Election stir in the Cape caps busy local race
J T McDonald won the Cape by 800 votes over McNeely. Elected officials include W N Howard and E P Ellis as school directors, M E Leming mayor, Willis Martin city attorney, Rudolph Bahn police judge, and several ward council members. Voters cast 1,626 ballots in a lively city election with broad local turnout.
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The
Cape
Heinberg's
J.T. McDonald
T. EF. McNeely
W.N. Howard
E. P. Ellis
M. E. Leming
Herman Rabich
Willis Martin
R.H. Whitelaw
Rudolph Bahn
W. H. Huters
Ed Willer
W. C. Bergmann
Joel Juden
August Brunkhorst
George Meyer
D. A. Glenn
Notice to Banks for Sealed Proposals as County Depository
County court seeks bids from banks, associations or individual bankers in Cape Girardeau for county funds depository. Proposals due by May 3, 1909 noon. Bidders must state daily deposit interest rate for two years, with a guarantee check of at least 0.5 percent of prior year revenue. Frederick Goyert, Clerk, Jackson Mo. April 7, 1909. Also lumber for sale by Hy Steck near Datestown on Bloomfield road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Girardeau
Banking Association
Missouri
Frederick Goyert
Jackson
Swept Over Niagara Warns of River Dangers and Kidneys
An alarm urging caution after a Niagara incident notes river warnings grow stronger with ripple and current. The ad promotes Electric Bitters for kidney issues and backaches, claiming a Belk Tennessee user was cured. Available everywhere for 50 cents, with a dollar bottle featured.
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Bright
J. R. Blankenship
Belk, Tenn
Bird's Point Disaster Hits Missouri Town Hard
The town of Bird's Point opposite Cairo Missouri has suffered severe ruin from riverbank collapse that has swallowed half the town including the railroad roundhouse and yards. A fire last Wednesday destroyed a large hotel and seven or eight other buildings, forcing railroad workers to seek lodging in Cairo.
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Bird's Point
Cairo
Missouri
Free Time Song Book Offer With Ring Gift
A promotion from Piang and Music Co. in Galesburg Illinois offers a cheap song book of 62 tunes for 10 cents with words and music for piano or organ. A gold plated finger ring souvenir is promised to each contributor who sends a dime, along with stamps or money order.
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America
Annie Laurie
Columbia
Nellie Gray
Dixie
Robin Adair
Suwanee
Scotland
Piang and Music CO
Galesburg
Ill
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Heinberg
Charles Behrens
H. L. Jones
St. Louis
Ben Gockel, Sr
Father Ed Kern
C. W. Henderson
Fruitland Roller Mill
John Neumeyer
Whitewater
Adolph Jaeger
Margaret
J. T. McDonald
B. M. Morgan
Millerville
the Herald
Heinberg’s
Methodist Sunday School
No. 7
W. A. Sander & Bro
D. T. Sawyer
Bruening & Kerstner Dry Goods Co
Waters- Pierce Oil Co
Captain Childs
Julia McGuire
Charles Loos
Near Jackson
Fred Ranneke
Near Here
Albert Kaufmann
Near Fruitland
F. S. Portis
Evert House
Charles Ahrens
Jackson, Mo
Lewis Daugherty
C. H. Mayer
Egypt Mills
John F. Neiswanger
Burfordville
W. H. Bohnsack
Andy Stickler
New York
Jackson High School
Central Hotel
E. E. Penzel
G. S. Wills of
Oak Ridge
Our City
Reena Shaner
Beras
Ralph Brown
Fruitland
S. M. McAtee’s
McAtee Mere. Co
Charles Hoeckle
West Jackson
Jove
Lo’ L. White
Montrose, Mo
Texas
McAfee Mere
J. L. Haw, Jr
Farmington
Mr. Haw
Heimberg's
C. H. Walter's
Cape County
F. Williams
George Simms
Lutesville
Bruening & Kerstner Dry Goods Company
Pooyar
Ode Elie Be
Bears
Castoria Es Courage Courany
Gow Veen
Hy Steck
Datestown
Bloomfield Road
Niagara
Bird’s Point
Foleys Honeystar
Fruitland Soller Mills
Fruitland, Missouri
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