These notices are on single pieces of paper, usually with dark lettering.  I can remember seeing similar notices as a child, in a basket on the counter at stores around town.  Even in death, in those days, the women are sometimes listed by their husband's name rather than their own given name.

 
FUNERAL NOTICE
The Funeral of
EDMUND COMLEY
will be held at the
FAMILY RESIDENCE ON WALNUT ST.
this afternoon at 2?30 p.m.,
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18th, 1906
 
Rev. W. H. Bickers will conduct the service. 
 

 
FUNERAL NOTICE
The Funeral of
JOSEPH W. VOOHERS
will be held at 9 o'clock sharp, Friday morning,
instead of 1 o'clock, as first announced,
At the Congregational Church.
 
Rev. C. C. Green will conduct the services.
 

 
FUNERAL NOTICE
 
The FUNERAL OF
MRS. T. J. BRANDON
WIFE OF
J. T. BRANDON
WILL BE HELD AT
THEIR RESIDENCE, AT 5 O'CLOCK
JUNE 8, 1910.
INTERMENT AT CITY CEMETERY

 
 
FUNERAL NOTICE
 
The Funeral of
PHILIP GREEN
will be held
Friday, May 21, 3 p.m. 1920
at the
Pine Grove Church.
Rev. J. E. Owen will conduct the services.
 

 
FUNERAL NOTICE
 
The Funeral of
W. J. Loven
will be held at the
Baptist Church
Tuesday, afternoon, June 8th at 3:30 o'clock
 
Rev. N. E. Bottom will conduct the services.
 

 
FUNERAL NOTICE
 
The funeral of
LEROY D. BLUE
will be at the Methodist Church
Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 30
at 2:30 o'clock
 
Rev. Myers will conduct the services
 

 
FUNERAL NOTICE
 
THE FUNERAL OF
MRS. CATHERINE FARQUHARSON
WILL BE HELD AT THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH
MONDAY AFTERNOON, DEC. 7, 1925
AT 2:30 P.M.
FATHER RYAN WILL CONDUCT THE SERVICES.
 

 
FUNERAL NOTICE
 
The funeral of
MRS. SAM HILL
will be held at the residence on Third street
Wednesday, July 5, 1911
at 4 o'clock p.m.
 

 
FUNERAL NOTICE
 
The Funeral of
HAROLD CURRAN   
Infant son of
James F and Daisy L Curran,
Will be Held
At
The Methodist Church
at 1:00 O'clock, August 28, 1910.
Interment at City Cemetery
 

 
THE FUNERAL
 
of
Dr. A. B. Johnson will be held at the
family residence
on
East Second Street
at
Four o'clock, Friday afternoon
July Sixteenth,
Nineteen hundred and nine.
 
Services will be conducted
by
Rev. F. N. Steele.
 

 
FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
 
The funeral services of
MR. JAMES O'BRIEN
will be held at the Catholic Church,
Willow Springs, Mo.,
Monday, March Thirty, nineteen hundred
and eight, at two o'clock, p.m.
Sermon by
Rev. Joseph Wipperman
 

 
FUNERAL NOTICE
 
 The Funeral of
L. E. Weatherford
will be held at the Kilpatrick residence on
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
January 9, 1919

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