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Fri, Feb 19 2010
Thanks for helping build this site

The site has just surpassed 2000 views, and I want to think those who have helped me put this site together!

One of the newest pictures I have received came from Kim King, and I'm thankful for the picture of A.O. Blackman's Office in Allenville during the early 1900's.

Every story, picture, advertising item, and letter make a difference in building this website.

Thanks to everyone who has helped bring the history of this small town out in the open for everyone to see.

Thanks again!    CRH


Posted by allenville at 3:32 PM CST
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Fri, Jan 1 2010
Happy New Year everybody! 2010 is here!

Here's wishing everyone a very Happy New Year!

 May God Bless us all, and may His loving hand guide us all.

 CRH


Posted by allenville at 1:54 AM CST
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Mon, Dec 21 2009
New Allenville item found

My uncle Harry bought an J.A. Withers match safe like the one on the Withers Distillery page.  Those things are hard to find, and getting harder with each passing day.

If anyone is willing to sell, I'm still looking for a 1/2 gallon jug, and a mail order ad for this distillery, and that would pretty much complete my collection.

CRH


Posted by allenville at 1:57 AM CST
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Thu, Nov 26 2009
Happy Thanksgiving! 2009

I just want to wish everyone a great Thanksgiving!

May God bless you all!

 CRH


Posted by allenville at 12:12 PM CST
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Thu, Nov 12 2009
Allenville Railroad Bridge caught on Fire lastnight

It seems that a brush/field fire caught the Allenville Railroad bridge on fire lastnight, but fire fighters from Delta were able to get it under control.

 The Bridge was built in 1918 and is no longer in use, but is still standing strong. I stood on that trussell a few years ago during a huge flood, it was a humbling experience.

There's a picture of the railroad Bridge on the Railroad section of the website. 

Thanks to the Delta Fire Fighters for their quick action.

CRH


Posted by allenville at 3:30 PM CST
Updated: Thu, Nov 12 2009 3:31 PM CST
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Wed, Nov 11 2009
Happy Veterans Day! 2009

Happy Veterans Day!  Thank you to all who have served our Country.

The next Veteran you see shake their hand, and say thank you.

May God bless you all.

CRH


Posted by allenville at 9:14 PM CST
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Thu, Nov 5 2009
Allenville newspaper articles

Hello,

To those who read, or just visit the website.  I wanted to share with you that I have been searching microfilm for the past few weeks, and have uncovered more than fifty complete Allenville newspaper articles from the early 1870's to the early 1880's.  Within these articles is a ton of journalistic  information on early Allenville Missouri.  These articles start in 1871 only two years after the town was founded, and have numerous business owners, the first school teachers, and the names of many citizens of our fair town.

My issue is how to introduce these articles to the website, so since I have already added a few to this blog, I guess I will continue to add an article every so often to this section of the site, or I'll make a page for the articles, who knows?

Either way, We'll have some good Allenville stories in the near future.

CRH


Posted by allenville at 8:23 PM CST
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Thu, Oct 29 2009
Uncivil times in Allenville

It must have been very scary to live during, and after the civil War.  There was still a lot of bad blood for decades after the Civil War. Not counting the fact you had to deal with outlaws, cut-throats, and bands like the Ku Klux Klan.

Here an article from the Office of the Governor Benjamin Gratz Brown. 

 

October 4, 1871

Violence—Stoddard County: dispatch report, Edmund Furlong, chief clerk, Adjutant General‟s Office, to Col. Albert Sigel, Adjutant General, Jefferson City, Cole County; report in accordance with special order no. 22 by Governor Brown; investigation into the activities in Stoddard, Dunklin, and New Madrid counties, organized band of men in the county, called by some Ku-Klux Klan, composed of (6) six companies, each 50 strong; horse thieves, robbers, and murderers; ride around the country during the nights, armed and masked; band mainly consists of fugitives from justice from Illinois, Arkansas and Kentucky; swamp hideouts; whipping of Latham and Cooper; attempted murder of Hanna; Capt. W. R. Frakes; list of respectable citizens of Stoddard County to aid in the effort to suppress the Ku Klux Klan; Clarkton, Dunklin County, badly afflicted as Stoddard with a band of robbers, under the name and disguise of Ku Klux Klan; determined action of the Sheriff and his Deputy, Col. Jeffries, as well as the killing of four Ku Klux and the wounding of two caused them to desist for the present; Allenville, Cape Girardeau County; Charleston, Mississippi County, incident in Allenville, 10 or 15 men disguised as Ku Klux called during the night at the house of a colored man at that place; warning the black community against building black schools and black churches; arrest of "Klein, Harden and Higgins for the murder of Scarlett" in New Madrid County

We know from records that Allenville and it's African American community over came the Klan in Allenville by building an African American Church, and School.  But, by the fact there were different Schools and Churches for whites, and Blacks let's us know that there was still a long way to go for equality among mankind.

It was just a violent time in our country following the Civil War, and most of the time the Judge and Jury was the man willing to pull a trigger.  Here's a small list of Allenville shootings, but I have no doubt that this list would be much, much longer if I had all the records.

A. J. Causey shot and killed by his son Reding Causey 1884.

George Vaughn shot and killed by Christian Ulrich (ruled an accident) 1884.

Gabriel Mouser shot and killed at the Allenville Railroad platform (No shooter charged) 1897.

R. W. Renfroe  Struck and killed by a club in the hands of Clary Kinder 1889.

William McGee shot and killed by Will Rucker 1902.

It seems that the Civil War went on for several years after it's so called end, and in many ways it's still going on today.

May God help us all, to love each other as He has loved us.

CRH


Posted by allenville at 8:14 PM CDT
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Wed, Oct 28 2009
Here's a story about H.H. Hinton from the Missourian

This story was titled "Reminiscence"

 

Editor, The Missourian:

In the long ago the people used to give a little "something to boot" in trade. When I was a little boy living over the hills southwest of the lovely, cultured old town of Allenville, Mo, H. H. Hinton had a store that sold everything.

Robbie Amos, a clerk, had to be able to "jump counters"  and sell different articles.  His selling came naturally and he was very well liked.

Mr. Hinton, however, was something special.  With a twinkle in his eyes he greeted customers with a friendly hand shake, swapped yarns with them and always before a customer left gave them "something to boot".  Candy, Apples, nuts placed in a poke sack.  He never boasted, but these things were found by customers on the way home.  Sometimes he would give a sack of flour, keg of sugar or an article of clothing to some harried father with a passel of youngins.  The old time drummers would also give "something to boot" when calling on stores.  Samples of dresses, coveralls, ect.  These Mr. Hinton would give to some harried widow with a passel of youngins.  These drummers were good at entertainment and once a Negro porter carrying a casket from the freight house was scared from his "livin lights" by a ventriloquist drummer.  Groans, cries, and whimpers came from the casket.  He was one of the Sides family, I believe.  He was last seen that day crossing the tracks on a run towards his home.

Mr. Golliger the "Rawleigh" man would give "something to boot" in the way of a bottle of extract or anti-pain killer.

Neighbors would help when butchering time came and always went home with fresh meat as "something to boot".

American custom long since dead, but it was a wonderful custom. It answered two purposes, a friendly gesture from one to another and also a "balm" to one's conscience if there was any doubt in ones mind that the trade was fair.

                                                     Ralph Galeener

                                                    Springfield, Missouri

 

What a nice story,  CRH


Posted by allenville at 6:15 PM CDT
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Mon, Oct 26 2009
Allenville Mo. March 4th 1872

Here's another article from the Missouri Cash-book of Jackson.

 Editor Cask-Book: You may be somewhat surprised to again see My hand writing after so long a silence.  However, My apology must be made in person at some future day.

The good people of our town seem to be doing as well, if not better than some of their neighbors in towns more remote from a great line of transfer and navigation. There seems to be greenbacks enough to run things along very smoothly here. Generally speaking, a man can always get plenty of money, if he works for it.

Some of our best citizens have been taken suddenly ill with the Texas fever, and are rapidly completing their arrangements to leave us.  We are sorry to learn that our mutual friend, Mr. T. J. Rodney, is among the number who propose making their home in the Lone Star State.  God bless, and go with him, and we trust fortune will shower down upon him her golden bounties.  His great sale of horses, cattle, farming implements, and machinery came off Saturday last at his Riverside farm, about one-half mile below town, the net proseeds of which were near three thousand dollars.  We did not interrogate him with the usual question as to when he would leave us, but took it for granted that Tom "meant business".

Between the hours of 4 and 5 o'clock in the evening when the people  were coming from the sale, and the road full of a live moving mass, a difficulty occured near or in front of Mr. R. Masterson's Saloon and the toll gate between two men named respectively, Wm. Loyd and Shain Ross. From those who saw the fracas we learn that Loyd came up behind Ross and hit him a blow that brought Ross to the ground, and then jumped on him and commenced to beating him severely about the head and face. Ross is a small statue, and Loyd just the reverse. Ross got from under him some way, being most too small a handful for such a giant to grasp.  Loyd then drew his pistol, but was promptly met and his attempt foild and he started to walk off.  In the meantime, Ross borrowed a pistol from George Meyer and as he came out of the Saloon, it went off accidently.  Loyd supposing the shot was intended for him, wheeled and fired, but missed his aim.  Whereupon Ross took delibrate aim at his antagonistand and fired, the ball lodged in Loyd's heart causing almost instant death.  The constable was soon on the spot and promptly arrested Ross and Meyer.  Loyd by this time being beyond all hope of recovery.  The Muderous affair caused intense excitement throughout our town and cummunity, and all feel much chagrined that our little place should again be the scene of such a tragedy.  Comments upon the charactar of both parties are unnecesary ;  but rumor says they are (here's a missing word).  The preliminary examination will be held today at the office of W. H. Lovelace Esq. after which we shall be able to give you particulars.

We learned that Mr. Tichenor is about to surrender Brown's Hotel to Mrs. Sandy Ross of Cape Girardeau, also that Mr. Geo. H. Lewis is about to sell his livery Stable.  Mr. Wm. Pond after settling up the business of Franklin & Co. and his own, is off tomorrow on a pleasure trip to New Orleans, and we wish him a pleasant journey.  If they take a few more of our old reliables out of Allenville we think it will be a dead goose.  Mr. Milan C. Axe, and family have removed to Marble Hill, and Mr. Axe is going to the crescent City.

Among the Hotel arrivals we noticed Farmer L. Hale with several other of our Bloomfield friends.       Truly Yours,

                                                              Dunleath.

I hope to have more stories for you in the future.

CRH


Posted by allenville at 1:35 PM CDT
Updated: Mon, Oct 26 2009 1:43 PM CDT
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