The St. Joseph observer., 1922-08-26
NEWS FROM ALL over
IMPERIAL MISSOURI
Interesting Happenings Which Have Taken Place
In the Greatest State in the Union
The Product Of the Scissors, the Pom and Very
Little Actual Labor

fifteen inchks around. Nodaway
Domocrat-Forum.
A three -ycar-old child near Ava ate
so heartily Of wild cherries that he
died that evening. His companions
were very sick. but pulled through.
Joseph knight Mulkcy was born
one and a half miles east of Platte
City March Z, 1870, and spent all of
his life with the exception of one year
in Carroll township. He lived on the
farm where he died August 4, 1922,
ever since 1857.
Nodaway county is first in corn
acreage this year. growing 143,7O0
acres. Bates is second with l13,6O0
acres and Audrain third with 112,21O
acres
The Globe reports that up at Os-
born the other day farmer plowed
up watch he lost sixteen years ago,
When wound it started as though it
had appreciated the long rest, the pa
per says. eve haven't verified this
from the farmer)
Milton Wardlow, son Of David and
Sarah Wardlow, was born near Fill
more, April 12. 1s4s, and departed
this life August ., 1922, at the age Of
"a years 3 months and 28 days, hav-
ing spent his life within one-half mile
Of his hplace.-Savannah Report
er
No expense Of any kind was incur
red by H. L. Jost, of Kansas City,
nominated by the Democrats for con-
gress in the Fifth Missouri district.
Jost, who Is former mayor of Kan
sas CITY, will be elected by record
majority In November.
Tho Ray county court has autho-
rized special election September
TO vote on $4,000 bond issue for
bridge across the Missouri river at
Lexington. Lafayette county will vote
on a $25S,OOO issue for the same pur-
pose September s.
Near the rural community Of Bel
Iamy in Vernon county a mother
left the room where her seven months
old babe was asleep on little bed.
She returned to find that the little
one had awakened and had strangled
itself by getting its head between the
posts at the side of the bed.
Samuel Risk, son Of those worthy
pioneers, EIkannah Risk and wife,
was born on the farm near Weston
where he died, January 70, 1S4l; mar
ricd Miss Mary Bennor. daughter of
the late Nicholas Benncr and wife,
October "a, 1865. died Sunday, August
49, 1922, after an illness Of several
weeks.
Here's the man you must hear
about" shouts the Joplin Globe. "Sir
Henry Poland Of England, aged 93
/ attributes his longevity to reading the
. daily newspapers. Our telephone
number is 34S."
The American Legion OF Carthage
4 s. organizing a new football team and
win seek games with teams from Mis-
souri, and Kansas schools and colleges
. About thirty candidates for the team
already have signed up, the Press
Iays
The ChNlcothc Tribune announce!
James II Bradshaw. former stat,
grain and warehouse commissioner, il
on trip through Northern Missour
with a view to buying a newspaper
| Mr. Bradshaw formerly published tn,
|Chillicothc Constitution.
SuspoctiEg that the Pioneers GENE
tory at Fulton is being used as head
quarters by a gang Of bootleggcrs thu
city officials arc watching the plac,
closely and already have conducted
two raids upon it, the Gazette reports
on tho second raid a small quantlt,
OF liquor was found
They arc telling It on certain
farmer near East Lynne. that wheI
he was notified that a c. o. d. orde
from a mail order house was at tn