The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-14
News FROM ALL over
IMPERIAL. MISSOURI
interesting Happenings Which Have Taken Place
In the Greatest State in the Union
The Producs of the Scissors, the Pen and Very
Little Actual Labor

if it is fact that | am uglicr than
you are just fire away don't care
to live. "-Mosby's Missouri Message.
Every farmers wife will sympa-
thize with Mrs. Ben Shamrock of Le-
noma, down near Lamar. who was
sitting on a stool pailing the COW the
other evening, when the pes'ly bovine
kicked her on the ankle, breaking the
leg.
Mexico is breaking into the big
league. The other day a Mexico girl
dropped two cigarettes from her purse
when she was paying a bill and it is
reported that man and woman were
strolling down a prominent residence
street at II o'clock at night-both
smoking cigarettes.
The Walker Herald tells it that an
Osceola minister during his Sunday
evening service made this announce
mcnt, which was probably not far
from accurate: brethren. the jani-
tor and I will hold our regular week
ly prayer meeting next Wednesday
evening, as usual"
Louise Davis. II years old, men,
bcr Of a camping party on Grand
River. near Brookfield, was drowned
late Tuesday afternoon I'm an effort
to save her younger sister who, with
another girl, stepped into a hole while
wading. Her body was found later
last night. The others were rescued.
The best farm story of the season,
comments the Monroe News, has for
it's principal Margaret Madden. the
11-year-old girl, who, during the i'll
ness Of her father, did most OF the
plowing and planting of thirty acr,s
Of corn. When chinch bugs destroyed
ten acres she replanted that plot of
ground to millct
q. f. Jennings OF Springfield, labor
leader and strike promoter, has been
placed in jail to begin serving a six
months sentence for contempt Of
court. He appealed his case TO the
highest court having jurisdiction, but
was unable to obtain a reversal Of
the judgment.
The colored janitor Of Butler
bank has received as a present from
the Phcnix Stone Company a beauti-
fully polished grave stone inscribed
with his name and birth date. with
blank for the date of his future
death. But it is one Of those presents
which can not bc enjoyed either in
the anticipation or the utilization.
An honest farmer who lives in the
ncighborhood Of Hickory Hill has hit
upon plan to save a few dollars, re-
lates the jefferson City Democrat
Tribune. This man owns two motor
cars and one state license. He at
tachcs the license to the motor car in
use. clears his conscience and keeps
the cost Of second hccnse.
A heroic attempt by Fred w. Lem
ons, 14-year-oId son Of Charles II.
, Lemons, 1850 East Fifty-ninth street
terrace, Kansas City, to rescue his
friend, Dudley McAlister, II years
I old, resulted in both boys drowning
| Friday in a lake east Of Holmes Park,
it has been learned by Or. J. s. Snid-
er, deputy coroner.
/ William Schaback and son lay
claim to one of the heaviest wheat
yields in this vicinity A block of 9S
/ acres averaged 25 bushels to the acre;
/ of this II acres made 81 bushels per
acre and Q of these acres yielded ca
bushels to the acre. This is an ex-
ccptional yield. II anyone can beat
IL, let's hear from him. Weston
Chronicle.
The Hume Border Telephone *.
plains away any disappointment that
. Hume may have had when an oil
Wen was shot there recently Tn,
shooting Of the shallow oil well or
the ]. g. Holland farm just north OF
there Thursday afternoon proved tC
be ineffective through the failure OF
the shot firers 20 place sufficient ex.
4 rl,sIVrf d r.agl tho oil .,nA n1