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The Bland Co mi Heir YOUR HOME MERtHM FIRST A croM mask br meat. your s-t-prri; ton hJ I-pired. IVm re-Dew istmedAtely. Devoted To The Betterment Of This Community 99 Vol. 11 -No.

47 Bland, Gasconade County, Missouri, Thursday, October 3, 1935 Only $1 a Year Dead Ben Eaton Killed When Embankment Caves In; Gasconade County Day At Dairy Show Hurst Markt The ladies of the Evangelical Church art serving a Wurt Markt dinner and supper in the church basement in connection with the Annual Mission Festival on Oct. Gth. All are invited to Bland School Fair October llth and 1 2th The Bland School and Community Fair wi'J I held this yeir on Friday and Saturday. October llth and 12th. There wjl be Two Others Entombed cbJJ or Mr.

and Mrs. Le Oscar Bun ten. was born February 9. 1931. and died September 29.

C'tt. at the tome. IS mJes south of Bern, Ma. He had th Jrer 7 months and 20 days. Death was due to stomach ailment long friend of Mr.

Eaton and with which be bad offered for.s'.ti, Dliry show which is to li weeks. be held in St. Louia from Octo- Funeral services were held at 12.19 Bern on Monday. Sept 30th. and xt rf, ih.

S.nL A meeting is to be bell in O- WflftYti! ftfrirr4 October 5, at 7.20 p. m. the Jpurpow of making plans for a t. r. tary Producers Airiation.

will speak at this meeting and will assist in making plans for getting a large number cf our county dairymen and others interested In the dairy industry to attend the show ih a body on one particular day which will be designated as Gasconade County Day. The meeting Saturday evening will be open to everyone interested in attending the Dairy Show. Married Miss Eva Kamper and Kermit Boesch were married Saturday afternoon. Sept 2fith, by Rev. Hawthorne Boesch, cousin of the groom, 2421 Lucas and Hunt Road, Evangelical St Peter's Church.

St Louis. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. E. J. Harness of Red Bird.

She graduated from Bland High School with the class of 1330 and attended State Teachers College at Springfield in 1931. She is now imployed with the International Sbo Co, The groom the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Boesch of this city.

He is a graduate of Bland High School class of 1931. He is employed with the J. McMa-hon Construction Co. The couple will make their home in Bland. The Courier joins their many friends in wishing them a long and happy married life.

Mrs. Henry Bollman was a week-end guest at the Henry Fischer home. Some stray dog got among Herman Harmg's sheep last week, killed a couple and crippled some. Better keep your dogs at home. x-lrctiuo of exhibits of field rrop.

fruits and vegetables. (oultry, dairy Cittle. horars and mules, flower, domestic arts. culinary art, old relics, etc Ai in the pint, the school exhibits will alo prove to be very Inter esting. Many prixea will be a-warded on exhibits as well as on various athletic evrnti which will be bt'ld both day a.

Read the large advertisement elsewhere in this issue and plan to make Bland your hcadquar-tera Friday and Saturday of next week. An Cosy Job One of the earnest jobs in the world is leing an editor. AH an editor has to do is to ait at his dek twelve hours a day. aix orl i neven ernys a wet-K. lor live or six weeks in a month and twelve months in a jear and straighten out such stuff and correspond- crre as the following which reHches his desk by the cord at times: "Mrs.

Jones of Cactus Creek let a can.pener slip taut week and cut hiTef in the pantry. A mischievous lad of Punk- ville threw a stone and cut a Mr. Tike in the alley last Tuesday. "Tom Brown climbed on the roof cf his house last week, look-ing for a leak, and fell, striding himself on the back porch. "While Harold Green was escorting Miss Violet Wise from the church social last Saturday, a savage dog attacked them and bit Harold on the public square.

"While Farmer Frank was harnessing a young colt last Saturday the colt whirled around and kicked him near the corn-crib." Chicago Journal of Commerce, American Legion The Wittrock-Davia Post No. 3S3 meets on the first and third Thursday of each month, at Schroeder't Shoe Shop, in Bland. Dr. and Mrs. R.

F. Lichte, of Union, were in Bland, Sunday, interment was made in Warren Cemetery, with Sassmann ser vice, urfler the able direction of Elmer V. Lehr. Buy The Beat Tfce Uarkrt Afford Ttotp The Courier Adversers. Mt.

ZIon News By Mrs. A. C. Horstman. Everyone rejoicing over the nice rain last week.

Some reports of frost Friday morning. Mrs. Fred Jannick bad the misfortune to fall and sprain her ankle Tuesday, which has kept her in for several days. Mr. Buel Jannick of Linn spent the week end with home folks, Mr.

and Mrs. John Jannick. Mrs. A. J.

Groff and sons. Oscar and RusseJ. helped Albert Horstman work in the cane and corn, Friday and Saturday. Mr. and Mrs.

Herman Haring iwwti told, tiui, buiuia, Schalk, of Wool lam. Webster Jannick has been having a short vacation on account of the Belle school being closed for scarlet fever. Sorry to bear that Tom Shock-ley 'a little girl got bit by a copper head snake while coming to school, Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs.

Fred Jannick were Sunday guests at the Ed. Wittrock home. Mr. and Mrs. Aug.

Bent'age and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Krae-now were Sunday guests at the Alvin Krae now home. Arthur Tipton hauled cane to Fred Shockley's molasses mill, for Albert Horstman, Monday. Jim Barbarick of Belle was a Sunday guest at the John Jannick home.

lake their Sunday meals with and to attend the services. Adulu 30c Children 20c Served family style. us Hunting S'otlce We, the undrjigned. positively forbid fox chasing, fox hunting or hunting of any kind, day or night, on our land or any land that we may have rented. Mrs.

J. G. Gleize Chss. I. Skouby 30 Years Ago The following items were ken from the Courier files ta 0f September.

1905. Issue of Sept. 1, 1905. G. H.

Essmann, merchant at Cleavesville, returned last week from a trip to New York. Mrs. Michael White died near Viesman (Burboise) August 17. Miss Emma Baxter and Aug- ust Baumgarter. of Steen'a Prai- rie.

were married Wednesday of last week. Mrs. Anna Mosier. formerly of High Gate, died in Indian Territory, last week. Last Saturday Mr.

and Mr. Adolph Bieber celebrated their silver wedding anniversary. William Dodson, IB, son of Thomas Dodson, died at his home, two miles east of Bland, on August 25th. The Russian-Japanese War has just ended, the terms of peace having been reached by the envoys Tuesday. Issue of Sept.

8, 1905. Wm. Rudolph reports the birth of boy No. 2 at his home near Canaan on Sept 4. Mrs.

J. II. Koenig died at her home in Eldon on Aug. 25tb. Chas.

Tschappler and Miss Flora Buecker were married at St. Charles on August 31st. W. F. Phelps, publisher of the Courier, has taken charge of the Belle Review.

Disha Hollandsworth, 77, died Sept 3rd at his home near Cana an. Oswald Fluhr, 72. of Hermann, tn VOO BKK IV jNTCKWATKWAL CArtTOCJN Sj Last Fndy at about 11:40 a. m. our to almost "went wild" hen it was learned that an the sewer ditch, which at being dug in the street ltwe-n (ebb's Garage (and Mt-h's Sti.re, had caved in, entomhirg three men.

Rescue workers jumped into the d.tch and Ug in digging and shoveling dirt Uft and furious Their dia-i cover)' revealed the body of Ben I Eaton, who haj bn killed in-l stanlly, hen a large stone struck head, s-ver'y crushing his 'skull as weil as breaking bis shoulder. The body was immediately taken to tde Sasmann undertaking parlcr and cared for by Elmer V. Lehr. A coroner's inquest was held in the afternoon. 1 i i 1 LftlUIl It IUVK1 IIIBII shadow of gloom was cast over the entire community.

I The other two men who came (very r.iar being "buried alive" Bill Drewel of Bland and John Elton of St. Louis. They were working in the ditch, a 8nortdlfctnce from Mri t0Iit jwh(n lhe caVe in occured. Rea- Ilizing that he was in a trap of Ure- oi crabbed bold of one of the tools in the ditch and braced himself onto the handle. Elton braced himself by holding to Mr.

Drewel as this is reported to have been his second ex 'fierce of this kind, hence he knew what to do. Neither of these men were seriously hurt and it is thought that no large rocks were in the dirt that struck them. The ground above the ditch was soft, due to a rain the previous day and the heavy ditching machine had been operating only a short distance from here the men were working. We understand that the ditch was more than six feet deep. FUNERAL SUNDAY The body lay in state at the home of John Brumely (Eaton's uncle and where he had made his home) until Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock when funeral services were conducted by Rev.

R. C. Jett at the Liberty Church, south of Belle. In bis talk, Rev. Jett said that he had been a life died Friday morning.

Geo. Essmann of Cleavesville and Geo. Ott of Bern started for Sedalia Friday to attend Busin ess College. On Aug. 28th Dr.

Wm. Ezra Seba was issued a license to practice medicine in this state. Issue of Sept. 15. 1905.

A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Newton Carter on Tuesday, Srpt 12. Wm Rogers died Tuesday night. Mrs.

J. D. (Sarah) Terkins died Sept 9th. A nine pound boy has arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

Gus. Owens of Cooper Hill. Last week a new boy arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Aug.

Drewel of Grove Dale. An electric light plant is being constructed in Owensville. Hurst Richardson, of Canaan, will teach school in Owensville this winter. J. P.

Biles and W. F. Matthews were doinj St. Thursday. Issue of Sept 22, 1905.

Mr. and Mrs, Christ Dan user made the remark that it was the most di.Ticult sermon he had ever attempted to preach. Interment was nude in the Liberty Cemetery under rites of the Wittrock-Davis Post American Legion. It was a tn-ical military funeral! and the deceased's comrads paid tHir rrtf in mntt f. tin 9 The unusually large crowd which attended the funeral and the beautiful floral offerings attested to the high esteem in which Ben Eaton was held in this community.

OBITUARY Benjamin F. Eaton was born near Feuersville, in Osage County on March 15. 182 and died September 27th, 1335, age 43 i years. 6 months and 12 days. He was the youngest child of Mr.

and Mrs. Clark Eaton. His father died when Ben was only five years old, his mother passed to her reward only three months ago. He leaves to mourn his passing one brother, John Eaton of Gasconade: four sisters. Mrs.

Cynthia Pointer of Bland, Mrs. Mary Jett of Owensville. Miss Ida Eaton of Hughesville and Mrs. Stella Pointer of Belle; also two' uncles. John Brumle'y Bland and Walter Brumley of Arkansas and a large number of relatives and friends.

Ben heard the cad of his country during the World War, enlisted in the army and served for a number of months over sea, willing to die if need be that the land which he loved might still be the land of the free. From a child up he was always big hearted willing to divide whatever he possessed with his friend. He could never be called selfish, neither being of a disposition to worry, always appar ently satisfied that tomorrow would take care of itself. He had a large acquaintance which was shocked at bis sudden departure to the great beyond and his passing is more evidence that God works in a mysterious way. of Potsdam, are rejoicing over the arrival of two six-pound girls.

The Gasconade River has a 20 foot rise. High water everywhere and many wash-outs have been reported. Mack Campbell. Thos. Seitz, Leander and Benton Perkins, Ferdinand Czeschin and families went to Cooper Hill Wednesday for a fishing trip.

Cora, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Valentine, who formerly resided in Bland, died in Saline county last week. Last Sunday a boy was born to Mr. and Mrs.

Geo. Naugle, of Canaan. Issue of Sept 29. 1905. Rev.

II. and Mrs. Miller are now busy with the furnishings of their new home, east on Colorado avenue. Last Friday, near Vichy, Geo. Ballance killed Jasper Copeland by cutting him with a corn knife, John Dittmann, of Canaan, is shipping a car of fire clay per day.

A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Aufder Heide last Tuesday morning.

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