Items of genealogical interest in the Springfield, Greene County, Missouri newspapers, the Springfield leader and the Springfield daily news for 1929, Part 1, Part 48

Author: Hall, William K. (William Kearney), 1918-
Publication date: 1929 v. 1
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Number of Pages: 644


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Jesse O. Lorton, special representa- Uve of the general manager of the Frisco here, died at his home, 605 Bouth Fremont avenue, early today at the age of 59. He is survived by the wife, Mrs. Bells Lorton, one daughter. Mrs. W. B. Sims of Wash- ington. D. C. and two brothers Eugene and Otis J! Tulsa, Okla. Fu- neral arrangements, in charge of the Alma Lohmeyer funeral home All Incomplete, pending the arrival of Mr1. 8ima from Washington.


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Mr. Lorton.had been a railroad- man Qu his life, having been to the cơi. ploy of the Frisco for. almost 20 years ag two different .times. Before the world war, he was superintendent of the southern divlaton with headquar- tar at Birmingham. Als. Later be became superintendent of the north- ern division stationed at Fort Scott, Kın.


In 1920. at the end of the federal . control period, Mr. Lorton returned to the Frisco as trainmaster in Okla- homa City. . After four years In that position be cáme to Springfield aa special representative on the staff of the general manager.


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Ford Wedt Mr. Ralph Holmes


A wedding of Interest to many Springfieldians was that of Mias Lu- 'cille Ford Daughter of Mr. and Mra. .Walter'S. Ford, 1830 Washington: ave- pus, to Mr. Ralph Holmes, son of Mr. And Hra H. D. Holmes of Thayer, Mo., which took place this morning at 10 o'clock at the home. of the bride. The Reverend Mr. Lewis R. Anschutz, read the double ring ceremony.


The bride wore a charming nile green chiffon dress during the cere- mony and carried a bouquet of Col- umbia roses, sweet peas and fern. For the wedding trip she wore a lovely dress of aun tan crepe.


Only the relatives and close friends of the young couple were in attend- ance at the wedding. After the cere -. mony an informal wedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride's parents. After a trip to Pensacola. Fla .. the young couple will be at home here.


The following guests were present At the wedding and breakfast.


Mr and Mrs Theodore Anderson of Mon- Iresl. l'anada


Mr. and Mrs. Ray Champion Mr and Mrs. Herschel Yates Mrs. H. T. Middleton of Colorado Springs. Colo.


Mrs Beth Booth of Lebaren. Min. Mra Josephine Young Mra Herrlett L Wood Miss Margaret Thompson Miss Rachel Wood Miss Alberta Moore Mr Lester Lee Ford Mr Orval Fo.d


BERTIE VERNELL, BRIGANCE Bertie Vernell Br.ganie. Inlant daugh- ter of Mr and Mrs. K. P. Brigance. of rural rolle I Fortnellald died parte ind ... Springfield hospital. Besides the parents, one brother and one alster sur- vive Burial took place in Green Lawn cemetery this afternoon after a brief serv- Ice at the residence in charge of the Her- man H. Lohmeyer Funeral home.


The News and Leader for Sunday, June 2, 1929, is missing.


MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 3, 1929 -- LEADER


Page 1: Marriage license: Louis B. Meir, 27, of Seymour and Bessie Cearley, 21, of West Plains.


Mark Noe was killed .**


Page 2: Jesse G. Lorton died .**


Page 8: Miss Mary Rea Smith and Mr. Victor Fite were married .** Miss Addie Luella Andrews and Mr. Herschel L. Hyde were married .** Miss Ollie Brunner and Mr. Dean M. Darby were married .** Miss Katherine Kent and Mr. Rex Hammett were married .** Page 10: John A. Williams died .*


Joseph C. Kilburn died .*


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Roddell.H. Collins died .** Charles Ernest Moore died .* A. M. Stuble died .* Allen Henson died .**


Suspect's Mother Stunned at News; Visited on Sunday


Not , until a reporter for The Leader bformed her of the shooting of Maribel . Mark Noe of Republic did Mora , J. B. Young. 211', West Walont street, know that her son Harry to being hunted as a murderer "I can't believe It. It all seems likce e dream lo me." she said after . she had been told the story of the idoty of Noe.


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- Wahday morning Mrs. Young. her i con Harry, und twa other sons and . their wives drove to a country ceme- tery between Ozark and Nixa 10 dec. . orate the grare of Harry Young's father. The party arrived back in Springfield about mid-afternoon. tod Harry and his brothers and : their wives went on to thele farai DORT Brookline, while the ared ! mother remained here.


Mra. Young recently suffered a nervous breakdown and has been in i poor health since. Her room was dark and dingy and poorly fur- rished.


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A daughterinlaw who arriveć while the reporter was interviewting Mr. Young cald she had heard :he rumor on the street but sald hadn't paid any attention to il.


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Republic: Marshal's Body S Discovered in Ditch; Ex-Convict is Being Sought


Springfield Youth Suspected in Murder of. Martin Noc; Companion Is Arrested and: Jailed Here; Bloody Clothes. Found in Ditch


Officers throughout Missouri, Oklahoma. Arkansas, Kansas and Texas were on the lookold this afternoon for grey Ford coupe in which Harry Young. 25-year-old convict of Greene county, is believed to have escaped : night after allegedly murdering Mark S. Noe, 48, city. shal of Republic.


Sheriff Marceli Hendrix and other Springfield officers, armed with a first degree murder warrant for Young's an- rest, were reported trailing him late today in the tri-state" area centering about Picher, Okla. A last definite trace of the young criminal apparently was the finding of his blood- stained clothing where he had thrown them from the car about five miles west of here after coming to Springfield and obtaining a change of clothing.


Taken for a ride and riddled with revolver bullets when he attempted to arrest two youths carousing on the streets of Republic late last night. Noe was discovered sprawled .. ....... ch along the highway a mile and a half south this morning.


JeT- in the carousal which led to the murder. Oval · home is five miles west of Republic .is . " temporary charge of dutyfix - officer. AND MONEY This car and cked .


SENDS' FOR REMAINS OF ACCIDENT VICTIM


El: Henson of Hardburiş. Ky .. loday ! went & telegram to the Herman H. Lohmeyer funeral home here askingi that the body of his brother. Allen :


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, The. Identity of the dead man was establisbed by means of a letter which had been written him by two sisters in Kentucky and mailed to an address in tattle Rock. Ara.


Hanspo had been, to Springfield to search of work and apparently had started "to leave the city hiking when Injured. Me was about 38 years of age. : He died just as he reached a hospital In a Iterman Lohmeyer am- bulance.


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tu moralas by y coroner. However, only two of the ' bullets could be found.' obe - being in the hrad and the other in the arm.


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The examination almwed that our bullet entered on the left side of the lace at the end of tle jala .. . ... the other head would war in t.c. left stele back past Size of the trust- lets was not decided by the coroner but appeared to be either 32 or 38 caliber.


! Inqueal over the body was to br held at I o'clock in Doctor French's office. The Jury was being arterled during the noon hour by Doctor 80.l.


1 It was undly a year ago that Mr. : Nor was elected towns marshal at ! Re: ... . Prior to that time he wn! the etwinter of one of the en: :.


I nens, and well liked among the bust- nem men


He and his wife, lats only mumiedi- Als survivor, had lived Ju Republic a number of years ". The Noe family had been In Republic as far Pok & the present residente can ro- aber. . One brother, Clyde Noe. chill meldes there with his family. Another brother, Frank, is said to! uve in BL. Louis. - -


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Interesting Wedding


WEDDING of Interest to the younger set took place yesterday Ar ron Miss Mary Bes Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Masary R. Confth of 15% East Normal street, was married to Mr. Victor Fite. son of Mr. and Mrs. . A. W. Fito of Willow Springa.


The ceremony was perintmed at the home of the bride's parents "by the Reverend M .. V. F. Canden. The bride was beautiful in la dress of while crepe and carried a large bouquet of white rosea und ferh.


Both young people are studenta at State Teaches college and are well known among the younger set, Mr. Fite being prominent in athletics and Mrs. Fite organiser and raptain of the Ree Buzzers. a pop organization.


Mr. and Mrs. File will complete their education this year and will make their home in Windyville. Mo. where he will accept the position of superintendent of schools and she will be principal nt the bigh school.


DEATHS


JOHN A. WILLIAMS


John A. Williams, 70, retired farmer of MM , Howard , avenue, died at his home this morning after a long Illness. He is survived by his wife and by three sons and two daughters as follows: Virgil C. und Amos of . Springfield: Taylor ot Falt Grove; Mrs. A. R. Mayfield of Spring- field; and Mra Eidon Matton of Red Top. Mo. Funeral arrangements are in charge of J. W. Kungner. Services will be held at Mount Comfort church. 10 miles north of Springfield, at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning. followed by Interment in the cemetery there.


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JOSEPH C. KILBURN Funeral marvices for Joseph C. Kilburn. 63. the for mais Scat. w . 1.0: Springfield Baptist hospital will Ar al 2 oclock Tuesday afternoon at .In !.: '\ chapel near Ash litour Ir: cru.1 ' " :: 1 . take place there in charge of . K Klingner Besides his wife. he Is sur11. ed . by two sons and four daughters, as fol- lowa. Wille and Clarence of SpringDeld: Mrs. Ohris Robertson of Marshfield: Mrs. Fred Phillips of Memphis. Tenn : Mrs. Ocorre Cotter of Ash Ororr. and Mrs. Fate Wynatt of Boul D'Arc.


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RODDRLL U. COLLINS


Roddell H. Collina. 57. of George street and Glenstone road, died at his home Sunday. Re fs survived by hta wife. Punerel arrangements are in charge of J. W. Klingner.


CHARLES ERNEST MOORE Funeral. , services for Charles Ernest Moore: 35. disabled World war reteren who died Sunday at lus nome 8 :: East Pare Hreet, will be held Tuesday morning at St. Agnes' . church, followed by interment in St. Mary's cemetery in charge of the Herman H Lohmerer funeral Dame Min- tary honors will be. accorded, by members of. the Gold-Ballmarer post of the Ameri- con Legion at the grave. Moore is surviv ed by hle mother. Mra Rose E Moore. b. a brother. Allen Moore: two sisters Mise Edith and Miss Mary Moore at home and an aunt and uncle. Miss News and B. H . Scholten of Springfield The veteran sept. ed with the 344th field artillery 90th di-' 1;sion After the armistice was signed, he ; remained in Europe with the army of oc- i curation completing 17 months in aperlia Pallbearere a !: ho Kinhert Walsh louis Merer Ir Milla:d Brest: Ertest Hlami ... Robert Goldrick, and Steve Murphy 1


1 M STORIE


The body of A M Atuble. 70. who died In a hospital here eativ today, will be ! elupped to Thayer tonight for burial. Stu- bia is survived by his wife and two chil. dren The Herman It Lohmeyer funeral home was in charge of arrangements here


MARRIAGE LICENSES Louis B. Meir. 27. Seymour, and Bessin Cearley, 21, ;Jest . Plains.


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Miss Andrews Weds Mr. Hyde


A wedding of Interest to & great minny Springfield people took place Saturday night when Miss Padle Lu- ella Andrews, daughter of Mr. and


- Atlantic street, Man married to Mr. Herschel I .. Hyde of this city.


The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride's parenta by the Reverend Mr. M. P. Cowden The bride wore a dress of pale blue conceito and carried a large barn ist if toses and libes of the valle;


Following the ceremony a buffet supper was arrved. Only a few relatives were present at the ceremony. Thinse present. were Mr and M .. Chiar!es


and Aop James, M: ABA A TA. Inimore and son, lewis, and An arc Mira. Loute A. Andrewa.


Mr. and Mrs. Hyde will make their home in Springfield.


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Miss Brunner Weds Mr. Darby


The home of Dr and Mrs Jamies W. Brioon. 737 East Film saperi WAS the Leftine for a lovely medduc Sun-


hei into the bride of Mr. Dean M


Miss Brunner has been teaching the. i past year, and has attended the State I 'frantiers" callese here for two years -


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and has just received his A B. degree ! from the college at Gainsvifte. Fla. ! M- And Mrs Datby plan to teach arx:


The Reverend Lewis M. Hale read the marriage ceremony. About 12 guests were present at the services. Including the following out of town questa: Dr. and Mrs Flerd H Maples, ot Mar- shell. Ma


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Miss Vivien Bryanl. of Nevada. Mo Mia Bertha Appelton of Nevada, No. -


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t-Hammett Vows Are Read


Mr. and Mrs. George A. Keul. 926 West, Allantto street, announce the Somfy'de Wetr daughter, Katherine. to Mr. Ray Hemmelt, of Atlanta, Ga. The wedding was roleninired at the home of the bride's parents, at 10 o'clock Sunday morning. The Rev- erend J. A. Roper was the officiating : niinleter. -


The sothe mainle will make a hon- i exmoon tour through Yellowstone park and will make their home in At- lanta, Os.


The following guests were present:


Thelma MHobell Raty Stons *


Oolda MeTer Hami O' Bryant Mr and Mre. 1forate Bnekalan . ... .. . .... Mrs. Mary Mapie.


LORTON'S BODY TO WASHINGTON


Brief . Services Conducted


Here This Morning , for Xd


Frisco Official


The body of "James 'O. Lorton, 80. special representative of the general manager's staff of the Frinco railway. who died here Friday."will'be sent to Washington, D. C. stonight for inter. ment In Arlington? cemetery


Slitgh 'officials; of the; millroad :. were honorary pallbearers al. the brief. ser. vice conducted at the'Alına Lotugeyer


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TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1929 -- LEADER


Page 1: Marriage license: David Kinney, 28, of Kansas City and Alice Neal, 29, of Macks Creek.


Mark S. Noe was killed Sunday. He was born at Republic. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Burnice Noe and by two brothers Frank and Clyde, both of St. Louis. [This is a long article mostly about Harry Young who is accused of slaying Noe.]


Page 3: There is an article about William J. Miles .**


Allen Henson died .**


Page 8: Dr. A. B. Knapp died .**


Page 14: Mrs. Ruth Beckley Gobble of Springfield divorced W. E. Gobble of Mountain Grove. The divorce was granted in Houston.


A son Ray Gary Peters was born June 1 to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Peters of 724 West Elm street.


Roddell H. Collins died .* Walter Cochran died .** H. E. Sayles died .**


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mjertively of the Tulan World. were' -


FIL Ahalfer. several 'manager; M"M. Blason, assistant is the seanel manager. i :J " Birnua ... . ujrintendent : of le. ! "tanejet' af ...:. . 1 1 " Mrform .... .......


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n : w> hallan imporintendant af lorainale. and T. X' Cutpare supertalep dell of the


Other raurusd men ut'the funeral


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... . the Aapulpa; Okla "O "I" Jury. feststeht superintendent ! the eastern division; C D'Collaliam, Dostal superintendent of .The " southern"dlosion :: - Thavets Y .. I , Mert.""Heket agent; Mpricefield: : w English. superintendent : 01: agricolture; I'llrey, master : mechante; 11 .. W. John.


general claire spent; N. Lii Ragetil. super. olorkisa, the mupestendeal of lineperse. ten:" J. WE METHer. coneral: chairman ' .


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clerk of the car delitto deparitotal. Tender. "and Cut; Aller


Friso ayeter"wir usobie


Inginerly" a "member of. the sellerdi


the rank of captain : He was amitted Here food: wild, fuel pupitre more. Ita ,was born ,In. Mpatcomery volaty. Mimourl" and had been division a sp-


hum Ala and Fort Boult. Kan, and tralrenaster af Oklahoma City, before . somlys' to Spelugliokl luis year ago The widow and's daughter


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oi the City Earlier Eraw


Springfield's Centennial celebration planned for this month in observance of sy. of the city's


warsaw lore pe ::. pictures of the city in Ius various epochs These have been compiled by Dr. Edward M. Shepard, who, for 50 years, has been an observer and student Springfield's history today's story in picture of the city. "a poor little war- scarred village," in 1868. Immediately following the War of Becession It was ortwo by A. M. Huswell, ot Mansfield. who is widely known for ble writings on Missouri history.


T HAD fallen ack on the way from bortbern Ullpols 10 southwest Mis- Tufft with my consina, the Harwoods, and was perforce left behind In the house of some good Samaritans In Webster Groves, some 10 miles west ! of St. Louis. There I lay some two weeks before I was able to travel. Judge Charles E. Harwood had been detained by business in Et, Louis and. when I was ready to start on my jour- Dey again. be accompanied me.


We took the cars at Webster Groves at 9 in the morning and bumped along: until 6 in the evening before we reached the terminus of the mail- road at Little Piney, only a little over 100 miles from our starting point. We had expected to take the stage for Springfield as soon as we could have bed. our.supper, but we found that there had been heavy and continuous rains and that all stroama were In flood and no stages had been able to get through in several days, so we put up at the "hotel" to walt a chance to go on. That "hotel" was a large log house of the or as roma and we had ! to sleep in the loft with the Rain pal- tering on the oak shingles close over- -


hrad! But no ri'v hotel ever set a nicer of name appetizing meal than · t.md ! !! !!


The next morning we were told . ---- that a stage had managed to get through during the night and awaited us on the further bank of Little Piney creek. 80 as soon as we had caten breakfast we made our way 10 the bither bauk of the stream. Ordi- narlly Little Piney la an Inalgnificant -- person on foot, but that morning it was 50 yards wilde, sweeping along like a mulliner, and our only chance for crossing was a little flat-bottomed ! akiff perhaps 18 feet long. But they |


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put in two hig trunks of a drummer! - who was one of our fellow-passengers and arranged them so as to make the ! blame even Then I. as the young- est .and supposedly moet active, was told to lie down fla. it. He Proud of ' the boat. Judge Harwood sat on the arat In the middle with a big German . lady at him alde, and the boatman with his paddle at the stern. The mo- ment that the current acized the boat we whirled around and around in that swift current. The German lady screamed and threw her arms around Judge Harwood and tipped wwwe-bont. unsui .it:dipped a . little. I have heard some ornate profanity in my time, but the remarks of that boatman still stand as the record. But the poor lady could not under- ! stand him. so no harm was done, and for in; par: I endoist ! ! ! About 12 o'clock we reached Waynes- iville and found that the Roubidoux was far beyond fording and we had In walt till midnight before we finally look passage in a four-mulo freight wagon after we had had another


"dugout," the most ticklish craft mankind ever Invented. The freight wagon could not accommodate all of 18. 00 1. with two ex-confederate sol- dlers. plodded along behind the wagon for the 16 miles to the Gasconade river, where we arrived in the gray of the morning The farmer whose ' house was at the top of the hill on the further alde of the river came I down and we thought that now he. would .... us armas for a Rond het was moored there, but he had an !: oye to the main chance and hla folks were at work at full-speed-cooking


should pay for at double rates, so he stood with his arms folded and made no effort to come after its. Then "cos - of those . old confederates pulled an enormous revolver from un- der his cost, drew a bead on that farmer and shouted:


"You fetch that akiff over here pretty P. D. Q. or I'll shoot your - head off!"


That brought .ne boat, and we at last go over and to the warmth of a


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good fire.


From that point we had Do more trouble with flooded rivere and Thurs- day noon. September 15. 1868. we drove into Springfield along St. Louis street. 73 hours sincs taking the stage at Little Piney! Springfield that Sep- tember day was as poor a little war- scarred village as' all America could show. Along St. Louis street came in we saw several neat two- story residences, the homes, as I learned later, of the Keats, Sheppards Hollands and other of the old samk Les of the place. But. aside from those houses there were far more one, two and three-room cottages than 'all other houses. Many of the house showed the ragged holes torn by Mar- maduke's' shells during the battle of Springfield, January .: 1863. Drawing nearer the public square, there was a big livery barn where the Colonial hotel now stands. On the north side of St. Louis street about baif the dis- tance between Jefferson street and the square was occupied by a row of two-story frame buildings. occupied by storea below and living rooms above Among these stores, and on the same apot it occupies today. stood ! the McGregor and Murray Hardware company. the ancestor of the Mc- Gregor-Noe company of our time.


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" At the northeast corner of the square and St. Louis street stood a two-story brick building with in cable to the street. There was a store on the ground floor and a hall above. Directly across the square, at the northwest corner of the square at !! College street, was the courthouse. With the exception of the buildings 'already, mentioned and a three-store two-story block on the north side of the square east of Boonville there were no brick buildings on the square except these I have named All the .rest of the frontage on the square were one or tuo-story . frames


On the southeast part of the square. about where The Cash store now stands. was a two-story atcre build- ing with the high. aquat front .... mon to most stores in the west in those days, and high up on the front of that atore was the name. "G. D. Milligan." where the great concern of that name had its beginning.


' I wish that I could make you is the square as I saw it that day. over '60 years ago. The street : widob the stage had come in on was a per- fect sea of mud, worked up by the ceaseless procession of wagons bring- ing freight from the railroad. The .prot wina Had enough, but the square


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was tenfold work. In the center where the concrete abomination now stands was a circular clatern for a water supply in case of fire. The cir- cular top of this cistern was the auc- tloneer's block where many a slave had been sold in slavery times. That auction block stood like an island in : an ocean of fathomless mud. Stand -* ing almost as closely as possible were farmers' wagons With' loads of pro- duce, mostly word. waiting for . pur- chasers to buy their goods. Nearly. half of the wagons were drawn by , oxen, and those which had teams of horsen or mula showed the rares. assortment of crippled animals ere: Enthered ...


Civil war a farmer could not keep a . decent horse as one side of the other would steal it, so that a horse knock- : kneed, ring-boned or apavined worth much more than a good ant- mat. The atage look us to Judge 'lar- wryxl's house on West Phelps street. ! a three-room house. paully in bind partly frame. The judge was building at the time a two-atory residence on the corner of Benton avenue and Bycamore street.


Springfield had at that time some- where about 3000 people. It wax growing fast, for hundreds of solalers of both aldes who had been here dur- ! Ing the war had found a climate and a region that fitted them and they : came in an endless procession. Less than two years after that day of ! which I have written the United States census gave the population as 5555. Then the railroad cathe. thou- sands of acres of wild land were put Into cultivation and Springfield. Cierre counts and the Ozarks started ! on the march towards the best city of bones and the best region for a diversified agriculture in all .he -


60 years' steady progress, we are just beginning to realize that we have hardly touched the wonderful re- sources of the Ora: ks


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Depicts Humor, Pathos Of Civil War Skirmishes


William J. Miles, Veteran, Recalls Incident in Battle of Springfield


1 "I CAN'T find any of the wild land- marks that look like they did then." amys William J. Miles. 84. of 963 North Jefferson avenue. who re- cently returned to Springfield to Uve after an absence of almost 65 years.


Str. Mules has often waited here, however. so he observed the crad- mal growth of Springfield "


village of 1863, when lu tracin iti the Battle of Springlicht in the old , ¡Citizens cemetery near South wvc- Inc. to the city that 1 .. r^jebrating : Its centennial this men' ..


:"We fought hard all afternoon ! and evening on the 8th of January," Mr. Miles relates. "Marmaduke's men had two or Three batteries posted on high land south of what ans theus Springfield, opposite us. -


"Killed Their Harw.


""Our men got the range and kill- cd.all their.horses to the Confeder- ales couldn't get their auns away.


" There was about three uichi's of . 'inow off the ground and the moon shone brightly that night. su we could. ies a man a half inile away.


or 300 yards every few minutes to watch and : report what was going !


"After the woou. went down about . - 3 o'clock In the morning. we could Mull have heard the crunching of : "the wheels in the frozen snow. Once. ! Ner'sine moon 'had gone down. I cumno back from the match and said "Captain. I can hear 'em doing something down there.'




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