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Violet by George H. Walser
A sample of George H. Walser’s poetry. “Violet” is from The Bouquet, also published in 1897. * * * * * A LITTLE BOOK OF MISSOURI VERSE Collected and Edited by J. S. Snoody Press of Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Co. Kansas City, MO 1897 VIOLET When Morning stole across the distant plain To wreathe the peeping…
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Liberal Mutual Telephone Company Didn’t Like People Sharing Their Service
The people of the Liberal Mutual Telephone Company *really* didn’t want people sharing service with their neighbors and friends. * * * * * From Telephony, The American Telephone Journal, July 2, 1910 Good Arguments Against the Borrowing Habit. Mr. G. H. Dixson, secretary and manager of the Liberal Mutual Telephone Company, Liberal, Missouri, is…
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Bee Journal advertised from Liberal, 1881
Below is an ad for The Kansas Bee Keeper from 1881, Liberal, Missouri. THE CANADIAN BEE JOURNAL Vol. 1 BEETON, ONTARIO, APRIL 22nd, 1885, No. 4 KANSAS BEE KEEPER Established 1881 A 24 Column WEEKLY journal. Devoted exclusively bee-culture, at ONE DOLLAR A YEAR Three months on trial for twenty-five cents. Address, SCOVELL & POND…
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Allen Marble Noyes
Allen Marble NOYES was born 30 Oct 1867 “4 o’clock AM” at Anna, Union County, Illinois to James Allen and Caroline Atwell Noyes. He married Susie REYNOLDS 1 May 1897 at age 29. He died, 21 April 1939, at Dexter, Stoddard County, Missouri, at the age of 72 and was buried in Harvey Cemetery. Allen…
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That Bad Boy Again – Written for the MISSOURI SCHOOL JOURNAL by W. E. Condict, a Liberal, Missouri Teacher, 1896
The below was written by W. E. Condict, a Liberal, Missouri teacher, and published in Missouri School Journal in 1896. As with other generations, it bemoans unruly conduct at school. O. E. Harmon’s “The Story of Liberal” mentions W. E. Condict as an educator. * * * * * MISSOURI SCHOOL JOURNAL Vol. XIII Jefferson…
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Telephony Liked Liberal’s Telephone Directory in 1910
The July 2 1910 “Telephony”, the American Telephone Journal, liked Liberal’s telephone directory a lot. As if you needed or desired to know this. * * * * Co-operation Between Public and Company Urged in Directory Advertising. There arc only fourteen inside pages in the directory of the Liberal Mutual Telephone Company of Liberal, Missouri.…
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Emma Viola Noyes Harmon
Emma, daughter of James Allen Noyes and Caroline Atwell, was born Dec 15 1860 in Wakeshma, Kalamazoo, Michigan. On June 9 1878 in Anna, Union, Illinois, Emma married Orrin Ellie Harmon who would one day write a slim book on the history of the freethought town of Liberal, Missouri, where her family settled and where…
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Baldwin v. Walser–Trouble at the Bank
There was trouble in Liberal. George W. Baldwin brought charges of libel against Walser for Walser distributing this in January of 1889: ” ‘ To all whom this may concern : ‘”Notice is hereby given that the copartnership heretofore existing by and between G. W. Baldwin, G. H. Walser, J. G. Pitgen, J. A. Noyes,…
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Index of Names for The Story of Liberal Missouri
I’ve compiled an idex of names that appear in Orrin Harmon’s The Story of Liberal Missouri: Early Settlements John M. Minor Marsh Minor William H. Curless Tom Stark A. Delissa W. A. DeLissa J. M. Wilson E. A. Wilson John Rhines William I. Stacy C. M. Cameron J. M. Coles Charles Brown John and Marion…
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“Founding of Liberal, Missouri”, article from Sikeston Herald, 1938
Founding of Liberal, Missouri Sikeston (Missouri) Herald, December 1, 1938. Liberal, Missouri, called by the Christians “the Godless town of Infidelity,” was incorporated fifty-seven years ago it was founded as a town for free-thinkers—but churches and saloons were banned. The founder of this unique community experiment, George H. Walser, was born in Indiana in 1834.…