New Year's Resolutions Face Harsh Reality in 1909
A tongue in cheek survey predicts that about 3,000,000 Americans will vow to quit habits and then relapse within weeks. It notes prominent figures like Bryan Taft and Roosevelt, and laughs at the fate of resolutions, parties, and ritual “never agains” as the century turns.
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William Jennings Bryan
William Toward
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Supreme Court of the United States
Pather Time
Union
Mother Earth
Hall of Fame
Gow Gleason trial set January fourth at Mexico
Sheriff Gentry has been summoning witnesses for the Gow Gleason case, moved on change of venue to Mexico. Clyde Gow, former pastor of the M E church at Elsberry, faces trial with Elizabeth Gleason’s case linked to the Hemphill operation that led to a death and a prior three year sentence later granted for a new trial.
Owensville man killed in wagon accident near home
Gerald Kerr 60 of Owensville died when horses bolted while he stood at the rear of a wagon his head struck a rock at the head of the handle. The article notes his death near Owensville and brief local relations.
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August Koch
Owensville
Gerald
August Kerr
Here
Koch
Gasconade County
Woodmen of America Lodge
Public notices and ads mix light prose
A jumble of quotes and product pitches appears, including a bright line about engagement avoiding smoking, praise for laundry starch, a Benson quote on love, a Brom quinine laxative tag, a quip about honesty, and references to Lewis' Single Binder cigars from Peoria Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Ill
Greer sues Ridgely for 30000 over auto collision
Miss Pearl Greer files in the circuit court a 30000 suit against William B. Ridgely former president of the National Bank of Commerce alleging his automobile struck her at Seven teenth street and Grand avenue on November 19 causing severe injuries.
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Kansas City
Miss Pearl Greer
Williamb. Ridgely
The
National Bank of Commerce
Miss Greer
Court Dismisses Science Healers
Warrensburg court dismisses the case against Lena D. Jaccard and Theresa M. Haywood Christian Scientists of Kansas City charged with treating the sick without a license. Judge B G Thurman of Lamar ruled the case on the Johnson county circuit court information filed by Prosecuting Attorney Cockrell.
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Warrensburg
Lena D. Jaccard
Theresa M. Haywood
Kansas City
Johnson County
Cockrell
B. G. Thurman
Lamar
Folk appoints school commissioner and coal-oil inspector
Governor Folk announces appointees Charles N. Cooper as school commissioner for Maries county to replace the resigned R. Lt. Holmes and Harry Martin named coal-oil inspector for Kahokia city for a term expiring November 4, 1909.
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Folk
Jefferson City
Charles N. Cooper
Maries County
Buckley Loses Appeal in Habeas Corpus Case
Jefferson City news reports the state supreme court division denied John Buckley’s request for habeas corpus releasing him from prison after his five year sentence for first degree robbery. The items also note Gov elect Hadley will appoint Frank M. Rumbold as adjutant general amid praise for his leadership of Battery A. Also from St Joseph a Sacred Heart academy worker loses a hand in a laundry accident and in Springfield Rev. James T. L. Sullens dies after being accidentally shot while hunting.
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Buckley
Jefferson City
Supreme Court
John Buckley
St. Louis
Capt
Rumbold
Hadley
Frank M. Rumbold
Pattery A
St. Joseph
Academy of the Sacred Heart
Ryan
Springfield
James TL. Sullens
S. FP
Jared
Man Drives 775 Turkeys 30 Miles to Market
John Gill of Portland Callaway county delivered 775 turkeys to a single dealer in the county. The drive covered thirty miles across county roads, likely the state's largest turkey shipment by one person.
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Montgomery
John Gill
Portland
Callaway County
Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham Remedy With Saving Her Life
Manning Iowa resident Mrs T C Willadsen writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her severe female ailments after years of ineffective treatments. The letter praises the remedy and urges other sick women to seek Mrs Pinkham's advice, noting the product's 30 year history and claimed wide success.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
T. C. Willadsen
Manning
Iowa
Mrs. Pinkham
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W.d Bryan
Waco
Missouri News
Mr. Gow
Mexico, Mo
Merchants’ National Bank
Security Trust Company of
National Exchange Bank
Reginald
Benson
Ruskin
Sues
W. B. Ridgely
Sige
Carters
Ittler Pills
St Louis
Washington Ave
Ith Street
Union Station
SiMe
Meyes Bros. Coffee and Spice Co
St. Louis, Ma
ST. Luvis
Morrison Tent and Awning Co
Paulins
Olive St. St. Louis
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