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Newspaper
Missouri Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1909
Page
2
Daily Diet Hints presents nutrition tips by Dr. T J Allen, focusing on practical food guidance. The column advises balanced meals and sensible eating patterns for everyday health.
The Slater Fair is in progress and will close tomorrow night. Organizers expect a big success with crowds and activities throughout the final evening.
The Sedalia State Fair opens tomorrow with strong interest indicated by many residents planning attendance, suggesting unusually large crowds for the event.
The passage argues that defeating Folk and his supporters is key to restoring the old-time Democratic majorities, with the main trouble seen as getting him out of the way.
In Marshall the past week exposed rottenness, prompting calls for a moral clean-up. A confident speaker claims many decent citizens know a dozen individuals who should be driven from town or punished, insisting the city holds many virtuous people despite bold actions by others.
Harry M. Rubey, late chairman of the state Democratic committee, is retired after predicting defeat in 1905. Observers say the new leader will only compute large majorities and criticize Republican splits, while Rubey’s exit signals limited action and continued partisan rhetoric.
A Scots couple near Marshall, having moved from Scotland months ago, state the wife sells lace at 35 cents a yard after two days of work. She says she cannot afford to work so cheaply here and claims markets would not bring lace free. She notes higher prices for wheat, corn, and meats in Scotland and asks why she must work for less here.
A practical man explains tariff logic, arguing Europe needs American cattle and wheat and will pay a price. free trade seeks equal footing with cheap European labor and high priced U.S. wheat and meat. The piece warns removal of tariffs invites cheap labor but raises living costs due to high domestic wages.
Under cheap labor as under high salaries they become either idlers out of employment or producers to such an extent as to kill the home market of farm products.
The Missouri Republican Editorial Association holds its annual meeting in Joplin on October 21 and 22. Local pride over the zinc ore tariff law brings promises of a warm reception for the editor, who hopes to attend if duties permit.
A report describes a planned Democratic harmony meeting in Kansas City on November ⅟th, with claims of even representation to please all sides. The piece dismisses harmony as a goal, arguing the public desires real gains, not banded unity among leaders, and notes a Kansas Democrat who supported Republicans last cycle would assist them again.
A Saline County review shows 86 fiduciary bonds filed from Aug 2008 to July 2009 with total liability of 667,750. Of these, 34 bonds were backed by surety companies totaling 127,750 while local residents assumed 540,000 in risk. About 125 people faced an average liability of 4,320 each, highlighting growing bond obligations for officials and appointees.
The Rickison Globe cites an elderly man dependent on relatives and reflects on missed savings. It notes a hypothetical one dollar daily saving over forty years could reach around one hundred thousand with compound interest, yet warns against stinginess. The piece then covers calls to repeal a law affecting money substitutes and asks for federal explanations amid interest from Illinois and Pennsylvania merchants.
Washington enacts a rule effective January 1 1910 imposing a 500 dollar fine or six months imprisonment for writing checks under one dollar. Merchants especially mail order firms protest Section 178 approved May 4 1909 which bars issuing circulating or paying any note or obligation for a less sum than one dollar.
A historic religious assembly to unite God’s people is planned in Pittsburg for October 11 and 17, drawing some 60,000 Church of Christ disciples. The Disciples’ Centennial marks a movement toward evangelism and unity across Presbyterian branches, tracing back to Thomas Campbell’s 1807 emigration and his ideals of simple evangelical Christianity free from sectarian invention.
The text describes a shift toward restoring original church practices, aiming to honor the apostles' example and drop intervening changes. Alexander Campbell, now of age, pledged to devote his life to simple preaching without pay and soon became the movement’s leader.
The Western state railroad commission bans unloading baggage directly from cars to platforms. Railroads must provide trucks to car doors and deploy station baggagemen to curb baggage smashing. The Alton Road cites 1909 figures showing over 600,030 pieces handled with only four damages and total claims of $14.97.
Dr. M. P. Ming sold the Ming Hotel last week to 8. M. McCowan of Kansas City for an apartment house. After Mr. Guren's lease ends, extensive improvements will be made and the hotel run along modern lines. The Ming family has owned the property since 1872, with Dr. Ming expected to remain in Marshall.
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