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125 Years Ago
August 16, 1900
Ground for the new courthouse was broken Monday. The last of the old building was removed Saturday and the first spade full of dirt for the foundation of the new building was thrown out Monday morning a little after seven o’clock.
The drouth with which this section has been afflicted for weeks past has been of unusual severity and especially disastrous to the corn crops. It rained on nine different days in June. The heaviest rain during that month was on the 1st, when four-fifths of an inch fell, the greatest amount on any one day during the past four months. In July it rained on ten different days, but the total amount of water was only three-fourths of an inch. Up to noon yesterday it had rained but three days this month and the precipitation amounted to one-half an inch. Counting snow, there has been sixteen inches of water since January 1. In the same length of time last year, the amount was 34-1/4 inches and the year before 31-3/4 inches.
Mix Englehardt, an old Palmyra boy, visited relatives here last week. He is now employed as a stone mason for the Burlington Route.
Miss Katie McKnight returned to her home in Quincy after a week’s visit to Gus Koepler and family in this city.
Ike Barkley is still in the melon business. The character of the fruit he sells is well known in Palmyra and it is fully up to the standard this year.
A. W. Durand, the popular young grocer at Emerson, and Miss Myrtle Gibson, the accomplished postmistress, were united in marriage at Quincy last Wednesday evening.
Aunt Nellie Hunter, s one of the oldest citizens of this neighborhood, quietly passed away Friday night. She was laid to rest in Palmyra Saturday (West Ely News)
Miss Lorraine Holmes of LaBelle and Miss Nellie Smith of Fayetteville are the guests of Mrs. Mary L. Mays in this city.
100 Years ago
August 16, 1925
Frank W. Smith, for fifty years a prominent merchant of Palmyra, a leader in civic affairs, a devout churchman, lodge man and splendid citizen is dead. Palmyra mourns his loss. He is survived by his wife, two sons, Howard J. And Thad R., of this city and two daughters, Mrs. Waller McKay and Mrs. Granville Sherman, of Memphis, Tennessee.
Miss Merle Coleman of Hannibal was the guest of O. T. Coleman and family several days last week.
Miss Irene Smoot of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is the guest of her parents, Mr. And Mrs. R. L. Smoot, of this city.
Miss Lula Landis is convalescing from a throat operation at the home of her parents, Mr. And Mrs. J. R. Landis. The operation was performed last Friday at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Hannibal.
Mrs. Helen Courtney is the guest of her sisters, Mrs. Ella Maupin and Miss Cora Flemming. Mrs. Courtney formerly lived here, but is now a resident of Quincy.
Bert Vance and family accompanied by Mrs. Willaa Goodnight and daughter, Miss Hattie, spent last Sunday in Monroe City the guest of their aunt.
Misses Helen Weller and Stella Crane, who have been attending school at Warrenburg this summer returned home yesterday.
Ernest Ward, 14 year old son of Mr. And Mrs. Elmer Ward of Naomi is showing considerable skill as an artist, as evidenced by a number of paintings on display in his father’s store.
76 Years Ago
August 17, 1949
The first count of votes for the Palmyra Fall Festival Queen Candidates, gives Miss Marjorie Keller, of Fabius township a lead with a total of 2380 votes.
Mrs. Murl Eichman announces the engagement and approaching marriage of her daughter, Miss June, to Mr. Eugene Hinds, son of Dr. and Mrs. H. Hinds, all of Palmrya.
William C. Hoehne, well known Palmyra resident, died at 11:20 o’clock last Wednesday night, in St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Hannibal, where he had been taken for treatment after he suffered a heart attack on Monday afternoon.
Born, a daughter to Mr. And Mrs. Claude McFarland, Monday afternoon in St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, in Hannibal.
Garry Million, son of Mr. And Mrs. D. B. Million, returned last Saturday after a week’s visit with his grandmother, Mrs. Henry Clark, of Burlington.
Mrs. May Elizabeth Stuhlman, widow of John H. Stuhlman passed away at the home of her son, Harold Stuhlman, in Palmyra at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, August 16, after an illness of eight weeks, but only bedfast about three weeks.
Michael Coons returned to his home the latter part of the week from St. Elizabeth’s hospital, Hannibal, where he had been a patient.
Mr. And Mrs. J.B. Kroeger, who’ve been making their home in Quincy, are moving to an apartment in the residence of Mr. And Mrs. Russell Meyer.
50 Years ago
August 20, 1975
A final count by officials of the Palmyra Saving and Building Association has indicated that well over 1,000 persons toured their new facility during open house last Sunday.
There was no doubt it was Ozzie’s Day Saturday at the Florida State Park. Friends, neighbors, political figures from all across the state, and just well-wishers gathered for a day long event to show their appreciation to D. R. Osbourne for his accomplishments in the state legislature.
Miss Palmyra Vicki Turner represented the city very well by being named fourth runner-up in the Queen contest in the Missouri State Fair this past weekend.
Miss Martha Ann Carnahan and Larry Dean Myers exchanged wedding vows in a double ring ceremony at 7:00 p.m., Friday, August 15 in the Palmyra United Methodist Church. The Rev. Chester Pullman, past of Mt. Olivet Methodist Church at Taylor, officiated the ceremony. Parents of the couple are Mr. And Mrs. Ross Carnahand and Mr. And Mrs. Francis M Myers.
A daughter was born to mr. And Mrs. Glenn Griesbaum of Route 1, on Friday, August 15, 1975, at 6:15 p.m. in Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois. She weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces and has been named Dawn Frances.
Barbara Lundberg, who has been a patient in Blessing Hospital,Quincy, Illinois, following a back injury, is doing quite well now. Barbara is a nurse at Blessing.
25 Years Ago
August 16, 2000
Palmyra School district residents will pay no more in taxes for the school year than they have last year. The R-1 Board of Education approved keeping the tax rate for the 2000-2001 school year at the same rate as last year.
Palmyra school officials are hopeful a new car rider drop-off policy will provide increased safety at the elementary school.
The new policy calls for car riders to be dropped off at the south doors each morning, instead of on the east side where the buses arrive.
The Marion County R-II Rural Fire Department continues to improve its volunteer services. Members have been taking training and the department has made equipment additions thanks to donations and most recently, matching funds from the Missouri Department of Conservation.
On Saturday, July 29, friends and family of Jennifer Hurst gathered the Palmyra Middle School to erect an early childhood playground in her memory. Hurst, a Palmyra High School graduate, had spent hours volunteering and working in the Palmyra R-1 School District Early Childhood Program. She was a junior education major at Culver-Stockton College when she was killed on her way to class on May 4, 1999.
