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Mother tank cure of over 100 wounded after the battle of WI- mon's Creek, which occurred seven miles from our home near Spring- Hold. General lavon's headquar- ters were located in a house own- ed by my father. The body of : General I.von was brought by the soldiers to him headquarters. , Notbor went to bis headquarters 1 and found them deserted, and the body of tieneral Lyon lying on. Ha dining room table with a With: thrown over It. Mother ont for a local carpenter, bad a twilight she
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fow days later sho had the body burled at night in our family burying ground. Later. soldiora with a flug of trure rame there. secured the body and took it tu Connecticut to be buried.
"Recu wee largo numbers of Bouthermore In wentera Missouri barbored bushwhackers. General Ewing. commanding the Union forios, Issued the famous Order No. 11. ordering that the dwell- Ing houres and other buildings of then offenders be burned. Tho order covered the western tler of i counties from and Including Jack- Kann county south, to and Includ- Ing Jasper, I believe, fire counties In all. Springfield, as you know. . ts in southern Missouri. Hun- drede of refugees cimo to Spring- feld, and to adjoining towns. such an Carthage. Joplin and else- where. Mother began gathering up the orphau children, and be- fore long she had over 200 motherless children for which she was caring. If you will look up the old records, you will find that congress voted $20,000 to ;mother for the money she spent In caring for these motherless 'children'
Col. John &. Phelps, mentioned by Mra. Montgomery, bulli tho fine residence now owned by Ivan Wisk on Dolilson street, Col. Phelps realded there many years. Ile died somo timo ago, but was one of the few men who Law a Inng historio sketch in the papers telling of his death long before be died. Mra. Joha. E. Phelps died before her husband. letter came to Springfield tolllug of her death. but there was confusion 'and it was given out that Col. Phelps bad dled. Nuch space waa given to the colonial and it was several days before the truth came out ...
Col. Elijah Gales had a, like ex- parleace. He was' United States marshal of the district. Hla son was in Springfield, and a tele- trum came saying "Death has come." It referred to & friend in Kansas City, but an associate of Gater' here opened the telegram land jumped at the conclusion it
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VONREAL OF ID P. PORTKE. ) Funeral services for ' Ma P. Porter. & years old, who died Friday morning el ala home, 200 Rammy arenue, two Meld al 2 o'clock dunday after- men. " Interment we made In Home !- wood cemetery under the direction of từ Patron Funeral home.
LYNAKİFUNERAL TUESDAY. "lu Funeral' perrice ' for Mr. Mary 'M. maniok, widow of the low ' Major" William H. Lyman, . who Www Thunday hight at the home of Mat ton. Like M. Lyman, in Oakland. Ouf, WH be held at 1:20 p. m., Tues- we will be conducted at ta Hamelwood ometery. The body se being forwarded to Opringfield.
THOTTER INFANT BURIED.
Funeral services for Clarence Trot- let. 16-month-old son of Mr. and Mr. K. O. Trutter, of route No. 9. Springfield, who died Saturday night. were beld this afternoon. Services I were conducted at the Starne mortu- ary. Interment was in Patterson cemetery. south of Springfield.
DARK FUNERAL JIEI.D.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 p. m. Jesterday at Sacred Heart Catb- folie church for J. T. Darr. 83 year old. "The 'Reverend Father Thomas Brady .. officiated. Burial was 10 Greenlawn cemetery under the direc- you of the Herman H. Lohmeyer Funeral home.
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: Mr. Dary ; died at 10 p. m. Friday in a local hospital. .. He was a reteran of the Civil war and had been a ree- Ident of Springfield for many years. No rweided at 1020 Boonville arenue. Mr. Darr was a member of Triutty Lodge No. 408. I. O. O. P .: Kiowa Tribe, No 38. of the Order of Red Man. and Aliss Lodge, No. 218.
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Funeral services for Guy Orban Molen, the J-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Molen, of 1931 North Prospect avenue, who-died Saturday- night- in a local hospital were held Suiteray afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. Burial was in' Hapis Park oumatery under the direction of the Klingner
ALFRED U. GARRISON.
superal corriere for Altrad S. Our" then, To mars old who died January "I'et bin Some, 336 West Court street, were held 'al' 10 o'clock this morning at the Klinger funeral chapel. Rev. M. A. Wood of Campbell Avenue M. E. church " officiated .. Interment was in
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UTRIED IN LEAVENWORTH. Funeral services for Mrs. Wesley Young, 38 years old, wbo & ed Thurs- day at her home in Leavenworth. · Kan., were held thle afternoon. Bur- Ital was in Leavenworth: Mrs. Young w. a former resident of Springfield. --
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P. P. WEILS.
Funeral services will be held at 3 O'clock Wednesday afternoon at the · Alma Lohmeyer Funeral home for P. P.' Wells, who died Friday in Long Beach. Cellf. The body la being for- warded to Springfield. Interment will be in Maple Park cemetery.
MRS. J C. P.A).NE.
The body of Mm. J. C. Pagnr. 22 years old, of Prairie Grove, Ark., who died in a local hospital Saturday night following a lingering illness. terday morning by the Alma Lohmey-7 er Funeral home. Funera services were held yesterday afternoon. -
BODY TAKEN TO RICHLAND.
The body of Mrs. Olittord M. Mo- Cann, 3. years old, wife of A. W. Mo- Cann, of Richland, No., who died Bat- -- urday night in a look! bospital, was! forwarded to Richland for · burial. Burial will be in charge of the | Klingner' Undertaking " company of I this city. The deoedent is survived by ¡her husband:" three children; mother. Mra. J. W. Ourtie, of RioLland; four brothers, Boott Ourtis, actectiva of the Springfield' Folloe-department: Gran- ville and Obarley Curtis of St. Louis, and Alfie Curtis of Richland, and by : one elster. Mrs. Hubert ?'ichala, of Richland.
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MRS. I. A. R. GEORGE.
Mra. E. A. R. George. 60 years old, widow of the late Dr. K. A. R. George, died at the home of her niece, Mra. 'Bessie M. Cl-ugh of Willow Springs. Mo., at 4:30 o'clock yesterday after- noon. The body will be forwarded to Bpingfield tonight. Services will be ;held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn- Ing at Union Grove chapel, near Fair Grove. Interment will be made in Uutou Grove . cem-te:y under the di- : rection of the Alma Lohmeyer Fu- neral home. The decedent is survived b. two nicoss. Mrs. Bertha Ferguson and Mrs. Bosste M. Clough, both of Willow Springa. Dr. E. A. R. George. · deceased, practiced medicine at Pair Orore and Buffalo for many years.
MRA. ALICE K. HAWKINS.
Funeral services for Mrs. Allce K. Hawkins, 68 years of age, who died ut her home in Anh Grove Friday, vere held Saturday. with burial in the l cacetery st Ash Grove.
"Mr. Hawkins is survived by her Husband. B. P. Hawkins; a son. Kirk . Maskina 'an'atorney of Springfield; . donchier. Xin Haud Hawking, of ! And Grove. two sisters, ' Mrs. J. A. Norris, of Ath Grove, and Mra. H. C. i Barthick, of Chilbowee. Mo .: and two : brothers. Thomas Kirkpatrick and John Kirkpatrick, both of Johnson; county. .
TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1, 1927 -- DAILY NEWS
Page I: Miss Claudia Lamun committed suicide.'
Page 3: There is an article about John C. McKee .*
Walter W. Amis died .**
Page 5: A son Albert Edward Pearson was born January 30 to Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Pearson, 1912 North Johnson avenue.
Page 8: Mrs. William Nade drowned .**
Folks You Know
on Prominent Serlandvan
JOHN C. M'KEE; THN Missouri Home Savings and Loan association, who recently was elected potentate of About Ben Ad- bom': Shrine, la ; reportted" at the outatand - Inx organisera throughout - the state. as well as in Springfield.
Mr. McKee born Davenport, Iowa September 27 1876. and begar. battling for rareer at the age of 11 years. Ile Wax Identified with varlous concerns in the John C. Mckee: inlddle west. fin - ally going to Lincoln, Neb. when hofserved af manager for the NOS tional: Cash Register company. x " He came here with the same com- panyill years ago and Immediately camefinto? proinence ar an 'organ- izer in Springfield affaira.
He added In the organization of the Boy Scout council here' and served two ream as president of the Grenter Springfield council, Ina cluding troops In the Ozark region.
He was elected a member of the board of governors of the Chamber of t'ommerce and served unili two yearn onu when he resigned to To to M. Louis to take charge of a Anrings and Joan company. While In St. Lamia, he was elected prest- dent of one of the largest Sunday school classen In the city and the business men of St. Loula offered hlm the chairmanship of the Cham- tor of commerce membership drive
ile refused the post because of the fact that he was Manning to come to Springfield to organize the Missonil Home Savings and Loan . ompany of which he is nuw presl -. dent.
Mr. Mekre Here at 100: South I'remont street. le is a member : the Kiwanis club a member of the various Masonle budies In Springfield and on the board of di- lectora of the Springfield Y. M. C. A. He Is also a member of the Tub- · rnacle Presbyterian church.
S. T. C. STUDENT KILLS SELF HERE BY TAKING POISON
Miss Claudia Lamun, Bolivar Girl,` Commits Suicide in Dramatic Fashion at Tem. porary Home
MISS CLAUDIA LAMUN. 19- year-old freshman at State Teachera college, "committed sul- clde last night by drinking polaon nt the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Duncan.' 323 Dollison avenue, where the had been living. Miss Lamun's home was'in" Bolivar ..
Relatives and friends refused to ¡reveal the contents of several notes Misa Lamun left, but it was learn- ed that she had been despondent for some time and had not attend- ed school for three weeks.
Gave Friend Note
Misa Lamun had luncheon yes- terday with a friend, Miss Eunice Henschel, 1211 Bouth Pickwick avenue, and gave her a sealed note, saying;
"Don't open this until you hear from me."
Miss Henschel refused to reveal the note, but It was learned that In it Mlas Lamun confided trials that inspired her sot.
John F. Lamun, the girl's father, had come to Springfield yesterday to talk with his daughter and started back late in the afternoon for Bolivar. On the way he was Intercepted with the news of bis daughter's act.
WOMAN DROWNS SELF." OAK GROVE, Mo. an. "~The 'body of . Mrs. William Nade. - 58. wife of a farmer living five miles mouth of here. was found in a well - on the Node farm this afternoon. Mrs Nade apparently had com. titted suicide.
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DEAD IN GEORGIA
Body - Will . Bo + Brought to Springfield for Funeral Serve + ices: at . Daughter's . Home
Walter Woodson Amis. 75 years old, died at the home of his " man Everent L. Amis, Decatur. Ga. at 14 o'clock yesterday morning. Funeral
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services will be held Wednesday Įmorning at the home of his daugh- ter.' 1431 East Madison street, at 10:30 o'clock. : .
Burlal : will take place in the Hazelwood cemetery. lle In survived by a widow, Mrs Belle Lynes and a son. Everett, both of Decatur. Ga., and Mra Lewis Luster of Spring- feld. J W. Brownlow, president of the Springfield Chamber of Com- inerce, Is u nephew.
Mr Amis was born in Culleoka. Maury county, Tenn, and has been u traveling man a considerable part of him Ilfe. He was well known throughout the state of Missouri.
The body will arrive this after- noon at 3:15 o'clock.
TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1927 -- LEADER
Page 1: Walter Woodson Amis died .**
The grave of J. Calhoun Miller was opened by grave robbers .** Miss Claudia Lamun committed suicide .**
Page 2: There is a notice in memory of J. E. Butrick .**
Page 13: The mother of J. D. Bowles died yesterday in St. Louis. Mr. Bowles formerly lived in Springfield.
Mrs. Mary M. Lyman died .* P. P. Wells died .** Mrs. Amanda Matthews died .* Marriage license: Silo Hall and Jessie White, both of Springfield.
Marriage license: Lacy Roy deMill and Freda Pauline Hall, both of Springfield.
Page 14: There is a poem in memory of Iva Bookout .*
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LIMAN FUNERAL KELD.
Funeral services were bald is 3:30 p. m. today at the Starne mortuary for. Hra. Hary M. Lyman. 85 years old, widow of the late Major William H. Lyman, who died Thursday night at the home of her con. Lile M. Ly- man. In Oakland, Calli. Burial Ww In Hazelwood cemetery.
FUNERAL OF P. P. WELLA.
Funeral services will be held at & o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Alma Lohmeyer Funeral home for P P. Wells, who died Friday In Long i Beach. Calif. Interment will be in Maple Park cemetery.
XRA. AMANDA MATTHEWS.
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Mrs. Amanda Matthews, 76, died at 11 a. m. today at the home of a brother, Jasper Johnson, In Walnut Grove. Mrs. Matthews was the step- mother of L. L. Matthews of thia city. who is connected with the advertis- Juk department of The Leader. In addition to the atep-son, Hru. Mat thews is survived by two brothers. Joseph Johnson of Oklahoma and Jasper Johnson of Walnut Grove, and by nne brother. Mrs. Davis of Washington.
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In Memoriam
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In memory of our darling daugh- tor and sister. Iva Bookout, who de: parted thie life one year ago today .. February 1, 1936. .
In the graveyard softly sleeping. Where the flowers gently wave. Ijes ane we loved so dearly. In her alleut, lonely grave.
Peaceful be your sleep. dear Ist. It is avert to breathe your finesse. In life we loved you dearly. And In death we do the marue.
Just one year Ago you left us. How we miss you. Iva dear. And remember all your kindness. An ue sled a silent tenr.
You shall never be forgotten Rover from sur memary fade. Our hem?'a w !!! always linger Around the grave where you were Inld.
Badly missed by Mr. and Mrs. a. W. Bookout and sisters. Gladyss. Lois and Bobbie.
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FATHER BOWED IN GRIEF OVER SUICIDE OF GIRL
Xịt bad ta grief and friends apre- - thetr Mioatshment and sorrow uni xes Claudia Lamun, 19 years old. unul a week ago a student of Southwest Missouri State Zusouliers Calle in a tit of despondency.
The Etri at & oblook yesterday aft- orDoom committed wickhe by drinking polson at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Duncan. 125 Dollison avenue, where she had been staying for .
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"There was no reason in the world for Osudie's death. It wus uncalled for despoodency over little things." ber fother. John F. Iamun, proml- nent real estate man of Bolivar, sald thu morning.
No particular despondency had been potloed by friends preceding the tragedy, they said this morning. Her father explained that about a weak aço. when his daughter discovered . tbs: It would be Impossible to ob-
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· tion ber regent's certificate this term. the mare up her school work and was considering taking up some other line of work. '
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Notes were left for Mr. Lamun end . for each of her four brothers and thres usters and for a friend. Mim Junior Henschel, 1211 South Pick- wick armue.
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Notes Not Made Public.
The contents of the notes were not
Limun maid this thorn-
Spoed . bis 'letter, but pot mute il 'public Matbered his children about bha;and all bad road their notes. The letters to the alsters and brothers bare not yet bom opqued.
"Then www nothing In the note to the erotpt words of endedrment," mid Mr. Lauren, 'It was a very sweet letter in which Claudia expressed .. her degtion for me. She was an obe- dient and true gul and there was no meuson for her death."
Mim densobel had luncheon with Mimi Largus yesterday at noon and at that' Home Mies, Lamun gave her a I sealed better. telling ber not to open It "until you hear from me again." The note was aald to give no reason for the girl taking her life.
Mim Lamun had known the Dun-| can family where she was ataring for a number of years, having formerly uved next door to them at Bolivar. She had been staying with Mrs. Dun- can while her husband was out of towa.on a business trip.
.Staggered Froin Bathroom.
Yesterday morning the girl ata hearty breakfast. look, one of the Duncan children to school and spent part of the remainder of the day -- down town. She returned In the mid- dia of the afternoon, laid & package I on the table. spoke to Mrs. Duncan and Mrs. Minnis Shipley, . neigh- -
por, sitting In the Hiring room. then! pamed into the bathroom. '' low mabeata Inter she staggered from the hattırocas.
It's the Battery? "I've talked polito please forgive ma," gasped the girl .. ..
The Paxon 'ambulances was called and the girl was taken to St. John's hospital, where she was attended by Dr. W. F. Bewell, Frisco · physician. She lived about 30 minutes.
The body was taken to Bolivar this morning by the W. B. White Under- taking company. Funeral services will be held there Thursday after- noon at 2 o'clock at the home.
Father Visits Here.
Mr. Lamun was in Springfield yesterday at the time the tragedy oc- curred. He had been summoned to this city to look after some proper- ty he owns here and, because he wanted a visitt with his daughter, came Bundny. He spent Sunday aft- ernoon with her and Sunday night went with ber to church. Yeseter- day' he told her he would see her in the afternoon but business mat- ters delayed him and when he arrived at the home where she was staying his daughter had gone for a short time. When he telephoned to know If she was there he was told to go to the hospital and when he reached there ho found his daughter had died.
Talented Musician.
Miss Lamun was known sn & good student and a talented musician. She was a graduate of Bolivar High school and had been a student of the Cot- tey college and last summer attended Bolivar Baptist college. In all these | schools she had made an excellent record.
Bhe is survived by her father, four brothers. Byron, a student in Cum- berland univerity at Lebanon, Tenn .: DerTill, of Monett: John. Jr., of Boll- var, and Bernard, of Drumright, Okla .. and three sisters, Mrs. Allco Moore. of Drumright: Miss Willla Lamun, a teacher, of Hominy. Okla, and Mrs. Ines Darby. of Nevada, Mo. Her mother died about 12 years ago.
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In Memoriam
la lounge menny of our drer hun- lundi and father. J. E Butrick, who
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Mit is dark in our dwelling: labels die our hearts tode) Mir the one we loved to dearly Has Sulever passed away.
Kadir Dinard by Ars J & Hutch 1. wad d' ildren. Eduin, Walter und Ruy.
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GOLD RUMORS LEAD GHOULS TO OPEN GRAVE
Casket of J. Calhoun Miller, Niangua Pioneer, Slashed in Search.
Rumors circulated for years in Niangus, Mo., that J. Calhoun Miller. who died in 19.3. had buried a large amount of gold with him, are ground- low and efforts of ghoule, who rment- by unearthed Miller's coffin in a small
re made several days ago by Hubert Jackson, employed on the J. L. Hamilton ranch near Nian- rus, who noticed & beap of fresh earth near the grave.
Officers yesterday unearthed the old-fashioned, copper-Uued caske' In which Miller had been buried and dis- covered It had been tampered with. The ghouls bad cut a gash about two feet long in the top of the casket and also had slashed the copper lining from end to end on the sides and underneath.
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There was nothing about the casket ,It is said that would indicate a special compartment in which money could be concealed. Webster county officers wald today an investigation is being made, but they have no clue as to the person or persons who tampered with the casket.
Miller Left Will.
When Miller, who was known as "Uncle Cal." died at bis home in Dangus it years ago, he left a will Providing thas , bis cottre estate. Mounting to between 60,000'and W- ooo in ated, Dotos and real estate
3,.0. artawi, who now is assistant caunagur -of the Case Canning com- Many as Marshfield and vice-president of the Citizens State Bank at Han- rua, said today he handled the xx state for Hire Hiller. Upon bar death. three years later, she left the estate to John Miller, a nephew residing at Republic, and Mrs. Albert Dodson, fortberty of Mlangua, Mr. Orimvel stated. Between $4,000 and $5,000 of the state wus cash.
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Mr. Ortmal said today that Mr. Miller was not a "miser," but was man who watched his money closely
and did not spend carelessly.
"I belped to orgadite the Citizens State Bank at Niangus .in 1907 and from the time the bank was organised unul Mr. Miller died, he always had several hundred dollars deposited there' He kept most of his money out on interest," Mr. Grimsel stated.
"When he died in 1903. Roy Dogar- dus and maywets sealed Mr. Miller In the copper-lined casket which he had constructed years before. there wu nothing about it to indicate a secret compartment for storing money, and I did not use any money about his body or any part of the casket. I also balped to sedl Mrs. Miller's casket and did not sou any gold in or about it." Constructed Two Castres
Yuan before his death, Mr. Miller costructed two old-fashioned walnut caskets for himself and Mrs. Miller. He also obtained some sheet copper Abc constructed copper linings that noted surly inside each casket After completing them. he stored them in en upstairs attio room as his home in Mlagua, according to Mr. Grimmel - Fur come time Miller and. ble wife reakled on a farm near Mangue. They then sold, the farm and ccoupled a rookienos in Nlangus, where Mr. Millur spant his time in growing truck crops, fruits and handling bens.
Ho was a man of deep religious con- victions and contributed generously toward the erection of the present Trw Will Baptist church in Nlangue. It was mid he furnished most of the lumber for the bullding. However, be was not a member of that church. being more inclined to the Holiness faith, it was stated.
Rumors of Money.
Come time ofter Mr. Miller died. rumors started that he had buried a large amount of money in a secret compartment of his casket.
. When' the caket was removed from the grave yesterday, it appeared as If an attempt had been made some Ume ago to open the sturdy walnut box. The most recent attempt wus indiosted by the long gush on the top.
Despite the fact he had been dead over 14 yours, Miller's body and clothes were still in good condition, It was stated. After an examination. officers returned Miller's body to the casket and lowered the box back into the grave.
No attempt was made to rob the Prove of Mra. Miller, officers stated.
Mr. Miller was 68 years old at the time of his death. In regard to the rumor he hoarded gold pieces, Mr. Orizzal said today that it was a ous- tom in those days to carry goid in- stead of bills. "When I would see Mr. Miller be would Almost always have some gold pleoes with him. but as fur ₪ I know he did not make any special effort to collect a large number of them."
Approximately 176 persons; who came on horses, in burgies, wurons. . automobilkes and on foot, www af the stareyard near Niangus yesterday Then the casket was removed from he grave. according to Prosecuting Attorney & W. Mills of Marshfield. He ald today that the case would be in- etigated but that officers had no lue that zaight possibly Jaud to an
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.ret. Prosecutor Mille stated that the chou' apparently had removed the aux from the praw and then lifted .be copper ltning. inside which was Viller's body, from the box. This was be only way pondble for them to. slit be sides of the copper lining. he said.
TOWNSAMIS, FATHER OF WIRS. LEWIS LUSTER, DIES
Pitmaral services for Walter Wood- Amin, 78 Har oid, who died at bombe of bis son. Everett L. Drostur. Os, yesterday. will hold a 10:30 a. m. Wednesday. when will be conducted at the w.of Mrx. 'UN M. Fisher. &N Lou's Street." "Burial will be in -
decedent ' is survived . by a ov. Xml. Belle LyDes Amis, and a Everett,. both of Decatur, Oa .. . a daughter, Mra. Lewis Luster, of thid. J. W. Brownlow, presi- of the Springflek Chamber of merce, is a nephew.
Ank was born in Culooks. My county. Tenn., and has been A tevling salesman. He was well- Kowa throughtout this state. The boty arrived. in Springfield this aft-
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2, 1927 -- DAILY NEWS
Page I: Mrs. Mary E. Taggard died .** Mrs. Martha T. Terry died .** Harold Dickerson committed suicide.' * *
Page 3: James S. Bristow died .**
Page 5: Daughter born January 27 in Springfield to Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Nicholas of Boston, Mass. Mrs. Nicholas is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. E. Breech, 957 Kimbrough avenue.
Page 6: Mrs. Annie R. Worman died .**
Page 11: Card of thanks .**
Page 12: C. M. Bussard celelbrated his fiftieth birthday .*
MRS. MARY E. TAGGARD Mrs. Mary E. Tagrard, widow of J. H. Taggard, of Fordland, aled at her home in that town at $.15 o'clock : yesterday afternoon, Funeral sorticon will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Methodist church In Fordland, was the mother of J. R. L'ndertaking company. Mrs. Tastard, who was one of the oldest settlers of FoFrdiand, was the mother of J. R. Tastard, Frisco agent at Beymour. LA C. W." Taggard, Yriscos agent. At Fordland.
JAMES 8. BRISTOW James 8. Bristow, 66. . died Jast ?ve- ning: In' a hospital In Savannah .Mo .. following a brief illness. The body will arrive here tonight. Funeral serv- Ices are not complete but will be held at the family home nine mlien east of springileld on the Divlelon i etreet Ivad. Burial will be In Danforth Ahrtery under direction of W. L. Starne. undertaker. Mr. Brislow had l'en n resident of Greene county sll his life and is survived bis the widow. the daughter. Mr. W . Young, of De Moines, and one son. H. It. Bris- tow. Houte 9, Springfield. .
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