County Clerk's Notice of Primary Election
County Clerk HARBERT & HADLEY announces the Republican and Democratic primary election in Lafayette County on November 3, 1908. Candidates for Governor Lieutenant Governor Secretary of State Auditor Treasurer Attorney General Railroad Commissioner Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Congress, State Senate, State House, and local offices are listed with party designations and home cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motien
Oan Lafayetta
Fat Toe Polly
Eeyan
Ani
Suman
Stata
Dietrict
Gove H
Beld
Lafayette County
Democratic Party
Cc A Keith. Higgineville
Republican Party
Ug, Phetzing
Lexington
Charles Hopper
Higgineville
Prohibition Party ticket names for governor and lieutenant governor
The Prohibition Party announces Herman P. Faris of Clinton as governor and Monta Payne of Webster Grove as lieutenant governor. The slate also lists Bishop C. Terry of Green Castle as a party figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monta Payne
Webster Grove
C. Terry
Green Castle
People’s Ticket for Railroad and Warehouse Commission
A brief notice outlines a People’s ticket for the Railroad and Warehouse Commission. The filing signals support for candidates aligned with labor interests and trade regulation goals, aiming to influence state oversight of rail and warehousing operations.
Are Wearing But One Ring Fashion Trend
The piece notes a shift from multiple rings to a single ring worn on the little finger, popular among young women and schoolgirls. It describes typical designs, often heavy gold with a seal and motto or initials, and mentions semi-precious stones like jade and lapis lazuli as alternatives.
A Knotty Point in Crimson Gulch Lynching Question
A traveling man aboard a railway train asks Bronco Bob if there is a lawyer on board and whether it is legal to lynch a man for stealin an automobile the same as for stealin a horse. The dialogue centers on legality and law in Crimson Gulch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronco Bob
Crimson Gulch
Washington Star
Pedestrian Interruption Stuns Professor in Stray Story
A visitor startled a distinguished professor who was admonishing his baby with playful babble about mistakes. The scholar then blushes and warns against exposing pedal extremities beyond blankets to avoid catarrhal risk, in a quirk of Stray Stories.
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Missy
What She Would Do by Pauline Lucca Teachings
A fragment notes Pauline Lucca, the famed singer who has died, as she spent her later years teaching. She advised a pupil to imagine a tragic situation and to imagine being deserted by a lover, then to seek another path.
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Pauline Lucca
The Real Boss
A judge questions his eldest daughter about an injunction against a young man named Tiff who left the house. The daughter confirms the injunction existed but explains he appealed to a higher court and the mother reversed the decision.
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Tiff
Papa
Kindo and Doyle Dialog on a Baby’s Milk Bottle
A fragment shows Mrs Hoyle and Mrs Doyle in a domestic exchange about a baby. Hoyle mentions holding the milk bottle while Doyle asks about a cane. The excerpt reads as a transcribed line with unclear context.
Not Deluded Irony in Work Appeal
The exchange features Plodding Pete dismissing a job offer with plain speech about making work sound better by using big words. The dialogue highlights practical realism over grandiose rhetoric in a rural or small-town setting.
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Pete
Local Visits and Travel Notes Across Towns
Douglas Meng of Lexington used several drugs last week. Mr and Mrs J E Henshaw spent Saturday in Higgins. Miss Minnie McGee returned Saturday from several weeks visiting friends in Tipton and her sister Mrs Fred Bachtell at Jefferson City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilton Lewis
Waverly
Dan Brown
Nannie Littlejohn
Mary Littlejohn
Thoreday
Lexington
Charlés Dysart
Mary Lee Cooper
Higginsville
May Harwood
Spencer and
Kenneth Harwood
Kansas City
Mary Philips
Mr. Coe
W. G. Harwood
C. T. Ryland
M. G. Roberte
J. B. Henshaw
J. B. Davis
Helen
Mary Elizabeth
St. Louia
Margaret Zeyelng
Eugene Zeyelng
Clara Moore
Eliza Cox
Miss Beep Darnell
J. D. Slusher
Steve McGee
Slater
Allan Hickam
Miss Wolff
Alice
Mattie Cole
J. W. Hedrie
Lockwood
King
Douglas Meng
Res
J. E. Henshaw
Higgineville
Minnie McGee
Tipton
Fred Bachtell
Jefferson City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Yor
Republicon Party
Harbert & Hadley
Jefferesa City
Republian
Jacob Ff. Gmelich
Boonville
Wor
John & Swanger
Milan
Tate
Jesse A. Tolerton
Branson
Wilbur F. Marking
Frank 8 Fulkerson, Bt. Joseph
Borth T
Gentry
Columbia
Railroad and
Wardicane Commissioore
The
Hepublican Crty
Amos L. Colman
Dedoto
H. H. Warherurn
Cape Girardeau
William W. Wilder
Ste. Genevieve
Supreme Court
Hepublican Party
Argur Cox
Bolivar
Roward Higrer
Kirikeyitie
John G Park
Kanene City
Arch B
Davis
Chillfeathn
Meservey
Edwin M. Taubman
John Whitaerrn
Weachlean
Poe
Repatitcan Party
Leslie
Holiday
Hollen
Glover Branch
Gevgravr
David A. Ball
Lewiana
William & Cowherd
Henry F. Btapel
Rockport
William H. Wallace
Por Lieuwtenant-Geverner
Ben M. Anderson
Walter A. Kelly
St Louis
William HW. Leazenby
Bethany
William St Painter
Carrollton
H. J. Simmons
Clarence Arthur
J. Tubres
St. Louis
Michael K. Norath
St Loui
Cornelius Roach
Carthage
John L. Bradley
Des Loge
Bernard Perks
Lown
John P. Gordon
Lozington
Frank A J. Biller
Lodin
John
Long
Peter
Democratic
Cowgill
Elliott W. Major
Bowling Grean
Warren C. Bronaugh
Clinton
Richard J. Hall
Springfield
John A. Knott
Hannibal
William M. Emith
Kirkwood
H. ©. Throleely
Shelbina
Rouva J. Winters
Socialist
Socialist Party
William L. Garver
Chillicothe
Sovialha Party
FL Sargent
Socialiat Party
Prank Barker, Poplar Blutt
Frank Foster
Por
Tressurer
Guy Ke.etherton
John F. Williama, Weet Pining
Barnsley, Monett
L. G. Pope
Fer
Kansas City Court of Appeals
Sociaalist
Ualeh Lirluni
Socialiet Party
T. Behrens
Waller W. Graves
Butler
Nat
M. Shelton
Macon
James Bllibon
Courtney W. Hamlin
Seward
Ver Sinte
Ing
James P. Chinn
Higemaville
General Assembly
Frank Bowman
Joseph HM
Christy
Oderson
William Young
Eastern Tierce
Demoocratic Party
William Walker, Higginevile
Western District
I. M. Thomas
Wellington
J. & Klingenberg, Concordia
Foe
Dintthes
Russell Darhler
Mayview
William A. Burnett
C. Harding
Charles A. Nex
Yor Vreneurer
C. Drummond
W. D. Meng
Woroner
Kw, Mann
J. G. W. Fischer
Alma
C. Marquis
Bert Scott
Wellington Ghorgh Sullivan
Odenta
J. K. Gray
Waterloo
John Walker
Hlegineville
Ancesor
John JL Dishker
Jentice
Dover Township
John HH
Waltdir
Hoge
HM. G. Drewelil Waterian
Clay Township
Enry Buddemeyer
Napoleon
Constable
Freedom Township
Arthur BH. Brackman
Concordia
OTT
F. Metre
Pence Davin Township
Ragland
Higuinaville
Larkin
Lexington Township
Dell Robinson
Alto Rush
Mepnobiven
John W Comlara
Lesington
Sul-o-Bar
Tee
George W. Mock
Odemna
Constable Davis
CW. Richardson
Himelarville
Township
Rowtiship
Ackee
Prohibition
Prohibition Party
Herman P. Faris, Clinton
Mieutenant
Proohibition Party
Jams I
BOTTS
Lancaster
George C, McLaughlin
Beatin
James M. Fulkerson
Fredericktown
Jonathan FP
Grr
Holden
People's Ticket
People Party
William A. Dillon, Marling
People’s Party
H. C. Donnohue
Appleton City
People's Party
James M. Burrus
C. L. Alexander
Farmington
F.W. Letsch
Marshfield
Henry H. Artz
Bt Louis
Peoples Party
James W. Riley
Madison
Staatr
Millsbotri
Lafayette
Giasegonk
Cratk
Seiter’s Market
Chas
W. Loomis, Bell & Greer
Senate
Amber
ALL
Dover Notes
J. M. Winn
Corder Tueslay
T. GC
Corbin
Corder Jinat Thureday
Robert Ragland
Texas
Capt
M. ¥. B. Olliver
Chicago
Virgie Boyd of
Varian Dysart
Catholic Church
Robert Hoetlicker
Hackler & Shelby
Franklin Ave
City Hall
Ayer
Thed
O. Ayer Co
Lowell
Maaa
Edison Phonograph
Phares Eire
DR. J. . Gallemore
Owl Drug Store
Lexington, Mo
J.L, Peak
Missouri
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