Linn County, Missouri Genealogy Trails

Newspaper Articles

Joseph A. Howell, of Linn county, who murdered Mrs. Malinda Hall and her four children last January, and then burned her dwelling to conceal his crime, is on trial in the Linn county circuit court this week at Linneus.
Richmond Conservator, (Ray County, MO) July 25, 1889 [Submitted by Lisa]

The public schools at Linneus were closed last week on account of the grip tackling both teachers and pupils. the foreign intruder is no respector of persons, it pounces upon the young and the old, the rick and the poor alike.
[Richmond Conservator, Ray County, MO, January 30, 1890- submitted by Lisa -2009]