The Cape County Herald – December 20, 1912 C.A. Eaton, cashier of the Irondale bank, has a long list of endorsements for State Bank Examiner from this southeast Missouri district, including several prominent banks and bankers of St. Louis.  Eaton is the son of Dr. J. A. Eaton, Belgrade, Mo., representative elect of Washington County and has possibly had the distinction of being the youngest bank cashier in Missouri.  He received his education at Columbia and Cape Girardeau, and has had four years practical experience as a banker. The Fair Play – August 1, 1908 Mrs. Mary A. Miltenberger, 80 years old, widow of the late Eugene Miltenberger, died at her home in St. Louis on Tuesday, July 28, Mrs. Miltenberger has lived in St. Louis over sixty years.  She was born at Richwoods, Mo., was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Bogy and a sister of the late John L. Bogy, Sr.  She was married at Ste. Genevieve when 19 years of age.  The funeral took place in St. Louis Thursday morning. The St. Louis Republic – August 18, 1901 “Uncle” Charley Loomis of Belgrade, who is now in his ninetieth year, is one of the best known pioneers of Washington County.  In early manhood he was a musician of reputation, and his fondness of the violin is a ruling characteristic to this day.  He spent twenty-five years as a leader and instructor in church choir singing and has sung with Lowell, Mason, Bradbury and many other old school composers.  In 1861 he moved to Missouri from Massachusetts his home state.  He is a believer in strenuous exercise and often cuts his own firewood.  “The Daily Republic is my business of information,” he says, when discussing political and international questions. The Fair Play –  April 10, 1873 A few days ago a young man from Washington Co., Mo, name J. F. O’Farrell, in waiting at the Vandalia Railroad depot, was accosted by a man who gave his name as W. Woods, and represented that he owned a farm near Collinsville, Illinois.  He made an agreement to hire O’Farrell to work for him.  Woods then asked him to lend $25 to pay for freight.  O’Farrell had only $16.75, which the bogus farmer took, leaving the young man dead broke.  He admitted that he did not read the papers, and had never heard of confidence games. The Nashville Union and American – December 31, 1869 A boy named Webb, 13 years old, while assisting his father to dress some hogs, near Potosi, Missouri, on the 11th instant, fell backward into a tub of scalding water and died a few hours later. The Andrew County Republican – April 3, 1874 Dr. James A. McCollum, one of the most prominent citizens of Washington county, Mo., was accidently shot and killed at Potosi, a few days ago, by a young son, through the careless handling of a pistol.