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MANDE OF THANKS, IN ME TORTIN
IN LOVING MEMORY et our WiLiam Thomas. who
soldier,
paaaed Away yours agn. April 3; sadly fother, mother . slater and brother.
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DEATHS
MES. MARY E. BUROSDO
Funeral services for Mra Mary K ninh- W. H. will - lel Thursday afternoon 01 0:M week if the home of Mra Drin Patterson. 1193 Benton avenue. a deveh- Mr. Interment will follow in Maple l'est Wwwtry. directed by the Alme Lohmeyer Funeral home Mit Hoborde died Sunday 18 Los Angeles. ('a"!
NELSON . MAKER
Mauer. ", prominent in Bhtina octivity. Is buried in Lebanon Turaday after fun .... ........ ..... .. ..... . - M. Kasley Cati Ross Carl Jnofyr, Ur Pracky Thompson, Prask Nelson And Floyd Jolle). Car-
Mr. Baker's e:le, who sur-
Manshu v W. H. Tur.
CHISTIAN UP IST The Infant con of Mis and Med I'll Mor Cahatten, 1MJ West Olle street. n'rd .. . othink this morning and was hilfted
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8. W. THOMPSON
Word of the death of Hurare Win. War Thompson, Sa. if tirasd. C !!!... has been received here to hte aulit, Mia W. memens. 1101 Mirtrots street Thompson lived in Springfield for atout Tears prior to his removal in Detroit. Mich, about 1010 White here the spot for the Price. Recently he had been in the coplas of the time Motor company.
John mint by the mouthet, Are Atary St. Kurt, -- eko-of Wichita. tuund, W Tre, end Kent, of Chicago, Mr. Thomn. ont. . site was Nt., Mint,e Cosell, only Mf- John Cowell, farmer Spring - hold' city councilman from the. dal Dard. .
WHY BLOISE M. HORTON
Funeral servicea fur Mro Elotes Il. Hor- ton, 00. will be held at 4 o'clock Thurs+ day afternoon at the home of her son, Harry Herion. The South Dellimon Organe. residueted for the sleverand A I Mociulik
he in Maple Park cemetery in charge of the Alnia Lahmeyer funeral home. Mrs. Horton, who was the widow of O W. Hor- ten, died at her son'a home late Tyet- day Sealdre har sons, three grandebli. dren survive. 1
MRS. MARTHA M. ORITYIN
Mas Martha Y Htithu, 29, of J'enna-' boro, died et the home of lier sou. Uotro [. ilriffin, 2411 Kellett arenur, Tuesday Pirog. Ahe is ourtired hy her hua- hand. J. W. Griffin, by the anu, Grorgo 1 .. br one daughter, Mr. Alina Dilin. Kawa Cite, at by tom Grand children .. Funeral services will be held at Klinglet's hepel et 10.30 nrlock Thursday morning. followed by Interment. 10 Oreen Lawn cematery. The Reverend Mra. Bennett will ufftulate.
THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1929 -- LEADER
Page 1: Marriage license: Robert L. Sharp, 27, and Opal Stapp, 21, both of Springfield.
Page 4: Miss Colleen Kenney of Little Rock, Ark., and Mr. Morris Garner of Aurora, Mo., are to be married in June.
Page 5: Mrs. Agatha L. Martin sues to divorce George R. Martin. They were married November 26, 1919, in Bolivar.
Page 10: William Dillion died .** Mrs. Nora Robinson died. Mrs. Rhoda E. Bross died .** Page 11: Card of thanks .**
1-CARDS OF THANKS, IN ME'IORI'M
IN LOVING MEMORY of our soldier, passed
mother. eislera and brother.
DEATHS
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MAL NOILA ROBINSON
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tour unser. u tonowe Miss Leurs 8.a . The Off South ...... NO PP An. 'Woods. 10) South estos. Apilugi.vid. and Mr. A H TREGar. 182 WELL Walnut Street Per- merel arrangements ara not complete, but And laterment et Maple Park cematery
MRA. RHONA Z. DRONA -
Ctreo w il I & m today at her home. MITIN by her husband Bert E Dros Pr four daughters. Bevate. PTences. Opa! and Derothr, and by her father and
w.wwel Friday afternoon at the Latter Der Salata' church it the corner of Mis- Mar! ITRY And High street. fallased b userment in Ormenteun cemetery in charged of J W Klingner
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Jud Art id Krakel was the Strat . federal. "Aicourt In Springfield ' 'Ha bia no. of chess to struggle with but his docket was not free from liquor. There were always some moonshine cases where the defendants Called to pay the federal tax and there were get.
Indians fe the Moriscodd .; . division, before the Joplin court was established, reached tothe old v.Indian · territory line. . The government wateped liquor selling to ladiana carefully as Judge Joha F. Philips used to say the Indian had a far way -te to before he became ofvilised enough to drink whisky. Judge Krokal was a dried up, agod Ger man with a broken accent, half German and ball English. but he Intensely American and loyal to the United States. When he first opened court here La 1187 the Otell wir had been over a quarter of "Fosstry and -yet-the sturdy_pld German bad bis eye on suspected rebela.
John H. Dencas was a young lawyer in those this without any practice, so he did not object to cirvfsif on farles. He had moved here from mi- nois and his people were all loyal to the union "uring tha .Civil war. Mr. Duncan was placed on „premi juries but did not always agree to the logic of Judge Krekel'a charges. He Hhed to let his fel- low jurors know he knew . Ittle bit about the law "himself sad with tte jurors preferred to follow the Viddressuptaly rather than the lawyer member of the fury Mr. Duncan would hang the jury. After doing this a time or so Judry Krakel said to the clerk: "Mr. Clark, dismiss that fary. There is a Cat & H Bord who had met with "bad luck in sireral cases, asked that the City "pasel. be set calde as nearly all were democrats. which, he said, was a strange coincidence. The tamil he believed democrats wars. capable of enforcing the law.
When Judge Krekel died Judge John F. Philips was named by Ofloveland for the place. There was a strikfag 'difference. Krekel was rather. crude. gapcomia and matter of fact. All things were serl. ous .with him. Philips was brilliant, sarcastic. Wodtt;and.sew much humor with the work of the court. He called It T police court at one time as nearly all cases were for small Infractions of the fed- oral law. He was rogerded sa rather prejudiced and did not like to have his time taken up with hearing cases when the defendant should plead guilty. His charges.wore generally so pointed that there was no doubt what his opinion was. In the -
eighth circuit. however, the Judge cannot express the belief that the defendant is guilty. although he is permitted to do so in-the -: ecrm circuit. the difference being due to contrary rulings by , the courta of appeal of the two circuits. Thus what la lawful in one ciroutt is not so in another.
Judge Philips was succeeded by Judge A. S. Van Valkenburgh. He was different from both the other judges and one could hardly tell what he thought of a case from his charge. Lawyers liked hle polley far more than they did that of Krekel and Philips. When Van Valkenhurgh was elevated to the court of appeals Judge Albert L. Reeves was made district Judge and later on when a secund judge was provided Judge Otla Was appointed. It Is thought some du; a third district may be estab- lished In Missouri with Springfield as head- Fiquarters. With Seastor Patterson In the saddle .this might be done within the next six years.
Much has been written in this column about the . .. ..... 12 at the vartane dam pro-
Two Seek Divorces To Increase Total For Year to Sixty
- The march of broken Dutrtr and
humira continued arios the pagra of the Hoi e Milet In theene county circuit court today. Two more peti- thank for decrees brought the total Illed since January 1, up to 60. . +
Inne De Fisher charged .hat E. B. Fisher, whom she sued for divorce previously . because li shuad and heat her. har promised to treat lier well and the well back to list 8hr claimed that he continued to strike her They were married April 5. 1910. nf ** meet the first time April Ifi 1928 She finally was forced to leave him in Fahruary, 1029. Fisher, she wald, worka in the Frisco shops end makea about #8 a dey, while she is dealltute
Emmett Hightower sued Mildred Hightower. charging that hewas quarrelsome. made trips to St Louis and other titles with other men, And then flew Into rager when he quex- cloned her actions &h . finally 10 !! him in September, 1924. te . Inimed. They were married in October 1919. In Greene county.
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FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1929 -- LEADER
Page 2: John Williams of Stone county sues to divorce Leta Williams. They were married April 20, 1927.
Page 6: There is an interview with A. F. Freeman who recalls the early days .* >
Page 8: Mr. Felix DuPre and Miss Ivon Holstine were married .**
Page 9: Dr. J. S. Sigler died .**
Page 10: W. J. Cunice sues to divorce Barbara Cunice. They were married June 11, 1926.
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Stella A. Murdock, a minor, sues to divorce Monroe Murdock. They were married December 1, 1927, in Chicago.
Frank J. Dodge died .** W. S. Phelps died .** Thomas C. Lindsey died .** Mrs. Nora Robinson died .**
Page 22: There is an article about the James and Dun families.
Page 23: The History of Springfield #32 **
THE HISTORY OF SPRINGFIELD (32)
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0 Springfield hed considerable troubia gelling thn Kanaan l'ity and Memphis fall- wny. Grading had been com.brindi for thi. railway to Ash tirove, 24 milice In the northwest, but the panic of 1873 caused work to rame. Fnr Inur youra nothing WAR Anna. fint in 1557 a group of Spring. field mien, hoping to ral the Katinas I itv railway's attention to this point aryin hullt & ama !! refiroed to Anh Grove Ou May 30, 1878, Ite firat train arrived lu Springfield for the depot was Incated in the old town. The Kanman City railroad promptly inek advantage of this runner- llon and butit tu Anh Gruve and May så. IBA1, Paw the first train from Kansas City. The new road, like the Friv . .. 1 ;. pame given to the old Atlanty and l'a. i'm retiroedi, which had huilt on foto Indian territory in Vinita, built on and pushed Into Memphis.
2.her back at Springfield, wa find der.
of Nors forlagtill The Springfield Gus
Frisco machtao shops in North Springfield larise of Springfield was LESS and of North ****: Rft-if 1.39 The estellm.+! 'n Spr! og. Dold echesle tras 1911.
3 the November 18, 1980, the cornerstone nf the first Stupe chapel et Drury wan fald. It wee ibs fourib building on 1ha carapue at ihle time and had been finenced malaly by Mre. Velarla Q. Atane nl Melden. Mums. When nearly finlahed, It horned In the winter nf 1889. hut the Insurance money and gifts from Springfield penple helped get the building nf a new chepal, which still stands on Drury campus.
In 1869 a charter had hern granted anverel Apringfield men in operate a street car on any afreet no inwo. herme nr aleem car. For some Thenon bothlog wen over dons about thle firat cherier. lo 1870, $30.000 was vated by elly alfielale In e roundabout way in ald In building & otreel car Ilne. This achemin alos tolled. A line was espe- rinlly needed nnw ilist. tha depot was in one town and the main population in another. I was Seen before a group could he found to carry & aftert cor plen out with a rapiini of $25,000. lInmer F. Fellowa, Robert J. McElhany and James A. Boughton fotired a company and in 19'1 haram rare were running on a left line from the square. north to Commercial street, cast to Benton aveoum and back to the square by way of Afferen atd St. Louis preets.
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Buffalo Man Recalls
Early Days
A. R. Freeman, 88, Tells of Trip From Kentucky to Springfield In 'Tennessee Wagon ; First visited here - in 1855
A mory of Springfield three-quar- ters of a century ago was told here by A. R. Prestan, H. of Buffalo, Mo .. Who spent a day in the city purchas- ing maryplles for a fruit orchard he ia developing on his farm in Dallas county.
Mr. Freeman, who is a stockily built man, seems much younger than his #8 years would indicate. He first visited Springfield in the fall of 1855. when I4 years of age, and later in 1004 and 1067. be lived ça a farm southwest of the city upon his return to the ww from the Civil war, When be served in the- Union army.
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Henry Fremman, father of the Dallas county man, sold his farm of 300 scrie in Logan county. Kentucky. close to the Kentucky-Tennessee lins, to Wouter w fatally to Mipourt. : arriving tb Springfield in early antzmm, 1808.
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The Freemans traveled in & "Ten- quired to pull the vehicle, and when the tramigrante left Springflein on their way to Mount Vernon, a large www mattered at the old Wooden Are soros the Jordan ca Boonville Citan expecting to 000 the heavy vagon break through Into the water of the stream below, which accord- Ing & Mr. Freeman wu a! flood stage because of heavy raine "It was the largest wagon that had been seen in Springfield," he said.
Only & VUlage At the time. Springfield was only a village. There *1. 1.2 10 ... . ..... of the court square, according to Mir. I Freeman, excepting for a few widely mattered houses. There were three heure bitten _Springfield - and Mount Vernon, a. he remembers, one of them belonging to a mm.an nan.ed Farmer. Residents of this section LAsa were wondering how they could wer fenos Orest Pratris, which was covered with wild grass but no trees of any kind which could be used for Iences or for bulidings. -
There were no railroadn west of the Mississippi river then. On their way ! through Illinois fromr. Kentucky the previous summer, the Freemans had crossed the tracks of a railroad oper- sting between Cairo. Ill., end 81. Louis, Mo. They had wa!ted at the crossing for three hours. he says. In order to cateb their first glimpse of a-wein as it puffed hy.
After spending the winter of 1885 and 1856 in Mount Vernon, the Free- man family decided to return to Ken- tucky. On their way home. however. they spent several months in Beint Fripools county in Southeast Mis-
Mining Actty.
The Iron Mountain" mine near
Ww which the marta! was hauled the At miles from the smelter to the town of Mint Genevieve or the Mississippi. "bara river boate waited to take the "cargo to the steel milla in the east. After. the Civil war, during which time the younger Freeman served un- der Generals Rusearing Buell. Thomas, Granger, and Sherma !.. he agata headed westaard. this time i stone ma & juung man He camne by rall to Rolla, and from there he made the trip overline by . ... in
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remained in Missouri 11 years belute wu living in Springfield. Ho vna . carpenter hy trade, and Aat employed by John Behmook, & contractor. who operated & planing mill near the northwest corner of the square
During the next two yeara. Mlr Freeman relates, Bprinat.eld grew very rapidly. Between 2000 and 3000 : buildings were ere. ted :. r:e ) :. :...
were cut out and fitted at the | Schmook planing mill and taken to the site of the new home in sections. so that four men could stect a two- room homme ready for occupancy in A day. "Of course, they were musil and not plastered." Mr. Freeman says, "but they could be lived in "
Living Cheap
Living in Springfield was cheap. then, with the exception of dry goods. Some of the prices which prevailed were: Eggs, 3 dozen for 10 centa: apples, I bushels for a quarter, meat "as fine a stesk an ever cut on the block," 3 pounds for a quarter. There was one grocery and two meat shops. he remembers.
was about to be married. Lo wested a new outfit of clothes
"General Holland. a friend of mine. .Advised me to walt " M: Freeman says. "He said he was going to 8 !.
GerArd: Maldie PriMastec 8:00 .- 000 of goods, according to X: Froe. man, and opened .up s stere on the Pite of the present !card bu".pis - the - med alie public square. mothing price were cut tr. hell. Mr. Freeman recollecte. "i bought a suit. whose, hat, while the collar and erst A complete new outfit. for only .... "
Recalls Landmarkı
Mr. Freeman recalled some of the old landmarks of 1868 and 1867 Thete was only one building north of the Jordan on Boonville, he said The o.d b.p ..... . .. ......
ture .Jo Bouth svet.ut. ceur where ti:s present First Baptist church stands There was a Methodist church. s brick busting, not for away. The Christian church was "in the country." where the College street rock quarry now is The wurt house, of course, stood where the Heer's store now et inds Bottles Ja Farm
After another visit do Kraturky. Mr. Freeman returned !. ..... ..:. mal pis boms, selling on a farm
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mar the present town of Buffalo. Here be has lived to the present day. troops for two more years spant in Kentucky and two years in Kansas. .Mr. Freeman is very active. Hin eyesight le good, bis hearing only ! wightly impaired, and his memory exceptionally clear. He takes a year interest In the fruit crebard which he Is developing on his farm five mitkes northwret of Bullsto and he shi !! delights in hunting "I get a mess of squirrel every now.and then." he
. "I had a reputation as a crack rifle shot In the army." he related. "Ona day when our army was camped on the Ohio river a short distance above
Cincinnati' I made the bull's eye bauf mile away across the river with Ilitee shota." ".
He accomplished the fast, he ex- plained, «with a On.ith and Wesson rifle an which there were three eights, ona for use at 100 yards range, one for
Malted by the boo yard aight, fired Disse to Judge my um, and then lifted the barrel a little more for the extra distance. I made it on the second shi"," he reid.
Mr. Fretman has one son. Henry. four grandchildren and four great
One of his grandeohs accompanied him to Springfield Saturday.
A Surprise Marriage
more popular avere day. . . . Frlsoda of Mr. Fyllx DuPro aod Mles Ivos Holgetine were surprised loday to lagro of their marriage which took place last night.
The young couple. who have been secretly cosaked tor a moath. Grove 10 Psart; last night with Mr. sod Mra. Ralph McMillan, friends of the groom, aud wers quietly orarried et 10 o'clock .The bridde
;eller Mr. Popro In cosaested with the Knox Shoe compeoy and In well-known amuos the younger eet. They plgo to make thalr 4
DEATHS
FRANK J. DODGE The body of Frank J. Dodge. 00. Frisco rallway car repairer at Thayer. Mo .. sent there the afternoon on the Sunny. land for funeral services and burial. Mr Dodge died In & hospital here fata Thurs- day He Is survived by his wife J W Klingnar waa in charge of arrangements arre.
· W. 8. PHELPS Funeral services for W. 8. Phelps. 12. former mayor and retired business man of Republic. were held in the First Bap- fist church there this afternoon, followed by Interment in Evergreen cemetery 10 charge of the Thurman Undertaking com- pany. Mr Phelps died at his home In Re- public early Thursday morning He 1ª survived by two daughters. M .:. .1 Kerr of Republic and Mra. Morrie of Ok's- home City He came to Greene county from Kentucky more than 50 years ago.
MRS. NORA ROBINSON Funeral services for Mra. Nora Robinson. 66. will be held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the home of her sister. Mrs. 8. B. Woode, 903 South avenue, con- ducted by the Reverend William H. Mans- field, pastor of St. Paul's M. E. church. Interment will follow in Maple Park erme- tery in charge of Starne's mortuary. Mrs. Robinson died Thursday morning et her home. 889 South avenue
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SIGLER FUNERAL HERE SATURDAY
Coroner Rules · no Inquest Necessary in Fatal Automobile · Crash .
Funeral services for Dr. J. 8. Bigler. 68. 414 Kast Harrison street, will be held at Bouth atreel Christian church at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. In- terment will be in Memorial park cemetery.
Doctor Sigler died af 3.30 o'clock Thursday afternoon in Springfield Baptial hospital of_Injuries he re- cetved in an automobile accident near Pordisod the day before.
Preceding the funeral. the body of Doctor Atgler will Hie iu state at the church from 10 until 12 o'clock in the morning. In charge of the Alma Lohmeyer funeral home. Harry Bru- ton will sing at the funeral, In the afternoon and the Reverend C. Em- ervon Miller, pastor of the church, Will officiate.
Pallbearers Named
Doctor Sigler was an elder in the
lows: Dr. W. P. Patterson. Dr. Wallis Smith. T. H. Gardner, Charles Soic- mon. W. R. Self. Charles Howell. J. H. Hahn, and Ed V Williams.
Active pallbeares will be Harry Mil- ler. Herman Miller, William Miller, William Nicka, John Caldwell. and Bryan Niokes.
With Doctor Bigler when he died were . his wife. Lora, and bis dve children, as follows: Orvis U. and Joe .A. bigler, sona, of this city; Miss Lisie Bigler and Mrs. R. E. Thornburgh. also of Springfield, and Mra Elaworth Critchal of Fayetteville. Ark. The tim sons and Mim Elais. and Mr. Thornburgh. a mon. In-law. were all connected with the Bigler Drug coni- pany here. of which Doctor Sigler was president.
Nin Inquest Seressere
Other relatives Maviving are two .
Miss, and John, of Boone, Colo., and two slaters. Mra. Miyule Itele, alanı- moth Spring. Ark .. and Mrs. Emma Nıcka. Wetumka, Okla.
Dr Murray C. Stone, Greene county coroner, made an investigation follus . Ing Doctor Bigler's deathı Thursday. hut decided that nn inquest would be
Examination of the Simona car which was brought to the Crump and Shipp auto works here, showed that a part of the steering apparatus had broken. It la believed that this oc- curred when the heavy machine atruck loose gravel which had recently been dragged Into the middle of the highway by a road scraper. The wrecked car was found at an "8" curve in the road.
H. N. Simons. ~ 925 Kimbrmigh avenue. with whom Doctor Bigler was riding at the time he wes fetafly hurt. suffered a dislocated shoulder and broken enllar bone, but he was sald to be improving today at Springfield Baptist hospital, where he is & pall- lent.
THOMAS C. LINDSEY
Thomas C. Lindsey. 50, died at the family home, on a farm near Walnut Orove, Thursday Funeral set.ict. . held this afternoon at Rose Hill chapel, ror.ducted by the Reverend W C. Blovail. Interment took place in tha cemetery there in charge of the Oreenwade Funeral home of Willard. Mr. Lindsey, who was born In Knoxville, Tenn., came to Mls- souri with his parents about 50 years arn. His father and molhar, Mr. and Mrs. Ovorge W Lindsey, and five brothers. .. follows. survive: Isaac. James, Mack and Normen, rural roule 4, Walnut Grove: Ivan. of Willard: and a stater. Mrs Ger - trude Coble. Walnut Orove.
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A dispatch from Steelville In Crawford conaty east of Springfield on the Frieco, states that a large castera mining company has become In. torented In the Iron end sulphur ore poastblittles el Cherry Valley, and what was eoce the second largest producing fron sod auipbur mine to the state, after laying dormant for about 10 years, fo oupected to become a scene of renewed activities.
Chetty Valley has been the scene of mining operatloos for many years. The land was firet tekno up by Wililam James, who operated the Iron furnaces at Meramec Springs lo 1860. Hla heite held the litle catif 10 years ago, when they de- cided to dispone of It In order to settle the estate. lo 1880, the Midlaod fron Furnaces, near Steel- rille, were supplied with ore from the Cherry Val- fey mines, and considerable oro was ahippod to St. Louls. Durlog the period thet the Sligo Furnace Co., was in charge of operations there, from 1903 to 1018. production reached its peak, cloe cars of ore dally, and was limited only because of the capacity of the furoaces.
William James was one of the strong characters of this section 40 years ago but be le now all but forgotten. He located la Phelps county & hall osatury ago and was & tromeodous force la the development of the Ozarks. He was originally from Chillicothe, Ohio, sod his shillty and energy soon counted. He accumulated & largo fortune, but not withnot many ups and downs. At our time he woot broke but recovered himself lo & short time. For many years he loaned money in
Springfield mud heid deeds of trust on nmich Springfield real estate. He has heco dead meny years. The town of St. James was his home und his manstoo there was one of the show places of this section. The big house was finally hought hy the state and converted Into a home for le.l. erel soldiers and Is so vred tuulay. . James wee a brotherintaw of R G. Don, whe founded the mercantile oxency of R. G. Dun and Cn. James left several chi'd:es. one, a darehte -. married James Dun, for years a citizen of Spring. .. . ...: ::... of enxlucer of the Frisco raftroad. James granddaughter. Miss Lucy James, married Huntington Willnon, assistant ner :may of state under langevelt. but the mareinen was not a happy one and a divorce was nlearned Miss Jamen took back her maiden name and spende much of her time In Europe where she in now. However, the will no doubt return to Phelps county this summer, which la ber custom and re- main anili fell in her commer home which was ballt by her grandfather. The house to no a bluff at the head of Meramec river and beautiful grouods surround it. Mlas Jatnee tills the house with friends every summer and the season Je al- ways an enjoyable one. She has tente on the grounde which are often u. . : hy strangers, she be Ing a generous, charitably Inclined young woman.
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