired land > >from the government in 1821, 1823 and 1834 Will dated 11 Feb 1845 Recorded > >19 Oct > >   1848. Names children Zacheriah, Grandson Robert Hughes Jamison, > >Son-in-law James Jamison. Witnessed by Saml McCreary, Wm. Tullock & > >Absalom Eaton. > >   Security Saml McCreary &Absamom Eaton.  Lived 8 houses from Capt. > >John Hughes and only 4 houses from Capt. John's son, Mahlon. > >   Robert is probably the uncle or brother  of Hugh Kelso Hughes > >(Hughlet K.)  From a letter I have, a family Bible has him as the son of a > >Moses Hughes who married > >   Miriam Kelso  in 1801.  His siblings were Charles Hughes, Elizabeth > >who marries Gilbert Blankinship, Hugh Kelso Hughes, Moses Hughes who > >married Hester Stone > >   &Robert Hughes who married Thersa Keene.  Moses Hughes who married > >Miriam Kelso was the brother oa a Robert Hughes and the son of Blakemore > >Hughes & > >   Elizabeth Blakemore of Henry Co. VA.  VERY  CONFUSING!!!   Was  he a > >relative of Capt. 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Ok, thanks! I'd forgotten that I'd sent it to you already. lol I'll blame it on senior CRS. lol *************************************************************************************************************************** IT'S FREE!! ~ Please Visit The Washington County Insider Forums & post your news, opinions, recipes, stuff for sale, etc. - Breaking News, The Liars Bench, Swap Shop, Tech Talk & More....... http://washingtoncountyinsider.com *************************************************************************************************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: B. Warner To: mostfran@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 7:53 PM Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] One Miner Killed, Another Injured (1911) Esther, You sent me that information sometime back and I already have a webpage on him. Here's the link: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mostfran/miners/william_henderson.htm Bettye On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:15:34 -0500 "Esther M. Ziock Carroll" <cats.n.critters@centurytel.net> wrote: > Thanks for that explanation Bettye. > > My gr. uncle, William Robert HENDERSON was killed in a >mine accident in BonneTerre mines in 1942 by a piece of >rock that broke off from the ceiling & hit the back part >of his head. I have the newspaper article on it which I >will try to find & send it through the list later. > > > *************************************************************************************************************************** > IT'S FREE!! ~ Please Visit The Washington County Insider >Forums & post your news, opinions, recipes, stuff for >sale, etc. - Breaking News, The Liars Bench, Swap Shop, >Tech Talk & More....... > http://washingtoncountyinsider.com > > *************************************************************************************************************************** > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: B. Warner > To: mostfran@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 4:21 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] One Miner Killed, Another >Injured (1911) > > > I just asked my father, a retired lead miner, who is 90 > years old, and he said that "a fall of back" means that >a > piece of rock from the ceiling of the mine fell down >and > hit him. In some parts of the mine the ceiling can be > pretty high so if a rock or slab of rock (i.e. piece of > back) falls from the ceiling in one of those places it >can > cause injury or even death to the miner it happens to >be > below it. He said in mines they were always telling >the > miners to watch their "back". It was also sometimes >call > a piece of "loose" for obvious reasons. > B. Warner > > > > On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:21:57 -0400 > wib0415@aol.com wrote: > > Can someone tell me what "A fall of back" is? My > >grandfather was also killed by falling back > > in a mine in 1923. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > >From: Melanie Rickmar <rickmar@cdinter.net> > > To: mostfran@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:15 pm > > Subject: [MOSTFRAN] One Miner Killed, Another Injured > >(1911) > > > > > > > >FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, > >Missouri, Thursday, > >February 2, 1911 > > > > ONE KILLED; ONE INJURED > > > > A fall of back at No. 8 Shaft of the Federal Lead > >Company about 11:00 Monday > > morning, caught two workmen, killing one and badly > >crushing the other. > > > > The injured man was taken to the office of Dr. >Topping > >at Flat River where > > it was found necessary to amputate one of his limbs. > > Dr. E. S. McClelland > > of this place assisted in taking the limb. > > > > Both of the men were foreigners, and up to time of >going > >to press we were > > unable to learn their names. -- Desloge Sun. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > >subject and the body of > > the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word >'unsubscribe' > >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > >message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Esther, You sent me that information sometime back and I already have a webpage on him. Here's the link: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mostfran/miners/william_henderson.htm Bettye On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:15:34 -0500 "Esther M. Ziock Carroll" <cats.n.critters@centurytel.net> wrote: > Thanks for that explanation Bettye. > > My gr. uncle, William Robert HENDERSON was killed in a >mine accident in BonneTerre mines in 1942 by a piece of >rock that broke off from the ceiling & hit the back part >of his head. I have the newspaper article on it which I >will try to find & send it through the list later. > > > *************************************************************************************************************************** > IT'S FREE!! ~ Please Visit The Washington County Insider >Forums & post your news, opinions, recipes, stuff for >sale, etc. - Breaking News, The Liars Bench, Swap Shop, >Tech Talk & More....... > http://washingtoncountyinsider.com > > *************************************************************************************************************************** > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: B. Warner > To: mostfran@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 4:21 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] One Miner Killed, Another >Injured (1911) > > > I just asked my father, a retired lead miner, who is 90 > years old, and he said that "a fall of back" means that >a > piece of rock from the ceiling of the mine fell down >and > hit him. In some parts of the mine the ceiling can be > pretty high so if a rock or slab of rock (i.e. piece of > back) falls from the ceiling in one of those places it >can > cause injury or even death to the miner it happens to >be > below it. He said in mines they were always telling >the > miners to watch their "back". It was also sometimes >call > a piece of "loose" for obvious reasons. > B. Warner > > > > On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:21:57 -0400 > wib0415@aol.com wrote: > > Can someone tell me what "A fall of back" is? My > >grandfather was also killed by falling back > > in a mine in 1923. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > >From: Melanie Rickmar <rickmar@cdinter.net> > > To: mostfran@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:15 pm > > Subject: [MOSTFRAN] One Miner Killed, Another Injured > >(1911) > > > > > > > >FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, > >Missouri, Thursday, > >February 2, 1911 > > > > ONE KILLED; ONE INJURED > > > > A fall of back at No. 8 Shaft of the Federal Lead > >Company about 11:00 Monday > > morning, caught two workmen, killing one and badly > >crushing the other. > > > > The injured man was taken to the office of Dr. >Topping > >at Flat River where > > it was found necessary to amputate one of his limbs. > > Dr. E. S. McClelland > > of this place assisted in taking the limb. > > > > Both of the men were foreigners, and up to time of >going > >to press we were > > unable to learn their names. -- Desloge Sun. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > >subject and the body of > > the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word >'unsubscribe' > >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > >message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >message