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Kirksville

American  
[kurks-vil] / ˈkɜrks vɪl /

noun

  1. a city in N Missouri.


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Witnesses testified that hours after his funeral, Danny Welte came to a Kirksville hotel and stopped in the parking lot near his wife.

From Washington Times Jul. 28, 2020

The former Kirksville High School prom king and football and track standout attended Missouri’s Truman State University and was enrolled at the University of Kansas when he joined the Army in 2010.

From Seattle Times Nov. 7, 2016

Sarah Jane Kemp was born Feb. 6, 1942, in Kirksville, Mo. Her father worked for the FBI and moved the family to Alexandria, where she graduated in 1959 from Francis C. Hammond High School.

From Washington Post Apr. 3, 2015

Quoting from an old notebook, letters and local reviews, he recounts obscure drives like the one from Kirksville, Mo., to Peru, Neb., and reports how much each gig paid.

From New York Times Oct. 2, 2011

Finally he was able to go for a term to the Normal School at Kirksville, Missouri.

From Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades by Sanford, Chester Milton

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