Labor and Democracy Debate Shapes Local Convention
Edition text reflects a campaign in a Missouri district urging Democratic support for a county nominating convention to select delegates for a state and congressional race. It cites labor leader Gomper and calls for honest, progressive candidates, with emphasis on union influence, party responsibility, and opposition to predatory wealth. It lists township precincts and a Marble Hill nominating meeting with details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marble Hill
Whitewater
Bedgewickville
Union Township
Samuel Gomper
Washington City
American Federation of Labor
Pase
University of Missouri Opens With Large Enrollment
The University of Missouri opens September 11 with an anticipated enrollment of about 25,000 students across all departments. The institution, funded by Missourians, is lauded as a source of civic pride and a powerful public education asset that benefits the state and its youth.
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University of Missouri
Missouri
Commonwealth
Miscellaneous Kitchen Hints From a Sundry Pantry
A garbled list of cooking tips mentions lemon juice for poached eggs and omelettes, citrus peels for flavor, nutmeg in beverages, and lemon to improve eggs. It also notes boiling eggs in sweet cream, using bacon fat, heating coffee before pouring, fried sweet meats, stale cake with brandy, steaming stale soles or bread, and lemon juice added during cooking.
Public records eye on alcohol permits in local option areas
Article notes new law Section 240 requires internal revenue collectors to post alphabetical lists of all special tax payers who hold permit records for selling intoxicants. It allows certified copies for prosecutorial use and a one dollar per hundred words copying fee. The piece also mentions a cryptic seed-paper note about cabbage pest control and an unrelated instruction on renewal after rain showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Con
Internal Revenue
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Desklin Democrat
Joseph Wingate Polk Rests While Summer Blight Hits
A stylized verse contrasts everyone taking a summer rest with Joseph Wingate Polk of Oster Bay who remains at work cutting bait and keeping his mill running. The poem depicts Taft at Put-in-Bay, ships sailing for Brazil, and breweries offering to pay a bill as summerspan Drake fades. Joseph stays active, manning duties daily despite the season’s heat.
Local notes from SBedgewickville and Opskaven district
J C Smith was badly hurt last Wednesday while hauling off, thrown from a wagon on a rough road. The community reports rain abundant, threshing good with John F Miller leading crop with 510 bushels, and several visits between residents and travelers.
Sunday visits and community notes across Lutesville area
Sunday visits featured Annie accompanying to Barnhart to visit brother Clpoe. Local attendance included W. Rhodes H. H. Mabuce and Leo Griffith at Dry Creek quarterly meeting. Reports indicated mortgage relief on par sonage and very low Ant Tilly Hessia. Sunday school convention planned at Union next Tuesday night and Wednesday. Community health described as reasonably good while several residents visited or were visited.
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Annie
Barnhart
Clpoe
W. Rhodes
H. H. Mabuce
Leo
Griffith
Dry Creek
Union
Berasvitlan
Notice to Bidders for School House Contract in Missouri
The board of directors of school district No 1 township 2 range 10 Bolling er county Missouri will receive bids to build a school house. Bids due Saturday August 4 1906. Board may reject any or all bids. For plans and specs apply to John H Masters clerk Sedgewickville Jenny H Mastens this day of July 1906.
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Rouite
Board of Directors
Bollinger County
Missouri
John H. Masters
Sedgewickville
Bessville Social Notes and Visits
Bessville brief notes report Mrs. Dines Bess ill and Mrs. Macnch visiting relatives nearby. Flatly Venable spent Sunday at Spring Valley. Mrs. John Dollar and daughter returned to St. Louis Saturday. Marvin Wattd and family visited relatives. Mrs. Welker spent a few days in Fredericktown with her brother last week. Miss Carrie Whitover left for 81.
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Myrick
John F. Miller
Benton Sitzes
TL. B. Miller
J. W. Cobb
M. B. Minter
Andrew Abernathy
G. W. Stilts
H. B. Miller
A. T. Whitener
A.C. Whetstine Castor
Lodge
Marie Groceman
St. Louis
Peter Nelson
Nesbit Greer
D. W. Wilkingon
Opskaven
Maria Croft
Lutesville
Albert Barrett
Misson May
Nellie Huskey
Mt Zion
Mary Lossley
O. M. Lessley
Rachel Call
Burfordaville
Mrs. Cash
Lee Nanney
Scopus
Huskey
Lytesville
Emma Allen
Robert Allen
St. Lous
Albert Allen
Marvin Flannery
Hickory Grove
Flannery
Cape Girardeau
Geo. Reutzel
Bessville
Dines Bess
Flatly Venable
Spring Valley
John Dollar
Macnch
Marvin Wattd
JM. Welker
Fredericktown
Carrie Whitover
Community update from Patton and surrounding area
The locality reports good health and social activity. Visits include James Trentham and wife at William Groner's, and Rev. Cunningham delivering sermons with a generous church supper. Residents attend church at Rhodes Chapel, while others travel to Greenbrier and Flat River. Road work begins amid ongoing hay cutting and stave hauling.
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James Trentham
William Groner
Patton
Cunningham
J. W. Tallent
Rhodes
Maud Smith
Babe
A. Long
JW. Stone
Flat River
Wm. Wards
Radward Shell
Mary Biffle
Greenbrier
Wilson
Henry Knowles
James Davenport
John Davenport
Local Notes on Health Crop Prospects and Rain
Loyd reports good health and a positive outlook for the corn crop. He notes recent rain and hail, along with a period of not writing but optimism for the harvest ahead.
Dexter Chautauqua Opens Next Wednesday August 1
The Chautauqua in Dexter opens next Wednesday August 1 and runs ten days. Last year drew hundreds and impressed attendees with a program that promises even more this year with daily physical, social, and intellectual benefits. Events include an Old Pedier’s Contest, a Spelling Match, and Home Coming Day Fraternal Day La Follette and Town Day on Friday August 3 with $150 in prizes. Iron Mountain railroad offers one fare plus 50 cents.
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