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R Wright,
Clarence Boyce (1877-1953)
236 Diaries,
1912-1926
MICROFILMVolume 1: 1912
Date(s) Contents
01 Mar 1912 Entries begin
02 Apr 1912 C. B. Wright elected Director of School District
1-2 May 1912 Tuscumbia flooded
27 May 1912 Tornado
touches
04 Jul 1912 Tuscumbia band performs at Brumley
30-31 Jul 1912 Excursions
run aboard Ruth
16 Aug 1912 Band concert at Tuscumbia
26 Aug 1912 Democrats hold rally in Tuscumbia
03 Oct 1912 Miller County Teacher’s Association meeting begins
23 Nov 1912 George Jenkins’s house burns to ground
26 Dec 1912 New Sheriff assumes duties at Tuscumbia
Volume 2: 1913
Date(s) Contents
01 Jan 1913
13 Jan 1913 Stockholders meeting, Anchor Milling Company
22-24 Jan 1913 Southwest Lumbermen’s Association meetings at
26 Feb 1913 “Bear House” burns at Tuscumbia
25 Mar 1913 Rail
deliveries to
24 Apr 1913 U. S. Dredge boat begins work on river at Tuscumbia
2-6 May 1913 Thief caught tampering with cash register at Anchor Milling Co.
02 Jun 1913 Clarence
B, & Homer L. Wright inspect lumber yard at
purchase
12 Jun 1913
11 Aug 1913 U. S. Dredge boat begins work on Tuscumbia shoal
13 Aug 1913 Anchor Mill damaged by high wing
18 Aug 1913 Good Roads meeting
29-31 Aug 1913 Chautauqua in
15 Sep 1913 Sickendrick boys brought home for burial
Sep-Oct 1913 Extreme
low water in
13 Nov 1913 U. S. Dredge boat finishes work on Tuscumbia shoal
Volume 3: 1914
Date(s) Contents
12 Jan 1914 Anchor Milling Co. Election of Officers
14 Jan 1914 U. S. Dredge boat
24-25 Jan 1914 Tomson, James D.
28 Jan 1914
28-30 Jan 1914 Southwestern Lumberman’s Association
Mar-Apr 1914 C. B. Wright has mumps
06 May 1914
05 June 1914 Excursion trip aboard Steamer Ruth
Jul-Aug 1914 War
Declared in
30 Jul 1914 Chautauqua begins in Eldon
18-19 Aug 1914
06 Sep 1914 “Hard Shell” Campbellite Minister preaches in Tuscumbia
15 Sep 1914 Boat & Barge break moorings in flood
17 Oct 1914 Thomas Markle dies. Former Steamboat engineer and employee of Anchor Milling Co.
18 Oct 1914 Homer Lee Wright marries Elizabeth Hauenstein
26 Dec 1914 Fiddler’s contest at Tuscumbia
Volume 4: 1915
Date(s) Contents
03 Feb 1915 Steamer Floyd up from Osage bound for Linn Creek
19 Feb 1915 Steamer Floyd up from Osage, bound for Linn Creek
22 Feb 1915 Anchor
Milling Co. pays off notes on Steamer J. R. Wells
26 Feb 1915 Annual statement of business done with Ruth
28 Feb 1915 Charles
M. Wright dies at
13 Mar 1915
12 Apr 1915 Mrs. P. F. Hauenstein dies
02 May 1915 First automobile in Tuscumbia arrives
22 May 1915
02 Jun 1915 Charles
Isaac Wright graduates
24 Jun 1915 Travel
to
10 Jul 1915 H. W. Scott opens motion picture theater-first in Tuscumbia
21 Jul 1915 County Court in session. More automobiles in town than buggies or wagons
06 Aug 1915
Volume 5: 1916
Date(s) Contents
22 Feb 1916 Albert June, Civil War veteran, dies at Tuscumbia
03 Apr 1916
09 Apr 1916 Henry
Wright, C. B.’s uncle, dies at
21 Apr 1916 Tornado
hits
considerable property damage
08 May 1916 Tuscumbia organizes a school. C. B. Wright elected President, Board of Education
01 Jun 1916 Anchor Milling Co. in prime financial condition, best of its history
Volume 6: 1917
Date(s) Contents
07 Jan 1917 Nora Carrender dies, leaves husband and five children
15 Jan 1917 F. W. Fendorf dies, automobiles used first time for transportation to cemetery
28 Jan 1917 Dewey Brockman dies of typhoid
12-15 Feb 1917 Journey
to
30 Apr 1917 Fred Fendorf dies at Tuscumbia
11 May 1917 Country Road meeting in Tuscumbia
06 Jun 1917 Commencement
Exercises at
22 Jun 1917 Motor
to
18 Jul 1917 Road machinery begins work around Tuscumbia
20-22 Jul 1917 Selective
Service drawings for
10 Aug 1917 Excursion of drunken “toughs” aboard Ruth
29 Oct 1917
04 Nov 1917 C. P. Meyers dies at home in Tuscumbia
8-10 Nov 1917 Meetings
on organizing Y.M.C.A. in
16-17 Dec 1917 Red Cross Chapter organized at Tuscumbia
22 Dec 1917 Fire in Tuscumbia destroys Burns Livery
23 Dec 1917 Charlie
Sooter dies at
County
Volume 7: 1918
Date(s) Contents
14 Jan 1918 Mrs. H. W. Vaughan dies at home
27 Jan 1918 G. L. Tomson dies
07 Mar 1918
28 Mar-13 Apr Meningitis outbreak in Tuscumbia, 8 dead
26 Apr 1918 Speaker
at courthouse describes conditions in wartime
20 May 1918 Red Cross meeting at Lawson School House
26 May 1918 67
Jul 1918 Railroad car shortages hamper wheat shipments
04 Aug 1918 Will Nichols dies of Typhoid Fever
17 Aug 1918 Tuscumbia/Iberia stage Red Cross Benefit at Tuscumbia
03 Sep 1918 New elevator at Hoecker started
07 Sep 1918 Anchor Mill closed by U.S.F.D.A. for violating food laws
17 Sep 1918 Embargoes
on wheat shipments to
23 Sep 1918 Prohibition
lecture at
28 Sep 1918 Train
of War trophies exhibited at
14 Oct 1918 First
appearance of influenza in
29 Oct 1818 First death from influenza in Tuscumbia, Nevada Willis
11 Nov 1918 Armistice
in
Volume 8: 1919
Date(s) Contents
23 Jan 1919 Attends
Lyceum course in
02 Feb 1919 Charles Wright returns from Military Service
09 Feb 1919
10 Feb 1919 Miller County Red Cross disbanded
18-19 Feb 1919 Visit
06 Mar 1919 School Board meets at Tuscumbia, Wright elected Chairman
09 Mar 1919 Matilee Wright dies of meningitis
04 Apr 1919 Visit saw mill cutting lumber for new boat
04 May 1919 American
war tank “Whippet” on display at
14 Jun 1919
4-12 Aug 1919 Railroad strike ties up business at mill, shipments embargoed
22 Aug 1919 Graduation Exercises for rural schools held at courthouse
14 Oct 1919
28-31 Oct 1919 Rivers Flooding
21 Nov 1919 Repairs to boat
year-end summary Comments on naming of Homer C. Wright
Volume 9: 1920
Date(s) Contents
1-2 Jan 1920 Inflation
is general throughout
12 Jan 1920 Election of Officers, Anchor Milling Co.: P. F. Hauenstein, President; R. M. Marshal,
Vice President; C. B. Wright, Secretary and Treasurer
21 Jan 1920 C.
B. Wright passes examination at
tons
29 Jan 1920 Influenza epidemic reaches Tuscumbia
12 Feb 1920 Steamer
J. R. Wells damaged by ice at
29 Feb 1920 William
Siebert killed at tiff mine in
02 Mar 1920
03 Mar 1920 Maiden trip of new steamer
01 May 1920 Coroner’s inquest on accidental death of Paul Buschman
18 May 1920 C.
B. Wright resigns as pilot of Homer C.
Wright
May-Jun 1920 Seven-year locusts arrive
05 Aug 1920 Comments
on draught in
11-16 Aug 1920 Chautauqua in Tuscumbia
10 Sep 1920 Republican Club organized at courthouse
08 Oct 1920 Courthouse speaker on Republican platform
23 Oct 1920 State Dairy Commissioner Speaks at Courthouse
26 Oct 1920 C. B. Wright named Commissioner for general elections
06 Dec 1920 Prisoner escapes from Sheriff at Tuscumbia, recaptured
Volume 10: 1921
Date(s) Contents
04 Jan 1921 Road meeting at courthouse
16 Jan 1921 Funeral
of Perry Roark, killed in
20 Jan 1921 Farmers boycott businesses in Tuscumbia
22 Jan 1921 Work on new warehouse
27 Jan 1921 Farmers meeting at courthouse
12 Feb 1921 Visit to
21 Feb 1921 Sales of International tractors and equipment
24 Feb 1921 Ruth is re-floated after 2 weeks “on the Bank”
26 Feb 1921 Farmers protest high prices by staying away from stores
28 Feb 1921 Dry conditions, lots of brush fires in forest
01 Mar 1921 Ruth delivered to Jeff City Produce Co. for $400.00
04 Mar 1921
05 Mar 1921 Steamboat inspectors inspect Homer C. Wright.
25 Mar 1921 Car repairs
04 Apr 1921 Killing of Elza Rush
09 Apr 1921 Road meeting at Tuscumbia
12 Apr 1921 Farmers still refuse to trace, mill runs only 1 day per week
29 Apr 1921 Farmers on the “Bolshevik Plan” refuse to work except for wartime prices for produce.
14 Jun 1921 Wheat harvesting
23 Jun 1921 Osage steamer Uncle Jim unloads hickory saw logs at Tuscumbia
06 Jul 1921 Business dull enough to consider closing for 30 days
12 Jul 1921 Wheat begins coming to mill
13 Jul 1921 Crew begins caulking barge
22 Jul 1921 Farmers refuse to spend money for two reasons: their disposition, and their lack of cash.
31 Jul 1921 Church dedication at Ullman
05 Aug 1921 Opening of Chautauqua, runs through 9 August
26 Aug 1921 Teachers Association in session
28 Aug 1921 Circus comes to town – M. L. Clark & Sons shows
08 Sep 1921 1000-1300 people attend farmers picinic
20 Sep 1921 Barnum
& Bailey circus at
21 Sep 1921 Convention of Christian churches for Cole & Miller counties begins at Tuscumbia
10 Oct 1921 Death of Mrs. John Fogleman at Eldon
13 Oct 1921 Millers meeting at Anchor Mill
25 Oct 1921 Town full of people attending Jess Catron sale
28 Oct 1921 Crew of men at Brockman Ford working on road
09 Nov 1921 Farmers meeting at Tuscumbia
11 Nov 1921 Armistice Day not much observance of it in town
17 Nov 1921 Millers meeting at Brumley
30 Nov 1921 Sheriff
brings in moonshiner from
05 Dec 1921 Circuit court in session, people turn out to hear “Whiskey cases”
Volume 11: 1922
Date(s) Contents
06 Jan 1922 Yearly accounting at mill reveals $120 profit for 1921
09 Jan 1922 Stockholders meeting at Anchor Mill
14 Jan 1922 Cyclone at Tuscumbia
21 Jan 1922 Steamboat springs leak
28 Jan 1922 Talent contest at courthouse
01 Feb 1922 Business bad at mill
13 Feb 1922 Death of Mrs. W. H. Hauenstein
20 Feb 1922 C.
B. Wright has minor surgery in
28 Feb 1922 “Sunflower Entertainers” miss concert date due to snow
03 Mar 1922 Theatrical entertainment at courthouse
06 Mar 1922 Death of W. H. Mitchell
08 Mar 1922 Road convention in Tuscumbia
10 Mar 1922 Steamboat inspectors
21 Mar 1922 Boat runs to Bagnell, “Got tangled up” in telephone wires
24 Mar 1922 Concert at Tuscumbia
03 Apr 1922 Comments on “Backward Spring” and poor prospects for crops
05 Apr 1922 Entertainment at courthouse
08 Apr 1922
12 Apr 1922 Big crowds to see the flood, Killgore photographs the river
16 Apr 1922 River continues rise, no mail 18 April due to washouts on rr, Lyceum held at courthouse
25 Apr 1922 “Desolation” left by flooding viewed on run to Hoecker
01 May 1922 Contract
with
03 May 1922 Trip
to bridge site, tie-up at Schubert, visit
06 May 1922 Boat
at
10 May 1922 Farmers planting corn after flood
16 May 1922 Visit boat at Boonville
24 May 1922 Entertainment at school house
30 May 1922 Visit
to
01 Jun 1922 Boat runs to Edwards Mill landing and Kraus Fetty
07 Jun 1922 Miller Co., Sunday School Convention
15 Jun 1922 Build 3 park benches and place them in park
16 Jun 1922 Chautauqua meeting
18 Jun 1922 Boyce
family re-union at
03 Jul 1922 Visit Eldon, Missouri State Penitentiary baseball team defeats Eldon, 10-7
04 Jul 1922 Celebration at Eldon
07 Jul 1922 Chautauqua opens, runs through 11 July
27 Jul 1922 Charter
boat to party in
06 Aug 1922 Auto trip to
16 Aug 1922 Railroad strike continues
28 Aug 1922 County convention of teachers and school directors, 28-29 August
12 Aug 1922 Receive partial payment on boat charter
01 Oct 1922 Visit Iberia and attend baptizing at tavern bridge
10 Oct 1922 Boat
starts for Tuscumbia from
27 Oct 1922 Boat crew arrives home
04 Dec 1922 Circuit Court
15 Dec 1922 Anchor Milling Co. installs radio
Volume 12: 1923
Date(s) Contents
01 Jan 1923 Begin annual inventory at Anchor Mill
08 Jan 1923 Stockholders meeting
20 Jan 1923 Mortgage sale of W. H. Mitchell farm
09 Feb 1923 Death of Laura Setser, her mother dies next day
12 Mar 1923 Boat makes first trip of year to Hoecker
22 Mar 1923 Steamboat inspectors inspect Homer C. Wright
16 Apr 1923 Boat
is sold to buyer who will use it around
10 May 1923 Attend
meeting of hardware association at
23 May 1923 Death of John Hawkey
22 Jun 1923 First “aero plane” flies over Tuscumbia
23 Jun 1923 Visit
15 Jul 1923 Drownings on Saline Creek
10 Aug 1923 Memorial
service at
10 Sep 1923 Partial eclipse of sun
18 Sep 1923 Weather bureau representative inspects river gauges
09 Oct 1923 Death of W. T. Harrison on Saline
01 Nov 1923 Purchase
of site at
28 Nov 1923 Business light, no turkey trade as farmers will not sell cheap
04 Dec 1923 Mistrial declared in rape case
14 Dec 1923 Sawmill
begins construction of lumber shed at
Volume 13: 1924
Date(s) Contents
02 Jan 1924 Death of Uncle Joe White
07 Jan 1924 Begin
framing new lumber shed at
14 Jan 1924 Stockholders meeting
25 Jan 1924 Deliver coffin for Mrs. Joel Topping
15 Feb 1924 Begin
stocking shed at
06 Mar 1924 Business at Anchor Mill begins to pick up
02 Apr 1924 Court
day at
24 Apr 1924 Plowing and planting begin
27 Apr 1924 P. F. Hauenstein operated on for cancer of throat
15 May 1924 Fred Austin asphyxiated by fumes from car
19 May 1924 Manager
of yard at
10 Jun 1924 Flooding on Saline
01 Jul 1924 Victor J. Miller, gubernatorial candidate, speaks at courthouse
04 Jul 1924 P. F. Hauenstein dies of throat cancer
14 Jul 1924 Tuscumbia
group meeting with highway commissioner at
19 Jul 1924 Will of P. F. Hauenstein opened
06 Aug 1924 Road
meeting with delegation from
21 Aug 1924
14 Sep 1924 Visit
15 Sep 1924 Democratic rally at Bunceton
23 Sep 1924 C. B. Wright sells farm
25 Sep 1924 Gubernatorial candidate Baker speaks at courthouse
02 Oct 1924 Cole-Miller
county convention of
06 Oct 1924 Most
townspeople attend dedication of capitol at
14 Oct 1924 Democrats rally at courthouse
04 Nov 1924 General election
19 Nov 1924 Surveyors
complete Tuscumbia—
29 Nov 1924 Shooting at Bagnell
17 Dec 1924 Severe winter storm
24 Dec 1924 Thompson & Chrismon shot at Bagnell, both ultimately die
31 Dec 1924 Begin annual inventory at mill
Volume 14: 1925
Date(s) Contents
05 Jan 1925 Death of Jim Bell
11 Jan 1925 Finish annual inventory
12 Jan 1925 Stockholders meeting, Anchor Milling Co.
26 Jan 1925 Visit
to
Association, which lasts through 30 January
08 Feb 1925 Baptism at Christian Church, Eldon
09 Feb 1925 C. B. Wright makes settlement on estate of P. F. Hauenstein
14 Feb 1925 “Big meeting of Little Farmers” at Tuscumbia
28 Mar 1925 Comments on lack of business at Anchor Mill
01 Apr 1925 Build low water bridge at Johnson Ford
07 Apr 1925 C. B. Wright voted out as school director at Tuscumbia
22 Apr 1925 Low water bridge work on Big Saline, through 23 April
08 May 1925 Farmers meet at Tuscumbia
28 May 1925 Circus fails to show up at Tuscumbia
13 Jun 1925 Farmers meet at courthouse
26 Jun 1925 Son
of Sheriff Burks drowns in
28 Jun 1925 Purchase threshing machine and begin custom threshing work.
24 Jul 1925 Visit Bagnell
08 Aug 1925 Parade in Tuscumbia
21 Aug 1925
01 Sep 1925 Heat and drought
08 Sep 1925 Setup gas station at Anchor Mill
23 Sep 1925 Death of John Blackburn
01 Oct 1925 Strawberry Association meeting at courthouse
8 Oct 1925 Death of Rich Willis
11 Oct 1925 Visit to Bagnell
12 Oct 1925 No wheat crop in area
23 Oct 1925 Replacing of water gauge at Anchor Mill
26 Oct 1925 Derailment
at
05 Nov 1925 Strawberry Association meeting at Tuscumbia
09 Nov 1925 Final settlement of P. F. Hauenstein Estate
17 Nov 1925 No School due to Scarlet Fever scare
19 Nov 1925 Accidental shooting of young boy
26 Nov 1925 Fatal fire at Henry Browning home
29 Nov 1925 Visit to dam site at Bagnell, attend diner there, 30 November
05 Dec 1925 Repairs to water jet a mill
10 Dec 1925 Strawberry Association meeting at Eldon
Volume 15: 1926
Date(s) Contents
05 Jan 1926 Road meeting at courthouse
07 Jan 1926 Inventory and annual accounting at Anchor Mill
11 Jan 1926 Stockholders meeting at Anchor Mill
13 Jan 1926 Death of Woolsey Pierce
26 Jan 1926 Visit
to
06 Feb 1926 Death of Mrs. Jim Waddle
10 Feb 1926 Accept bids for construction of schoolhouse
16 Feb 1926 Lumber sold to tiff miners at Brumley
05 Mar 1926 Contracts signed for construction of schoolhouse
16 Mar 1926 Deaths of Sallie Edwards and John Watson
18 Mar 1926 Visit
to
22 Mar 1926 C.
B. Wright serves on
28 Mar 1926 Steamer Osage and dredge boat tie-up at Anchor Mill, death of Eli Abbott
04 Apr 1926 Death of Fannie Vannatta
17 Apr 1926 Work on new schoolhouse
12 May 1926 Bricklayers begin work on school
17 May 1926 Replace flumes in mill boiler
30 May 1926 Johnson store at Tuscumbia burns to the ground
23 Jun 1926 Open sand bank and begin hauling sand
28 Jun 1926 Visit prospecting shaft for coal mine
23 Jul 1926 Big picnic at Tuscumbia, runs through 24 July
04 Aug 1926 William King Buried
11 Aug 1926 Town band goes to Brumley to encampment
18 Aug 1926 Begin
vacation trip by car to
4 September
06 Sep 1926 School opens in new building
24 Sep 1926 Meeting to organize against the “Liquor Traffic”
05 Oct 1926 Attend
convention of
16 Oct 1926 Political meeting at courthouse, again on 20 October
28 Oct 1926 Preaching
“on hill” by Eld.
02 Nov 1926 Election
day, Republicans carry
05 Nov 1926 Visit Wright farm, talk of sale to state for fish hatchery
11 Nov 1926 Community program at courthouse
30 Nor 1926 Ferry crossing at Bagnell
12 Dec 1926 Death of Willis Burris
14 Dec 1926 John Wright injured with broadax
23 Dec 1926 Frank Boss drowns
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