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Newspaper
Missouri Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
2
Next Friday is Christmas and a Merry Christmas wish goes out to all. A Republican county communities meeting is called for Tuesday December 20 at the courthouse.
Slater Bustier proposes President Roosevelt take a local native Rooker Washington on an African hunt. Geo Jenkins of Slater also suggests Prof. Curry join. Speculation that Bro. Edwards and Col. Jenkins may go too. the more the merrier.
The county court failed to issue election for the poor-farm proposal. It is urged to act at the next session and hold the election to authorize erecting new buildings. A modern facility would save heating costs and improve inmate comfort, reflecting credit on the county.
The text notes no Republican has announced for county school superintendent while Marshall and Slater hold special school jurisdiction outside the county post. It suggests those areas may be barred from voting, leaving an almost equal chance for a Republican if the race includes.
A newspaper reflects on publishing police court coverage for October and November. It notes two sides: public right to know how laws are enforced versus concerns about local quarrels and private matters being aired. Readers are invited to comment on propriety.
A reader notes disparities between criminal and police courts last week. The criminal court reportedly did not enforce fines while the police court imposed and collected some minor fines. The writer argues officers should enforce the law and questions whether leniency was excessive in the criminal court.
Reports claim Saline and Howard counties may have votes invalidated on technical grounds. In Howard the law allegedly required two ballots but only one was given. Saline also faces cited issues fueling Republican pushes to challenge the election.
The speaker asserts votes in Saline and Howard counties were cast and counted honestly and warns against any contested outcome that would overturn legitimate votes. The remark stresses integrity and opposition to schemes that would cheat an honest ballot.
The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America meeting in Philadelphia last week approved unions support, old age pensions, child labor abolition, and Sundays as a rest day. It proposed a permanent social service commission and urged action over mere rhetoric. It backed total abstinence, state prohibition, and removal of the canteen, with reading of Liberty in schools. It praised Taft for abstinence, urged temperance education, and supported scriptural remarriage laws and world peace. Roger of Yale urged obligatory arbitration and denounced shipbuilding arms race. The council adjourned to meet in December 1912.
A Kansas man eyed elk at a county fall out exhibit and admitted he could not enter with his wife and seventeen children. The exhibit keeper offered to bring the elk out to meet the man and his large family.
December 1008 county court session full of routine actions. F D Stockman presents a wolf scalp bounty affidavit and warrant for $150. Road work authorized, new justice of the peace for Black Water township, and deputy constable approved for Salt Pond. Collector and constable bonds approved. Insurance funds distributed to towns. Warrants issued for election returns. Sheriff and board costs fixed. Grand jury and petit jury panels drawn for January 1909. County to stop funding Allspaugh after June 1, 1909.
The court orders the county to provide support for Mrs. Maria L. Moss at State Hospital for the Insane No 1 starting January 1 1909. Official bonds set at 430000000 for county funds and 70000 for school funds. A wolf scalp bounty of 1.50 is reported with a certified statement to the State Auditor. Commissioners named for private road cases adjourned to December 1008.
There is more catarrh in this region than all other diseases and it is claimed to be constitutional, not local. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo is marketed as the only constitutional cure, taken internally and said to affect blood and mucous membranes. a $100 reward is offered for any uncured case. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A collected sequence of old aphorisms and proverbs touching thrift, work, happiness, health, and daily life. It notes the value of practical wisdom, caution against vanity, and the belief that honest effort yields results, with light rhymes and rustic humor throughout.
An old medicines advertisement claims the correct time to stop a cough or cold is at the start to prevent pneumonia. It promotes Ballard’s Horehound Syrup from P. H. Frenklin and mentions Bubseerbs for the Republican and Glebe-Democrats at 81.50.
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