From the 3rd floor
of the Webb City Public Library
Webb City Area Genealogical Society
Here are some news highlights from 100 years ago that were in the Nov. 3, 1925, Webb City Sentinel.
• Jack Jones, 115 N. Ball, age about 8 years, suffered the fracture of his collar bone when he fell from a tree on his grandfather’s farm which is located on the concrete road east of Webb City.
• Miss Bess Hilburn purchased a new Essex coach and it was delivered today. Ed Solomon stepped out today in a new Buick sedan.
• Buddy Wine, two year old baby, fell from a car as his mother drove around a corner near her home on North Roane street last evening, the lad suffering a broken collar bone. The father is with the telephone company here.
• The German war trophy cannon in Memorial park was evidently attacked by vandals Halloween night. It now lies with a decided list, one wheel having been removed and the axle allowed to drop to the ground.
• Lead and zinc prices were steady in the Tri-State district. Zinc ore brought $58 a ton, while lead was quoted at $120. Lead was not heavily sold with many operators holding for higher prices.
• Mrs. Pierre M. Wallace was designated as chairman of the annual Red Cross membership drive to be held from Armistice day to Thanksgiving.
Helen Lane Wiswonger was the teacher of this 1925-1926 third grade class at Eugene Field Elementary School.
(FRONT) Maurine Clayton, Hilda Mae Whitescarver, Ruth Arlene Carroll, Myrtle Killingsworth, Virginia Ensing, June Beddell, Margaret Switzer, Dorothy ?, Hulgha Mae Wood, Grace Farthing.
(MIDDLE) Jack Obert, Elroy Baldwin, Paul Harvey, Juanita Tollar, Ella Mary Gallagher, Helen Jane Palmer, Dora Hamilton, Gary Chapman, Bill Fry, Kenneth Selby.
(BACK) Johnny Pool, Charles Matters, Vestor Taylor, Robert Hennaugh, Kenneth Sibert, Leslie Jewell, Jay Frank Hamilton, Walter Chapman, Arthur Jackson, James Webb, Gail Smith and Kingray Sullivan.