Mexico Missouri message., 1917-09-20
HAPPENINGS
of fbe sOeek
IN MISSOURI

from Louisiana, Mo-, placed with the
discovery of what was believed by
physicians to be a case of spinal men
ingitis in the camp, was lifted after a
consultation of the medical staff Of
the camp. The case proved under mi
croscopical examination to be not
meningitis, only reaction from anti
| typhoid serum, which had been inject
ed in the afflicted man two days be-
fore. The symptoms of meningitis
and the anti-typhoid reaction, it was
said, are nearly identical.
Secretary Bylander of the Missouri
State Fair has been advised that Mrs.
Fred d. Gardner, wife of the governor
| of Missouri, will leave the state of
California September Is, and will rep
resent Missouri at the historical pa
geant to be given at the fair in Sc
dalia Monday night, September "a.
Fully two thousand people will take
part in the pageant.
r. M. knight, SO years old, secretary
Of the joint protective board OF the
Brotherhood OF Railway Carmen of
America, of the Frisco system, died
suddenly in a hotel at Springfield re-
Gently. His home was at Sapulpa, Ok
One of the largest single apple deals
aver contaminated in the Ozark fruit
'egion was closed when M. w. Cald-
WELL broker of Topeka, Kas., pur-
chased $4,000 barrels of applies in or
chids between Springfield and Aurora,
paying an average price of "a per bar
rel.
It cost John Bilyeu, youthful feudist,
$500 to shoot Guy Hilton, July 13. A
jury in Christian County recently
found Bilyeu guilty of the charge Of
felonious assault.
John D. Dirck, retired Pettis County
! farmer who was born in Ohio seventy
five years ago, is dead of paralysis,
near Sedalia.
That the Hams Prairie coal field
!
with one of the finest veins of coal
in the state, is soon to be developed
by syndicate, is report based on
the activities of w. E. Ringle of Pitts
burg, Kas., and j. b. Meredith of Jop-
/ lin, who already have secured num-
ber of leases and are still at work.
|
Men who fraudulently pretended to
represent the st. Louis Women's CEN
trail committee on food conservation,
or the United States food survey, have
obtained considerable quantities of
canned food and preserves from st.
Louis housewives. .ss
The first twelve soldiers from Saline
county were given reception by citi-
zens of Marshall on the eve of their
departure for Camp Funston. The
ministers alliance presented each boy
with Bible.
Mrs. Virginia Best, rs years old, wild
ow of the late DR.. John Best, North.
east Missouri pioneer physician, is
dead at the home of her son, John
Best, Jr., at High Hill.
The young men who were selected
as members of the national army from
Johnson county and those who volun
teered were feted by the entire popu
lation of Warrensburg on the campus
of the normal school. Several thou
sand people gathered to bid the boys
goodbye. The young soldiers were ad
dressed by Lieutenant Governor Cross
ley, P. L. Willibrand of Springfield
and President Hendricks of the nor
NAL, and the club women of Warrens
burg spread dinner for the depart
ing soldiers in the library rooms o
the normal.
Capt. William Smoot, 81 years old
is dead at Pleasant Hill. A native O
: Virginia, he came to Missouri as
young man and was a river captain
! for many years, running chiefly on tn
Usage river.
Lester Denwiddie, % years old, wa
caught in belt he was putting on a
engine at the home of his father, R.
:. Denwiddie, south of the Missouri P;
> cific shops at Sedalia, and whirled I
his death.
A John c. Kelley, forty-two years
a resident of Carroll county, is dead &
= his home at Bogard at the age of 4
a Four children survive.
a. The Rev. Thompson Penn, 76 yeaI
"a old, died suddenly at Monroe City r
a Gently. He had been a member I
y the Missouri M. e. conference mol
y than fifty years. He left a widoV
% two daughters and two sons.
@ John G. Harper, Civil War veters
" and a lifelong resident OF Carrc
county. is dead at his home near Ca