The Ridgeway Methodist Church was planning “Indignation and Protest Day” in conjunction with Methodist churches nationwide to “take action against President Wilson’s request to Congress to for the repeal of the wartime prohibition” of the sale of alcohol. Everyone was encouraged to meet the next Sunday for a sermon titled “Booze in Politics” and sign a petition to urge Congress to continue Prohibition. Meanwhile, the Christian Church members were thinking of holding a fall revival and were asking for suggestions for a good speaker.
It had been a rainy week with 8 inches of rain from the previous Saturday through Tuesday, flooding the Big Creek and Grand River and damaging crops in the bottoms.
The state of Missouri announced the results of the new “Farm Census”. Statewide, there were 277,244 farms and a total population of 3,293,335. Harrison County had a population of 20,466 and 3,377 farms.
It had been a rainy week with 8 inches of rain from the previous Saturday through Tuesday, flooding the Big Creek and Grand River and damaging crops in the bottoms.
Residents were reminded to keep their grass and weeds cut and to not throw grass in the streets, per the city ordinance and told “the next notice of this nature will be at your expense.”
The Rex Theater was showing a new “photoplay” titled “Oh, You Women”, a silent film about a soldier returning from World War 1 to find the women running things in town and the men at home tending the babies and doing housework.
The state of Missouri announced the results of the new “Farm Census”. Statewide, there were 277,244 farms and a total population of 3,293,335. Harrison County had a population of 20,466 and 3,377 farms.
E. Newton Carter, the county school superintendent, announced an examination would be given to determine Harrison County’s representative to the State Fair in Sedalia. The exam would cover Agriculture, History of Missouri and Arithmetic. Only boys ages 12-17 were eligible to take the test.
