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  1. Thirty-eight Sheriff Sales Reported in Local Missouri Newspaper
    date February 2, 1890map COOPER, Missouritags Agriculture, Economy

    Many Missouri farmers lost their farms in sheriff's sales during 1890. The Boonville Semi-Weekly Star reported 38 sales on February 2, 1890. Sheriff sales occurred when individuals failed to pay taxes on their property to pay taxes to some other creditor. The sheriff then sold the seized property on the courthouse steps. The locality listed the seized properties in the newspaper in an attempt to...